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Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: Poland
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Set at the turn of the century it presents a story of a famous Polish athlete, Zbyszko Cyganiewicz. It begins in a small town where a traveling circus attracts a shy boy into a phony wrestling game to please the crowds. The youth, however, takes his ...
Style:
dramatic, art house, dark, tragic, period drama
Plot:
circus, wrestling, fame, revenge, rivalry, competition, rise and fall, tragic hero, small town, ambition, violence, guilt ...
Time:
turn of the century, 1890s
Place:
poland
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: Australia
Duration: 183 min.
Story:
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Style:
feel good, inspirational, lighthearted, teen, independent film
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
clown, circus, coming of age, heartwarming, identity, life lesson, self discovery, childhood, imagination, friendship, youth, dream ...
Time:
90s
Place:
australia, paris france
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Genre: Drama, Family, Sci-Fi, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Jimmy, a young boy trying to gain acceptance from his peers, is horrified when he sees a circus trainer abusing a bear cub. One of the circus employees tells Jimmy that there is a magic cave in the hills nearby that can transport people to another ...
Style:
semi serious, feel good, touching, sentimental, independent film ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, pre-teens
Plot:
youth, grizzly bear, circus, wilderness, young heroes, heroes, rescue, survival, escapades, danger, hopes, family life ...
Time:
20th century, 2000s, 19th century, 21st century
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Genre: Animation, Short, Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 24 min.
Story:
When the circus comes to town, Snoopy naturally pays a visit. There he falls for a beautiful poodle performing there. He soon runs away to join it. While he quickly becomes a star performer, Charlie Brown is distraught by Snoopy's decision ...
Style:
lighthearted, sentimental, slapstick, semi serious, feel good ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
peanuts, circus, showbiz, friendship, families, traveling circus, children, heartwarming, loyalty, childhood, runaway, family drama ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
In an ever-expanding but nondescript North American city, Christophe, a middle-aged businessman, unexpectedly encounters Micha, a Russian acrobat recovering from an injury, while house-hunting. An instant attraction is quickly consummated and they ...
Style:
sexy, erotic, suspense, psychological, sentimental ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
acrobat, gay interest, male nudity, male male relationship, erection, gay erotica, naked man, male pubic hair, gay sex, hand job, circumcised penis, explicit sex ...
Place:
canada, montreal
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Family, Musical
Country: Spain, Argentina
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Like a love song to differences, Turu, the Wacky Hen tells the story of a creature who, due to her particular appearance, becomes the object of ridicule for the rest of the henhouse. Her wiry legs and featherless back don’t startle Isabel, an ex ...
Style:
humorous, light, captivating, feel good
Plot:
circus, friendship, fight, chicken, henchman, farm, businessman, bird, acrobat, big city, singing, river ...
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A young reporter and his niece discover a beautiful and enchanting creature they believe to be the real little mermaid.
Style:
sweet, fairy tale, emotional, colorful, gothic
Audience:
kids, chick flick, family friendly, family outing, teens ...
Plot:
mermaid, fall in love, circus, magic, swimming, little mermaid, chase, fortune teller, reporter, uncle niece relationship, healing, kidnapping ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
mississippi
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Genre: Animation, Family, Fantasy
Country: Russia, Hungary
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Think you know the story of Pinocchio? Think again! In this thrilling, humorous take on the classic tale, the wooden hero is a skilled acrobat who performs stunts with his beloved horse, the wisecracking Tybalt. He runs off to join a circus, where ...
Style:
captivating, feel good, entertaining, humorous, sincere ...
Plot:
single father, curses spells and rituals, circus, pinocchio, friends, friendship, family relations, transformation, magic, parents and children, toys, wish fulfillment ...
Place:
russia
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Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: Brazil
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Twenty years ago on a volcanic and paradisiacal island a 10-year-old boy was separated from his sister. The mother, fearful that an incestuous attraction would develop between the two, sent her son to the mainland with Kaleb, the magician from the ...
Style:
atmospheric, captivating, psychological, sentimental, realistic ...
Plot:
incestuous relationship, circus, unfulfilled love, performer's life, unfulfillment, family relations, lgbt, forbidden love, society, rivalry, gay subtext, love and romance ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
brazil, latin america
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Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min.
TV show
Story:
Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water is a Japanese animated television series inspired by the works of Jules Verne, particularly Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea and the exploits of Captain Nemo. The series was created by Toho, from a concept of ...
Style:
anime, semi serious, exciting, humorous, tense ...
Audience:
teens, kids
Plot:
boy, circus, escapades, imaginary, chase, rivalry, danger, heroes, master villain, young heroes, self sacrifice, air battle ...
