Freaks

Freaks

Can a full grown woman truly love a midget?

Directed by Tod Browning

Produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

193264 min7.8 / 10

A provocative pre-Code melodrama that uses carnival grotesquerie and revenge tragedy to interrogate beauty, disability, and moral monstrosity.

A circus' beautiful trapeze artist agrees to marry the leader of side-show performers, but his deformed friends discover she is only marrying him for his inheritance.

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Questions people ask

  • Is Freaks easy watching? No. Less comforting than 92% of films.

  • Does Freaks end with hope? No. Less hopeful than 91% of films.

  • Is Freaks scary? Yes. More frightening than 82% of films.

  • Is Freaks sad? Yes. More sad than 82% of films.

  • Is Freaks violent? Yes. More violent than 80% of films.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

92/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

There is almost nothing else like this.

Rarity85

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise96

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love95

How much audiences actually like it

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Ensemble

Everything like Freaks, and what each one shares →

Like Freaks

Nearest across the full emotional profile.

Same Mood as Freaks

Nearest on what's most distinctive about this one.

Like Freaks, But Darker

Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.

Like Freaks, But Lighter

Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.

Like Freaks, But Less Popular

Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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