12 Great Magician Movies You Have To See Now

Movies and magic have a long and somewhat awkward history. On one hand, the fabulous visual effects we see in movies can create wonders that stage magicians used to only be able to dream of. On the other hand, audiences are now so aware of this sort of trickery that films no longer inspire the same sort of wonder that an up close and personal sleight of hand artist can pull off.

But if you combine the two, and put a stage magician in a movie, the effect rarely works. Audiences know about trick editing, so even if the magician is really doing something fantastic, it doesn’t have much impact. So although there are a lot of movies about magicians, there aren’t all that many good ones.

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So if you see Now You See Me 2 this weekend, or if you would rather watch something even better, don’t worry. We’ve got you covered. We’ve consulted our massive eldritch tome of classic and contemporary motion pictures, ran it past our experts, and come up with the twelve great magician movies you have to see now, whether or not you see Now You See Me 2.

You will be amazed! You will be astounded! And you will most definitely be entertained…

12 Great Magician Movies You Have To See Now:

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William Bibbiani (everyone calls him ‘Bibbs’) is Crave’s film content editor and critic. You can hear him every week on The B-Movies Podcast and Canceled Too Soon, and watch him on the weekly YouTube series Most Craved, Rapid Reviews and What the Flick. Follow his rantings on Twitter at @WilliamBibbiani.

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