Time:
19th century, 1880s, 1890s, 20th century, victorian era
Place:
france, paris france
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Genre: Family
Country: Canada
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Growing up at a zoo, young ballet dancer Sophie always loved animals - but none as much as her pet elephant Sheba. When her parents are forced to sell Sheba to a travelling circus, Sophie has no choice but to runaway and join him on the road to get ...
Style:
semi serious, humorous, sentimental, captivating, light ...
Audience:
family outing, kids
Plot:
friendship, circus, family relations, teenage love, performer's life, elephant, zoo, ballet, girl, child, wild animal, friends ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A young boy tries to make living out of a puppet show when his mother abandons him and his father.
Style:
melancholic, sentimental, art house, period piece, tear jerker ...
Plot:
circus, innocence, child protagonist, loss, abandonment, father son relationship, alcoholism, illness, family drama, empathy, bittersweet, poverty ...
Time:
year 1970, year 1974
Place:
poetic realism
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Columbus has made a habit of running from what scares him. Tallahassee doesn't have fears. If he did, he'd kick their ever-living ass. In a world overrun by zombies, these two are perfectly evolved survivors. But now, they're about to ...
Style:
humorous, funny, absurd, parody, apocalyptic ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, date night, manly ...
Plot:
zombie, apocalypse, post apocalypse, zombie apocalypse, virus, survival, road trip, amusement park, living dead, dark humor, chaos and mayhem, danger ...
Time:
year 2009, near future, year 2000, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
washington d.c., los angeles, columbus ohio, ohio, usa ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Musical
Country: Canada
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
When a natural catastrophe threatens to destroy the sacred Tree of Souls, Ralu and Entu, two Omaticaya boys on the brink of adulthood, fearlessly decide to take matters into their own hands. Upon learning that Toruk can help them save the Tree of ...
Style:
spectacular, captivating, entertaining, feel good, colorful ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
acrobatics, dancing, circus, cirque du soleil, flying, live performance, quest, spectacle, stage play, music, acrobat, music and dance ...
Time:
2010s
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Italy
TV show
Story:
In 1960s Rome, a meeting between a free-spirited young woman who grew up in her family's circus and a girl of wealthy descent leads to secrets, intrigue, and unexpected loves.
Style:
suspense, captivating, psychological, disturbing, sincere ...
Plot:
family secret, circus, female protagonist, society, family relations, lifestyle, lifestyle change, changing lives, forbidden love, family drama, social inequality, coming of age ...
Time:
60s, 20th century
Place:
rome italy
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Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
"The Cape" is a drama series following Vince Faraday, an honest cop on a corrupt police force, who finds himself framed for a series of murders and presumed dead. He is forced into hiding, leaving behind his wife Dana and son, Trip. Fueled ...
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, serious, captivating, realistic
Audience:
teens
Plot:
superhero, supernatural power, fighting crime, vigilantism, rivalry, dishonesty, undercover, danger, frame up, presumed dead, superpower, circus ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Family
Country: Italy, Belgium
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
On his deathbed, Ludovico entrusts his daughter Margot to the housekeeper, Felicia, asking that the family villa be transformed into an orphanage so that the little girl can grow up in joy with other children. But the wicked Felicia only wants the ...
Style:
heartfelt, uplifting, suspenseful, melancholic, whimsical
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
circus, traveling circus, family drama, identity, magic realism, resilience, surrogate family, exploitation, escape, performance art, coming of age, rescue ...
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Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Sunny is a naïve circus performer who dreams of inheriting his father's knife-throwing skills. However, his hostile colleagues continue to bully him, relegating him to a lowly clown. On a tour to Malaysia, Cheung and other performers discover ...
Style:
exciting, suspense, captivating, tense, crime drama ...
Plot:
martial arts, chaos, rivalry, danger, superhuman powers, disorder, escapades, supernatural, circus, chinese mafia, fight, triad ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
ancient china
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Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Alex Grant is a troubled young woman, 20 years ago, she witnessed her mother get murdered by a carnival clown. She has nightmares of the clown - Louis Seagram. First a kind man then turned bad and also tried to rape Alex's mother. Alex fears ...
Style:
slasher, surprise ending, scary, tense, psychological ...
Plot:
childhood trauma, nightmare, evil clown, female protagonist, carnival, killer clown, hallucination, dream, car accident, ghost, death of mother, murder ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
usa
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Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
The residents of Port Emmett prepare for a hurricane that will churn up a 50-year-old secret, awakening an army of zombie clowns. Left to die after a circus train accident, the clowns rise from their muddy graves to get revenge. The guilty can run, ...
Style:
suspense, scary, serious, suspenseful, offbeat ...
Plot:
zombie, killer clown, vengeance, supernatural, clown, gory, small town, circus, evil clown, danger, brutality, dead ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
florida
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
A Russian circus visits the US. A clown wants to defect, but doesn't have the nerve. His saxophone playing friend however comes to the decision to defect in the middle of Bloomingdales. He is befriended by the black security guard and falls in ...
