The very best thing about the onset of winter is the scope it brings for guilt-free hibernation. All we want to do is snuggle up under our duvets and watch some seriously wintry movies – and that instinct, given the chill in the air, feels entirely justified. In fact, if you aren’t knee-deep in a pile of pillows and blankets, with a binge-worthy watchlist at the ready, who even are you?

For festive purists out there who aren’t quite ready to dip into the many, many Christmas films quite yet (no judgement), we’ve rounded up some of the snowiest, cosiest, most delectably wintry films around instead.

These promise all the warm wintry vibes with not a hint of tinsel in sight (and we’ve thrown in a few edgier winter movies for good measure, too).

Happy viewing.

Directed by Todd Haynes, this beautiful film stars Cate Blanchett in the role of Carol, an elegant Manhattan socialite who crosses paths with young store worker Therese, played by Rooney Mara. The two fall quickly in love and embark on an impassioned affair that changes both of their lives forever.

Carol is available to stream on Netflix.

Greta Gerwig’s 2019 adaptation of Louisa May Alcott’s classic Little Women is bordering on festive-feeling but it’s not too Christmassy. Starring Florence Pugh, Saoirse Ronan, Emma Watson and Eliza Scanlen as the March sisters, the coming-of-age film follows each of the sisters as they navigate life, love and womanhood.

Little Women is available to stream on Netflix.

A wintery thriller to top them all, directed by Parasite’s Bong Joon-ho. In this apocalyptic addition to your watch list, the last survivors of the human race find themselves trapped on train making a never-ending journey across an arctic Earth. Chris Evans plays Curtis, who leads a group of the survivors on an effort to take control of the train.

Snowpiercer is available to stream on Prime Video.

Following on from the BBC series, Idris Elba is back playing police detective John Luther who is haunted by an unsolved murder. The case sees him break out of prison to track down a serial killer who is still terrorising the city.

Luther: The Fallen Sun is available to stream on Netflix.

Directed by Lin-Manuel Miranda, this musical is based on the life of playwright Jonathan Larson, who is best known for having written Rent. The film follows Jonathan (played by Andrew Garfield) at the very beginning of his career, as an aspiring composer living in New York City attempting to navigate the pressures of his work as well as love and friendship.

Tick, Tick… Boom! is available to stream on Netflix.

If you loved Liam Neeson in Taken, you’ll want to watch Cold Pursuit. This action-thriller sees Neeson play snowplough driver Nels, whose life is upended after his son dies due to a forced drug overdose. Unable to make sense of the tragedy, Nels decides to take matters into his own hands.

Cold Pursuit is available to stream on Netflix.

Apocalyptic and wintery, this sci-fi film follows scientist Augustine (played by George Clooney) who is left working in the Arctic on a dying planet in the year 2049. But three weeks after a catastrophic event leaves Earth uninhabitable, Augustine has to race to stop a team of astronauts from returning home.

The Midnight Sky is available to stream on Netflix.

Yes, there may be a new The Hunger Games prequel, but why not throw it back to the original film in the Jennifer Lawrence-led dystopian classic? You will not be disappointed.

The Hunger Games is available to rent on Prime Video.

Ever wondered what it would feel like to have J-Lo wrap you up inside a warm furry coat? Hustlers is probably as close as you’re going to get, to be honest.

Ahem. Anyway, Stylist’s very own Helen Bownass gave Hustlers a 5-star review, and for good reason. This black comedy drama sees Constance Wu, Jennifer Lopez and Julia Stiles join forces to bring to life New York Magazine’s 2015 article The Hustlers at Scores: The Ex-Strippers Who Stole From (Mostly) Rich Men and Gave to, Well, Themselves. And it is spectacular.

Hustlers is available to stream on Prime Video.

If you prefer your romance fantasy films to come with a side of added sparkly vampire, then you’re guaranteed to enjoy Twilight. And, yeah, it’s absolutely a wintry film: the director makes it abundantly clear how cold the temperature is by focusing on the clouds of hot breath pooling from Bella and Edward’s mouths as they hit the frigid Forks air.

Twilight is available to stream on Netflix.

Idris Elba and Kate Winslet’s characters crash into the mountains, and each other, after their plane goes down in Utah. Together, they must overcome the challenges of living in snow-covered wilderness. And, sure, it’s unbelievable at times, but it’s also undeniably entertaining.

The Mountain Between Us is available to rent on Prime Video.

The ultimate underdog story, this feel-good film sees a Jamaican bobsleigh team fights many odds, including a reluctant coach, to compete in the 1988 Winter Olympics. And, while it features a sport that chills us to our bones, the story of Cool Runnings is guaranteed to warm your heart, too.

Cool Runnings is available to rent on Prime Video.

Do you believe in the power of love? Then check out this light and fluffy film, which sees our impossibly attractive romantic heroes let fate determine if they are meant to be together. Will destiny reunite them, years later? Spoiler: almost 100% yes, but life is about the journey, not the destination.

Serendipity is available to rent on Prime Video.

Snow! Turkish delight! Lions and fauns and ice queens, oh my! What’s not to love about this long, lush, lovely fantasy, eh? Grab your furriest coat and step inside the wardrobe with Lucy, Peter, Susan and Edmund Pevensie and experience the magic all over again.

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe is available to rent on Prime Video.

Daniel Radcliffe is the young lawyer assigned to travel to a village to examine a house that belonged to a recently deceased woman. There, as the snow melts on the moors around him, he discovers the vengeful spirit of that same woman and learns that she’s killing the village children.

The Woman In Black is available to stream on Prime Video.

Bill Murray won countless fans in Groundhog Day as Phil Connors, the smug weatherman condemned to relive the same freezing day over and over again in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania.

Groundhog Day is available to stream on Netflix.

The late and great Whitney Houston stars as Rachel, a singer and an actor on the receiving end of death threats from an obsessive stalker. However, things turn chaotic when she hires Frank, an ex-Secret Service agent, to be her bodyguard, falling for him and then allowing him to whisk her away to a large lakefront cabin in the snow-capped mountains.

The Bodyguard is available to stream on Prime Video.

In this strange horror film, a young woman joins her boyfriend of six weeks for a snowy road trip. The aim? To meet his parents at his old family farm. Too bad, then, that she’s thinking of ending things – especially as he has an unscheduled stop in mind.

I’m Thinking Of Ending Things is available to stream on Netflix.

Based on the life of disgraced skater Tonya Harding, I, Tonya focuses on how Harding overcame her relationship with her cruel and dismissive mother – and, later, her husband’s violent, bullying behaviour – to rise among the ranks at the US Figure Skating Championships.

Of course, the film also shines a light on the 1994 attack on Nancy Kerrigan, Harding’s biggest skating rival and Olympic teammate. However, instead of focusing on the “whacking” itself, the film digs deep to find the real human story at the centre of a scandal which saw Harding’s career completely destroyed – and reminds us of our complicity in her downfall, too.

I, Tonya is available to rent on Prime Video.

It’s the movie that finally won Leonardo DiCaprio an Oscar, pitting him against bears (and Tom Hardy) as he embarks on an arduous journey through the wilderness. Bloody, violent and incredibly primal, you definitely won’t come away with warm, fuzzy festive vibes. But bleak wintriness? That’s a definite.

The Revenant is is available to stream on Netflix.

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