Topic: Clowns

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Joker

2019 · Movie · 121 min. · United States

Direction Todd Phillips

Cast Joaquin Phoenix · Robert De Niro · Zazie Beetz · Frances Conroy

Synopsis In Joker (2019), Arthur Fleck, a struggling clown and aspiring comedian, navigates a decaying Gotham City plagued by societal neglect and economic disparity. Battling mental illness and isolation, Arthur's life spirals into chaos as he faces constant ridicule and mistreatment....

Max

8.0

62K votes

8.0

62K votes

He Who Gets Slapped

1924 · Movie · 83 min. · United States

Direction Victor Sjöström

Cast Lon Chaney · Norma Shearer · John Gilbert · Tully Marshall

Synopsis Story of an inventor who, suffering betrayal in life, makes a career of it by becoming a clown whose act consists of getting slapped by all the other clowns. He falls in love with another circus performer, and those who...

7.5

590 votes

7.5

590 votes

Laugh, Clown, Laugh

1928 · Movie · 72 min. · United States

Direction Herbert Brenon

Cast Lon Chaney · Bernard Siegel · Loretta Young · Cissy Fitzgerald

Synopsis A professional clown and a self-indulgent count learn to help each other with their problems, but then become romantic rivals.

7.2

127 votes

7.2

127 votes

In the Presence of a Clown (TV)

1997 · Movie · 119 min. · Sweden

Direction Ingmar Bergman

Cast Börje Ahlstedt · Marie Richardson · Erland Josephson · Peter Stormare

Synopsis Inventor Carl Åkerblom is 54, as rosy-cheeked as a child, an admirer of Franz Schubert--and a patient in the psychiatric ward of Akademiska Hospital in Uppsala. He has attempted to beat his fiancée to death. With the collaboration of fellow...

7.1

499 votes

7.1

499 votes

The Clowns (TV)

1970 · Documentary · 92 min. · Italy

Direction Federico Fellini

Cast Anita Ekberg · Fanfulla · Riccardo Billi · Tino Scotti

Synopsis I clowns (also known as The Clowns) is a 1970 television film by Federico Fellini about the human fascination with clowns and circuses. It was made for TV, the Italian station RAI with an agreement that it would be released...

6.9

560 votes

6.9

560 votes

The Clown

1926 · Movie · 128 min. · Denmark

6.9

28 votes

6.9

28 votes

Bingo: The King of the Mornings

2017 · Movie · 113 min. · Brazil

Direction Daniel Rezende

Cast Vladimir Brichta · Emanuelle Araújo · Raul Barreto · Pedro Bial

Synopsis Augusto is an artist looking for his place under the spotlight, following the footsteps of his mother, a stage artist in the 50's. Restless in his search for applause, he finds a chance to conquer the crowds when he becomes...

6.5

42 votes

6.5

42 votes

El pallasso i el Führer (TV)

2007 · Movie · 93 min. · Spain

Direction Eduard Cortés

Cast Ferran Rañé · Manel Barceló · Jordi Martínez · Pere Arquillué

Synopsis The German occupation of Denmark found Charlie Rivel and his family performing in Copenhagen. The Hitler regime forced him to return to Berlin to honour the contracts he had signed with theatres in the city for the following three years....

6.5

286 votes

6.5

286 votes

It

2017 · Movie · 135 min. · United States

Direction Andy Muschietti

Cast Bill Skarsgård · Jaeden Martell · Sophia Lillis · Finn Wolfhard

Synopsis In It (2017), a group of outcast kids in the small town of Derry, Maine, band together to confront their deepest fears. After a series of mysterious disappearances, including the tragic loss of one of their own, they discover that...

6.4

33K votes

6.4

33K votes

Direction Ryan Murphy · Brad Falchuk · Alfonso Gomez-Rejon · Michael Uppendahl

Cast Jessica Lange · Sarah Paulson · Evan Peters · Michael Chiklis

Synopsis American Horror Story: Freak Show (TV Miniseries) (2014) follows the last surviving freak show in 1952 Jupiter, Florida, as its members struggle to survive in a world that shuns them. When a mysterious and talented new arrival joins their ranks,...

6.3

7K votes

6.3

7K votes

A Day in the Life of a Clown (S)

1946 · Movie · 18 min. · France

Direction Jean-Pierre Melville

Cast Beby · Maïss

6.2

116 votes

6.2

116 votes

Terrifier (S)

2011 · Movie · 20 min. · United States

Direction Damien Leone

Cast Marie Maser · Mike Giannelli · Jennifer Castellano · Michael Chmiel

Synopsis After witnessing a brutal murder on Halloween night, a young woman becomes the next target of a maniacal entity.

6.0

31 votes

6.0

31 votes

Joker: Me and My Shadow

2024 · Movie · 3 min. · France

Direction Sylvain Chomet

Synopsis Animated short film directed by Sylvain Chomet ("Welcome to Belleville", "The Simpsons") as the opening of "Joker: Folie à Deux". In a comic tone and Looney Tunes style, it was created in 10 months between a team of about 15...

5.9

1K votes

5.9

1K votes

Terrifier 3

2024 · Movie · 125 min. · United States

Direction Damien Leone

Cast David Howard Thornton · Lauren LaVera · Chris Jericho · Margaret Anne Florence

Synopsis Art the Clown is set to unleash chaos on the unsuspecting residents of Miles County as they peacefully drift off to sleep on Christmas Eve.

5.9

4K votes

5.9

4K votes

It (TV)

1990 · Movie · 192 min. · United States

Direction Tommy Lee Wallace

Cast Richard Thomas · John Ritter · Annette O'Toole · Harry Anderson

Synopsis Derry, Maine is a quiet town, terrorized every 30 years by a horror known only as "It". The only victims of "It" are children. Through the form of a clown named Pennywise, "It" wakes up every 30 years and feeds....

Max

5.8

18K votes

5.8

18K votes

The Clown

2011 · Movie · 88 min. · Brazil

Direction Selton Mello

Cast Selton Mello · Paulo José · Tonico Pereira · Giselle Motta

Synopsis Father and son work as clownsBenjamim (Selton Mello) and Valdemar (Paulo José) in a circus in the Brazilian countryside. Benjamin decides to follow a different path and meets several people on the way.

5.8

306 votes

5.8

306 votes

Terrifier 2

2022 · Movie · 138 min. · United States

Direction Damien Leone

Cast David Howard Thornton · Lauren LaVera · Elliott Fullam · Sarah Voigt

Synopsis After being resurrected by a sinister entity, Art the Clown returns to Miles County where he must hunt down and destroy a teenage girl and her younger brother on Halloween night.

5.7

3K votes

5.7

3K votes

It: Chapter Two

2019 · Movie · 169 min. · United States

Direction Andy Muschietti

Cast Jessica Chastain · James McAvoy · Isaiah Mustafa · James Ransone

Synopsis Twenty-seven years after their first encounter with the terrifying Pennywise, the Losers Club have grown up and moved away, until a devastating phone call brings them back.

Max

5.7

15K votes

5.7

15K votes