Snowy movies
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1. Anastasia (1997)
G | 94 min | Animation, Adventure, Drama
The last surviving child of the Russian Royal Family joins two con men to reunite with her grandmother, the Dowager Empress, while the undead Rasputin seeks her death.
Directors: Don Bluth, Gary Goldman | Stars: Meg Ryan, John Cusack, Christopher Lloyd, Kelsey Grammer
Votes: 135,945 | Gross: $58.41M
A lost princess. A charming criminal. A classic romance in a beautifully animated film, made to watch on cold winter days.
2. Fargo (1996)
R | 98 min | Crime, Thriller
Minnesota car salesman Jerry Lundegaard's inept crime falls apart due to his and his henchmen's bungling and the persistent police work of the quite pregnant Marge Gunderson.
Directors: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen | Stars: William H. Macy, Frances McDormand, Steve Buscemi, Peter Stormare
Votes: 726,190 | Gross: $24.61M
THE snowy movie. Wrap yourself up in some blankets and enjoy the wild ride of a crime, that goes wrong in the worst (hilarious) ways.
3. Zwei Weihnachtsmänner (2008 TV Movie)
180 min | Comedy, Romance
An unsuccessful pool noodle representative and an ambitious corporate lawyer have nothing in common except for the desire to be at home for Christmas. But fate has other plans for them. ... See full summary »
Director: Tobi Baumann | Stars: Christoph Maria Herbst, Bastian Pastewka, Sophie von Kessel, Floriane Daniel
Votes: 1,232
A German TV movie with excellent leads. Their comedic talent is A+. Unbelievably funny. Also very sweet and christmasy.
4. The Shining (1980)
R | 146 min | Drama, Horror
A family heads to an isolated hotel for the winter where a sinister presence influences the father into violence, while his psychic son sees horrific forebodings from both past and future.
Director: Stanley Kubrick | Stars: Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, Danny Lloyd, Scatman Crothers
Votes: 1,105,583 | Gross: $44.02M
A crazy author, snowed in in an empty hotel. What could go wrong? A classic.
5. Everest (2015)
PG-13 | 121 min | Action, Adventure, Biography
On May 10, 1996, mountain guides Rob Hall and Scott Fischer combine their expedition teams for a final ascent to the summit of Mount Everest. With little warning, a storm strikes the mountain and the climbers must now battle to survive.
Director: Baltasar Kormákur | Stars: Jason Clarke, Ang Phula Sherpa, Thomas M. Wright, Martin Henderson
Votes: 232,306 | Gross: $43.48M
Suspenseful and quite authentic. Grip the edge of your seat kind of thrilling.
6. The Day After Tomorrow (2004)
PG-13 | 124 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Jack Hall, paleoclimatologist, must make a daring trek from Washington, D.C. to New York City to reach his son, trapped in the cross-hairs of a sudden international storm which plunges the planet into a new Ice Age.
Director: Roland Emmerich | Stars: Dennis Quaid, Jake Gyllenhaal, Emmy Rossum, Dash Mihok
Votes: 475,802 | Gross: $186.74M
A disaster movie with a classic formula. I don't care, this one excels in its execution.
7. Little Women (1994)
PG | 115 min | Drama, Family, Romance
The March sisters live and grow in post-Civil War America.
Director: Gillian Armstrong | Stars: Susan Sarandon, Winona Ryder, Kirsten Dunst, Claire Danes
Votes: 63,541 | Gross: $50.08M
Heartbreak, family, love, loss. A great, heartfelt story that will probably move you, if aren't made of ice.
8. Murder on the Orient Express (2017)
PG-13 | 114 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
When a murder occurs on the train on which he's travelling, celebrated detective Hercule Poirot is recruited to solve the case.
Director: Kenneth Branagh | Stars: Kenneth Branagh, Penélope Cruz, Willem Dafoe, Judi Dench
Votes: 296,337 | Gross: $102.83M
A beautifully shot and designed movie with a great cast. Can get a bit boring at times, but the oldtimey look and the orientexpress stranded in an icy mountain scape is worth the watch alone.
