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Winter Movies

Kinora's catalogue lists 32 films set in winter, spanning 1937–2023. 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.

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  • 2023

    Anatomy of a Fall

    Grenoble — 2010s · 2020s
    Mountain · Ruraldir. Justine Triet
  • 1943

    Casablanca

    Casablanca — 1940s
    Urbandir. Michael Curtiz
  • 1941

    Citizen Kane

    Florida · New York City · Colorado — 1800s · 1900s · 1910s · 1920s · 1930s · 1940s
    Urban · Ruraldir. Orson Welles
  • 1990

    Dances with Wolves

    Kansas · Tennessee
    Wilderness · Ruraldir. Kevin Costner
  • 1981

    Das Boot

    La Rochelle — 1940s
    Coastal Sea · Undergrounddir. Wolfgang Petersen
  • 2012

    Django Unchained

    Mississippi · Texas — 1800s
    Rural · Wildernessdir. Quentin Tarantino
  • 2021

    Drive My Car

    Tokyo · Hiroshima — 2010s
    Urban · Rural · Wildernessdir. Ryusuke Hamaguchi
  • 2004

    Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

    New York City · Boston — 2000s
    Suburban · Urban · Coastal Seadir. Michel Gondry
  • 1982

    Fanny and Alexander

    Sweden — 1900s
    Urbandir. Ingmar Bergman
  • 1996

    Fargo

    Minneapolis · Fargo — 1980s
    Urban · Rural · Wildernessdir. Joel Coen
  • 1937

    Grand Illusion

    Germany — 1910s
    Rural · Mountaindir. Jean Renoir
  • 1952

    Ikiru

    Tokyo — 1950s
    Urbandir. Akira Kurosawa
  • 2013

    Inside Llewyn Davis

    New York City · Chicago — 1960s
    Urbandir. Joel Coen
  • 1997

    L.A. Confidential

    Los Angeles — 1950s
    Urbandir. Curtis Hanson
  • 2008

    Let the Right One In

    Sweden — 1980s
    Suburban · Urbandir. Tomas Alfredson
  • 1971

    McCabe & Mrs. Miller

    Washington State — 1900s
    Rural · Wildernessdir. Robert Altman
  • 2021

    Nomadland

    Nevada · Arizona · South Dakota · California — 2010s
    Rural · Wilderness · Desertdir. Chloé Zhao
  • 1975

    One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

    Oregon — 1960s
    Urbandir. Miloš Forman
  • 1991

    Raise the Red Lantern

    China — 1920s
    Urbandir. Zhang Yimou
  • 1976

    Rocky

    Philadelphia — 1970s
    Urbandir. John G. Avildsen
  • 2018

    Shoplifters

    Tokyo — 2010s
    Urbandir. Hirokazu Kore-eda
  • 2021

    Spencer

    London · Norfolk — 1990s
    Rural · Coastal Seadir. Pablo Larraín
  • 1960

    The Apartment

    New York City — 1950s
    Urbandir. Billy Wilder
  • 1972

    The Godfather

    New York City · Sicily · Las Vegas — 1940s · 1950s
    Urban · Ruraldir. Francis Ford Coppola
  • 2012

    The Hunt

    Denmark — 2010s
    Ruraldir. Thomas Vinterberg
  • 2015

    The Revenant

    1800s
    Wilderness · Mountain · Ruraldir. Alejandro G. Iñárritu
  • 2001

    The Royal Tenenbaums

    New York City — 1970s · 1990s · 2000s
    Urbandir. Wes Anderson
  • 1980

    The Shining

    Colorado — 1980s
    Wilderness · Mountain · Ruraldir. Stanley Kubrick
  • 1982

    The Thing

    Antarctica — 1980s
    Wilderness · Undergrounddir. John Carpenter
  • 1964

    The Umbrellas of Cherbourg

    Cherbourg — 1950s · 1960s
    Coastal Sea · Urbandir. Jacques Demy
  • 2014

    Under the Skin

    Glasgow — 2010s
    Urban · Rural · Wildernessdir. Jonathan Glazer
  • 1992

    Unforgiven

    Japan — 1800s
    Rural · Wilderness · Urbandir. Clint Eastwood

Frequently asked

How many movies are set in winter?

Kinora's catalogue lists 32 films set in winter, spanning 1937–2023.

What are some movies set in winter?

Films set in winter in our catalogue include Anatomy of a Fall (2023), Casablanca (1943), Citizen Kane (1941), Dances with Wolves (1990), and Das Boot (1981).

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 Anatomy of a Fall (2023).

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