Circus Movies

Based on the book by Maud and Miska Petersham about the story of the baby elephant in the circus, showing the futile attempts of his mother to train...

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

Documentary looking at Shanghai Circus school, where the gruelling training regimes result in some of the best acrobats and circus performers in the...

A mechanical machine displays a reel of objects with music box accompaniment.

Welcome to Cirque du Soleil BAZZAR, an eclectic lab of infinite creativity where a joyful troupe of acrobats, dancers and musicians craft an...

Experimental mash-up of circus and sideshow footage.

The parade of carriages, costumed riders, and exotic animals passing over the bridge at Inverness, Scotland, has attracted a crowd, despite the rain.

Silent cartoon.

Short dramatised documentary showing the ups and downs of daily life on a circus farm. “The only light comes from the flames of the funeral...

Sara Greene is a 20-year circus industry veteran with a big dream—to start her own tented circus. As the summer moves along on Weirs Beach,...

Bamse, Ælling, Bruno, Hr Skæg, Robotdrengene and Lille Nørd are among the popular children figures that contribute. A...

A circus under the iron rule of an unreasonable leader, enthusiastically and unblinkingly followed, and one member whose faith in the circus, their...

Short film about animal training in a circus.

A documentary portrait of sideshow impresario Wally Shufflebottom, Jr.

The circus comes to a small boy's town.

A clown recalls the days when he first joined the Cole Brothers circus and discusses how the Greatest Show on Earth has changed. He reminisces about...