Winter Themed Movies

[Smokey]

As we exit one of snowiest winter on the record and cabin fever about to subside, we are more in tuned with our favorite winter movies.

Not in any particular order:

Dead of Winter (1987): In Hitchcock's style suspence, an actress audition turns deadly in cold upstate new york mansion. With Roddy MacDowall.


Never Cry Wolf (1983): A biologist without any survival skills, seek desperate measure (including eating rat) to study wolves in their environment.


Runaway train (1985): Jon Voigh as a convict on a runaway train heading for wreck in Alaska wilderness.


Nobody’s Fool (1994): Paul Newman try to make a living in a snowy town away from family squabble.


Gold Rush (1925): Charles Chaplin snow bound in mountain cabin, try to make a meal out of a shoe.


Death Hunt (1981): Charles Bronson and Lee Marvin faceoff in Canada wilderness.


The Thing (1982): John Carpenter version of Aliens set in Antarctic. With Kurt Russell.


Die Hard 2 (1990): Bruce Willis's Christmas eve plans does not include chesnut and Eggnog.


Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989): As Griswold had some disastrous vacations at both Wallyworld and in Europe, they hope for smoother vacation at home.


The Shinning (1980): A family heads to an isolated hotel for the winter.

[poppachubby]

[JohnMichael]

I love the winter scenes in

[Sir Terrence the Terrible]

I think The Day After Tomorrow would be a good movie for this winter season. Nothing like another ice age to chill folks out.

[Troy]

Fargo.

[Hyfi]

The Snow Walker

[Worf101]

Being who and what I am...

"Battleground" - Battle of the Bulge, cold and miserable.
"When Trumpets Fade" - Battle of the Hurtgen Forest, brutal, cold and miserable.
"Stalingrad" - See all the above and add Russian Hoards howling for revenge!
"War and Peace" - Same as above with Napoleon at the head.

Da "yeah I served wanna make sumthin' of it?" Worfster

[Smokey]

"Battleground" - Battle of the Bulge, cold and miserable.
"When Trumpets Fade" - Battle of the Hurtgen Forest, brutal, cold and miserable.
"Stalingrad" - See all the above and add Russian Hoards howling for revenge!
"War and Peace" - Same as above with Napoleon at the head.

Da "yeah I served wanna make sumthin' of it?"

Yes I do! You been watching too much of World At War DVD series Those are some serious movies.

Also thanks Poppa, John, Troy, Sir TT, Hify for movie suggestions.

[Troy]

"Stalingrad" - See all the above and add Russian Hoards howling for revenge!

See also, the far superior, Stalingrad-based, sniper duel Enemy at the Gates.

[Gerald Cooperberg]

-Coop

[nightflier]

I also like the romantic winter scenes in Dr. Zhivago. I'm also a fan of war movies, and here's a few that don't get much coverage, but are definitely up there on my list:

One of my favorites: Savior (takes place in Winter, although there isn't much snow):


Firefox (I have to plug at least one Clint movie):


Nimed Marmortahvlil / Names in Marble (Estonian Independence film):


Taegukgi (very well done Korean War film):


Joyeux Noël (Merry Christmas):


Saints and Soldiers (I thought this would be a flop, and it wasn't at all):

[jvc]

Just saw this one. It was pretty decent.

[tupes]

Synopsis: September 1942. The German Army has advanced to the gates of Stalingrad. The Russian Army holds on desperately. It is so poorly equipped that every pair of soldiers is given a single rifle--the... September 1942. The German Army has advanced to the gates of Stalingrad. The Russian Army holds on desperately. It is so poorly equipped that every pair of soldiers is given a single rifle--the second man only gets the weapon when the first is cut down. Trapped in no man's land between the opposing armies, Russian recruit Vassili Zaitsev (Jude Law) finally acquires a rifle from Political Officer Danilov (Joseph Fiennes). Danilov is astonished when Zaitsev picks off several German officers. On their return to the Russian lines, Danilov writes about Zaitsev's exploits in the army newspaper. Zaitsev is assigned to a sniper unit. He kills more German officers and, thanks to Danilov, becomes a hero. In retaliation, the Germans bring in sharpshooter Major König (Ed Harris) from Berlin--to hunt Zaitsev. The two snipers engage in a desperate duel, as the appalling Battle of Stalingrad rages. In ENEMY AT THE GATES, director Jean-Jacques Annaud uses a palate of dull greens, blues, and greys to tell the powerful, true story of Russian sniper Vassili Zaitsev. The film is distinguished by fine performances from Law, Fiennes, Rachel Weisz as a female soldier, and Bob Hoskins as Nikita Khrushchev--with Harris particularly notable as the chilly, aristocratic König.



Directed by Frank Marshall
Starring Josh Hamilton, Ethan Hawke, John Haymes Newton, Bruce Ramsay, Vincent Spano
This is the first mainstream film to deal with the harrowing true story of a Uruguayan rugby team whose plane crashed in the Andes mountains in October of 1972 and who were forced to resort to cannibalism to survive more than two months of isolation. (The only other film to tackle the subject, Rene Cardona's Survive! was a seedy little mess that delighted in exploiting the cannibalism aspect.) The events depicted are primarily based on the novel of the same name by Piers Paul Read. The interview-style prologue features an uncredited John Malkovich as one of the survivors, whose spiritual ruminations on the disaster

[Feanor]

Has no one mentioned Fargo? ...

[Troy]

Has no one mentioned Fargo? ...

I did.

[3LB]

Winter Kill (1974) - starring Andy Griffith as you've never seen him before...well actually, quite like you've seen him before. He plays the small town sheriff of a mountain lake town investigating a string of murders. It actually was not half-bad; its remote locale gives it a sense of isolation which hightens the suspense it would have otherwise lacked in just a rural setting.