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Criterion Channel
86
7.7
/24471/
73
/449/
75
/482/
4.1
/56721/
100
/45/
85
/385/
98
/20/

Au Hasard Balthazar (1966)
The story of a donkey Balthazar as he is passed from owner to owner, some kind and some cruel but all with motivations beyond his understanding. Balthazar, whose life parallels that of his first keeper, Marie, is truly a beast of burden, suffering the sins of humankind. But despite his powerlessness, he accepts his fate nobly.
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Kanopy
83
8.0
/23602/
78
/430/
79
/566/
4.1
/21722/
88
/40/
90
/336/
84
/15/

Limelight (1952)
A fading music hall comedian tries to help a despondent ballet dancer learn to walk and to again feel confident about life.
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Netflix
77
7.1
/222637/
71
/8756/
68
/5258/
3.6
/445114/
97
/172/
65
/10169/
88
/34/
cc age 7+

Chicken Run (2000)
The creators of Wallace & Gromit bring you an exciting and original story about a group of chickens determined to fly the coop–even if they can’t fly! It’s hardly poultry in motion when Rocky attempts to teach Ginger and her feathered friends to fly…but, with teamwork, determination and a little bit o’ cluck, the fearless flock plots one last attempt in a spectacular bid for freedom.
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Disney Plus
77
7.2
/149616/
71
/8429/
70
/5167/
3.4
/270849/
95
/44/
70
/11009/
96
/11/
cc age 5+

Dumbo (1941)
Dumbo is a baby elephant born with over-sized ears and a supreme lack of confidence. But thanks to his even more diminutive buddy Timothy the Mouse, the pint-sized pachyderm learns to surmount all obstacles.
poster
74
7.9
/474760/
78
/11100/
78
/7538/
3.9
/505002/
76
/220/
89
/26326/
58
/42/
cc age 12+

Big Fish (2003)
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 picture of his father from flashbacks of his amazing adventures.
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Disney Plus
72
7.5
/339254/
78
/20197/
78
/9814/
3.5
/1051216/
56
/263/
86
/6884/
48
/43/
cc age 10+

The Greatest Showman (2017)
The story of American showman P.T. Barnum, founder of the circus that became the famous traveling Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus.
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Criterion Channel
71
7.4
/27410/
71
/488/
69
/511/
3.7
/18816/
84
/25/
84
/420/
63
/11/

The Tin Drum (1979)
In 1924, Oskar Matzerath is born in the Free City of Danzig. At age three, he falls down a flight of stairs and stops growing. In 1939, World War II breaks out.
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Criterion Channel
78
70
7.4
/7905/
71
/107/
73
/145/
3.8
/10989/
92
/12/
84
/95/

Sawdust and Tinsel (1953)
A number of complicated relationships develop between a circus ringmaster, his estranged wife and his lover.
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The Roku Channel
68
6.8
/212998/
70
/10521/
66
/6388/
3.1
/360110/
78
/132/
72
/4663/
60
/26/
cc age 6+

Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted (2012)
Animal pals Alex, Marty, Melman, and Gloria are still trying to make it back to New York's Central Park Zoo. They are forced to take a detour to Europe to find the penguins and chimps who broke the bank at a Monte Carlo casino. When French animal-control officer Capitaine Chantel DuBois picks up their scent, Alex and company are forced to hide out in a traveling circus.
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Hulu
66
6.9
/123378/
71
/2630/
69
/2576/
3.2
/61864/
60
/193/
70
/4469/
52
/35/
cc age 14+

Water for Elephants (2011)
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.
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Netflix
64
5.8
/4389/
66
/432/
62
/202/
2.5
/3360/
67
/21/
76
/147/
60
/5/
cc age 6+

Animal Crackers (2017)
A family must use a magical box of Animal Crackers to save a rundown circus from being taken over by their evil uncle Horatio P. Huntington.
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Kanopy
62
6.3
/15646/
62
/1208/
65
/1542/
2.9
/24789/
84
/64/
40
/129/
65
/11/
cc age 10+

Pinocchio (2019)
In this live-action adaptation of the beloved fairytale, old woodcarver Geppetto fashions a wooden puppet, Pinocchio, who magically comes to life. Pinocchio longs for adventure and is easily led astray, encountering magical beasts, fantastical spectacles, while making friends and foes along his journey. However, his dream is to become a real boy, which can only come true if he finally changes his ways.
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Hoopla
63
61
6.4
/9072/
64
/337/
61
/176/
3.6
/19286/
57
/21/
66
/334/
58
/12/

