Easter Movies, a list by fuzi0n

75

/9145/

72

/1729/

3.8

/1676886/

92

/326/

93

/257/

80

/59/

3.5

age 13+

When young priest Jud Duplenticy is sent to assist charismatic firebrand Monsignor Jefferson Wicks, it’s clear that all is not well in the pews. After a sudden and seemingly impossible murder rocks the town, the lack of an obvious suspect prompts local police chief Geraldine Scott to join forces with renowned detective Benoit Blanc to unravel a mystery that defies all logic.

74

7.6

/819557/

75

/24862/

74

/11864/

3.8

/3343798/

68

/249/

85

/19488/

64

/35/

3.0

age 18+

A wealthy New York investment banking executive hides his alternate psychopathic ego from his co-workers and friends as he escalates deeper into his illogical, gratuitous fantasies.

70

7.4

/534431/

75

/42482/

75

/16487/

3.3

/1127062/

71

/442/

77

/5654/

64

/56/

2.5

age 12+

When the creator of a popular video game system dies, a virtual contest is created to compete for his fortune.

85

8.1

/598527/

79

/23913/

80

/10622/

4.1

/776149/

90

/408/

87

/2607/

88

/50/

4.0

age 17+

After seven months have passed without a culprit in her daughter's murder case, Mildred Hayes makes a bold move, painting three signs leading into her town with a controversial message directed at Bill Willoughby, the town's revered chief of police. When his second-in-command Officer Jason Dixon, an immature mother's boy with a penchant for violence, gets involved, the battle between Mildred and Ebbing's law enforcement is only exacerbated.

80

7.9

/586538/

80

/16652/

78

/10955/

4.0

/2646455/

85

/171/

89

/5419/

67

/36/

3.5

age 15+

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1991. High school freshman Charlie is a wallflower, always watching life from the sidelines, until two senior students, Sam and her stepbrother Patrick, become his mentors, helping him discover the joys of friendship, music and love.

73

7.3

/68000/

74

/1742/

71

/700/

3.8

/90044/

73

/82/

89

/6803/

56

/13/

3.0

age 10+

A young beautician, newly arrived in a small Louisiana town, finds work at the local salon, where a small group of women share a close bond of friendship and welcome her into the fold.

69

7.3

/71993/

72

/1822/

69

/1101/

3.7

/57343/

73

/95/

80

/1831/

56

/10/

2.5

age 16+

A surreal adaptation of Sir Thomas Malory's "Le Morte d'Arthur" chronicling Arthur Pendragon's conception, his rise to the throne, the search by his Knights of the Round Table for the Holy Grail, and ultimately, his death.

82

8.0

/180241/

77

/3929/

76

/2315/

4.1

/131992/

85

/73/

88

/3450/

72

/29/

4.0

age 16+

Follows the investigation into the assassination of President John F. Kennedy led by New Orleans district attorney Jim Garrison.

84

7.9

/407939/

80

/21121/

78

/10113/

4.0

/1684952/

95

/107/

91

/420/

82

/31/

3.5

age 7+

Tired of scaring humans every October 31 with the same old bag of tricks, Jack Skellington, the spindly king of Halloween Town, kidnaps Santa Claus and plans to deliver shrunken heads and other ghoulish gifts to children on Christmas morning. But as Christmas approaches, Jack's rag-doll girlfriend, Sally, tries to foil his misguided plans.

85

7.9

/289621/

76

/4938/

77

/4126/

4.0

/337688/

97

/129/

92

/6502/

92

/20/

3.5

age 14+

New York comedian Alvy Singer falls in love with the ditsy Annie Hall.

73

7.1

/54335/

70

/1626/

71

/1033/

3.8

/94496/

81

/119/

74

/1507/

73

/21/

3.0

A respected priest volunteers for an experimental procedure that may lead to a cure for a deadly virus. He gets infected and dies, but a blood transfusion of unknown origin brings him back to life. Now, he’s torn between faith and bloodlust, and has a newfound desire for the wife of a childhood friend.

