Rainy and snowy movies
November 6, 2022 5:58 PM Subscribe
I’m looking for a list of movies that are rainy and/or snowy!
Beyond that, the only other detail I care about is that they are NOT scary. Action/adventure is fine but nothing too gory or scary.
Both cozy indoors while it’s raining/snowing outside, or outdoor rainy/snowy landscapes are acceptable. Even better if it takes place in a cute little village type place. It doesn’t have to be raining/snowing for the majority of the movie (although the more the better), but I want a good number of scenes that give the movie that vibe.
Beyond that, the only other detail I care about is that they are NOT scary. Action/adventure is fine but nothing too gory or scary.
Both cozy indoors while it’s raining/snowing outside, or outdoor rainy/snowy landscapes are acceptable. Even better if it takes place in a cute little village type place. It doesn’t have to be raining/snowing for the majority of the movie (although the more the better), but I want a good number of scenes that give the movie that vibe.
All summer in a day
posted by aniola at 6:18 PM on November 6, 2022 [1 favorite]
posted by aniola at 6:18 PM on November 6, 2022 [1 favorite]
dancing in the rain
posted by aniola at 6:20 PM on November 6, 2022 [1 favorite]
posted by aniola at 6:20 PM on November 6, 2022 [1 favorite]
... oh, for dancing in the rain, I have no idea how much rain there is other than in that scene, though.
posted by aniola at 6:21 PM on November 6, 2022
posted by aniola at 6:21 PM on November 6, 2022
Some tension, but not really scary: Fargo.
posted by Dolley at 6:26 PM on November 6, 2022 [1 favorite]
posted by Dolley at 6:26 PM on November 6, 2022 [1 favorite]
For cozy vibe, maybe The Holiday, though it may be only a few scenes.
posted by Glinn at 6:26 PM on November 6, 2022 [4 favorites]
posted by Glinn at 6:26 PM on November 6, 2022 [4 favorites]
Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (absolutely gorgeous in all of the weathers)
Brokeback Mountain (same)
Let The Right One In (ok, it's a vampire movie, so probably scary, I can't recall ... but set in very snowy Sweden)
posted by pjenks at 6:32 PM on November 6, 2022 [1 favorite]
Brokeback Mountain (same)
Let The Right One In (ok, it's a vampire movie, so probably scary, I can't recall ... but set in very snowy Sweden)
posted by pjenks at 6:32 PM on November 6, 2022 [1 favorite]
Groundhog Day
Into the Wild
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
posted by pjenks at 6:41 PM on November 6, 2022 [3 favorites]
Into the Wild
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
posted by pjenks at 6:41 PM on November 6, 2022 [3 favorites]
Family Man w Nicolas Cage
posted by nothing.especially.clever at 6:48 PM on November 6, 2022
posted by nothing.especially.clever at 6:48 PM on November 6, 2022
Trouble In Mind (rain) and Doctor Zhivago (snow).
posted by Rash at 7:10 PM on November 6, 2022 [1 favorite]
posted by Rash at 7:10 PM on November 6, 2022 [1 favorite]
I wouldn’t call the 1956 movie The Mountain scary, but it’s kind of dark. Lots of snow, as I recall. It seemed to run on TV a lot when I was young.
posted by FencingGal at 7:17 PM on November 6, 2022
posted by FencingGal at 7:17 PM on November 6, 2022
I’m on my mobile so can’t link properly but I asked a similar question a few years ago: https://ask.metafilter.com/199936/Rainy-Cloudy-Gloomy-Snowy-Movies
I love The Bourne movies for snowy vibes.
Twilight for the rain.
Wind River is quite snowy, but it’s not a cozy movie at all. It’s pretty stark and is kind of a tough movie to watch due to subject matter.
Someone mentioned The Holiday - a lot of cozy scenes, some with snow, some tucked into a cozy pub or a quaint English cottage.
1994 Little Women - cozy and snowy scenes.
posted by Sassyfras at 7:25 PM on November 6, 2022
I love The Bourne movies for snowy vibes.
Twilight for the rain.
Wind River is quite snowy, but it’s not a cozy movie at all. It’s pretty stark and is kind of a tough movie to watch due to subject matter.
Someone mentioned The Holiday - a lot of cozy scenes, some with snow, some tucked into a cozy pub or a quaint English cottage.