Style:
realistic, sentimental, touching, cult classic, retro ...
Plot:
cold war, jazz, circus, immigrant, culture clash, friendship, kgb, fall in love, refugee, shopping, paranoia, immigration ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
new york, russia, usa, moscow russia, brooklyn new york city ...
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Raoul Duke and his attorney Dr. Gonzo drive a red convertible across the Mojave desert to Las Vegas with a suitcase full of drugs to cover a motorcycle race. As their consumption of drugs increases at an alarming rate, the stoned duo trash their ...
Style:
surreal, psychedelic, road movie, black comedy, cerebral ...
Audience:
teen drama, adult
Plot:
drug abuse, road trip, lsd, journalism, psychedelia, trippy, addiction, surrealism, american dream, casino, marijuana, hallucination ...
Time:
70s, 90s, year 1998, 20th century, year 1965 ...
Place:
las vegas, usa
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
It's night on a Paris bridge. A girl leans over Seine River with tears in her eyes and a violent yearning to drown her sorrows. Out of nowhere someone takes an interest in her. He is Gabor, a knife thrower who needs a human target for his show. ...
Style:
black and white, psychological, humorous, touching, stylized ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
starting over, love, older man younger woman relationship, knife thrower, life & death, mentor, sexuality, loneliness, existentialism, haunted by the past, suicidal, sex ...
Time:
90s, year 1999
Place:
paris france, france, greece, europe, glasgow scotland ...
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Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
Just before Halloween, three young brothers alone in a big house are menaced by three escaped mental patients who have murdered some traveling circus clowns and taken their identities.
Style:
slasher, controversial, suspenseful, slasher horror, scary ...
Plot:
clown, child in peril, home invasion, circus, childhood trauma, brother brother relationship, evil clown, killer clown, boy, old dark house, chase, bully ...
Time:
80s
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Genre: Animation, Drama, Horror
Country: Japan
Duration: 55 min.
Story:
After losing her parents, young flower selling Midori is put up by a fairground group. She is abused and forced to slavery, until the arrival of an enigmatic magician of short stature, who gives her hope for a better future.
Style:
anime, disturbing, depressing, adult anime, psychological ...
Plot:
rape, body horror, female nudity, sadism, child abuse, freak, murder, punishment, threesome, pedophile, circus, orphan ...
Time:
1920s
Place:
japan
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Tired of being a small-town waitress, Donna departs with the latest carnival show, living with entertainers Frankie and Patch in a tense, emotional triangle.
Style:
stylized, realistic, semi serious, disturbing, gloomy ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
coming of age, circus, small town, freakshow, carnival, romantic triangle, freak, travel, waitress, hustler, game, parents and children ...
Time:
80s, year 1980, 20th century, 70s
Place:
canada, new jersey, california, texas
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, Canada, USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Eccentric scientist Victor Von Frankenstein creates a grotesque creature in an unorthodox scientific experiment.
Style:
gothic, gothic horror, medical horror, stylized, light ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
mad scientist, monster, frankenstein, hunchback, frankenstein's monster, scientist, escapades, friendship, experiment gone awry, experiment, steampunk, doctor frankenstein ...
Time:
victorian era, 19th century, future, 1930s, 21st century
Place:
scotland yard, scotland, england, usa, big ben london ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Russia
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Contemporary Moscow, home to several people who apparently lead a totally carefree life. They have all acquired status in society, and at first sight seem to have everything they desire. But each of them is lacking something, and each has their own ...
Style:
sexy, psychological, captivating, ironic, crying ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
husband wife relationship, intimacy, fat woman, masturbation, threesome, male pubic hair, male nudity, cheating wife, photographer, circus, seduction, erotica ...
Place:
moscow russia
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: India, USA
Duration: 172 min.
Story:
To avenge his father's death, a circus entertainer trained in magic and acrobatics turns thief to take down a corrupt bank in Chicago. Two cops from Mumbai are assigned to the case.
Style:
realistic, serious, stylized, fast, action thriller ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
motorcycle chase, chases and races, rivalry, perfect crime, fighting crime, chase, law enforcement, circus, bank robber, brother brother relationship, master criminal, fall in love ...
Time:
year 2013, 21st century
Place:
usa, chicago, india
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Germany, Sweden, Russia, Spain, France, Italy
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A fairy tale-like love story between young circus artist Lola and the bear Misha, who one day transforms into a human being.
Style:
sexy, touching, atmospheric, stylized, sincere ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
animal human communication, impossible love, love affair, curse, social relations, social misfits, circus, bear, transformation, fall in love, forest, teenage girl ...
Place:
spain, siberia, russia, germany
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