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Movies Like A Modern Magician

If you liked A Modern Magician, a movie directed by Mark Heller, here are 20 movies with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.

  1. 1The Geisha Boy

    The Geisha Boy (1958)

    ★ 6.5/10

    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.

  2. 2Magic in the Moonlight

    Magic in the Moonlight (2014)

    ★ 6.5/10

    Set in the 1920s French Riviera, a master magician is commissioned to try and expose a psychic as a fraud.

  3. 3The Mad Magician

    The Mad Magician (1954)

    ★ 6.9/10

    Don Gallico is an inventor of stage magic effects who aspires to become a star in his own right. Just before his first performance his act is shut down by capricious manager Ross Ormond who wants Gallico's brilliant…

  4. 4The Love Witch

    The Love Witch (2016)

    ★ 6.4/10

    A modern-day witch uses spells and magic to get men to fall in love with her, with deadly consequences.

  5. 5Love Potion No. 9

    Love Potion No. 9 (1992)

    ★ 6.2/10

    Unlucky in love, chemist Paul Matthews visits gypsy Madame Rosa for help. Quickly realizing he is a hopeless nerd, she gifts him with Love Potion No. 8, which makes anyone who wears it irresistible to the opposite sex…

  6. 6Drag Me to Hell

    Drag Me to Hell (2009)

    ★ 6.5/10

    After denying a woman the extension she needs to keep her home, loan officer Christine Brown sees her once-promising life take a startling turn for the worse. Christine is convinced she's been cursed by a Gypsy, but…

  7. 7Houdini

    Houdini (1953)

    ★ 6.6/10

    By the early 1900s, the extraordinary Houdini earned an international reputation for his theatrical tricks and daring feats of extrication from shackles, ropes, handcuffs and... Scotland Yard's jails.

  8. 8Bell, Book and Candle

    Bell, Book and Candle (1958)

    ★ 6.6/10

    Gillian Holroyd, a modern-day witch, becomes smitten with her handsome upstairs neighbor, Shep Henderson. Using her magical powers, she casts a love spell on him, only to face unexpected complications when genuine…

  9. 9Ghost

    Ghost (1990)

    ★ 7.3/10

    After a young man is murdered, his spirit stays behind to warn his lover of impending danger, with the help of a reluctant psychic.

  10. 10Being John Malkovich

    Being John Malkovich (1999)

    ★ 7.4/10

    One day at work, unsuccessful puppeteer Craig finds a portal into the head of actor John Malkovich. The portal soon becomes a passion for anybody who enters its mad and controlling world of overtaking another human body.

  11. 11Cast a Deadly Spell

    Cast a Deadly Spell (1991)

    ★ 6.1/10

    In a fantastical 1940s where magic is used by everyone, a hard-boiled detective investigates the theft of a mystical tome.

  12. 12An Honest Liar

    An Honest Liar (2014)

    ★ 7.1/10

    An Honest Liar tells the incredible story of the world-famous magician, escape artist, and world-renowned enemy of deception, James 'The Amazing' Randi. The film brings to life Randi's intricate investigations that…

  13. 13The Black Cat

    The Black Cat (1934)

    ★ 6.7/10

    After a road accident in Hungary, the American honeymooners Joan and Peter and the enigmatic Dr. Werdegast find refuge in the house of the famed architect Hjalmar Poelzig, who shares a dark past with the doctor.

  14. 14The Great Buck Howard

    The Great Buck Howard (2008)

    ★ 6/10

    When a law school dropout answers an advertisement to be a personal assistant he unknowingly signs on to work for a belligerent has-been magician struggling to resurrect his career. This leads to a journey across the…

  15. 15Ruby Sparks

    Ruby Sparks (2012)

    ★ 7.1/10

    Calvin is a young novelist who achieved phenomenal success early in his career but is now struggling with his writing – as well as his romantic life. Finally, he makes a breakthrough and creates a character named Ruby…

  16. 16Send Me No Flowers

    Send Me No Flowers (1964)

    ★ 6.8/10

    When a hypochondriac assumes that he is dying, he makes an elaborate plan to ensure his wife's happiness. However, trouble ensues when she misunderstands his intentions.

  17. 17Analyze This

    Analyze This (1999)

    ★ 6.5/10

    Countless wiseguy films are spoofed in this film that centers on the neuroses and angst of a powerful Mafia racketeer who suffers from panic attacks. When Paul Vitti needs help dealing with his role in the "family,"…

  18. 18Panic

    Panic (2000)

    ★ 6.2/10

    Alex is going through a midlife crisis and it has become a very difficult time for him. His marriage is struggling, he's worried about his son, and his job of killing people for his family has become the most stressful…

  19. 19Oz the Great and Powerful

    Oz the Great and Powerful (2013)

    ★ 5.9/10

    Oscar Diggs, a small-time circus illusionist and con-artist, is whisked from Kansas to the Land of Oz where the inhabitants assume he's the great wizard of prophecy, there to save Oz from the clutches of evil.

  20. 20Apartment 7A

    Apartment 7A (2024)

    ★ 6.1/10

    A struggling young dancer finds herself drawn in by dark forces when a peculiar, well-connected older couple promise her a shot at fame.

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