1994 Little Women - cozy and snowy scenes.
posted by Sassyfras at 7:25 PM on November 6, 2022
Oh and Narnia and Harry Potter! Some good snowy scenes and coziness!
posted by Sassyfras at 7:27 PM on November 6, 2022 [2 favorites]
posted by Sassyfras at 7:27 PM on November 6, 2022 [2 favorites]
singin' in the rain!
posted by maighdeann mhara at 7:57 PM on November 6, 2022 [1 favorite]
posted by maighdeann mhara at 7:57 PM on November 6, 2022 [1 favorite]
Alaska. It's a movie starring Thora Birch and Vincent Kartheiser as kids who set out to rescue their father who is a bush pilot in Alaska. A lot of snow and mountain with a polar bear cub.
posted by Constance Mirabella at 8:06 PM on November 6, 2022 [1 favorite]
posted by Constance Mirabella at 8:06 PM on November 6, 2022 [1 favorite]
Rain is a central plot point in Roxanne, but it takes till the end to arrive.
posted by latkes at 8:20 PM on November 6, 2022 [1 favorite]
posted by latkes at 8:20 PM on November 6, 2022 [1 favorite]
It’s eternally raining in Blade Runner.
posted by Thorzdad at 8:43 PM on November 6, 2022 [1 favorite]
posted by Thorzdad at 8:43 PM on November 6, 2022 [1 favorite]
It’s a Wonderful Life - lots of snow scenes and it takes place in a village. A great oldie
posted by pando11 at 8:44 PM on November 6, 2022 [3 favorites]
posted by pando11 at 8:44 PM on November 6, 2022 [3 favorites]
One of my favorite old holiday movies is The Bishop's Wife, very snowy with an angelic Cary Grant.
posted by BlackLeotardFront at 8:58 PM on November 6, 2022
posted by BlackLeotardFront at 8:58 PM on November 6, 2022
Seconding The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe 2005 movie for snow.
The cold is pretty much a major character in the movie The Winter Guest, and there is snow on the ground, and some great scenes by the frozen sea.
Seconding also that is raining pretty much throughout the action movie Hard Rain. There are some people who get shot/killed though, so might be too violent for you. You might read the wikipedia plot description to get a better idea.
posted by gudrun at 8:58 PM on November 6, 2022
The cold is pretty much a major character in the movie The Winter Guest, and there is snow on the ground, and some great scenes by the frozen sea.
Seconding also that is raining pretty much throughout the action movie Hard Rain. There are some people who get shot/killed though, so might be too violent for you. You might read the wikipedia plot description to get a better idea.
posted by gudrun at 8:58 PM on November 6, 2022
I remember the movie Waking the Dead being snowy. It’s not scary, despite the title. Billy Crudup, Jennifer Connolly, 2000.
posted by vunder at 9:24 PM on November 6, 2022 [1 favorite]
posted by vunder at 9:24 PM on November 6, 2022 [1 favorite]
Where Eagles Dare is a classic WWII movie set in the Alps. Lots and lots of snow, although not as much as in The Heroes of Telemark. Neither is scary or gratuitous.
Cliffhanger with Sly Stallone is all about the bad weather and has the bonus of John Lithgow doing one of his most iconic bad guy roles.
Die Hard 2, obviously.
Doesn't come much more cozy, classic, or snuggle-up-with-your-other-half-in-front-of-a-roaring-fire than Bing Crosby and Danny Kaye in White Christmas, although Crosby and Astaire in Holiday Inn runs it pretty close.
posted by underclocked at 11:27 PM on November 6, 2022 [1 favorite]
Cliffhanger with Sly Stallone is all about the bad weather and has the bonus of John Lithgow doing one of his most iconic bad guy roles.
Die Hard 2, obviously.
Doesn't come much more cozy, classic, or snuggle-up-with-your-other-half-in-front-of-a-roaring-fire than Bing Crosby and Danny Kaye in White Christmas, although Crosby and Astaire in Holiday Inn runs it pretty close.
posted by underclocked at 11:27 PM on November 6, 2022 [1 favorite]
Not for the whole movie, but there are some famous (and beautiful) scenes with both rain and snow in The Umbrellas of Cherbourg.
posted by artisthatithaca at 3:06 AM on November 7, 2022 [1 favorite]
posted by artisthatithaca at 3:06 AM on November 7, 2022 [1 favorite]
For snow: any Hallmark Christmas movie or anything from the Netflix Christmas Universe will of course have lots of snow and coziness and not be at all scary. If you’re also looking for good movies, that’s a little harder. There are several cute teen rom-coms that are set around the winter holidays that are of better quality than a Hallmark holiday movie, however, if that’s up your alley.
