The Circus Is In Town!


  1. DrPhibes
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A list of some of my favorite movies involving amusement parks, carnivals, traveling fairs, mimes, clowns, magicians, acrobats, freaks and / or other circus attractions.

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The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1919,  Unrated)
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The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923,  Unrated)
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The Circus (1928,  G)
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Laugh, Clown, Laugh (1928,  Unrated)
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The Man Who Laughs (1928,  Unrated)
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Freaks (1932,  Unrated)
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The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939,  Unrated)
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The Wizard of Oz (1939,  G)
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Pinocchio - Walt Disney (1940,  G)
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Dumbo (1941,  G)
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House of Frankenstein (1944,  Unrated)
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Les Enfants du Paradis (Children of Paradise) (1945,  Unrated)
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The Puppet Films of Jiri Trnka (1951,  Unrated)
The Puppet Films of Jiri Trnka 5.0 Stars
"The Emperor's Nightingale" has to be one of the loveliest fairy tale adaptations ever! You'd have to be a jaded mandarin not to be charmed by this one!
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The Greatest Show on Earth (1952,  Unrated)
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Limelight (1952,  G)
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Scaramouche (1952,  Unrated)
Scaramouche 5.0 Stars
At the mere mention of this film, I always feel like singing... "I see a little silhouetto of a man... Scaramouche! Scaramouche! Will you do the fandago?" :P
But besides bringing to mind the "Bohemian Rhapsody", this movie evokes for me the sense of grandeur and spectacle that made me cheer when I was a kid (and still does today!) All in all, "Scaramouche" is a brilliant adventure piece filled with beautiful pastel colors and featuring some of the best swordplay ever captured on film!
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Gycklarnas afton (Sawdust and Tinsel)(Sunset of a Clown)(The Naked Night) (1953,  Unrated)
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La Strada (The Road) (1954,  Unrated)
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Lola Montès (The Fall of Lola Montes) (The Sins of Lola Montes) (2008,  Unrated)
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The Seventh Seal (,  Unrated)
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The Magician (Ansiktet) (The Face) (1958,  Unrated)
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Carnival of Souls (1962,  Unrated)
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Seven Faces of Dr. Lao (1964,  Unrated)
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Batman: The Movie (1966,  PG)
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Fellini - Satyricon (The Degenerates) (1969,  R)
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The Valley of Gwangi (The Lost Valley) (1969,  G)
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I Clowns (The Clowns) (1971,  G)
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Silent Movie (1976,  PG)
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Halloween (1978,  R)
Halloween 5.0 Stars
*sings* "This is Halloween! This is Halloween! Pumpkins scream in the dead of the night!"

Whoops... Wrong movie!

In fact, there isn't any singing at all in this movie... There is, however, an awful lot of screaming, shrieking, panting and gasping! If that sounds like your idea of a fun, "Halloween" will not disappoint! MICHAEL MYERS DELIVERS!!! His bodycount in this movie may have been surpassed by other masked maniacs, his style may have been imitated by lesser copycats, but his stealth and cool imperturbable attitude will always make him THE ultimate master of his art!
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Die Blechtrommel (The Tin Drum) (1979,  R)
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Rudolph & Frosty's Christmas in July (1979,  Unrated)
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The Elephant Man (1980,  PG)
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The Funhouse (Carnival of Terror) (1981,  R)
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The Last Unicorn (1982,  G)
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Octopussy (1983,  PG)
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Something Wicked This Way Comes (1983,  PG)
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The Bride (1985,  PG-13)
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Pee-wee's Big Adventure (1985,  PG)
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Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night (1987,  Unrated)
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Der Himmel über Berlin (Wings of Desire) (The Sky Above Berlin) (1988,  PG-13)
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Beetlejuice (1988,  PG)
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Killer Klowns from Outer Space (1988,  PG-13)
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Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988,  PG)
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Batman (1989,  PG-13)
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Clownhouse (1989,  R)
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Santa sangre (Holy Blood) (1989,  R)
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Darkman (1990,  R)
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Roller Coaster Rabbit (1990,  PG)
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Stephen King's It (2000,  Unrated)
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Delicatessen (1991,  R)
Delicatessen 4.5 Stars
"Delicatessen" is a delightful French comedy which tackles a very tender subject: CANNIBALISM!
In this twisted fable, a butcher posts advertisements in the local newspapers to recruit a new janitor so he can feed him to the starving tenants of his building.
Things get a bit more c