mdblist.com logo Movie Search


Ratings
Between
and
Between
and
Between
and
With at least
votes
Between
and
With at least
votes
Between
and
With at least
votes
Between
and
With at least
votes
Between
and
With at least
votes
Between
and
With at least
votes
Between
and
With at least
votes
Between
and
With at least
votes
Additional filters
m
Lists, Streaming Services, Cast and more
Create List (62 items)

Login to create a dynamic list


poster
Fandango at Home Free
83
7.5
/132707/
74
/5431/
75
/2632/
4.0
/566468/
92
/399/
83
/727/
85
/65/
cc age 13+

The Fabelmans (2022)
Growing up in post-World War II era Arizona, young Sammy Fabelman aspires to become a filmmaker as he reaches adolescence, but soon discovers a shattering family secret and explores how the power of films can help him see the truth.
poster
Kanopy
67
6.5
/15871/
66
/506/
66
/432/
3.4
/14169/
76
/34/
64
/320/
70
/14/

The Last Circus (2010)
A trapeze artist must decide between her lust for Sergio, the Happy Clown, or her affection for Javier, the Sad Clown, both of whom are deeply disturbed.
poster
71
63
6.9
/4313/
66
/92/
63
/57/
3.4
/5919/
93
/15/
71
/79/

I'm No Angel (1933)
The bold Tira works as dancing beauty and lion tamer at a fair. Out of an urgent need of money, she agrees to a risky new number: she'll put her head into the lion's mouth! With this attraction, the circus makes it to New York and Tira can pursue her dearest occupation— flirting with rich men and accepting expensive presents.
poster
62
6.9
/351/
64
/7/
60
/8/
61
/36/
57
/33/
62
/17/

Lipstick & Dynamite (2005)
Ring legends such as The Fabulous Moolah and Gladys "Kill 'Em" Gillem Long provide candid insights into the history of women's professional wrestling.
poster
Kanopy
61
60
6.5
/17168/
64
/320/
63
/264/
3.0
/11039/
50
/42/
53
/312/
76
/12/
cc age 12+

The Greatest Show on Earth (1952)
To ensure a full profitable season, circus manager Brad Braden engages The Great Sebastian, though this moves his girlfriend Holly from her hard-won center trapeze spot. Holly and Sebastian begin a dangerous one-upmanship duel in the ring, while he pursues her on the ground.
poster
Hoopla
58
6.4
/830/
41
/10/
58
/19/
3.3
/272/
70
/10/
59
/6/

The Miracle (1991)
Two teenagers Jimmy and Rose spend their vacation at the small Irish sea-resort Bray. Out of boredom they observe other people and imagine wild stories about them. One day they observe the blonde Renee, and Jimmy is immediately fascinated by her and even follows her home. She, too, seems to like him, but for a mysterious reason keeps him at a distance.
poster
75
56
7.9
/2773/
73
/92/
74
/88/
3.8
/3000/

The Night Before Christmas (1941)
It's snowy and cold outside, and warm inside where Jerry squeezes past a mousetrap to cavort under a present-laden Christmas tree. Mistaking the sleeping Tom for a plush toy, Jerry wakes him and a mad chase ensues.
poster
FlixHouse
52
50
6.1
/8182/
62
/263/
57
/162/
3.1
/10245/
29
/14/
42
/2030/
56
/5/
cc age 12+

13 Ghosts (1960)
The reclusive Dr. Zorba has died and left his sprawling mansion to his nephew Cyrus and his family. They will need to search the house to find the doctor's fortune, but along with the property itself, they have also inherited the occultist's collection of thirteen ghosts.
poster
70
49
7.3
/2928/
72
/64/
68
/97/
3.5
/1539/

Striped Trip (1961)
A Soviet cruise ship "Evgeni Onegin" is carrying cages with tigers and lions for a Soviet Circus. One loose monkey unlocks all cages, letting the tigers and lions out. Poor passengers and crew have no place to run. The captain abandons his post out of fear, and the monkey takes over the captain's post. The ship gets under total control by the tigers and lions. Only one lady is standing up to the challenge. Her name is Marianna, she loves animals, and she takes the situation under control.
poster
The Roku Channel
55
46
6.0
/4297/
62
/91/
57
/63/
2.9
/1542/
60
/5/
38
/56/
cc age 7+

