Freak show movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant freak show movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out suspenseful, serious, psychotronic, suspense, psychological and independent film films and TV shows about / with freakshow, carnival, murder, monster, female nudity, dwarf, circus, death, supernatural and freak plots mostly in Drama, Horror and Thriller genres shot in USA, UK, Canada and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as freak show: Sideshow (2000), Carnivàle (2003), Dark Ride (2006), Nightmare Alley (2021), The Greatest Showman (2017), Howling VI: The Freaks (1991), The Phantom of the Opera (2004), Crustacean (2009), Freaked (1993), From a Whisper to a Scream (1987).
Best films
New films
| Sacramento (2015) | 4.4 | |
| Houdini (2014) | 7.3 | |
| Spicy City (1997) | 6.6 | |
| Where the Devil Roams (2023) | 5.3 | |
| Midori (1992) | 6.3 |
List of freak show movies
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Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min.
Story:
While visiting a traveling carnival full of human freaks, high school students nearly join as permanent members.
Style:
scary, serious, suspenseful, underground horror, suspense ...
Plot:
carnival, supernatural, danger, youth, kids in trouble, kidnapping, curses spells and rituals, gory, exploitation, freakshow, fortune teller, dwarf ...
Time:
90s
Is relevant?
49K
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Carnivàle is an American television series set in the United States during the Great Depression and Dust Bowl. In tracing the lives of two disparate groups of people, its overarching story depicts the battle between good and evil and the struggle ...
Style:
serious, atmospheric, surreal, captivating, period piece ...
Plot:
circus, surrealism, prophecy, healing power, god or devil, evil, psychic, self discovery, clergy, good versus evil, supernatural, freak ...
Time:
1930s, 20th century, year 1935, year 1934
Place:
california, usa
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Ten years after he brutally murdered two girls, a killer escapes from a mental institution and returns to his turf, the theme park attraction called Dark Ride. About to crash his path are a group of college kids on a road trip who stumble across the ...
Style:
slasher, scary, suspenseful, rough, serious ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
psychopath, masked killer, violence, homicidal maniac, mental institution, amusement park, dead teenager, murderer, murder, youth, gory, serial killer ...
Time:
year 1989, year 2003, 80s, 90s, 2000s ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Mexico, Canada
Duration: 150 min.
Story:
An ambitious young carny with a talent for manipulating people with a few well-chosen words hooks up with a female psychiatrist who is even more dangerous than he is.
Style:
neo noir, period piece, suspenseful, exciting, gothic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
infidelity, carnival, murder, death, supernatural, guilt, drunkenness, femme fatale, secret, alcohol abuse, female psychiatrist, mentor ...
Time:
year 1941, 2020s, 1940s, 1930s, year 1939
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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: Comedy, Drama, Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A villainous carnival owner traps a young werewolf to include in his growing menagerie of inhuman exhibits
Style:
suspenseful, serious, tense, scary, psychotronic ...
Plot:
werewolf, freakshow, small town, lycanthropy, supernatural, creature feature, freak, sexual attraction, transformation, false accusation, carnival, manhunt ...
Time:
90s
Place:
arizona
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Genre: Drama, Musical, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 143 min.
Story:
Deformed since birth, a bitter man known only as the Phantom lives in the sewers underneath the Paris Opera House. He falls in love with the obscure chorus singer Christine, and privately tutors her while terrorizing the rest of the opera house and ...
Style:
gothic, stylized, gothic horror, sentimental, period piece ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens, kids, girls' night, date night ...
Plot:
opera, obsession, disfigurement, musician's life, theater, destructive relationship, loneliness, disguise, dangerous attraction, prodigy, love and romance, fall in love ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, 1910s, year 2004, 2000s ...
Place:
paris france, france, europe, london
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A lobster-clawed freak from a lurid sideshow wreaks a wrath of bloody horror through a small rural community.
Style:
horror comedy, queer horror, independent film, psychotronic
Plot:
horny woman, idiot, freak, stupidity, monster, supernatural being, mythical creature, bare breasts, nudity, horniness, redneck, hick ...
Time:
year 2010
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
A vain actor, his best friend, and an activist end up at a mutant freak farm run by a weirdo scientist.
Style:
not serious, humorous, witty, stylized, psychotronic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
freak, body horror, mad scientist, disorder, countryside, goofy hero, rivalry, betrayal, escapades, farce, nothing goes right, heroes ...
Time:
90s, year 1993, 20th century
Place:
mexico, latin america
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Genre: Action, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
The uncle of an executed murderess relates four stories of his hometown, Oldfield, to a reporter. In the first, an elderly man pursues a romance with a younger woman, even to the grave and beyond. In the second, a wounded man on the run from ...
