Thriller movies about winter

List of the best winter thriller movies selected by our site visitors: Wintersleepers, The Shining, Frozen, Wind River, Misery, Runaway Train, A Simple Plan, 6 Below: Miracle on the Mountain, Everest, Vertical Limit.

In the top there are new films of 2021, a plot description and trailers for films that have already been released.

Markimdb: 7.2
Genrethriller, melodrama, drama
CountryGermany
Duration02:02

Young blonde translator Rebecca lives with her boyfriend ski instructor Marco in a mountain villa owned by her friend, nurse Laura. Rene, local cinema projectionist, steals Marco's car and gets into a car crash with local Theo, whose daughter, after being in coma for a time, dies. Rene suffers from partial short term memory loss and starts a relationship with Laura. Meanwhile Marco is looking for the man who stole his car and Theo - for the man who killed his daughter...

Markimdb: 8.4
Genrehorror, thriller, drama, detective
CountryUSA, United Kingdom
Duration02:24

Jack Torrance accepts a caretaker job at the Overlook Hotel, where he, along with his wife Wendy and their son Danny, must live isolated from the rest of the world for the winter. But they aren't prepared for the madness that lurks within.

Markimdb: 6.1
Genrehorror, thriller, drama
CountryUSA
Duration01:29

    Three skiers are stranded on a chairlift and forced to make life-or-death choices that prove more perilous than staying put and freezing to death.

    Markimdb: 7.7
    Genrethriller, crime, detective
    CountryUnited Kingdom, Canada, USA

    An FBI agent teams with the town's veteran game tracker to investigate a murder that occurred on a Native American reservation.

    Markimdb: 7.8
    Genrehorror, thriller, drama
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:47

    Novelist Paul Sheldon crashes his car on a snowy Colorado road. He is found by Annie Wilkes, the "number one fan" of Paul's heroine Misery Chastaine. Annie is also somewhat unstable, and Paul finds himself crippled, drugged and at her mercy.

    Markimdb: 7.2
    Genreaction, thriller, drama, adventure
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:51

    A hardened convict and a younger prisoner escape from a brutal prison in the middle of winter only to find themselves on an out-of-control train with a female railway worker while being pursued by the vengeful head of security.

    Markimdb: 7.5
    Genrethriller, drama, crime
    CountryUnited Kingdom, Germany, France, USA, Japan
    Duration02:01

    Captivated by the lure of sudden wealth, the quiet rural lives of two brothers erupt into conflicts of greed, paranoia and distrust when over $4 million in cash is discovered at the remote site of a downed small airplane. Their simple plan to retain the money while avoiding detection opens a Pandora's box when the fear of getting caught triggers panicked behavior and leads to virulent consequences

    Markimdb: 5.7
    Genrethriller, drama, biography, sport
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:17

    An adrenaline seeking snowboarder gets lost in a massive winter storm in the back country of the High Sierras where he is pushed to the limits of human endurance and forced to battle his own personal demons as he fights for survival....

    Markimdb: 7.1
    Genreaction, thriller, drama, adventure, biography
    CountryUnited Kingdom, USA, Iceland
    Duration02:46

    Inspired by the incredible events surrounding a treacherous attempt to reach the summit of the world's highest mountain, "Everest" documents the awe-inspiring journey of two different expeditions challenged beyond their limits by one of the fiercest snowstorms ever encountered by mankind. Their mettle tested by the harshest of elements found on the planet, the climbers will face nearly impossible obstacles as a lifelong obsession becomes a breathtaking struggle for survival.

    Markimdb: 5.9
    Genreaction, thriller, drama, adventure
    CountryUSA, Germany
    Duration02:04

    Trapped near the summit of K2, the world's second-highest mountain, Annie Garrett radios to base camp for help. Brother Peter hears Annie's message and assembles a team to save her and her group before they succumb to K2's unforgiving elements. But, as Annie lays injured in an icy cavern, the rescuers face several terrifying events that could end the rescue attempt -- and their lives.

    Markimdb: 6
    Genrehorror, thriller, drama
    CountryUnited Kingdom, Canada, USA

    When a father is forced to abruptly depart for work, he leaves his children, Aidan and Mia, at their holiday home in the care of his new girlfriend, Grace. Isolated and alone, a blizzard traps them inside the lodge as terrifying events summon specters from Grace's dark past.

