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1. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005)
PG | 115 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
Charlie, a young boy from an impoverished family, and four other kids win a tour of an amazing chocolate factory run by an imaginative chocolatier, Willy Wonka, and his staff of Oompa-Loompas.
Director: Tim Burton | Stars: Johnny Depp, Freddie Highmore, David Kelly, Helena Bonham Carter
Votes: 528,692 | Gross: $206.46M
2. Conquest of the Planet of the Apes (1972)
PG | 88 min | Action, Sci-Fi
In a futuristic world that has embraced ape slavery, Caesar, the son of the late simians Cornelius and Zira, surfaces after almost twenty years of hiding out from the authorities, and prepares for a slave revolt against humanity.
Director: J. Lee Thompson | Stars: Roddy McDowall, Don Murray, Ricardo Montalban, Natalie Trundy
Votes: 35,807 | Gross: $9.81M
3. Trog (1970)
GP | 93 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
A sympathetic anthropologist uses drugs and surgery to try to communicate with a primitive troglodyte who is found living in a local cave.
Director: Freddie Francis | Stars: Joan Crawford, Michael Gough, Bernard Kay, Kim Braden
Votes: 3,210
4. Deep Blue Sea 2 (2018 Video)
R | 94 min | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
A brilliant billionaire creates five genetically altered bull sharks, which proceed to wreak havoc for a group of scientists on an isolated research facility.
Director: Darin Scott | Stars: Danielle Savre, Rob Mayes, Michael Beach, Nathan Lynn
Votes: 8,310
5. Swashbuckler (1976)
PG | 101 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
A pirate and a hot-tempered noblewoman join forces to protect Jamaica from a tyrant.
Director: James Goldstone | Stars: Robert Shaw, James Earl Jones, Peter Boyle, Geneviève Bujold
Votes: 1,880
6. Spymate (2003)
PG | 81 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
Funny spy chimp teams with spy friend's smart daughter to stop the bad guy from using a superweapon.
Director: Robert Vince | Stars: Barry Bostwick, Jay Brazeau, Richard Kind, Kathryn Kirkpatrick
Votes: 1,419
7. Carnival Magic (1983)
G | 86 min | Drama, Fantasy
A carnival magician with actual magic powers works with a talking chimp. The magician and the chimp soon become the stars of the carnival, drawing in big crowds. However, the wild-animal trainer decides to kidnap Alex and sell him.
Director: Al Adamson | Stars: Don Stewart, Jennifer Houlton, Howard Segal, Regina Carrol
Votes: 844
8. Billy Rose's Jumbo (1962)
Approved | 123 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
A debt-ridden circus is saved by a well-meaning but inept publicity man.
Director: Charles Walters | Stars: Doris Day, Jimmy Durante, Stephen Boyd, Martha Raye
Votes: 1,726
9. Escape to Grizzly Mountain (2000)
G | 95 min | Drama, Family, Sci-Fi
Jimmy, a young boy trying to gain acceptance from his peers, is horrified when he sees a circus trainer abusing a bear cub. One of the circus employees tells Jimmy that there is a magic ... See full summary »
Director: Anthony Dalesandro | Stars: Dan Haggerty, Jan-Michael Vincent, Miko Hughes, Cody McMains
Votes: 301
10. India: Matri Bhumi (1959)
90 min | Documentary, Drama
Several stories depicting the landscapes and fauna of India are mixed with documentary footage.
Director: Roberto Rossellini
Votes: 728
11. The Boy Who Stole the Elephant (1970 TV Movie)
95 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama
A frontier huckster, Colonel Ryder, and a young orphan, Davey, operate a travelling tent show. They are loaned an elephant by an old friend, Molly, who is also a rival circus owner. Davey ... See full summary »
Director: Michael Caffey | Stars: David Wayne, June Havoc, Dabbs Greer, Parley Baer
Votes: 29
12. Fly by Night (1991– )
52 min | Adventure
The exotic adventures of ex-Air Force pilot Mack Sheppard and Quebecois Jean-Philippe Pasteur, who work for a small fly-by-night air charter company Slick Air. Their no-nonsense boss Sally "Slick" Monroe often joins them.
