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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: Comedy, Family
Country: Czechoslovakia, West Germany
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
The owner of a circus decides to swap his trained bears for trained pigs, and fires clown Cibulka. The clown gets a job at a local school, bears escape and seek him out and a school inspector comes into town.
Style:
slapstick comedy, slapstick
Plot:
clown, director, man in underwear, male to female cross dressing, fired from the job, comedian, disguise, false identity, girl, cross dressing, teacher, employer employee relationship ...
Time:
20th century, 70s
Place:
central europe, europe
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A mental patient escapes from the looney bin in drag, robs a bank, and goes on the lam!
Style:
neo noir, crying, expressionism, independent film, black comedy ...
Plot:
serial killer, serial killer as protagonist, characters murdered one by one, gay club, pyramid, satanic cult, woman fights a man, man dressed as woman, caught stealing, silent man, deaf woman, mute character ...
Time:
year 1998
Place:
los angeles
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A retired entertainer makes his living as a street musician on the streets of London. Two young children befriend the old musician, brightening his otherwise colorless life
Style:
independent film, semi serious, realistic, humorous, offbeat ...
Plot:
youth, urban ghetto, street musician, orphan, friendship, family life, friends, family relations, urban ghetto life, rich and poor, life is a bitch, artists and showbiz ...
Time:
20th century, 70s
Place:
london, england
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Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: Czechoslovakia, Soviet Union
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
To Moscow have arrived the participants of the international conference of the zoophilologists and also the international jury which is to elect for the world festival the best performance of the program of Moscow circus. Mrs Whistler (Iva ...
Style:
absurd, surreal, slapstick, psychotronic, whimsical
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
circus, elephant, anthropomorphism, talking animal, satire, human animal relationship, bet, language barrier, children, poodle, performance art, competition ...
Time:
70s
Place:
czechoslovakia, moscow russia, soviet union, ussr
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602
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: Biography, Drama
Country: UK, Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
The amazing biography of legendary circus impresario and unparalleled showman, P.T. Barnum.
Plot:
circus, biopic, flashback, husband wife relationship, slavery, grandfather grandson relationship, imagination, celebrity, dwarf, midget, father daughter relationship, slave ...
Time:
1810s, 1820s, 1850s, 1840s, 1870s ...
Place:
new york, connecticut, london
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Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min.
Story:
A troupe of former circus performers plot to steel a valuable artifact from an embassy in Washington, DC.
Style:
suspenseful, tension, tense, action adventure, dark ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
heist, embassy, hostage, criminal, international crisis, rescue mission, political intrigue, covert operation, plan gone wrong, con artists, government corruption, espionage ...
Place:
washington d.c.
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Genre: Family, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
An ex-con man and his five trained Dobermans help a Treasury Dept. agent stop a racketeer and his gang.
Style:
independent film
Plot:
doberman, canine, traveling circus, extortion, government agent, dog, horse riding, horse, agent, gang leader, racketeer, undercover agent ...
Time:
year 1976
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
When a woman, able to read the thoughts of others, comes to help survivors of the 1995 Kobe earthquake, she encounters a girl with Multiple Personality Disorder whose dangerous 13th personality, Isola, must be stopped
Style:
bleak, suspenseful, rough, scary, suspense ...
Plot:
zoophilia, revenge, love, murder, friendship, prisoner, psychiatrist, reincarnation, subconscious, self discovery, transformation, child abuse ...
Place:
southern usa, jerusalem
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: Italy, West Germany
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
A master thief, just out of prison, concocts a risky final score that would net him over a million dollars.
Style:
suspense, poliziottesco, semi serious, realistic, suspenseful
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
heist, car chase, safecracker, italian police, prison, crime wave, acrobat, master criminal, partner, cons and scams, frame up, betrayal ...
Time:
year 1972, 70s
Place:
hamburg germany, vietnam
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Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A mad scientist (Donald Pleasence) crosses plants with people, and the results wind up in a sideshow.
Style:
independent film, funny, slasher, classic horror, gothic horror ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
mad scientist, experiment, exploitation, monster, body horror, creature, creature feature, mutant, scientist, bare chested male, murder, human experiment ...
Time:
70s
Place:
england, london, europe
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Genre: Drama, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Cory (Dan Byrd) is a foster child nobody wants. Carlotta (Academy Award-nominee Julie Harris) is an elderly woman the world has forgotten. Together, they find friendship and family when they join a traveling circus. Also features Mickey Rooney and ...
Style:
independent film, semi serious, realistic, humorous, offbeat
Audience:
pre-teens, kids, family outing, preschool
Plot:
circus, youth, clown, boarding school life, baseball, retirement home, foster parent, young heroes, orphan, chase, heroes, hopes ...
Time:
90s
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A prudish woman, working on tenure as a literacy professor at a large urban university, finds herself strangely attracted to a free-spirited, liberal woman whom works at a local carnival which comes to town.
Style:
erotic, sexy, sexual, romantic, art house ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
lgbt, lesbian, lesbian love, lesbian relationship, lesbian romance, sapphic, lgbtq, black lesbian, bisexual woman, secret relationship, lesbian erotica, lesbian sex ...
Time:
90s
Place:
indiana, california
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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: Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
In a small American town, a diabolical circus arrives, granting wishes for the townsfolk, but twisted as only the esteemed Mr. Dark can make them. Can two young boys overcome the worst the devil himself can deal out?
Style:
gothic, sexy, scary, creepy, suspenseful ...
Audience:
family friendly, kids, teens, family outing, horror for children
Plot:
carnival, witch, boy, black magic, small town, circus, good versus evil, temptation, supernatural, youth, coming of age, librarian ...