Africa Screams (1949)
When bookseller Buzz cons Diana into thinking that his friend Stanley knows all there is to know about Africa, they are abducted and ordered to lead Diana and her henchmen to an African tribe in search of a fortune in jewels.
poster
45
5.2
/10779/
56
/317/
49
/142/
2.8
/9941/
31
/85/
31
/521/
42
/18/
cc age 10+

Big Top Pee-wee (1988)
Paul Reubens stars as Pee-wee Herman in his second full-length film about a farmer who joins the circus after a storm drops a big tent in his front yard. Pee-wee, along with an outlandish cast of animals and circus performers, puts on the best show ever.
poster
69
43
7.2
/2015/
60
/21/
65
/32/
3.5
/939/
78
/83/

Man on a Tightrope (1953)
The owner of an impoverished circus in Communist-ruled Czechoslovokia plots to flee across the border to freedom, taking his entire troupe of performers and wild animals with him.
poster
68
38
6.9
/1993/
65
/23/
68
/20/
3.3
/845/
75
/339/

You Can't Cheat an Honest Man (1939)
Fields plays "Larsen E. Whipsnade", the owner of a shady carnival that is constantly on the run from the law. Whipsnade is struggling to keep a step ahead of foreclosure, and clearly not paying his performers, including Bergen and McCarthy, who try to coax money out of him, or in McCarthy's case, steal some outright.
poster
MGM Plus
59
33
6.4
/1867/
61
/34/
56
/28/
3.1
/944/
52
/2284/

The Great Rupert (1950)
Shortly before Christmas, a family moves into an apartment where Rupert the squirrel lives in the attic rafters. Just as it seems that the holiday will come and go without so much as a Christmas tree, Rupert acts as the family's guardian angel - not only saving Christmas, but changing their lives forever.
poster
56
32
6.2
/1704/
57
/28/
58
/34/
3.2
/566/
60
/5/
38
/27/

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1960)
From chicken thief to cabin boy, riverboat pilot to circus performer, Huck Finn outsmarts everyone on his way down the muddy Mississippi.
poster
61
29
6.1
/1845/
69
/26/
58
/19/
3.1
/604/
56
/2047/

Billy Rose's Jumbo (1962)
The daughter of a circus owner fights to save her father from a takeover spearheaded by the man she loves.
poster
JustWatch TV
62
28
6.7
/1004/
66
/20/
53
/24/
3.5
/1040/
67
/21/
54
/2/

The Sin of Nora Moran (1933)
Nora Moran, a young woman with a difficult and tragic past, is sentenced to die for a murder that she did not commit. She could easily reveal the truth and save her own life, if only it would not damage the lives, careers and reputations of those whom she loves.
poster
Hoopla
50
26
5.4
/1604/
57
/28/
52
/34/
2.9
/1021/
33
/20/

Circus of Fear (1966)
A circus becomes the location for stolen loot and murder.
poster
42
23
5.4
/1162/
49
/34/
52
/38/
2.7
/960/
40
/5/
7
/12/

Captive Wild Woman (1943)
An insane scientist doing experimentation in glandular research becomes obsessed with transforming a female gorilla into a human...even though it costs human life.
poster
65
22
6.8
/336/
55
/6/
76
/12/
3.5
/363/
60
/45/

The Twelve Chairs (1962)
When her country is taken over by socialist revolutionaries, a wealthy woman can't bear to give up all of her wealth and possessions to the new government, so she hides all of her treasures in the 12 chairs of a dining-room set. After her death her nephew finds out what she had done and, since the chairs had been "nationalized" and are now in the possession of a dozen different people, he sets out to track them down and get the treasures he believes rightfully belong to him.
poster
YouTube TV
62
20
6.6
/993/
61
/22/
60
/5/
3.3
/268/
57
/292/

Merry Andrew (1958)
When eccentric English teacher Andrew Larabee needs a raise in order for his fiancée to marry him, his interest in archaeology leads him to an ancient statue's burial site. But when he finds a traveling circus directly above the statue's location, he accidentally becomes part of the act. With a newfound passion for performance and an attraction to the beautiful acrobat Selena, Andrew must decide what is truly important to him.
poster
56
18
6.3
/1393/
63
/16/
65
/16/
3.2
/616/
27
/6/