9. 5 Centimeters per Second (2007)
TV-PG | 63 min | Animation, Drama, Family
Told in three interconnected segments, Takaki tells the story of his life as cruel winters, cold technology, and finally, adult obligations and responsibility converge to test the delicate petals of love.
Director: Makoto Shinkai | Stars: Kenji Mizuhashi, Yoshimi Kondou, Satomi Hanamura, Ayaka Onoue
Votes: 63,711
A sad romance about two teenagers who have the odds working against them. I found this movie's plot rather tedious, but the animation is beautiful.
10. The Fountain (2006)
PG-13 | 97 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
As a modern-day scientist, Tommy is struggling with mortality, desperately searching for the medical breakthrough that will save the life of his cancer-stricken wife, Izzi.
Director: Darren Aronofsky | Stars: Hugh Jackman, Rachel Weisz, Sean Patrick Thomas, Ellen Burstyn
Votes: 248,693 | Gross: $10.14M
A lovestory told threefold over different timelines. Hugh Jackman and Rachel Weisz are amazing in their roles. This movie is breathtaking and left me speechless. A you hate it or you love it kind of film.
11. Chalet Girl (2011)
R | 97 min | Comedy, Romance, Sport
Former skateboard champion Kim wants to make more money after her mother's tragic death. She joins the elite posh servicing company, which sends her off to Austria.
Director: Phil Traill | Stars: Felicity Jones, Ed Westwick, Bill Nighy, Brooke Shields
Votes: 26,942 | Gross: $0.00M
A charming, funny flick about a vacation job in a chalet, snowboarding and romance, of course. Bill Nighy is in there and Ken Duken, and they are both great.
12. Hogfather (2006 TV Movie)
189 min | Comedy, Fantasy
It's Hogswatch (equivalent to Christmas) on the Discworld and the Hogfather has gone missing, requiring Death to take his place while his granddaughter Susan endeavors to find out what has happened.
Director: Vadim Jean | Stars: David Jason, Marc Warren, Michelle Dockery, David Warner
Votes: 11,036
As impossible as it is to truly capture Terry Pratchett's world on film, Hogfather did a rather good job. Death impersonates the discworld's equivalent of Santa and his granddaughter (an excellent Michelle Dockery) invades the toothfairy's castle. There are also assassins, wizards and a god of hangovers. Yes, it is awesome.
13. Touching the Void (2003)
R | 106 min | Documentary, Adventure, Drama
The true story of two climbers and their perilous journey up the west face of Siula Grande in the Peruvian Andes in 1985.
Director: Kevin Macdonald | Stars: Simon Yates, Joe Simpson, Brendan Mackey, Nicholas Aaron
Votes: 38,084 | Gross: $4.59M
Suspenseful documentary about a mountaineering accident. Rather gruesome at times.
14. Eight Below (2006)
PG | 120 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
Brutal cold forces two Antarctic explorers to leave their team of sled dogs behind as they fend for their survival.
Director: Frank Marshall | Stars: Paul Walker, Jason Biggs, Bruce Greenwood, Moon Bloodgood
Votes: 68,349 | Gross: $81.61M
A man has to leave his dogs behind in a blizzard and stops at nothing to return to them. This movie is as much about the Huskies as it is about their owner. Surprisingly good movie!
15. Mulan (1998)
G | 87 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
To save her father from death in the army, a young maiden secretly goes in his place and becomes one of China's greatest heroines in the process.
Directors: Tony Bancroft, Barry Cook | Stars: Ming-Na Wen, Eddie Murphy, BD Wong, Miguel Ferrer
Votes: 316,246 | Gross: $120.62M
I thought the scenes in which the Hunns confront Mulan and her men in the snowy mountains were reason enough to put this film on the list.
16. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001)
PG | 152 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy
An orphaned boy enrolls in a school of wizardry, where he learns the truth about himself, his family and the terrible evil that haunts the magical world.
Director: Chris Columbus | Stars: Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Richard Harris
Votes: 855,538 | Gross: $317.58M
All the Harry Potter movies have great winter scenes, in which Hogwarts is snowed in and ice-cold and the trio enjoys some butterbeers in Hogsmeade. Choose any Potter movie you like for an excellent Christmas movie marathon.
