Clown Movies

List of the best clown movies selected by our site visitors: It, Terrifier, Variety Lights, Stephen King's It, Joker, 31, Stitches, House of 1000 Corpses, Clown, The Dark Knight.

In the top there are new films of 2020, a plot description and trailers for films that have already been released.

Genre
Country
Markimdb: 7.3
Genrehorror, fantasy, drama, detective
CountryUSA, Canada
Duration02:22
CharactersManiacs, Teens, Monsters, Childrens, Demons
PlotAbduction, Death, Hunting, Missing people, Fear
PlaceSchool, Small cities
TimeSummer
StyleUnexpected ending, Heavy, Tense, Depressive

In a small town in Maine, seven children known as The Losers Club come face to face with life problems, bullies and a monster that takes the shape of a clown called Pennywise.

Markimdb: 5.7
Genrehorror, thriller
CountryUSA
Duration01:46
CharactersManiacs, Clowns, Serial killers, Killers, Sisters
PlotDeath, Dolls, Fear
PlaceUSA
TimeHalloween
StyleHeavy, Tense, Creepy, Disturbing

A maniacal clown named Art terrorizes three young women and everyone else who stands in his way on Halloween night.

Markimdb: 7.1
Genremelodrama, drama, music
CountryItaly
CharactersArtists

In Italy, Checco Dal Monte manages a troupe of traveling performers with plenty of heart but minimal talent. At a small town engagement, he encounters the starry-eyed, gorgeous Lily Antonelli, and hires her as a dancer on the show. Vivacious Lily quickly sells out crowds and earns the resentment of Checco's mistress, Melina Amour, but the fledgling performer has far bigger ambitions and soon sets her sights on a higher-profile role.

Markimdb: 6.8
Genrehorror, thriller, drama, detective
CountryUSA, Canada
Duration03:12
CharactersMonsters, Killers, Clowns, Sheriffs
PlotSurvival, Abduction, Revenge, Investigation, Friendship
PlaceSmall cities
StyleTense, Disturbing

In 1960, seven pre-teen outcasts fight an evil demon who poses as a child-killing clown. Thirty years later, they reunite to stop the demon once and for all when it returns to their hometown.

Markimdb: 8.4
Genrethriller, drama, crime
CountryUSA, Canada
Duration02:25
CharactersManiacs, Clowns, The Joker, Losers, Psychopath
PlotLoneliness, Depression, Mental disorders
PlaceUSA
StylePsychological problems, DC, By comics, Atmospheric, Heavy

During the 1980s, a failed stand-up comedian is driven insane and turns to a life of crime and chaos in Gotham City while becoming an infamous psychopathic crime figure.

Markimdb: 5.1
Genrehorror, thriller
CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
Duration02:20
CharactersManiacs, Serial killers, Hired assassins, Killers, Clowns
PlotSurvival, Fight, Death
TimeHalloween
StyleHeavy

Five carnival workers are kidnapped and held hostage in an abandoned, Hell-like compound where they are forced to participate in a violent game, the goal of which is to survive twelve hours against a gang of sadistic clowns.

Markimdb: 5.7
Genrehorror, comedy
CountryRepublic of Ireland
Duration01:26
CharactersTeens, Clowns, Cats
PlotRevenge, Supernatural
PlaceParty
StyleHeavy, Depressive, Serious, For men, Disturbing

The clumsy and unfunny clown Richard "Stitches" Grindle entertains at the 10th birthday party of little Tom, but the boy and his friends play a prank with Stitches, tying his shoelaces. Stitches slips, falls and dies. Six years later, Tom gives a birthday party for his friends at home, but Stitches revives to haunt the teenagers and revenge his death.

Markimdb: 6.1
Genrehorror
CountryUSA, Germany
Duration01:29
CharactersManiacs, Teens, Serial killers, Killers, Cannibals
PlotSupernatural, Pursuit, Mental disorders
PlaceUSA
TimeHalloween
StyleAtmospheric, Heavy, Black humor, Creepy

Two teenage couples traveling across the backwoods of Texas searching for urban legends of serial killers end up as prisoners of a bizarre and sadistic backwater family of serial killers.

