Circus movies and TV shows – page 3
Best films
List of circus movies
Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A magician in a carnival--who actually can read minds and levitate people and objects--works with a superintelligent chimp named Alex, who can also talk. The magician and the chimp soon become the stars of the carnival, drawing in big crowds. ...
Style:
independent film, exciting, semi serious, humorous
Audience:
family outing, pre-teens
Plot:
carnival, magician, magician's assistant, magic, circus, mind reading, chimpanzee, monkey, magic show, magic trick, hick, buddhism ...
Time:
80s
Place:
south carolina, southern usa, north carolina, india
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Genre: Family, Musical
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
The Chinese consider the lion a symbol of good luck, so it's a half-dragon, half-lion – a dralion – that is the symbol of the East-meets-West fusion of this performance in which 36 Chinese acrobats join the renowned Canadian troupe. ...
Style:
captivating, exciting, serious, realistic, stylized ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
circus, live performance, spectacle, juggling, juggler, acrobatics, arts and culture, artists and showbiz, acrobat, cirque du soleil, fire, tradition ...
Time:
21st century
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16K
Genre: Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: Italy, France, UK, Belgium
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
Live-action adaptation of the classic story of a wooden puppet named Pinocchio who comes to life.
Style:
fairy tale, costume drama, light, entertaining, enigmatic ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
pinocchio, circus, life changing experience, transformation, carpenter, teaching the ways of the world, false friend, animal, european, foreigner, adaptation, child ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
italy
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Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Monica Rivers, is the owner and ringmaster of a traveling circus and who'll stop at nothing to draw bigger audiences. When a series of mysterious murders begins to occur and some of her performers die gruesomely, her profits soar. She hires ...
Style:
detective, psychotronic, slasher, psychological thriller, suspense ...
Plot:
circus, hagsploitation, murder, investigation, tightrope walker, circus performer, acrobat, serial murder, camp, female boss, whodunit, eavesdropping ...
Time:
year 1967, 60s
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Music, Musical
Country: UK, Australia, USA, Canada
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
An adaptation of Tim Minchin and Dennis Kelly's musical based on the Roald Dahl novel.
Style:
humorous, entertaining, funny, exciting, captivating ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
singing, genius, female antagonist, library, child prodigy, escape artist, precocious child, circus, dysfunctional family, villain, heroes, child protagonist ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Russia
TV show
Style:
captivating, entertaining, feel good, suspenseful, emotional ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
circus, rivalry, biopic, animal trainer, life philosophy, artist, couples, transformation, family relations, ambition, society, female protagonist ...
Time:
20th century
Place:
russia, soviet union
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Genre: Animation
Country: China
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Frustrated with his pals, Briar joins a traveling circus, where new friends and fame keep the homesickness away... for a while.
Style:
feel good, captivating, light, entertaining, emotional ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly
Plot:
animal, circus, friendship, animal protagonist, bear, anthropomorphic animal, forest, talking animal, friends, anthropomorphic bear, animal life, anthropomorphism ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
china
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Ireland, UK, USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
A young woman, Tara Maguire (Robin Wright) scandalizes her provincial Irish village in the 1950s by having a baby out of a wedlock, and refusing to name the father. She has a rare beauty and every man in town desires her, especially Sergeant Hegarty ...
Style:
serious, realistic, touching, sentimental, captivating ...
Plot:
love, sin, circus, society, fall in love, small town life, small town, social relations, human nature, pregnancy, beauty, theatrical troupe ...
Time:
50s, year 1992
Place:
ireland, europe
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Genre: Action, Adventure
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
The Dark Knight of Gotham City confronts a dastardly duo: Two-Face and the Riddler. Formerly District Attorney Harvey Dent, Two-Face believes Batman caused the courtroom accident which left him disfigured on one side. And Edward Nygma, ...
Style:
stylized, saga, entertaining, gothic, action packed ...
Audience:
kids, teens, chick flick, family outing, date night ...
Plot:
superhero, batman, partner, vigilante, halloween, psychologist, disfigurement, millionaire, circus, villain, dark hero, mind control ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1995
Place:
usa, north america
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Genre: Drama
Country: West Germany
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A young circus director ends up going into television after her father, a trapeze performer, dies in a circus accident.
Style:
contemplative, gloomy, serious, realistic, stylized ...
Plot:
circus, clown, utopia, artists and showbiz, human spirit, workplace, hopes, performer's life, down on your luck, workplace situations, animal training, showbiz ...
Time:
60s
Place:
west germany, europe, germany
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28K
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: India
Duration: 154 min.