17. Bridget Jones's Diary (2001)
R | 97 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Bridget Jones is determined to improve herself while she looks for love in a year in which she keeps a personal diary.
Director: Sharon Maguire | Stars: Renée Zellweger, Colin Firth, Hugh Grant, Gemma Jones
Votes: 263,321 | Gross: $71.54M
Hilarious and very British RomCom with excellent leads. Great London in winter vibes.
18. Tokyo Godfathers (2003)
PG-13 | 92 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
On Christmas Eve, three homeless people living on the streets of Tokyo discover a newborn baby among the trash and set out to find its parents.
Directors: Shôgo Furuya, Satoshi Kon | Stars: Tôru Emori, Yoshiaki Umegaki, Aya Okamoto, Shôzô Îzuka
Votes: 46,709 | Gross: $0.13M
A thoughtful and rather melancholic movie about what it means to be human, about loneliness and broken dreams.
19. Home Alone (1990)
PG | 103 min | Comedy, Family
An eight-year-old troublemaker, mistakenly left home alone, must defend his home against a pair of burglars on Christmas Eve.
Director: Chris Columbus | Stars: Macaulay Culkin, Joe Pesci, Daniel Stern, John Heard
Votes: 652,533 | Gross: $285.76M
THE Christmas holiday movie. Will never get old. Will watch every year.
20. The Holiday (2006)
PG-13 | 136 min | Comedy, Romance
Two women troubled with guy-problems swap homes in each other's countries, where they each meet a local guy and fall in love.
Director: Nancy Meyers | Stars: Kate Winslet, Cameron Diaz, Jude Law, Jack Black
Votes: 322,804 | Gross: $63.22M
Very romantic, somewhat sappy. Jude Law is at his prettiest here. There is a really touching plotline between Kate Winslet's and Elie Wiesel's character.
21. Eddie the Eagle (2015)
PG-13 | 106 min | Adventure, Biography, Comedy
The story of Eddie Edwards, the notoriously tenacious British underdog ski jumper who charmed the world at the 1988 Winter Olympics.
Director: Dexter Fletcher | Stars: Taron Egerton, Hugh Jackman, Tom Costello, Jo Hartley
Votes: 100,156 | Gross: $15.79M
An underdog-goes-to-prove-everyone-wrong tale about a British skijumper. A very fun sports movie with a motivational message. Enjoyable.
22. The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)
R | 99 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime
A writer encounters the owner of an aging high-class hotel, who tells him of his early years serving as a lobby boy in the hotel's glorious years under an exceptional concierge.
Director: Wes Anderson | Stars: Ralph Fiennes, F. Murray Abraham, Mathieu Amalric, Adrien Brody
Votes: 885,978 | Gross: $59.10M
Wes Anderson's magical and whimsical world pulls you in and doesn't let go. Grand Budapest Hotel is meticulously executed and staggering in its love to detail. The cast is - as always with Anderson - stellar and the tale is, of course, beautiful.
23. Aspen Extreme (1993)
PG-13 | 113 min | Drama, Romance, Sport
An autoworker and his buddy exit Detroit, move to Colorado, and become popular ski instructors.
Director: Patrick Hasburgh | Stars: Paul Gross, Peter Berg, Finola Hughes, Teri Polo
Votes: 3,223 | Gross: $8.04M
This is by no means a good movie. The plot is all over the place and the characters are, well, mostly idiots. But the 90s vibe is strong in this one and it is really snowy.
24. Willow (1988)
PG | 126 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A young farmer is chosen to undertake a perilous journey in order to protect a special baby from an evil queen.
Director: Ron Howard | Stars: Val Kilmer, Joanne Whalley, Warwick Davis, Jean Marsh
Votes: 129,804 | Gross: $57.27M
A buddy-Adventure-sword-fighting-romance-fantasy film with dwarves, baby abductions, prophecies, an evil witch and sort of dated effects. What's not to love?
