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Top 10 Movies That Make You Believe in Magic


the following selection is cinema at its
most spellbinding welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we’re counting
down our picks for the top 10 movies
that make you believe in magic it would
be delightful to report that they reach
the nursery in time but then there would
be no story for this list we’ve selected
any film that suggests magic could exist
on planet earth within the world in
which we all live in what’s in in the
sense that you’re leading her towards
the castle no no I was taken back to the
beginning your majesty movies such as
the Lord of the Rings are not in
contention because magical though they
undoubtedly are they take place in a
reality alternate to our own give Gondor
the weapon of the enemy let us use it
against him you cannot wield it number
10 the prestige any volunteer take one
look at the cast list for our first film
and it’s no wonder we find it so
believable secret impresses no one the
trick you use it for Hugh Jackman stars
alongside Christian Bale with Scarlett
Johansson Michael Caine Andy Serkis
and David Bowie nothing is impossible
mr. Angela what do you want – simply
expensive and the plots just as
impressive centering on rival stage
magicians Robert Angie Rand Alfred
Borden
I saw someone making their way below
stage I followed him it was boarded
watching mr. angio drown the pair
consistently leaves audiences astounded
both on and off screen chasing each
other through a chain of one-upmanship
that leaves more than a lasting
impression on our imaginations say
number nine The Chronicles of Narnia The
Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe Vanya
what’s that I think you’re in it based
on the 1950 novel by CS Lewis the Lion
the Witch and the Wardrobe is probably
the most captivating of all the Narnia
tales she’s doing here
whoa I was hiding in the wardrobe in the
spare room
a spell is that no new a story that
follows Peter Susan Edmund and Lucy
Pevensey into the eponymous fantastical
world as children especially it has you
questioning the capacity of every single
wardrobe you ever come across there is a
deep magic more powerful than any verse
that rules over all of Narnia
it defines right from wrong and governs
all our destinies one day wear your
coats and shoes should be there will be
a wintry forest lit by a single lamp
post and you’ll know exactly what to do
just don’t be swayed by the Turkish
delight yikes get the social boy well I
could see one day becoming Prince of
Narnia maybe number eight Bedknobs and
Broomsticks
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captain probably the second most
successful animation live-action
crossover the disney has ever made
behind another of today’s entries
Bedknobs and Broomsticks showers wartime
england with spells wanna be witches
mysterious books and magical beds is
can’t you feel that now flees to the air
set in the midst of the Blitz in World
War two it follows evacuate children
Charlie Carey and Paul Rollins as they
pair up with their Reluctant guardian
miss eglantine price am i doing
something wrong
well to tell you the truth he does seem
a bit old-fashioned after all we are in
the 20th century from the streets of
1940’s London to the far-off land of
naboombu it’s a bed bound adventure we’d
all like to be a part of you must have
given us the wrong address you don’t pip
here do it number 7 labyrinth just fear
me
love me do as I say and I will be your
slave the second film today to feature
David Bowie the pop icon takes a leading
role in labyrinth as the villainous
goblin king jerath everything I have
done for you
move this dog no one he pits his wits
against a young Jennifer Connelly who
after wishing away her baby brother must
rescue him by journeying into Jarrett’s
mystical maze you have 13 hours in which
to solve the labyrinth before your baby
brother becomes one of us
the labyrinth itself is mostly populated
with puppet creatures built by Muppets
maestro Jim Henson for what proved to be
the last feature film he ever directed
no your majesty
not the eternal stage you’re never
likely to find a more enduring lee odd
film nor manifestly magical you don’t
burn a chance another way through this
labyrinth do you owe me now I’m just a
woman number 6 Pan’s Labyrinth those
balls over the frivolous local label a
movie that attracted immense critical
acclaim Pan’s Labyrinth blurs an
exceptionally harsh reality with an
incredibly vibrant fantasy world the
result is a form of adult fairy tale
that’s beautifully believable this is
libro de las cinco de cada one was de
sola re ellos mess that I was tough Oh
Oh fie Lea’s existence falls way short
of what a little girl’s life should be
but as she descends further and further
into her own imagination and into a
nearby maze she’s offered another world
into which she and we can escape oh good
so we have transitioned
didn’t release the beasts inside the
labyrinth are nothing compared to the
brutality outside of it number five the
Green Mile for the most part an entirely
unmagical movie The Green Mile follows