    Markimdb: 8.5
    Genrefantastic, thriller, drama, cartoon, anime
    CountryJapan
    Duration01:56

    Satoru Fujinuma is a struggling manga artist who has the ability to turn back time and prevent deaths. When his mother is killed he turns back time to solve the mystery, but ends up back in elementary school, just before the disappearance of his classmate Kayo.

    Markimdb: 8.1
    Genrethriller, comedy, drama, crime
    CountryUSA, United Kingdom
    Duration01:38

    Jerry, a small-town Minnesota car salesman is bursting at the seams with debt... but he's got a plan. He's going to hire two thugs to kidnap his wife in a scheme to collect a hefty ransom from his wealthy father-in-law. It's going to be a snap and nobody's going to get hurt... until people start dying. Enter Police Chief Marge, a coffee-drinking, parka-wearing - and extremely pregnant - investigator who'll stop at nothing to get her man. And if you think her small-time investigative skills will give the crooks a run for their ransom... you betcha!

    Markimdb: 5.8
    Genrethriller, drama
    CountryUSA

    A father and daughter are on their way to dance camp when they spot the girl's best friend on the side of the road. When they stop to offer the friend a ride, their good intentions soon result in terrible consequences.

    Markimdb: 6.8
    Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller, drama, crime, detective
    CountryAustralia
    Duration01:30

    Anna Macy left Kettering when she was just 14, shortly after her best friend, Gillian Baxter mysteriously disappeared. The two girls had been playing in the forbidden forests outside Kettering when they saw strange lights in the sky. Eight hours later, Anna was found alone, terrified and covered in blood. 15 years on, Anna returns to find the town struggling to survive. The forests have been marked for logging and the community is being torn apart by passionate but violent clashes between environmentalists and the local loggers.

    Markimdb: 5.3
    Genrethriller, drama
    CountryCanada, USA
    Duration02:34

    When two brothers are stranded by a brutal winter storm with an unpredictable father they barely know, the boys begin to suspect their supposed protector may be their biggest threat.

    Markimdb: 5.8
    Genrethriller
    CountryUSA

    After a romantic evening at their secluded lake house, a woman wakes up handcuffed to her dead husband. Trapped and isolated in the dead of winter, she must fight off hired killers to escape her late spouse's twisted plan.

    Markimdb: 5.1
    Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
    CountryUnited Kingdom, USA, China, Sweden, Japan
    Duration02:36

      Detective Harry Hole investigates the disappearance of a woman whose pink scarf is found wrapped around an ominous looking snowman.

      Markimdb: 4.4
      Genrehorror, thriller, detective
      CountryUSA, Canada
      Duration01:21

      A father's quiet retreat to the woods with his two children turns into a fight for survival.

      Markimdb: 6.2
      Genreaction, thriller, comedy, drama, crime
      CountryUnited Kingdom, Norway, China, Canada, USA, France
      Duration01:59

      The quiet family life of Nels Coxman, a snowplow driver, is upended after his son's murder. Nels begins a vengeful hunt for Viking, the drug lord he holds responsible for the killing, eliminating Viking's associates one by one. As Nels draws closer to Viking, his actions bring even more unexpected and violent consequences, as he proves that revenge is all in the execution.

      Markimdb: 6.5
      Genrehorror, thriller, fantasy, melodrama, drama, detective
      CountryUSA, Canada
      Duration02:31

      In the aftermath of a family tragedy, an aspiring author is torn between love for her childhood friend and the temptation of a mysterious outsider. Trying to escape the ghosts of her past, she is swept away to a house that breathes, bleeds… and remembers.

      Markimdb: 4.8
      Genrethriller, drama, detective
      CountryFrance, Canada, USA
      Duration02:24

      A widowed child psychologist lives in an isolated existence in rural New England. When caught in a deadly winter storm, she must find a way to rescue a young boy before he disappears forever.

      Markimdb: 6.2
      Genrehorror, thriller, drama
      CountryRepublic of Ireland, United Kingdom, USA
      Duration02:46

      Fifteen-year old John Cleaver is dangerous, and he knows it. He’s obsessed with serial killers, but really doesn’t want to become one. Terrible impulses constantly tempt him, so for his own sake, and the safety of those around, he lives by rigid rules to keep himself “good” and “normal”. However, when a real monster shows up in his town he has to let his dark side out in order to stop it – but without his rules to keep him in check, he might be more dangerous than the monster he’s trying to kill.

