Acrobat movies and TV shows – page 4
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List of acrobat movies
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: Adventure, Comedy, Crime
Country: Italy, Spain
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Kirk Warren, a former spy, is to be executed because he tried to steal a million dollars. But he is saved by Colonel Smithson because Sir Wilcox has prepared a mission for him. Warren has to steal a secret formula in Switzerland and try to expose ...
Style:
poliziottesco, slapstick, freeze frame, slapstick comedy, eurospy
Plot:
espionage, james bond spoof, woman with a gun, cold war, former spy, police officer, malingerer, golf, gas mask, messenger, kidnapped man, fight ...
Time:
year 1966, 60s, 20th century
Place:
venice, europe, london
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Romance
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A pair of buddies conspire to save their best friend from marrying the wrong woman, a cold-hearted beauty who snatches him from them and breaks up their Neil Diamond cover band.
Style:
funny, humorous, feel good, slapstick comedy, absurd ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, date night
Plot:
dark humor, faked death, kidnapping, fiance fiancee relationship, stupidity, friendship between men, tough girl, friendship, manipulative woman, nun, nothing goes right, dating ...
Time:
20th century, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
seattle, usa, thailand
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller, Western
Country: USA, Italy
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Tom Mix and Wyatt Earp team up to solve a murder at the Academy Awards in 1929 Hollywood.
Style:
atmospheric, talky, realistic, humorous, tense ...
Plot:
hollywood, amateur detective, murder mystery, wyatt earp, investigation, gunfight, law enforcement, partner, filmmaking, corruption, satire, buddy cop ...
Time:
80s, 1920s, year 1929, 1930s
Place:
california, los angeles, usa, san francisco, new jersey
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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: Animation, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: Spain
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Every year, the elves come from his magical world to bring humans a new spring. Tim is a new one this year. Distracted by the attractive sound of the fair, he wanders away from the other elves, being captured by former trapeze artist Samuel, who ...
Style:
anime
Plot:
friendship, elf, cruelty, flowers, prosecution, farmer, vegetable, friend, forest, little girl, dog, house ...
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Country: France, Germany, Belgium
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
We follow 24 hours in the life of a being moving from life to life like a cold and solitary assassin moving from hit to hit. In each of these interwoven lives, the being possesses an entirely distinct identity: sometimes a man, sometimes a woman, ...
Style:
surreal, art house, cerebral, psychedelic, disturbing ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
surrealism, life & death, existentialism, creativity, obsession, multiple storylines, trippy, hidden identity, unfulfillment, power relations, lifestyle change, male nudity ...
Time:
2010s, year 2012, 21st century
Place:
paris france, france, seattle, tokyo
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Genre: Fantasy
Country: USA, Canada, New Zealand
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
An original story featuring performances by Cirque du Soleil. A young woman is entranced by an Aerialist. When they fall into the dreamlike world of Cirque du Soleil and are separated, they travel through the different tent worlds trying to find ...
Style:
serious, exciting, surreal, stylized, poignant ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
circus, young lovers, synchronized swimming, dancer, disorder, imaginary, fall in love, artists and showbiz, fish out of water, dancing, dance, lovers apart ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
In Italy, a woman becomes involved in a series of unauthorized exorcisms during her mission to discover what happened to her mother, who allegedly murdered three people during her own exorcism.
Style:
demonic, suspenseful, suspense, rough, serious ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
found footage, demonic possession, exorcism, supernatural horror, supernatural, exorcist, possessed girl, death, possession, police detective, mental institution, investigation ...
Time:
year 2000, year 2012, 80s, year 1989, year 2009 ...
Place:
italy, america, europe, rome italy
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Animal pals Alex, Marty, Melman, and Gloria are still trying to make it back to New York's Central Park Zoo. They are forced to take a detour to Europe to find the penguins and chimps who broke the bank at a Monte Carlo casino. When French ...
Style:
3d animation, humorous, hilarious, entertaining, funny ...
Audience:
kids, teens, family friendly, toddlers, family outing ...
Plot:
circus, penguins, animal, zebra, getting home, silly humor, talking animal, friendship, villain, fantasy world, buddies, giraffe ...
Time:
year 2012, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
madagascar, new york, africa, monte carlo, europe ...
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Genre: Comedy, Romance, Sport
Country: UK, Germany, USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Born in America and raised in an Indian ashram, Pitka returns to his native land to seek his fortune as a spiritualist and self-help expert. His skills are put to the test when he must get a brokenhearted hockey player's marriage back on track ...
Style:
funny, parody, humorous, slapstick, not serious ...
Audience:
date night, teens
Plot:
ice hockey, hockey, mentor, adaptation, contests and competitions, rivalry, ambition, couple relations, sport team, breakup, indians, hockey player ...