Markimdb: 5.7
Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller, fantasy, drama
CountryUSA, Canada
Duration01:40
CharactersZombie, Dogs, Clowns, Monsters, Demons
PlotRevenge, Supernatural, Curses
StyleAtmospheric, Creepy

A loving father finds a clown suit for his son's birthday party, only to realize the suit is part of an evil curse that turns its wearer into a killer.

Markimdb: 9
Genrefantastic, fantastic, action, action, thriller, drama, drama, adventure, crime
CountryUSA, United Kingdom
Duration02:32
CharactersBatman, Superhero, The Joker, Mafia, Psychopath
PlotRobbery, Bank robbery, Double life, Rivalry
StylePopular, Exciting, By comics, Atmospheric, Heavy

Batman raises the stakes in his war on crime. With the help of Lt. Jim Gordon and District Attorney Harvey Dent, Batman sets out to dismantle the remaining criminal organizations that plague the streets. The partnership proves to be effective, but they soon find themselves prey to a reign of chaos unleashed by a rising criminal mastermind known to the terrified citizens of Gotham as the Joker.

Markimdb: 5.9
Genrehorror
CountryUSA
Duration01:31
CharactersManiacs, Teens, Clowns
PlotDeath, Pursuit, Mental disorders
PlaceTexas
TimeHalloween
StyleAtmospheric, Heavy, Tense, Creepy, Serious

Rebellious teen Amy defies her parents by going to a trashy carnival that has pulled into town. In tow are her boyfriend, Buzz, and their friends Liz and Richie. Thinking it would be fun to spend the night in the campy "Funhouse" horror ride, the teens witness a murder by a deformed worker wearing a mask. Locked in, Amy and her friends must evade the murderous carnival workers and escape before it leaves town the next day.

Markimdb: 3.9
Genrehorror
CountryUSA
Duration01:34
CharactersZombie, Vampire, Clowns
PlotDeath, Supernatural, Seduction, Voodoo, Fear
PlaceUSA, Los Angeles
StyleSerious, Disturbing

The creation of filmmaker Michael Emanuel, SCARY OR DIE tells five interwoven horror stories that take place in and around the “City of Angles”. A flesh-eating clown desperately trying to protect the person he craves the most; a dirty cop and a hit gone wrong with a vengeful Necromancer; a beautiful but mysterious woman and a lonely man looking for love in all the wrong places; a gruesome, blood-splattered uprising of illegal Mexican zombies; and a Cajun conjurer grandfather whose gift of never-ending love goes terribly awry…SCARY OR DIE is a unique experience in horror filmmaking certain to fulfill all your twisted horror film experience needs.

Markimdb: 5.4
Genrehorror, action, comedy
CountryUSA
Duration02:03
CharactersVampire, Monsters, Clowns, Friends
PlotSurvival, Death, Supernatural, Chase, Fear
PlaceUSA, Office
StyleAction, Fascinating, Tense, Depressive, Disturbing

Three inept night watchmen, aided by a young rookie and a fearless tabloid journalist, fight an epic battle to save their lives. A mistaken warehouse delivery unleashes a horde of hungry vampires, and these unlikely heroes must not only save themselves but also stop the scourge that threatens to take over the city of Baltimore.

Markimdb: 6.3
Genrehorror, thriller
CountryUSA
Duration01:36
CharactersTeens, Killers, Spiders, Students, DJs
PlotSurvival, Survival, Death, Mental disorders
PlaceParty, Labyrinths, Closed Space, USA, Rides
TimeHalloween
StyleTense, Creepy, For a group of friends

On Halloween, a group of friends encounter an "extreme" haunted house that promises to feed on their darkest fears. The night turns deadly as they come to the horrifying realization that some nightmares are real.