72

7.2

/207226/

76

/11520/

73

/7014/

3.6

/436944/

74

/161/

80

/124718/

58

/37/

3.0

age 7+

When an evil spirit known as Pitch lays down the gauntlet to take over the world, the immortal Guardians must join forces for the first time to protect the hopes, beliefs and imagination of children all over the world.

81

7.7

/103090/

78

/2898/

77

/1909/

3.9

/130816/

73

/126/

94

/7799/

78

/7/

4.0

age 14+

An epic tale spanning forty years in the life of Celie, an African-American woman living in the South who survives incredible abuse and bigotry. After Celie's abusive father marries her off to the equally debasing 'Mister' Albert Johnson, things go from bad to worse, leaving Celie to find companionship anywhere she can. She perseveres, holding on to her dream of one day being reunited with her sister in Africa.

57

6.7

/60240/

67

/2311/

66

/988/

2.7

/79534/

24

/260/

81

/953/

38

/44/

2.5

age 16+

An urgent phone call pulls a Yale Law student back to his Ohio hometown, where he reflects on three generations of family history and his own future.

50

6.2

/87206/

65

/4582/

69

/2314/

2.6

/275646/

45

/60/

54

/226/

44

/15/

0.5

age 16+

Fed up with being single on holidays, two strangers agree to be each other's platonic plus-ones all year long, only to catch real feelings along the way.

57

5.8

/69429/

67

/4263/

60

/1397/

2.8

/125593/

56

/120/

43

/3095/

48

/26/

3.0

age 7+

Better watch out! The big guy in red is coming to town once again. This time, Scott Calvin -- also known as Santa Claus -- finds out there's an obscure clause in his contract requiring him to take on a wife. He has to leave the North Pole to fulfill his obligations, or else he'll be forced to give up his Yuletide gig.

54

6.2

/221166/

67

/11850/

64

/6385/

2.7

/111973/

26

/133/

58

/2498/

40

/30/

2.5

age 14+

Vlad Tepes is a great hero, but when he learns the Sultan is preparing for battle and needs to form an army of 1,000 boys, he vows to find a way to protect his family. Vlad turns to dark forces in order to get the power to destroy his enemies and agrees to go from hero to monster as he's turned into the mythological vampire, Dracula.

70

7.2

/209203/

72

/4254/

69

/3432/

3.4

/104300/

63

/119/

83

/12986/

64

/31/

3.0

age 14+

In the winter of 1959, a single mother and her young daughter arrive in a rural French town, where they open an unusual chocolate shop that disrupts the moral fiber of the strictly Catholic townsfolk and mayor.

60

5.3

/27465/

57

/3220/

61

/902/

2.3

/47264/

60

/125/

50

/136/

53

/29/

4.0

age 16+

A tormented father witnesses his young son die when caught in a gang's crossfire on Christmas Eve. While recovering from a wound that costs him his voice, he makes vengeance his life's mission and embarks on a punishing training regimen in order to avenge his son's death.

80

7.5

/67217/

72

/1433/

72

/1152/

3.9

/117793/

82

/106/

84

/1766/

80

/18/

4.0

age 16+

Jesus, a humble Judean carpenter beginning to see that he is the son of God, is drawn into revolutionary action against the Roman occupiers by Judas -- despite his protestations that love, not violence, is the path to salvation. The burden of being the savior of mankind torments Jesus throughout his life, leading him to doubt.

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In Santa Ana Chiautempan, Tlaxcala, a young man prays as a rezandero

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Stalked by the Easter Bunny after finding a bunch of chocolate eggs, a Young Man wakes up in the Bunny's domain and finds himself in what he soon discovers to be hell.

38

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3.8

/151/

40

/2/

A group of friends are stalked in a storage facility the night before Easter by an axe wielding lunatic in an Easter Bunny costume.

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Oh Happy Day! follows Chris, a timid little guy smitten by a sweet soul named Jazmyn. Though he lacks the confidence to tell her how he feels, he tries in his own way to get her attention. But after many failed attempts, he decides to risk it all during his Easter speech.

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10

/1/

A documentary in two parts on magic in the Philippines, shot in the witchcraft island of Siquijor. First part: Easter: Easter season's sorcerers' magic potions, curses and healing. Second part: Children of the serpent: The magical power given by the snake to the peasants shamans.