25. Pettson & Findus - Tomtemaskinen (2005)
79 min | Animation, Comedy, Family
The old man PETTSON and his cat FINDUS live on a small farm way out in the countryside in Sweden. Christmas is approaching, and Pettson has given Findus the rash promise that THE TOMTE will... See full summary »
Directors: Jørgen Lerdam, Anders Sørensen | Stars: Tord Peterson, Lukas Larsson, Mona Seilitz, Gunnar Uddén
Votes: 410
Very cute film for a younger audience. Decidedly unproblematic.
26. Rent (2005)
PG-13 | 135 min | Drama, Musical, Romance
In New York City's gritty East Village, a group of bohemians strive for success and acceptance while enduring the obstacles of poverty, illness and the AIDS epidemic.
Director: Chris Columbus | Stars: Taye Diggs, Wilson Jermaine Heredia, Rosario Dawson, Anthony Rapp
Votes: 55,906 | Gross: $29.08M
Very nice New York in winter scenes. Pobably only for Musical fans.
27. Out Cold (2001)
PG-13 | 89 min | Comedy, Sport
A snowboarder's plans for his own snowboard park go awry when an ex-girlfriend returns to town.
Directors: Brendan Malloy, Emmett Malloy | Stars: Flex Alexander, David Denman, A.J. Cook, Caroline Dhavernas
Votes: 18,476 | Gross: $13.90M
A slightly raunchy buddy movie about a ski resort. Good fun if you like boy's humour.
28. Happy People: A Year in the Taiga (2010)
Not Rated | 90 min | Documentary
A documentary depicting the life and work of the trappers of Bakhtia, a village in the heart of the Siberian Taiga, where daily life has changed little in over a century.
Directors: Werner Herzog, Dmitry Vasyukov | Stars: Werner Herzog, Gennady Soloviev, Anatoly Blumei, Gennady Tiganov
Votes: 8,924 | Gross: $0.34M
Beautiful Werner Herzog documentary.
29. Cold Mountain (2003)
R | 154 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance
In the waning days of the American Civil War, a wounded soldier embarks on a perilous journey back home to Cold Mountain, North Carolina to reunite with his sweetheart.
Director: Anthony Minghella | Stars: Jude Law, Nicole Kidman, Renée Zellweger, Eileen Atkins
Votes: 156,001 | Gross: $95.64M
Civil War Romance. Kinda long.
30. Wind River (2017)
R | 107 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A wildlife officer, who is haunted by a tragedy that happened because of him, teams up with an FBI agent in solving a murder of a young woman on a Wyoming Native American reservation and hopes to get redemption from his past regrets.
Director: Taylor Sheridan | Stars: Elizabeth Olsen, Jeremy Renner, Graham Greene, Kelsey Asbille
Votes: 280,421 | Gross: $33.80M
Atmospheric murder mystery. Dark and gripping. Violent.
31. Three Wishes for Cinderella (1973)
88 min | Drama, Fantasy, Family
Life changes dramatically for a Czech housemaid when the family coachman gives her three magical hazelnuts.
Director: Václav Vorlícek | Stars: Libuse Safránková, Pavel Trávnícek, Carola Braunbock, Rolf Hoppe
Votes: 11,636
Gorgeous Czech fairytale movie.
32. A Simple Plan (1998)
R | 121 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Three blue-collar acquaintances come across millions of dollars in lost cash and make a plan to keep their find from the authorities, but it isn't long before complications and mistrust weave their way into the plan.
Director: Sam Raimi | Stars: Bill Paxton, Billy Bob Thornton, Bridget Fonda, Brent Briscoe
Votes: 76,098 | Gross: $16.31M
Very dark stuff. Too believable at times.
33. The Lodge (2019)
R | 108 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A soon-to-be stepmom is snowed in with her fiancé's two children at a remote holiday village. Just as relations begin to thaw between the trio, some strange and frightening events take place.
Directors: Severin Fiala, Veronika Franz | Stars: Riley Keough, Jaeden Martell, Lia McHugh, Richard Armitage
Votes: 57,785
Psychological thriller with horror elements. Frigid atmosphere, nice visuals. Rather weak plot though.
