Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "circus-freak"

1. X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009)

PG-13 | 107 min | Action, Sci-Fi

The early years of James Logan, featuring his rivalry with his brother Victor Creed, his service in the special forces team Weapon X, and his experimentation into the metal-lined mutant Wolverine.

Director: Gavin Hood | Stars: Hugh Jackman, Liev Schreiber, Ryan Reynolds, Danny Huston

Votes: 532,553 | Gross: $179.88M

2. X2 (2003)

PG-13 | 134 min | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller

When anti-mutant Colonel William Stryker kidnaps Professor X and attacks his school, the X-Men must ally with their archenemy Magneto to stop him.

Director: Bryan Singer | Stars: Patrick Stewart, Hugh Jackman, Halle Berry, Ian McKellen

Votes: 578,014 | Gross: $214.95M

3. Nightmare Alley (2021)

R | 150 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

A grifter working his way up from low-ranking carnival worker to lauded psychic medium matches wits with a psychologist bent on exposing him.

Director: Guillermo del Toro | Stars: Bradley Cooper, Cate Blanchett, Toni Collette, Willem Dafoe

Votes: 166,083 | Gross: $11.34M

4. Batman Returns (1992)

PG-13 | 126 min | Action, Crime, Fantasy

While Batman deals with a deformed man calling himself the Penguin wreaking havoc across Gotham with the help of a cruel businessman, a female employee of the latter becomes the Catwoman with her own vendetta.

Director: Tim Burton | Stars: Michael Keaton, Danny DeVito, Michelle Pfeiffer, Christopher Walken

Votes: 328,591 | Gross: $162.83M

5. Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (2018)

PG-13 | 134 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy

Gellert Grindelwald plans to raise an army of wizards to rule over non-magical beings. In response, Newt Scamander's former professor, Albus Dumbledore, seeks his help to stop him.

Director: David Yates | Stars: Eddie Redmayne, Katherine Waterston, Dan Fogler, Johnny Depp

Votes: 309,929 | Gross: $159.56M

6. Victor Frankenstein (2015)

PG-13 | 110 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi

Told from Igor's perspective, we see the troubled young assistant's dark origins, his redemptive friendship with the young medical student Viktor Von Frankenstein, and become eyewitnesses to the emergence of how Frankenstein became the man - and the legend - we know today.

Director: Paul McGuigan | Stars: Daniel Radcliffe, James McAvoy, Jessica Brown Findlay, Andrew Scott

Votes: 60,441 | Gross: $5.78M

7. Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant (2009)

PG-13 | 109 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

Teenager Darren Shan meets a mysterious man at a freak show who turns out to be a vampire. After a series of events, Darren must leave his normal life and go on the road with the Cirque du Freak, becoming a creature of the night.

Director: Paul Weitz | Stars: Chris Massoglia, John C. Reilly, Salma Hayek, Josh Hutcherson

Votes: 48,157 | Gross: $14.05M

8. BloodRayne (2005)

R | 95 min | Action, Fantasy, Horror

In the eighteenth century, a vampire escapes from the freak show, in which she once participated, and teams up with a group of vampire slayers to kill the man who raped her mother.

Director: Uwe Boll | Stars: Kristanna Loken, Ben Kingsley, Michelle Rodriguez, Michael Madsen

Votes: 37,269 | Gross: $2.41M

9. Batman: The Killing Joke (2016)

R | 76 min | Animation, Action, Crime

As Batman hunts for the escaped Joker, the Clown Prince of Crime attacks the Gordon family to prove a diabolical point mirroring his own fall into madness.

Director: Sam Liu | Stars: Kevin Conroy, Mark Hamill, Tara Strong, Ray Wise

Votes: 61,711 | Gross: $3.78M

10. Stuck on You (2003)

PG-13 | 118 min | Comedy

Conjoined twins from Martha's Vineyard move to Los Angeles so that one of them can pursue an acting career.

