List of Easter films

This is a list of films that have something to do with Easter, or have Easter as a significant part of them, or just contain the character of the Easter Bunny. For Easter specials of regular TV shows, see the list of Easter television specials.

Animated

• Baby Looney Tunes' Eggs-traordinary Adventure (2003)
• Bosko's Easter Eggs, a MGM short featuring Bosko (1937)
• Easter Yeggs , a Looney Tunes short starring Bugs Bunny, released June 28, 1947
• The Egg Cracker Suite (1943)
• Funny Little Bunnies , a 1934 Silly Symphony from Disney
• Happy Go Ducky, a MGM short starring Tom and Jerry (1958)
• Here Comes Peter Cottontail , a 1971 stop motion animated TV special produced by Rankin/Bass Productions.
• Hop , a 2011 Easter-themed live-action and animated comedy film directed by Tim Hill
• It's the Easter Beagle, Charlie Brown , a 1974 Easter-themed animated TV special directed by Phil Roman
• Rabbit Academy: Mission Eggpossible , a 2021 Austrian-German 3D animated film directed by Ute von Münchow-Pohl  [ fr ] ^[1]
• Rabbit School – Guardians of the Golden Egg , a 2017 German 3D animated film directed by Ute von Münchow-Pohl  [ fr ] ^[2]
• Rise of the Guardians , a 2012 DreamWorks Animation 3D animated film directed by Peter Ramsey ^{[3] [4]}
• Winnie the Pooh: Springtime with Roo , a 2004 animated film from the Winnie The Pooh franchise

Comedy

• Chocolat , a 2000 French comedy-drama film
• Easter Sunday , a 2022 film directed by Jay Chandrasekhar
• Hank and Mike , a 2008 film directed by Matthiew Klinck
• Happy Easter (Joyeuses Pâques), a 1984 French comedy film
• Mallrats , a 1995 comedy film directed by Kevin Smith
• The Santa Clause 2 , a 2002 film directed by Michael Lembeck
• The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause , a 2006 film directed by Michael Lembeck

Family

• Baby Huey's Great Easter Adventure , a 1998 live-action direct-to-video film directed by Stephen Furst
• North , a 1994 film directed by Rob Reiner
• Santa and the Ice Cream Bunny , 1972 film direcred by Richard Winer and Barry Mahon

Featuring Jesus's Easter morning resurrection

• Barabbas (1953)
• Barabbas (1961)
• Barabbas (2012)
• The Birth, the Life and the Death of Christ (1906)
• The Day Christ Died (1980)
• Golgotha (1935)
• The Gospel According to St. Matthew (1964)
• The Gospel of John (2003)
• The Gospel of John (2014)
• The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965)
• I.N.R.I. (1923)
• Intolerance (1916)
• Jesus (1973)
• Jesus (1979)
• Jesus Christ Superstar (1973)
• Killing Jesus (2015)
• The King of Kings (1927)
• King of Kings (1961)
• Kristo (1996)
• The Last Temptation of Christ (1988)
• The Miracle Maker (2000)
• The Passion of the Christ (2004)
• Peter and Paul (1981)
• The Resurrection of the Christ (TBA)
• Risen (2016)
• The Robe (1953)
• Son of God (2014)
• The Visual Bible: Matthew (1993)

Horror

• Beaster Day: Here Comes Peter Cottonhell (2014)
• Critters 2: The Main Course (1988)
• Easter Bunny, Kill! Kill! , a 2006 film written and directed by Chad Ferrin
• Easter Bloody Easter , a 2024 horror film
• Holidays , a 2016 horror-anthology film

Musical

• Easter Parade , a 1948 film directed by Charles Walters starring Judy Garland and Fred Astaire, with songs by Irving Berlin

See also

• List of Easter television episodes
• List of Christmas films
• List of films based on the Bible

References

1. "Die Häschenschule 2 - Der große Eierklau". Österreichisches Filminstitut (in German). Retrieved 2024-08-08.
2. Klassiker als Kinderfilm: "Die Häschenschule", 13 March 2017. (in German). T-Online. Archived from the original on 13 March 2017. Retrieved 08 August 2024.
3. "'The Rise of the Guardians' an inspiring fantasy mash-up". National Catholic Reporter. 3 December 2012. Retrieved 23 August 2018.
4. "'RISE OF THE GUARDIANS': 'The Obama of animation'? Director Peter Ramsey deflects the comparison — but not the responsibility". Washington Post. Retrieved 23 August 2018.