Time:
1930s, year 1983, 20th century, 80s
Place:
illinois, usa
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Walter Weed is an unassuming desk jockey at the FBI when the Bureau uncovers a plot to assassinate him. A team of degenerate, psychotic assassins dispatched by mystery man Hal Leuco to win a huge bounty includes a resourceful beauty who has a unique ...
Style:
exciting, humorous, realistic, semi serious, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
assassin, fbi, transgression, dark humor, profanity, hitman, manhunt, rivalry, criminal heroes, danger, special agent, chases and races ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
chicago
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: West Germany, USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
The Serpent's Egg follows a week in the life of Abel Rosenberg, an out-of-work American circus acrobat living in poverty-stricken Berlin following Germany's defeat in World War I.
Style:
suspense, art house, philosophical, political, mind bending ...
Plot:
circus, nazism, nordic, world war two, inspector, sex, female nudity, masturbation, nudity, reptile, realism, conspiracy ...
Time:
20th century, 1920s, pre world war two
Place:
germany, berlin germany, middle east, europe
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: France, USA
Duration: 139 min.
Story:
Thierry drops out of school to apprentice as a lion tamer at the zoo where he meets Roselyne, who shares his passion. They fall in love and when he loses his job, the young lovers journey across France finding odd jobs at several circuses. In ...
Style:
contemplative, realistic, humorous, offbeat, touching ...
Plot:
circus, lion tamer, lion, fall in love, infidelity, love affair, family problems, animal life, couples, unfulfillment, crumbling marriage, dangerous animal ...
Time:
80s
Place:
france, munich germany
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Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
The Russians need help in dealing with the Mafia and so they seek help with the veterans of the Police Academy. They head off to Moscow, in order to find evidence against Konstantin Konali, who marketed a computer game that everyone in the world is ...
Style:
absurd, spoof, slapstick, humorous, slapstick comedy ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
police academy, car chase, police, mafia, video game, undercover, farce, chase, police investigation, gangster, destiny, translator ...
Time:
year 1994, 90s, 20th century, 80s
Place:
russia, moscow russia, europe
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
After losing the woman of his dreams, Anderson is convinced he'll never fall in love again. But at the urging of his best friend, he spontaneously proposes to a dissatisfied waitress named Katie and an innocent dare evolves into the kind of ...
Style:
touching, witty, semi serious, humorous, realistic ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick, girls' night, teens, teen drama
Plot:
wedding, couple relations, marriage proposal, fall in love, proposal, couples, hopes, eccentric family, marriage, arrest, wedding planning, jail ...
Time:
year 2006, 2000s
Place:
atlantic city, new jersey, atlantic city new jersey
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
In a fantasy world of opposing kingdoms, a 15-year old girl must find the fabled MirrorMask in order to save the kingdom and get home
Style:
visually stunning, offbeat, surreal, cerebral, stylized ...
Audience:
teens, date night, pre-teens, teen fantasy, kids ...
Plot:
circus, coming of age, fantasy world, magic, imaginary kingdom, alternate reality, alternate dimension, good versus evil, trippy, parallel universe, imaginary, drawing ...
Time:
year 2005
Place:
brighton, england
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Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
Circus owner Matt Masters is beset by disasters as he attempts a European tour of his circus. At the same time, he is caught in an emotional bind between his adopted daughter and her mother.
Style:
serious, realistic, epic, 70mm film
Plot:
circus, cowboy, redheaded woman, carnival, battles, family relations, love and romance, single parent, starting over, love affair, parents and children, acrobat ...
Time:
60s, 1910s
Place:
rome italy, europe, spain, paris france, finland ...
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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: 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: Comedy, Drama, Horror, War
Country: Spain, France, Italy, Belgium
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
The journey of Javier, the obese Sad Clown, starts during his childhood in the midst of the Spanish civil war in 1937. His father, one of Spain’s most prominent jesters, is detained and tortured by the fascist regime.
Style:
disturbing, dark comedy, sexy, rough, psychological ...
Plot:
clown, circus, dark humor, sadism, killer clown, rivalry, uninhibited rivalry, performer's life, life is a bitch, evil clown, revenge, graphic violence ...
Time:
year 2010, 2010s, 70s, 20th century, year 1937 ...
Place:
europe, spain, madrid
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
Throughout his life Edward Bloom has always been a man of big appetites, enormous passions and tall tales. In his later years, he remains a huge mystery to his son, William. Now, to get to know the real man, Will begins piecing together a true ...
Style:
surreal, feel good, sentimental, touching, fairy tale ...
Audience:
date night, kids, chick flick, teens, girls' night ...
Plot:
surrealism, fish, journey, storytelling, fantasy world, father son relationship, childhood, mermaid, magic, loneliness, adventurer, free spirited ...
Time:
60s, 70s, 20th century, 1940s, year 2003 ...
Place:
texas, usa, alabama, southern usa, paris france ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Musical
Country: USA, China
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
The story of American showman P.T. Barnum, founder of the circus that became the famous traveling Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus.
Style:
inspirational, costume drama, romantic drama, captivating, motivational ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, kids, date night, family outing
Plot:
circus, social outcast, singing, giant, success, dancing, romantic relationship, taboo, father daughter relationship, mansion, outcast, interracial love ...
Time:
year 2017, 19th century, 1800s, victorian era, 1830s ...
Place:
new york, london, buckingham palace
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Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
The story of French high-wire artist Philippe Petit's attempt to cross the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in 1974.
Style:
inspirational, suspense, emotional, breathtaking, suspenseful ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
life philosophy, world trade center manhattan new york city, happy ending, tightrope walker, biopic, skyscraper, mentor, obsession, transformation, escapades, artists and showbiz, danger ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, year 2015, year 1973, 2010s ...
Place:
new york, paris france, manhattan new york city, america, usa ...
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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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