Jusby's Clown College
by jusbytheclown | created - 04 Feb 2013 | updated - 03 Aug 2013 | PublicThese selections are appropriate for the adult students of clowning.
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1. Chaplin (1992)
PG-13 | 143 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
An elderly Charlie Chaplin discusses his autobiography with his editor, recounting his amazing journey from his poverty-stricken childhood to world-wide success after the ingenious invention of the Little Tramp.
Director: Richard Attenborough | Stars: Robert Downey Jr., Geraldine Chaplin, Paul Rhys, John Thaw
Votes: 62,221 | Gross: $9.49M
2. The Circus (1928)
Passed | 72 min | Comedy, Family, Romance
The Tramp finds work and the girl of his dreams at a circus.
Director: Charles Chaplin | Stars: Charles Chaplin, Merna Kennedy, Al Ernest Garcia, Harry Crocker
Votes: 36,040
3. Shakes the Clown (1991)
R | 87 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Shakes is good at his job as party clown - when he's sober and shows up. Five druggy clowns frame him for the murder of his boss.
Director: Bobcat Goldthwait | Stars: Bobcat Goldthwait, Julie Brown, Bruce Baum, Steve Bean
Votes: 5,647 | Gross: $0.12M
4. Rize (2005)
PG-13 | 86 min | Documentary, Music
Rize chronicles a dance movement that rises out of South Central Los Angeles with roots in clowning and street youth culture.
Director: David LaChapelle | Stars: Tommy the Clown, Larry Berry, Dragon, Jassy Marie
Votes: 3,349 | Gross: $3.28M
5. The Clown (2011)
88 min | Comedy, Drama
Father and son work as clowns Puro Sangue/Valdemar and Pangare/Benjamin in a circus in the Brazilian countryside. Benjamin decides to follow a different path and meets several people on the way.
Director: Selton Mello | Stars: Selton Mello, Paulo José, Larissa Manoela, Giselle Motta
Votes: 5,462
6. Patch Adams (1998)
PG-13 | 115 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
The true story of a heroic man, Hunter "Patch" Adams, determined to become a medical doctor because he enjoys helping people. He ventured where no doctor had ventured before, using humour and pathos.
Director: Tom Shadyac | Stars: Robin Williams, Daniel London, Monica Potter, Philip Seymour Hoffman
Votes: 122,285 | Gross: $135.03M
7. Water for Elephants (2011)
PG-13 | 120 min | Drama, Romance
Jacob takes a job as an animal caretaker in a traveling circus. There he meets Marlena, a beautiful circus performer. Their shared compassion for a special elephant Rosie leads to love, but Marlena's cruel husband stands in their way.
Director: Francis Lawrence | Stars: Robert Pattinson, Reese Witherspoon, Christoph Waltz, Paul Schneider
Votes: 120,395 | Gross: $58.71M
8. The Life and Death of Peter Sellers (2004)
TV-MA | 122 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
The feature adaptation of Roger Lewis' book about the actor best remembered as Inspector Clouseau in the Pink Panther movies.
Director: Stephen Hopkins | Stars: Geoffrey Rush, Charlize Theron, Emily Watson, John Lithgow
Votes: 15,287
9. Laughology (2009)
Not Rated | 65 min | Documentary
An investigation into the science of laughter as a filmmaker searches to rediscover his own laugh.
Director: Albert Nerenberg
Votes: 34
10. The Laughing Club of India (2001 TV Movie)
28 min | Documentary
Portrait of the first laughing club in India, its founding by a doctor who believes that laughter is the best medicine, his outreach to schools, interviews with club members, scenes of ... See full summary »
Director: Mira Nair
Votes: 199
11. 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: 1,727
12. 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: 16,048 | Gross: $36.00M
13. Here Comes the Clown (2005 Video)
32 min | Short, Family
Director: Glen Micheletti | Stars: Phoebe the Duck, David Magidson
14. The Court Jester (1955)
Approved | 101 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
A hapless carnival performer masquerades as the court jester as part of a plot against an evil ruler who has overthrown the rightful King.
Directors: Melvin Frank, Norman Panama | Stars: Danny Kaye, Glynis Johns, Basil Rathbone, Angela Lansbury
Votes: 13,943 | Gross: $0.02M
15. The Big Comfy Couch (1992–2013)
TV-Y | 25 min | Comedy, Family
Loonette the clown and her dolly Molly solve everyday problems while residing in the comfort of a large couch.
Stars: Alyson Court, Fred Stinson, Grindl Kuchirka, Bob Stutt
Votes: 1,836
16. The First of May (1999)
G | 111 min | Drama, Family, Sport
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.
