Movies Like The Prestige

The Prestige (2006) is a drama and mystery film directed by Christopher Nolan. Its recurring themes include dying and death, suicide, class society, london, england. The 20 films below were selected because they overlap with it on measurable signals — shared genres, shared themes, overlapping cast or crew, and the audiences TMDB records as watching both. The Prestige stars Hugh Jackman, Christian Bale, Michael Caine; where a recommendation shares one of those performers it is noted on the card.

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20 movies similar to The Prestige

Mr. K (2025) poster

Mr. K

2025Drama, Mystery6.3

Mr. K, a traveling magician, finds himself in a Kafkaesque nightmare when he can’t find the exit of his hotel. His attempts to get out only pull him deeper, entangling him further…

Why it’s similar: Drama • Mystery • magician

Birth (2004) poster

Birth

2004Drama, Mystery6.1

It took Anna 10 years to recover from the death of her husband, Sean, but now she's on the verge of marrying her boyfriend, Joseph, and finally moving on. However, on the night of…

Why it’s similar: Drama • Mystery

Jonathan (2018) poster

Jonathan

2018Drama, Science Fiction5.9

Jonathan is a young man with a strange condition that only his brother understands. But when he begins to yearn for a different life, their unique bond becomes increasingly tested…

Why it’s similar: Drama • Science Fiction

“Wuthering Heights” (2026) poster

“Wuthering Heights”

2026Romance, Drama6.7

Tragedy strikes when Heathcliff falls in love with Catherine Earnshaw, a woman from a wealthy family in 18th-century England.

Why it’s similar: Drama • dying and death • based on novel or book

An Inspector Calls (2015) poster

An Inspector Calls

2015Drama, Crime7.4

Northern England, 1912. The dinner of a wealthy family is interrupted by Inspector Goole, who only announces that a young woman has committed suicide. Then, he simply asks everyone…

Why it’s similar: Drama • Mystery • suicide

Glass (2019) poster

Glass

2019Thriller, Drama6.7

In a series of escalating encounters, former security guard David Dunn uses his supernatural abilities to track Kevin Wendell Crumb, a disturbed man who has twenty-four personaliti…

Why it’s similar: Drama • Science Fiction

Soylent Green (1973) poster

Soylent Green

1973Science Fiction, Crime6.9

In the year 2022, overcrowding, pollution, and resource depletion have reduced society’s leaders to finding food for the teeming masses. The answer is Soylent Green.

Why it’s similar: Science Fiction • Mystery • based on novel or book

The Sense of an Ending (2017) poster

The Sense of an Ending

2017Mystery, Drama6.3

A man becomes haunted by his past and is presented with a mysterious legacy that causes him to re-think his current situation in life.

Why it’s similar: Mystery • Drama • based on novel or book

Agatha and the Midnight Murders (2020) poster

Agatha and the Midnight Murders

2020Mystery, Drama6.2

As bombs fall on London, writer Agatha Christie decides it is time to kill off her most famous creation.

Why it’s similar: Mystery • Drama

In the Blink of an Eye (2026) poster

In the Blink of an Eye

2026Science Fiction, Drama5.9

Three storylines, spanning thousands of years, intersect and reflect on hope, connection, and the circle of life.

Why it’s similar: Science Fiction • Drama

The Critic (2024) poster

The Critic

2024Thriller, Crime5.8

Jimmy Erskine is the most feared theatre critic of the age. He lives as flamboyantly as he writes and takes pleasure in savagely taking down any actor who fails to meet his standar…

Why it’s similar: Drama • Mystery

Tatami (2024) poster

Tatami

2024Thriller, Drama7.7

Iranian female judokas Leila and her coach Maryam, travel to the Judo World Championship, intent on bringing home Iran’s first gold medal. Midway through the Judo World Championshi…

Why it’s similar: Drama • Mystery

Kidnapping Mr. Heineken (2015) poster

Kidnapping Mr. Heineken

2015Drama, Action6.0

The true story of the kidnapping of Freddy Heineken, the grandson of the founder of the Heineken brewery, and his driver. They were released after a ransom of 35 million Dutch guil…

Why it’s similar: Drama • Mystery

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2001) poster

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

2001Adventure, Fantasy7.9

Harry Potter has lived under the stairs at his aunt and uncle's house his whole life. But on his 11th birthday, he learns he's a powerful wizard—with a place waiting for him at the…

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) poster

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

2003Adventure, Fantasy8.5

As armies mass for a final battle that will decide the fate of the world--and powerful, ancient forces of Light and Dark compete to determine the outcome--one member of the Fellows…

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) poster

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

2001Adventure, Fantasy8.4

Young hobbit Frodo Baggins, after inheriting a mysterious ring from his uncle Bilbo, must leave his home in order to keep it from falling into the hands of its evil creator. Along…

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002) poster

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

2002Adventure, Fantasy7.7

Cars fly, trees fight back, and a mysterious house-elf comes to warn Harry Potter at the start of his second year at Hogwarts. Adventure and danger await when bloody writing on a w…

Spirited Away (2001) poster

Spirited Away

2001Animation, Family8.5

A young girl, Chihiro, becomes trapped in a strange new world of spirits. When her parents undergo a mysterious transformation, she must call upon the courage she never knew she ha…

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011) poster

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2

2011Adventure, Fantasy8.1

Harry, Ron and Hermione continue their quest to vanquish the evil Voldemort once and for all. Just as things begin to look hopeless for the young wizards, Harry discovers a trio of…

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (2010) poster

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1

2010Adventure, Fantasy7.7

Harry, Ron and Hermione walk away from their last year at Hogwarts to find and destroy the remaining Horcruxes, putting an end to Voldemort's bid for immortality. But with Harry's…

How this list was built

Candidates come from the recommendation and similar-title data TMDB publishes for The Prestige, merged and deduplicated. Each candidate is then re-ranked on genre overlap, shared TMDB keywords, shared director or cast members, and audience-rating confidence. Titles without a poster, a synopsis or enough votes to be a meaningful signal are dropped rather than padded in — which is why some pages show ten results and others twenty.

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