The illusionist

If the comparison has to be made, I would top "The illusionist" over "the prestige". The latter one is more of a movie about bold revenge than smart scheme.

In "the illusionist", each single incident played a key piece to the big picture, although it seemed totally irrelevant on the surface. What I saw tricked me into an illlusion of what was happening, which was, of course, not true at all. The only truth was love and promise between the two lovers.

Interestingly, so is the "reality" we are experiencing. We think we are living our lives, doing what we ought to do and making no difference to anyone other than ourselves. How can we know if it is another illusion?