Director: Paul Sirmons | Stars: Julie Harris, Dan Byrd, Mickey Rooney, Charles Nelson Reilly
Votes: 463
17. Saint Misbehavin': The Wavy Gravy Movie (2009)
Not Rated | 87 min | Documentary
Wavy Gravy is known as the MC of the Woodstock festival, a hippie icon, activist, clown, and even a Ben and Jerry's ice cream flavor. In SAINT MISBEHAVIN' we meet a true servant to humanity... See full summary »
Director: Michelle Esrick | Stars: Larry Brilliant, Wavy Gravy, Enzio Marchello
Votes: 151 | Gross: $0.03M
18. The Mask (1994)
PG-13 | 101 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Bank clerk Stanley Ipkiss is transformed into a manic superhero when he wears a mysterious mask.
Director: Chuck Russell | Stars: Jim Carrey, Cameron Diaz, Peter Riegert, Peter Greene
Votes: 420,553 | Gross: $119.94M
19. The Blues Brothers (1980)
R | 133 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Jake Blues rejoins with his brother Elwood after being released from prison, but the duo has just days to reunite their old R&B band and save the Catholic home where the two were raised, outrunning the police as they tear through Chicago.
Director: John Landis | Stars: John Belushi, Dan Aykroyd, Cab Calloway, John Candy
Votes: 214,442 | Gross: $57.23M
20. The Clowns (1970 TV Movie)
G | 92 min | Comedy
A ragout of real memories and mockumentary, as Fellini explores a childhood obsession: circus clowns.
Director: Federico Fellini | Stars: Riccardo Billi, Gigi Reder, Tino Scotti, Valentini
Votes: 2,957
21. Laugh, Clown, Laugh (1928)
Passed | 73 min | Drama
A professional clown and a self-indulgent count learn to help each other with their problems, but then become romantic rivals.
Director: Herbert Brenon | Stars: Lon Chaney, Bernard Siegel, Loretta Young, Cissy Fitzgerald
Votes: 2,146
22. Quick Change (1990)
R | 89 min | Comedy, Crime
Three thieves successfully rob a New York City bank, but making the escape from the city proves to be almost impossible.
Directors: Howard Franklin, Bill Murray | Stars: Bill Murray, Geena Davis, Randy Quaid, Dale Grand
Votes: 22,198 | Gross: $15.26M
23. The Regard of Flight (1983 TV Movie)
73 min | Comedy
A performer/artist with a bag of vaudeville tricks and the help of his trusty piano player must prove to a critic that there is still a way to present New Theatre without relying on devices. Like trampolines.
Director: Gary Halvorson | Stars: Bill Irwin, Michael O'Connor, Doug Skinner
Votes: 93
24. The Nutty Professor (1963)
Not Rated | 107 min | Comedy, Romance, Sci-Fi
A timid chemistry teacher discovers a magical potion that can transform him into a suave and handsome womanizer.
Director: Jerry Lewis | Stars: Jerry Lewis, Stella Stevens, Del Moore, Kathleen Freeman
Votes: 19,417 | Gross: $7.63M
25. The Old Fashioned Way (1934)
Passed | 71 min | Comedy
The Great McGonigle and his troupe of third-rate vaudevillians manage to stay one step ahead of the bill collectors and the sheriff.
Director: William Beaudine | Stars: W.C. Fields, Joe Morrison, Baby LeRoy, Judith Allen
Votes: 1,136
26. Sawdust and Tinsel (1953)
Not Rated | 93 min | Drama
The complicated relationships between a circus ringmaster, his estranged wife and his lover.
Director: Ingmar Bergman | Stars: Åke Grönberg, Harriet Andersson, Hasse Ekman, Anders Ek
Votes: 7,381
27. Hardly Working (1980)
PG | 91 min | Comedy
In Jerry Lewis's first film in a decade, he plays Bo Hooper, an unemployed circus clown who can't seem to hold down a job. The film opens with a brief montage of clips from past Lewis ... See full summary »
Director: Jerry Lewis | Stars: Jerry Lewis, Susan Oliver, Roger C. Carmel, Deanna Lund
Votes: 939
28. Big Money Hustlas (2000 Video)
TV-14 | 97 min | Comedy, Crime
It's New York City, and the crime lord Big Baby Sweets has got NYC around his finger. The NYPD is helpless so the Chief sends out for Sugar Bear, a 70s, Dolemite worshiping, rhyming ... See full summary »
Director: John Cafiero | Stars: Violent J, Shaggy 2 Dope, Jamie Madrox, Monoxide
Votes: 1,653
29. Adam Resurrected (2008)
R | 106 min | Drama, War
In the aftermath of World War II, a former circus entertainer who was spared from the gas chamber becomes the ringleader at an asylum for Holocaust survivors.
Director: Paul Schrader | Stars: Jeff Goldblum, Willem Dafoe, Cristian Motiu, Derek Jacobi
Votes: 4,448
30. 3 Ring Circus (1954)
Approved | 103 min | Comedy
Jerry and Pete are two friends with no money, looking for some job. They finally find one as workers in a circus, but Jerry has different dreams. He wants to become a clown.
