Top 5 Easter Movies

With the holiest of all Christian holidays arriving this weekend, it might be a good time to put the spotlight on some of the higher-quality Easter-themed features. Unlike most Christmas movies which are much greater in number and desired commercial appeal (and always lower in actual rewarding spiritual content), these select films put the emphasis on faith, message, redemption, and hope.

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‘Ben-Hur’ (1959)

The second adaptation (after the 1925 silent film) of the 1880 Lew Wallace novel “Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ”  is easily the highest-profile, most-familiar title on this list. Director William Wyler’s sprawling epic won 11 Academy Awards (a record it now shares with “Titanic” and “The Lord of The Rings: Return of the King”), including Best Picture.