Stars: Shannon Tweed, David James Elliott, François Guétary, Jean-Paul Solal
Votes: 39
13. Black Zoo (1963)
Not Rated | 88 min | Drama, Horror
The owner of a small zoo uses the animals to kill his enemies.
Director: Robert Gordon | Stars: Michael Gough, Jeanne Cooper, Rod Lauren, Virginia Grey
Votes: 273
14. Malaika (1998)
PG | 93 min | Adventure, Family
An African elephant wanders into the lives of four wide-eyed children and all pandemonium breaks loose.
Director: Marina Martins | Stars: John Laughlin, R.D. Call, Lee Purcell, Keli Daniels
Votes: 131
15. Ava's Magical Adventure (1994)
PG | 100 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
Ava is a 10-year-old girl who runs away from home with her best friend, Nellie, a 2-ton circus elephant. They are pursued by everyone from the police to the circus' owner.
Directors: Patrick Dempsey, Rocky Parker | Stars: Michael J. Anderson, Kaye Ballard, Priscilla Barnes, Mitchel Barrett
Votes: 79
16. Search and Rescue: The Alpha Team (1977–1978)
Family, Drama, Adventure
The adventures of a unique search and rescue unit that uses trained animals of various species in their operations.
Stars: Michael J. Reynolds, Michael Tough, Donann Cavin, Helen Shaver
Votes: 19
17. Runaway on Rogue River (1974 TV Movie)
60 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
Slim Pickens plays a trainer who is transporting circus elephants by truck when he gets a flat tire. After unloading the elephants to work on the truck, one simply wanders away. Hijinks ... See full synopsis »
Director: Larry Lansburgh | Stars: Willie Aames, Denis Arndt, Slim Pickens
Votes: 17
18. Bear Facts (1938)
Approved | 11 min | Family, Comedy, Short
In an effort to impress Darla, Alfalfa tells her that he's a famous bear trainer. Little does he know that Darla's father owns a circus - and a bear costume. It's time for everyone to uncover the "bear facts".
Director: Gordon Douglas | Stars: Darla Hood, Eugene 'Porky' Lee, George 'Spanky' McFarland, Carl 'Alfalfa' Switzer
Votes: 124
19. Unnatural History (1959)
6 min | Animation, Family, Short
Are animals human? Or vice versa? This is the question asked by a professor, Dr. Beest Lee, who appears on a stage in a theater to give a lecture and show a film about the human-like ... See full summary »
Director: Abe Levitow | Stars: Mel Blanc, Daws Butler, June Foray, Ed Prentiss
Votes: 128
20. Bring on the Girls (1937)
Approved | 11 min | Short, Comedy
Sitting in a theater box, Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy make comments between the acts of a vaudeville show.
Stars: Edgar Bergen, Charlie McCarthy, Jerry Goff, Jack Kerr
Votes: 120
21. Elégia (1966)
19 min | Short, Drama
From time immemorial, man has enjoyed the horse in all manners, as an art object, a speed racer, a cart-puller, and in circus acts. Cars are taking the horses' place in transportation, and ... See full summary »
Director: Zoltán Huszárik
Votes: 530
22. Taffy and the Jungle Hunter (1965)
65 min | Adventure, Family
A hunter, who captures wild animals for zoos, takes his young son and the boy's widowed governess on his latest expedition. The boy and his pet chimp, in company with a baby elephant his ... See full summary »
Director: Terry O. Morse | Stars: Jacques Bergerac, Robert DoQui, Shary Marshall, Manuel Padilla Jr.
Votes: 23
23. Down Missouri Way (1946)
Approved | 75 min | Musical, Comedy
When an agricultural professor returns home to the farm with her scientifically-raised mule for a needed rest, they find themselves caught up in a movie being filmed in the Ozarks.
