Circus Movies

For his final film, Jacques Tati takes his camera to the circus, where the director himself serves as master of ceremonies. Though it features many...

The story of five generations of the Austrian-Brazilian Knieps family, from the inauguration of their family-owned Great Mystical Circus in the 1910s...

For more than a century the great colonial powers put human beings, taken by force from their native lands, on show as entertainment, just like...

An evil circus owner chases a chimp and his friends through Africa. Not necessarily 'Dyn-O-Mite!', but this silly monkey business is decent family...

This film tells the story of itinerant circus performers, cabaret acts and fairground attractions, showing rarities and never-before seen footage of...

Meu Nome é Dindi shows the movement of time over a young woman who owns a small marketplace near bankruptcy and fights for survival.

An IRA operative escapes to the Americas and teams up with a circus singer to create a popular vaudeville act. When the singer falls for a rebel,...

This documentary highlights the evolution of Brazil's Circo Voador venue from homespun artists' performance space to national cultural institution.

A European circus family is torn apart by greed and jealousy.

Govindan Kutty (Raghu) is a clown who works in the circus. He comes to his village looking for a bride. Sharada (Anjali Naidu) is impressed by his...

Dud imagines himself as a daring circus performer (which would certainly impress Mamie.)

The story of an innocent and charming clown who strives to find his own place in the world. KOOZA is a return to the origins of Cirque du Soleil. It...

A circus on the verge of bankruptcy decides to save itself by staging a animal act with lions and tigers for the first time.

A circus wild animal trainer searches for the son who was taken away from him by a meddling relative years earlier.

Documentary looking at Shanghai Circus school, where the gruelling training regimes result in some of the best acrobats and circus performers in the...

A snake-charmer falls in love with a circus trapeze artist who trains her and has her debut in this discipline.

The story of a nine-year-old boy Denis, who first enters the circus. The new world captures his imagination. He falls in love with a little actress,...

A pioneering effort in bringing shadow puppetry to the cinema.

When eccentric English teacher Andrew Larabee needs a raise in order for his fiancée to marry him, his interest in archaeology leads him to...