34. Silver Skates (2020)
TV-MA | 130 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
Matvey, the fastest courier on the frozen canals of 19th century St. Peteresburg is recruited by a group of pickpockets working the winter markets and falls for high-ranking official's daughter, Alisa.
Director: Michael Lockshin | Stars: Fedor Fedotov, Sonya Priss, Yura Borisov, Kirill Zaytsev
Votes: 7,635
Sparkly, opulent, romantic. Melodramatic, but in all the right ways.
35. Snowball Express (1972)
G | 93 min | Comedy, Family
When John Baxter inherits a ski resort in the Rocky Mountains, he quits his job in New York and moves west to run it--only to find his "estate" in a state of total dilapidation.
Director: Norman Tokar | Stars: Dean Jones, Nancy Olson, Harry Morgan, Keenan Wynn
Votes: 2,042
Funny Family Flick
36. Journey to the Christmas Star (2012)
G | 80 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Once upon a time a little girl went out to find the Christmas star.
Director: Nils Gaup | Stars: Vilde Zeiner, Anders Baasmo, Agnes Kittelsen, Stig-Werner Moe
Votes: 1,752
Norwegian fairytale movie for kids, but dark and beautiful
37. How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000)
PG | 104 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy
On the outskirts of Whoville lives a green, revenge-seeking Grinch who plans to ruin Christmas for all of the citizens of the town.
Director: Ron Howard | Stars: Jim Carrey, Taylor Momsen, Kelley, Jeffrey Tambor
Votes: 291,386 | Gross: $260.04M
38. Three Wishes for Cinderella (2021)
87 min | Family, Fantasy
A Cinderella story: in snow-heavy forests the heroine battles against her evil stepmother for her dream of meeting the handsome prince. This is a breathtaking ride featuring brilliant archery and a gorgeous palace ball.
Director: Cecilie A. Mosli | Stars: Astrid S, Bjørn Sundquist, Anne Marit Jacobsen, Toivo Ty Terjesen
Votes: 2,442
39. Planes, Trains & Automobiles (1987)
R | 93 min | Comedy, Drama
A Chicago advertising man must struggle to travel home from New York for Thanksgiving, with a lovable oaf of a shower-curtain-ring salesman as his only companion.
Director: John Hughes | Stars: Steve Martin, John Candy, Laila Robins, Michael McKean
Votes: 160,135 | Gross: $49.53M
40. Shaun the Sheep: The Flight Before Christmas (2021 TV Movie)
TV-Y | 30 min | Animation, Comedy, Family
Shaun's seasonal excitement turns to dismay when a farmhouse raid to get bigger stockings for the Flock inadvertently leads to Timmy going missing. Can Shaun get Timmy back before he becomes someone else's present?
Director: Steve Cox | Stars: Justin Fletcher, John Sparkes, Laura Aikman, Marcus Brigstocke
Votes: 2,866
41. The Cutting Edge (1992)
PG | 101 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A temperamental figure skater and an arrogant former hockey player attempt to win the Olympic Gold Medal as a figure skating pairs team.
Director: Paul Michael Glaser | Stars: D.B. Sweeney, Moira Kelly, Roy Dotrice, Terry O'Quinn
Votes: 22,332 | Gross: $25.11M
42. Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992)
R | 128 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
The centuries old vampire Count Dracula comes to England to seduce his barrister Jonathan Harker's fiancée Mina Murray and inflict havoc in the foreign land.
Director: Francis Ford Coppola | Stars: Gary Oldman, Winona Ryder, Anthony Hopkins, Keanu Reeves
Votes: 238,273 | Gross: $82.52M
43. Misery (1990)
R | 107 min | Drama, Thriller
After a famous author is rescued from a car crash by a fan of his novels, he comes to realize that the care he is receiving is only the beginning of a nightmare of captivity and abuse.
Director: Rob Reiner | Stars: James Caan, Kathy Bates, Richard Farnsworth, Frances Sternhagen
Votes: 235,383 | Gross: $61.28M
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