The Wagons Roll at Night (1941)
An escaped circus lion provides the impetus for the meeting of carnival owner Nick Coster and Matt Varney, a small-town man who suddenly becomes a lion tamer when he manages to subdue the big cat. While acclimating to carnival life, Matt begins a romance with Nick's sister, Mary, causing tension between Matt and Nick. The latter must also juggle his stormy relationship with glamorous circus star Flo Lorraine.
poster
44
16
5.0
/422/
26
/3/
50
/6/
50
/94/

Ring of Fear (1954)
Mystery writer Mickey Spillane tries to help Clyde Beatty deal with a plot to sabotage his circus.
poster
MGM Plus
47
14
5.5
/617/
51
/14/
50
/16/
3.1
/223/
40
/5/
25
/2/

Masquerade (1965)
The British send an American and a war hero to kidnap and hide an oil-country prince.
poster
59
13
6.1
/559/
55
/7/
54
/19/
3.4
/282/

Roselyne and the Lions (1988)
Thierry drops out of school to apprentice as a lion tamer at the zoo where he meets Roselyne, who shares his passion. They fall in love and when he loses his job, the young lovers journey across France finding odd jobs at several circuses. In Germany, they fall under the tutelage of ageing big cat trainer, Klint, and while they are closer to realising their dreams, they find that their success drivers them part.
poster
Kanopy
58
13
6.3
/640/
56
/9/
48
/18/
3.2
/351/

Hit and Run (1957)
A garage owner marries a much younger woman. Trouble begins when he becomes friends with a man who has his eyes on his former-showgirl wife.
poster
44
12
4.6
/619/
52
/19/
49
/20/
2.7
/514/
20
/14/

Jungle Woman (1944)
Paula, the ape woman, has survived the ending of CAPTIVE WILD WOMAN and is running around a creepy old sanitarium run by the kindly Dr. Fletcher, reverting to her true gorilla form every once in a while to kill somebody.
poster
?
5.7
/42/
10
/1/

The Mouse and the Lion (1953)
The Lion, the King of the Jungle, is taking his royal snooze when a mouse comes on a safari to his royal hideaway. The mouse is from Bungling Brothers Circus [us], and his mission is to take HRH back to the states as a circus act. The mouse then goes about his business of capturing the lion. At the fadeout, back in the USA, the lion of performing on a precarious tight-rope, high above the arena sawdust, while the mouse whip lashes him.
poster
?
5.9
/26/
70
/1/

La Venenosa (1928)
A trapeze artist suffers the curse that causes her kisses to be deadly.
poster
?
7.8
/17/
10
/1/

Rings Around the World (1967)
While writing a book on the circus, author John Shawcross reflects upon the great acts he has seen over the years and the mystique of circus people. He recalls the solo trapeze act of La Mara; Tarzan, Sahib, and their elephant; Marco's sword-balancing act; an archery act in which Grey Arrow shoots an apple off the head of Zuni, his wife; the Mascott Sisters' head-to-head balancing act on a high ladder; the juggling of Rudy Cardenas; high bar specialists, the Tongas; Gunther Gebel Williams with his tiger; the flying bar act of the Laribles; Carl Sembach-Krone's trained horses; lion tamer Pablo Noel; the Gaonas and the Four Titos on the trampoline; the Flying Armors on the flying trapeze; Frieda Krone and her elephants; Fredy Knie, Sr., and his Lippizaner; the Francesco Clowns; Lilly Yokoi on her bicycle; Mendez and Seitz on the tightrope; and Pauline Schumann on the trick horse.
poster
?
6.3
/20/

The Leopard Lady (1928)
Jacqueline Logan stars as Paula, a beautiful and fearless circus leopard trainer. Working hand-in-glove with the police, Paula joins a circus where several murders have occurred. Among the suspects is gorilla trainer Caesar (Alan Hale Sr.). (NY Times)
poster
?
6.2
/68/
53
/3/
70
/1/

Side Show (1981)
A teenage boy who runs off to join the circus as a side show puppeteer stumbles onto the dark secrets of the fellow performers.
poster
?
5.0
/13/
10
/1/
20
/2/

