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1. Water for Elephants. 2011 2h PG-13. 6.9 (121K) Rate. 52 Metascore. Jacob takes a job as an animal caretaker in a traveling circus. There he meets Marlena, a beautiful circus performer. Their shared compassion for a special elephant Rosie leads to love, but Marlena's cruel husband stands in their way.
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- The Elephant Man (1980) Directed by David Lynch. Starring Anthony Hopkins, John Hurt, Anne Bancroft. Biography, Drama (2h 4m) 8.2 on IMDb — 92% on RT. The tragic true story of Joseph Merrick begins at a Victorian freakshow, where the cruelly nicknamed "Elephant Man" was put on display in London's East End.
- Nightmare Alley (2021) Directed by Guillermo del Toro. Starring Bradley Cooper, Cate Blanchett, Toni Collette. Crime, Drama, Thriller (2h 30m) 7.0 on IMDb — 80% on RT.
- The Greatest Show on Earth (1952) Directed by Cecil B. DeMille. Starring James Stewart, Charlton Heston, Betty Hutton. Drama, Family, Romance (2h 32m) 6.6 on IMDb — 50% on RT.
- The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920) Directed by Robert Wiene. Starring Werner Krauss, Conrad Veidt, Friedrich Feher. Horror, Mystery, Thriller (1h 7m) 8.0 on IMDb — 96% on RT.
1995 1h 31m. 7.7 (3.5K) Rate. In a remote area of China, in the 1930s, a street performer named Wang practices the change-mask opera art of bian lian. Seeking to pass his art, Wang buys what he believes to be an orphan boy, but quickly learns his new disciple's secret.
52 Metascore. Jacob takes a job as an animal caretaker in a traveling circus. There he meets Marlena, a beautiful circus performer. Their shared compassion for a special elephant Rosie leads to love, but Marlena's cruel husband stands in their way.
- The Greatest Showman
- The Greatest Show on Earth
- Arabian Nights
- Big Top Pee-Wee
- Oz The Great and Powerful
- Freaks
- The Funhouse
- Water For Elephants
- The Elephant Man
- Dumbo
Let's get this list started off with a real bang, shall we? A very well-known film about the circus is The Greatest Showman, which was released in 2017. It featured an all-star cast that was made up of people like Hugh Jackman, Zac Efron, Michelle Williams and Zendaya, and it was inspired by P. T. Barnum's life. This work was also nominated for sev...
In 1952, The Greatest Show on Earthcame out, starring Betty Hutton and Cornel Wilde as trapeze artists, Charlton Heston as a circus manager and James Stewart as a clown who never takes off his makeup. Since the setting of the story was the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, the actual troupe was featured, with 1,400 people and hundreds of a...
Arabian Nights, which was inspired by The Book of One Thousand and One Nightsand which was released in 1942, is up next. It featured actors like Sabu, Maria Montez, Jon Hall and Leif Erickson as characters who were part of a wandering circus, such as Sherazade, Sinbad the Sailor and Aladdin. This was one of the more exotic stories that came from Un...
After Pee-wee's Big Adventure in 1985, Big Top Pee-wee came in 1988. It, of course, starred Paul Reubens as Pee-wee Herman, and it had music by Danny Elfman. The plot centered around a traveling circus, complete with a ringmaster named Mace Montana and a trapeze artist named Gina Piccolapupula. While this may not be the most popular film that has e...
In 2013, the world received Oz the Great and Powerful, a spiritual prequel to one of the most celebrated films of all time, The Wizard of Oz. Directed by Sam Raimi, this movie starred big names like James Franco, Mila Kunis, Rachel Weisz, Michelle Williams and Zach Braff. RELATED: Harry Potter: 10 Cutest Magical Creatures, Ranked Franco portrayed O...
Some circus and carnival movies are scary, like Freaks from 1932; this is all about a trapeze artist who marries the leader of carnival sideshow his inheritance. The sideshow performers were played by people such as Harry and Daisy Earles, dwarf siblings, and Daisy and Violet Hilton, conjoined twin sisters. Even though this flick was described as g...
On a similar note, there was The Funhouse, which came out in 1981, thanks to Tobe Hooper, who had previously directed The Texas Chain Saw Massacre. The plot of this movie focuses on four teens getting stuck in a carnival ride with a killer... That does sound fun! It should be noted that this was released with the title Carnival of Terror,as well, a...
In 2011, a film that was based on the novel of the same name was released: Water for Elephants. This love and circus-themed story featured Reese Witherspoon as Marlena Rosenbluth and Robert Pattinson as Jacob Jankowski, and it told the story of a man who joined a traveling circus and fell in love with the ringmaster's wife. RELATED: Chilling Advent...
The Elephant Mancame in 1980, to tell the story of Joseph Merrick, a real man who was deformed and who, in the film, was found at a Victorian freak show in London. This work was filmed in black and white, and it starred John Hurt and Anthony Hopkins. It also earned Academy Award and Golden Globe Award nominations and won BAFTA Awards for Best Film,...
Of course, this also Dumbo, the fourth Disney animated feature film that was ever made, back in the year 1941. Its notable story centered around an elephant with big ears who is nicknamed Dumbo... and who learns and then help in teaching such as sweet lesson. In 2019, a live-action version of this story came out, too, which was directed by Tim Burt...
List of the best circus movies selected by visitors to our site: The Greatest Showman, Dumbo, The Butterfly Circus, Cirque du Soleil: Worlds Away, Big Fish, The Great Mystical Circus, The One and Only Ivan, Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted, Water for Elephants, Big Top Pee-wee.
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Jan 21, 2024 · Educational Movies About the Circus. A circus is a thrilling and colorful world of entertainment where talented performers, often including acrobats, clowns, trapeze artists, and animal trainers, put on awe-inspiring shows under a big top tent.
