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Kanopy
88
8.0
/131365/
78
/2000/
81
/2446/
4.3
/236073/
97
/62/
91
/2558/
93
/23/

8½ (1963)
Guido Anselmi, a film director, finds himself creatively barren at the peak of his career. Urged by his doctors to rest, Anselmi heads for a luxurious resort, but a sorry group gathers—his producer, staff, actors, wife, mistress, and relatives—each one begging him to get on with the show. In retreat from their dependency, he fantasizes about past women and dreams of his childhood.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
87
8.1
/38091/
79
/840/
79
/860/
4.1
/39960/
97
/30/
93
/341/
90
/7/

The Circus (1928)
Charlie, a wandering tramp, becomes a circus handyman - soon the star of the show - and falls in love with the circus owner's stepdaughter.
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Criterion Channel
87
7.9
/17380/
76
/346/
78
/354/
4.3
/37507/
98
/57/
90
/279/
93
/9/

Werckmeister Harmonies (2001)
A naive young man witnesses an escalation of violence in his small hometown following the arrival of a mysterious circus attraction.
poster
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
85
7.9
/82645/
78
/1450/
78
/1441/
4.3
/168518/
95
/65/
93
/2057/
79
/9/

Wings of Desire (1987)
Two angels, Damiel and Cassiel, glide through the streets of Berlin, observing the bustling population, providing invisible rays of hope to the distressed but never interacting with them. When Damiel falls in love with lonely trapeze artist Marion, the angel longs to experience life in the physical world, and finds -- with some words of wisdom from actor Peter Falk -- that it might be possible for him to take human form.
poster
Kanopy
85
8.0
/69223/
77
/872/
79
/1127/
4.2
/75169/
98
/80/
93
/988/

La Strada (1954)
When Gelsomina, a naïve young woman, is purchased from her impoverished mother by brutish circus strongman Zampanò to be his wife and partner, she loyally endures her husband's coldness and abuse as they travel the Italian countryside performing together. Soon Zampanò must deal with his jealousy and conflicted feelings about Gelsomina when she finds a kindred spirit in Il Matto, the carefree circus fool, and contemplates leaving Zampanò.
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Netflix
84
7.6
/125276/
75
/5840/
80
/3189/
4.0
/632989/
96
/298/
89
/605/
79
/49/
cc age 11+

Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio (2022)
During the rise of fascism in Mussolini's Italy, a wooden boy brought magically to life struggles to live up to his father's expectations.
poster
JustWatchTV
84
7.6
/9032/
74
/242/
73
/215/
3.9
/17935/
100
/24/
87
/175/

The Man Who Laughs (1928)
When a proud noble refuses to kiss the hand of the despotic King James in 1690, he is cruelly executed and his son surgically disfigured.
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Criterion Channel
83
7.8
/69562/
75
/1266/
75
/1030/
4.0
/97989/
97
/72/
89
/2286/
91
/17/
cc age 8+

Bringing Up Baby (1938)
David Huxley is waiting to get a bone he needs for his museum collection. Through a series of strange circumstances, he meets Susan Vance, and the duo have a series of misadventures which include a leopard called Baby.
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Kanopy
83
7.7
/19948/
73
/333/
73
/357/
3.9
/23828/
91
/23/
90
/330/

The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser (1974)
The film follows Kaspar Hauser, who lived the first seventeen years of his life chained in a tiny cellar with only a toy horse to occupy his time, devoid of all human contact except for a man who wears a black overcoat and top hat who feeds him.
poster
83
7.9
/10888/
76
/133/
73
/112/
3.9
/9148/
93
/29/
93
/218/
79
/18/

Salaam Bombay! (1988)
After destroying his older brother's motorbike in retaliation for his constant bullying, 11-year-old Krishna is sent to a traveling circus to earn money to pay for the bike's repairs, but soon winds up in the streets of Bombay's poorest slums. There, he befriends the drug dealer Chillum and young prostitute Sola Saal, while trying to make enough money at a neighborhood tea stall to repay his debt to his family.
poster
82
7.8
/995/
73
/30/
75
/28/
4.0
/6556/
95
/19/
100
/38/

Tempestad (2017)
A woman is recruited to a prison controlled by organized crime while another woman searches for her missing daughter. Through images that submerges us in a journey from north to south Mexico, both testimonies collide and take us to the center of a storm: a country where violence has taken control of our lives, our desires and our dreams.
poster
82
7.5
/6944/
77
/181/
75
/191/
3.9
/13881/
94
/63/
80
/26/
78
/19/

Endless Poetry (2016)
A portrait of the director’s young adulthood, set in the 1940s–1950s, in the electric capital city of Santiago. There, he decides to become a poet and is introduced, by destiny, into the foremost bohemian and artistic circle of the time.
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Netflix
82
7.8
/110390/
78
/8272/
74
/2637/
4.1
/596541/
99
/253/
89
/1262/
88
/38/
cc age 6+

