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".
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
Raising Arizona (1987)
7.4/10
Director: Joel Coen
Starring: Holly Hunter, John Goodman, Nicolas Cage, William Forsythe, Randall Tex Cobb
Riotous comedy caper from Joel and Ethan Coen about an infertile couple (ex-con Nicolas Cage and policewoman Holly Hunter) who desperately want childr... Read more
Fatal Attraction (1987)
6.9/10
Director: Adrian Lyne
Starring: Michael Douglas, Glenn Close, Anne Archer
Michael Douglas has the perfect wife in Anne Archer, but when she goes out of town for the weekend he calls up Glenn Close for a no- strings, short-ti... Read more
Innerspace (1987)
6.8/10
Director: Joe Dante
Starring: Kevin McCarthy, Dennis Quaid, Meg Ryan, Martin Short, Fiona Lewis, Vernon Wells,...
A navy test pilot undergoes a miniaturization experiment and is accidentally injected into the body of a man. Oscar winner for Best Visual Effects. St... Read more
The Bugs Bunny / Road Runner Movie (1979)
7.3/10
Director: Chuck Jones
Starring: Bugs Bunny, Roadrunner, Wile E Coyote
This brings together full-length cartoon classics and a string of excerpts from many of Chuck Jones' most original productions with newly added materi... 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
Monty Python and the Holy Grail (Special Edition) (1974)
8.3/10
Director: Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones
Starring: Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones, Eric Idle, Michael Palin, John Cleese, Graham Chapma...
King Arthur meets Monty Python in this irreverent, insanely funny film with Graham Chapman as King Arthur convening his knights to seek the Holy Grail... Read more
Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1974)
8.3/10
Director: Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones
Starring: Terry Jones, Terry Gilliam, Michael Palin, John Cleese, Graham Chapman, Eric Idl...
King Arthur meets Monty Python in this irreverent, insane, funny film with Graham Chapman as King Arthur convening his knights to seek the Holy Grail.... 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
Night of the Lepus (1972)
4/10
Director: William F Claxton
Starring: Rory Calhoun, Janet Leigh, Stuart Whitman, DeForest Kelley
Giant Flesh-Eating Rabbits Ravage American Southwest After Scientist Slips Up! This is the unforgettable sci-fi shocker in which an experiment to cont... Read more