Circus performer movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant circus performer movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out stylized, serious, realistic, feel good, humorous and captivating films and TV shows about / with circus performer, circus, chase, murder, destiny, love and romance, runaway, love, friendship and danger plots mostly in Drama, Comedy and Romance genres shot in USA, Italy, France and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as circus performer: Adam Resurrected (2008), Water for Elephants (2011), Iron Ivan (2014), Nevia (2019), Cirque du Soleil: Corteo (2006), Magique ! (2008), ...Watch Out, We're Mad (2022), The Postman Always Rings Twice (1981), Juliet of the Spirits (1965), Berserk (1967).
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List of circus performer movies
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Israel, Germany, USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Before the war, in Berlin, Adam was an entertainer- cabaret impresario, magician, musician-loved by all until he finds himself in a concentration camp, confronted by Commandant Klein. Adam survives the camp by becoming the Klein's ...
Style:
touching, contemplative, serious, realistic, bleak ...
Plot:
holocaust, nazi, world war two, survival, haunted by the past, against humanity, life is a bitch, mental illness, circus, concentration camp, patient, circus performer ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s, year 1936, year 2008, 60s ...
Place:
europe, israel, middle east, berlin germany, germany
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
In this captivating Depression-era melodrama, impetuous veterinary student Jacob Jankowski joins a celebrated circus as an animal caretaker but faces a wrenching dilemma when he's transfixed by angelic married performer Marlena.
Style:
romantic, sexy, emotional, touching, stylized ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, date night, teens
Plot:
circus, love story, forbidden love, older woman younger man relationship, love and romance, couple relations, performer's life, lovers, couples, love affair, animal abuse, artists and showbiz ...
Time:
year 2011, 2010s, 50s, 20th century, 1920s ...
Place:
usa
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: Russia
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
He was called the Champion of Champions. The strength and strong-willed character Poddubniy composed legends. And 50 great fighter effortlessly overcame young athletes, and questions of honor and justice did not know compromises. And only love could ...
Style:
inspirational, thought provoking, disturbing, sentimental, suspenseful ...
Plot:
champion, human spirit, tough heroes, contests and competitions, opponent, couple relations, athlete's life, bravery, ambition, sports hero, strongman, rags to riches ...
Place:
ussr, soviet union
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Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Nevia, a 17-years-old girl from a poor trailer park family in Naples, joins a circus, trying to escape from her situation.
Style:
captivating, psychological, realistic, emotional, tense ...
Plot:
circus, escape, young woman, teenage protagonist, coming of age, poverty, lifestyle change, teenage life, changing lives, teenage girl, circus performer, social problems ...
Place:
naples italy, southern italy
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Genre: Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Corteo, which means "cortege" in Italian, is a joyous procession, a festive parade imagined by a clown. The show brings together the passion of the actor with the grace and power of the acrobat to plunge the audience into a theatrical ...
Style:
satirical, captivating, psychological, entertaining, disturbing ...
Audience:
family outing, family friendly
Plot:
circus, clown, acrobatics, live performance, spectacle, circus performer, traveling circus, satire, fantasy world, music, parallel world, theatrical troupe ...
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Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Tommy, un petit garçon qui vit seul avec sa mère, voit un cirque s'installer près de chez lui. Il part à la découverte de ce nouveau monde.
Style:
satirical, captivating, psychological, disturbing, humorous ...
Plot:
mother and son, circus, single mother, missing father, traveling circus, family relations, family problems, circus performer, relationships, family secret, humour, satire ...
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
When a tour bus driver plans to save his daughter from her captors, a Belgian circus performer, the Americans on his European bus tour lend a help hand.
Style:
road movie, feel good, uplifting, light hearted, slapstick ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
kidnapping, rescue mission, teamwork, road trip, hostage, fish out of water, sightseeing, circus performer, tour guide, culture clash, unlikely partners, rescue ...
Time:
80s
Place:
belgium, 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: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: West Germany, USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
This remake of the 1946 movie of the same name accounts an affair between a seedy drifter and a seductive wife of a roadside cafe owner. This begins a chain of events that culminates in murder. Based on a novel by James M. Cain.
Style:
neo noir, sexy, erotic, independent film, suspense ...
Plot:
infidelity, sex scene, unfaithful wife, illicit love, femme fatale, murder, nudity, tragic romance, female orgasm, adultery, love affair, sexual content ...
Time:
1930s, 20th century, year 1981
Place:
california, usa, san diego california, los angeles
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
Middle-aged Giulietta grows suspicious of her husband, Giorgio, when his behavior grows increasingly questionable. One night when Giorgio initiates a seance amongst his friends, Giulietta gets in touch with spirits and learns more about herself and ...
Style:
surreal, psychedelic, cerebral, art house, stylized ...
Plot:
surrealism, infidelity, art, spiritualism, insanity, hermaphrodite, memory, temptation, medium, eccentricity, female protagonist, extramarital affair ...
Time:
year 1965, 60s
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: Drama, Western
Country: Italy, Spain
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Renowned gunman Richard Martin is traveling on a train, held up by Billy Kane, a former student of Martin's. Kane spares Martin, but only after shooting his hands. Years later, Martin meets an escaped convict, wrongly convicted for the train ...
Style:
spaghetti western, euro western, brutal, noir, tense
Audience:
adult
Plot:
gunslinger, train robbery, outlaw, sniper, pursuit, bounty, vigilantism, vigilante, courage, bar brawl, brawl, escape ...