Directors: Bobby Farrelly, Peter Farrelly | Stars: Matt Damon, Greg Kinnear, Eva Mendes, Cher

Votes: 55,182 | Gross: $33.83M

11. Midori (1992)

Unrated | 47 min | Animation, Drama, Horror

The story based off of the controversial manga by Suehiro Maruo takes place where a little orphaned girl joins a freak-show circus troupe whose members rape and abuse her. She then finds a glimmer of hope in the enigmatic magician who joins the group.

Director: Hiroshi Harada | Stars: Minako Naka, Norihiko Morishita, Keinosuke Okamoto, Kazuyoshi Hayashi

Votes: 3,714

12. The Indian Runner (1991)

R | 127 min | Drama

A Vietnam vet comes home to his small town and finds himself in conflict with rules that his brother has vowed to uphold.

Director: Sean Penn | Stars: David Morse, Viggo Mortensen, Valeria Golino, Patricia Arquette

Votes: 9,830 | Gross: $0.19M

13. 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: 10,174 | Gross: $15.12M

14. She Creature (2001 TV Movie)

R | 91 min | Fantasy, Horror, Thriller

In Ireland, two carnies abduct a mermaid and decide to take her to America. In their sea route, the seductive and mysterious creature reveals an uncontrollable darker side.

Director: Sebastian Gutierrez | Stars: Rufus Sewell, Carla Gugino, Jim Piddock, Reno Wilson

Votes: 3,872

15. The Five People You Meet in Heaven (2004 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 180 min | Drama, Fantasy

An elderly amusement park maintenance man, Eddie, is trapped in purgatory and the only way out is to confront five people from his past. Unfortunately, dark secrets from his service in the Philippines begin to haunt him.

Director: Lloyd Kramer | Stars: Jon Voight, Ellen Burstyn, Jeff Daniels, Dagmara Dominczyk

Votes: 6,152

16. The True Adventures of Wolfboy (2019)

PG-13 | 88 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama

Follows a young boy who runs away from home in search of his estranged mother.

Director: Martin Krejcí | Stars: Stephen McKinley Henderson, Chloë Sevigny, Eve Hewson, John Turturro

Votes: 996

17. The Mutations (1974)

R | 92 min | Horror, Sci-Fi

A scientist experiments with crossing humans and plants, for which he uses his students.

Director: Jack Cardiff | Stars: Donald Pleasence, Tom Baker, Brad Harris, Julie Ege

Votes: 2,144

18. The Ring (I) (1927)

Not Rated | 89 min | Drama, Romance, Sport

Two boxers compete for the love of a woman.

Director: Alfred Hitchcock | Stars: Carl Brisson, Lillian Hall-Davis, Ian Hunter, Forrester Harvey

Votes: 3,957

19. House of Flesh Mannequins (2009)

Unrated | 110 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

A loner artist with a history of abuse meets a beautiful woman who takes an interest in his life and work; leading to a chilling path of tragedy.

Director: Domiziano Cristopharo | Stars: Domiziano Arcangeli, Irena Violette, Giovanni Lombardo Radice, Roberta Gemma

Votes: 395

20. TimeSplitters: Future Perfect (2005 Video Game)

M | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

Sent to undo the TimeSplitter threat, Cortez journeys into 6 different time periods to track down Jacob Crow who created the TimeSplitter creatures.

Directors: David Doak, Stephen Ellis | Stars: Tom Clarke Hill, Sarah Mennell, Wayne Forester, Melli Bond

Votes: 859

21. Freak Orlando (1981)

126 min | Comedy, Fantasy

In the form of a "small theater of the world", a history of the world from its beginnings to our day, including the errors, the incompetence, the thirst for power, the fear, the madness, ... See full summary »

Director: Ulrike Ottinger | Stars: Magdalena Montezuma, Delphine Seyrig, Albert Heins, Claudio Pantoja

Votes: 374

22. Ángel de fuego (1992)

95 min | Drama

In a miserable circus, a young trapeze artist seduces her father, gets pregnant and decides to have her baby, so she leaves the circus and joins a group of puppeteers who make shows from passages of the Bible.

