11 films about winter that will not leave you indifferent

2024 Author: Malcolm Clapton | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 03:44

In the selection of Lifehacker, there are options for both children and adults.

11. The day after tomorrow

• USA, 2004.
• Science fiction, thriller, drama.
• Duration: 124 minutes.
• IMDb: 6, 4.

Global warming has unexpected consequences: the massive melting of glaciers leads to a decrease in the temperature of the World Ocean. Climatologist Jack Hall tries to warn the government of the impending danger, but the tragedy cannot be avoided, and the Earth freezes over. Then Hall goes in search of the missing son.

Director Roland Emmerich loves to make films about global disasters. It was he who showed how a tornado demolishes a Hollywood sign, and a tsunami floods the Statue of Liberty. And then the eternal winter covers the Earth. Very beautiful and very scary.

10. Frost

• USSR, 1964.
• Fantasy, comedy.
• Duration: 84 minutes.
• IMDb: 6, 5.

The wicked stepmother makes the kind and docile Nastya work tirelessly. And then he completely decides to leave the girl to freeze in a deep forest. Meanwhile, the handsome but proud young man Ivan receives a fair punishment for his rudeness, after which he decides to reform. The good wizard Morozko will help both of them.

The legendary Soviet fairy tale from director Alexander Rowe can be considered one of the most winter films. Here Nastenka is tested by the cold, and the wizard commands the cold. It is not surprising that after this picture, Alexander Khvylya, who played Morozko, for a long time became the main Father Frost of the country.

9. The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

• USA, UK, 2005.
• Fantasy, adventure.
• Duration: 143 minutes.
• IMDb: 6, 9.

Four children find themselves in the house of an old professor - a friend of their family. There they find a magic wardrobe, climb into it and end up in Narnia. A wicked sorceress conquered the fairyland, making it an eternal winter. It is the young heroes who will have to help the true king regain legal power.

A significant part of the film was filmed in warm New Zealand, so there are not too many types of harsh winters here. Which, of course, does not make the film less beautiful and exciting.

8. Through the snow

• South Korea, Czech Republic, 2013.
• Action, drama, thriller.
• Duration: 126 minutes.
• IMDb: 7, 1.

Fighting global warming, humanity tried to lower the temperature and accidentally caused an eternal winter on Earth. The few survivors live in an endlessly moving train. Here the rich feast in the elite head carriages, and the poor barely make ends meet in the tail. But one day a riot begins.

Another post-apocalyptic film in which people themselves caused the eternal winter. Therefore, the gloomy action movie not only entertains with action and pleases with a cool cast - it also makes you think about human intervention in nature.

7. Snow Queen

• USSR, 1967.
• Fairy tale, adventure.
• Duration: 85 minutes.
• IMDb: 7, 1.

The evil and powerful Snow Queen kidnapped young Kei and took him to her cold kingdom. The boy's friend Gerda will have to go through many difficulties to save him.

Evgeny Schwartz quite strongly rewrote the famous fairy tale of Hans Christian Andersen, turning it into a lighter and more energetic story. There are many bright characters in the film, but nevertheless, the beautiful and cold Snow Queen performed by Natalya Klimova delighted and at the same time frightened many children.

6. The Hateful Eight

• USA, 2015.
• Crime, drama, western.
• Duration: 187 minutes.
• IMDb: 7, 8.

A few years after the American Civil War, a very motley crew gathers during a blizzard at the inn. The bounty hunter Marquis Warren, his colleague John Ruth with a prisoner, a Confederate general, a Mexican and a few other people. Soon, the heroes have a suspicion that one of them is not who he pretends to be.

Most of this painting by Quentin Tarantino takes place in the same house. But the snow-covered landscapes at the beginning of the story and the terrible storm that accompanies the rest of the plot allow you to feel the force of the elements that the heroes faced.

5. Survivor

• USA, Hong Kong, Taiwan, 2015.
• Adventure, action, biography.
• Duration: 156 minutes.
• IMDb: 8, 0.

Hugh Glass, the hunter, is seriously injured after colliding with a bear. The comrades decide that the hero cannot be saved and leave him to die. But Glass is determined to survive and take revenge on those who did not help him.

Director Alejandro Gonzalez Iñarritu loves the most naturalistic filming. Therefore, snow, cold water and even an avalanche in this picture are real. Of course, the actors had a hard time, but the film allows you to completely immerse yourself in the emotions of the character.

4. Groundhog Day

• USA, 1993.
• Comedy, melodrama.
• Duration: 101 minutes.
• IMDb: 8, 0.

Tired of his work and lost interest in life, meteorologist Phil Connors travels to the town of Punxsutawney to celebrate Groundhog Day. He shoots a reportage, spends the day casually and goes to bed. In the morning, Phil finds himself on the calendar again on February 2, and he is stuck in a time loop. This day will be repeated over and over again until the hero finds a way to get out.

Surprisingly, one of the most famous time-loop films is not fiction. This is a comedy drama that makes you think about the monotony of everyday life. Well, the winter surroundings of a small town create a bright and positive atmosphere, for which many people fell in love with this picture.

3. Something

• USA, 1982.
• Horror, fantasy, drama.
• Duration: 109 minutes.
• IMDb: 8, 1.

Polar explorers find an organism in the ice of Antarctica that has come to Earth from space. It is revealed that he preys on humans, taking the form of any living creature. Now all the inhabitants of the station suspect a monster in each other.

A remake of the 1951 film "Something from Another World" by John Carpenter was filmed in Canada near a real glacier. Moreover, after the construction of the scenery, the only road to the location was covered with snow. That is why the atmosphere of the cold desert in the picture is so lively and frightening.

2. Fargo

• USA, UK, 1996.
• Thriller, drama, comedy, crime.
• Duration: 98 minutes.
• IMDb: 8, 1.

Car dealership employee Jerry Landegaard decides to make money in a terrible way: he organizes the kidnapping of his own wife in order to get a ransom from a rich father-in-law. But the customer and the performers are not too smart, which leads to human casualties.

One of the best films of the famous Coen brothers takes place in winter. It is interesting that this principle migrated to the anthology series of the same name. Although the new project is not related to the original "Fargo", each season is filmed only at this time of year.

1. Shining

• USA, UK, 1980.
• Horror, thriller, drama.
• Duration: 144 minutes.
• IMDb: 8, 4.

Writer Jack Torrance is trying to get out of his creative crisis. To earn extra money, and at the same time to take care of his book, he gets a job as a caretaker in the Overlook hotel closed for the winter and moves there with his family. But soon terrible things begin to happen in the hotel.

The film adaptation of Stephen King's novel, directed by Stanley Kubrick, is frightening not only with the manifestations of mystical forces in the hotel. An important part of the atmosphere is created by the isolation from the outside world due to the fact that the hotel is located in the snow-capped mountains.