Director: Josef Berne | Stars: Martha O'Driscoll, John Carradine, Eddie Dean, William Wright
Votes: 140
25. Tiny Tim and the Adventures of His Elephant (1913)
9 min | Comedy, Short, Family
Bout de Zan is a very precocious young man! When the circus comes to town, he does what any kid might do in this situation--he steals the circus' elephant!!! Later, he sits on the curb with... See full summary »
Director: Louis Feuillade | Stars: René Poyen, Jeanne Saint-Bonnet, Renée Carl, Juliette Malherbe
Votes: 205
28. North of 50-50 (1924)
14 min | Short, Comedy
A typical story which contains all the usual tricks of the Northwest mounted policeman who is told to "get his man" and who tracks him to his sweetheart's shack where dripping blood betrays his hiding place.
Director: Len Powers
Votes: 29
29. Universal Variety Views, No. 93 (1941)
Approved | 10 min | Documentary, Short, Comedy
This entry of "Universal Variety Views" has narrator Graham McNamee narrating while movie chimpanzee Jimmy the Chimp shows he can operate a service station as good as the next man. Jimmy ... See full summary »
Director: Thomas Mead | Star: Graham McNamee
30.
The Magical World of Disney (1954–1997)
Episode:
The Boy Who Stole the Elephant: Part 1
(1970)
Unrated | 60 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
A boy working in a struggling circus troupe develops a great rapport with an elephant on loan from a more successful circus.
Director: Michael Caffey | Stars: David Wayne, June Havoc, Dabbs Greer, Parley Baer
Votes: 35
31.
Bonanza (1959–1973)
Episode:
Old Sheba
(1964)
TV-PG | 60 min | Western
After Hoss injures traveling circus wrestler, Bearcat Sampson, during an exhibition match, Hoss and 'manager' Little Joe agree that Hoss will take the Bearcat's place in the ring while he ... See full summary »
Director: John Florea | Stars: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Dan Blocker, Michael Landon
Votes: 113
32.
The Magical World of Disney (1954–1997)
Episode:
Runaway on the Rogue River
(1974)
Unrated | 60 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
A trainer who is transporting circus elephants by truck when he gets a flat tire. After unloading the elephants to work on the truck, one simply wanders away.
Stars: Willie Aames, Denis Arndt, Slim Pickens
33.
The Magical World of Disney (1954–1997)
Episode:
The Boy Who Stole the Elephant: Part 2
(1970)
Unrated | 60 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
Davey learns his boss has just bet the elephant in a card game and lost, and so he decides to return it to its rightful owner hundreds of miles away.
Director: Michael Caffey | Stars: David Wayne, June Havoc, Dabbs Greer, Parley Baer
Votes: 14
34.
Gentle Ben (1967–1969)
Episode:
Wayward Bear: Part 2
(1967)
30 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
As Mark loses hope that Ben will ever return, the homeward-bound bear is found and adopted by an elderly couple of animal trainers who see Ben as their ticket back into the circus business.
Director: Ricou Browning | Stars: Dennis Weaver, Clint Howard, Beth Brickell, Stuart Erwin
35.
Gunsmoke (1955–1975)
Episode:
Arizona Midnight
(1973)
TV-PG | 60 min | Western
A very short man rides in on a Giant Horse into Dodge and offers $50 to any man who will take care of him from midnight to dawn tonight, the first light of the full moon, when he will turn into a "Were-Elephant."
Director: Irving J. Moore | Stars: James Arness, Milburn Stone, Amanda Blake, Ken Curtis
Votes: 162
36.
Johnny Bravo (1997–2004)
Episode:
A Johnny Bravo Christmas
(2001)
TV-Y7 | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
On Christmas Eve Johnny realizes he forgot to mail his and Momma's wish lists to Santa. In order to ensure that he gets all the "free stuff" he has been looking forward to Johnny decides to... See full summary »
Directors: Robert Alvarez, Van Partible | Stars: Jeff Bennett, Mae Whitman, Brenda Vaccaro, Dwight Schultz
Votes: 128
37.
Jana of the Jungle (1978–1979)
Episode:
Rogue Elephant
(1978)
Adventure, Animation
Directors: Ray Patterson, Carl Urbano | Stars: Marlene Aragon, Michael Bell, William Boyett, Ted Cassidy
Votes: 10