Rabbit Season
Or "Rabbits in Film".
From the innocent and fluffy (Thumper) to the enigmatic and menacing (Frank from "Donnie Darko"); from smart and sassy (Bugs) to weird and wonderful (Rabbit ears boy in "Gummo"!) - the humble bunny has been in our movie psyche since the first one popped out of the first movie magician's hat.
The humble bunny has reflected man's inhumanity to man ("Watership Down"), symbolised his innocence, pure and tainted ("Harvey", "Sexy Beast"), and just given us a few good laughs along the way ("Who Framed Roger Rabbit", "Raising Arizona").
Lest we forget their valuable and long-eared contribution to movie magic.
Pictured: One freaky rabbit in "Donnie Darko".
The Films of Alejandro Jodorowsky: Fando Y Lis / El Topo / The Holy Mountain / La Constellation Jodorowsky (1968)
Director: Alejandro Jodorowsky
Starring: Alejandro Jodorowsky, Brontis Jodorowsky
One of cinema's most controversial and influential filmmakers, this collection features three of his early films including 'Fando Y Lis' (1968) - His... Read more
The Last Mimzy (2007)
6.3/10
Director: Robert Shaye
Starring: Chris O'Neill, Rhiannon Leigh Wryn, Joely Richardson, Timothy Hutton, Rainn Wils...
A young brother and sister discover a mysterious box of artifacts while holidaying with their family and soon realise the contents are quite out of th... Read more
The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)
8/10
Director: Henry Selick
Starring: Danny Elfman, Paul Reubens, Chris Sarandon, Catherine O'Hara
A wonderfully bizarre and visually stunning Yuletide treat from Tim Burton, who uses stop-motion animation to tell the story of Jack Skellington, the... Read more
The Rules of the Game (La Regle du Jeu) (1939)
8.1/10
Director: Jean Renoir
Starring: Marcel Dalio, Nora Gregor, Jean Renoir, Mila Parely
AKA 'La Regle du Jeu'. One of the greatest films of all time, a satirical anatomy of polite bourgeois society, with a mixture of farce and black comed... Read more
Thunderbolt and Lightfoot (1974)
7.1/10
Director: Michael Cimino
Starring: Clint Eastwood, Jeff Bridges, George Kennedy
Vietnam vet and ex-thief Clint Eastwood teams up with shifty former partners George Kennedy, Geoffrey Lewis and drifter Jeff Bridges to pull off an el... Read more
Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005)
7.1/10
Director: Nick Park, Steve Box
Starring: Peter Sallis, Ralph Fiennes, Helena Bonham Carter, Peter Kay, Liz Smith
Wallace and Gromit return for their first feature length film, a rip-roaring comedy that sees the wacky inventor come up with a new way to get rid of... Read more
Watership Down (1978)
7.7/10
Director: Martin Rosen
Starring: Voices Of, John Hurt, Richard Briers, Ralph Richardson, Simon Cadell, Terence Ri...
Director Martin Rosen's acclaimed animated version of the Richard Adam's novel about a family of rabbits seeking a safe place to live as developers mo... Read more
Watership Down: Volume 2 - Strawberry Fayre (1999)
7.7/10
Starring: (Voices of) , Rik Mayall, Jane Horrocks, John Hurt, Stephen Fry, Phill Jupitus
Volume 2 of the animated TV series based on the characters from Richard Adams' novel "Watership Down". A sweet and remarkable tale of friendship, surv... Read more
Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)
7.7/10
Director: Robert Zemeckis
Starring: Bob Hoskins, Christopher Lloyd, Charles Fleischer, Joanna Cassidy
Groundbreaking blend of live-action and animation in which jaded, 1940's detective Bob Hoskins goes searching for a murderer with prime suspect, and c... Read more