Style:
anthology, independent film, disturbing, southern gothic, surprise ending ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
swamp, american civil war, unrequited love, curse, civil war, voodoo, necrophilia, evil child, killer child, murder, serial killer, reporter ...
Time:
year 1987, year 1933, 19th century, 1950s, 1930s ...
Place:
tennessee, usa
Is relevant?
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
Is relevant?
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
A Victorian surgeon rescues a heavily disfigured man being mistreated by his "owner" as a side-show freak. Behind his monstrous façade, there is revealed a person of great intelligence and sensitivity. Based on the true story of Joseph ...
Style:
emotional, touching, psychological, sad, poignant ...
Audience:
family outing, teens
Plot:
disability, hospital, dignity, freak, melancholy, disfigurement, social misfits, cruelty, isolation, hopes, biopic, humanism ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, ancient times, 20th century, turn of the century ...
Place:
england, london, britain, europe
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13K
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 76 min.
TV show
Story:
Follow the man behind the magic as he finds fame, engages in espionage, battles spiritualists and encounters the greatest names of the era, from U.S. presidents to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Grigori Rasputin.
Style:
exciting, atmospheric, serious, realistic, captivating ...
Plot:
rise to the top, undercover, performer's life, artists and showbiz, espionage, couple relations, husband wife relationship, magic show, mother son relationship, biopic, swindle, magician ...
Time:
1920s, 20th century, 1900s, edwardian era, victorian era ...
Place:
america, budapest, san francisco, brooklyn new york city, washington d.c. ...
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154K
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Family, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Monsters under the bed are scary enough, but what happens when an entire house is out to get you? Three teens aim to find out when they go up against a decrepit neighboring home and unlock its frightening secrets.
Style:
scary, computer animated, 3d animation, teen, semi serious ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly, girls' night, toddlers, family outing ...
Plot:
halloween, haunted house, suburbs, children, ghost, neighbor, supernatural, monster, human versus monster, old dark house, babysitter, three friends ...
Time:
1930s, year 1983, year 1938, 80s, 20th century ...
Place:
north america
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
American Horror Story is an anthology horror drama series.
Style:
anthology, psychological, tense, atmospheric, scary ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
supernatural, witch, ghost, danger, haunted house, serial killer, evil force, death, nightmare, insanity, mental institution, creature ...
Time:
80s, 2000s, 20th century, 60s, year 2013 ...
Place:
new orleans, los angeles, usa, massachusetts, north carolina ...
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Genre: Animation, Drama, Horror
Country: Japan
Duration: 55 min.
Story:
After losing her parents, young flower selling Midori is put up by a fairground group. She is abused and forced to slavery, until the arrival of an enigmatic magician of short stature, who gives her hope for a better future.
Style:
anime, disturbing, depressing, adult anime, psychological ...
Plot:
rape, body horror, female nudity, sadism, child abuse, freak, murder, punishment, threesome, pedophile, circus, orphan ...
Time:
1920s
Place:
japan
Is relevant?
Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Two carnies (Sewell and Gugino) abduct a mermaid in Ireland, circa 1900, and decide to transport her to America. As their ship loses its way and heads towards the mythical Forbidden Islands, the mermaid begins to display its deadly side.
Style:
scary, atmospheric, modern fairy tale, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot:
mermaid, creature, ship, dangerous animal, countryside, sea monster, sailor, creature feature, female nudity, pregnancy, danger, rescue ...
Time:
1900s, 20th century, year 1900
Place:
ireland
Is relevant?
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
The story concerns Dr James Xavier, ably portrayed by Ray Milland. He has invented a serum for improving human vision. When his funding is cut he proceeds to experiment on himself -- with horrifying results. From the director who gave you Swamp ...
Style:
medical horror, psychological, atmospheric, scary, suspenseful ...
Plot:
mad scientist, hospital, macabre, monkey, experiment, visceral, insanity, death, scientist, surgery, supernatural ability, supernatural ...
Time:
year 1963, 60s
Place:
california, usa, las vegas
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Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Rebellious teen Amy defies her parents by going to a trashy carnival that has pulled into town. In tow are her boyfriend, Buzz, and their friends Liz and Richie. Thinking it would be fun to spend the night in the campy "Funhouse" horror ...
Style:
suspense, bloody, scary, slasher, sexy ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
carnival, violence, halloween, murder, killer clown, amusement park, clown, serial killer, runaway, blood, teenager, danger ...
Time:
80s, 70s, 5th century, year 1975, 15th century
Place:
usa, texas
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A traveling sideshow called the Cavalcade of Perversion draws in and terrorizes unsuspecting spectators. The leader of the troupe of misfits is Lady Divine, who goes out for blood after discovering her lover's affair.
