The 34 Circus Movies That I know
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- DirectorFrancis LawrenceStarsRobert PattinsonReese WitherspoonChristoph WaltzJacob 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.
- DirectorJoseph PevneyStarsDean MartinJerry LewisJoanne DruJerry and Pete are two friends with no money, looking for some job. They finally find one as workers in a circus, but Jerry has different dreams. He wants to become a clown.
- DirectorEdward BuzzellStarsGroucho MarxChico MarxHarpo MarxThe Marx Brothers try to help the owner of a circus recover some stolen funds before he finds himself out of a job.
- DirectorTod BrowningStarsWallace FordLeila HyamsOlga BaclanovaA 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.
- DirectorPeter CoeTerry HughesStarsMichael CrawfordEileen BattyeMichael HeathBarnum the musical traces Phineas Taylor Barnum's career from 1835 to 1881 when he joined James A. Bailey to form the circus which was called The Greatest Show on Earth. Barnum is a defender of "the noble art of humbug" with a philosophy, and has a free wheeling ambition to make a fortune. He buys the oldest woman in the world, named Joyce Heath, as a sideshow attraction. Barnum builds a museum of curiosities supported by his wife Charity, who would like him to settle down.
- DirectorJoseph M. NewmanStarsVictor MatureRed ButtonsRhonda FlemingA circus owner tries to keep his financially troubled circus on the road, despite the efforts of a murderous saboteur who has decided that the show must not go on.
- DirectorRandal KleiserStarsPaul ReubensPenelope Ann MillerKris KristoffersonPee-wee Herman is now a small-town farmer with a fiancée, but when a traveling circus comes to town, he finds himself falling for the trapeze artist.
- DirectorKurt NeumannStarsAnne BaxterSteve CochranLyle BettgerAn American carnival in Germany sets the scene for sin, sex and melodrama.
- DirectorCharles ChaplinStarsCharles ChaplinMerna KennedyAl Ernest GarciaThe Tramp finds work and the girl of his dreams at a circus.
- StarsMicky DolenzNoah Beery Jr.Robert Lowery12-year-old Corky has been adopted by a traveling circus owned by Big Tim Champion. He is water boy to baby elephant Bimbo and otherwise participates in the behind-the-scenes life of the circus.
- DirectorRay EnrightStarsJoe E. BrownPatricia EllisDorothy BurgessTrying to follow in his father's footsteps, the son of an ex-acrobat runs off and joins a circus, getting a job cleaning up after the animals.
- DirectorJohn H. AuerStarsJune TravisRobert LivingstonDonald CookTrapeze artist Kay Rogers marries aerial-act member Charles Jerome, who immediately become jealous of fellow-trapeze artist Bob McAvoy, and sets out to kill him through a series of staged accidents including setting him up for a tiger mauling that goes awry and gets circus-performer Gloria instead. Members of the famed Escalante Family doubled the three leads.
- DirectorGeorge B. SeitzStarsFrankie DarroPoodles HannefordJoe E. BrownA young waif (Frankie Darro) runs away from a harsh orphanage in order to join the circus.
- DirectorHenry HathawayStarsJohn WayneRita HayworthClaudia CardinaleWhen circus proprietor Matt Masters decides to take his show on a European tour, it is beset by problems, while he searches for Lili, the mother of his adopted daughter, who disappeared years before.
- DirectorHarry LachmanStarsWarner OlandKeye LukeGeorge BrasnoWhile visiting the circus with his family, Charlie is recruited by the big top's co-owner to investigate threatening letters that he's received.
- DirectorLarry ElikannStarsLloyd BridgesBritt EklandTaina ElgMade-for-TV movie, tells the true story of the Great Wallendas, a family of circus acrobats famous for their seven-person high wire pyramid act, that one night ended in tragedy.
- DirectorCecil B. DeMilleStarsJames StewartCharlton HestonBetty HuttonThe dramatic lives of trapeze artists, a clown, and an elephant trainer are told against a background of circus spectacle.
