20 movies like Water for Elephants, ordered by similarity : The Greatest Show on Earth(1952), Dumbo(2019), Saving Flora(2018), Man on a Tightrope(1953), Under the Big Top(1938), The Greatest Showman(2017), The First of May(1998), Circus World(1964), Before Midnight(2013), Carol(2015), Brief Encounter(1945), Ring of Fear(1954) ...
6.9/10
Romance, Drama
USA
2011
121 Minutes
Reese Witherspoon Robert Pattinson Christoph Waltz Paul Schneider Jim Norton Hal Holbrook Mark Povinelli Richard Brake Stephen Monroe Taylor Ken Foree Scott MacDonald
circus performer caretaker elephant husband wife animal trainer melodramatic emotional circus train united states circus romance infidelity human-animal friendship animal cruelty traveling rivalry forbidden love escape
Set in the 1930s, a former veterinary student takes a job in a travelling circus and falls in love with the ringmaster's wife.
6.6/10
Romance, Drama
USA
1952
152 Minutes
Betty Hutton Charlton Heston Cornel Wilde Dorothy Lamour Gloria Grahame James Stewart Henry Wilcoxon Lawrence Tierney Lyle Bettger John Kellogg John Ridgely
circus performer clown manager girlfriend trapeze artist thrilling emotional melodramatic circus florida train circus love triangle robbery animals injury romance fall rise rivalry
The dramatic lives of trapeze artists, a clown, and an elephant trainer are told against a background of circus spectacle.
6.3/10
Kids & Family, Fantasy, Drama
USA|UK|Australia|Canada
2019
112 Minutes
Colin Farrell Michael Keaton Danny DeVito Eva Green Alan Arkin Nico Parker Finley Hobbins Roshan Seth Lars Eidinger Deobia Oparei Joseph Gatt
elephant circus performer child performer circus owner mouse endearing charming playful sad emotional amusing circus stable train theme park courage elephants flying friendship
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.
5.8/10
Kids & Family, Adventure, Drama
USA
2018
96 Minutes
Jenna Ortega David Arquette Tom Arnold Rhea Perlman Leonor Varela Terry Moore Michael Patrick McGill Massi Furlan Eddie Alfano Martin Martinez Galen Howard
elephant father young girl hunter circus owner circus performer endearing charming suspenseful amusing playful circus tent woods river elephant sanctuary animal rescue human-animal friendship elephants friendship
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 »
7.1/10
Drama
USA|West Germany
1953
105 Minutes
Fredric March Terry Moore Gloria Grahame Cameron Mitchell Adolphe Menjou Robert Beatty Alex D'Arcy Richard Boone
circus performer businessperson wife communist emotional engaging melodramatic czechoslovakia circus circus communism marriage social change escape love transformation underdog 1950s
Czech circus owner-Clown and his entire troupe employ a daring stratagem in order to escape en masse from behind the iron curtain.
5.8/10
Drama
USA
1938
63 Minutes
Marjorie Main Anne Nagel Jack LaRue Grant Richards Fred S. Toones Betty Compson Herbert Rawlinson George Cleveland
young woman young man trapeze artist circus performer brother aunt emotional tense circus family home stage dressing room circus aspirations family honor romance love triangle relationships love quest
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 »
7.6/10
Musical, Biography, Drama, History
USA
2017
105 Minutes
Hugh Jackman Zac Efron Michelle Williams Rebecca Ferguson Zendaya Keala Settle Yahya Abdul-Mateen II Paul Sparks Natasha Liu Bordizzo Austyn Johnson Cameron Seely
showman circus owner circus performer acrobat performer trapeze artist dreamy creative lighthearted charming amusing spectacular connecticut new york city circus office stage tent p.t. barnum circus life
Celebrates the birth of show business and tells of a visionary who rose from nothing to create a spectacle that became a worldwide sensation.
6.6/10
Drama
USA
1998
111 Minutes
Dan Byrd Julie Harris Charles Nelson Reilly Robin O'Dell Tom Nowicki Mickey Rooney Gerard Christopher
orphan old woman circus owner circus performer clown audience airy amusing cheery heartwarming foster home circus nursing home road town loneliness unusual friendship circus running away show business
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.
6.2/10
Drama
USA
1964
135 Minutes
father daughter old flame circus performer circus owner trapeze artist emotional moving heartwarming new york city spain circus europe boat circus sinking ship father/daughter relationship lost loves journey financial troubles
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.
7.9/10
Romance, Drama
USA|Greece
2013
109 Minutes
Ethan Hawke Julie Delpy Seamus Davey-Fitzpatrick Jennifer Prior Charlotte Prior Walter Lassally Xenia Kalogeropoulou Ariane Labed
lover greek person daughter friend family member grandmother brooding emotional intense greece car train house beach hotel reminiscence love argument questioning travel
We meet Jesse and Celine nine years on in Greece. Almost two decades have passed since their first meeting on that train bound for Vienna.
7.2/10
Gay & Lesbian, Romance, Drama
UK|USA|Australia
2015
118 Minutes
Cate Blanchett Rooney Mara Sarah Paulson Jake Lacy John Magaro Cory Michael Smith Carrie Brownstein Kevin Crowley Nik Pajic Kyle Chandler
woman love interest divorcée romantic interest lover daughter mother photographer gay/lesbian emotional engaging endearing sad powerful tense united states manhattan new york new york city department store
An aspiring photographer develops an intimate relationship with an older woman in 1950s New York.