Paddington 2 (2017)
Paddington, now happily settled with the Browns, picks up a series of odd jobs to buy the perfect present for his Aunt Lucy, but it is stolen.
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Kanopy
81
7.8
/54035/
75
/1366/
78
/1258/
3.9
/102258/
95
/59/
88
/1748/
80
/16/

Freaks (1932)
A circus' beautiful trapeze artist agrees to marry the leader of side-show performers, but his deformed friends discover she is only marrying him for his inheritance.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
81
7.5
/25244/
73
/582/
71
/480/
4.0
/54507/
88
/43/
86
/541/

Santa Sangre (1989)
A former circus artist escapes from a mental hospital to rejoin his armless, cult leader mother, and is forced to enact brutal murders in her name.
poster
The Roku Channel
81
7.7
/108775/
78
/5291/
78
/2700/
4.1
/486423/
87
/93/
88
/4297/
81
/26/
8.0
/298289/
cc age 16+

Paprika (2006)
When a machine that allows therapists to enter their patient's dreams is stolen, all hell breaks loose. Only a young female therapist can stop it and recover it before damage is done: Paprika.
poster
Netflix
80
7.4
/84987/
74
/4457/
72
/1249/
3.8
/516949/
81
85
/31/
cc age 8+

The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar (2023)
A rich man learns about a guru who can see without using his eyes. He sets out to master the skill in order to cheat at gambling.
poster
Criterion Channel
80
7.4
/15545/
71
/222/
72
/328/
3.9
/22902/
79
/28/
85
/293/
84
/9/

Juliet of the Spirits (1965)
Middle-aged Giulietta grows suspicious of her husband, Giorgio, when his behavior grows increasingly questionable. One night when Giorgio initiates a seance amongst his friends, Giulietta gets in touch with spirits and learns more about herself and her painful past. Slightly skeptical, but intrigued, she visits a mystic who gives her more information -- and nudges her toward the realization that her husband is indeed a philanderer.
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Criterion Channel
80
7.6
/14787/
72
/248/
71
/254/
3.9
/19663/
90
/21/
86
/237/

Closely Watched Trains (1966)
At a village railway station in occupied Czechoslovakia, a bumbling dispatcher’s apprentice longs to liberate himself from his virginity. Oblivious to the war and the resistance that surrounds him, this young man embarks on a journey of sexual awakening and self-discovery, encountering a universe of frustration, eroticism, and adventure within his sleepy backwater depot.
poster
Criterion Channel
80
7.7
/2250/
78
/60/
74
/59/
4.2
/7854/
83
/6/
84
/16/

Jacquot (1991)
Jacquot Demy, the son of a garage owner and a hairdresser, is fascinated by cinema and decides to pursue his dream of becoming a filmmaker by any means necessary.
poster
80
7.4
/9877/
73
/230/
71
/199/
3.9
/14321/
92
/64/
82
/69/
76
/21/

The Dance of Reality (2013)
'Having broken away from my illusory self, I was desperately seeking a path and a meaning to life.' This phrase perfectly sums up Alejandro Jodorowsky’s biographical project: reconstituting the incredible adventure of his life. He was born in 1929 Tocopilla, a coastal town on edge of the Chilean desert, where he discovered the fundamentals of reality, as he underwent an unhappy and alienated childhood as part of an uprooted family.
poster
80
8.2
/278360/
79
/4304/
81
/3770/
4.3
/366603/
91
/65/
93
/3296/
78
/16/
cc age 14+

The Elephant Man (1980)
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 Merrick (called John Merrick in the film), a severely deformed man in 19th century London.
poster
Netflix
80
7.6
/372328/
75
/10363/
73
/5554/
3.8
/336809/
95
/277/
85
/15334/
80
/41/
cc age 15+

True Grit (2010)
Following the murder of her father by a hired hand, a 14-year-old farm girl sets out to capture the killer. To aid her, she hires the toughest U.S. Marshal she can find—a man with 'true grit'—Reuben J. 'Rooster' Cogburn.
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Kanopy
80
7.5
/346597/
73
/10515/
71
/7480/
3.5
/424409/
93
/232/
78
/8434/
83
/41/
cc age 8+

Hugo (2011)
Orphaned and alone except for an uncle, Hugo Cabret lives in the walls of a train station in 1930s Paris. Hugo's job is to oil and maintain the station's clocks, but to him, his more important task is to protect a broken automaton and notebook left to him by his late father. Accompanied by the goddaughter of an embittered toy merchant, Hugo embarks on a quest to solve the mystery of the automaton and find a place he can call home.
poster
79
7.5
/18225/
73
/699/
76
/296/
3.9
/113014/
92
/110/
86
/40/
82
/22/

