The Prestige is a 2006 psychological thriller film directed by Christopher Nolan, who co-wrote the film with Jonathan Nolan and is based on the 1995 novel by Christopher Priest. It stars Hugh Jackman as Robert Angier and Christian Bale as Alfred Borden, rival stage magicians in Victorian London who feud over a perfect teleportation illusion.

After a tragic accident, two stage magicians in 1890s London engage in a battle to create the ultimate illusion while sacrificing everything they have to outwit each other.

The Prestige was Christopher Nolan’s buffer movie that he put together between Batman Begins and The Dark Knight and it is arguably a better movie than either of them. Its narrative is tight and twisty, the performances are great across the board, and the visuals are top-notch in building the atmosphere of the film.