Winter movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant winter movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out suspense, suspenseful, serious, tense, atmospheric and realistic films and TV shows about / with winter, snow, cold, danger, survival, christmas, cold weather, death, family relations and frozen plots mostly in Drama, Thriller and Crime genres shot in USA, UK, France and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as winter: The Revenant (2015), Wind River (2017), Trapped (2015), The Hateful Eight (2015), 30 Days of Night (2007), The Dark Valley (2014), No Exit (2022), The Shining (1980), The Frozen Ground (2013), Whisper (2007).

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 8.0
 867K
The Revenant (2015)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Western
Country: Hong Kong, Taiwan, USA
Duration: 156 min.
Story: In the 1820s, a frontiersman, Hugh Glass, sets out on a path of vengeance against those who left him for dead after a bear mauling.
Style: atmospheric, breathtaking, scenic, suspenseful, harsh ...
Audience: manly, date night, boys' night, adult
Plot: survival, wilderness, revenge, vengeance, native american, snow, bear attack, life & death, nature, winter, obsessive quest, hunter ...
Time: year 2015, 2010s, 19th century, 90s, distant future ...
Place: los angeles, usa
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 7.7
 279K
Wind River (2017)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller, Western
Country: USA, UK, France
Duration: 107 min.
Story: An FBI agent teams with the town's veteran game tracker to investigate a murder that occurred on a Native American reservation.
Style: suspense, suspenseful, neo western, neo noir, surprise ending ...
Plot: investigation, murder, snow, rape, winter, fbi, murder investigation, native american reservation, violence, fbi agent, native american, forest ...
Time: 2010s, year 2017, 21st century
Place: wyoming, usa
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 8.0
 25K
Trapped (2015)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Iceland, Denmark, Finland, Sweden, Norway, Germany, France, UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: As a ferry carrying 300 passengers from Denmark pulls into an Icelandic town’s small port, heavy snow begins to fall. The ferry can’t leave until the storm passes and the main road into town is impassable. A mutilated and dismembered body washes ...
Style: atmospheric, detective, crime drama, scenic, bleak ...
Plot: murder investigation, police, murder, snowstorm, small town, coastal town, winter, nordic, investigation, ex wife, danger, voodoo ...
Place: iceland
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The Hateful Eight (2015)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 168 min.
Story: Bounty hunters seek shelter from a raging blizzard and get caught up in a plot of betrayal and deception.
Style: captivating, bloody, talky, exciting, stylized ...
Audience: boys' night, adult
Plot: bounty hunter, murder, snow, winter, gang, stagecoach, cold weather, old west, prisoner, brutality, dark humor, criminal ...
Time: 19th century, year 2015, 2010s, year 2016, victorian era
Place: wyoming, usa
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6 Below: Miracle on the Mountain (2017)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: An adrenaline seeking snowboarder gets lost in a massive winter storm in the back country of the High Sierras where he is pushed to the limits of human endurance and forced to battle his own personal demons as he fights for survival....
Style: disturbing, suspense, rough, suspenseful, sentimental ...
Plot: survival, wilderness, snow, snowboarding, snowboard, winter, rescue attempt, lost, amputee, rocky mountains, police officer, hockey ...
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30 Days of Night (2007)
Genre: Action, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, New Zealand
Duration: 113 min.
Story: This is the story of an isolated Alaskan town that is plunged into darkness for a month each year when the sun sinks below the horizon. As the last rays of light fade, the town is attacked by a bloodthirsty gang of vampires bent on an uninterrupted ...
Style: scary, creepy, suspense, atmospheric, splatter ...
Audience: teens, adult
Plot: vampire, small town, winter, survival, gory, snow, monster, supernatural, zombie, sunrise, blood, creature ...
Time: year 2007, 2000s, 21st century
Place: alaska, oceania, usa
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The Dark Valley (2014)
Genre: Action, Drama, Western
Country: Austria, Germany
Duration: 115 min.
Story: Through a hidden path a lone rider reaches a little town high up in the Alpes. Nobody knows where the stranger comes from, nor what he wants there. But everyone knows that they don't want him to stay.
Style: serious, tense, stylized, rough, suspenseful ...
