Winter Movies
Kinora's catalogue lists 114 films set in winter, spanning 1937–2024. Each is tagged by where and when it takes place — filter by real-world setting, era, and environment, or open any film for its full tagged world.
- 2007
30 Days of Night
Wilderness · Ruraldir. David Slade - 1983
A Christmas Story
Suburbandir. Bob Clark - 1998
A Simple Plan
Ruraldir. Sam Raimi - 2023
Anatomy of a Fall
Mountain · Ruraldir. Justine Triet - 2024
Anora
Urbandir. Sean Baker - 1987
Au Revoir les Enfants
Ruraldir. Louis Malle - 1967
Barefoot in the Park
Urbandir. Gene Saks - 1992
Batman Returns
Urban · Undergrounddir. Tim Burton - 1965
Battle of the Bulge
Rural · Wildernessdir. Ken Annakin - 1996
Beautiful Girls
dir. Ted Demme - 1974
Black Christmas
Urbandir. Bob Clark - 1991
Black Robe
Wildernessdir. Bruce Beresford - 2005
C.R.A.Z.Y.
Urbandir. Jean-Marc Vallée - 2016
Certain Women
Ruraldir. Kelly Reichardt - 2000
Chocolat
Ruraldir. Lasse Hallström - 1945
Christmas in Connecticut
Ruraldir. Peter Godfrey - 1993
Cliffhanger
Mountain · Wildernessdir. Renny Harlin - 1993
Cool Runnings
Island · Urbandir. Jon Turteltaub - 2015
Crimson Peak
Rural · Urbandir. Guillermo del Toro - 1990
Dances with Wolves
Wilderness · Ruraldir. Kevin Costner - 1981
Das Boot
Off Worlddir. Wolfgang Petersen - 1990
Die Hard 2
Suburbandir. Renny Harlin - 1990
Edward Scissorhands
Suburbandir. Tim Burton - 2003
Elf
Urbandir. Jon Favreau - 2004
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Urban · Suburbandir. Michel Gondry - 1982
Fanny and Alexander
Urbandir. Ingmar Bergman - 1996
Fargo
Rural · Urbandir. Joel Coen - 2014
Force Majeure
Mountaindir. Ruben Östlund - 1995
Four Rooms
Urbandir. Allison Anders - 2008
Frozen River
Rural · Coastal Seadir. Courtney Hunt - 2013
Fruitvale Station
Urbandir. Ryan Coogler - 1937
Grand Illusion
Rural · Mountaindir. Jean Renoir - 1984
Gremlins
Suburbandir. Joe Dante - 1993
Groundhog Day
Ruraldir. Harold Ramis - 1993
Grumpy Old Men
Ruraldir. Donald Petrie - 1990
Home Alone
Suburbandir. Chris Columbus - 1992
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
Urbandir. Chris Columbus - 1952
Ikiru
Urbandir. Akira Kurosawa - 2013
Inside Llewyn Davis
Urbandir. Joel Coen - 1946
It's a Wonderful Life
Ruraldir. Frank Capra - 1972
Jeremiah Johnson
Wilderness · Mountaindir. Sydney Pollack - 2019
Klaus
Island · Coastal Seadir. Sergio Pablos - 1965
Kwaidan
Rural · Wildernessdir. Masaki Kobayashi - 1994
Legends of the Fall
Rural · Wilderness · Mountaindir. Edward Zwick - 2008
Let the Right One In
Suburbandir. Tomas Alfredson - 2003
Love Actually
Urbandir. Richard Curtis - 1995
Love Letter
Urbandir. Shunji Iwai - 2017
Loveless
Urbandir. Andrey Zvyagintsev - 2016
Manchester by the Sea
Coastal Sea · Suburbandir. Kenneth Lonergan - 1971
McCabe & Mrs. Miller
Rural · Mountaindir. Robert Altman - 2004
Miracle
Urbandir. Gavin O'Connor - 1947
Miracle on 34th Street
Urbandir. George Seaton - 1990
Misery
Ruraldir. Rob Reiner - 2011
Monsieur Lazhar
Urbandir. Philippe Falardeau - 1974
Murder on the Orient Express
Mountaindir. Sidney Lumet - 1969
My Night at Maud's
Urbandir. Éric Rohmer - 1989
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
Suburbandir. Jeremiah S. Chechik - 2021
Nomadland
Rural · Wildernessdir. Chloé Zhao - 2003
Oldboy
Urbandir. Park Chan-wook - 1961
One Hundred and One Dalmatians
Urban · Ruraldir. Clyde Geronimi - 1980
Ordinary People