Markimdb: 4.2
Genrehorror
CountryUnited Kingdom
CharactersMonsters, Demons, Clowns
PlotFriendship, Death, Supernatural, Dolls, Mystery
StyleHeavy, Tense, Creepy, Depressive

When a vintage Jack-in-the-box is un-earthed and opened, it's new owners soon have reason to believe the creepy clown doll within has a life of it's own.

Markimdb: 7.5
Genrefantastic, action, thriller, crime
CountryUSA, United Kingdom
Duration02:06
CharactersBatman, Superhero, The Joker, Heroes
PlotDouble life, Rivalry
StyleExciting, By comics, Atmospheric, Depressive, Serious

The Dark Knight of Gotham City begins his war on crime with his first major enemy being the clownishly homicidal Joker, who has seized control of Gotham's underworld.

Markimdb: 4.6
Genrehorror
CountryUSA
CharactersClowns
PlotFight, Supernatural, Ghosts
PlaceDeserts
StyleAction, Depressive, Disturbing

A group of "Ghost Hunters" coming back from an old ghost town and a bachelorette party returning home from Las Vegas stumble across the "Clown Motel" located in the middle of nowhere. Though no one is there to greet them, the two groups decide to stay for the evening. After a wild night of partying, they awake to find their vehicles sabotaged, leaving them stranded, left to discover if this motel is truly abandoned, or if it is home to souls of the clowns who once lived there.

Markimdb: 5.6
Genrehorror, action, thriller
CountryUSA
CharactersClowns
PlaceTexas

A sadistic group of clowns kidnap an unsuspecting man and his daughters, forcing him to play a deadly game in order to save his family.

Markimdb: 3.8
Genrehorror, thriller
CountryUSA
CharactersClowns, Friends
PlotSurvival
StyleHeavy, Tense, Depressive

Whilst on their way to a concert four friends get sidetracked and stranded in a seemingly abandoned town and whilst looking for help find themselves stalked and terrorised by a gang of violent clown dressed psychopaths who will stop at nothing ensnaring them into their sinister blood thirsty games.

Markimdb: 5.6
Genrehorror, thriller
CountryUSA
CharactersClowns
PlotMental disorders, Chase
PlaceForest
StyleTense, Serious, Disturbing

Pat Baker is a small town sheriff. His son, Kurt, is a deranged young man with a dark secret. Sheriff Baker's worst nightmare comes true when Kurt escapes from a psychiatric hospital where he was locked away for the brutal murder of his mother thirteen years earlier. Gary, a hospital security guard, sets out into the woods to stop him, but soon finds himself relentlessly hunted by the deranged psychopath intent on killing him and anyone who crosses his path. Sheriff Baker launches an intense search to find his son, only to discover that his daughter, Sara, and her friends are camping in the same woods where Kurt has escaped. Kurt's psychosis escalates, as does his vengeful killing spree, culminating in a terrifying, climactic confrontation with Kurt, the sheriff and his family.

Markimdb: 4.5
Genrehorror, comedy
CountryUSA
CharactersTeens, Serial killers, Clowns, Losers
PlotRevenge, Pursuit
StyleFancy, Disturbing

Horror gets Super Sized when Horny The Clown, the demonic mascot of "Hella-Burger," starts slashing Orange County teenagers with his meat cleaver from Hell.

Markimdb: 7.4
Genrefantasy, comedy, musical, adventure, cartoon
CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
Duration01:30
CharactersHeroes
PlotAdventure, Travel, Music
PlaceSubmarines, England
StyleLight, Atmospheric, Fancy, Psychedelic

The Blue Meanies take over Pepperland, draining it of all its color and music, firing anti-music missiles, bonking people with green apples, and turning the inhabitants to stone by way of the pointed finger of a giant blue glove. As the only survivor, the Lord Admiral escapes in the yellow submarine and goes to Liverpool to enlist the help of the Beatles.