Plot: mysterious character, danger, rivalry, isolation, under the surface, snow, cowboy, vengeance, modern western, modern west, revenge, bullying ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era
Place: germany, austria, alps, europe
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 6.1
 32K
No Exit (2022)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Stranded at a rest stop in the mountains during a blizzard, a recovering addict discovers a kidnapped child hidden in a car belonging to one of the people inside the building which sets her on a terrifying struggle to identify who among them is the ...
Style: suspense, disturbing, captivating, slasher, minimal cast ...
Audience: adult
Plot: snow, winter, snowstorm, isolation, trapped, support group, kidnapping, escape, kidnapped child, trap, threat, runaway ...
Place: oceania, sacramento california
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 8.4
 1.1M
The Shining (1980)
Genre: Drama, Horror
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 146 min.
Story: Jack Torrance accepts a caretaker job at the Overlook Hotel, where he, along with his wife Wendy and their son Danny, must live isolated from the rest of the world for the winter. But they aren't prepared for the madness that lurks within.
Style: psychological, suspense, scary, atmospheric, psychological thriller ...
Audience: adult
Plot: isolation, hotel, insanity, psychopath, supernatural, stephen king, ghost, snow, winter, macabre, imaginary friend, evil ...
Time: 20th century, year 1980, 1920s, 80s, 70s
Place: colorado, persia, denver colorado, usa, miami ...
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The Frozen Ground (2013)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: An Alaska State Trooper partners with a young woman who escaped the clutches of serial killer Robert Hansen to bring the murderer to justice. Based on actual events.
Style: tense, suspense, disturbing, suspenseful, factual ...
Audience: adult
Plot: serial killer, psychopath, winter, police investigation, kidnapping, murder investigation, investigation, manhunt, sexual predator, drug overdose, rape and murder, rape ...
Time: 20th century, 80s, year 1983
Place: alaska, usa
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 5.7
 10K
Whisper (2007)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada, UK
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Convicted felon Max Truemont (played by Josh Holloway) is hired to execute a kidnapping of the son of one of the richest women in the state. Along with his fiancée Roxanne (played by Sarah Wayne Callies), Max joins two other strangers who were also ...
Style: scary, serious, bleak, suspenseful, christmas horror ...
Plot: evil child, kidnapping, winter, hostage, mind control, snow, murder, isolation, crime gone awry, confined, danger, criminal heroes ...
Time: 21st century
Place: maine, new england, usa
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 8.0
 680K
Groundhog Day (1993)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: A narcissistic TV weatherman, along with his attractive-but-distant producer and mawkish cameraman, is sent to report on Groundhog Day in the small town of Punxsutawney, where he finds himself repeating the same day over and over.
Style: feel good, philosophical, romantic, humorous, sentimental ...
Audience: date night, kids, chick flick, teens, family outing ...
Plot: time loop, existentialism, small town, groundhog day, winter, time travel, time warp, time, life philosophy, redemption, fall in love, repeated event ...
Time: 20th century, year 1993, 90s
Place: pennsylvania, usa, persia, america, pittsburgh
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 5.5
 3K
Numb (2015)
Genre: Action, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Husband and wife, Will and Dawn, are in financial crisis after learning the job Will was counting on to salvage their financial future has disappeared in the midst of a market collapse. They set out to drive home on the winter highway back to their ...
Style: psychological, tense, suspense, captivating, cliffhanger ...
Plot: wilderness, survival, treasure, treasure hunt, ex convict, hitchhiking, winter, buried treasure, snow, stolen gold, wilderness survival, husband wife relationship ...
Place: canada
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 7.1
 26K
Frozen River (2008)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Ray Eddy, an upstate New York trailer mom, is lured into the world of illegal immigrant smuggling. Broke after her husband takes off with the down payment for their new doublewide, Ray reluctantly teams up with Lila, a smuggler, and the two begin ...
Style: melancholic, emotional, bleak, suspenseful, atmospheric ...
Plot: poverty, single parent, native american reservation, winter, native american, working class, survival, christmas, snow, courage, parenthood, life is a bitch ...
Time: year 2008, 2000s, 21st century
Place: new york, canada, new york state, usa, quebec
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 4.4
 3K
Barricade (2012)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 82 min.
