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10 Best Movies Like The Magic Shelf

If you loved The Magic Shelf, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
The Great Buck Howard

The Great Buck Howard

2008★ 6.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Magic Shelf for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

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...

#2
David Blaine: Beyond Magic

David Blaine: Beyond Magic

2016★ 7.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Magic Shelf for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

In his most revealing performance yet, the one-hour special features an exploration into Blaine’s trademark style of street magic as he once again stuns his audience....

#3
Magic Camp

Magic Camp

2020★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Magic Shelf for fans of Family. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Andy, at the urging of his former mentor and Magic Camp owner Roy Preston, returns to the camp of his youth hoping to reignite his career. Instead, he finds inspiration in his ragt...

#4
The Geisha Boy

The Geisha Boy

1958★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Magic Shelf for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

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....

#5
The Last Unicorn

The Last Unicorn

1982★ 7.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Magic Shelf for fans of Fantasy. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

A unicorn learns from a riddle-speaking butterfly that she is supposedly the last of her kind, all the others having been herded away by the monstrous Red Bull. The unicorn sets ou...

#6
Magic in the Moonlight

Magic in the Moonlight

2014★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Magic Shelf for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

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

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