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Standard feature-length experiences.

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Animal Crackers
6.3

Animal Crackers

2018

A family must use a magical box of Animal Crackers to save a rundown circus from being taken over by their evil uncle Horatio P. Huntington.

At the Circus
6.4

At the Circus

1939

Jeff Wilson, the owner of a small circus, owes his partner Carter $10,000. Before Jeff can pay, Carter's accomplices steal the money so he can take over the circus. Antonio Pirelli and Punchy, who work at the circus, together with lawyer Loophole try to find the thief and get the money back.

Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted
6.6

Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted

2012

Animal pals Alex, Marty, Melman, and Gloria are still trying to make it back to New York's Central Park Zoo. They are forced to take a detour to Europe to find the penguins and chimps who broke the bank at a Monte Carlo casino. When French animal-control officer Capitaine Chantel DuBois picks up their scent, Alex and company are forced to hide out in a traveling circus.

Freaked
6.1

Freaked

1993

A vain actor, his best friend, and an activist end up at a mutant freak farm run by a weirdo scientist.

Horton Hears a Who!
6.5

Horton Hears a Who!

2008

An imaginative elephant named Horton hears a faint cry for help coming from a tiny speck of dust floating through the air. Horton suspects there may be life on that speck and despite a surrounding community, who thinks he has lost his mind, he is determined to save the tiny particle.

The Circus
7.9

The Circus

1928

Charlie, a wandering tramp, becomes a circus handyman - soon the star of the show - and falls in love with the circus owner's stepdaughter.

Bogus
5.8

Bogus

1996

Recently orphaned, a young boy is taken in by his godmother who is shocked to realize that she can see the boy's imaginary friend: a flamboyant, French magician named Bogus.

Hatari!
6.8

Hatari!

1962

A female wildlife photographer arrives on an East African reservation where a group of men trap wild animals for zoos and circuses.

More Movies Like El circo

The Last Circus
6.7

The Last Circus

2010

A trapeze artist must decide between her lust for Sergio, the Happy Clown, or her affection for Javier, the Sad Clown, both of whom are deeply disturbed.

The One and Only Ivan
7.3

The One and Only Ivan

2020

A gorilla named Ivan who’s living in a suburban shopping mall tries to piece together his past, with the help of other animals, as they hatch a plan to escape from captivity.

Adventures in Babysitting
7.2

Adventures in Babysitting

2016

Two teen rival babysitters, Jenny and Lola, team up to hunt down one of their kids who accidentally ran away into the big city without any supervision.

Big Top Scooby-Doo!
7.7

Big Top Scooby-Doo!

2012

When Scooby and the gang hear of a werewolf plaguing a traveling circus, they go undercover as circus performers to get to the bottom.

You're Never Too Young
6.6

You're Never Too Young

1955

When an aspiring barber becomes inadvertently involved in the theft of a valuable diamond, necessity forces him to masquerade as a 12 year-old child - with humorous consequences.

Bread and Roses
6.3

Bread and Roses

2000

Maya is a quick-witted young woman who comes over the Mexican border without papers and makes her way to the LA home of her older sister Rosa. Rosa gets Maya a job as a janitor: a non-union janitorial service has the contract, the foul-mouthed supervisor can fire workers on a whim, and the service-workers' union has assigned organizer Sam Shapiro to bring its "justice for janitors" campaign to the building. Sam finds Maya a willing listener, she's also attracted to him. Rosa resists, she has an ailing husband to consider. The workers try for public support; management intimidates workers to divide and conquer. Rosa and Maya as well as workers and management may be set to collide.

Mortadelo & Filemon: Mission Implausible
6.8

Mortadelo & Filemon: Mission Implausible

2014

A criminal produces an uncontrollable laughter to the population and Mortadelo and Filemón will have to stop him.

The Flintstones Meet Rockula and Frankenstone
7.6

The Flintstones Meet Rockula and Frankenstone

1979

The Flintstones and the Rubbles win a trip on "Make a Deal or Don't" to Count Rockula's castle in Rocksylvania, where they have an unpleasant meeting with the Count and his servant, Frankenstone.

Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo
6.0

Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo

1999

Deuce Bigalow is a less than attractive, down on his luck aquarium cleaner. One day he wrecks the house of a gigolo and needs quick money to repair it. The only way he can make it is to become a gigolo himself, taking on an unusual mix of female clients. He encounters a couple of problems, though. He falls in love with one of his unusual clients, and a sleazy police officer is hot on his trail.

Dennis the Menace
5.9

Dennis the Menace

1993

Mr. Wilson's ever-present annoyance comes in the form of one mischievous kid named Dennis. But he'll need Dennis's tricks to uncover a collection of gold coins that go missing when a shady drifter named Switchblade Sam comes to town.

The Little Rascals Save the Day
6.3

The Little Rascals Save the Day

2014

When the Little Rascals are unable to raise enough money to save their grandma's bakery from shutting down, their only hope is to win a local talent show and use the prize money to save the shop.

Super Crazy
6.7

Super Crazy

2018

A 36-year-old meek woman realizes that there’s younger people trying to outpace her doing much less, so she makes a risky change by removing her filter.

Why These Movies Are Similar

These recommendations share core qualities with El circo (1943): Comedy themes, similar narrative structure, and comparable emotional depth. NoBadPicks uses a combination of TMDB collaborative filtering, genre matching, and AI analysis to surface films most likely to resonate with fans of El circo.

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