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1. The Greatest Show on Earth (1952)

Passed | 152 min | Drama, Family, Romance

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

Director: Cecil B. DeMille | Stars: James Stewart, Charlton Heston, Betty Hutton, Cornel Wilde

Votes: 16,068 | Gross: $36.00M

2. Larger Than Life (1996)

PG | 93 min | Comedy, Family

A motivational speaker discovers that the inheritance his father left for him is in the form of an elephant.

Director: Howard Franklin | Stars: Bill Murray, Matthew McConaughey, Jerry Adler, Richard Alan Baker

Votes: 7,837 | Gross: $8.29M

3. Maya (1966)

91 min | Adventure, Family

An American boy runs away in the Indian jungle after a fight with his father.

Director: John Berry | Stars: Clint Walker, Jay North, I.S. Johar, Sajid Khan

Votes: 407

4. Sophie & Sheba (II) (2010)

PG | 100 min | Family

A seventeen year old girl growing up in the zoo her family operates, focuses on her love of ballet and animals. Her parents are forced to sell Sheba the elephant to a traveling circus in ... See full summary »

Director: Leif Bristow | Stars: John Rhys-Davies, Erica Durance, Augustus Prew, Deborah Kara Unger

Votes: 324

5. Elephant Boy (1937)

Approved | 80 min | Adventure, Drama, Family

This black and white movie is based on Rudyard Kipling's "Toomai, of the Elephants", in which a small native lad claims he knows the congregating place of the elephant hordes.

Directors: Robert J. Flaherty, Zoltan Korda | Stars: Sabu, W.E. Holloway, Walter Hudd, Allan Jeayes

Votes: 852

6. 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

7. Hoshi ni natta shônen (2005)

113 min | Drama, Family, Romance

A Japanese boy is smitten and finally persuades his mother to give him permission to travel to northern Thailand in order to become an elephant trainer. He would be the first Japanese to ... See full summary »

Director: Shunsaku Kawake | Stars: Yûya Yagira, Takako Tokiwa, Katsumi Takahashi, Yû Aoi

Votes: 250

8. 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: 18

9. Little Orphan Annie: A Cartoon (1934)

1 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

Fun with Little Orphan Annie at the circus.

10. 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

11. Sanford and Son (1972–1978)
Episode: Greatest Show in Watts (1976)

TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy

While babysitting an elephant, Fred holds a circus in the junkyard, allowing the cast to display their talents, especially Aunt Esther as the Bronze Goddess.

Director: Sid McCoy | Stars: Redd Foxx, Demond Wilson, LaWanda Page, Don Bexley

Votes: 110

12. What's My Line? (1950–1967)
Episode: Burl Ives (1955)

Family, Game-Show

Dorothy Kilgallen, Fred Allen, Arlene Francis and Bennett Cerf are on deck this evening and try to ascertain some tricky occupations. The first contestant to sign in was Miss Jane Iden, a ... See full summary »

Director: Franklin Heller | Stars: Dorothy Kilgallen, Fred Allen, Arlene Francis, Bennett Cerf

Votes: 35