Director: Joseph Pevney | Stars: Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, Joanne Dru, Zsa Zsa Gabor
Votes: 884
31. What a Way to Go! (1964)
Approved | 111 min | Comedy, Romance
A four-time widow discusses her four marriages, in which all of her husbands became incredibly rich and died prematurely because of their drive to be rich.
Director: J. Lee Thompson | Stars: Shirley MacLaine, Paul Newman, Robert Mitchum, Dean Martin
Votes: 5,712 | Gross: $13.30M
32. The Pirate (1948)
Approved | 102 min | Adventure, Comedy, Musical
A girl is engaged to the local rich man, but meanwhile she has dreams about the legendary pirate Macoco. A traveling singer falls in love with her and to impress her he poses as the pirate.
Director: Vincente Minnelli | Stars: Judy Garland, Gene Kelly, Walter Slezak, Gladys Cooper
Votes: 5,612 | Gross: $2.96M
33. Her Alibi (1989)
PG | 94 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Phil has writer's block after 30 detective novels. In court for inspiration, he sees a cute Romanian murder suspect. He provides her alibi. She stays with him. Will he live to write another novel?
Director: Bruce Beresford | Stars: Tom Selleck, Paulina Porizkova, William Daniels, James Farentino
Votes: 7,801 | Gross: $18.70M
34. Funny Bones (1995)
R | 128 min | Comedy, Drama
An unsuccessful comedian uncovers a family secret and learns the true price of letting inherent talent shine.
Director: Peter Chelsom | Stars: Jerry Lewis, Oliver Platt, Lee Evans, Leslie Caron
Votes: 3,889 | Gross: $0.53M
35. Cowboy Up (2001)
PG-13 | 105 min | Drama, Romance, Western
Two brothers, One is a bull rider, the other a rodeo bullfighter/stock contractor, clash over the love of barrel racer Celia Jones, while each comes into their own in their respective field in the rodeo world.
Director: Xavier Koller | Stars: Kiefer Sutherland, Marcus Thomas, Daryl Hannah, Pete Postlethwaite
Votes: 957
36. Short Cuts (1993)
R | 188 min | Comedy, Drama
The day-to-day lives of several suburban Los Angeles residents.
Director: Robert Altman | Stars: Andie MacDowell, Julianne Moore, Tim Robbins, Bruce Davison
Votes: 47,382 | Gross: $6.11M
37.
Reaper (2007–2009)
Episode:
My Brother's Reaper
(2009)
TV-14 | 41 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
In an unusual move, the Devil tasks Sam into getting a spoiled and obnoxious rich guy named Gary to sign a contract selling his soul to Satan. Unfortunately, Gary is much too clever for the... See full summary »
Director: Ron Underwood | Stars: Bret Harrison, Tyler Labine, Rick Gonzalez, Missy Peregrym
Votes: 145
38. To Be or Not to Be (1983)
PG | 107 min | Comedy, Drama, War
At the onset of WW2, a Polish actor's family and the Polish Resistance help the troupe of a theatre escape Poland and the invading Nazis.
Director: Alan Johnson | Stars: Mel Brooks, Anne Bancroft, Ronny Graham, Estelle Reiner
Votes: 12,033 | Gross: $13.03M
39. Invitation to the Dance (1956)
93 min | Animation, Fantasy, Musical
Three different stories are told through a notably unusual way - no words, just dance.
Directors: Gene Kelly, Joseph Barbera, William Hanna | Stars: Gene Kelly, Igor Youskevitch, Claire Sombert, Tamara Toumanova
Votes: 1,013 | Gross: $0.60M
40. Young Playthings (1972)
R | 105 min | Drama
Gunilla and her friend Nora move in together. They are planning a threesome with Nora's boyfriend. Downstairs lives Britt. She is renovating antique toys.
Director: Joseph W. Sarno | Stars: Christina Lindberg, Eva Portnoff, Margareta Hellström, Thomas Nervell
Votes: 150
41.
Charlie's Angels (1976–1981)
Episode:
Angels on Ice
(1977)
Not Rated | 100 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
Performers for an ice show mysteriously disappear before the big opening. Kelly learns it's part of an assassination plot on the show's opening night, but she's captured before she can alert anyone.
Director: Bob Kelljan | Stars: Kate Jackson, Jaclyn Smith, Cheryl Ladd, David Doyle
Votes: 228
42. The Devil's Carnival (2012)
Not Rated | 56 min | Horror, Musical
Lost souls enter The Devil's Carnival, where they're each faced with the sins they committed during life.
Director: Darren Lynn Bousman | Stars: Sean Patrick Flanery, Briana Evigan, Jessica Lowndes, Terrance Zdunich
Votes: 4,638
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