Tightrope walker movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant tightrope walker movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, stylized, serious, semi serious, suspense and weird films and TV shows about / with tightrope walker, death, singing, storytelling, dancing, runaway, female nudity, circus, catastrophe and tightrope plots mostly in Drama, Comedy and Romance genres shot in USA, France, Italy and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as tightrope walker: The Walk (2015), Three Fat Men (1966), King of Hearts (1966), Berserk (1967), Santa Sangre (1989), Encanto (2021), Capricious Summer (1968), Tale of Tales (2015), One from the Heart (1981), Kundo: Age of the Rampant (2014).
Best films
New films
| Dracula (2009) | 3.8 | |
| Save the Green Planet! (2003) | 7.1 | |
| Three Fat Men (1966) | 7.2 | |
| Starstruck (1982) | 6.8 | |
| Jubilee (1978) | 5.9 |
List of tightrope walker movies
141K
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: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Based on a famous fairytale by Yuri Olesha.
Style:
fairy tale, allegory, period piece, surreal, whimsical
Plot:
revolution, rebellion, good versus evil, tyranny, palace, rescue mission, heroism, courage, oppression, class conflict, hopes, circus ...
Time:
60s
Place:
soviet union, ussr
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, War
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
An ornithologist mistaken for an explosives expert is sent alone into a small French town during WWI to investigate a garbled report from the resistance about a bomb which the departing Germans have set to blow up a weapons cache.
Style:
political, humorous, thinking, cult classic, realistic ...
Plot:
world war one, anti war, cello, insanity, mental illness, wartime, great war, soldier, hospital, psychopath, small town, duchess ...
Time:
1910s, year 1966, year 1918, 18th century
Place:
france, germany
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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, 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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293K
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
The tale of an extraordinary family, the Madrigals, who live hidden in the mountains of Colombia, in a magical house, in a vibrant town, in a wondrous, charmed place called an Encanto. The magic of the Encanto has blessed every child in the family ...
Style:
inspirational, emotional, light, 3d animation, captivating ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, family friendly, date night, teens ...
Plot:
magic, strong female lead, female protagonist, magical power, sister sister relationship, happy ending, girl, magical, friendship, small town, supernatural, friend ...
Time:
20th century, future, 1950s, 60s, 50s
Place:
colombia, latin america, south america
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 74 min.
Story:
Middle-aged Antonin and his friends, the major, now retired, and the canon, are in the river, swimming and philosophizing. Then it starts to rain. It just seems to be that sort of summer. Antonin runs the swimming bath with his portly wife ...
Style:
realistic, semi serious, feel good, sentimental, humorous ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
circus, magic realism, renaissance, adultery, wine, young woman, magic, military officer, summer, bittersweet, friendship, rich and poor ...
Time:
20th century, 60s, 1920s
Place:
balkan, eastern europe, central europe
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Italy, France, UK
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
From the bitter quest of the Queen of Longtrellis, to two mysterious sisters who provoke the passion of a king, to the King of Highhills obsessed with a giant Flea, these tales are inspired by the fairytales by Giambattista Basile.
Style:
fairy tale, dark fantasy, disturbing, stylized, atmospheric ...
Plot:
witch, medieval, beautiful scenery, magic, violence, castle, fantasy world, ogre, brutality, fight scenes, monster, circus ...
Time:
17th century
Place:
italy, southern italy
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Genre: Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Hank and Frannie don't seem to be able to live together anymore. After a five-year relationship, lustful and dreamy Fanny leaves down-to-earth Hank on the anniversary of their relationship. Each one of them meets their dream mate, but as bright ...
Style:
erotic, semi serious, realistic, atmospheric, sentimental ...
Audience:
girls' night, date night
Plot:
dancing, waitress, passion, surrealism, public nudity, motel, voyeur, female nudity, lust, nightclub, marital crisis, casino ...
Time:
year 1981, 80s
Place:
las vegas, nevada, usa, tokyo
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Genre: Action, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
Set in the 19th century, when lowly butcher Dol Moo-Chi refuses to carry out an assignment, his failure causes tragedy to unfold upon his family and himself. As Dol Moo-Chi is about to be executed, a group of righteous thieves known as Kundo arrive.
Style:
captivating, stylized, serious, realistic, suspense ...
