Showdown

Great White

Best films set in the snow

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Calling all snow angels: this Showdown celebrates the blizzard of films that feature sky crystals as a significant production element. Hit the road with Hanna, Carol, the Snowman and the old man, ’cos there’s a cold mountain between us. Whether major obstacle or touch of magic, list your ten favorite films that make you feel alive to the big white. It’s been a cool running, but we’re thinking of ending things (i.e. this is the final Showdown for 2022, so let the right one in). Happy snow day!

Most mentioned

  • The Thing
  • Fargo
  • The Shining
  • The Hateful Eight
  • Snowpiercer
  • The Empire Strikes Back
  • The Revenant
  • It's a Wonderful Life
  • The Gold Rush
  • Misery
  • Frozen
  • Let the Right One In
  • Wind River
  • Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
  • The Grand Budapest Hotel
  • I'm Thinking of Ending Things
  • McCabe & Mrs. Miller
  • Home Alone
  • Groundhog Day
  • The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

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  • Frozen
  • The Thing
  • The Thing
  • Snowpiercer
  • Krampus
Alex

Alex 171 films

  • Quintet
  • Nanook of the North
  • The White Reindeer
  • The Conquest of the Pole
  • The Thing from Another World
12pt9

12pt9 387 films

  • Snow-White
  • Winter Light
  • Eyes Wide Shut
  • Winter's Watch
  • Eileen
instagram.com/takenbyapicture 𐕣 🅥 X

instagram.com/takenbyapicture 𐕣 🅥 X 295 films

  • Batman Returns
  • Bridge of Spies
  • Cliffhanger
  • Day of the Outlaw
  • Death Hunt
Will

Will 30 films

  • The Ascent
  • Decalogue I
  • The Thing
  • Dersu Uzala
  • The Holdovers
Ana Helena

Ana Helena 81 films

  • The Shining
  • The Thing
  • Groundhog Day
  • The Revenant
  • Fargo
Shawn Bird

Shawn Bird 10 films

  • McCabe & Mrs. Miller
  • Fargo
  • Ikiru
  • The Great Silence
  • The Revenant
Jake J

Jake J 106 films

  • Elf
  • Uncle Buck
  • Trading Places
  • Home Alone
  • Four Christmases
Melissa

Melissa 39 films

  • The Empire Strikes Back
  • Inception
  • The Muppet Christmas Carol
  • Mulan
  • The Grand Budapest Hotel
Jim Raison

Jim Raison 42 films

  • Seance
  • The Blackcoat's Daughter
  • Crimson Peak
  • Black Christmas
  • Better Watch Out
atenderwitch

atenderwitch 7 films

  • Fargo
  • McCabe & Mrs. Miller
  • War and Peace
  • The Hateful Eight
  • Snowpiercer
Destin

Destin 26 films

  • The Shining
  • The Thing
  • The Hateful Eight
  • Misery
  • Groundhog Day
Ronin

Ronin 19 films

  • Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
  • Inception
  • Groundhog Day
  • Titanic
  • Dumb and Dumber
Melissa

Melissa 32 films

  • Metropolis
  • The Passion of Joan of Arc
  • 2001: A Space Odyssey
  • WALL·E
  • Cargo
SpeedLancer

SpeedLancer 129 films

  • The Empire Strikes Back
  • The Hateful Eight
  • Frozen
  • Snowball Express
  • Holiday Inn
Flicks With Friends

Flicks With Friends 10 films

  • Fargo
  • It's a Wonderful Life
  • Andrei Rublev
  • The Empire Strikes Back
  • The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
J_NC

J_NC 10 films

  • Goyokin
  • Track of the Cat
  • The Heroes of Telemark
  • Affliction
  • Death Hunt
george_kaplan

george_kaplan 10 films

  • The Thing
  • The Shining
  • Snow Day
  • It's a Wonderful Life
  • Frosty the Snowman
PF4Eva