Freaked (1993)
A vain actor, his best friend, and an activist end up at a mutant freak farm run by a weirdo scientist.
poster
71
60
6.7
/2510/
72
/391/
76
/210/
3.2
/5865/
79
/21/
cc age 7+

Big Top Scooby-Doo! (2012)
When Scooby and the gang hear of a werewolf plaguing a traveling circus, they go undercover as circus performers to get to the bottom.
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Kanopy
61
59
6.5
/17081/
64
/320/
63
/260/
3.0
/10277/
50
/42/
53
/313/
76
/12/
cc age 12+

The Greatest Show on Earth (1952)
To ensure a full profitable season, circus manager Brad Braden engages The Great Sebastian, though this moves his girlfriend Holly from her hard-won center trapeze spot. Holly and Sebastian begin a dangerous one-upmanship duel in the ring, while he pursues her on the ground.
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Disney Plus
55
6.2
/87335/
68
/7319/
65
/4458/
2.6
/158283/
46
/372/
47
/1507/
51
/55/
cc age 8+

Dumbo (2019)
A young elephant, whose oversized ears enable him to fly, helps save a struggling circus, but when the circus plans a new venture, Dumbo and his friends discover dark secrets beneath its shiny veneer.
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HBO Max Amazon Channel
55
6.5
/327017/
68
/23876/
68
/11252/
2.6
/577010/
36
/336/
53
/3521/
52
/48/
cc age 12+

Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (2018)
Gellert Grindelwald has escaped imprisonment and has begun gathering followers to his cause—elevating wizards above all non-magical beings. The only one capable of putting a stop to him is the wizard he once called his closest friend, Albus Dumbledore. However, Dumbledore will need to seek help from the wizard who had thwarted Grindelwald once before, his former student Newt Scamander, who agrees to help, unaware of the dangers that lie ahead. Lines are drawn as love and loyalty are tested, even among the truest friends and family, in an increasingly divided wizarding world.
poster
51
6.0
/16984/
65
/575/
61
/430/
3.0
/18730/
40
/15/
50
/537/
cc age 6+

We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story (1993)
Captain New Eyes travels back in time and feeds dinosaurs his Brain Grain cereal, which makes them intelligent and non-violent. They agree to go to the "Middle Future" in order to grant the wishes of children in New York City. They are to meet Dr. Bleeb of the Museum of Natural History, but get sidetracked with their new children friends and run into the Captain's evil brother, Professor Screweyes.
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Disney Plus
48
5.2
/29224/
58
/1505/
55
/1103/
2.2
/58666/
18
/111/
36
/3864/
47
/24/
cc age 6+

The Wild (2006)
An adolescent lion is accidentally shipped from the New York Zoo to Africa. Now running free, his zoo pals must put aside their differences to help bring him back.
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Hoopla
55
42
6.0
/2750/
55
/58/
58
/76/
3.0
/2194/
43
/1707/

Circus of Horrors (1960)
A plastic surgeon and his nurse join a bizarre circus to escape from the police. Here he befriends deformed women and transforms them for his "Temple of Beauty". However, when they threaten to leave, they meet with mysterious accidents.
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Amazon Prime Video
54
41
5.4
/1175/
63
/82/
59
/38/
2.9
/1951/
57
/30/
40
/50/
49
/15/
cc age 4+

Clifford's Really Big Movie (2004)
Fearing that he costs too much to feed, Clifford decides to join a traveling carnival so he can enter a talent contest in hopes of winning a lifetime supply of Tummy Yummies treats. Joined by his friends Cleo and T-Bone, Clifford meets up with Shackleford the High-Flying Ferret and Rodrigo Chihuahua of Steel, as they work together to turn a broken-down act into a record-breaking show.
poster
64
39
6.8
/1602/
62
/40/
65
/44/
3.4
/772/
61
/66/

The Chimp (1932)
Stan and Ollie play bumbling circus performers who inadvertently drive the circus into bankruptcy. The circus can't pay them their wages so they are given a gorilla and a flea circus as payment. Bedlam ensues.
poster
67
35
6.4
/1048/
56
/11/
58
/19/
3.3
/654/
91
/11/
67
/20/

