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10 Best Movies Like At the Circus

If you loved At the Circus, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Duck Soup

Duck Soup

1933★ 7.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to At the Circus for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Rufus T. Firefly is named president/dictator of bankrupt Freedonia and declares war on neighboring Sylvania over the love of wealthy Mrs. Teasdale....

#2
The Hunger

The Hunger

1983★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to At the Circus for fans of Horror. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

Five-thousand-year-old vampire Miriam promises her lovers the gift of eternal life. When John, her cellist companion for centuries, discovers that he has suddenly begun growing old...

#3
Go West

Go West

1925★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to At the Circus for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

With little luck at keeping a job in the city a New Yorker tries work in the country and eventually finds his way leading a herd of cattle to the West Coast....

#4
The Big Store

The Big Store

1941★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to At the Circus for fans of Comedy & Music. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A detective is hired to protect the life of a singer, who has recently inherited a department store, from the store's crooked manager....

#5
Go West

Go West

1940★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to At the Circus for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Embezzler, shill, all around confidence man S. Quentin Quale is heading west to find his fortune; he meets the crafty but simple brothers Joseph and Rusty Panello in a train statio...

#6
The Fall of the Roman Empire

The Fall of the Roman Empire

1964★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to At the Circus for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

In the year 180 A.D. Germanic tribes are about to invade the Roman empire from the north. In the midst of this crisis ailing emperor Marcus Aurelius has to make a decision about hi...