Circus movies and TV shows – page 6
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List of circus movies
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
Adam West and Burt Ward returns to their iconic roles of Batman and Robin. Featuring the voices of Adam West, Burt Ward, and Julie Newmar, the film sees the superheroes going up against classic villains like The Joker, The Riddler, The Penguin and ...
Style:
entertaining, exciting, melancholic, suspenseful, light ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
batman, investigation, rescue, fistfight, super villain, fight, police, secret identity, evil clown, superhero, circus, multiverse ...
Time:
year 2016, 60s
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Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
Kangaroo Jack is back but this time he's animated! Three Teenagers go to the Outback, and find themselves back in Vegas - trying to get Jack home!
Style:
humorous, not serious, entertaining, surprise ending
Audience:
family outing, kids
Plot:
buddies, kangaroo, danger, escapades, disorder, hunter, circus, silly humor, chases and races, friends, heroes, partner ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
las vegas, australia, usa, nevada
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Genre: Adventure, Crime, Family
Country: Germany
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
For their bicycle tour to Catmoor, the friends Julian, Dick and Anne, their cousin Georgina, called George, and her dog Timmy have long looked forward to. But the camping holiday in the countryside ends with the kidnapping of Dick, confuse the two ...
Style:
semi serious, humorous, light, captivating, realistic ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, pre-teens
Plot:
friendship, danger, friends, young heroes, investigation, coming of age, best friend, kidnapping, youth, heroes, escapades, amateur detective ...
Time:
21st century
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Long ago the Lady Borealis placed the evil Winterbolt under a magic spell, and put the last of her magic into the nose of a newborn reindeer: Rudolph. But now Winterbolt's awake. He gives Frosty's family magic amulets to keep them from ...
Style:
christmas special, christmas classics, claymation, humorous, feel good ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, preschool
Plot:
holiday, christmas, stop motion, xmas, christmas season, reindeer, circus, snowman, winter, christmas wish, christmas spirit, evil wizard ...
Time:
70s
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
An adolescent lion is accidentally shipped from the New York Zoo to Africa. Now running free, his zoo pals must put aside their differences to help bring him back.
Style:
humorous, computer animated, stylized, feel good, 3d animation ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, teens, preschool
Plot:
animal, zoo, lion, animal life, talking animal, survival, rescue, fish out of water, adaptation, friendship, escapades, heroes ...
Time:
year 2006, 2000s
Place:
africa, new york, usa, manhattan new york city
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 72 min.
Story:
Captain New Eyes travels back in time and feeds dinosaurs his Brain Grain cereal, which makes them intelligent and non-violent. They agree to go to the Middle Future in order to grant the wishes of children in New York city. They are to meet Dr. ...
Style:
semi serious, humorous, entertaining, captivating, cult classic ...
Audience:
kids, teens, pre-teens, family outing, preschool
Plot:
dinosaur, friendship, talking animal, disorder, escapades, rescue, young heroes, danger, love, children, anthropomorphism, pterodactyl ...
Time:
90s, year 1993, 20th century, prehistory, prehistoric times
Place:
new york, london
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Told from the perspective of man reflecting on his childhood in Prauge in the early years of World War 2 and the eventual destruction of his family as the Nazis rise to power. The storyline focuses heavily on Jewish-Czech Silberstein family members. ...
Style:
contemplative, captivating, realistic, serious, touching ...
Plot:
world war two, coming of age, escapades, hopes, life is a bitch, society, life turned upside down, circus, election, judaism, youth, starvation ...
Time:
80s, 1930s, 1940s, 20th century
Place:
slovakia, europe, czech republic, central europe, palestine ...
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Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Australia, India, Japan, Finland
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Skipper, Kowalski, Rico and Private join forces with undercover organization The North Wind to stop the villainous Dr. Octavius Brine from destroying the world as we know it.
Style:
entertaining, humorous, 3d animation, witty, funny ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, teens, pre-teens ...
Plot:
penguins, good versus evil, buddies, friendship, espionage, animal life, talking animal, rescue, anthropomorphic animal, animal, anthropomorphism, silly humor ...
Time:
2010s, year 2014, 20th century, 21st century
Place:
madagascar, venice, shanghai, new york, italy ...
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Genre: Adventure, Family
Country: Germany
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Due to the sudden outbreak of a hurricane, a traveling circus, famous for its stunning numbers with horses, calls into the small German estate of Kaltenbach. Soon, Ari realizes that one of the horses of this circus, named Orcan, is in mortal danger. ...
Style:
suspense, disturbing, captivating
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
horse, horse riding, girl horse relationship, circus, racehorse, escapades, characters in danger, traveling circus, stallion, redheaded woman, problem, tractor ...