PF4Eva 10 films

  • The Mortal Storm
  • The Curse of the Cat People
  • The Idiot
  • Shoot the Piano Player
  • Kwaidan
AddiePray

AddiePray 13 films

  • Jeremiah Johnson
  • Fargo
  • Let the Right One In
  • Force Majeure
  • Unknown Soldier
Guilherme Simões Reis

Guilherme Simões Reis 17 films

  • The Shining
  • Fargo
  • The Thing
  • Wind River
  • Frozen
quadrophenia17

quadrophenia17 23 films

  • The Thing
  • The Revenant
  • Klaus
  • The Grand Budapest Hotel
  • National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
nathan

nathan 40 films

  • The Shining
  • The Thing
  • Picture of Light
  • I'm Thinking of Ending Things
  • The Hateful Eight
Daniel Charchuk

Daniel Charchuk 25 films

  • Millennium Actress
  • The Holiday
  • Carol
  • Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
  • Let the Right One In
michelle grondine

michelle grondine 24 films

  • The Thing
  • The Revenant
  • The Shining
  • The Gold Rush
  • Fargo
Shane Barlow

Shane Barlow 11 films

  • The Thing
  • The Shining
  • Schindler's List
  • Black Christmas
  • The Hateful Eight
Brendan O'Keeffe

Brendan O'Keeffe 10 films

  • The Ascent
  • Force Majeure
  • Falls Around Her
  • Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
  • Inside Llewyn Davis
T.H. Ponders

T.H. Ponders 22 films

  • The Great White Silence
  • The Gold Rush
  • Misery
  • The Shining
  • Fargo
Eduardo Ramírez

Eduardo Ramírez 27 films

  • Force Majeure
  • Alive
  • Snowpiercer
  • Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale
  • The Revenant
okrc (J.Arturo)

okrc (J.Arturo) 11 films

  • Chilly Dogs
Maciej Hutt

Maciej Hutt 1 film

  • Where Eagles Dare
  • The Shining
  • The Thing
  • Planes, Trains and Automobiles
  • Fargo
Lewis Harris

Lewis Harris 10 films

  • Tokyo Godfathers
  • Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
  • Blade Runner 2049
  • The Weather Man
  • Schindler's List
filmplanet

filmplanet 23 films

  • Misery
  • The Thing
  • Klaus
  • Fargo
  • Jeremiah Johnson
Joe Gold

Joe Gold 10 films

  • Somersault
  • Drive My Car
  • The Summit of the Gods
  • Force Majeure
  • Sherpa
Alvaro D. Ruiz

Alvaro D. Ruiz 20 films

  • Fargo
  • The Thing
  • The Shining
  • The Empire Strikes Back
  • Misery
TB14

TB14 10 films

  • Thingu
  • The Empire Strikes Back
  • Batman Returns
  • The Thing
  • Let the Right One In
LRSVDR

LRSVDR 10 films

  • Fargo
  • The Thing
  • The Hateful Eight
  • A Simple Plan
  • Let the Right One In
Daniel

Daniel 10 films

  • It's a Wonderful Life
  • Doctor Zhivago
  • Bridget Jones's Diary
  • Little Women
  • Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
Emily

Emily 10 films

  • Vengeance of a Snow Girl
  • Fargo
  • The Hateful Eight
  • Virus
  • Snowbeast
Josias Troyer

Josias Troyer 10 films

  • Fargo
  • Alive
  • The Revenant
  • Force Majeure
  • Cliffhanger
Stanley

Stanley 36 films

  • Fanny and Alexander
  • The Shining
  • Fargo
  • It's a Wonderful Life
  • Ikiru
Danny Fain

Danny Fain 10 films

  • Let the Right One In
  • The Revenant
  • The Thing
  • Fargo
  • Klaus
LibraryLad

LibraryLad 10 films

  • McCabe & Mrs. Miller
  • Doctor Zhivago
  • On Her Majesty's Secret Service
  • The Thing
  • Black Christmas
Kenneth_C