Time:
year 2008
Place:
india, canada, toronto ontario canada
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Genre: Comedy, Music, Romance
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A group of aspiring entertainers try to establish careers for themselves in the city of Los Angeles.
Style:
humorous, realistic, semi serious, captivating
Audience:
date night, girls' night
Plot:
friendship, showbiz, music, musician's life, desire for fame, rising to stardom, music band, friends, relationship vs career, rock, fall in love, love triangle ...
Time:
year 2005
Place:
los angeles, new york, usa, california, jamaica
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: Czech Republic, USA
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
Famed monster slayer Gabriel Van Helsing is dispatched to Transylvania to assist the last of the Valerious bloodline in defeating Count Dracula. Anna Valerious reveals that Dracula has formed an unholy alliance with Dr. Frankenstein's monster ...
Style:
gothic, dark fantasy, exciting, scary, action adventure ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, kids, boys' night
Plot:
vampire, werewolf, supernatural, dracula, steampunk, frankenstein, fantasy world, good versus evil, undead, dark hero, transformation, monster ...
Time:
victorian era, 19th century, year 2004, 15th century, 1880s ...
Place:
transylvania, europe, budapest, italy, france ...
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
As a little girl, Federica fantasized about having beautiful long hair that would grow back as soon as she cut it, about never-ending cones of cotton candy and about countless adventures that took her to the far side of the world. Now a charming ...
Style:
captivating, sentimental, humorous, touching, semi serious ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
family relations, social differences, midlife crisis, parents and children, couples, love and romance, ex lover, father daughter relationship, wealth, death of father, dying, male nudity ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
sri lanka, venezuela, paris france, africa, india ...
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Spain
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Lucas Santos, named El Santo is petty thief going continuously in and out of jail. Tired of small thefts, he aims to strike a blow that makes him famous and become the star of all media. His wife Lucia, a comprehensive and sweet woman, while ...
Style:
humorous, not serious, suspenseful, realistic, exciting
Plot:
art theft, nothing goes right, criminal gang, unlikely criminals, ambition, comedy of errors, disorder, museum, partner, misfit partners, desire for fame, robbery ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
madrid, spain
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Genre: Drama
Country: Australia, Belgium
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
After more than forty years apart, Andreas and Claire embark on an affair as reckless and intense as when they were young lovers. Widowed musician Andreas decides to get back in touch with his one great love, Claire, who is still married to her ...
Style:
romantic, sincere, touching, emotional, romantic drama ...
Plot:
lovers reunited, aging, loneliness, male female relationship, desire, love triangle, crumbling marriage, family problems, memory, husband wife relationship, love, marriage ...
Time:
1940s, 90s, 1950s, 70s, 50s
Place:
adelaide south australia, belgium, melbourne, australia
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
A company of Spanish movie makers leaves Franco's Spain and moves to Hitler's Germany to make a film in co-production. Soon some problems start to arise...
Style:
sexy, humorous, semi serious, captivating, entertaining ...
Plot:
prisoner, showbiz, love and romance, politics, couples, spanish civil war, world war two, filmmaking, actress, actor, lgbt, erotica ...
Time:
20th century, 1930s, year 1938
Place:
europe, germany, spain, berlin germany
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Genre: Drama, Romance, Fantasy
Country: Canada
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Frac, a mime who is suffering from a severe bout of depression, happens to meet a troupe of circus entertainers and immediately falls in love with one of the stars, Giulietta. But while his affection for Giulietta and admiration for the performers ...
Style:
surreal, independent film, serious, atmospheric, stylized
Audience:
teens, date night
Plot:
forbidden love, circus, love triangle, prison, gang, artists and showbiz, love and romance, unfulfillment, criminal heroes, dancer's life, performer's life, daring rescue ...
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Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Taiwan, Hong Kong
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Two men skilled in the arts of Kung-Fu are betrayed by their master and crippled for life, one left with no arms and the other with no legs. Despite their obvious disadvantages, they learn to combine their martial arts skills and seek revenge ...
Style:
cult classic, disturbing, exciting, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, kung fu, revenge, handicapped, cripple, exploitation, heroes, disability, master criminal, misfit, confined, escapades ...
Time:
70s
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Genre: Drama
Country: Finland, Sweden
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
The twin sisters Helena and Irene are born in Helsinki during World War II. A few months later their mother, Sirkka, leaves the girls in the care of their grandmother, an old communist, and runs away with a German soldier. Their life under the ...
Plot:
children, twins, sibling rivalry, coming of age, mother daughter relationship, sister sister relationship, control, communist, sister, post war, absent mother, death of grandmother ...
Time:
60s, 1950s, 50s
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
When a sly magician casts a spell so that he can buy Goldy, the last Golden Bear, Jesse runs away with her pet. Hiding deep in the heart of the forest, the youngster meets a 'Ghostman' who believes all animals should be free.