Time:
year 1967, 19th century
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Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Joe Pendleton is a quarterback preparing to lead his team to the superbowl when he is almost killed in an accident. An overanxious angel plucks him to heaven only to discover that he wasn't ready to die, and that his body has been cremated. A ...
Style:
funny, sexy, sentimental, witty, touching ...
Audience:
kids, date night, family outing
Plot:
angel, reincarnation, afterlife, heaven, american football, supernatural, body swap, football team, soul transference, murder of husband, back from the dead, football ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, 60s, 1930s
Place:
los angeles, usa, san francisco
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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
Country: France
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Victor Vautier is incorrigible: he's in constant motion, working several cons at once, using different names and changing disguises. He's charming and outrageous, incapable of uttering a sentence that isn't embellished or an outright ...
Plot:
art theft, heist, nature, photograph, criminal, locked in, misogyny, theft, locked door, servant, swindle, letter ...
Time:
20th century, 70s
Place:
paris france, france, europe
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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, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Mike works on a boat in Acapulco. When the bratty daughter of the boat owner gets him fired, Mike must find new work. Little boy Rauol helps him get a job as a lifeguard and singer at a local hotel. Clashes abound when Mike runs into the rival ...
Style:
psychotronic, retro, realistic, semi serious, humorous ...
Plot:
elvis presley, lifeguard, music, love, youth, beach, musician, rivalry, hopes, lifestyle, ambition, rising to stardom ...
Time:
year 1963, 60s
Place:
latin america, acapulco mexico, mexico
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Genre: Drama
Country: France, Sweden
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
The story of a mistreated donkey and the people around him. A study on saintliness and a sister piece to Bresson's Mouchette.
Style:
black and white, depressing, art house, cerebral, philosophical ...
Plot:
parable, farm, minimalism, existentialism, cruelty, redemption, friendship, swing, european, spirit, countryside, saint ...
Time:
year 1966, 60s, 20th century
Place:
france, europe, tokyo
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Genre: Comedy, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
The daughter of a circus owner fights to save her father from a takeover spearheaded by the man she loves.
Style:
retro, semi serious, stylized, humorous, feel good ...
Plot:
circus, carnival, bride and groom, elephant, gambling, friends, wiretap, disorder, espionage, ambition, follow your dream, fighting the system ...
Time:
60s, 90s
Place:
iowa
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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: 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: Comedy, Romance, Sci-Fi, War
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Former Nazi Klaus Abard survives to the 1990s by taking anti-ageing pills. He plans to use a time travel trip to return to Germany in 1944 and present Hitler with a hydrogen bomb, so that he can win the war. Unfortunately the pilot, woman-chasing ...
Style:
dark comedy, surreal, humorous, sentimental, captivating ...
Plot:
time travel, world war two, death of brother, conspiracy, twin brother, brother brother relationship, nazism, secret, boss, bomb, husband wife relationship, death of father ...
Time:
year 1941, 1940s, year 1996, year 1944, 90s ...
Place:
germany, central europe, europe, prague, czech republic ...
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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: 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: Fantasy, Horror, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Sting is Doctor Frankenstein in this remake of the old classic film Bride of Frankenstein. After years of research, the doctor finally succeeds in creating the perfect woman, who gets the name "Eva".
Style:
psychotronic, gothic horror, gothic, captivating, suspenseful ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens
Plot:
frankenstein, obsession, laboratory, mad scientist, experiment gone awry, supernatural, danger, dangerous attraction, deadly creature, zombie, friendship, human experiment ...
Time:
year 1985
Place:
budapest
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Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Recently orphaned, a young boy is taken in by his godmother who is shocked to realize that she can see the boy's imaginary friend: a flamboyant, French magician named Bogus.
Style:
sentimental, touching, slang, fairy tale, epic ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, pre-teens, teens, girls' night ...
Plot:
imaginary friend, magic, childhood, friendship, youth, bittersweet, imagination, loss of mother, death of mother, circus, coming of age, slice of life ...
Time:
year 1996
Place:
new jersey, atlantic city new jersey, las vegas
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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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Genre: Horror
Country: France
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A parasite crawls into the uterus of an abused woman (Yanka) and begins to demands human blood.
Style:
disturbing, rough, suspenseful, demonic, underground horror ...
Plot:
gory, body horror, evil wins, pregnancy, murder, deadly creature, danger, supernatural, mutant, human prey, monster, vampire ...
Time:
90s, 80s
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Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: Spain, Italy
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Marco Vallez (Antonio Banderas) is possessed by the beauty of a circus sharp shooter, and from the second they meet he is willing to give up everything to be with her. But one horrifying night sends them both down a road of revenge leaving behind a ...
Style:
serious, bleak, realistic, rough, suspenseful ...
Plot:
lovers on the run, rape, sexualized violence, journalism, vigilante, rape and revenge, revenge, vengeance, murder, vigilantism, violence spree, mentally unstable ...
Time:
90s, year 1993
Place:
spain, europe
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
In an alternate version of 1949 Japan in which World War II never happened, the Japanese capital of Teito is home to both an ultra rich upper class and the dirt poor masses. The city is thrown into a state of panic when a phantom thief called “The ...
Style:
suspenseful, rough, stylized, serious, exciting ...
Plot:
chase, heroes, society, rivalry, dishonesty, secret identity, escapades, fighting crime, master criminal, danger, power relations, law enforcement ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s
Place:
japan, asia, tokyo
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