24 of the Best Halloween Costumes Worn by Movie Characters

Not only are the Halloween costumes of Jarrod (Jemaine Clement) and Lily (Loren Horsley) given away right in the title of this movie, they're also easily identifiable. He's an eagle and she's a shark. Obvious, straightforward, strong.

Having spent much of her high school career in Africa, Cady (Lindsay Lohan) isn't aware that girls sexify — not scarify — their Halloween costumes in the US. "Why are you dressed so scary?" Karen (Amanda Seyfried) asks Cady, who's costumed as an ex wife. "It's Halloween!" she replies, to their incredulity.

The Cinderella-like Sam (Hilary Duff) dresses up in a mask and white dress for the school's Halloween dance, at which she meets her online pen pal, the dreamy Austin (Chad Michael Murray) — who dresses like Prince Charming, of course.

While staying in the mansion of friendly ghost Casper with her father, Kat (Christina Ricci) throws a Halloween party and dresses up in Victorian garb.

Molly's (Jessica Alba) sexy angel costume is the appropriate counterpoint to her boyfriend, Anton, whose hand is possessed by evil incarnate.

Outcast Lindy (Vanessa Hudgens) dresses up as a hippie for her school's Halloween party. Meanwhile her bald, disfigured love interest, Kyle, fits right in as well, since everyone assumes his visage is a costume.

Haunted by visions of a man in a rabbit costume, Donnie's (Jake Gyllenhaal) strange plight comes to an end on Halloween night, where he goes for a low-key costume of a skeleton onesie and gray hoodie.

There's a reason Wednesday (Christina Ricci) doesn't look that different in her Halloween costume. As she says, "I'm a homicidal maniac; they look just like everyone else."

Elliott wants to get his alien buddy back home, but the only way to get him through town without anyone noticing him is to throw a sheet on him and pretend he's a friend dressed as a ghost.

She's a sexy bunny, duh!

Daniel (Ralph Macchio) wants a Halloween costume that will disguise him from the school bullies, the Cobra Kai. His extremely creative shower getup does just that . . . for a while at least.

Anna (Mélanie Laurent) doesn't let her laryngitis sideline her on Halloween; she gets inspiration from it instead and dresses up like Charlie Chaplin. Not being able to talk also turns into a surprisingly effective flirting mechanism — she has to write down her responses to new crush Oliver (Ewan McGregor).

Johnny Knoxville and Riki Lindhome appear to be Dog the Bounty Hunter and a girl scout in Fun Size.

Victoria Justice and Jane Levy's characters go for classic costumes: Dorothy and a sexy cat in Fun Size.

Osric Chau and Thomas Mann go as Ben Franklin and a safari adventurer in Fun Size.

His costume is so on-the-nose that it's ironic.

In this romantic comedy that largely pokes fun at the genre, Amy Poehler's Molly stars as a small business owner who is about to lose her shop to a major corporation, putting her at odds with Paul Rudd's Joel. Fortunately they're able to find common ground at a Halloween party.

This 2014 drama starring Chloë Grace Moretz and Mireille Enos sees the pair playing a mother and daughter, who both opt for animal print on Oct. 31.

The trio of Harrisons step out dressed as a witch, Elvis Pressley, and a bunny rabbit. Take that, Julia Roberts.

What's better than pint-sized Drew Barrymore dressed as a cowgirl?!

The horror film starring True Blood's Anna Paquin featured a few classic early 2000s fairytale princess costumes.

Zooey Deschanel and Jim Carrey's Allison and Carl embrace a Harry Potter approach to Halloween.