Circus Movies

Reconciliation becomes possible between a gay circus trainer and his mom when he and his husband adopt a student.

A young wrestler’s only way out of his dead end town and the trauma tied to it is to fight his way onto the Australian team. But when an...

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...

At Cirque de Mortel, the circus artists perform thrilling acts where their lives are constantly put on the line. One day, Death arrives to finally...

Comedy routine featuring two clowns. Shot with the Cinématographe Joly-Normandin

Amidst the approaching colorful circus performance, we looked underneath the big top to meet circus performers about their lives. The performers...

Elmer O'Dare fancies himself an expert circus performer.

The Moșilor Fair is an exercise by a student director who used his film before he had managed to finalize the originally planned movie. The...

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

Set in a city both past and present, on a deserted street where only the distant sounds of life blow by. The Hunger Artist stands alone, locked in...

A first love is corrupted as a man recalls his affair with a beautiful circus contortionist in this stop-motion animation of wooden mannequins.

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...

Two egg-shaped clown performers try out new ways to impress audiences.

A short film where circus performers entertain children.

Simonova began experimenting with sand animation in late 2008, initially as something quite experimental and almost accidental. Circus is her first...

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...

A surreal look at the day-to-day life of American soldiers stationed in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba through the eyes of a traveling circus troupe cleared to...