The Japanese film After Life (Dir.: Kore-eda, not to be confused with an English language movie of the same title) is absolutely lovely, gentle, and involves a number of both snowy and rainy scenes. It is gorgeously filmed, has good character development, and the central philosophical question can be engaged with to varying depths depending on your interest and energy levels while watching the film.
posted by eviemath at 3:31 AM on November 7, 2022
The Japanese film After Life (Dir.: Kore-eda, not to be confused with an English language movie of the same title) is absolutely lovely, gentle, and involves a number of both snowy and rainy scenes. It is gorgeously filmed, has good character development, and the central philosophical question can be engaged with to varying depths depending on your interest and energy levels while watching the film.
posted by eviemath at 3:31 AM on November 7, 2022
Oh yeah, lots of Hallmark and Lifetime Christmas and holiday season movies will definitely satisfy this Ask, though they are usually pretty formulaic. There are a few that stand out for their settings, i.e., Baby It's Cold Inside and Winter Castle were filmed at a real ice hotel in Quebec, the Hotel de Glace. I'm thinking Baby It's Cold Inside is the marginally better one of the two.
posted by gudrun at 5:25 AM on November 7, 2022
posted by gudrun at 5:25 AM on November 7, 2022
Ponyo, a Studio Ghibli film, has a storm as a central plot point.
posted by champers at 5:34 AM on November 7, 2022 [2 favorites]
posted by champers at 5:34 AM on November 7, 2022 [2 favorites]
Tampopo opens with a very rainy scene and a cozy ramen shop.
posted by sriracha at 6:07 AM on November 7, 2022 [3 favorites]
posted by sriracha at 6:07 AM on November 7, 2022 [3 favorites]
Letterboxd user Jared Pahl has lists of rainy and snowy movies, where you can helpfully sort for popularity and average ratings.
I'd directly recommend my fave Buster Keaton, The Frozen North, where he plays against type and it really pays off!
posted by Ten Cold Hot Dogs at 6:14 AM on November 7, 2022 [1 favorite]
I'd directly recommend my fave Buster Keaton, The Frozen North, where he plays against type and it really pays off!
posted by Ten Cold Hot Dogs at 6:14 AM on November 7, 2022 [1 favorite]
Seven Samurai has some serious rain. Mud ensues.
posted by SandiBeech at 6:33 AM on November 7, 2022 [3 favorites]
posted by SandiBeech at 6:33 AM on November 7, 2022 [3 favorites]
Probably not gonna be your cuppa' tea, but Runaway Train is the coldest movie I've ever seen. Directed by some Russian guy, so I imagine he knows cold on, like, a genetic level.
posted by Bron at 6:53 AM on November 7, 2022
posted by Bron at 6:53 AM on November 7, 2022
Robert Altman's McCabe and Mrs. Miller is one of my favourite all time movies. It's been called an 'anti-Western' - partly because instead of being set in the desert south west, the action occurs in a small settlement in the mountains of the PNW. It was filmed on location in Squamish and West Vancouver, British Columbia, and the rain and snow are a main character of the film.
The climactic scene was filmed during a massive snowstorm (feet of snow, not inches) that hit during filming. By all rights, they had no business filming during a storm like that, but Altman did, and nothing done in CGI or with practical effects comes close to capturing what a real snow storm looks and feels like.
posted by bumpkin at 7:28 AM on November 7, 2022 [2 favorites]
The climactic scene was filmed during a massive snowstorm (feet of snow, not inches) that hit during filming. By all rights, they had no business filming during a storm like that, but Altman did, and nothing done in CGI or with practical effects comes close to capturing what a real snow storm looks and feels like.
posted by bumpkin at 7:28 AM on November 7, 2022 [2 favorites]
Following on the Seven Samurai recommendation, strong pounding rain is backdrop to Kurosawa's ultra-classic Rashomon
posted by bumpkin at 7:30 AM on November 7, 2022 [1 favorite]
posted by bumpkin at 7:30 AM on November 7, 2022 [1 favorite]
Are you interested in hot weather rain? Monsoon Wedding is a favorite of mine, a very cozy story, lots of Indian monsoon rain.
posted by dorey_oh at 7:32 AM on November 7, 2022 [4 favorites]
posted by dorey_oh at 7:32 AM on November 7, 2022 [4 favorites]
Also, the Robert Redford film Jeremiah Johnson largely takes place up in the Rockies, and snow is a big part of the story.
posted by Thorzdad at 7:49 AM on November 7, 2022 [1 favorite]
posted by Thorzdad at 7:49 AM on November 7, 2022 [1 favorite]
Obviously, Frozen.
