Last Updated on 10 June 2026

The following list is a compilation of the 200 best movies of all time that were set in the snow. Some may only have a scene or two

I found 29 different ranked lists online of “best snow or winter movies of all time” and pulled them all into Excel and merged them all to get this definitive compilation.  See my Methodology page for the research process that was used, including links to all 29 lists that were averaged. Below is a checklist you can print to track which ones you’ve seen, followed by the ranked list with links to IMDb.

Best Snow Movies – Viewing ChecklistDownload
  1. Fargo (1996)
  2. The Thing (1982)
  3. The Shining (1980)
  4. Frozen (2013)
  5. Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
  6. Snowpiercer (2013)
  7. Groundhog Day (1993)
  8. Little Women (2019)
  9. The Grey (2011)
  10. Snow Day (2000)
  11. The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005)
  12. Winter’s Bone (2010)
  13. The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)
  14. The Revenant (2015)
  15. The Holiday (2006)
  16. The Hateful Eight (2015)
  17. Ice Age (2002)
  18. Anatomy of a Fall (2023)
  19. Eight Below (2006)
  20. Misery (1990)
  21. Doctor Zhivago (1965)
  22. The Day After Tomorrow (2004)
  23. The Holdovers (2023)
  24. It’s a Wonderful Life (1946)
  25. Force majeure (2014)
  26. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
  27. Snow Dogs (2002)
  28. Cool Runnings (1993)
  29. The Huntsman: Winter’s War (2016)
  30. The Snowman (2017)
  31. Home Alone (1990)
  32. Arctic (2018)
  33. Dark Was the Night (2014)
  34. Coming to America (1988)
  35. A Simple Plan (1998)
  36. I, Tonya (2017)
  37. Elf (2003)
  38. Last Holiday (2006)
  39. White Fang (1991)
  40. Happy Feet (2006)
  41. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (2001)
  42. Wind River (2017)
  43. Cliffhanger (1993)
  44. Frozen (2010)
  45. Snow White and the Huntsman (2012)
  46. The Family Stone (2005)
  47. March of the Penguins (2005)
  48. Against the Ice (2022)
  49. Mirror Mirror (2012)
  50. Knives Out (2019)
  51. Alive (1993)
  52. Serendipity (2001)
  53. Miracle (2004)
  54. All That Heaven Allows (1955)
  55. Insomnia (1997)
  56. National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation (1989)
  57. No Exit (2022)
  58. O.J.: Made in America (2016)
  59. Road to Utopia (1945)
  60. The Thing (2011)
  61. Everest (2015)
  62. Let the Right One In (2008)
  63. McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971)
  64. Ice Princess (2005)
  65. Sleepless in Seattle (1993)
  66. Love Actually (2003)
  67. Planes, Trains and Automobiles (1987)
  68. Winter’s Tale (2014)
  69. Transsiberian (2008)
  70. Bridget Jones’s Diary (2001)
  71. White Christmas (1954)
  72. Carol (2015)
  73. The Mountain Between Us (2017)
  74. Hold the Dark (2018)
  75. Whiteout (2009)
  76. 30 Days of Night (2007)
  77. While You Were Sleeping (1995)
  78. Insomnia (2002)
  79. Assault on Precinct 13 (2005)
  80. David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet (2020)
  81. For Your Eyes Only (1981)
  82. High-Ballin’ (1978)
  83. Spellbound (1945)
  84. The Frozen Ground (2013)
  85. Klaus (2019)
  86. Let It Snow (2019)
  87. Anastasia (1997)
  88. Johnny Tsunami (1999)
  89. Anna Karenina (2012)
  90. Into the Wild (2007)
  91. The Gold Rush (1925)
  92. Hanna (2011)
  93. Togo (2019)
  94. Black Christmas (2019)
  95. Ikiru (1952)
  96. One Hundred and One Dalmatians (1961)
  97. Lady Snowblood (1973)
  98. When Harry Met Sally… (1989)
  99. Society of the Snow (2023)
  100. Werewolves Within (2021)
  101. Belle and Sebastian (2013)
  102. Inception (2010)
  103. The Crash Reel (2013)
  104. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011)
  105. The Polar Express (2004)
  106. Citizen Kane (1941)
  107. Interstellar (2014)
  108. Just Friends (2005)
  109. Shoot the Piano Player (1960)
  110. The Colony (2013)
  111. Grumpy Old Men (1993)
  112. Vertical Limit (2000)
  113. Touching the Void (2003)
  114. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
  115. Stalingrad (1993)
  116. Happiest Season (2020)
  117. Last Christmas (2019)
  118. Monsters, Inc. (2001)
  119. Alexander Nevsky (1938)
  120. Aspen Extreme (1993)
  121. Hugo (2011)
  122. Pale Rider (1985)
  123. Edward Scissorhands (1990)
  124. Bridge of Spies (2015)
  125. 777 Charlie (2022)
  126. About a Boy (2002)
  127. Blood Tracks (1985)
  128. Little Woods (2018)
  129. Wind Chill (2007)
  130. Slap Shot (1977)
  131. Downhill Racer (1969)
  132. The Rocket (2005)
  133. Mr. Popper’s Penguins (2011)
  134. Iron Man 3 (2013)
  135. Jeremiah Johnson (1972)
  136. Batman Returns (1992)
  137. Runaway Train (1985)
  138. The Prestige (2006)
  139. The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)
  140. We Are Still Here (2015)
  141. The Cutting Edge (1992)
  142. Dumb & Dumber (1994)
  143. The Lodge (2019)
  144. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005)
  145. Django Unchained (2012)
  146. Snow Buddies (2008)
  147. Storm of the Century (1999)
  148. Titanic (1997)
  149. Where Eagles Dare (1968)
  150. Wrong Turn 4: Bloody Beginnings (2011)
  151. Die Hard 2 (1990)
  152. Balto (1995)
  153. The Long Kiss Goodnight (1996)
  154. How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000)
  155. Beauty and the Beast (1991)
  156. Island in the Sky (1953)
  157. The Pianist (2002)
  158. Winter Sleep (2014)
  159. Avalanche (1978)
  160. Beauty and the Beast (2017)
  161. Dreamcatcher (2003)
  162. Once Upon a Snowman (2020)
  163. The Human Condition I: No Greater Love (1959)
  164. Cold Pursuit (2019)
  165. Cold Mountain (2003)
  166. A Fine Pair (1968)
  167. For Sama (2019)
  168. Home (2009)
  169. The Alpinist (2021)
  170. The Edge (1997)
  171. The Preacher’s Wife (1996)
  172. Kwaidan (1964)
  173. Avengers: Endgame (2019)
  174. Diner (1982)
  175. I’m Thinking of Ending Things (2020)
  176. Frozen II (2019)
  177. Give Me Liberty (2019)
  178. Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
  179. Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018)
  180. The Mighty Ducks (1992)
  181. The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992)
  182. Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner (2001)
  183. Inside Llewyn Davis (2013)
  184. Olaf’s Frozen Adventure (2017)
  185. The Dark Knight Rises (2012)
  186. Tokyo Godfathers (2003)
  187. Encounters at the End of the World (2007)
  188. Avengers: Infinity War (2018)
  189. Dead Snow (2009)
  190. The Shop Around the Corner (1940)
  191. The Nutcracker and the Four Realms (2018)
  192. Your Name. (2016)
  193. Amadeus (1984)
  194. Hustlers (2019)
  195. Ice Age: The Meltdown (2006)
  196. Project Hail Mary (2026)
  197. Meru (2015)
  198. Akira (1988)
  199. Hundreds of Beavers (2022)
  200. Oldboy (2003)

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