Kenneth_C 10 films

  • The Thing
  • Wind River
  • Fargo
  • The Shining
  • The Hateful Eight
Michael Delgado

Michael Delgado 10 films

  • The Hateful Eight
  • Beautiful Girls
  • The Thing
  • Frozen
  • Dead Snow
DonJohn80

DonJohn80 10 films

  • I'm Thinking of Ending Things
  • The Grand Budapest Hotel
  • Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
  • The Shining
  • Fargo
Thom Robinson

Thom Robinson 10 films

  • Everest
  • Alive
  • Balto
  • Eight Below
  • Rise of the Guardians
Morgan

Morgan 10 films

  • My Winnipeg
  • Inside Llewyn Davis
  • The Hateful Eight
  • The Ascent
  • A White, White Day
Stav

Stav 11 films

  • Alive
  • The Assault
  • Fargo
  • The Shining
  • Into the Wild
Maarten Rogier

Maarten Rogier 10 films

  • Where Eagles Dare
  • The Shining
  • The Thing
  • Runaway Train
  • Cool Runnings
Davormkd

Davormkd 10 films

  • The Great Silence
  • Fargo
  • Long Way North
  • Snowpiercer
  • The Gold Rush
aaaaah(riane)

aaaaah(riane) 10 films

  • The Grey
  • Arctic
  • The Hateful Eight
  • A Simple Plan
  • Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter
Kabir

Kabir 11 films

  • The Muppet Christmas Carol
  • Snowpiercer
  • The Grand Budapest Hotel
  • Crimson Peak
  • The Shining
miranda

miranda 10 films

  • Let the Right One In
  • The Thing
  • Gremlins
  • The Long Kiss Goodnight
  • The Great Silence
Patrick_Z

Patrick_Z 10 films

  • Downhill Racer
  • The Gold Rush
  • The Sweet Hereafter
  • Nanook of the North
  • Insomnia
Aspiefuck

Aspiefuck 17 films

  • Edward Scissorhands
  • Misery
  • The Thing
  • The Blackcoat's Daughter
  • The Shining
Hex

Hex 10 films

  • The Thing
  • Frozen
  • It's a Wonderful Life
  • The Empire Strikes Back
  • Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Isha 🦕

Isha 🦕 10 films

  • The Revenant
  • Wind River
  • Fargo
  • Snowpiercer
  • Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Matt Jackel

Matt Jackel 10 films

  • The Thing
  • The Shining
  • Fargo
  • Die Hard 2
  • Black Christmas
Richard Garrett

Richard Garrett 10 films

  • The Shining
  • The Thing
  • Snowpiercer
  • The Grand Budapest Hotel
  • The Empire Strikes Back
Logan Desris

Logan Desris 10 films

  • Fargo
  • Doctor Zhivago
  • I'm Thinking of Ending Things
  • Frozen River
  • The Revenant
Sam Holdren

Sam Holdren 12 films

  • The Gold Rush
  • Lost Horizon
  • It's a Wonderful Life
  • Scrooge
  • A Christmas Story
Kent Graham

Kent Graham 10 films

  • The Great Silence
  • Andrei Rublev
  • The Thing
  • McCabe & Mrs. Miller
  • Fargo
Godard_Knocks

Godard_Knocks 10 films

  • Black Christmas
  • Fargo
  • A Bad Moms Christmas
  • Inception
  • Carol
Michael Overbey

Michael Overbey 11 films

  • The Grey
  • The Thing
  • Fargo
  • Till Death
  • The Shining
geekyteach81

geekyteach81 12 films

  • The Thing
  • Crimson Peak
  • How the Grinch Stole Christmas
  • Black Christmas
  • Fargo
Artemy

Artemy 5 films

  • The Nightmare Before Christmas
  • The Muppet Christmas Carol
  • The Holiday
  • Home Alone
  • Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Niall Hassett

Niall Hassett 10 films

  • Come and See
  • The Empire Strikes Back
  • A Serious Man
  • Inside Llewyn Davis
  • Blade Runner 2049
Jamie Ragins

