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1. Dumbo (1941)

G | 64 min | Animation, Adventure, Drama

Ridiculed because of his enormous ears, a young circus elephant is assisted by a mouse to achieve his full potential.

Directors: Samuel Armstrong, Norman Ferguson, Wilfred Jackson, Jack Kinney, Bill Roberts, Ben Sharpsteen, John Elliotte | Stars: Sterling Holloway, Edward Brophy, Herman Bing, Billy Bletcher

Votes: 142,322 | Gross: $1.60M

2. Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland (1989)

G | 85 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

Each night, young Nemo goes to Slumberland and has adventures and befriends the king of Slumberland, Morpheus. But one night Nemo discovers Nightmare Land, and the evil nightmare king, throwing Slumberland and Nemo himself into danger.

Directors: Masami Hata, Masanori Hata, William T. Hurtz | Stars: Gabriel Damon, Mickey Rooney, Rene Auberjonois, Danny Mann

Votes: 8,288 | Gross: $1.37M

3. Big Top Pee-wee (1988)

PG | 86 min | Adventure, Comedy, Romance

Pee-wee Herman is now a small-town farmer with a fiancée, but when a traveling circus comes to town, he finds himself falling for the trapeze artist.

Director: Randal Kleiser | Stars: Paul Reubens, Penelope Ann Miller, Kris Kristofferson, Valeria Golino

Votes: 10,165 | Gross: $15.12M

4. Avalon (1990)

PG | 128 min | Drama

A Polish-Jewish family comes to the U.S. at the beginning of the twentieth century. There, the family and their children try to make themselves a better future in the so-called promised land.

Director: Barry Levinson | Stars: Aidan Quinn, Elizabeth Perkins, Leo Fuchs, Eve Gordon

Votes: 6,785 | Gross: $15.74M

5. Trapeze (1956)

Approved | 105 min | Drama, Romance

A crippled circus acrobat is torn emotionally between two ambitious young trapeze artists, one a talented young American and a less-gifted but beautiful Italian.

Director: Carol Reed | Stars: Burt Lancaster, Tony Curtis, Gina Lollobrigida, Katy Jurado

Votes: 5,234

6. Toby Tyler or Ten Weeks with a Circus (1960)

Approved | 96 min | Drama, Family

Taken in by distant members of his family after being orphaned, Toby Tyler runs away to join the circus.

Director: Charles Barton | Stars: Kevin Corcoran, Henry Calvin, Gene Sheldon, Bob Sweeney

Votes: 1,058

7. Carnival Magic (1983)

G | 86 min | Drama, Fantasy

A carnival magician with actual magic powers works with a talking chimp. The magician and the chimp soon become the stars of the carnival, drawing in big crowds. However, the wild-animal trainer decides to kidnap Alex and sell him.

Director: Al Adamson | Stars: Don Stewart, Jennifer Houlton, Howard Segal, Regina Carrol

Votes: 843

8. Chad Hanna (1940)

Passed | 88 min | Drama, Romance

Country boy joins a circus in the 1840s and falls in love with Albany the star equestrian rider. Later he falls in love with Caroline another runaway who becomes the Circus' new bareback rider.

Director: Henry King | Stars: Henry Fonda, Dorothy Lamour, Linda Darnell, Guy Kibbee

Votes: 350

9. Jerry-Go-Round (1965)

Approved | 6 min | Animation, Short, Adventure

Jerry is chased into a circus, where he removes a tack from the foot of an elephant. This gets him a friend for life, and a powerful ally in the continuing battles with Tom, not that it ... See full summary »

Directors: Abe Levitow, Chuck Jones, Maurice Noble | Star: Mel Blanc

Votes: 391

10. The Big Cage (1933)

Passed | 82 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

A circus on the verge of bankruptcy decides to save itself by staging a animal act with lions and tigers for the first time.

Director: Kurt Neumann | Stars: Clyde Beatty, Anita Page, Andy Devine, Vince Barnett

Votes: 68

11. The Circus Queen Murder (1933)

Passed | 63 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Suave, lip-reading DA Thatcher Colt plans to get away from the big city for a while. So he and his secretary, Miss Kelly hop on a train for an Upstate NY town called Gilead. They expect a ... See full summary »

Director: Roy William Neill | Stars: Adolphe Menjou, Donald Cook, Greta Nissen, Ruthelma Stevens

Votes: 335

12. I'll Give a Million (1935)

79 min | Comedy, Romance

Gold is a millionaire tired of the hypocrisy that surrounds him. After saving a homeless man's life, he gets hold of his clothes by wandering around town in search of someone who appreciates him for who he really is, not for his money.