Plot:
folk hero, medieval, swordsman, fight, injustice, rebellion, martial arts, good versus evil, political unrest, rebelliousness, family relations, hopes ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
asia, korea, east asia
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Genre: Drama, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Dracula arrives in Los Angeles to drain Hollywood of blood. Van Helsing is looking for Dracula to revenge his dead father. Lucy is missing in action and Mina is kidnapped.
Style:
psychotronic, epic
Plot:
dracula, vampire, love, filmmaker, killing, trauma, doll, tightrope walker, book, blood, university, erotica ...
Time:
victorian era
Place:
bucharest, transylvania, denmark, romania
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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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305K
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: Action, Adventure, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A pirate and a hot-tempered noblewoman join forces to protect Jamaica from a tyrant.
Style:
slapstick comedy, epic, cult classic, semi serious, exciting ...
Plot:
pirate, nobility, swashbuckler, pirate ship, sword fight, chivalry, sailing, captain, sea, nobleman, fortress, skinny dipping ...
Time:
18th century, year 1976, 70s
Place:
caribbean, west indies, jamaica
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Genre: Drama
Country: Hong Kong, China
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
A town in Fengjie county is gradually being demolished and flooded to make way for the Three Gorges Dam. A man and woman visit the town to locate their estranged spouses, and become witness to the societal changes.
Style:
touching, contemplative, emotional, sincere, sentimental ...
Plot:
longing, homecoming, disaster, demolished city, social decay, haunted by the past, introspection, life is a bitch, society, injustice, family problems, estrangement ...
Time:
year 2006, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
china, asia
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Genre: Comedy, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
A "prequel" of sorts to "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid," chronicling the two outlaws' lives in the years before the events portrayed in the Newman/Redford movie.
Style:
detective, exciting, semi serious, realistic, humorous ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
partner, outlaw, old west, two man army, male bonding, friendship between men, fugitive, sheriff, husband wife relationship, father son relationship, bank robbery, train robbery ...
Time:
year 1979, 19th century
Place:
wyoming, utah
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
A European circus family is torn apart by greed and jealousy.
Style:
period piece, melancholic, bleak, tragic
Plot:
circus, exploitation, family drama, traveling circus, greed, betrayal, jealousy, showbiz, european, dysfunctional family, power struggle, corruption ...
Place:
germany
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Marcel Spadice is a famous writer with a criminal background and a penchant for handsome men. From time to time, he induces an attractive female admirer to arrange for him to be introduced to nice, talented young men who happen to be sufficiently ...
Style:
tragic ending
Plot:
homosexual, gay, gay interest, accident, chaos, lgbt, fate, gay subtext, soldier, writers, tightrope walker, older man younger man relationship ...
Place:
france, algeria, paris france
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Genre: Drama
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
The members of an amateur theater group share the losses and sorrows of war with Armenian provincial town's inhabitants.
Style:
poignant, emotional, reflective, period piece, tragic
Plot:
theater, grief, mourning, loss, memory, melancholy, social realism, post war, solidarity, community, social commentary, intimate ...
Time:
80s
Place:
armenia, caucasus, soviet union, ussr
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: Sweden
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Hedvig Jensen is a famous ropewalker and is known to her public as Elvira Madigan. She meets Lieutenant Sixten Sparre, a Swedish officer who is married and has two children. They both decide to run away, but since Sixten deserted the army, he cannot ...
Style:
aesthetic, art house, captivating, stylized, gloomy ...
Plot:
doomed romance, affair, illicit affair, nordic, nobleman, deserter, circus, summer, suicide, lovers on the run, biopic, awol ...
Time:
1880s, year 1967, 19th century
Place:
eastern europe, denmark
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Genre: Drama, Music, Mystery, Romance
Country: France, Poland, Switzerland
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Julie is haunted by her grief after living through a tragic auto wreck that claimed the life of her composer husband and young daughter. Her initial reaction is to withdraw from her relationships, lock herself in her apartment and suppress her pain. ...
Style:
cerebral, sexy, philosophical, visual, art house ...
Plot:
grief, classical music, musician, solitude, loss of child, sex, mourning, trauma, loneliness, depression, stripper, car accident ...
Time:
90s, year 1993, 20th century
Place:
paris france, france, poland, eastern europe, europe
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Musical
Country: Australia
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A new-wave extravaganza in which a young woman wants to become the next big singer with the help of her friends and despite the wishes of her working class family.