Ulysses (1967)
Dublin; June 16, 1904. Stephen Dedalus, who fancies himself as a poet, embarks on a day of wandering about the city during which he finds friendship and a father figure in Leopold Bloom, a middle-aged Jew. Meanwhile, Bloom's day, illuminated by a funeral and an evening of drinking and revelry that stirs paternal feelings toward Stephen, ends with a rapprochement with Molly, his earthy wife.
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Amazon Prime Video
54
33
5.7
/1479/
60
/24/
54
/27/
3.1
/382/
50
/24/
48
/69/
48
/15/

The Fantasticks (2000)
Widowers Amos and Ben plot to romantically unite Amos' daughter Luiss and Ben's son Matt by pretending to feud and forbidding the teens to associate, knowing they will resist their fathers' interference. As the two youngsters fall in love, the fathers plot to end the 'feud' by hiring a traveling showman to fake an abduction and allow Matt to 'rescue' Luisa.
poster
63
31
6.8
/1908/
68
/40/
62
/25/
3.3
/410/
53
/88/

Charlie Chan at the Circus (1936)
While visiting the circus with his family, Charlie is recruited by the big top's co-owner to investigate threatening letters that he's received.
poster
Hoopla
51
28
5.4
/1598/
57
/28/
52
/34/
2.9
/957/
34
/2071/

Circus of Fear (1966)
A circus becomes the location for stolen loot and murder.
poster
50
27
4.8
/890/
60
/52/
57
/62/
2.6
/1072/
50
/6/
33
/2/

The Ringmaster (2018)
Nationwide quietness. The streets are empty. Everyone’s glued to their screens at home, watching the final game. In the outskirts of Denmark, close to the German border, a small gas station needs to be open for service, even on this special night. Two young women have the shift. Ambitious Agnes is in the backroom putting finishing touches on her thesis, while free-spirited Belinda is on her phone, hoping to get the attention of her boyfriend. Unfortunately, the shift is not going to be as uneventful as they think, because no customers also means no witnesses, and the girls have been spotted to play a special part in a very different sort of game.
poster
70
20
7.2
/593/
73
/26/
67
/22/
3.5
/544/

Daredevil Droopy (1951)
Droopy and Spike are applying for the job of Dare Devil Dog at the Circus, and the one who give the best performance in a variety of "feats of strength and daring" will get it.
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YouTube TV
62
20
6.6
/993/
61
/22/
60
/5/
3.3
/268/
57
/292/

Merry Andrew (1958)
When eccentric English teacher Andrew Larabee needs a raise in order for his fiancée to marry him, his interest in archaeology leads him to an ancient statue's burial site. But when he finds a traveling circus directly above the statue's location, he accidentally becomes part of the act. With a newfound passion for performance and an attraction to the beautiful acrobat Selena, Andrew must decide what is truly important to him.
poster
51
18
5.1
/454/
55
/6/
55
/12/
45
/182/

The Amazing Dobermans (1976)
An ex-con man and his five trained Dobermans help a Treasury Dept. agent stop a racketeer and his gang.
poster
57
18
6.3
/1384/
64
/15/
65
/16/
3.2
/562/
29
/14/

The Wagons Roll at Night (1941)
An escaped circus lion provides the impetus for the meeting of carnival owner Nick Coster and Matt Varney, a small-town man who suddenly becomes a lion tamer when he manages to subdue the big cat. While acclimating to carnival life, Matt begins a romance with Nick's sister, Mary, causing tension between Matt and Nick. The latter must also juggle his stormy relationship with glamorous circus star Flo Lorraine.
poster
58
11
6.1
/1268/
56
/3/
52
/9/
3.2
/223/

Polly of the Circus (1932)
When Polly Fisher, a circus aerialist, is hurt while performing, she is taken to the house of a nearby minister, John Hartley. As she recuperates, they fall in love with each other and secretly marry. But when the truth leaks out , John's congregation rebels at having a circus woman as their minister's wife, and he is fired. Polly decides to leave John in hopes of giving back to him the calling that means so much to him. But fate steps in and rearranges all plans.
poster
?
5.7
/42/
10
/1/

The Mouse and the Lion (1953)
The Lion, the King of the Jungle, is taking his royal snooze when a mouse comes on a safari to his royal hideaway. The mouse is from Bungling Brothers Circus [us], and his mission is to take HRH back to the states as a circus act. The mouse then goes about his business of capturing the lion. At the fadeout, back in the USA, the lion of performing on a precarious tight-rope, high above the arena sawdust, while the mouse whip lashes him.
poster
?
5.6
/66/
43
/3/
70
/1/

