# Best Snow Day Movie? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 10, 2010, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-snow-day-movie/528460 "2010-02-10T19:24:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![TheMerchandise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b487fb/32.png) [@TheMerchandise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheMerchandise)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2010, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-snow-day-movie/528460/1 "2010-02-10T19:24:49Z")
NYC is currently being bombarded by a heavy snowstorm and my office is panicking a bit and closing early today. I plan to spend a blissful afternoon drinking hot chocolate and watching DVDs. What’s your idea of a great Snow Day movie? Depending on how I feel after I battle the elements and the public transportation system I’ll watch either **Misery** or **March of the Penguins**. ---
**Author:** ![Malthus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85f322/32.png) [@Malthus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malthus)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2010, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-snow-day-movie/528460/2 "2010-02-10T19:27:50Z")
How about this? [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/EMhUZAq5IxQ/hqdefault.jpg "Snowlapse 2010.wmv") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EMhUZAq5IxQ) 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Hello\_Again](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/85e7bf/32.png) [@Hello\_Again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hello_Again)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2010, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-snow-day-movie/528460/3 "2010-02-10T19:31:30Z")
Big Trouble in Little China Demolition Man Gots to have some B movie goodness on a cold snowy day. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2010, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-snow-day-movie/528460/4 "2010-02-10T19:35:46Z")
[Alive](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106246/) ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2010, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-snow-day-movie/528460/5 "2010-02-10T19:37:19Z")
[_Whiteout_](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whiteout_(2009_film)) ---
**Author:** ![yellowval](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/919ad9/32.png) [@yellowval](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yellowval)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2010, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-snow-day-movie/528460/6 "2010-02-10T19:39:51Z")
Doctor Zhivago ---
**Author:** ![cdsilv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9adbd/32.png) [@cdsilv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cdsilv)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2010, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-snow-day-movie/528460/7 "2010-02-10T19:53:32Z")
Lawrence of Arabia. The Lord of the Rings trilogy. The Big Lebowski. The Last Waltz. The Indiana Jones movies. The Perfect Storm. Wind. By the Sword. Any of the Pink Panther movies. ---
**Author:** ![TheMerchandise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b487fb/32.png) [@TheMerchandise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheMerchandise)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2010, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-snow-day-movie/528460/8 "2010-02-10T19:57:20Z")
> [@Hello\_Again](#): > > Big Trouble in Little China > Demolition Man > > Gots to have some B movie goodness on a cold snowy day. I actually already own both these movies. I am a firm believer in B movie goodness. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2010, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-snow-day-movie/528460/9 "2010-02-10T19:57:37Z")
Snow Day. ---
**Author:** ![VanLandry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/eb9ed0/32.png) [@VanLandry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VanLandry)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2010, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-snow-day-movie/528460/10 "2010-02-10T19:58:49Z")
How about the obvious? “The day After Tomorrow” ---
**Author:** ![Walloon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2010, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-snow-day-movie/528460/11 "2010-02-10T20:02:12Z")
My thought is the _last_ thing I want to see after I’ve busted my back shoveling snow, is\* more snow\*. In that spirit, I’d like to watch the sarong-clad islanders of _The Hurricane_ (1937), the desert island hijinks of _Swiss Family Robinson_ (1960), and the globe-trotting surfers of _Endless Summer_ (1966). ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2010, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-snow-day-movie/528460/12 "2010-02-10T20:35:06Z")
_The Empire Strikes Back_…at least, the first half of it, on Hoth. ---
**Author:** ![caligulathegod](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/caligulathegod/32/9685_2.png) [@caligulathegod](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/caligulathegod)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2010, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-snow-day-movie/528460/13 "2010-02-10T21:23:50Z")
The Shining. I watch it every year when I get snowed in. ---
**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2010, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-snow-day-movie/528460/14 "2010-02-10T22:27:48Z")
Here’s the trailer for [Atanarjuat](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u30kkn3FUHo), which is an outstanding film in its own right, but there’s also an impressive sense of the cold of the Artic. NSFW because of long shots of a naked man fleeing across the ice floes - I remember an interview with the Director of Photography who said that at least twice, his eyelids froze to the eyepiece of the camera. He said he was really freaked out by being in an environment that cold, then he’d look over to where the actor who plays Atanarjuat would be sitting naked in the snow, waiting for his next shot of running at top speed across the ice - it put everything into perspective… ---
**Author:** ![Kozmik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8dc957/32.png) [@Kozmik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kozmik)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2010, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-snow-day-movie/528460/15 "2010-02-10T22:37:24Z")
Storm of the Century. Also by Steven King and great to watch when snowed in. It’s very long (240 minutes) so you will expend a good part of the day. Very thought provoking, chilling, mysterious, and disturbing. Be sure to leave time for discussion after viewing. ---
**Author:** ![Neidhart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Neidhart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neidhart)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2010, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-snow-day-movie/528460/16 "2010-02-10T23:17:01Z")
Groundhog Day! ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2010, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-snow-day-movie/528460/17 "2010-02-10T23:20:55Z")
If you didn’t already watch it last week _Groundhog Day._ What’s better than seeing someone get trapped by a snowstorm over and over? EDIT: And that’s what I get for not refreshing ---
**Author:** ![Icerigger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icerigger/32/432_2.png) [@Icerigger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icerigger)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2010, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-snow-day-movie/528460/18 "2010-02-10T23:51:25Z")
The original **Airport** , takes place in a blizzard. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/wwMunnxIsH4/hqdefault.jpg "Airport Movie Title Sequence") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwMunnxIsH4) ---
**Author:** ![Super\_Kapowzler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a698b9/32.png) [@Super\_Kapowzler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Super_Kapowzler)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2010, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-snow-day-movie/528460/19 "2010-02-11T00:00:01Z")
The Thing (Carpenter), Big Trouble in 'Lil China Godfather series. Band of Brothers series The Prisoner (McGoohan) series For intermissions, fire up the PS2 and head down Vice City way, and scorn some motherfuckers with a golf-club, just to take the edge off. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2010, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-snow-day-movie/528460/20 "2010-02-11T17:28:35Z")
Godzilla flicks via MST3K FTW! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-snow-day-movie/528460.md?page=2)