Style:
feel good, absurd, independent film, tension, exciting ...
Audience:
family friendly, kids, family outing
Plot:
wilderness, bear, children, forest, nature, magic, animal rescue, friendship, good versus evil, spell, heartwarming, escapism ...
Time:
90s, 19th century, 1800s
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Western
Country: Netherlands, UK, France, USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Mad with grief after the death of his Kiowa wife, Roe awaits death under a tree with her body beside him. She begins to haunt him because he won't bury her. His father, who bought him the wife, thinks her sister might reason with Roe.
Style:
serious, tense, suspense, scary, suspenseful ...
Plot:
native american, grief, vengeance, wife, family relations, old west, murder, redemption, revenge, scared, native, redsploitation ...
Time:
19th century, year 1993
Place:
new mexico
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Genre: Action, Drama, Sport, Thriller, War
Country: UK, China, USA, Taiwan
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
19-year-old Billy Lynn is brought home for a victory tour after a harrowing Iraq battle. Through flashbacks the film shows what really happened to his squad - contrasting the realities of war with America's perceptions.
Style:
thought provoking, tense, bleak, suspenseful, sad ...
Plot:
post traumatic stress disorder, american football, iraq war, flashback, cheerleader, thanksgiving, military, mission, soldier, war veteran, jihad, hostile takeover ...
Time:
year 2016, year 2004, 2000s, year 1937, 21st century
Place:
iraq, texas, middle east, vietnam, montana ...
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Horror, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA, South Korea
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Dracula, Mavis, Johnny and the rest of the Drac Pack take a vacation on a luxury Monster Cruise Ship, where Dracula falls in love with the ship's captain, Ericka, who's secretly a descendant of Abraham Van Helsing, the notorious monster ...
Style:
light, humorous, 3d animation, entertaining, computer animated ...
Audience:
kids, pre-teens, family friendly, date night, preschool ...
Plot:
frankenstein, vampire, dracula, monster, werewolf, female vampire, children, halloween, hotel, invisible man, ship, father daughter relationship ...
Time:
1890s, 2010s, 19th century, 21st century
Place:
transylvania, romania, usa
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: China, Japan, USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
European mercenaries searching for black powder become embroiled in the defense of the Great Wall of China against a horde of monstrous creatures.
Style:
exciting, dark fantasy, entertaining, epic, stylized ...
Plot:
monster, great wall of china, creature, mythology, archer, warrior, invasion, friendship, siege, good versus evil, battlefield, courage ...
Time:
middle ages, 15th century, year 2016, 2010s, medieval times ...
Place:
china, tibet, asia, ancient china, egypt ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Georges Franju's Judex is an arch, playful tribute to the serials of the influential silent filmmaker Louis Feuillade. Franju shuffles through the plot of Feuillade's lengthy serial of the same name, about an adventurer named Judex ...
Style:
surreal, neo noir, mind bending, psychedelic, black and white ...
Plot:
superhero, secret lover, masquerade, adventurer, traveler, swing, fantomas, anti hero, kidnapping, rivalry, vengeance, heroes ...
Time:
year 1963, 20th century, 60s, 1910s
Place:
france, paris france
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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: Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
A musical adaptation of Colin MacInnes' novel about life in late 1950s London. Nineteen-year-old photographer Colin is hopelessly in love with model Crepe Suzette, but her relationships are strictly connected with her progress in the fashion ...
Style:
tension, cult classic, offbeat, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
date night, teens
Plot:
fashion, rock, jazz, pop music, fashion show, dance, dancing, british, rock and roll, gay, musician, model ...
Time:
1950s, 50s, 20th century, year 1958, post world war two ...
Place:
london, england, europe, mount everest, new york ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
In late 19th Century Hong Kong the British may rule the land, but the pirates rule the waters. One Coast Guard officer is Dragon Ma, who is determined that his beloved Coast Guard will not be made a fool of.
Style:
perverse, slapstick comedy, lighthearted, cult classic, fast ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, pirate, fight, kung fu, wuxia, warrior, bicycle, chase, sea, police, coast guard, british empire ...
Time:
19th century, 1800s, year 1983, victorian era, 20th century
Place:
china, asia, east asia, hong kong
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Dragon is now transferred to be the police head of Sai Wan district, and has to contend with a gangster kingpin, anti-Manchu revolutionaries, some runaway pirates, Manchu Loyalists and a corrupt police superintendent.
Style:
cult classic, lighthearted, exciting, semi serious, realistic ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, kung fu, fight, shaolin, epic battle, frame up, kung fu master, karate, kung fu fighting, parkour, corruption, police ...
Time:
19th century, 1900s, 20th century
Place:
china, hong kong
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