Story: A father's quiet retreat to the woods with his two children turns into a fight for survival.
Style: serious, suspenseful, christmas horror, tense, suspense ...
Plot: winter, supernatural, survival, ghost, snow, isolation, parents and children, family in danger, forces of nature, woods, xmas, redneck ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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 5.5
 41K
Whiteout (2009)
Genre: Action, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada, France
Duration: 101 min.
Story: The only U.S. Marshal assigned to Antarctica, Carrie Stetko will soon leave the harsh environment behind for good – in three days, the sun will set and the Amundsen-Scott Research Station will shut down for the long winter. When a body is ...
Style: suspense, serious, scenic, exciting, suspenseful ...
Plot: investigation, isolation, murder, winter, twists and turns, doctor, snow, scientist, uncover truth, serial killer, plane crash, snowstorm ...
Time: year 2009, year 1957, 1950s, 21st century
Place: antarctica, antarctic, south pole
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 6.0
 57K
The Lodge (2019)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Two siblings spend the night alone with their new stepmother. Stuck in a remote mountain cabin, the trio are terrorised by a supernatural force.
Style: suspense, scary, disturbing, suspenseful, psychological thriller ...
Audience: adult
Plot: stepmother, winter, suicide, cult leader, snow, murder, mass suicide, nudity, religious cult, vacation gone wrong, female nudity, destiny ...
Time: 2010s, year 2019, 21st century
Place: massachusetts
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 6.2
 78K
Cold Pursuit (2019)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, Norway, China, Canada, USA, France
Duration: 119 min.
Story: Nels Coxman's quiet life comes crashing down when his beloved son dies under mysterious circumstances. His search for the truth soon becomes a quest for revenge as he seeks coldblooded justice against a drug lord and his inner circle.
Style: black comedy, dark comedy, harsh, action comedy, suspenseful ...
Audience: adult
Plot: revenge, snow, winter, one man army, snowstorm, vigilante justice, vigilante, vigilantism, skiing, drug cartel, final showdown, life turned upside down ...
Time: 2010s
Place: colorado, denver colorado
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Journey to the Christmas Star (2012)
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: Norway
Duration: 80 min.
Story: 13 year old kind-hearted Sonja arrives at a tiny village together with a company of bandits. But there is a curse on the village. A long time ago, the King’s only daughter Goldhair disappeared while searching for the Christmas Star. The Queen died ...
Style: fairy tale, captivating, mysterious, serious, atmospheric ...
Audience: family outing, teens, preschool
Plot: winter, imaginary kingdom, friendship, curses spells and rituals, little girl, long lost daughter, xmas, snow, christmas, nordic, new year, christmas season ...
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I'm Thinking of Ending Things (2020)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 134 min.
Story: Nothing is as it seems when a woman experiencing misgivings about her new boyfriend joins him on a road trip to meet his parents at their remote farm.
Style: thought provoking, suspense, disturbing, psychological, surreal ...
Plot: dementia, suicide, high school, winter, farm, snow, relationships, estrangement, road trip, parents and children, haunted by the past, waitress ...
Time: 2020s, 21st century
Place: america
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Amazing Winter Romance (2020)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story: When journalist Julia goes back home to find inspiration, she discovers her childhood friend has built a giant snow maze which prompts her to find her way to true love.
Style: light, touching, tear jerker, romantic
Plot: christmas, romantic relationship, winter, friends, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, parents daughter relationship, brother sister relationship, sisterhood, small town, female journalist, jealousy, christmas romance ...
Place: chicago, north dakota
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National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: It's Christmas time and the Griswolds are preparing for a family seasonal celebration, but things never run smoothly for Clark, his wife Ellen and their two kids. Clark's continual bad luck is worsened by his obnoxious family guests, but ...
Style: humorous, feel good, funny, christmas special, hilarious ...
Audience: kids, teens, family friendly
Plot: christmas, holiday, parents and children, winter, christmas season, dysfunctional family, vacation, snow, family gatherings, xmas, culture clash, creativity ...
Time: 80s, year 2016, 20th century
Place: chicago, illinois, usa
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Edge of Winter (2016)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: When two brothers are stranded by a brutal winter storm with an unpredictable father they barely know, the boys begin to suspect their supposed protector may be their biggest threat.
