30 Best Winter Movies for Your Next Snow Day

Much of this adaptation unfolds during cold New England winters, with snow-covered streets, drafty homes, and long evenings spent indoors. The changing seasons mirror the March sisters growing up, falling in love, and figuring out who they want to be.

Based on a true story, this film follows survivors of a plane crash who are stranded high in the Andes Mountains. Surrounded by endless snow and cut off from the world, they are forced to make impossible decisions to stay alive.

A wildlife tracker helps investigate a death on a frozen Wyoming reservation, where the cold is constant and unforgiving. Snow covers nearly every scene, adding to the isolation and emotional weight of the story.

Large parts of this story take place in a snow-covered alpine setting, where ski chases, frozen landscapes, and quiet mountain towns play a role in the film’s whimsical style. The winter scenes add to the fairy-tale quality while still grounding the story in a very chilly reality!

A family becomes caretakers of a remote hotel that closes for the winter, leaving them completely snowed in. As the storms worsen, the isolation starts to unravel everything inside. The endless white outside only makes what’s happening indoors feel more unsettling.

Set in the Arctic, this survival drama follows two explorers attempting a dangerous expedition across ice and snow. Supplies run low, weather conditions turn brutal, and every step forward feels like it could be their last. The winter landscape is harsh and beautiful, shaping both the journey and the relationship between the men in the film.

A pack of sled-trained dogs are left to fend for themself in the grueling winter in Antartica, which means they must use their animal instincts to survive. In the mean time, their loving guide, Jerry (Paul Walker) is doing whatever it takes to find his precious pups and bring them back to safety.

Puppies that can talk? Sign us up! You’ll love watching this adorable group make friends with some huskies, a breed entirely new to them! They get into a bunch of winter fun and shenanigans.

There are so many snowy, wintry scenes in this installment of the Star Wars series! This one sees Han Solo and Princess Leia try to flee from the imperials. This is also the one where Yoda teaches Luke some nifty tricks. (Oh, and a very serious, and iconic, discovery is made at the end of the film…)

Harvard or figure skating? Casey can only have one of these things, apparently, and she knows that she wants the latter. However, both her mother and the captain of the local skating team try to persuade her otherwise. Try they might—they’re no match for Casey’s undeniable talent!

What happens when a surfer-at-heart from Hawaii must move to a snowy, mountainous town in Vermont? He learns how to ski and snowboard, that’s what! He’ll be pretty darn good at it, too.

Sam (Tom Hanks) is suffering the loss of his wife, and decides to move his life over to Seattle, taking his son with him. One day, his son calls into a talkshow, letting everyone know that his father needs a new wife. To Sam’s surprise, a woman (Meg Ryan) listening in loved hearing this go down, and somehow fell in love with Sam. The problem? She’s engaged!

It’s the classic tale of a woman who falls for the *brother* of her longtime crush (after she saved his life). Sandra Bullock stars in this movie set in Chicago, the windiest, chilliest city of them all! You can expect her to be sporting the best outerwear you’ve ever seen.

A down-on-his-luck lawyer gets the hardest case of a lifetime: turning an underdog crew of pee wee hockey players into the champs of the town. He’s not too sure if this is something he even wants to pull off, but he has no choice.

This one contains a nail-biting mystery surrounding a mischievous family and their greedy intentions after the richest man in the household dies. Besides the twist-and-turns, the stylish coats and sweaters shown throughout the film has us wanting to reinvent our winter wardrobe.

Leonardo DiCaprio’s performance in The Revenant earned him his first Oscar. And it’s easy to see why after watching him embody the character of a man who travels solo through snowy terrains, fights off a bear with his own two hands, and seeks vengeance for his murdered son.

Both a prequel and sequel to Snow White and the Huntsman, this fantasy flick stars Charlize Theron as an evil queen who will stop at nothing to rule the world and everyone in it.

Nothing says winter like Anna and Elsa! If the cold never bothered you anyway, this sweet animated favorite about an ice queen and her sister will charm the pants off ya.