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51. The Fantasticks (2000)
PG | 86 min | Musical, Romance
A mysterious fair that comes to a small community in the countryside could make real the illusions of two teenagers.
Director: Michael Ritchie | Stars: Joel Grey, Barnard Hughes, Jean Louisa Kelly, Joey McIntyre
Votes: 1,437 | Gross: $0.04M
52. The Unholy Three (1930)
Passed | 72 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
Professor Echo, a ventriloquist, forms a burglary ring. He disguises himself as an elderly pet store owner selling talking birds to the wealthy, using his skills to make the birds seem to talk while casing the homes for robberies.
Director: Jack Conway | Stars: Lon Chaney, Lila Lee, Elliott Nugent, Harry Earles
Votes: 1,419
53. Wetherby (1985)
R | 102 min | Drama, Mystery
The mysterious death of an enigmatic young man newly arrived in the suburb of Wetherby releases the long-repressed, dark passions of some of its residents.
Director: David Hare | Stars: Vanessa Redgrave, Ian Holm, Judi Dench, Marjorie Yates
Votes: 1,772 | Gross: $1.30M
54. Koko-di Koko-da (2019)
89 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
As a couple goes on a trip to find their way back to each other, a sideshow artist and his shady entourage emerge from the woods, terrorizing them, luring them deeper into a maelstrom of psychological terror and humiliating slapstick.
Director: Johannes Nyholm | Stars: Leif Edlund, Ylva Gallon, Katarina Jacobson, Peter Belli
Votes: 2,808
55. Girl on the Run (1953)
64 min | Crime, Film-Noir, Mystery
Police investigate a murder that occurred in a burlesque theater.
Directors: Arthur J. Beckhard, Joseph Lerner | Stars: Richard Coogan, Rosemary Pettit, Frank Albertson, Harry Bannister
Votes: 262
56. The Unholy Three (1925)
Passed | 86 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
A sideshow ventriloquist, a midget, and a strongman form a conspiracy known as "The Unholy Three" and commit a series of robberies.
Director: Tod Browning | Stars: Lon Chaney, Mae Busch, Matt Moore, Victor McLaglen
Votes: 2,226 | Gross: $0.70M
57. Some Like It Hot (1939)
Approved | 65 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
Nicky Nelson is a fast-talking sideshow barker with a wax-and-alive concession on Atlantic City's boardwalk. Even with the band of his friend, struggling musician Gene Krupa, playing on the... See full summary »
Director: George Archainbaud | Stars: Bob Hope, Shirley Ross, Una Merkel, Gene Krupa
Votes: 317
58. The Elephant Man (1982 TV Movie)
PG | 90 min | Biography, Drama
A taped version of the stage play about a hideously deformed 19th-century London man and how he managed to triumph over his disease.
Director: Jack Hofsiss | Stars: Philip Anglim, Kevin Conway, Penny Fuller, Richard Clarke
Votes: 311
59. When Zachary Beaver Came to Town (2003)
PG | 85 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
Zachary Beaver, a sideshow attraction known as the world's fattest boy, arrives in the sleepy town of Granger, Texas.
Director: John Schultz | Stars: Jonathan Lipnicki, Cody Linley, Jesse Pennington, Jane Krakowski
Votes: 857
60. Sideshow (2000)
R | 74 min | Horror
While visiting a traveling carnival full of human freaks, high school students nearly join as permanent members.
Director: Fred Olen Ray | Stars: Jamie Martz, Michael Amos, Scott McCann, Jessi Keenan
Votes: 749
61. The Show (1927)
Passed | 76 min | Crime, Drama
Performers in a Budapest sideshow encounter love, greed, and murder.
Director: Tod Browning | Stars: John Gilbert, Renée Adorée, Lionel Barrymore, Edward Connelly
Votes: 710 | Gross: $0.40M
62. You Can't Cheat an Honest Man (1939)
Approved | 79 min | Comedy, Family
The owner of a debt-ridden circus contends with pursuing bill collectors and sheriffs, and his beloved daughter's relationships with one of his performers and a stuffy but wealthy young man.
Directors: George Marshall, Edward F. Cline | Stars: W.C. Fields, Edgar Bergen, Charlie McCarthy, Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson
Votes: 1,890
63. The Woman for Joe (1955)
91 min | Drama, Romance
A sideshow owner and his main attraction, a midget, fall for the same woman.