Suburbandir. Robert Redford - 2009
Pontypool
Rural · Undergrounddir. Bruce McDonald - 2013
Prisoners
Suburbandir. Denis Villeneuve - 1991
Raise the Red Lantern
Urbandir. Zhang Yimou - 2015
Rams
Rural · Mountaindir. Grímur Hákonarson - 1940
Remember the Night
Urban · Ruraldir. Mitchell Leisen - 1976
Rocky
Urbandir. John G. Avildsen - 1985
Rocky IV
Urban · Mountaindir. Sylvester Stallone - 1985
Runaway Train
Wildernessdir. Andrei Konchalovsky - 2002
Russian Ark
Urbandir. Aleksandr Sokurov - 1988
Scrooged
Urbandir. Richard Donner - 1954
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
Mountain · Ruraldir. Stanley Donen - 2018
Shoplifters
Urbandir. Hirokazu Kore-eda - 2013
Snowpiercer
Mountain · Wildernessdir. Bong Joon Ho - 2021
Spencer
Ruraldir. Pablo Larraín - 1993
Stalingrad
Urbandir. Joseph Vilsmaier - 1950
Sunset Boulevard
Urbandir. Billy Wilder - 2007
Sunshine
Off Worlddir. Danny Boyle - 1960
The Apartment
Urbandir. Billy Wilder - 1977
The Ascent
Rural · Wildernessdir. Larisa Shepitko - 1947
The Bishop's Wife
dir. Henry Koster - 1971
The French Connection
Urbandir. William Friedkin - 1968
The Great Silence
Mountain · Ruraldir. Sergio Corbucci - 2021
The Green Knight
Wilderness · Ruraldir. David Lowery - 2012
The Grey
Wildernessdir. Joe Carnahan - 2015
The Hateful Eight
Mountain · Ruraldir. Quentin Tarantino - 2023
The Holdovers
Rural · Urbandir. Alexander Payne - 2006
The Holiday
Rural · Urbandir. Nancy Meyers - 1971
The Last Picture Show
Ruraldir. Peter Bogdanovich - 1968
The Lion in Winter
Urbandir. Anthony Harvey - 1993
The Nightmare Before Christmas
Urbandir. Henry Selick - 2015
The Revenant
Wilderness · Mountaindir. Alejandro G. Iñárritu - 2009
The Road
Wilderness · Rural · Coastal Seadir. John Hillcoat - 2001
The Royal Tenenbaums
Urbandir. Wes Anderson - 1956
The Searchers
Wilderness · Desertdir. John Ford - 1980
The Shining
Mountaindir. Stanley Kubrick - 1940
The Shop Around the Corner
Urbandir. Ernst Lubitsch - 2024
The Substance
Urbandir. Coralie Fargeat - 1997
The Sweet Hereafter
Rural · Mountaindir. Atom Egoyan - 1982
The Thing
Wildernessdir. John Carpenter - 1964
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
Coastal Sea · Urbandir. Jacques Demy - 2003
Tokyo Godfathers
Urbandir. Satoshi Kon - 2014
Under the Skin
Urban · Wilderness · Mountaindir. Jonathan Glazer - 1992
Unforgiven
Rural · Wildernessdir. Clint Eastwood - 1985
Vagabond
Ruraldir. Agnès Varda - 2017
War for the Planet of the Apes
Wilderness · Mountain · Undergrounddir. Matt Reeves - 1995
While You Were Sleeping
Urbandir. Jon Turteltaub - 1954
White Christmas
Rural · Mountaindir. Michael Curtiz - 1957
White Nights
Urbandir. Luchino Visconti - 2017
Wind River
Rural · Wilderness · Mountaindir. Taylor Sheridan - 1963
Winter Light
Ruraldir. Ingmar Bergman - 2014
Winter Sleep
Mountain · Ruraldir. Nuri Bilge Ceylan - 2010
Winter's Bone
Rural · Mountaindir. Debra Granik - 2000
Wonder Boys
Urbandir. Curtis Hanson
Frequently asked
How many movies are set in winter?
Kinora's catalogue lists 114 films set in winter, spanning 1937–2024.
What are some movies set in winter?
Films set in winter in our catalogue include 30 Days of Night (2007), A Christmas Story (1983), A Simple Plan (1998), Anatomy of a Fall (2023), and Anora (2024).
What is the oldest movie set in winter?
Grand Illusion (1937) is the earliest film set in winter in our catalogue; the most recent is The Substance (2024).