10 Movies To Watch If You Like The Prestige
10 Movies To Watch If You Like The Prestige
With fantastic direction and acting combined, The Prestige is a film that will have audiences seeking out similar movies to enjoy.
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The Prestige is sheer brilliance with a perfectionist director, stellar lead, incredible side performances, complex plot, and a jaw-dropping ending. A rivalry between two stage magicians was never portrayed any better on-screen.
Audiences may have loved The Prestige for any one of these elements or maybe for all of it. Here is a list of movies that audiences will love if they liked The Prestige.
10 The Illusionist (2006)
Released in the same year as The Prestige, the movie focuses on a stage magician, played by Edward Norton. He uses his skills to secure the love of his teenage lover who he had to leave due to class differences.
Both the movies have similar premise which show the illicit use of magic tricks for personal gains. The Prestige focuses on the obsession with a craft, while The Illusionist is about obsession of a woman.
9 Now You See Me (2013)
Four magicians are instructed to rob a bank as a magic trick and the money is used to reward the audience as they claim to help the audience recover from the hard times of the economic collapse of 2008. An F.B.I. Agent and an Interpol Detective are hired to track the illusionists who may escape prosecution due to magic.
Like The Prestige, Now You See Me involves stage magic. Viewers who are into magic are likely to like the movie.
8 Death Defying Acts (2007)
The movie is based on master escapologist, Harry Houdini’s Britain tour in 1926 in which he gets involved with a psychic romantically. However, the intentions of the psychic are evil as she, along with her daughter, attempt to con Houdini.
Like The Prestige, Death Defying Acts is also a period film based in London. Although the movie does not involve stage acts, but has quite a lot of tricks and illusions.
7 The Sixth Sense (1999)
The movie centers around a boy, who sees dead people, and his child psychologist, played by Bruce Willis. Mostly, classified in horror genre, the movie is actually a supernatural psychological thriller.
Audience who are in awe of The Prestige due to its well-plotted twists will love The Sixth Sense as it comes down to have one of the best plot twists. Moreover, it has a spooky vibe which keeps audience thinking just like The Prestige.
6 Memento (2000)
The lead of the movie, Leonard, tries to find the man who raped and killed his wife. Leonard suffers from a rare form of memory loss in which he can recall his life before his accident, but cannot recall anything beyond the last fifteen minutes.
Just like The Prestige, Memento confuses the audience and makes them keep guessing. Both the movies are mind-bending probably because of the same directorial hat. Among all the great elements of The Prestige, ending takes the cake just like Memento. Themes of paranoia, plot twists and vengeance are also common between the two movies.
5 Shutter Island (2010)
U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels, played by Leonardo DiCaprio, has been called for investigation of disappearance of a killer patient who ran from a hospital for the criminally insane. Later, he finds himself in the middle of chaos becoming the victim of an evil plan.
Both the movies revolve around mystery which, as unravels, confuses the audience even more. As the story progresses, upturning twists are disclosed making the plot more complex.
4 Inception (2010)
A skilled thief, played by Leonardo DiCaprio, is on a mission to use dream-sharing technology to plant an idea into a C.E.O’s mind.
Another complex plot with twists changing the direction of story, Inception are sure to be loved by the audience who loved The Prestige. Christopher Nolan made audiences think in the theaters while watching The Prestige. A similar movie experience can be gained while watching Inception.
3 The Departed (2006)
A Scorsese-DiCaprio collaboration movie in which a cop who is undercover and a mole in the police try to recognize each other while penetrating an Irish gang.
Though from a different genre, what makes it similar to The Prestige is the rivalry factor between two sides which lets audiences choose their own favorite. The Departed has surprising elements, engaging plot and a shocking yet satisfying ending just like The Prestige.
2 The Game (1997)
In The Game, a prosperous and loner banker is invited to play a mysterious game arranged by his brother. Playing the game ends up changing his life as he fails to differentiate between the game and reality.
The Game makes the audience delusional over what to believe just like The Prestige in which the audience keeps getting baffled over what is real and what is not.
1 The Machinist (2004)
Movie revolves around an insomniac machinist who has not slept in a year. The imaginable bizarre condition of his mind is also palpable throughout the movie where he begins to doubt his own sanity.
With a nail biting plot and puzzling plot twists, The Prestige lovers are sure to love The Machinist as well. Christian Bale outshines in both the movies through performance and particularly in The Machinist through the mind-boggling physical transformation by losing 60 pounds.
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