What is the best Easter movie?

It’s very difficult to choose the best Easter movie of all time. Not all of them are in theaters, Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Max or the rest of the known platforms, and that is why you can always escape.

There are many variables. First of all there is the subjectivity of those who make the selection; Secondly, the blurred boundary between a film ostensibly about “Holy Week” and others about “religion”.

What do you call an “Easter” movie? They may be those that tell fragments of the life of Jesus according to the Bible, others whose plots take place no more or less than during Holy Week, others that deal with religious themes without being biblical films temporally or spatially.

In this case, the choice of the “best Easter film” addressed in this article is more or less an excuse to advertise little-known titles related to Lent.

Spoiler alert: The Passion of Christ, Mary Magdalene, The Resurrection of Christ and the King of Kings do not appear..

What is the best Easter movie?

The opinions of the public and critics were taken into account. The sites reviewed: Metacritic AND Rotten tomatoes (collection of journalistic criticism), Mailbox (social network of cinema enthusiasts) e Cinematic affinity AND IMDb (audience rating).

Rotten Tomatoes analyzed films with religious themes with more than ten critical reviews. The three with the best votes are The miracle of all saints (2017), Ten Commandments (1956) e The prince of Egypt (1998).

A list of titles about the life of Jesus has been rated by Metacritic. So the three best are: The last days in the desert (2015), The Gospel of John (2003) e Saved! (2004).

With Letterbox the analysis was more arbitrary: two Easter movie lists created by random users were searched for.

According to that of Guillermo Ruizthey are the three most voted by the users who are in their selection The Gospel according to Saint Matthew (1964), Brian’s life (1979) e Ben Hur (1959). In the of Jepoycat The first three appear which are a little rarer: Winter light (1963), Babette’s Feast (1987) e The promise (nineteen ninety six).

Lists – or tags – of biblical films voted by thousands of users were analyzed in Filmaffinity and IMDb. The first site is led by The Gospel according to Saint Matthew, Ten Commandments AND The last temptation of Christ (1988). That of the second, however Jesus of Nazareth (1977), Ben Hur AND Ten Commandments.

Taking into account this short selection of the “main” biblical films, the only ones that are repeated on more than one specialized site are Ten Commandments, Ben Hur AND The Gospel according to Saint Matthew.

In conclusion – and with particular reference to the Gospel according to Saint Matthew – it can be stated that, according to our criteria, Ten Commandments he is the big winner.

“The Ten Commandments”, the winner

The Ten Commandments is a remake of a film by the same director, Cecil B. DeMille, released in 1956.

It is a titanic production which at the time was the most expensive in history and which today is one of the ones that raised the most money in the history of cinema (it has exceeded a billion dollars in tickets sold).

Charlton Heston, Yul Brenner, Anne Baxter, Edward G. Robinson and many other figures highlight the sophistication of a cast unrivaled for the time.

The story, set in ancient Egypt, revolves around Moses, who gives up his life of luxury to lead his people, the Jews, to freedom.

Specialized critics had no dissent when it came to expressing their opinion on the Ten Commandments. Most have highlighted it for its opulence and for the idea of ​​spectacle it proclaims.

“This is an impressive cinematic achievement in many ways. It is not only beautiful and powerful, it is also a new human experience,” the critic said. Giacomo Poterifrom The Hollywood Reporter, about the film.

“The early biblical scenes are compelling in their editing, their scope, their color and their direction. Cecil B. DeMille offers something thrilling,” Variety read.

“It’s better than most religious films. Somehow, despite its obvious grotesqueness, it’s a great film,” he said. Tom Tunneyfrom the Empire.

Trending on Google

Easter was trending on Google in the days leading up to its arrival.

This is reflected in the graph offered by Google Trends on Monday 18 March. The “Holy Week” trend was accompanied by the keywords “Fish” and “Sea product”.