Sex Circus (1969)
A sadistic lion tamer recruits girls for a circus style nightclub.
poster
?
5.9
/21/
50
/1/

Happy Circus Days (1942)
The circus comes to a small boy's town.
poster
45
?
5.7
/133/
10
/1/
70
/2/

The Woman for Joe (1955)
A carnival boss and a little person from the sideshow compete for the same woman.
poster
?
9.0
/34/

Fortune's Wheel
Documentary about the life and legacy of Bill Stephens - Dublin's famous lion tamer.
poster
?
7.7
/47/

The Circus Kid (1928)
In 'The Circus Kid', Buddy, an orphan who runs away from a a harsh orphanage, joins Cadwallader's Circus.
poster
?
6.3
/67/
55
/2/

Can You Imagine? (1936)
This short shows various curiosities of people and nature across the United States, in the style of the "Believe It or Not" series. Among the dozen subjects are Milwaukee's Monkey Island; a boy in Salt Lake City who wrestles with his pet lion; a tree that grows out of a courthouse's stone roof; a well shaft in Pennsylvania that freezes in summer and melts in cold weather; and the town crier of Provincetown, Massachusetts.
poster
?
6.0
/27/

Red Wagon (1933)
Adapted from Lady Eleanor Smith’s novel, this 1934 feature tells the story of Joe Prince, an orphan child of circus people who, after many struggles, achieves his life-long ambition of owning a circus.
poster
63
?
6.9
/118/
64
/5/
57
/3/

The Bandmaster (1947)
Andy Panda goes to the circus, and the circus turns into a circus where a girl aerialist is rescued by her own false teeth; the acrobats and jugglers mangle each other; a girl trapeze artist loses her wig as a rope-spinning act goes haywire; and the drunken high-wire walker finds himself surrounded by pink elephants.
poster
53
?
5.5
/375/
50
/2/
46
/6/
3.1
/241/

Flip's Circus (1921)
Flip is balancing his hat on his face while leaning forwards and backwards. He eventually falls face forward. Flip opens the tent flap to reveal a lot of large animals behind him. A large animal creature-I have no idea what it is-comes out and starts to interact with Flip. Flip keeps hitting him. Flip puts his head in the animal's mouth. At one point, the animal swallows him as we see moving bumps on the stomach. He then spits him back out!
poster
Criterion Channel
59
?
6.5
/455/
60
/1/
52
/4/

Only One Night (1939)
Funfair worker Valdemar is unknowingly the illegitimate son of a rich landowner, colonel Von Brede. The colonel knows and employs Valdemar as his stable master. The colonel has a young and beautiful ward, Eva, but will she and Valdemar fall in love with each other?
poster
?
7.5
/28/
35
/2/

She Made Her Bed (1934)
"Duke" Gordon (Robert Armstrong), a circus lion-tamer, tries to tames his wife, Laura (Sally Eilers), just as he does his lions. But she is a one-man woman, married to the wrong man, and refuses to cheat on her cheating husband even though her happiness depends on doing so.
poster
?
5.6
/9/

Mlle. Irene The Great (1931)
Al St. John is almost discouraged from marrying Aileen Cook, when her family turns out to be a bunch of noisy circus performers. At the wedding, even the minister joins the act, and barely has time to complete the ceremony.
poster
?
2.5
/15/
20
/2/
20
/1/

Wing, Claw and Fang! (1946)
A short about animal training.
poster
52
?
5.9
/416/
51
/5/
46
/5/

Fearless Fagan (1952)
A young man brings his pet lion with him when he's drafted into the U.S. Army.
poster
?
6.1
/81/
56
/4/

The Monkey Talks (1927)
In 1927 Olive Borden starred in Fox drama The Monkey Talks directed by Raoul Walsh. She played a circus performer who meets a man pretending to be a talking monkey.
poster
Hoopla
?
6.2
/96/
20
/1/

Circus Palestina (1998)
While on tour in the West Bank, a small circus troupe from Eastern Europe finds that one of its featured attractions -- its lion -- is missing. The search for the beast draws together an unlikely alliance, but the united effort becomes more complicated as it continues.


mdblist.com © 2020 | Contact | Reddit | Discord | API | Privacy Policy