The Girl with the Needle (2024)
Struggling to survive in post-WWI Copenhagen, a newly unemployed and pregnant young woman is taken in by a charismatic elder to help run an underground adoption agency. The two form an unexpected bond, until a sudden discovery changes everything.
poster
79
7.7
/51561/
75
/1301/
75
/980/
4.1
/142686/
84
/25/
88
/1359/
76
/11/

The Holy Mountain (1973)
The Alchemist assembles together a group of people from all walks of life to represent the planets in the solar system. The occult adept's intention is to put his recruits through strange mystical rites and divest them of their worldly baggage before embarking on a trip to Lotus Island. There they ascend the Holy Mountain to displace the immortal gods who secretly rule the universe.
poster
79
7.4
/14830/
72
/170/
70
/214/
3.8
/6986/
88
/43/
90
/377/
75
/31/

The Girl on the Bridge (1999)
It's night on a Paris bridge. A girl leans over Seine River with tears in her eyes and a violent yearning to drown her sorrows. Out of nowhere someone takes an interest in her. He is Gabor, a knife thrower who needs a human target for his show. The girl, Adele, has never been lucky and nowhere else to go. So she follows him. They travel along the northern bank of the Mediterranean to perform.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
79
7.8
/19571/
76
/436/
74
/403/
4.0
/17326/
67
/21/
86
/375/
71
/5/

Johnny Got His Gun (1971)
A young American soldier, rendered in pseudocoma from an artillery shell from WWI, recalls his life leading up to that point.
poster
The Roku Channel
79
7.8
/294333/
78
/15153/
78
/8674/
4.2
/2331966/
91
/275/
74
/17853/
80
/40/
cc age 9+

Coraline (2009)
Wandering her rambling old house in her boring new town, 11-year-old Coraline discovers a hidden door to a strangely idealized version of her life. In order to stay in the fantasy, she must make a frighteningly real sacrifice.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
78
7.6
/30121/
74
/1448/
75
/1577/
3.8
/78744/
88
/194/
89
/4/
78
/35/
cc age 16+

Les Misérables (2019)
Stéphane has recently joined the Anti-Crime Squad in Montfermeil, in the suburbs of Paris, France, where Victor Hugo set his famed novel “Les Miserables”. Alongside his new colleagues Chris and Gwada – both experienced members of the team – he quickly discovers tensions running high between local gangs. When the trio finds themselves overrun during the course of an arrest, a drone captures the encounter, threatening to expose the reality of everyday life.
poster
78
7.1
/4074/
66
/90/
67
/41/
3.7
/3696/
91
/32/
84
/136/
cc age 12+

Fast, Cheap & Out of Control (1997)
Errol Morris’s Fast, Cheap & Out of Control interweaves the stories of four men, each driven to create eccentric worlds from their unique obsessions, all of which involve animals. There’s a lion tamer who shares his theories on the mental processes of wild animals; a topiary gardener who has devoted a lifetime to shaping bears and giraffes out of hedges and trees; a man fascinated with hairless mole rats; and an MIT scientist who has designed complex, autonomous robots that can crawl like bugs.
poster
Criterion Channel
78
7.6
/7428/
75
/132/
72
/143/
4.0
/17641/
86
/21/
87
/103/

Fox and His Friends (1975)
Fox, a former circus performer, wins the lottery of DM 500,000 and can now have the life and things that he has always wanted. He enters an abusive relationship with wealthy industrialist Eugen in an attempt to climb the social ladder. His desperation for love and affection soon spirals into tragedy.
poster
78
7.7
/20875/
78
/1655/
73
/1308/
3.9
/38904/
87
/4791/

The Twelve Tasks of Asterix (1976)
Asterix and Obelix depart on an adventure to complete twelve impossible tasks to prove to Caesar that they are as strong as the Gods. You'll roar with laughter as they outwit, outrun, and generally outrage the very people who are trying to prove them "only human".
poster
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
77
7.6
/5894/
71
/67/
70
/99/
3.7
/1707/
88
/24/
87
/33/

The Thief (1997)
Katya and her 6-year-old son Sanya, who, in 1952, meet a veteran Soviet officer named Tolyan. Katya falls in love with Tolyan, who turns out to be a small time criminal, but who also becomes a father figure to Sanya ...
poster
77
7.5
/93400/
75
/1528/
73
/1686/
3.8
/56997/
74
/151/
84
/8912/
66
/29/
cc age 17+