Director: George More O'Ferrall | Stars: Diane Cilento, George Baker, Jimmy Karoubi, David Kossoff
Votes: 132
64. The Ape Woman (1964)
92 min | Comedy, Drama
A modest Neapolitan man meets a young woman with excessive hairiness. He exhibits her at fairs and marries her. It is after marriage that he receives a tempting offer from a French manager.
Director: Marco Ferreri | Stars: Ugo Tognazzi, Annie Girardot, Achille Majeroni, Elvira Paolini
Votes: 975
65. The Winning Team (1952)
Approved | 98 min | Biography, Drama, Family
Nebraska farmboy Grover Cleveland Alexander achieves baseball stardom before war injuries and alcoholism derail his career, but through his wife's faithful efforts he gets a chance for a comeback and redemption.
Director: Lewis Seiler | Stars: Doris Day, Ronald Reagan, Frank Lovejoy, Eve Miller
Votes: 1,114
66. The Half-Naked Truth (1932)
Passed | 77 min | Comedy, Romance
A barker at a down-at-the-heels carnival becomes a powerhouse New York publicity man as he transforms a sideshow dancer into a Broadway sensation.
Director: Gregory La Cava | Stars: Lupe Velez, Lee Tracy, Eugene Pallette, Frank Morgan
Votes: 673
67. The Woman Eater (1958)
Not Rated | 70 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
A mad scientist captures women and feeds them to a flesh-eating tree, which in turn gives him a serum that helps bring the dead back to life.
Director: Charles Saunders | Stars: George Coulouris, Vera Day, Peter Forbes-Robertson, Joyce Gregg
Votes: 670
68. The Magician (I) (1926)
Passed | 83 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
A magician/alchemist, seeking to create life, finds that he needs the "blood of a virgin" to continue his experiments. He sends out his dwarf assistant to pick out the right girl.
Director: Rex Ingram | Stars: Alice Terry, Paul Wegener, Firmin Gémier, Iván Petrovich
Votes: 870
69. I Was a Rat (2001– )
90 min | Drama, Family, Fantasy
A little boy found wandering the streets is taken in by Bob and Joan, a kindly couple. The boy is cold, wet and desperate for shelter, but Bob and Joan are perplexed by his claims that he ... See full summary »
Stars: Calum Worthy, Brenda Fricker, Tom Conti, Katie Blake
Votes: 130
70. Poppy (1936)
Passed | 73 min | Comedy
Carny con artist and snake-oil salesman Eustace McGargle tries to stay one step ahead of the sheriff but is completely devoted to his beloved daughter Poppy.
Director: A. Edward Sutherland | Stars: W.C. Fields, Rochelle Hudson, Richard Cromwell, Catherine Doucet
Votes: 755
71. Schlitzie: One of Us
66 min | Documentary | Completed
Schlitzie: One of Us is a love letter to the 4-foot-tall performer, who was born with microcephaly, and made his most notable cultural impact via the 1932 classic film Freaks. The Ramones ... See full summary »
Director: Steven Belgard | Stars: Mat Fraser, Angelo Rossitto, Naomi Grossman, Wallace Ford
72. Variety (1925)
Passed | 72 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
Prologue: The murderer "Boss" Huller - after having spent ten years in prison - breaks his silence to tell the warden his story. "Boss", a former trapeze artist, and his wife own a cheap ... See full summary »
Director: Ewald André Dupont | Stars: Emil Jannings, Maly Delschaft, Lya De Putti, Warwick Ward
Votes: 1,408 | Gross: $0.71M
73. The Sign of Four: Sherlock Holmes' Greatest Case (1932)
Passed | 75 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A young woman turns to Sherlock Holmes for protection when she's menaced by an escaped killer seeking missing treasure. However, when the woman is kidnapped, Holmes and Watson must penetrate the city's criminal underworld to find her.
Director: Graham Cutts | Stars: Arthur Wontner, Isla Bevan, Ian Hunter, Graham Soutten
Votes: 635
74. Side Show (1981 TV Movie)
Unrated | 98 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A teenage boy runs away from home. He joins the circus but finds out that it's not all what it's cracked up to be. But then the boy becomes a witness to a murder, and he must try to stay out of the killer's way.
Director: William Conrad | Stars: Lance Kerwin, Connie Stevens, William Windom, Barbara Rhoades
Votes: 53
75. Blonde in Bondage (1957)
Approved | 87 min | Crime, Drama
American reporter doing a story on Swedish nightlife gets involved with a drug-addicted nightclub singer.