John Coffey a death row inmate convicted
of murder
however while coffees certainly strong
enough to kill anyone he doesn’t come
across as a criminal at all kill him
with big love big little dicks each
other is the idea and though he’s headed
for the electric chair
there’s another form of power already
flowing through him more supernatural in
its source the moral says not to judge a
book by its cover and it’s wise to delay
judgment for this film too when I stand
before God and he asks me why did I did
I kill one of his true miracles what am
I going to say yes it’s a prison drama
but with a smidge more magic than the
average then it was my job my job you
tell God the Father it was the kind of
shit done number four
The Wizard of Oz had repeating we’re not
in Kansas anymore
the earliest film on our list at the
time of its release The Wizard of Oz
wild cinema audiences beyond anything
they’d ever seen before but what happens
if I just follow the yellow-brick room
known best for its pioneering use of
Technicolor the film is framed as a
dream had by the movie’s main character
Dorothy Gale
it really was no miracle what happened
was just this the wind began to
switch the house to pitch and suddenly
the hinges started to unhitch the Land
of Oz may be a figment of Dorothy’s
subconscious imagination but that
doesn’t mean we don’t buy into its magic
tap your heels together three times and
think to yourself there’s no place like
red slippers will forever remind all of
us of home and wicked witches will
forever be inspired by Margaret
Hamilton’s original I didn’t mean to
kill anybody
well Nilofer pretty i can cause access
to number three Peter Pan the first
authorized adaptation of JM Barrie’s
1911 novel since Disney animated Peter
Pan in 1953 pj hogan takes the
director’s chair for this thoroughly
enviable adventure into neverland I do
believe in fairies in war I do believe
in fairies full of fairy dust flying
scenes and a ferociously hungry
crocodile Peter story is one that makes
us all wish we’d never grow up that
desire is perhaps even more deliberately
demonstrated in 1991’s hook but you just
can’t beat the classic Peter Pan tale
for magic you just say happy thoughts
and they lift you into the air
it’s an awfully big adventure and now
Peter Pan shout dumb number two Mary
Poppins good eye on this one he’s tricky
she’s wonderful much nominated for 13
Academy Awards and winning five Mary
Poppins is one of the most well
respected Disney movies ever made in
every job that must be done there is an
element of fun you find the fun and snap
the jobs are gained the film which is
set in AD Wardian London focuses on a
family that has forgotten how to be
happy I’m sorry dear but when I chose
Katy Nanna I thought she would be firm
with the children she looked so solemn
and cross when if it never confuse
efficiency with the liver complain
George banks lives a life of all work
and no play and doesn’t even have time
for his children choosing a nanny for
the children is an important and
delicate task
it requires insight balanced judgment
and an ability to read character but
when he employs Mary Poppins as a nanny
she brings an unusual magical new
perspective to the home close your mouth
please Michel we are not a codfish
well don’t stand there staring best foot
forward she does extraordinary things
sings incredible songs
supercalifragilistic expialidocious and
gets us all reevaluating what we
appreciate most never judge things by
their appearance even coffee bags I’m
sure I never do before we unveil our
number one pick here are some honorable
mentions come with me and you’ll be in a
world of pure imagination hey come and
you’ll see into your imagination Shh
you’re forever this year
well thank you very much you groan – I
propose a challenge
why don’t you astonish us if you can
without Aldo geta tree everywhere I look
I see there a batsub sight appellant
thousands of revolting little children
still believe is the dream do you course
coz all come from my in mind
number one Harry Potter and the
Philosopher’s Stone stop stop stop
you’re going to take someone’s eye
besides you’re saying it wrong
it’s Leviosa not live you saw the
opening adaptation of JK Rowling’s
record-breaking book series Harry Potter
and the Philosopher’s Stone leaves no
stone unturned in terms of magic it
serves as an introduction to Harry to
Hogwarts to Diagon Alley Dark Lord’s and
Quidditch
– a secret community of Witchcraft and
Wizardry that apparently coexists with
our own comparatively ordinary lives
you’re a wizard Harry I’m a lot the
first of eight entirely magical movies
the Philosopher’s Stone has us all
cursing the fact that we were born
muggles and wondering which of our
friends could be headed for platform 9
and 3/4 now all you’ve got to do is walk
straight at the wall between platforms 9
and 10 mister did a bit of a run if you
man do you agree with our list which
movie has you believing in magic
Theodore Roosevelt 26 president of these
United States of America at your service
okay uh I’m Larry Daley a new night
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