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Best snow movies.

posted 5 years ago by samoanjoes (58613)
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My holiday season has been completely green. To fill this empty void of no snow, what are the best snow movies? I'll start with the obvious and say "Fargo".

[–] kuku (3510) 5 years ago

Horror:
The Thing (1982)
With vampires, Frostbitten (2006) and 30 Days of Night
Rare Exports, xmas horror in Finland
Cold Prey, trilogy, Scandinavian slasher

A very good but unknown one
The Savage Innocents (1960)

[–] CKid (3842) 5 years ago

Cool Runnings (1998)
Smilla's Sense of Snow (1997)

[–] R_Kane (15828) 5 years ago

Smilla! Great call.

Blow
Avalanche scene in XXX
Avalanche scene in Mummy 3
Actually just about any avalanche scene, if you have a really good or better subwoofer(s) in your system

[–] somesunnyday (2078) 5 years ago

Let The Right One In

[–] swanstep (2769) 5 years ago

There were a bunch of great snow-set films at the end of the '90s/start of the '00s (i.e., after Fargo's success):

The Sweet Hereafter
A Simple Plan
Affliction
The Claim

[–] samoanjoes (58613) 5 years ago

I forgot about Affliction. I've never seen it. I should check it out.

[–] swanstep (2769) 5 years ago

I forgot about Affliction. I've never seen it. I should check it out.

Hope you like it. Affliction got a bit lost in the crush of other great movies around back in 1997. It's one of Paul Schrader's best movies for sure, and one of Nolte's best performances. James Coburn is awesomely terrifying as Nolte's brutal father who kind of sets the whole family tragedy in motion. Spacek & Defoe are also great.

[–] samoanjoes (58613) 5 years ago

Sounds like it could be a decent thriller like A Simple Plan.

[–] TimMC (9143) 5 years ago

Cliffhanger (1993)

[–] chilidoggg (14605) 5 years ago

Doctor Zhivago
Scarface (1983)

[–] movieace11 (1368) 5 years ago

Eddie the Eagle (2015)

[–] samoanjoes (58613) 5 years ago

Good IMDb score. I'll check it out.

[–] tsrt (1177) 5 years ago

Die Hard 2