If you're looking for ways to immerse yourself in the mysterious world of magic and illusion, our selection of movies will definitely interest you. Here are five exciting tapes that will give you unforgettable impressions.
An incredible world of magic and illusions, mysterious magic tricks, fun and adventurous life of the main characters, all this and much more for fans of exciting and diverse stories.
The Illusion of Deception (Now You See Me) 2013 - the main characters of the detective film teamed up to create the most spectacular show capable of blurring the line between reality and fiction. They perform incredible tricks gathering huge audiences. However, few people guess that these magicians are the perpetrators of large-scale crimes. For the sake of big money, they take huge risks, magicians run their scams in front of the audience. Professionals do it not only for big profits, but also to fool the FBI, which is considered invincible.
- Genre: Film, Thriller, Detective, Crime
- Country: USA, France
- Director: Louis Leterier
- Actors: Jesse Eisenberg, Woody Harrelson, Isla Fisher, Dave Franco, Mark Ruffalo, Melanie Laurent, Morgan Freeman, Michael Caine, Michael Kelly, Jose Garcia, Jessica Lindsay.
Oz: Great and Powerful (Oz the Great and Powerful) 2013 - Oscar Diggs is a small-time circus magician with a dubious reputation, who is more prone to fraud than to magic. One day, a strong hurricane takes Oscar to the incredible land of Oz. Having found himself in a new place, the magician intends to deceive even more people with his tricks, especially since the local residents have taken him for a real powerful magician. However, everything changes when he meets three witches - Theodora, Evanor and Glinda, who are not sure that he is the great wizard that everyone has been waiting for. Oskar finds himself drawn into a large-scale confrontation between good and evil, where he will have to understand that there are things that are much more important , than one's own benefit.
- Genre: Movie, Fantasy, Family, Adventure
- Country: USA
- Director: Sam Raimi
- Actors: Mila Kunis, James Franco, Michelle Williams, Rachel Weisz, Zach Braff, Bill Cobbs, Tony Cox, Joey King, Stephen R. Hart, Abigail Spencer, Bruce Campbell.
Magic in the Moonlight (Magic in the Moonlight) 2014 - the main character of the film, Stanley Crawford, is a magician who has devoted his life to exposing fraudsters. One day, an old friend offers him to go to the Cote d'Azur to bring to light the clairvoyant Sophie, who is touring Europe with her scheming mother. However, the more time he spends with Sophie, the more he begins to think that she may indeed be communicating with another world, but even worse, he may be falling in love with her.
- Genre: Film, Drama, Comedy, Melodrama
- Country: USA, France
- Director: Woody Allen
- Actors: Colin Firth, Emma Stone, Eileen Atkins, Marsha Gay Garden, Jackie Weaver, Hamish Linklater, Simon McBurney, Erika Learsen, Catherine McCormack.
Incredible Burt Wonderstone (The Incredible Burt Wonderstone) 2013 - Superstar magicians Burt Wonderstone and Anton Marvelton have been running super shows on the Las Vegas Strip for years, drawing millions of viewers. For many years, the show was very popular, but with the appearance of Steve Gray, everything changed. Faced with fierce competition from a street magician whose cult following grows with each outrageous trick, their show begins to look stale. But there is still a chance that Burt and Anton can save their show.
- Genre: Comedy
- Country: USA
- Director: Don Scardino
- Actors: Steve Carell, Steve Buscemi, Olivia Wilde, Jim Carrey, James Gandolfini, Alan Arkin, Jay Mohr, Michael Herbig, Mason Cook, Luke Vanek.
Great Buck Howard (2008) - based on the plot of the film, the main character nervous Buck Howard, a once popular illusionist, tries to regain his former greatness, while his new assistant, a young law school dropout, changes life priorities and tries to find his place in the world
- Genre: Comedy, Drama, Film
- Country: USA
- Director: Sean McGinley
- Actors: John Malkovich, Colin Hanks, Emily Blunt, Ricky Jay, Steve Zahn, Tom Hanks and others.