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Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: Mexico, USA, Philippines
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Cuco, a mexican parrot, goes on an adventure from Mexico to Hollywood in order to get help from El Americano, a famous superhero from TV, against an evil band of birds trying to take control of his family’s beloved circus.
Style:
satirical, captivating, semi serious, feel good, sincere ...
Audience:
kids, family outing
Plot:
cartoon bird, friendship, circus, fight, animal life, heroes, parrot, friends, family relations, rescue mission, satire, father son relationship ...
Place:
tijuana mexico
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Genre: Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
An on-the-run twisted family of circus performers live in the remote Scottish highlands, miles away from civilisation. When a team of kick ass Roller Derby girls go camping just a bit too close to them all hell breaks loose.
Style:
scary, suspense, suspenseful, bleak, psychotronic
Plot:
circus, blood, camping, clown, serial killer, youth, murder, masked killer, maniac, woman in danger, chase, killing spree ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Four friends travel to a supposedly haunted abandoned circus on Halloween to party and encounter a ringmaster setting up a sideshow exhibit who proceeds to tell them three terrifying tales.
Style:
anthology, sinister, creepy, suspenseful, tense ...
Plot:
halloween, circus, haunted, supernatural, darkness, survival horror, sideshow, friends, ritual, isolation, woods, clown ...
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Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Denmark
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
Little Virgil lives in a henhouse with his best friend Oscar, a one-legged rooster. Virgil's worst enemy is Orla, the local bully-boy. When a circus comes to town, Virgil hires on as the Human Cannonball's apprentice. The role is a perfect ...
Style:
humorous, lighthearted, slapstick, period piece
Audience:
kids
Plot:
friendship, children, circus, unhappiness, coming of age, underdog, independence, village, imagination, justice, small town, rooster ...
Time:
80s, 70s
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
Makar, a criminal investigator, is trying to find a stolen collection of antic treasures during the Spring of 1918.
Style:
detective, dramatic, suspenseful, tense, tragic ending ...
Plot:
russian civil war, nobility, art theft, fencing, circus, revolution, investigation, class conflict, heist, aristocracy, orphan, betrayal ...
Time:
year 1970, 1920s
Place:
soviet union, ussr
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Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A fun fair, on a wasteland, on the outskirts of a small provincial town in the south of France.
Style:
bleak, emotional, melancholic, atmospheric, existential ...
Plot:
circus, female protagonist, chance meeting, family drama, small town life, intimacy, bittersweet, resilience, slice of life, wasteland, realism, intimate ...
Place:
south of france
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Genre: Action, Adventure
Country: India, Soviet Union
Duration: 162 min.
Story:
Shankar and Chanchal earn their living by doing road shows. Once, Shankar sees Natasha on a circus poster and dreams of working with her. He gets an offer to work in the circus in Russia
Style:
colorful, emotional, intercultural, uplifting
Plot:
circus, spectacle, ambition, music and dance, entertainment industry, dream, showbiz, travel, journey, trick, aspiration, risk ...
Place:
russia
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Genre: Family
Country: Canada
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Series about children in a circus school.
Style:
funny, light, entertaining, feel good, captivating ...
Audience:
family friendly, family outing, kids
Plot:
children, high school life, circus, friendship, school, mischievous children, acrobatics, performance art, teamwork, spectacle, training, coming of age ...
Time:
2010s
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Romania
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
At the Bucharest Circus, the new young manager is trying to solve the major financial issues of the company by selling its only bear (old and about to die soon) to German hunters. But the artists do not want to sacrifice their favorite animal so the ...
Style:
road movie, art house, tragicomedy, independent film, melancholic ...
Plot:
road trip, bear, circus, escape, loyalty, animal rights, moral dilemma, friendship, satire, rescue, poverty, dark humor ...
Place:
bucharest, eastern europe
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Mexico
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
A boy who grew up at the circus decides to leave his old life and go after the love of his life.
Style:
romantic, romantic drama, captivating, sensual, melancholic ...
Plot:
lovers, love story, true love, circus, love and romance, looking for love, love interest, relationships, romantic relationship, love triangle, in love, boyfriend girlfriend relationship ...
Place:
mexico, new orleans
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
A mysterious story of two magicians whose intense rivalry leads them on a life-long battle for supremacy -- full of obsession, deceit and jealousy with dangerous and deadly consequences.
Style:
surprise ending, twist ending, clever, atmospheric, psychological ...
Audience:
family friendly, teens, chick flick
Plot:
twists and turns, obsession, plot twist, secret, magic, magician, rivalry, illusionist, stage magic, uninhibited rivalry, deception, secrets ...
Time:
victorian era, 19th century, future, edwardian era, turn of the century ...
Place:
london, peru, colorado, los angeles, britain ...
