# The best movies about magicians

Rival illusionists, card sharps and mentalists: the best films about magic, ranked from MovieWeb, SlashFilm and working magicians at See Magic Live.

- 253 votes · 12 items
- Jul 19, 2023 · setlist_nashville
- https://even.best/en/l/4197/the-best-movies-about-magicians

## Top 10

1. **The Prestige (2006)** (24 · ▲27 ▼3) — Two rival magicians in 1890s London, by Christopher Nolan.
2. **Nightmare Alley (1947)** (21 · ▲21 ▼0) — The original noir with Tyrone Power.
3. **The Illusionist (2006)** (20 · ▲22 ▼2) — A magician in love above his station in turn-of-the-century Vienna.
4. **Nightmare Alley (2021)** (18 · ▲22 ▼4) — A carny who becomes a mentalist, by Guillermo del Toro.
5. **An Honest Liar (2014)** (17 · ▲21 ▼4) — A documentary about magician and sceptic James Randi.
6. **Now You See Me (2013)** (15 · ▲19 ▼4) — Four magicians pulling off heists during their shows.
7. **Sleight (2016)** (14 · ▲17 ▼3) — A young street magician dealing drugs in Los Angeles.
8. **Magic (1978)** (11 · ▲17 ▼6) — A ventriloquist-magician and his sinister dummy.
9. **Houdini (1953)** (11 · ▲13 ▼2) — Tony Curtis as the great escape artist.
10. **The Illusionist (2010)** (8 · ▲15 ▼7) — An ageing French stage magician in Scotland, animated by Sylvain Chomet.
11. **The Great Buck Howard (2008)** (7 · ▲9 ▼2) — A fading mentalist and his young assistant.
12. **Magic in the Moonlight (2014)** (3 · ▲8 ▼5) — A magician sent to expose a spiritualist, by Woody Allen.

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