Director: Dana Rotberg | Stars: Evangelina Sosa, Lilia Aragón, Roberto Sosa, Noé Montealegre

Votes: 212

23. TimeSplitters 2 (2002 Video Game)

T | Action, Adventure, Mystery

In 2401, humanity is at war with relentless aliens, TimeSplitters. Space marines Cortez and Hart travel through time to stop the aliens in various spots, including Wild West, zombie-infested Gothic church and Blade Runner-esque future.

Directors: David Doak, Stephen Ellis | Stars: Heidi Andrews, June Andrews, Kevin Bullock, Michelle Bullock

Votes: 847

24. 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

25. Passion in the Sun (1964)

Not Rated | 73 min | Horror, Thriller

A stripper on a flight to Las Vegas has a stopover in a small Texas airport. She gets taken hostage by two Cuban gangsters on the run from the cops, witnesses one thug kill the other and is... See full summary »

Director: Dale Berry | Stars: Josette, Rain Drop, Mai Kai, Dee Dent

Votes: 126

26. Les Milles (1995)

103 min | Comedy, Drama, War

A World War II drama where people, many of whom opposed to Nazism, get on board a train from France that could lead them to freedom.

Director: Sébastien Grall | Stars: Jean-Pierre Marielle, Ticky Holgado, Rüdiger Vogler, Philippe Noiret

Votes: 312

27. The Museum of Wonders (2010)

99 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

When the beautiful dancer Salome learns that the dwarf circus owner Marcel has just received an inheritance, she marries the lovesick, diminutive performer, all the while planning to steal ... See full summary »

Director: Domiziano Cristopharo | Stars: Francesco Venditti, Fabiano Lioi, Valentina Mio, Elda Alvigini

Votes: 112

28. Blowing Bubbles (2010)

4 min | Short, Comedy, Drama

Bubbles the Clown is choking, night after night, when his performance routine is disrupted by the departure of the Bearded Woman.

Director: Vaughn Juares | Stars: Joseph Andrew Schneider, Vaughn Juares, Nora Montanez

Votes: 85

29. The Greatest Love On Earth (2018)

3 min | Documentary, Short

Short video documenting the circus sideshow-themed wedding of burlesque artist BonBon Bombay and Daniel Hornick.

Stars: BonBon Bombay, Daniel Hornick, Vanessa Neil, Lester Carl Nickerson

30. Circus of Dread (2012)

Drama, Horror, Mystery

Two brothers - one a priest, one a career criminal - find bloody salvation in a mysterious underground carnival.

Director: Mark Savage | Stars: Dawna Lee Heising, Bill Oberst Jr., Vida Ghaffari

31. Missfostrad (2011)

15 min | Short, Horror, Mystery

A junkie gets violated, castrated, chopped and murdered.

Director: Alexi Carpentieri | Stars: Bitte Andersson, Ivonne Arosenius, Elin Assarsson-Lod, Alessandro Bucci

Votes: 18

32. Something Strange (2016 TV Short)

13 min | Documentary, Short

Mentalist and oddity collector Chris Mysterion and his showbiz partner Steffi Kay organize a circus sideshow revival in Toronto.

Director: Kelli Kieley | Stars: Mysterion, Steffi Kay, Nicholas Cvjetkovich, Dan Malette

33. The New Addams Family (1998–1999)
Episode: Morticia Joins the Ladies League (1998)

TV-Y7 | 25 min | Comedy, Family, Horror

Morticia invites the PTA to her house for a meeting. Meanwhile, Pugsley wants to go to the circus to see Gorgo the Flying Gorilla.

