Circus Movies

"Who is Weary Willie?" explores the life of the once-famous circus character Weary Willie and his story tied to controversy and confusion over...

The end of the XIX century. Petya, an eight-year orphan who has been cast in training German acrobat Karl Becker, who curses and beatings would...

An examination of bodies, movement and the stillness of landscape brought to you by the entrancing Circus Debre Berhan.

Footage from the premiere of Charlie Chaplin's 1928 film 'The Circus'.

Impressionistic glimpses of London life from early morning to rush hour.

A portrait of a traveling circus.

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...

Aura leaves behind her impoverished life to join a traveling circus as a fortuneteller. Initially enamored by the charismatic ringleader Charles,...

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

When the circus arrives they put the lion's cage right over Bugs' rabbit hole.

Two twins, separated at birth, meet again by chance many years later. One is a progressive but insensitive mayor of a small town, the other a clown...

In 1988, the Cirque du Soleil toured the United States and set up its big top in New York City - a grand three-ring circus in itself! - garnering...

Tucked away in northern Indiana, the city of Peru, Indiana is the circus capitol of the world. Thousands of visitors and townspeople come to this...

A bear tamer is hired by a traveling circus and soon gets married to a snake charmer. Not long after the wedding, the snake charmer gets involved in...

For twenty-five years, Cirque Phénix has been pushing the boundaries of spectacular entertainment. A quarter of a century of innovation,...

A boy travels from Chaco to Buenos Aires taking with him an elephant that saved from a circus.

Jimmie, a small-town boy, visits a traveling circus passing through town. he falls in love with Pansy, the daughter of the circus' tightrope walker,...