La Vie en Rose (2007)
From the mean streets of the Belleville district of Paris to the dazzling limelight of New York's most famous concert halls, Edith Piaf's life was a constant battle to sing and survive, to live and love. Raised in her grandmother's brothel, Piaf was discovered in 1935 by nightclub owner Louis Leplee, who persuaded her to sing despite her extreme nervousness. Piaf became one of France's immortal icons, her voice one of the indelible signatures of the 20th century.
poster
Kanopy
77
7.6
/216218/
74
/3990/
73
/3662/
3.5
/82499/
83
/204/
87
/19180/
67
/38/
cc age 11+

Finding Neverland (2004)
During a writing slump, playwright J.M. Barrie meets a widow and her four children, all young boys—who soon become an important part of Barrie’s life and the inspiration that lead him to create his masterpiece. Peter Pan.
poster
The Roku Channel
81
76
7.7
/10101/
72
/227/
75
/202/
3.8
/15617/
100
/12/
88
/174/

The Unknown (1927)
On the lam, criminal Alonzo hides in the circus as The Armless Wonder – a performer who uses his feet to hurl knives. Alonzo keeps the arms he really has concealed to hide his identity. Meanwhile, ringmaster's daughter Nanon has a phobia of being touched by men, but is romantically pursued by not only Alonzo but the strongman Malabar. Alonzo's desperation to remain with Nanon will only end in tragedy.
poster
76
7.4
/74295/
73
/1753/
72
/1168/
3.8
/52294/
80
/61/
89
/3272/
73
/16/
cc age 16+

The City of Lost Children (1995)
A scientist in a surrealist society kidnaps children to steal their dreams, hoping that they slow his aging process.
poster
Criterion Channel
76
7.2
/6511/
68
/106/
68
/138/
3.9
/10731/
82
/34/
77
/105/

Lola Montès (1955)
Lola Montes, previously a great adventuress, is reduced to being the attraction of a circus after having been the lover of various important men.
poster
Kanopy
76
7.0
/3220/
71
/50/
69
/97/
3.6
/5172/
100
/19/
76
/29/

The Clowns (1970)
Fellini exposes his great attraction for the clowns and the world of the circus first recalling a childhood experience when the circus arrives nearby his home. Then he joins his crew and travel from Italy to Paris chasing the last greatest European clowns still live in these countries. He also meets Anita Ekberg trying to buy a panther in a circus.
poster
Disney Plus
76
7.2
/332993/
73
/17806/
70
/9529/
3.5
/698474/
92
/90/
73
/18197/
78
/23/
cc age 5+

A Bug's Life (1998)
On behalf of "oppressed bugs everywhere," an inventive ant named Flik hires a troupe of warrior bugs to defend his bustling colony from a horde of freeloading grasshoppers led by the evil-minded Hopper.
poster
75
6.6
/214/
76
/13/
66
/8/
96
/25/
73
/10/
cc age 10+

One Lucky Elephant (2010)
Where does an elephant go after a life in the circus? Sixteen years have passed since circus producer David Balding adopted Flora, the orphaned baby African elephant he lovingly raised as part of his family and made the star of his show. As Flora approaches adulthood, he realizes that she is not happy performing. Ultimately, David must face the difficult truth that the circus is no place for Flora. She needs to be with other elephants. The road to Flora’s retirement, however, is a difficult and emotional journey which tests their bond in unexpected ways. Ten years in the making, One Lucky Elephant explores the consequences of keeping wild animals in captivity, while never losing sight of the delicate love story at its heart.
poster
Criterion Channel
75
6.8
/6382/
70
/129/
63
/93/
3.7
/14195/
87
/23/
80
/117/
72
/12/

Brewster McCloud (1970)
Brewster is an owlish, intellectual boy who lives in a fallout shelter of the Houston Astrodome. He has a dream: to take flight within the confines of the stadium. Brewster tells those he trusts of his dream, but displays a unique way of treating others who do not fit within his plans.
poster
75
7.2
/13340/
74
/752/
72
/936/
3.8
/25726/
81
/2896/

The Wing or the Thigh? (1976)
Charles Duchemin, a well-known gourmet and publisher of a famous restaurant guide, is waging a war against fast food entrepreneur Tri- catel to save the French art of cooking. After having agreed to appear on a talk show to show his skills in naming food and wine by taste, he is confronted with two disasters: his son wants to become a clown rather than a restaurant tester and he, the famous Charles Duchemin, has lost his taste!
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.
poster
Kanopy
73
6.7
/16712/
63
/674/
65
/390/
3.6
/88594/
96
/160/
64
/62/
85
/30/

EO (2022)
The world is a mysterious place when seen through the eyes of an animal. EO, a grey donkey with melancholic eyes, meets good and bad people on his life’s path, experiences joy and pain, endures the wheel of fortune randomly turn his luck into disaster and his despair into unexpected bliss. But not even for a moment does he lose his innocence.


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