Movies Like David Blaine: Beyond Magic (2016)

David Blaine: Beyond Magic is a 2016 documentary, tv movie film from Matthew Akers with a MovieMagicScore of 7.1/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with David Blaine: Street Magic and Prest-O Change-O.

Documentary TV Movie

David Blaine: Street Magic

1997

On May 19, 1997, Blaine's first television special, David Blaine: Street Magic aired on the ABC network. According to the New York Daily News, “Blaine can lay claim to his own brand of wizardry. The magic he offers in tonight’s show operates on an uncommonly personal level.” When asked about his performance style, David explained, “I'd like to bring magic back to the place it used to be 100 years ago.”'

7.0

MagicScore

Prest-O Change-O

1939

Fleeing from a dog catcher, the Two Curious Puppies run to an old remote house where, upon entering, they are continually subject to the antics of a mischievous magician's rabbit and surprise by the house's magical items.

6.4

MagicScore

The Sorcerer's Apprentice

2010

Balthazar Blake is a master sorcerer in modern-day Manhattan trying to defend the city from his arch-nemesis, Maxim Horvath. Balthazar can't do it alone, so he recruits Dave Stutler, a seemingly average guy who demonstrates hidden potential, as his reluctant protégé. The sorcerer gives his unwilling accomplice a crash course in the art and science of magic, and together, these unlikely partners work to stop the forces of darkness.

6.1

MagicScore

Oz the Great and Powerful

2013

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.

5.9

MagicScore

The Last Unicorn

1982

From a riddle-speaking butterfly, a unicorn learns that she is supposedly the last of her kind, all the others having been herded away by the Red Bull. The unicorn sets out to discover the truth behind the butterfly's words. She is eventually joined on her quest by Schmendrick, a second-rate magician, and Molly Grue, a now middle-aged woman who dreamed all her life of seeing a unicorn. Their journey leads them far from home, all the way to the castle of King Haggard.

7.2

MagicScore

Scoop

2006

An American journalism student in London scoops a big story, and begins an affair with an aristocrat as the incident unfurls.

6.6

MagicScore

Houdini

1953

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.

6.5

MagicScore

David Blaine: Real or Magic

2013

David Blaine's signature brand of street magic mystifies the most recognisable celebrities in the world, such as Jamie Foxx, Bryan Cranston, Aaron Paul, Ricky Gervais, Katy Perry, Woody Allen, and Robert DeNiro, to name a few. He goes to the homes of Kanye West and Harrison Ford, Will Smith and Olivia Wilde. He pays a visit to Stephen Hawking at his office in Cambridge University. Blaine also travels the world, astonishing people from all walks of life with never-before seen, inconceivable magic.

6.7

MagicScore

David Blaine: What Is Magic?

2010

David Blaine travels around America to perform tricks in the UK premiere of his show What Is Magic? He visits New Orleans where he carries out a money trick in front of locals, producing hundreds of dollars at their fingertips before stopping off at New York to conduct magic in front of Orlando Bloom. But the jewel in David's crown is his shot at the infamous The Bullet Catch; a trick which sees a 22 calibre bullet being fired at point blank range directly at the magician who then has to catch the bullet in a small metal cup in his mouth. The stunt is filmed using Phantom Camera technology which shoots 10,000 frames per second so that not a fraction of the action is missed.

7.3

MagicScore

#10

It's Magic, Charlie Brown

1981

When Snoopy turns Charlie Brown invisible in a magic act, he has trouble changing him back.

6.7

MagicScore

#11

Jackass Shark Week

2021

Johnny Knoxville sends Steve-O, Chris Pontius, and new Jackass cast members on a Shark Week mission for the ages. They'll dial up a series of shark stunts that test their bravery and threshold of pain as they put common shark myths to the test.

5.2

MagicScore

#12

Emanuelle and the Porno Nights of the World N. 2

1978

Emanuelle hosts this peculiar sexploitation Mondo film that looks at several examples of bizarre sexual behavior.

4.9

MagicScore

#13

Colors of Wind

2018

Yuri leaves Ryo with mysterious words. Ryo goes to Hokkaido knowing that his doppelganger magician is missing. Ryo realizes Yuri was also the magician’s lover and he learns magic. The story that crosses over two identities, illusion and magic.

7.8

MagicScore

#14

The Mad Magician

1954

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 buzz saw effect for the act of The Great Rinaldi, an established star. With this defeat, and the humiliation of having already lost his wife Claire to Ormond, Gallico decides it is time to take matters into his own hands.

6.9

MagicScore

#15

Case of the Missing Hare

1942

After a traveling magician puts a poster over the entrance to his home, Bugs visits his act to get revenge.

6.8

MagicScore

#16

An Up-to-Date Conjurer

1899

A film from Méliès has him playing a magician who does a few tricks including making a woman disappear.

6.3

MagicScore

#17

The Mermaid

1904

A magician conjures up a mermaid while fishing.

5.7

MagicScore

#18

From Vegas to Macau

2014

Retired gambling legend Ken returns to Macau, only to be drawn back into action when his daughter becomes entangled in a global mafia scheme. Using his unmatched skills, he must stop a dangerous plot and protect his loved ones.

5.1

MagicScore

#19

Get to Know Your Rabbit

1972

A young businessman goes to a magic expert to learn hardness and skill with his cynical and greedy collaborators. He becomes a very good tap dancer, but will he be able to get free of his old boss?

4.9

MagicScore

#20

To: Gerard

2020

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

8.0

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like David Blaine: Beyond Magic?

The top films similar to David Blaine: Beyond Magic by MovieMagicScore are David Blaine: Street Magic (7.0), Prest-O Change-O (6.4), The Sorcerer's Apprentice (6.1). Each shares documentary/tv movie themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is David Blaine: Beyond Magic worth watching?

David Blaine: Beyond Magic holds a MovieMagicScore of 7.1/10 from 44 viewer ratings, putting it among the better-reviewed titles in its genre.

What kind of movie is David Blaine: Beyond Magic?

David Blaine: Beyond Magic (2016) is a documentary, tv movie film directed by Matthew Akers, starring David Blaine, Emma Stone, Jennifer Lawrence.

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