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'Everest' (2015) - Based on the real events of the 1996 Mount Everest disaster, this biographical adventure film features Josh Brolin and Jake Gyllenhaal, among others.

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'Fargo' (1996) - Written, produced, and directed by Joel and Ethan Coen, this black comedy involves kidnap, homicide, and sub-zero temperatures.

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'March of the Penguins' (2005) - This heartwarming feature-length documentary follows the trials and tribulations of empire penguins and their cute but vulnerable offspring.

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'Eight Below' (2006) - The late Paul Walker stars in this story about the relationship between Antarctic scientists and their loyal and hard-working husky dogs. The movie is based on a real-life incident.

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'The Mountain Between Us' (2017) - Idris Elba and Kate Winslet star as mountain plane crash survivors who must deal with injuries, harsh weather... and each other.

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'Vertical Limit' (2000) -

Chris O'Donnell stars in this survival thriller as a young climber who heads a mountain rescue mission.

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'The Revenant' (2015) -

Set in bleak wilderness, Leonardo DiCaprio battles trappers, Native American tribes, and grizzly bears while seeking revenge for the murder of his son.

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'The Thing' (1982) - An alien being causes havoc at a remote Antarctic research station. Kurt Russell tries to find out who—or what—'The Thing' really is.

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'Love Actually' (2003) - This Christmas-themed romantic comedy has everybody falling in love, including the British Prime Minister, played by Hugh Grant.

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'Happy Feet' (2006) - More penguins, this time of the computer-animated variety. Lots of music and comedy warms up the harsh winter setting.

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'Planes, Trains and Automobiles' (1987) - Anybody who's ever tried to get home in time for Thanksgiving during a blizzard will totally sympathize with Steve Martin and John Candy's characters in this hilarious buddy comedy.

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'Alive' (1993) - The film details a Uruguayan rugby team's October 1972 air crash in the Andes Mountains and how starving survivors eventually decided to eat the flesh of their dead relatives and friends.

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'Groundhog Day' (1993) - Bill Murray is a hapless weatherman caught in a time loop and reliving the same day in this comedy.

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'Ice Age: The Meltdown' (2006) - Actually, any one of the 'Ice Age' films make for wonderful winter viewing. Our favorite mammoth, sloth, and saber-tooth tiger pick up where they left off in this delightful follow-up to the first movie.

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'The Hateful Eight' (2016) -

A freezing snowstorm sets the scene for Quentin Tarantino's tense western thriller about a bounty hunter and his prisoner holed up in a cabin occupied by an odd assortment of villainous characters.

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'The Day After Tomorrow' (2004) - A science fiction disaster movie with a climate change message, Dennis Quaid and Jake Gyllenhaal warn of impending doom. But is anybody listening?

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'Winter's Bone' (2010) - A chilly rural Missouri sets the scene for this mystery drama that sees Ree Dolly (Jennifer Lawrence) trying to locate her missing father.

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'The Shining' (1980) - The Overlook Hotel in mid-winter is no place to chill out when Jack Nicholson's deranged Sam Torrance is on the loose, axe in hand.

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'Grumpy Old Men' (1993) - John (Jack Lemmon) and Max (Walter Matthau) share a love for ice fishing, but rivalry rears its ugly head when a beautiful woman (Ariel, played by Anne-Margret) moves into the neighborhood.

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'The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo' (2011) - A winter-wrapped Sweden is where this psychological crime thriller unfolds, with Daniel Craig investigating the disappearance of a woman forty years earlier. Rooney Mara co-stars as Lisbeth Salander.

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'The Ice Storm' (1997) - This Ang Lee-directed drama set during Thanksgiving in 1973 sees two dysfunctional upper class families dealing with social upheaval and the terrible consequences of a freezing snow storm.

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'Miracle' (2004) - This gritty sports docudrama follows the United States men's ice hockey team and its bid to win gold at the 1980 Winter Olympics.

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'Transsiberian' (2008) - Much of the action and intrigue in this movie takes place on a train as it follows the Trans-Siberian Railway line from China to Russia. Woody Harrelson, Emily Mortimer, and Ben Kingsley star.

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'The Ice Harvest' (2005) -

John Cusack, Billy Bob Thornton, and Connie Nielsen star in this black comedy themed around a Christmas Eve crime.

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'Behind Enemy Lines' (2001) - Owen Wilson plays an American naval flight officer shot down over Bosnia during the Bosnian War and subsequently pursued by murderous Bosnian Serb paramilitary death squads.

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'Misery' (1990) -

James Caan stars as the hapless author held captive in the dead of winter by a psychotic fan (Kathy Bates).

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'Where Eagles Dare' (1968) - A classic of its genre, this thrill-a-minute war film benefits from crisp Alpine scenery and a stellar cast that includes Richard Burton, Clint Eastwood, and Ingrid Pitt.

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'The Gold Rush' (1925) - Charlie Chaplin declared this flick his favorite among his films. It's set during the Klondike Gold Rush and stars the "Little Tramp" as a lone prospector battling the cold, bad luck, and wanted criminals.

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'Winter Light' (1963) - Known in Swedish as 'Nattvardsgästerna,' Ingmar Bergman's drama about a small town priest struggling with his faith stars Gunnar Björnstrand, Ingrid Thulin, and Max von Sydow.

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'On Her Majesty's Secret Service' (1969) -

Plenty of Bond movies have featured 007 in the snow, but this outing starring George Lazenby as the British secret agent is celebrated for its stunning mountaintop backdrop, Alpine atmosphere, and a breathtaking ski chase.

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'The Polar Express' (2004) -

Tom Hanks tops the bill in this clever computer-animated adventure about a mysterious train and its conductor bound for the North Pole.

See also: The most iconic Christmas movies of all time.

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