A Modern Hero

A Modern Hero (1934)

April 21st, 19341h 11min

Drama, Romance
70%

Overview

A 1920s circus performer uses every means at his disposal to achieve fame and fortune at the expense of others.


Make sure to check your pop-up blocker!!

Trailer

Similar Movies

Ann Carver's Profession

Ann Carver's Profession


Released on: 1933-05-26
Drama

Newlyweds experience marital problems when the wife's highly successful job as an attorney overshado...

Success at Any Price

Success at Any Price


Released on: 1934-03-16
Drama

A young man ruthlessly climbs the corporate ladder only to attempt suicide when the stock market cra...

Smalltown Boys

Smalltown Boys


Released on: 2022-11-05
Romance, Drama

A young man seems to be dreaming of a reality different from the business he is about to take over a...

Freaks

Freaks


Released on: 1932-01-01
Drama, Horror

A circus' beautiful trapeze artist agrees to marry the leader of side-show performers, but his defor...

All Quiet on the Western Front

All Quiet on the Western Front


Released on: 1930-04-29
Drama, War

When a group of idealistic young men join the German Army during the Great War, they are assigned to...

Wings of Desire

Wings of Desire


Released on: 1987-09-23
Drama, Fantasy, Romance

Two angels, Damiel and Cassiel, glide through the streets of Berlin, observing the bustling populati...

The Tin Drum

The Tin Drum


Released on: 1979-05-02
Drama, History, War

Oskar Matzerath is a very unusual boy. Refusing to leave the womb until promised a tin drum by his m...

Santa Sangre

Santa Sangre


Released on: 1989-11-24
Thriller, Drama, Horror

A former circus artist escapes from a mental hospital to rejoin his mother – the leader of a strange...

Cirque du Soleil: Journey of Man

Cirque du Soleil: Journey of Man


Released on: 2000-05-05
Drama, Family, Music, Fantasy

A child is born. We see underwater swimmers representing this. He is young, in a jungle setting, wit...

Tokyo Story

Tokyo Story


Released on: 1953-11-03
Drama

The elderly Shukishi and his wife, Tomi, take the long journey from their small seaside village to v...

All the Right Moves

All the Right Moves


Released on: 1983-10-21
Romance, Drama

Sensitive study of a headstrong high school football star who dreams of getting out of his small Wes...

The Big Broadcast

The Big Broadcast


Released on: 1932-10-14
Comedy, Music, Romance

The top brass at a radio station believe their popular new star singer is paying more attention to h...

Goodbye Again

Goodbye Again


Released on: 1933-09-09
Comedy, Romance

Flirtatious mix-ups abound when a celebrated novelist tangles with an old flame and her suspicious h...

Anna Christie

Anna Christie


Released on: 1930-12-22
Drama

A young woman reunites with the father she's not seen since early childhood, also falls in love with...

The Public Enemy

The Public Enemy


Released on: 1931-04-23
Crime, Drama

Two young Chicago hoodlums, Tom Powers and Matt Doyle, rise up from their poverty-stricken slum life...

Smart Money

Smart Money


Released on: 1931-06-11
Crime, Drama

Two brothers' trip to the big city to do a little gambling results in a fateful turn of events.

Are These Our Children?

Are These Our Children?


Released on: 1931-11-13
Drama

A tale of juvenile delinquency, about a high-school student neglecting his studies, partying hard, f...

The Gay Diplomat

The Gay Diplomat


Released on: 1931-08-22
Drama, Romance

Captain Orloff is sent to Bucharest to capture a Mata Hari type of spy, but many different women fit...

The Flirting Widow

The Flirting Widow


Released on: 1930-05-11
Romance, Comedy

An older daughter invents a fiancé so that her father will allow her younger sister to marry. Howeve...

Hell's Angels

Hell's Angels


Released on: 1930-11-15
Drama, War, Action

When the Great War breaks out, brothers Roy and Monte Rutledge, each attending Oxford University, en...