Movies like The First of May

20 movies like The First of May, ordered by similarity : The Greatest Showman(2017), Saving Flora(2018), Circus World(1964), Dumbo(2019), Cloud 9(2008), Man on a Tightrope(1953), My Feral Heart(2016), Water for Elephants(2011), Under the Big Top(1938), Rain or Shine(1930), The Greatest Show on Earth(1952), Dual Alibi(1947) ...

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The First of May

Eleven-year-old Cory (Dan Byrd) is a foster child nobody wants. Carlotta (Academy Award-nominee Julie Harris) is an elderly woman the world has forgotten.

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The Greatest Showman

Celebrates the birth of show business and tells of a visionary who rose from nothing to create a spectacle that became a worldwide sensation.

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Saving Flora

Flora is a circus elephant who can no longer perform her tricks. The night before she's scheduled to be euthanized, the circus owner's 14-year old daughter, Dawn, sneaks Flora from the ... See full summary »

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Circus World

When circus proprietor Matt Masters decides to take his show on a European tour, it is beset by problems, while he searches for Lili, the mother of his adopted daughter, who disappeared years before.

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Dumbo

A young elephant, whose oversized ears enable him to fly, helps save a struggling circus, but when the circus plans a new venture, Dumbo and his friends discover dark secrets beneath its shiny veneer.

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Cloud 9

A romantic drama about a woman who enters into an affair after 30 years of marriage.

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Man on a Tightrope

Czech circus owner-Clown and his entire troupe employ a daring stratagem in order to escape en masse from behind the iron curtain.

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My Feral Heart

Luke, an independent young man with Down's syndrome stumbles upon a wild and life changing friendship.

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Water for Elephants

Set in the 1930s, a former veterinary student takes a job in a travelling circus and falls in love with the ringmaster's wife.

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Under the Big Top

A pretty young circus trapeze artist is pushed by her domineering aunt to be the best aerialist in the world. When she begins to fall for one of the two men in her act, her mother ... See full summary »

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Rain or Shine

Woman inherits a traveling circus which brings financial difficulties.

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The Greatest Show on Earth

The dramatic lives of trapeze artists, a clown, and an elephant trainer are told against a background of circus spectacle.

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Dual Alibi

Twin trapezists fall out over a lottery ticket and a worthless woman, but later extract a unique revenge.

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Carol

An aspiring photographer develops an intimate relationship with an older woman in 1950s New York.

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My Life as a Zucchini

After losing his mother, a young boy is sent to a foster home with other orphans his age where he begins to learn the meaning of trust and true love.

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Living Is Easy With Eyes Closed

In Spain in 1966, an English teacher picks up two hitchhikers on his quest to meet John Lennon.

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About a Girl

Charleen, 15, quick-witted and sassy, is Kurt Cobain's biggest fan and wonders why 'growing up' has to be so complicated. One day, feeling especially melodramatic and rebellious, she ... See full summary »

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Cruise

Set in the 1980s, a young Italian-American from the "wrong side of the tracks" falls for a Jewish girl from Long Island.

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Having You

Jack has finally managed to propose to his girlfriend when his life is turned upside down by the arrival of an old one-night stand that introduces him to his seven year old son.

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He Who Gets Slapped

A bitter clown endeavors to rescue the young woman he loves from the lecherous count who once betrayed him.

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Asako I & II

Asako lives in Osaka. She falls in love with Baku, a free-spirit. One day, Baku suddenly disappears. Two years later, Asako now lives in Tokyo and meets Ryohei. He looks just like Baku, but has a completely different personality.

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