Story:
In Singapore, Krishna is forced by circumstances to use his superpowers and become a masked superhero named Krrish, before getting drawn towards his lost legacy.
Style:
serious, atmospheric, exciting, stylized, entertaining ...
Plot:
secret identity, save the world, good versus evil, megalomaniac, self discovery, undercover, fall in love, supernatural ability, danger, inheritance, master villain, rivalry ...
Time:
year 2006
Place:
india, asia, singapore
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Mexico, Italy
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
A young man is confined in a mental hospital. Through a flashback we see that he was traumatized as a child, when he and his family were circus performers: he saw his father cut off the arms of his mother, a religious fanatic and leader of the ...
Style:
psychedelic, surreal, dark, cult classic, atmospheric ...
Plot:
surrealism, circus, serial killer, revenge, clown, psychology, killer clown, extreme, blood, art, magic realism, funeral ...
Time:
80s, year 1989
Place:
mexico city, mexico, latin america
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Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: France, USA, Germany
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
The adventurous, young Madeline is very good at getting into trouble, but she's also fantastic at solving problems as well, and her school-mistress Miss Clavel is not too approving of her. The biggest problem comes up when Lord Covington ...
Style:
touching, melancholic, talky, humorous, feel good ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, teens, girls' night ...
Plot:
children, kidnapping, orphan, rescue, childhood, amateur detective, hospital, chase, girl, boy, school, coming of age ...
Time:
1950s, 20th century, 90s, year 1998, 50s ...
Place:
paris france, france, europe
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Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Estranged, quarreling brothers Carezza and Sorriso have to put aside their differences to reclaim their father's beloved dune buggy from predatory real estate developer Torsillo, with the help of beautiful circus performer Miriam, whose family ...
Style:
entertaining, action comedy, captivating, light, humorous ...
Plot:
brothers, circus, small town, car, buddy, mafioso, mob boss, small town life, mafia, italian mafia, car chase, brotherhood ...
Time:
70s
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: Hungary
Duration: 92 min.
TV show
Story:
A few kids make a circus show for their sick friend, and get in some trouble along the way.
Style:
lighthearted, uplifting, sentimental, retro, period piece
Audience:
kids, family friendly
Plot:
children, circus, compassion, friendship, empathy, illness, problem solving, teamwork, bittersweet, community, coming of age, unhappiness ...
Time:
70s
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
14-year-old Midori is the constantly abused chore girl for a freakshow. Things begin to change for her after a dwarf magician joins the freak show, but not always for the better.
Style:
sadistic, intense, compassionate, dark, manga ...
Plot:
circus, orphan, midget, body horror, sadism, cruelty, loss of mother, punishment, jealousy, illusion, child abuse, freak ...
Place:
japan
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
With a serial strangler on the loose, a bookkeeper wanders around town searching for the vigilante group intent on catching the killer.
Style:
surreal, sexy, humorous, black and white, philosophical ...
Plot:
serial killer, murder, vigilante, false accusation, investigation, vigilantism, circus, lone hero, disorder, danger, comedy of errors, mistaken identity ...
Time:
1930s, year 1991, 1920s, 20th century
Place:
new york, central europe, eastern europe, new jersey
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Romance, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
An idealistic, modern-day cowboy struggles to keep his Wild West show afloat in the face of hard luck and waning interest.
Style:
sentimental, touching, neo western, funny, spaghetti western ...
Plot:
cowboy, circus, small town, bank robbery, gunfight, horse, modern western, stepmother, hidden treasure, amusement park, carnival, presumed dead ...
Time:
year 1980, 70s, 1930s, 80s
Place:
new york, idaho, montana, usa, new jersey
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Genre: Western
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Frontier Circus is an American Western television series about a traveling circus roaming the American West in the 1880s. Filmed by Revue Productions, the program aired on the CBS from October 5, 1961, until September 6, 1962.
Style:
suspense
Plot:
circus, carnival, outlaw, survival, rodeo, wild west, van, traveling circus, wagon train, travel, train, hunter ...
Time:
1880s, 19th century
Place:
arizona
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Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
The Greatest Show on Earth is an American drama series starring Jack Palance about the American circus, which aired on ABC from September 17, 1963, to April 28, 1964. It was produced by Desilu, the production company founded by Lucille Ball and Desi ...
Style:
vintage, period drama
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
circus, behind the scenes, showbiz, problem solving, spectacle, entertainment industry, management, resilience, leadership, friendship, teamwork, accountant ...
Time:
60s
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
A European circus family is torn apart by greed and jealousy.
Style:
period piece, melancholic, bleak, tragic
Plot:
circus, exploitation, family drama, traveling circus, greed, betrayal, jealousy, showbiz, european, dysfunctional family, power struggle, corruption ...