Markimdb: 4.9
Genrehorror, action, thriller, comedy, crime, detective
CountryUSA
CharactersSerial killers, Clowns, FBI
PlotRevenge, Pursuit, Chase, Cheating, Fear
StyleAction, Depressive, Serious, Disturbing

While being interrogated by a police psychiatrist, the near-catatonic Tabitha tries to explain why she and two of her childhood friends are being hunted by a serial killer. The truth that's dying to come out weaves together three tragic secrets from their past. Two of the girls' boyfriends become unwitting targets in their deadly game.

Markimdb: 4.7
Genrehorror, thriller, drama, crime, biography
CountryUSA
Duration01:25
CharactersSerial killers, Clowns
PlotOn real events, Obsession, Double life
StyleAction, Heavy, Depressive, Serious, Disturbing

Based on a true story of serial killer a model citizen, loving father and husband and serial killer John Wayne Gacy, a man with over 30 dead men and boys entombed in the crawl space underneath his house which he shared with his family.

Markimdb: 5.1
Genrehorror
CountryUSA
Duration01:23
CharactersAliens, Killers, Clowns
PlotSupernatural
PlaceUSA
TimeHalloween
StyleSerious, Disturbing

While watching two children on Halloween night, a babysitter finds an old VHS tape in the kids' trick or treat bag. The tape features three tales of terror, all linked together by a murderous clown. As the night goes on strange things begin to occur in the house. It isn't long before the babysitter learns the horrifying truth... the maniacal clown is slowly working his way into her reality.

Markimdb: 5.4
Genrehorror, comedy
CountryUSA
Duration01:42
CharactersZombie, Vampire, Maniacs, Teens, Killers
StyleUnexpected ending, Action, Creepy, Disturbing

Fans flock to a festival celebrating the most iconic horror movies, only to discover that the charismatic showman behind the event has a diabolical agenda. As attendees start dying off, three teenagers with more horror-film wits than real-world knowledge must band together and battle through every madman, monstrosity, and terrifying scenario if they have any hope of surviving.

Markimdb: 7.5
Genrefantastic, action, comedy, adventure, cartoon
CountryUSA, South Korea
Duration01:34
CharactersDogs, Robots, Aliens, Heroes, Clowns
PlotAdventure, Obsession, Friendship, Teleportation, Depression
PlaceSpace, Prison
StyleBy comics, Light, Fascinating

ZIM discovers his almighty leaders never had any intention of coming to Earth and he loses confidence in himself for the first time in his life, which is the big break his human nemesis, Dib has been waiting for.

Markimdb: 7.3
Genrecomedy, drama
CountryBrazil
Duration01:28
CharactersClowns
PlotTravel
PlaceCircus
StyleFancy, Touching

The life of the owners of Circus Esperança, Puro Sangue e Pangaré, father and son, who plays two clowns. At a certain point, Pangaré starts showing tiredness and sadness for being an unhappy clown.

Markimdb: 4.6
Genrehorror, detective
CountryDenmark
CharactersSerial killers, Clowns
PlotDeath
TimeDark ones
StyleTense

Nationwide quietness. The streets are empty. Everyone’s glued to their screens at home, watching the final game. In the outskirts of Denmark, close to the German border, a small gas station needs to be open for service, even on this special night. Two young women have the shift. Ambitious Agnes is in the backroom putting finishing touches on her thesis, while free-spirited Belinda is on her phone, hoping to get the attention of her boyfriend. Unfortunately, the shift is not going to be as uneventful as they think, because no customers also means no witnesses, and the girls have been spotted to play a special part in a very different sort of game.

Markimdb: 5.6
Genrecomedy, drama, crime
CountryUSA
Duration01:26
CharactersClowns
PlotFalse accusations
StyleBlack humor

Shakes plods about his duties as party clown, and uses all of his free time getting seriously drunk. Binky, another clown, wins the spot on a local kiddie show, which depresses Shakes even more, and his boss threatens him with unemployment if he can't get his act under control.





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