Director: Mario Camerini | Stars: Vittorio De Sica, Assia Noris, Luigi Almirante, Mario Gallina

Votes: 256

13. The Sideshow (1928)

65 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance

Melrose's circus is being threatened by his competitor, who's angry that Melrose has outmanuevered him in bookings; what he doesn't know is that the competitor has also planted a saboteur ... See full summary »

Director: Erle C. Kenton | Stars: Marie Prevost, Ralph Graves, 'Little Billy' Rhodes, Alan Roscoe

Votes: 104

14. The Return of Peter Grimm (1935)

Approved | 83 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

The ghost of a recently deceased family patriarch tries to help his surviving relatives, in part by preventing a marriage that he knows will go wrong.

Directors: George Nicholls Jr., Victor Schertzinger | Stars: Lionel Barrymore, Helen Mack, Edward Ellis, Donald Meek

Votes: 293

15. Swing High (1930)

Passed | 95 min | Drama, Musical

To avoid hostilities, Maryan, the ward of Doc May, a medicine show owner, induces Pop Garner, a circus owner, to join forces with her guardian. Doc May and Daphne, his wife, work as clowns;... See full summary »

Director: Joseph Santley | Stars: Helen Twelvetrees, Fred Scott, Dorothy Burgess, John Sheehan

Votes: 64

16. Calling Dr. Porky (1940)

7 min | Family, Animation, Short

A dog thinks he is being chased by small pink elephants, and goes to the hospital. While Porky is working on medication, the pink elephants find him and cause havoc. Porky finally gives him... See full summary »

Director: Friz Freleng | Stars: Mel Blanc, Sara Berner

Votes: 185

17. Spangles (1926)

Passed | 77 min | Drama, Romance

Marian Nixon plays the title character, a gorgeous bareback rider with a travelling circus. Spangles falls in love with Dick (Pat O'Malley), a young fugitive from justice who uses the Big Top for a hideout.

Director: Frank O'Connor | Stars: Marian Nixon, Pat O'Malley, Hobart Bosworth, Gladys Brockwell

Votes: 35

18. Best Man in the World (2021 Video)

5 min | Short, Music

A beautiful woman arrives at the depot of a circus train and begins a friendship with a big top roustabout.

Director: Jermaine Taishi Thomas | Stars: Jonathan Morrill, Natty Moss-Bond

19. Porky's Preview (1941)

Approved | 6 min | Animation, Family, Short

The audience enters Porky's movie theater, with a collection of quick gags: A firefly acting as usher, a kangaroo taking tickets and putting the stubs in her pouch, a chicken buying child ... See full summary »

Director: Tex Avery | Stars: Mel Blanc, Sara Berner, Cliff Nazarro

Votes: 503

20. The Adventures of Batman (1968–1969)
Episode: The Big Birthday Caper/Two Penguins Too Many/Luminians on the Loose/The Space Refugees (1968)

TV-PG | 23 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

The Joker tries to look for an actual pirate's buried treasure while filming a pirate movie. / Penguin and the Riddler team up to bring the Caped Crusader a special surprise for his birthday.

Directors: Hal Sutherland, Anatole Kirsanoff | Stars: Bud Collyer, Bob Hastings, Jackson Beck, Jack Grimes

Votes: 53

21. Today's Special (1981–1987)
Episode: Circus (1982)

TV-Y | Family, Fantasy, Musical

When Jeff practices his juggling, the gang boosts his confidence by putting on a circus in the store.

Directors: Robert Gardner, Ted Regan, Clive VanderBurgh | Stars: Jeff Hyslop, Nerene Virgin, Bob Dermer, Nina Keogh

22. Phineas and Ferb (2007–2024)
Episode: Phineas' Birthday Clip-O-Rama! (2011)

TV-G | 23 min | Animation, Short, Action

Ferb keeps Phineas busy while the gang assembles a video compilation of his most memorable moments for his birthday party.

Director: Jay Lender | Stars: Vincent Martella, Ashley Tisdale, Thomas Brodie-Sangster, Caroline Rhea

Votes: 250