Director: Robert Brandt | Stars: Mark Miller, Lars Ekborg, Anita Thallaug, Birgitta Ander
Votes: 118
76. A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings (1988)
Not Rated | 90 min | Drama, Fantasy
Director: Fernando Birri | Stars: Daisy Granados, Asdrúbal Meléndez, Luis Alberto Ramírez, Adolfo Llauradó
Votes: 128
77. The Money Rich (1958)
88 min | Comedy
An unpretentious owner of a travelling sideshow who receives an immense fortune from his long-forgotten brother indulges himself in the sweet pleasures of dolce vita. But, will he remember his humble origins?
Director: Nikos Tsiforos | Stars: Vasilis Avlonitis, Giorgos Kabanellis, Thanasis Tzeneralis, Nikos Matthaios
Votes: 81
78. Keep the River on Your Right: A Modern Cannibal Tale (2000)
R | 93 min | Documentary, Adventure, Romance
A retired gay anthropologist revisits the native cultures he studied in his youth.
Directors: David Shapiro, Laurie Gwen Shapiro | Stars: Tobias Schneebaum, Norman Mailer, Michael Rockefeller
Votes: 850 | Gross: $0.35M
79. Mother Machree (1927)
Passed | 75 min | Drama
Ellen McHugh, a poor Irish immigrant to America, finds work in a carnival and is thus able to send her son Brian to a fine school. But when her position is found out, the school expels ... See full summary »
Director: John Ford | Stars: Belle Bennett, Neil Hamilton, Philippe De Lacy, Pat Somerset
Votes: 190
80. Fe, esperanza y caridad (1974)
113 min | Comedy, Drama
The movie consists of three separate segments, each dealing with faith, hope, and charity.
Directors: Luis Alcoriza, Alberto Bojórquez, Jorge Fons | Stars: Fabiola Falcón, Armando Silvestre, David Silva, Roberto Ramírez Garza
Votes: 214
81. Are You with It? (1948)
Approved | 93 min | Comedy
Milton Haskins, a math genius known for his infallibility with numbers, quits his job with an insurance company after he discovers he made a mistake, and hooks up with a traveling carnival.... See full summary »
Director: Jack Hively | Stars: Donald O'Connor, Olga San Juan, Martha Stewart, Lew Parker
Votes: 131
82. Being Different (1981)
103 min | Documentary
This compassionate documentary offers snapshots of a number of people living productive lives while coping with physical abnormalities.
Director: Harry Rasky | Stars: Billy Barty, Christopher Plummer, Sandra Elaine Allen, Jo-Ann Cantilla
Votes: 160
83. The 4Bidden Fables (2014)
95 min | Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
From International Fantasy Artist Dorian Cleavenger comes 4 stories of the bizarre and macabre in this unique journey of altered realities.
Director: Dorian Cleavenger | Stars: Zachary James Akers, Richard Billock, Ebony Black, Nicholas Carrington
Votes: 165
84. Salamamgkero (1986)
85 min | Fantasy, Horror
Good-hearted circus magician Jamir accidentally causes his daughter to disappear, so he must venture into a dangerous alternate dimension to rescue his daughter, wife, and oafish chubby-kid... See full summary »
Director: Tata Esteban | Stars: Michael De Mesa, Tanya Gomez, Tom Tom, Sunshine Dizon
Votes: 83
85. The Jim Rose Circus Sideshow (1993 Video)
35 min | Documentary, Short
February 5, 1993, in front of a standing room-only-crowd at Seattle's Moore Theatre, impresario Jim Rose performs his own odd tricks - putting a screwdriver up his nose, pounding a nail ... See full summary »
Directors: Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris | Stars: The Amazing Mr. Lifto, Bébé the Circus Queen, Tim Cridland, Matt 'The Tube' Crowley
Votes: 84
86. Coulrophobia (II) (2018)
TV-MA | 85 min | Horror
An on-the-run twisted family of circus performers live in the remote Scottish highlands, miles away from civilisation. When a team of kick ass Roller Derby girls go camping just a bit too close to them all hell breaks loose.
Directors: Lee Bibby, Warren Speed | Stars: Pete Bennett, Daniella D'Ville, Roxy Bordeaux, Warren Speed
Votes: 149
87. Jonah Hex: Motion Comics (2010)
TV-MA | 84 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
One long and two short motion comic adventures of Jonah Hex, a deadly cynical bounty hunter with a lip and a horrible facial scar. He hunts a necromancer and his crony - undead Wild Bill Hickok, some robbers and a rotten old judge.