- DirectorElia KazanStarsFredric MarchTerry MooreGloria GrahameA Czech circus owner/clown and his entire troupe employ a daring stratagem in order to escape en masse from behind the iron curtain.
- DirectorJohn RichStarsElvis PresleyBarbara StanwyckJoan FreemanAfter a singer loses his job at a coffee shop, he finds employment at a struggling carnival, but his attempted romance with a teenager leads to friction with her father.
- DirectorFederico FelliniStarsAnthony QuinnGiulietta MasinaRichard BasehartA care-free girl is sold to a traveling entertainer, consequently enduring physical and emotional pain along the way.
- DirectorCharles BartonStarsKevin CorcoranHenry CalvinGene SheldonTaken in by distant members of his family after being orphaned, Toby Tyler runs away to join the circus.
- DirectorCarol ReedStarsBurt LancasterTony CurtisGina LollobrigidaA crippled circus acrobat is torn emotionally between two ambitious young trapeze artists, one a talented young American and a less-gifted but beautiful Italian.
- DirectorKarl BrownStarsMarjorie MainAnne NagelJack La RueA pretty young circus trapeze artist is pushed by her domineering aunt to be the best aerialist in the world. When she begins to fall for one of the two men in her act, her mother determines to break up the romance. So does the other trapeze artist, who is also in love with her.
- DirectorBoris SagalStarsElizabeth MontgomeryChristopher PlummerEileen BrennanA middle-aged, single woman leaves her home for a new life with a traveling circus.
- DirectorMiguel M. DelgadoStarsCantinflasGloria LynchEstanislao SchillinskyA shoemaker joins a circus and falls in love with the circus owner's daughter.
- DirectorCharles WaltersStarsDoris DayJimmy DuranteStephen BoydA debt-ridden circus is saved by a well-meaning but inept publicity man.
- DirectorWerner JacobsJohn Llewellyn MoxeyStarsChristopher LeeLeo GennAnthony NewlandsA circus becomes the location for stolen loot and murder.
- DirectorCarlos SauraStarsFrancesca NeriAntonio BanderasEulàlia RamonAna is an equestrian sharpshooter for a one ring circus in Madrid for a week. Marcos is a reporter doing a Sunday supplement piece. He interviews her and she invites him to dinner with the troupe. They dance, then spend the night together; he considers following her around Europe and promises he'd follow her to Hell. While he's in Barcelona to cover a concert, three young men assault her. Bruised, humiliated, and bleeding, she picks up her rifle to hunt them down. Marcos follows her trail that, indeed, takes him to Ana's hell.
- DirectorJames ParrottStarsStan LaurelOliver HardyBobby BurnsTwo bumbling circus performers inadvertently help drive the circus into ruin and then end up in possession of a flea circus and an oversized chimp.
- DirectorGilberto Martínez SolaresStarsGaspar HenaineRosa Gloria ChagoyánAlicia EncinasCapulina helps her niece to recover a piece of land that she inherited, only to find a hidden treasure there that was buried by a colonel from the Revolution.
- DirectorSamuel ArmstrongNorman FergusonWilfred JacksonStarsSterling HollowayEdward BrophyHerman BingRidiculed because of his enormous ears, a young circus elephant is assisted by a mouse to achieve his full potential.
- DirectorGeorge ShermanStarsMichael CallanEvy NorlundJoan EvansAfter military service, a trapeze star fights to rebuild his career and his love life.
- DirectorPaul WeitzStarsChris MassogliaJohn C. ReillySalma HayekTeenager Darren Shan meets a mysterious man at a freak show who turns out to be a vampire. After a series of events, Darren must leave his normal life and go on the road with the Cirque du Freak, becoming a creature of the night.
- DirectorTim BurtonStarsEwan McGregorAlbert FinneyBilly CrudupA frustrated son tries to determine the fact from fiction in his dying father's life.