Director: Randy Bradshaw | Stars: Glenn Taranto, Ellie Harvie, Brody Smith, Nicole Fugere

Votes: 16

34. The X-Files (1993–2018)
Episode: Small Potatoes (1997)

TV-14 | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Five unrelated women in a small town give birth to babies with small tails. The prime suspect is a man who can shape shift into whomever he wants.

Director: Cliff Bole | Stars: David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Mitch Pileggi, Darin Morgan

Votes: 5,250

35. Ben 10 (2005–2008)
Episode: Ghostfreaked Out (2006)

TV-Y7 | 23 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

One of Ben's aliens decides to leave the Omnitrix and take over the world but needs to merge with Ben to become whole.

Director: Sebastian Montes | Stars: Tara Strong, Meagan Moore, Paul Eiding, Dee Bradley Baker

Votes: 597

36. 1000 Ways to Die (2008–2012)
Episode: Dead and Deader (2009)

TV-14 | 22 min | Documentary, Comedy, Horror

1000 Ways to Die looks at the following cases: "#504 Wel-Dead" an adrenal junkie is accidentally electrocuted by a welding machine, "#230 Trailer Trashed" a man poisons himself when he ... See full summary »

Director: Will Raée | Stars: Ron Perlman, Thomas Carmichael, Steven Kim, Peter Leffe

Votes: 49

37. Murdoch Mysteries (2008– )
Episode: Blood and Circuses (2010)

TV-PG | 48 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

When a traveling circus comes to town a series of murders starting with the beautiful tiger trainer take center ring with Murdoch and Brackenreid.

Director: Sudz Sutherland | Stars: Yannick Bisson, Helene Joy, Thomas Craig, Jonny Harris

Votes: 335

38. Lost Girl (2010–2016)
Episode: Something Wicked This Fae Comes (2011)

TV-14 | 45 min | Action, Drama, Fantasy

With the world of Fae in chaos following Bo's explosive reunion with her mother, Bo must learn to "play the game" and navigate the inner workings of Faedom in order to protect those who have helped to protect her.

Director: Robert Lieberman | Stars: Anna Silk, Kris Holden-Ried, Ksenia Solo, Zoie Palmer

Votes: 361

39. Almost Heroes (2011)
Episode: Terry and Peter vs. Season Finale (2011)

30 min | Comedy

Terry gets an offer that could take him away from the mall, just as Peter is about to face the biggest fight of his life... in costume.

Director: James Genn | Stars: Paul Campbell, Ryan Belleville, Lauren Ash, Dave Hemstad

40. Sex and Horror with Dicey Grenor and Chantell Renee (2019–2022)
Episode 55: "Welcome to the Circus" With Ring Master Reggie. (2020 Podcast Episode)

Unrated | 65 min | Horror, Talk-Show

Listen a circus ringmaster for 18 years is like for Master Reggie, what it's like dealing with demons instead of ghosts on a nightly basis, his favorite horror films and recommendations, his thoughts on the term "circus freak".

Directors: Dicey Grenor, Chantell Renee | Stars: Dicey Grenor, Reggie, Chantell Renee

41. Jeff Lewis Live (2019– )
Episode: Jeff Lewis Has Issues: Love & Doctors (2022)

Comedy, Talk-Show

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Stars: Doug Budin, Shane Douglas, Alyssa Heimrich, Jeff Lewis

42. Dragons' Den (2006– )
Episode: Episode #8.2 (2013)

Game-Show, Reality-TV

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Stars: Bruce Croxon, Arlene Dickinson, Jim Treliving, Kevin O'Leary

43. DC's Legends of Tomorrow (2016–2022)
Episode: Freakshow (2017)

TV-14 | 42 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

The Legends attempt to fix the anachronism in 1870 that happens to be P.T. Barnum's circus.

Director: Kevin Tancharoen | Stars: Victor Garber, Brandon Routh, Caity Lotz, Franz Drameh

Votes: 1,938