Stars: Jim Cummings, Steve Blum, Colleen O'Shaughnessey, Mick Wingert
Votes: 99
88. Whirlpool (1934)
Passed | 80 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
Carnie owner Buck Rankin marries local girl Helen and plans to go straight, but after a brawl ends up with a twenty-year sentence for manslaughter. When a pregnant Helen vows to wait for ... See full summary »
Director: Roy William Neill | Stars: Jack Holt, Jean Arthur, Donald Cook, Allen Jenkins
Votes: 448
89. David (1979)
125 min | Drama, War
David (Mario Fischel), the son of a local rabbi (Walter Taub), sees the rise in anti-Semitism in 1930s Germany, but it isn't until his father's synagogue is burned down and his mother (... See full summary »
Director: Peter Lilienthal | Stars: Mario Fischel, Walter Taub, Irena Vrkljan, Eva Mattes
Votes: 171
90. The Dizzy Acrobat (1943)
TV-G | 7 min | Family, Animation, Short
Woody Woodpecker visits a traveling circus. He attempts to sneak into the big top but a caretaker kicks him out. He says that if Woody wants to see the show, he will have to water the elephant.
Director: Alex Lovy | Stars: Mel Blanc, Kent Rogers
Votes: 279
91. 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
92. Chick Flick: The Miracle Mike Story (2003)
55 min | Documentary
Farm tragedy turns to carnival comedy in this feature-length documentary, which tells the outlandish (yet true) story of Mike the Headless Chicken, the legendary Colorado-born rooster who, ... See full summary »
Director: Alexandre O. Philippe
Votes: 12
93. Alias the Deacon (1940)
Approved | 74 min | Adventure, Comedy
A hillbilly deacon, who is actually a cardsharp in disguise, becomes involved in a small-town fight game.
Director: Christy Cabanne | Stars: Bob Burns, Mischa Auer, Peggy Moran, Dennis O'Keefe
Votes: 34
94. The Case of Lena Smith (1929)
80 min | Drama, Romance
In late 19th century Vienna, Lena Smith, a naive peasant girl from Hungary, has a child by a corrupt young cavalry officer, and goes to work his house as a servant, hiding the truth from ... See full summary »
Director: Josef von Sternberg | Stars: Esther Ralston, James Hall, Gustav von Seyffertitz, Emily Fitzroy
Votes: 49
95. I Love a Parade (1932)
7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
A circus parade, to the title tune. Next, a series of sideshow acts: the wild boy, the rubber man, siamese twin pigs, a tattooed man, a hula-dancing hippo, an Indian snake (or goat) charmer... See full summary »
Director: Rudolf Ising | Stars: Rudolf Ising, The King's Men, Johnny Murray
Votes: 235
96. Strongbad_email.exe: Disc Five (2007 Video)
Unrated | 131 min | Animation, Comedy
This fifth entry in the Strong Bad Email DVD line has the next 30 emails: from 131 to 160, plus audio commentaries and an email not seen on the website.
Directors: Matt Chapman, Mike Chapman | Stars: Matt Chapman, Mike Chapman, Missy Palmer, Ryan Sterritt
Votes: 52
97. Circus Today (1940)
Approved | 9 min | Family, Animation, Comedy
A barker guides us through a sideshow, a menagerie, and on to the big top, for a series of typical Avery gags. For example, the trapeze artists, the Flying Cadenzas, literally fly; the lion... See full summary »
Director: Tex Avery | Stars: Don Brodie, Tex Avery, Mel Blanc, Eddie Marr
Votes: 183
98. Jusqu'au dernier (1957)
90 min | Thriller
Just released from prison after serving a six-month sentence, Fernand Bastia goes into hiding. He has indeed double-crossed his gang by keeping part of the product of a robbery for himself.... See full summary »
Director: Pierre Billon | Stars: Raymond Pellegrin, Jeanne Moreau, Paul Meurisse, Max Révol
Votes: 155
99. Machine Gun Mama (1944)
Approved | 61 min | Adventure, Comedy, Romance
Ollie and John are stuck with car trouble. Luckily they have Bunny the elephant. They try to sell him to a fair in financial trouble.
Director: Harold Young | Stars: Armida, El Brendel, Wallace Ford, Jack La Rue
Votes: 102
100. R.I.P., Rest in Pieces (1997)
Documentary, Biography, War
R.I.P Rest in Pieces is an intimate portrait of artist Joe Coleman, who is known around the world as a shamanic, moral voice diagnosing the ills of 21st century America.
Director: Robert-Adrian Pejo | Stars: Hasil Adkins, Bill Coleman, Joe Coleman, Manuel De Landa
Votes: 146