The Magician

A Bolt from the Blue

2014 · ★ 7.2

Haruo has a dream to become the best magician, but, so far, he is only a marginal magician. Haruo also doesn't have parents. He then goes back 40 years in time to Asakusa, Tokyo. There, he meets his parents when they were young and he learns the secret of his birth.

Simon, King of the Witches

1971 · ★ 4.6

Simon is a modern day warlock. Though he lives in a storm drain and sometimes talks to trees, he's deadly serious about his witchcraft. After being picked up for vagrancy, Simon spends a night in jail with Turk, a young hustler with connections to powerful people such as Hercules, an aging hipster who hires Simon to work one of his groovy parties. There he meets Linda, the DA's pill-popping daughter. In between romanic dalliances and colorful sex magic ceremonies, Simon must contend with those who dare to challenge his magical prowess causing him to summon the dark world for his revenge.

The Great Magician

2011 · ★ 6

In the years after the Revolution, China broken up into fiefdoms held by warlords, who are busy fighting each other. One warlord has imprisoned a girl and wants her to be his seventh wife, but he's too honorable to force her. The local revolutionaries wants to kill him and bring back the republic. But when a stranger returns from abroad with mastery of magic to recover the girl he loved, who is tricking whom and who will win at the end?

The Long Night

1947 · ★ 5.8

City police surround a building, attempting to capture a suspected murderer. The suspect knows there is no escape but refuses to give in.

The Confederate

2026 · ★ 9

Spanning thirty years of smoke, mirrors, and regret, a washed-up illusionist clinging to the past must team up with the estranged daughter he treated like a prop to conquer the viral age and pull off the greatest trick of all: redemption.

Only for a Day

A passionate magician is hired to play the role of a father for a young Korean girl, Yunseul. What begins as a performance slowly becomes a fleeting moment of genuine connection. Though Yunseul cannot stay with the Magician, the memory of the day they shared remains as her lasting magic.

Eternally Yours

1939 · ★ 5.9

Anita, engaged to solid Don Barnes, is swept off her feet by magician Arturo. Before you can say presto, she's his wife and stage assistant on a lengthy world tour. But Anita is annoyed by Arturo's constant flirtations, and his death-defying stunts give her nightmares. And forget her plan to retire to a farmhouse. Eventually, she has had enough and disappears.

Illusion

1929 · ★ 9

A vaudeville magician team is broken up when Carlee, an ex--circus performer, becomes infatuated with socialite Hilda Schmittlap. Meanwhile his vaudeville partner, Claire, has chosen a new partner, but her "heart isn't in it" because she is disconsolate over Carlee. Curious about her new act, Carlee attends a performance and sees Claire nearly killed when she fails to substitute fake bullets for real ones. Rushing to her aid, Carlee realizes how much Claire means to him.

Marvelous and the Black Hole

2022 · ★ 6.6

A teenage delinquent befriends a surly magician who helps her navigate her inner demons and dysfunctional family with sleight of hand magic.

Now You See Me

2013 · ★ 7.3

An FBI agent and an Interpol detective track a team of illusionists who pull off bank heists during their performances and reward their audiences with the money.

To: Gerard

2020 · ★ 8

A sprightly elderly man brightens the day of a little girl through magic.

Guzaarish

2010 · ★ 7.3

Ethan, a magician rendered paralyzed in an accident, sets off a furor when he makes a petition to the court to end his own life.