Casper Comes to Clown (1951)
Casper befriends a bear cub with a natural talent for juggling. Soon the cub is in the circus, but a gorilla proves to be much scarier than any ghost.
poster
?
5.0
/16/
10
/1/

Stage Struck (1950)
Half-Pint, a stage-struck baby circus elephant, is forever getting into and messing up somebody's act. Although the ringmaster thinks he is too young to perform, Half-Pint cannot resist the applause of the crowd, and is continually turning up in the center-ring in impromptu acts which are not part of the circus-manager's plan. He joins the band making music with his trunk; performs as a unicycle artist, and generally disrupts the execution of the show.
poster
?
6.5
/39/
60
/1/

Tillie's Punctured Romance (1928)
The ring master is plotting to get the circus owner done away with in a lion cage so he can take over.
poster
?
3.4
/32/

3-Ring Marriage (1928)
Anna runs away from her wealthy father's ranch and becomes a trick rider in a circus to be with her sweetheart, Cal Coney, a circus cowboy, when her father disapproves the match. There she achieves fame as "Anna Montana," but she remains unhappy because Cal refuses to admit that he loves her. Meanwhile, Rawl Souvane, manager of the circus, plans to woo and marry Anna when he preceives that she is wealthy.
poster
?
6.1
/103/
60
/1/
48
/4/

Painted Faces (1929)
After a vaudeville performer is murdered backstage, framed-up evidence lead the police to arrest a troupe member. At his trial, Hermann, a Scandinavian clown known as Beppo, is the lone juror holding out against conviction and pleading for his innocence and acquittal.
poster
?
5.9
/35/

Spangles (1926)
At a three-ring circus, 'Spangles' Delancy, a beautiful bareback horse rider, falls in love with a wanted man, Dick Radley, who uses the circus as a hideout. The show's owner Big Bill Bowman also falls in love with Spangles-- But only one man can have her.
poster
34
?
2.9
/302/
44
/17/
30
/11/

Shriekshow (2022)
Four friends travel to a supposedly haunted abandoned circus on Halloween to party and encounter a ringmaster setting up a sideshow exhibit who proceeds to tell them three terrifying tales.
poster
?
5.8
/91/
55
/2/
55
/2/

Under the Big Top (1938)
Director Karl Brown's 1938 circus drama stars Marjorie Main as a tough, fur-coat-wearing circus boss who raises her orphaned niece to be a trapeze star.
poster
?
6.1
/75/

The Mite Makes Right (1948)
One of several animated short versions of "Tom Thumb"
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?
6.9
/32/
20
/1/

The Circus Comes to Clown (1947)
A series of circus acts (fast, furious and funny gags) leads to the trapeze act and the sing-a-long begins with "The Man On The Trapeze".
poster
?
5.5
/48/
55
/2/

Clown on the Farm (1952)
Baby Huey, the man-sized duckling, wants to play circus with the regular-size ducks, and they trick him into a barrel which almost goes over a cliff. It doesn't but it puts him into the hands of a hungry fox, who tries all manner of tricks to make Baby Huey palatable. They all fail and Baby Huey winds up as the circus ringmaster, putting the defeated fox through all kinds of tricks.
poster
?
7.7
/31/
10
/1/

Jolly the Clown (1957)
Because of a cruel ringmaster, Jolly the Clown and Ellsworth Elephant are both fired from the circus. Jolly tries to help the pink pygmy elephant's act so that he can keep his job.
poster
?
6.2
/35/
35
/2/

Keep Your Grin Up (1955)
Casper, the Friendly Ghost, attends the circus and frightens the performers. He then encounters a Laughing Hyena that is unable to laugh. Casper, determined to make the hyena laugh, tries many tricks and none of them even sightly amuses the animal, even to the extent of grinning or chuckling. But Casper then does something that accomplishes his goal.
poster
63
?
6.9
/117/
64
/5/
57
/3/

The Bandmaster (1947)
Andy Panda goes to the circus, and the circus turns into a circus where a girl aerialist is rescued by her own false teeth; the acrobats and jugglers mangle each other; a girl trapeze artist loses her wig as a rope-spinning act goes haywire; and the drunken high-wire walker finds himself surrounded by pink elephants.
poster
49
?
5.6
/124/
50
/1/
44
/5/

Circus Capers (1930)
The animated short starts with the circus parade, then goes to the circus master, who blows his whistle and points to a horse rider who looks a lot like Minnie Mouse.


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