The Prestige
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Two Victorian magicians escalate a rivalry into sacrifice, each convinced the other is hiding the secret of the perfect trick.
- Director
- Christopher Nolan
- Signature
- Drama · Mystery · Suspense
- Worldwide
- $110M
Who's in it
Cast
The billed ensemble, with character names. Open any performer for their Nutevio filmography.
The Nutevio profile
Movie DNA
How The Prestige actually feels to watch, measured on the twelve traits our editors track across every Nutevio title.
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Story overview
What It's About
Spoiler-free. Read the analysis below for the full argument.
Two Victorian magicians escalate a rivalry into sacrifice, each convinced the other is hiding the secret of the perfect trick.
Where to watch
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Why We Recommend It
Why It's Ranked
The Prestige appears in 6 Nutevio collections. Here is the argument behind each placement.
- Movies With Incredible Endings Ranked #3
Ranked #3 because its ending is the argument the whole film has been making.
The reveal you were warned about in the opening line.
- Mystery Movies Ranked #4
Ranked #4 because rated 9.0 by the Nutevio editors — one of the strongest mystery titles in the catalogue.
Two Victorian magicians escalate a rivalry into sacrifice, each convinced the other is hiding the secret of the perfect trick.
- Christopher Nolan Movies Ranked Ranked #5
Ranked #5 because the purest expression of his structural instincts.
Obsession dressed as showmanship.
- Top 100 Mind-Bending Movies Ranked #6
Ranked #6 because it tells you the method in the first minute and still fools you.
Two magicians escalate a rivalry into human sacrifice.
- Thriller Movies Ranked #7
Ranked #7 because rated 9.0 by the Nutevio editors — one of the strongest thriller titles in the catalogue.
Two Victorian magicians escalate a rivalry into sacrifice, each convinced the other is hiding the secret of the perfect trick.
- Drama Movies Ranked #16
Ranked #16 because rated 9.0 by the Nutevio editors — one of the strongest drama titles in the catalogue.
Two Victorian magicians escalate a rivalry into sacrifice, each convinced the other is hiding the secret of the perfect trick.
The record
Awards
0 wins · 2 nominations
Academy Awards
No wins yet · 2 nominations
- WinnerAcademy Award for Best Cinematography
- WinnerAcademy Award for Best Production Design
The numbers
Box Office & Release
The Prestige returned 2.7× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $40M
- Opening weekend
- —
- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $110M
- Release date
- Oct 20, 2006
- Runtime
- 2h 10m
- MPAA rating
- PG-13
- Language
- English
- Country
- United Kingdom, United States of America
Figures from the verified production record. Fields we cannot source are left blank rather than estimated.
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