Struggling actor Chih-Wen (Michael Hui) got a raw deal from his company, MTV Studios. He signed a binding 8-year contract with the studio and was only given one opportunity to perform live thus far. Soon, he received a better deal with a rival company, who promised a 5-year contract and better opportunities to perform and make money. Since he cannot start working for the new company because of his current 8-year contract with MTV, he and his scientist-aspiring brother (Ricky Hui), with the help of magician Shih-Chieh (Sam Hui), attempt to steal the contract from his ruthless manager.

The Illusionist

2010

French

7.4

♡ 14

90%

79%

Action

adult child friendship

Sylvain Chomet Director

Paul Bandey as Additional Voices

Tom Urie as Additional Voices

Jacques Tati as Monsieur Hulot

Jean-Claude Donda as The Illusionist / French Cinema Manager

A French illusionist travels to Scotland to work. He meets a young woman in a small village. Their ensuing adventure in Edinburgh changes both their lives forever.

The Escape Artist

1982

English

6.1

♡ 4

80%

64%

Action

based on novel or book

Caleb Deschanel Director

Joan Hackett as Aunt Sibyl

Harry Anderson as Harry Masters

Raul Julia as Stu Quiñones

John P. Ryan as Vernon

The young and self-confident Danny bluffs at the local police-station that he will escape from prison within an hour. What follows is a flashback showing his childhood with his uncle and aunt, who are 'vaudeville'-artists themselves.

The Limit of Sleeping Beauty

2017

Japanese

5.8

♡ 3

Ken Ninomiya Director

Shinnosuke Mitsushima as

Yuki Sakurai as Aki Oria

Rikiya Imaizumi as Member of Aurora

Takashi Shigematsu as Security Guard

Aki is an unsuccessful 29-year-old actress who eventually became a magician's assistant. While pretending to be hypnotised on the stage, Aki finds the boundary between reality and illusion becoming increasingly vague. For Aki, the only beautiful memory she has was the time spent with her lover Kaito.

Knightriders

1981

English

6.3

♡ 10

80%

George A. Romero Director

Ed Harris as Billy

Martin Ferrero as Bontempi

Patricia Tallman as Julie

Ken Foree as Little John

A medieval reenactment troupe struggles to maintain its family-like dynamic amid pressure from local authorities, interest from talent agents, and their so-called king's delusions of grandeur.

The Great Magician

2011

Chinese

5.9

♡ 5

41%

Tung-Shing Yee Director

Daniel Wu as Captial Tsai

Tony Chiu Wai Leung as Chang Hsien

Ziwen Wang as Li Chiao

Jiang Wu as Revolutionist

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?

When the Cat Comes

1963

Czech

7.2

♡ 6

Vojtech Jasný Director

Jan Werich as kastelán Oliva / kouzelník

Jirí Sovák as reditel skoly Karel

Vladimír Mensík as Skolník

Jirina Bohdalová as ucitelka Julie

While old Oliva tells a group of children about his life as a sailor and how he met Diana and her cat with sunglasses, a strange circus arrives in town.

Spooky House

2001

English

5.2

♡ 2

William Sachs Director

Mercedes Ruehl as Boss

Katharine Isabelle as Mona

Ben Kingsley as The Great Zamboni

Jason Fuchs as Yuri

A magician with a mysterious secret lives alone with his jaguar, Shadow, in the Spooky House, an old mansion rigged with magic tricks and hidden chambers.

The Wizard of Gore

2007

English

4.7

♡ 6

28%

Jeremy Kasten Director

Brad Dourif as Doctor Chong

Kip Pardue as Edmund Bigelow

Joshua John Miller as Jinky

Crispin Glover as Montag the Magnificent

In the darkly phantasmagorical world of the carnival magician and sideshow hypnotist, the gruesome "illusions" of Montag the Magnificent are unique in that they seem to become retroactive reality long after the the tricks are done. Is it coincidence, or circumstantial evidence of the world's most diabolically ingenious murders? When an underground journalist begins to investigate the strange deaths, the truth proves to be far more bizarre and disturbing than anything he or his readers might have imagined.

Fantasia 2000

1999

English

7.1

♡ 59

80%

live action and animation

James Algar Director

Penn Jillette as Himself - Host

Dennis Quaid as Self - Co-Host

Danny Mann as Various

Townsend Coleman as Various

Blending lively music and brilliant animation, this sequel to the original 'Fantasia' restores 'The Sorcerer's Apprentice' and adds seven new shorts.

The Long Night

1947

English

6.5

♡ 7

50%

Anatole Litvak Director

Shirley Jean Rickert as Girl in the Theater

Murray Alper as Mac - Bartender

Vincent Price as Maximilian

Ellen Corby as Observer in Crowd

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

The Geisha Boy

1958

English

6.4

♡ 4

66%

Comedy

geisha

magician

Frank Tashlin Director

Douglas Fowley as GI in Korea

Murray Alper as GI in Korea

Barton MacLane as Maj. Ridgley

Suzanne Pleshette as Sgt. Pearson

Gilbert Wooley is a second-rate magician who is sent to entertain the troops in the pacific. During his time in Japan he becomes attached to a little orphan boy.

Mujhse Shaadi Karogi

2004

Hindi

6.7

♡ 9

David Dhawan Director

Priyanka Chopra as Rani Singh

Salman Khan as Sameer Malhotra

Akshay Kumar as Sunny

Satish Shah as Suraj Prakash

Sameer, fast at losing his temper is re-located to Goa where he falls in love with Rani. But Sameer's new roommate Sunny, has some plans of his own.

Thunder and the House of Magic

2013

English

6.2

♡ 37

Jeremy Degruson Director

Kathleen Gati as Carla

Patrick Martens as Daniel

Eva van der Gucht as Maggie

Joe Ochman as Mr. Eames

Thunder, an abandoned young cat seeking shelter from a storm, stumbles into the strangest house imaginable, owned by an old magician and inhabited by a dazzling array of automatons and gizmos. Not everyone welcomes the new addition to the troupe as Jack Rabbit and Maggie Mouse plot to evict Thunder. The situation gets worse when the magician lands in hospital and his scheming nephew sees his chance to cash in by selling the mansion. Our young hero is determined to earn his place and so he enlists the help of some wacky magician's assistants to protect his magical new home.

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