Seconding Monsoon Wedding for rain - it's just delightful.
The Ice Storm, but that might qualify as too dark.
posted by Mchelly at 8:40 AM on November 7, 2022 [1 favorite]
Seconding Monsoon Wedding for rain - it's just delightful.
The Ice Storm, but that might qualify as too dark.
posted by Mchelly at 8:40 AM on November 7, 2022 [1 favorite]
Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner is set entirely in the Arctic. It's very good. I watched it 20 years ago and I still think about it from time to time.
posted by velocipedestrienne at 9:08 AM on November 7, 2022 [3 favorites]
posted by velocipedestrienne at 9:08 AM on November 7, 2022 [3 favorites]
Beautiful Girls takes place pretty much entirely during a snowy winter in some unnamed cozy town. Some if it's themes probably didn't age GREAT; some other themes were probably ahead of their time. But it's a 90's indie relic that I still have an affinity for, and it most definitely hits the aesthetic you're seeking, so I'm recommending it.
posted by windbox at 12:45 PM on November 7, 2022
posted by windbox at 12:45 PM on November 7, 2022
François Truffaut's Fahrenheit 451 memorably ends with the Book People in the snow (which fell, serendipitously, on the last day of filming, which was Julie Christie's birthday).
posted by Rash at 5:00 PM on November 7, 2022
posted by Rash at 5:00 PM on November 7, 2022
Pride & Prejudice
Kiki's Delivery Service
Northanger Abbey (2007)
Far From the Madding Crowd
Where'd You Go, Bernadette
The Holiday
Last Holiday
Serendipity
Bridget Jones's Diary
Harry Potter and the Sorceror's Stone
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
posted by panther of the pyrenees at 5:24 PM on November 8, 2022
Kiki's Delivery Service
Northanger Abbey (2007)
Far From the Madding Crowd
Where'd You Go, Bernadette
The Holiday
Last Holiday
Serendipity
Bridget Jones's Diary
Harry Potter and the Sorceror's Stone
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
posted by panther of the pyrenees at 5:24 PM on November 8, 2022
In the Mood for Love is very rainy. Wong Kar Wai, 2000. Tony Leung, Maggie Cheung. So good.
posted by vunder at 5:00 PM on November 10, 2022
posted by vunder at 5:00 PM on November 10, 2022
Not as good as the book, but Smilla’s Sense of Snow (1997) is a mystery thriller that is all about the snow. Not gory, more of a mystery, though to be fair the book talks way more about the many types of snow. Way more! A movie due for a remake if you ask me, because the print has not aged especially well. (In looking for this, I see Juliette Binoche was also in Endless Night (2015) another snowy Greenland movie that is now on my watch list.)
Also not cozy but pretty good and definitely snowy was The Mountain Between Us (2017). A story of determination in a hostile snowy environment.
On a lighter note, I was going to recommend my favorite cheesy Japanese ski comedy (私をスキーに連れてって/ Take me out to the snowland, 1987), but I’m no longer finding a full version on youtube - unless you’re a DVD person, Japanese movies are often surprisingly hard to find to rent or buy in streaming format outside Japan.
I will also admit to liking the comedy Snow Dogs (2002). It was totally cute.
posted by ec2y at 5:47 PM on November 13, 2022
Also not cozy but pretty good and definitely snowy was The Mountain Between Us (2017). A story of determination in a hostile snowy environment.
On a lighter note, I was going to recommend my favorite cheesy Japanese ski comedy (私をスキーに連れてって/ Take me out to the snowland, 1987), but I’m no longer finding a full version on youtube - unless you’re a DVD person, Japanese movies are often surprisingly hard to find to rent or buy in streaming format outside Japan.
I will also admit to liking the comedy Snow Dogs (2002). It was totally cute.
posted by ec2y at 5:47 PM on November 13, 2022
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