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1. Fun in Acapulco (1963)

PG | 97 min | Comedy, Music

A yacht owner's spoiled daughter gets Mike fired, but a boy helps him get a job as singer at Acapulco Hilton etc. He upsets the lifeguard by taking his girl and 3 daily work hours. Mike's also seeing a woman bullfighter.

Director: Richard Thorpe | Stars: Elvis Presley, Ursula Andress, Elsa Cárdenas, Paul Lukas

Votes: 3,793

2. Thirteen Women (1932)

Passed | 73 min | Crime, Drama, Horror

A young woman plots astrological revenge on schoolgirls from her past.

Director: George Archainbaud | Stars: Irene Dunne, Ricardo Cortez, Jill Esmond, Myrna Loy

Votes: 1,873

3. Strike Me Pink (1936)

Passed | 100 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical

Meek Eddie Pink becomes manager of an amusement park beset by mobsters.

Director: Norman Taurog | Stars: Eddie Cantor, Ethel Merman, Sally Eilers, Harry Einstein

Votes: 497

4. Big Top Bunny (1951)

Approved | 7 min | Animation, Family, Short

An acrobatic bear at Colonel Korny's World Famous Circus finds an unwanted partner in Bugs Bunny.

Director: Robert McKimson | Star: Mel Blanc

Votes: 1,081

5. The Circus Show-Up (1932)

Passed | 18 min | Mystery, Short

The sixth in The Shadow series of shorts from Universal. In this one the circus trapeze artist falls to her death when someone flips the light switch just as she starts her famed triple ... See full summary »

Director: Lewis Seiler | Stars: Sally Blane, Russell Hopton, Paul Nicholson, William Halligan

Votes: 23

6. 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

7. Trapeze Disrobing Act (1901)

Not Rated | 2 min | Short, Comedy

In this short silent film, we see Charmion an early vaudeville strongwomen, perform her famous Trapeze disrobing act. During the Victorian era, Charmion believed in promoting physical culture and dress reform for women.

Directors: George S. Fleming, Edwin S. Porter | Star: Charmion

Votes: 345

8. Iloinen Linnanmäki (1960)

81 min | Comedy

THE SHAMPOO WARS. Two competing hair care companies demonstrate their products on stage at a Helsinki amusement park, using celebrities from television, the hottest new media of the early 1960s.

Director: Jack Witikka | Stars: Niilo Tarvajärvi, Tea Ista, Ismo Kallio, Matti Aulos

Votes: 83

9. Roadhouse Queen (1933)

20 min | Comedy, Short

When his son breaks of his engagement after falling for a trapeze artist, the father decides to see the temptress who has ensnared his son for himself--and he falls for her, too.

Director: Leslie Pearce | Stars: Walter Catlett, Nora Lane, Ben Alexander, Joyce Compton

Votes: 9

10. One Step Beyond (1959–1961)
Episode: The Aerialist (1959)

Not Rated | 30 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

An argument between two trapeze artists results in an accident in which one is paralyzed. The other is torn by guilt and depression, until supernatural forces began to change his world.

Director: John Newland | Stars: John Newland, Mike Connors, Yvette Vickers, Robert Carricart

Votes: 223

11. Alan Alda in Scientific American Frontiers (1990– )
Episode: Special from the Soviet Union (1991)

TV-PG | Documentary

Russian Technology - Russian Angioplasty using U.S. Stent materials; Preserving the endangered Great Bustard; High Stakes Math - Tetris Game inventor and Earthquake Prediction; Klutzy ... See full summary »

Director: Andy Liebman | Star: Woodie Flowers

12. The Mike Douglas Show (1961–1982)
Episode: Episode #14.90 (1975)

Comedy, Music, Talk-Show

Robert Goulet co-hosts in Miami, Florida.

Stars: Mike Douglas, Robert Goulet, Frank Hunter Band, Tom Frye

13. Young Justice (2010–2023)
Episode: Performance (2012)

TV-PG | 22 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

Robin, Artemis, Superboy, Miss Martian, and Red Arrow go undercover as the Daring Dangers to discover the link between Haly's circus and stolen weapon technology.

Director: Michael Chang | Stars: Crispin Freeman, Jesse McCartney, Stephanie Lemelin, Danica McKellar

Votes: 3,079

14. Milo Murphy's Law (2016–2019)
Episode: The Ticking Clock/Managing Murphy's Law (2018)

TV-G | 22 min | Animation, Short, Action

Milo, Melissa, and Zack try to save the old clock at City Hall that Melissa's great-grandmother designed. Amanda helps Milo, Zack, and Melissa prep for an afternoon concert.

Directors: Bob Bowen, George Elliott, Robert Hughes, Keith Oliver | Stars: 'Weird Al' Yankovic, Sabrina Carpenter, Mekai Curtis, Mark Hamill

Votes: 135