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

Limelight
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Circus for fans of Romance & Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
A fading music hall comedian tries to help a despondent ballet dancer learn to walk and to again feel confident about life....

Mercy
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Circus for fans of Thriller. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.
Brought together at their childhood home over their dying mother, an estranged family is thrust into a deadly fight for their own survival....

City Lights
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Circus for fans of Comedy & Romance & Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.
A tramp falls in love with a beautiful blind flower girl. His on-and-off friendship with a wealthy man allows him to be the girl's benefactor and suitor....

The Gold Rush
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Circus for fans of Comedy & Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.
A gold prospector in Alaska struggles to survive the elements and win the heart of a dance hall girl....

Voyage in Time
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Circus for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.
The travels in Italy of director Andrei Tarkovsky in preparation for the making of his film Nostalghia....

Carmen
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Circus for fans of Romance & Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
While rehearsing a flamenco ballet adaptation of Bizet's opera “Carmen”, Antonio, the choreographer, falls in love with the main dancer, Carmen, a fiercely independent woman. Anton...