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7.9

/11/

10

/2/

A merry Easter morning in the Northern-European countryside is thoroughly spoiled, when one of carrot farmer and hunter Be's conscientiously sharpened carrot strikes the heart of an Easter bunny hopping around carelessly. His disabled and hypersensitive son Timmie becomes very upset, but finds comfort in the arms of his sherry-addicted mother, Eva. However, when their poison-spraying agro-scientist neighbor Draco trips over an empty beer bottle, the exceptionally painful consequences for all those concerned become incalculable.

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6.0

/29/

20

/1/

A short film by Albert Watson from 1997 starring Henry Rollins as himself, doing his spoken word bit "I Know You" from the album The Boxed Life.

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7.3

/15/

10

/1/

The passion of Christ, based on J. S. Bach's "Johannes-Passion". Its mix of music, speech, dancing and singing re-creates the style of antique Greek tragedies.

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6.1

/13/

30

/1/

Easter week-end. Agnes remembers the last moments spent with her father in his cottage by the sea. Though never close, intuitively they try to make up for lost time.

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Following Inside Hotel Chocolat series on Channel 5, this Channel 4 special takes you behind the scenes at Britain's largest independent chocolate maker at one of their busiest times of the year, as they dream up a new luxury Easter egg, retro flavours and enticing sweet treats.

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100

/1/

Two film enthusiasts who work for a boutique distribution company called Flicker & Fade meet Vince Miller, the elusive writer/director of 1979's The Easter Sunday Massacre, who, along with his film, hasn't been seen in over 40 years.

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40

/2/

Two brothers must go on the ultimate road trip to find the last open liquor store in the country.

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10

/1/

Perry Como's musical Easter special featured special guests Charo, Ann Jillian and Pedrito Fernández.

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5.2

/8/

N/A

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9.5

/8/

A 9 year old boy uses two alien superphones to be a superhero.

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7.9

/53/

A fighting married couple is hosting Easter Sunday dinner for two other couples. For various reasons, the invited couples have to back out of coming to the dinner, but they send 'replacement couples' to the dinner instead.

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4.0

/13/

46

/5/

Easter Nightmare is based on the Fourth game in the "Nightmare" series "The Rabbit House"

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7.8

/40/

"I smell gasoline," the suspicious husband, Matthew, announces in the opening scene of "Easter," Will Scheffer's dark and poignant heartland drama at Naked Angels. Wilma, his wife, has just returned from town, in a wedding dress, no less, and Matthew is worried that she is up to her old tricks. She has already burned down a dozen churches in Oklahoma and Kansas, and all the warning signs point to another holy torching.

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A behind-the-scenes look at the confectioner that has been crafting Easter eggs since 1875, producing approximately 500 million each year. The program covers the origins of the Easter egg and how George and Richard Cadbury were pivotal in making them a Victorian-era sensation, up to the collaboration with Domino's Pizza to create Creme Egg cookies, a concoction that has stirred up the chocolate and pizza world.

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N/A

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20

/2/

First ever color 2D computer animation. Movements made in real time. First attempt to create traditional style animation by computer.

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N/A

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8.0

/12/

90

/1/

While the origin behind Easter is known to all, the origins of the traditions that accompany it are less familiar. When did Christians start celebrating Easter? When did the bunnies come into play? And why do bunnies hide eggs

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4.8

/10/

10

/1/

20

/1/

Philipp and Anna, the two Easter bunny children, are visiting their aunt Gertrud to learn how to paint eggs. However, you have nothing but pranks on your head and throw your poor aunt from one excitement to the next. Soon she will run out of nerves and drop every second egg. If it weren't for Alfred, the funny Easter bunny grandpa, who always brings Anna and Philipp to their senses. But then something really terrible happens - Philipp has disappeared. This time it's not a prank and Anna is scared because there was this mysterious stranger whom the children saw on their forays. Has it anything to do with the sudden disappearance? When Anna doesn't know what to do next, she asks Grandpa Alfred for help. And he has an idea ...

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A bad bunny is attacking kids one after the other during the holiday, or is one of the kids behind the killing?

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3.8

/24/