Circus Movies

A pioneering effort in bringing shadow puppetry to the cinema.

A duo of acrobats go onstage one last time, united under the spotlights even as their harmony backstage is broken.

A dedicated detective must find out who comitted murder on a weird circus. There are three suspects: a cynical clown, a scary magician's assistant and...

A young circus performer enters a relationship with a prince, but is quickly discarded.

Agron is a circus clown who is hassled by the circus animals. Shemshedin thinks they should send these animals away, and so many hilarious situations...

Life in a circus. As of today, this short film is considered to be lost.

A documentary portrait of sideshow impresario Wally Shufflebottom, Jr.

Once a year, people from different marginalized communities meet together in the woods to delve into the art of circus and have this discipline become...

1950s Soho beats with far more energy than its 21st century counterpart in this vivid time capsule.

Come in under the Big Top for a behind-the-scenes look at the making of Cirque du Soleil's ninth creation, which critics have described as "the most d...

Eighteen-year-old Aaliyah flies on aerial silks. Her 16-year-old cousin Bre twirls on hoops. They dream of escaping the violence that marred their you...

A circus under the iron rule of an unreasonable leader, enthusiastically and unblinkingly followed, and one member whose faith in the circus, their cr...

Alexander Calder created and performed one of the most important and beloved works, his miniature circus (1926-1931). More than twenty years later Jea...

Two children sneak out behind their parents' back, to a magical circus world.