8.0/10
Romance, Drama
UK
1945
86 Minutes
Celia Johnson Trevor Howard Stanley Holloway Cyril Raymond Joyce Carey Everley Gregg Marjorie Mars Margaret Barton Dennis Harkin Valentine Dyall Nuna Davey
wife husband doctor friend somber mushy cafeteria train family home suburbia england infidelity marriage love forbidden love 1940s
Meeting a stranger in a railway station, a woman is tempted to cheat on her husband.
5.3/10
Drama
USA
1954
92 Minutes
James Edward Grant Mickey Spillane Clyde Beatty Pat O'Brien Sean McClory Marion Carr John Bromfield Pedro Gonzalez Gonzalez Emmett Lynn Jack Stang Kenneth Tobey
circus performer animal trainer trapeze artist circus manager psychopath writer fiery wild thrilling circus ring trailer cage train tracks sabotage mysterious deaths circus life obsessive love blackmail detective work mystery
The Clyde Beatty Circus seems jinxed, falling victim again and again to apparent accidents which are actually the acts of a murderous saboteur. Mystery writer Mickey Spillane comes on the scene to solve the case.
Drama, Romance
2018
82 Minutes
Aure Atika Nicolas Bauwens Tommy Lee Baïk Ilian Bergala Pierre Cartonnet Marie Denarnaud Félix Maritaud
young man man gay man classmate concierge boyfriend intense brooding suspenseful melodramatic emotional profound hotel club school past homosexuality partnership first love trust
6.6/10
Drama, Romance
South Africa|India
2016
98 Minutes
Nicola Breytenbach Andrew Govender Leleti Khumalo Deon Lotz Terwadkar Rajiv Rolanda Marais Quentin Krog Paul Eilers Bobby Van Jaarsveld
woman indian man love interest family rival police officers major terrorist disheartening disturbing emotional gripping moving powerful south africa town hometown love forbidden love
A random act of kindness sparks a forbidden love affair between a white girl and an Indian man during the Apartheid system in South Africa.
6.2/10
Fantasy
Germany|Sweden|Russia|Spain|France|Italy
2002
99 Minutes
Rebecka Liljeberg Joachim Król Sergei Bodrov Jr. Keith Allen Maurizio Donadoni Anne-Marie Pisani Ariadna Gil Silvio Orlando
young woman young man bear circus owner circus performer airy amusing emotional melodramatic intense circus circus ring cage animal adoption human-animal friendship supernatural magic love transformation adventure
A fairy tale-like love story between young circus artist Lola and the bear Misha, who one day transforms into a human.
7.7/10
Drama, Romance
India
2018
Minutes
Tripti Dimri Avinash Tiwary
young man young woman love interest family patriarch family member husband emotional heartwarming melodramatic sad moving passionate india london relationships emotion cross-cultural romance cultural differences family honor happiness
Taking the leap out of the classic folklore, the story is set in today's time in Kashmir where Laila Majnu have problems relevant to the youth of today. While dealing with their feuding families a passionate love story unravels.
6.6/10
Romance, Drama
UK
2019
91 Minutes
Lesley Manville Glenn Leyburn Liam Neeson David Wilmot Amit Shah Lalor Roddy Maggie Cronin Desmond Edwards Melanie Clark Pullen Stella McCusker Geraldine McAlinden
husband wife couple cancer patient doctor heartwarming passionate sad emotional street family home doctor's office train hospital cafeteria couples cancer love perseverance devotion
An extraordinary look at the lives of a middle-aged couple in the midst of the wife's breast cancer diagnosis.
5.8/10
Comedy, Romance, Drama
UK
1933
81 Minutes
Gloria Swanson Laurence Olivier John Halliday Michael Farmer Genevieve Tobin Nora Swinburne Charles Collum Peter Gawthorne Rosalinde Fuller O.B. Clarence Mary Jerrold
husband wife newlywed mistress lord lady melodramatic emotional engaging passionate amusing witty cannes, france london france newlyweds troubled marriage agreement divorce jealousy
A young couple decide to marry under the condition that they agree never to disagree. That agreement is soon put to the test when the husband finds himself attracted to a beautiful young woman.
5.7/10
Comedy, Drama
USA
1930
92 Minutes
Joe Cook Louise Fazenda Joan Peers Dave Chasen William Collier Jr. Tom Howard
vaudevillian circus owner sidekick stooge fat girl circus performer madcap playful hilarious circus trailer tent mansion circus life inheritance vaudeville small business love triangle financial troubles underdog
Woman inherits a traveling circus which brings financial difficulties.
5.6/10
Romance, Anime, Drama
Japan
2017
90 Minutes
teen boy teen girl runaway friend parent classmate emotional cheeky suspenseful touching japan pool school classroom train coast time travel growing up love friendship
Schoolchildren Norimichi, Yûsuke and Jun'ichi want to know if fireworks look round or flat from the side. They make a plan to find the answer at a fireworks display, while Nazuna schemes to... See full summary »
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