
10 Best Movies Like Circus Maximus
If you loved Circus Maximus, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

Waiting for Anya
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Circus Maximus for fans of Drama & War. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
During the harrows of WWII, Jo, a young shepherd along with the help of the widow Horcada, helps to smuggle Jewish children across the border from southern France into Spain....

Jacknife
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Circus Maximus for fans of Drama & War. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
A conflict develops between a troubled Vietnam veteran and the sister he lives with when she becomes involved romantically with the army buddy who reminds him of the tragic battle ...

Birdy
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Circus Maximus for fans of Drama & War. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
Two young men are seriously affected by the Vietnam War. One of them has always been obsessed with birds - but now believes he really is a bird, and has been sent to a mental hospi...

The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Circus Maximus for fans of Drama & War. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
A dramatization of the American general and his court martial for publically complaining about High Command's dismissal and neglect of the aerial fighting forces....

The Scarlet and the Black
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Circus Maximus for fans of Drama & War. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
Fr. Hugh O'Flaherty is a Vatican official in 1943-45 who has been hiding downed pilots, escaped prisoners of war, and Italian resistance families. His activities become so large th...

The One That Got Away
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Circus Maximus for fans of Drama & War. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
Based on the true story of Oberleutnant Franz von Werra, the only German prisoner of war captured in Britain to escape back to Germany during the Second World War....