Style: suspense, psychological thriller, exciting, suspenseful, tense ...
Plot: winter, wilderness, cold weather, brother brother relationship, father son relationship, mentally unstable, divorced parents, child in peril, snow, survival, parent child relationship, snowstorm ...
Place: ontario canada, canada
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 7.7
 649K
Home Alone (1990)
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Eight-year-old Kevin McCallister makes the most of the situation after his family unwittingly leaves him behind when they go on Christmas vacation. But when a pair of bungling burglars set their sights on Kevin's house, the plucky kid stands ...
Style: funny, light, humorous, not serious, slapstick comedy ...
Audience: kids, family outing, family friendly, toddlers, chick flick ...
Plot: christmas, holiday, mischievous children, home alone, youth, children, home invasion, kids and family, child protagonist, winter, child, when the parents are away ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, year 2016, 80s
Place: chicago, illinois, usa, france, paris france ...
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 4.3
 2K
The Frozen (2012)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: After a harrowing snowmobile accident, a young couple is stranded in the woods and must survive while waiting for help to arrive. Events take a turn for the worse after the disappearance of Emma's boyfriend, leaving her on her own not only to ...
Style: suspense, slasher, psychological, minimal cast, psychological thriller ...
Plot: wilderness, snow, lost in the woods, winter, stalking, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, fear, stranded, isolation, hiding, accident, wilderness survival ...
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 7.6
 530K
Love Actually (2003)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 135 min.
Story: Follows seemingly unrelated people as their lives begin to intertwine while they fall in – and out – of love. Affections languish and develop as Christmas draws near.
Style: feel good, romantic, sentimental, touching, sweet ...
Audience: chick flick, date night, girls' night, teens, kids
Plot: christmas, love, holiday, relationships, love story, multiple storylines, love and romance, fall in love, marriage, couples, first love, couple relations ...
Time: year 2003, 2000s, 21st century
Place: london, europe, england, britain, united kingdom ...
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 7.1
 22K
Into the White (2012)
Genre: Action, Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: Norway, Sweden, France
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Into the White is an anti-war movie. High above the harsh Norwegian wilderness, English and German pilots shoot each other to the ground after a violent chance encounter. Isolated, they must fight to survive the brutal winter. Though war has made ...
Style: realistic, serious, captivating, exciting, suspenseful ...
Plot: survival, wilderness, winter, world war two, war, air disaster, aviation, foe turned friend, luftwaffe, airplane shot down, snow, isolation ...
Time: 20th century, year 2012, 1940s, year 1940
Place: europe
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 6.7
 5K
Modus (2015)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Sweden, Germany, Norway, Denmark, Iceland, Belgium, UK
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: During a snowy Christmas season in Sweden, psychologist and profiler Inger Johanne Vik finds not only herself but also her autistic daughter drawn into the investigation of a number of disturbing deaths, through which she meets detective Ingvar ...
Style: detective, noir, tense, suspense, captivating ...
Plot: serial killer, winter, religious fanaticism, murder, investigation, nordic, uncover truth, danger, family relations, society, death, couples ...
Time: 21st century
Place: stockholm sweden, scandinavia, eastern europe
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Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story: Instead of flying to Florida with his folks, Kevin ends up alone in New York, where he gets a hotel room with his dad's credit card—despite problems from a clerk and meddling bellboy. But when Kevin runs into his old nemeses, the Wet Bandits, ...
Style: feel good, funny, humorous, hilarious, slapstick ...
Audience: kids, family outing, pre-teens, girls' night, chick flick ...
Plot: holiday, christmas, children, hotel, home alone, childhood, vacation, child, young heroes, mischievous children, snow, trap ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, year 1992
Place: new york, florida, manhattan new york city, chicago, miami
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Narvik: Hitler's First Defeat (2022)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Norway
Duration: 108 min.
Story: April, 1940. The eyes of the world are on Narvik, a small town in northern Norway, a source of the iron ore needed for Hitler's war machine. Through two months of fierce winter warfare, the German leader is dealt with his first defeat.
Style: dramatic, serious, suspenseful, captivating
Plot: winter, world war two, world war, military, war, cold weather, french soldier, battles, small town, hitler, defeat, young girl ...
Time: year 1940
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