Style:
erotic, realistic, laugh out loud, psychotronic, semi serious ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, girls' night
Plot:
couples, hopes, friends, cinderella story, love and romance, follow your dream, artists and showbiz, ambition, showbiz, rising to stardom, musician's life, rock and roll ...
Time:
80s, year 1982
Place:
australia, sydney australia, new south wales
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Cheyenne, a journalist, decides to leave Paris after being laid off and to settle down in the middle of nowhere, far from the society she hates.The trouble is that she leaves Sonia, her true love, behind. The latter, a teacher who loves her job, ...
Style:
sexy, serious, touching, sentimental, sexual ...
Plot:
lesbian, true love, lesbian relationship, lesbian romance, gays and lesbians, countryside, lifestyle, couples, breakup, lgbtq, fired from the job, suicide ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
bolivia, paris france, europe, france, italy ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
Three stories happening in New York. The first, by Scorsese, is about a painter who creates his works helped by high volume music and an attractive assistant; second, by Coppola, is about a rich and bold 12 years old who helps her separated parents ...
Style:
anthology, talky, semi serious, realistic, touching ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
artist, luxury hotel, obsession, art, hotel, young heroes, jealousy, family relations, gallery, youth, city life, parents and children ...
Time:
20th century, year 1989, 80s
Place:
new york, greece, usa, athens greece, manhattan new york city ...
Is relevant?
11K
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Spain
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
The film centres on Moncho and his coming-of-age experience in Galicia in 1936. Moncho develops a close relationship with his teacher Don Gregorio who introduces the boy to different things in the world. While the story centres on Moncho's ...
Style:
sentimental, touching, realistic, political, compassionate ...
Audience:
teens, kids
Plot:
spanish civil war, coming of age, civil war, friendship, children, teacher, childhood, altar boy, spanish history, depression, anarchist, family relations ...
Time:
1930s, 20th century, year 1999, 90s, year 1936 ...
Place:
spain, iberian peninsula, barcelona, europe, galicia ...
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Fantasy, History, Music, War
Country: UK
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Queen Elizabeth I visits late twentieth-century Britain to find a depressing landscape where life has changed since her time.
Style:
offbeat, cult classic, retro, psychotronic, dark ...
Plot:
punk rock, time travel, rock and roll, distopia, rock, post apocalypse, surrealism, dystopian future, murder, group sex, counterculture, dystopia ...
Time:
distant future, future, 17th century, 70s, 16th century ...
Place:
britain, europe, england, london, united kingdom
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
A traumatized young man abducts Korean leaders, believing they're toxic reptilian aliens - a fifth column launching a takeover of beloved Earth. Stumped law enforcement geniuses half-seriously hire a disgraced, disheveled private detective with ...
Style:
surreal, black comedy, dark comedy, humorous, disturbing ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
alien invasion, dark humor, biopunk, twists and turns, brutality, space and aliens, death of father, death of mother, earth, anti hero, alien, serial killer ...
Time:
2000s, year 2002, 21st century
Place:
south korea, asia, korea
Is relevant?
276K
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Three high school students make an incredible discovery, leading to their developing uncanny powers beyond their understanding. As they learn to control their abilities and use them to their advantage, their lives start to spin out of control, and ...
Style:
bad ending, intense, clever, suspense, stylized ...
Audience:
teens, kids, teen drama
Plot:
high school, telekinesis, found footage, supernatural, levitation, coming of age, adolescence, friendship, supernatural ability, bullying, teenage life, teenager ...
Time:
year 2012, future, year 2000, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
seattle, washington d.c., usa, tibet, canada
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Two master thieves (Brosnan and Hayek) are finally retiring after one last succesful mission. Residing in their own tropical paradise, their old nemesis, FBI Agent Stan P. Lloyd shows up to make sure they really are retired. Docked in the port is an ...
Style:
sexy, humorous, feel good, erotic, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night, chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
heist, island, one last job, master thief, voyeur, robbery, fbi, relationships, cons and scams, caper, chase, bank robbery ...
Time:
year 2004, 21st century
Place:
bahamas, caribbean, los angeles
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Yugoslavia
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
A Serbian engineer falls for a younger woman, but he is inept at courtship.
Style:
black and white, sex comedy, experimental, cynical, semi serious ...
Plot:
circus, hypnosis, love triangle, machinery, black, love, engineer, drinking, factory, sexual content, family relations, couples ...
Time:
60s
Place:
belgrade, eastern europe, balkan, serbia, former yugoslavia ...
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