Jamie Ragins 10 films

  • Spellbound
  • Beauty and the Beast
  • The Thing
  • Batman Returns
  • Tokyo Godfathers
Garrett

Garrett 10 films

  • The Shining
  • The Hateful Eight
  • Snowpiercer
  • The Gold Rush
  • Fargo
Bronco Bronson

Bronco Bronson 7 films

  • Jeremiah Johnson
  • It's a Wonderful Life
  • Doctor Zhivago
  • Lady Snowblood
  • Fargo
Kevin Ryan

Kevin Ryan 36 films

  • McCabe & Mrs. Miller
  • Jeremiah Johnson
  • The Great Silence
  • The Revenant
  • Dead Man
AronDanburg

AronDanburg 10 films

  • Dead Snow 2: Red vs. Dead
  • The Shining
  • Till Death
  • Misery
  • The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Ashley S

Ashley S 12 films

  • The Thing
  • White Christmas
  • The Empire Strikes Back
  • Gremlins
  • Inception
natepd

natepd 10 films

  • The Thing
  • Wind River
  • Snowpiercer
  • Fargo
  • The Sweet Hereafter
Matthew Doherty

Matthew Doherty 10 films

  • Frozen
  • Frozen
  • 30 Days of Night
  • The Empire Strikes Back
  • Misery
BigMonsterTeeth

BigMonsterTeeth 14 films

  • The Outlaw and His Wife
  • The Gold Rush
  • The Little Match Girl
  • Kwaidan
  • The Great Silence
Travis D. Johnson

Travis D. Johnson 10 films

  • Frozen
  • The Nightmare Before Christmas
  • How the Grinch Stole Christmas!
  • Citizen Kane
  • Bambi
🌹 Jackson Pauls

🌹 Jackson Pauls 10 films

  • The Grand Budapest Hotel
  • Fargo
  • A Christmas Story
  • Hugo
  • Lady Vengeance
Seth Montpelier

Seth Montpelier 10 films

  • Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
  • Wolf Children
  • Kill Bill: Vol. 1
  • 5 Centimeters per Second
  • The Great Race
Matt Richter

Matt Richter 57 films

  • March of the Penguins
  • A Christmas Story
  • Fargo
  • Misery
  • Winter Sleep
rsq2000

rsq2000 10 films

  • Murder on the Orient Express
  • Wind River
  • A Simple Plan
  • On Her Majesty's Secret Service
  • In Order of Disappearance
mooveefan

mooveefan 10 films

  • The Woodcutter Story
  • The White Reindeer
  • Force Majeure
  • The Saboteur
  • Edward Scissorhands
Annikin

Annikin 10 films

  • The Thing
  • The Hateful Eight
  • Fargo
  • The Shining
  • McCabe & Mrs. Miller
Adam Kroksh

Adam Kroksh 10 films

  • Fargo
  • Trial on the Road
  • The Gold Rush
  • Khrustalyov, My Car!
  • Inside Llewyn Davis
Ilya Alesker

Ilya Alesker 10 films

  • Tokyo Godfathers
  • The Shining
  • The Thing
  • Silent Night, Deadly Night
  • The Grand Budapest Hotel
Robert Berlin

Robert Berlin 10 films

  • The Thing
  • The Empire Strikes Back
  • Little Women
  • The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
  • White Christmas
ridge 🎾

ridge 🎾 16 films

  • It's a Wonderful Life
  • Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
  • The Hateful Eight
  • The Shining
  • The Grand Budapest Hotel
Drei

Drei 10 films

  • King of Devil's Island
  • The Thing
  • The Empire Strikes Back
  • The Revenant
  • Wind River
Eigne

Eigne 7 films

  • Citizen Kane
  • It's a Wonderful Life
  • One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
  • The Empire Strikes Back
  • The Shining
JB Herald

JB Herald 20 films

Still from Arctic (2018)