Place:
germany
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103
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
Govindan Kutty (Raghu) is a clown who works in the circus. He comes to his village looking for a bride. Sharada (Anjali Naidu) is impressed by his charms and seemingly rich lifestyle and agrees to marry him. When they reach back the circus after ...
Style:
emotional, melancholic, tension, period piece
Plot:
clown, circus, jealousy, love triangle, character study, loneliness, identity crisis, betrayal, humiliation, marriage, infidelity, unrequited love ...
Time:
80s
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Genre: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: India
Duration: 145 min.
Story:
The film opens with a ‘Manthravadi’ (Thilakan) an evil magician (Pithamagan Mahadevan) to obey to his commands and make spiriting away a friendly ghost money through crime. Meanwhile a group of kids and their benefactors are held hostage in a ...
Style:
light hearted, light, uplifting, slapstick, whimsical
Plot:
circus, ghost, magic, families, spirit, poverty, friendship, good versus evil, heartwarming, magic realism, family drama, pursuit ...
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Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: Hungary, Italy, Germany, France
Duration: 145 min.
Story:
This story takes place in a small town on the Hungarian Plain. In a provincial town, which is surrounded with nothing else but frost. It is bitterly cold weather — without snow. Even in this bewildered cold hundreds of people are standing around ...
Style:
serious, philosophical, black and white, slow cinema, tense ...
Plot:
philosophy, surrealism, chaos, musician, delusion, circus, magic realism, social relations, danger, small town life, village life, european ...
Time:
2000s, 90s
Place:
hungary, europe
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Romance, Western
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Traveling players invent the strip tease while mixed up in a Central American revolution.
Style:
sexy, spaghetti western, sensual, romantic comedy, political ...
Plot:
female warrior, circus, revolution, anarchist, train, woman with a gun, female fight, heroine, cowboy, professional, striptease, artist ...
Time:
1900s, victorian era, 19th century, 1890s, 1910s ...
Place:
central america, latin america, mexico, france, ireland ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Brazil, France, Switzerland
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Brazilian badlands, April 1910. Tonho is ordered by his father to avenge the death of his older brother. The young man knows that if he commits this crime, his life will be divided in two: the twenty years he has already lived and the few days he ...
Style:
bleak, intense, tense, serious, rough ...
Plot:
family feud, vengeance, coming of age, circus, rivalry, family problems, youth, uninhibited rivalry, family values, parents and children, family in crisis, revenge ...
Time:
1910s, 20th century, year 2001, 19th century, 70s
Place:
brazil, south america, latin america, tokyo, argentina ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Yugoslavia
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
A Serbian engineer falls for a younger woman, but he is inept at courtship.
Style:
black and white, sex comedy, experimental, cynical, semi serious ...
Plot:
circus, hypnosis, love triangle, machinery, black, love, engineer, drinking, factory, sexual content, family relations, couples ...
Time:
60s
Place:
belgrade, eastern europe, balkan, serbia, former yugoslavia ...
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297K
Genre: Animation, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
When Coraline moves to an old house, she feels bored and neglected by her parents. She finds a hidden door with a bricked up passage. During the night, she crosses the passage and finds a parallel world where everybody has buttons instead of eyes, ...
Style:
gothic, surreal, dark fantasy, dark, scary ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly, teens, girls' night, family outing ...
Plot:
stop motion, children, monster, parallel world, alternate reality, fantasy world, secret place, heroine, imagination, doll, danger, young heroes ...
Time:
year 2009, y2k, future, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
oregon, michigan, usa, north america, texas
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5K
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
Never take a baby from his mother. You'll see why in this action-packed monster thriller as young Gorgo, a creature from the sea, is relocated to London from Ireland, with rampaging mommy-dearest not far behind.
Style:
natural horror, classic horror, suspense, grindhouse, retro ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
giant monster, kaiju, dinosaur, giant lizard, monster terrorizes city, circus, mutant, creature feature, giant creature, lost world, rescue, reptiles ...
Time:
year 1961, prehistory
Place:
ireland, big ben london, london, england, europe
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Hungary, Romania, Poland
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
This film is about the relationship of a mother and her daughter, the split-up of their family, the blessing and curse of belonging together and about coming of age - all this from the perspective of the young girl Aglaja. The story is based on ...
Style:
sentimental, emotional, atmospheric, touching, serious ...
Plot:
circus, dysfunctional family, desire for fame, ambition, self discovery, performer's life, eccentric family, artists and showbiz, youth, parents and children, family relations, family problems ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, 80s
Place:
hungary
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