      Markimdb: 7
      Genreaction, thriller, fantasy, comedy, adventure, crime
      CountryUSA, Canada
      Duration02:12

      A boy is given the ability to become an adult superhero in times of need with a single magic word.

      Markimdb: 5.3
      Genrehorror, thriller
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:41

      A Russian woman travels to America with her daughter to marry a reclusive billionaire, who turns out to be a psycho who sends their lives spiraling into a living hell.

      Markimdb: 7
      Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime
      CountryUSA, United Arab Emirates
      Duration02:05

      A thriller set in New York City during the winter of 1981, statistically one of the most violent years in the city's history, and centered on a the lives of an immigrant and his family trying to expand their business and capitalize on opportunities as the rampant violence, decay, and corruption of the day drag them in and threaten to destroy all they have built.

      Markimdb: 4.7
      Genrehorror, thriller
      CountryUSA, Canada
      Duration01:30

      On a late night visit to an ATM, three co-workers end up in a desperate fight for their lives when they become trapped by an unknown man.

      Markimdb: 5.9
      Genrehorror, thriller, detective
      CountryCanada, USA

      In the dead of winter, Kat and Rose, two very different girls, find themselves spending winter break at their prestigious prep school. What they don't know is that Kat is being stalked by an evil entity, and their lives are about to change forever. Meanwhile, Joan, a young, troubled woman, makes her way across a frozen landscape towards the school. But why?

      Markimdb: 6.8
      Genrethriller, comedy, drama, crime
      CountryUSA, United Kingdom, Canada
      Duration01:46

      Suzanne Stone wants to be a world-famous news anchor and she is willing to do anything to get what she wants. What she lacks in intelligence, she makes up for in cold determination and diabolical wiles. As she pursues her goal with relentless focus, she is forced to destroy anything and anyone that may stand in her way, regardless of the ultimate cost or means necessary.

      Markimdb: 3.9
      Genrehorror, fantastic, action, thriller
      CountryUSA

      Global climate change prompts a scientific corporation to genetically modify Alaskan polar bears with horrific and deadly results.

      Markimdb: 6.6
      Genrethriller, drama
      CountryUSA

      Nothing is as it seems when a woman experiencing misgivings about her new boyfriend joins him on a road trip to meet his parents at their remote farm.

      Markimdb: 6.6
      Genrehorror, thriller
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:53

      This is the story of an isolated Alaskan town that is plunged into darkness for a month each year when the sun sinks below the horizon. As the last rays of light fade, the town is attacked by a bloodthirsty gang of vampires bent on an uninterrupted orgy of destruction. Only the small town's husband-and-wife Sheriff team stand between the survivors and certain destruction.

      Markimdb: 6.2
      Genrehorror, thriller, drama, crime, detective
      CountryUSA, United Kingdom, Czech Republic, France, Italy
      Duration02:01

        The story of the early, murderous roots of the cannibalistic killer, Hannibal Lecter – from his hard-scrabble Lithuanian childhood, where he witnesses the repulsive lengths to which hungry soldiers will go to satiate themselves, through his sojourn in France, where as a med student he hones his appetite for the kill.

        Markimdb: 4.5
        Genreaction, thriller, drama
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:34

        Evan Lake, a veteran CIA agent, has been ordered to retire. But when his protégé uncovers evidence that Lake's nemesis, the terrorist Banir, has resurfaced, Lake goes rogue, embarking on a perilous, intercontinental mission to eliminate his sworn enemy.

        Markimdb: 5
        Genrehorror, thriller, detective
        CountryUSA
        Duration02:32

          When a group of college students take part in a clinical drug trial, an unexpected side effect of the experimental medicine gives them terrifying visions of their own deaths...which begin to come true. As they scramble to escape their fate, they discover that the killer is among them and shares their ability to see the future - only he seems to be one step ahead of their efforts to survive.

          Markimdb: 4.5
          Genrefantastic, action, thriller, drama, adventure
          CountryUSA

          Computer hacker Will Farmer engages a government super-computer named Ripley in an online terrorist-attack simulation game. Little does Farmer know that Ripley has been designed to appeal to potential terrorists, and certain software glitches have in turn made him become paranoid.

          Markimdb: 5.1
          Genreaction, thriller
          CountryUSA, Canada
          Duration01:35

          Eric Desmond, a committed environmentalist, is accidentally involved in the transfer of Ben Corbett, a ruthless killer, from an isolated Alaskan village, along a long route, to civilization; but the prisoner is determined to escape at any cost.

