Film 42 · Mystery

The Prestige

2006·Directed by Christopher Nolan

Audiences sit 16 points above critics.

The Prestige is a 2006 mystery thriller film directed by Christopher Nolan, who co-wrote the screenplay with his brother Jonathan Nolan, based on the 1995 novel by Christopher Priest. Set in Victorian London, the film stars Hugh Jackman and Christian Bale as stage magicians who compete to create a superior teleportation illusion.