17 Easter Movies For Kids & Families

A splashy technicolor musical from 1948, Easter Parade is a kind of candy, feel-good films the entire household can watch. Starring Judy Garland and Fred Astaire, there’s a little bit of a love sq., an entire lot of singing and dancing, and chocolate bunnies. You simply can’t go flawed with this one.

You may stream Easter Parade on Prime Video and Apple TV.

The Ten Commandments is a 1956 film spectacular, as soon as hailed as “the best occasion in movement image historical past.” Starring Charlton Heston as Moses, Yul Brynner as Ramses II, and Anne Baxter as Nefretiri, the film was directed by Cecil B. Demille and was an enormous splash. Following the primary 5 books of the Bible, the film tells the story of Moses and the way he got here to obtain the Ten Commandments from God. It’s clearly a deeply non secular alternative, but it surely all the time feels applicable to observe on Easter weekend.

You may stream The Ten Commandments on Prime Video and Apple TV.

Primarily based upon the traditional Beatrix Potter tales, Peter Rabbit is a 2018 movie starring James Corden as Peter, with Rose Byrne, Sam Neill, and Marianne Jean-Baptiste rounding out the forged. It’s Easter-themed (*clearly*), however that is one household movie you can watch all 12 months lengthy.

You may stream Peter Rabbit on Netflix, Prime Video, and Apple TV.

It simply doesn’t get extra healthful than A Walton Easter. This 1997 movie takes viewers — together with John-Boy and his pregnant spouse — again to Walton’s Mountain to assist have a good time John and Olivia’s fortieth marriage ceremony anniversary. In fact, the longer John-Boy stays there, the extra he turns into satisfied he ought to go away NYC and settle his new household again at house. It’s candy, pretty, and intensely corny: the right Easter film.

You may stream A Walton Easter on YouTube.

Hop is a kind of household films that adults truly take pleasure in, too, with jokes straight over the children’ heads and an all-star forged that features James Marsden, Kaley Cuoco, and Hank Azaria. It’s all a few bunny whose life plan was to succeed his father because the Easter Bunny — however he’s acquired huge Hollywood goals as an alternative.

You may stream Hop on Peacock, Prime Video, and Apple TV.

My youngsters love any Charlie Brown film, and it’s clear after the success of It’s the Nice Pumpkin, Charlie Brown! and A Charlie Brown Christmas, producers knew they wanted to hit all the key holidays. It’s the Easter Beagle, Charlie Brown! is a reasonably nice one, and it even has some humorous callbacks between Linus and Sally concerning the Nice Pumpkin.

You may stream It’s the Easter Beagle, Charlie Brown! on Apple TV.

One other child film secretly meant for grown-ups, Rise of the Guardians is a reasonably hilarious story of childhood legends just like the Easter Bunny, the Tooth Fairy, and Jack Frost coming collectively to guard youngsters. That is one other star-studded forged, together with Isla Fisher, Hugh Jackman, Chris Pine, Alec Baldwin, and Jude Regulation.

You may stream Rise of the Guardians on Netflix, Prime Video, and Apple TV.

If The Ten Commandments feels a little bit too huge for an Easter household film night time, attempt giving The Prince of Egypt a attempt. This 1998 animated movie tells the story of Moses, too, and has an unbelievable forged of ‘90s stars, together with Val Kilmer, Michelle Pfeiffer, Ralph Fiennes, Sandra Bullock, Jeff Goldblum, Helen Mirren, Danny Glover, Patrick Stewart, Steve Martin, and Martin Brief. Phew.

You may stream The Prince of Egypt on Peacock, Prime Video, and Apple TV.

In the event you really feel like a vacation simply isn’t the identical with out some claymation, you’re in luck — there’s a 1977 movie titled The Easter Bunny is Comin’ to City that reunites the manufacturing firm Rankin/Bass with Fred Astaire as narrator, similar to in your favourite Christmas claymation movie. Very similar to the origin story of Santa Claus, this one contains an orphaned bunny and a city that wants a little bit further cheer, and it’s pleasant.

You may stream The Easter Bunny is Comin’ to City on Prime Video.

A brief movie from the Ice Age universe, Ice Age: The Nice Egg-scapade is an Easter-themed story of Manny, Sid, Diego, and the remainder of the crew on the very first egg hunt. Foolish and enjoyable, it is a good, straightforward, hold-their-attention type of Easter film.

You may stream Ice Age: The Nice Egg-scapade on Disney+ and Prime Video.

In the event you cry each time you learn Little Nutbrown Hare and Huge Nutbrown Hare’s story in Guess How A lot I Love You, you’ll actually love their Easter adventures in Guess How A lot I Love You: An Enchanting Easter. That is the final word cozy watch and is smooth, candy, and simply lovable.

You may stream Guess How A lot I Love You: An Enchanting Easter on Prime Video and Peacock.

A hilarious comedy from Jo Koy, Easter Sunday is all about Koy coming house to have a good time Easter together with his giant — and barely dysfunctional — Filipino-American household. Hijinks, in fact, ensue, and anyone who’s ever had a household gathering will discover humor within the story. It’s rated PG-13, however I feel is a reasonably good one to indicate your tweens and teenagers.

You may stream Easter Sunday on Prime Video and Apple TV.

A really candy film starring an ideal yellow labrador (sure, we would have liked extra of those), The Canine Who Saved Easter is a completely healthful and intensely corny household film. Starring Mario Lopez as Zeus, the canine, this film is an element of a complete sequence of Zeus saving a bunch of holidays — and your youngsters will love them.

You may stream The Canine Who Saved Easter on Tubi and Prime Video.

You realize Peppa Pig has to have an Easter film, proper? Peppa Pig: The Easter Bunny is precisely what you’d anticipate from the kid-favorite present, with an Easter egg hunt, a seek for the Easter Bunny, and extra springtime adventures.

You may stream Peppa Pig: The Easter Bunny on Prime Video.

For a pleasant ‘90s throwback, you can too present your youngsters Yogi the Easter Bear this vacation. Created in 1994 (and the final Yogi Bear media till 2000), this one options some hijinks with Yogi and his buddies as Jellystone Park hosts an Easter Jamboree. It’s solely about 46 minutes lengthy and is a enjoyable one to observe collectively as a household.

You may stream Yogi the Easter Bear on Prime Video and Apple TV.

What might be higher than Dora the Explorer occurring epic adventures in her Easter Sunday greatest? In Dora’s Easter Journey, Swiper grabs the Hip-Hop Bunny’s basket, and Dora and Boots have to avoid wasting the vacation. It’s foolish and brilliant and enjoyable — a pleasant alternative for an Easter film night time.

You may stream Dora’s Easter Journey on Paramount+ and Prime Video.

Need to take your loved ones to the precise theater to see an Easter film this 12 months? Impressed by Charles Dickens’ The Lifetime of Our Lord youngsters’s e-book, The King of Kings from Angel Studios follows Dickens as he narrates the biography of Jesus Christ to his son, Walter (and his cat, Willa). It’s a spiritual alternative, sure, but it surely’s full sufficient of journey, creativeness, and constructive messaging that it appears like a superb choice even if you happen to’re extra secular. Plus, the forged is stacked, that includes the voices of Oscar Isaac, Kenneth Branagh, Uma Thurman, Mark Hamill, Pierce Brosnan, Roman Griffin Davis, Ben Kingsley, and Forest Whitaker, with a song by Kristin Chenoweth.

You should buy tickets to see The King of Kings in theater on Fandango.