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Genre: Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Aliens, who look like clowns, arrive on Earth to capture and harvest people in order to use them as sustenance.
Style:
parody, dark comedy, horror comedy, frightening, scary ...
Audience:
teens, kids, boys' night, horror for children
Plot:
clown, killer clown, monster, ufo, alien, extraterrestrial, evil clown, alien abduction, rescue, alien invasion, amusement park, small town ...
Time:
80s, year 2016, 20th century, year 1988
Place:
california, usa
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Genre: Drama
Country: China, Hong Kong
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Wang Bianlian is an aging street performer known as the King of Mask for his mastery of Sichuan Change Art in a true story. His wife left him with and infant son over 30 years ago. The son died from illness at age 10. This left Wang a melancholy ...
Style:
emotional, sentimental, touching, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
children, art, monkey, women, true love, coming of age, circus, artist, opera, poverty, culture clash, loneliness ...
Time:
1930s, year 1996, 20th century, 1900s
Place:
china, asia, japan, tokyo
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Genre: Drama, Music, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Elvis plays a bad-boy singer roaming the highways on his Japanese motorcycle; laid up after an accident, he joins a carnival owned by the feisty Barbara Stanwyck.
Style:
psychotronic, retro, humorous, touching, semi serious ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
elvis presley, motorcycle, music, lovers, circus, gender bending, love, karate, greaser, couples, family relations, hopes ...
Time:
60s, 80s
Place:
california, new jersey, hawaii, egypt
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
TV show
Story:
Koo Seo Jin reaches an all-time low when he uses his power as a theme park director to decommission Wonderland's popular circus. Refusing to give into the demands of her frosty boss, ringleader Jang Ha Na puts up a fight, but is thrown off ...
Style:
dorama, humorous, captivating, psychological, sentimental ...
Plot:
split personality, circus, workplace, male female relationship, workplace situations, love story, in love, fall in love, couple relations, love affair, coworker, co worker co worker relationship ...
Place:
korea
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Italy
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
When the beautiful dancer Salome learns that the dwarf circus owner Marcel has just received an inheritance, she marries the lovesick, diminutive performer, all the while planning to steal his fortune and run off with her lover, strong man Sansone. ...
Style:
psychotronic, suspense, tense, suspenseful, scary ...
Plot:
murder, revenge, clown, freak, circus, death, brutality, society, psychopath, murderer, couples, female victim ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
italy
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada, Romania
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Tara Talbot is afflicted with the rare genetic condition hypertrichosis: she is covered head to toe in hair. She lives her life in Harley Dune's Travelling Freak Show, on display as the 'Terrifying Wolf Girl', but underneath she is ...
Style:
semi serious, suspense, disturbing, queer horror, offbeat
Audience:
teens
Plot:
werewolf, supernatural, body horror, social misfits, experiment gone awry, small town, danger, dangerous animal, social relations, teenage life, lesbian, wolf ...
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA, UK, Belgium, Canada
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
A teenager finds himself transported to an island where he must help protect a group of orphans with special powers from creatures intent on destroying them.
Style:
dark fantasy, fairy tale, gothic, entertaining, exciting ...
Audience:
kids, teens, pre-teens, family outing, girls' night ...
Plot:
time travel, fantasy world, time loop, magic, children, monster, imaginary, youth, superhuman powers, beautiful scenery, supernatural power, orphan ...
Time:
victorian era, year 1943, year 2016, 2010s, 1940s ...
Place:
england, wales, florida, europe
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Genre: Drama
Country: Chile
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Two prisoners escape execution by the police and become successful circus clowns in Pinochet's Chile.
Style:
tragicomedy, dark comedy, intense, surreal, political drama
Plot:
clown, circus, escape, prisoner, oppression, survival, violence, friendship, disguise, satire, moral ambiguity, escape plan ...
Time:
70s
Place:
chile
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Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: India
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
Aranjali is all set to celebrate the annual temple festival. Some unforeseen chain of events involving an elephant, a few young men, a notorious criminal, a drama troop and some trouble-loving villagers brings complete mayhem to the place
Style:
action adventure, light, absurd, semi serious, entertaining ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
elephant, temple, festival, criminal, circus, kickass, buddies, mayhem, conflict, violence, irreverent, social satire ...
Place:
india
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Genre: Drama, Western
Country: Italy
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Clips, a bounty killer, is after one John Coler, who has fooled him, keeping all of a loot he should have shared with him. He finally catches his prey only to discover that the man is a Coler all right but not the expected one. He is actually the ...
Style:
spaghetti western, tension, suspense, bleak, road movie ...
Plot:
bounty hunter, small town, circus, showdown, anti hero, lawlessness, mistaken identity, outlaw, vigilantism, treasure hunt, brotherhood, greed ...
Time:
60s
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