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Classic Movies About Circuses According to Classic Film & TV Café

"The allure of the big top setting has long since faded, but for four decades starting in the 1930s, it was an ideal place to find high-wire dramatics, ferocious beasts, incognito killers, and perhaps a troupe of vampires. Laughs, too, as evidenced by the number of comedies set against a circus backdrop. Movie murderers have also exhibited a special fondness for circuses, and serious European directors have used the circus for symbolic purposes. Four Disney pictures have taken place at least partially under the big top. The following representative list of classic movies about circuses excludes those films set in fairs and carnivals." - classicfilmtvcafe.com Note: List creator added 'The Greatest Showman' and 'Dumbo'(2019) - not part of website list
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He Who Gets Slapped (1924)
He Who Gets Slapped (1924)
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The Circus (1928)
The Circus (1928)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
3
Dangerous Curves (1929)
Dangerous Curves (1929)
4
Freaks (1932)
Freaks (1932)
Rotten Tomatoes®   95%
5
Rain or Shine (1930)
Rain or Shine (1930)
6
Polly of the Circus (1932)
Polly of the Circus (1932)
7
The Big Cage (1933)
The Big Cage (1933)
8
The Mighty Barnum (1934)
The Mighty Barnum (1934)
9
The Circus Clown (1934)
The Circus Clown (1934)
10
Charlie Chan at the Circus (1936)
Charlie Chan at the Circus (1936)
11
At the Circus (1939)
At the Circus (1939)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
12
You Can't Cheat an Honest Man (1939)
You Can't Cheat an Honest Man (1939)
13
Chad Hanna (1940)
Chad Hanna (1940)
14
Dumbo (1941)
Dumbo (1941)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
15
Road Show (1941)
Road Show (1941)
16
Sunny (1941)
Sunny (1941)
17
The Wagons Roll at Night (1941)
The Wagons Roll at Night (1941)
18
The Dark Tower (1943)
The Dark Tower (1943)
19
Lady in the Dark (1944)
Lady in the Dark (1944)
20
Dual Alibi (1947)
Dual Alibi (1947)
21
Caged Fury (1948)
Caged Fury (1948)
22
The Fat Man (1951)
The Fat Man (1951)
23
Encore (1951)
Encore (1951)
24
The Greatest Show on Earth (1952)
The Greatest Show on Earth (1952)
Rotten Tomatoes®   49%
25
Sawdust and Tinsel (1953)
Sawdust and Tinsel (1953)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
26
Man on a Tightrope (1953)
Man on a Tightrope (1953)
27
3 Ring Circus (1954)
3 Ring Circus (1954)
28
La Strada (1954)
La Strada (1954)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
29
Carnival Story (1954)
Carnival Story (1954)
30
Ring of Fear (1954)
Ring of Fear (1954)
31
Trapeze (1956)
Trapeze (1956)
Rotten Tomatoes®   71%
32
Invitation to the Dance (1956)
Invitation to the Dance (1956)
33
Merry Andrew (1958)
Merry Andrew (1958)
34
The Big Circus (1959)
The Big Circus (1959)
35
The Flying Fontaines (1959)
The Flying Fontaines (1959)
36
Circus of Horrors (1960)
Circus of Horrors (1960)
37
Toby Tyler (1960)
Toby Tyler (1960)
38
The Big Show (1961)
The Big Show (1961)
39
Gorgo (1961)
Gorgo (1961)
40
Hippodrome (1961)
Hippodrome (1961)
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