Style:
underground film, independent film, dark comedy, slasher, black and white ...
Plot:
rape, fetish, sexual perversion, freakshow, cannibalism, exploitation, surrealism, lesbian, rape and revenge, church, hardcore, murder ...
Time:
60s
Place:
maryland, baltimore
Is relevant?
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Crime, Fantasy, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 146 min.
TV show
Story:
Spicy City is an animated television series which was created by Ralph Bakshi for HBO. The series lasted for one season which consisted of six episodes.
Style:
adult animation, anthology, neo noir, anime, adult cartoon ...
Plot:
murder, virtual reality, musician, bartender, nudity, nightclub, gang, hostess, private detective, death sentence, betrayal, mad scientist ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 150 min.
Story:
The Texas Rangers chase down a gang of outlaws led by Butch Cavendish, but the gang ambushes the Rangers, seemingly killing them all. One survivor is found, however, by an American Indian named Tonto, who nurses him back to health. The Ranger, ...
Style:
exciting, humorous, buddy comedy, scenic, semi serious ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
texas ranger, violence, wild west, horse, escapades, native american, two man army, partner, gunfight, corruption, revenge, treasure hunt ...
Time:
19th century, year 2013, victorian era, 2010s, 1930s ...
Place:
texas, austin texas, seattle, usa, san francisco ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A teenage boy runs away from home. He joins the circus but finds out that it's not all what it's cracked up to be. But then the boy becomes a witness to a murder, and he must try to stay out of the killer's way.
Style:
tense, emotional, suspenseful, crime thriller, surreal ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
circus, sideshow, carnival, runaway, freakshow, outsider, coming of age, danger, murder witness, survival, identity, behind the scenes ...
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Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Traces a family of murderous sideshow performers as they travel around the world on the dying carnival circuit.
Style:
psychological, gothic horror, psychological horror, captivating, suspenseful ...
Plot:
carnival, sideshow, problem, circus, macabre, unsettling, freakshow, murder, outsider, dysfunctional family, road trip, violence ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy
Country: Spain
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A convoy of stories that feature caricature views on religion. We get to see Pope Francis, a neighborhood priest who thinks he’s Jesus Christ, a cable TV Evangelist hustler, a Hegelian woman looking for truth in spirituality, and other weirdoes ...
Style:
absurd, surreal, dark comedy, controversial, experimental ...
Plot:
delusion, catholicism, satire, madness, social commentary, freakshow, political satire, character study, magic realism, sexual manipulation, religion
Is relevant?
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
This series illustrates the life and career of P.T. Barnum, America's greatest showman and promoter. Starting as a young man who managed an old woman who was supposedly George Washington's nursemaid, we see his career as he finds success ...
Style:
inspirational, sentimental, melancholic, captivating, serious ...
Plot:
circus, biopic, ambition, promotion, spectacle, entrepreneurship, rise and fall, american history, family drama, character study, legacy, entertainment industry ...
Time:
victorian era, 19th century
Is relevant?
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Thailand
TV show
Story:
The story of the Siamese twins, Eng and Chang Bunker, who live extraordinary lives with their wives and children in Mount Airy, North Carolina.
Style:
thrilling, captivating, psychological, historical drama, poignant ...
Plot:
biopic, siamese twins, twins, brotherhood, lifestyle, twin brother, family life, large family, husband wife relationship, kids and family, relationships, family relations ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era
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Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
In a late night bar, Henry is approached by a mysterious woman who offers to sell him the severed "manhood" of Wales' greatest vocal entertainer. Believing he can make a fortune selling the infamous appendage on to obsessive fans, ...
Style:
realistic, humorous, semi serious, offbeat, dark comedy ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
celebrity culture, dark humor, buddies, manhood, chase, obsessive quest, friends, nothing goes right, artists and showbiz, hotshot hero, satire, macabre ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england, wales
Is relevant?
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Horror
Country: UK, France, Germany, Luxembourg
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Stitch Head was the first creature brought to 'almost life' by mad professor Erasmus. In the years since, he’s become nursemaid to the master’s ever-growing menagerie of neglected creatures, tasked with teaching them to suppress their ...
Style:
dark fantasy, atmospheric, gothic, tension, melancholic ...
Plot:
mad scientist, freakshow, outsider, acceptance, laboratory, loneliness, castle, identity, creature feature, circus, haunting, redemption ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Adventure, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Follows a young boy who runs away from home in the search of his estranged mother.
Style:
modern fairy tale, road movie, captivating, psychological, contemplative ...
Plot:
mother and son, teenage protagonist, father son relationship, estranged mother, social outcast, teenager, teen angst, troubled youth, youth, terminal illness, society, family relations ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, pennsylvania, new york
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