Circus Movies

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

How do you deal with life's curveballs? FIGURE 3 tells trapeze artist Korri Singh Aulakh's story of being diagnosed with the chronic autoimmune...

This 90-minute documentary chronicles the making of Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey’s 146th Edition of The Greatest Show On Earth including...

The documentary “Pagliacci” celebrates – in a poetic way – what it means to be a clown. The film addresses philosophical and...

Jack Haley joins the circus.

Drama set around a circus at Blackpool. A clown loves a young housekeeper and saves her from a fire caused by a jealous lion tamer.

Casper the Friendly Ghost helps Spunky the Donkey find a useful job.

The Giver Gives to Give is a black and white silent film starring a clown in search of a stage, an audience, a friend.

Documentary following the 1995 tour of the "Circus without talent" Circus Redickuless

Nearly everybody has been to the circus to laugh about clowns, be afraid of the lions and to eat sugar cane. However, can anyone imagine that circus...

Joe Henry, head of a one-ring circus, plays a small town and after the departure of the troupe a young girl, fascinated by the prospects of being a...

ONCE AND AGAIN is a short film about the ups and downs of the creative process that Bertil Nilsson made in collaboration with circus artist Korri...

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

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...