          Markimdb: 3.5
          Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller, drama, adventure
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:31

          People disappear every year out in the snow--but this year, something is adding to the body count. Jim and his research team study the Canadian Lynx every year. This year, he has to take his rebelling 16 year-old daughter, Emmy, with him. But the lynx are missing. As Jim and his team try to find why, something stalks them--a predator no prey can escape.

          Markimdb: 5.3
          Genrehorror, action, thriller, crime
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:41

          Five strangers face the unthinkable when they wake up and find themselves trapped. With no idea how they got there they frantically try to figure out how to escape. The disoriented group quickly realise the truth about their situation when they discover another room containing enough water to survive for 30 days… and a razor sharp surgical knife. The intention becomes quite clear. Whoever put them in this place wants to see just how long it will take before the hunger makes them commit unspeakable acts and cross a very deadly line.

          Markimdb: 5.3
          Genrethriller, drama
          CountryUSA

          A young woman newly returned to her hometown becomes the subject of harassment by a man named Blackway, an ex-cop turned violent crime lord who operates with impunity in this small community on the edge of the wilderness. Forsaken by the local townspeople—and advised by the Sheriff to leave town—Lillian decides instead to take a stand against her sociopathic stalker, and enlists the help of ex-logger Lester and his laconic young sidekick.

          Markimdb: 5.3
          Genrethriller, drama
          CountryUSA

          Kidnapped and trapped by a winter storm, this slow burn thriller follows two strangers who must outsmart an unseen killer.

          Markimdb: 5.8
          Genrefantastic, thriller, detective
          CountryUSA
          Duration02:05

          A spellbinding and romantic supernatural thriller. Ten years after an apocalyptic event left the world haunted by ghosts, Roni receives a threatening message from beyond the grave. Joining forces with a mysterious classmate, Kirk, Roni descends into a shadow world that blurs the bounds of the living and the dead-and begins a desperate race against time to stop a cunning killer.

          Markimdb: 5.7
          Genrethriller, crime
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:30

          A struggling motel owner and her daughter are taken hostage by a nearly blind career criminal to be his eyes as he attempts to retrieve his cash package from a crooked cop.

          Markimdb: 4.4
          Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller, detective
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:48

          A family intervention goes horrifically awry within the snowy confines of an isolated lake house.

          Markimdb: 4.6
          Genrethriller
          CountryRussia

          The company of three guys and two girls makes their way to the old funicular to have an unforgettable New Year’s Eve celebration at the top of the mountain. A fun adventure turns into a nightmare when the funicular stops over the abyss. Coldness, height and fear of a slow death make them reveal their true essence and get in a fight with each other.

          Markimdb: 5.8
          Genrehorror, thriller, drama, adventure
          CountryUSA, United Kingdom
          Duration01:31

          Two college students share a ride home for the holidays. When they break down on a deserted stretch of road, they're preyed upon by the ghosts of people who have died there.

          Markimdb: 6.9
          Genrehorror, thriller
          CountryUnited Kingdom, Mexico, USA, Czech Republic
          Duration01:41

          Upon receiving reports of missing persons at Fort Spencer, a remote Army outpost on the Western frontier, Capt. John Boyd investigates. After arriving at his new post, Boyd and his regiment aid a wounded frontiersman who recounts a horrifying tale of a wagon train murdered by its supposed guide -- a vicious U.S. Army colonel gone rogue. Fearing the worst, the regiment heads out into the wilderness to verify the gruesome claims.

          Markimdb: 5.5
          Genrethriller, detective
          CountryCanada

          Husband and wife, Will and Dawn, are in financial crisis after learning the job Will was counting on to salvage their financial future has disappeared in the midst of a market collapse. They set out to drive home on the winter highway back to their city, and in a moment of altruism, pick up siblings Lee and Cheryl, a pair of hitchhikers on their way to start a new life. In the midst of the night they nearly collide with an old man wandering on the snowy highway, hyperthermic and horrifically frostbitten. While searching for his ID they discover a wad of cash, a hand drawn map with GPS coordinates, and a single gold coin inside his coat. Will and Dawn reluctantly go along with Lee’s plan to report him to the police as a John Doe and pocket the money. In an attempt to save their financial struggles, all four venture off into the snowy wilderness in search of the buried gold.

          Markimdb: 5.8
          Genreaction, thriller, melodrama, drama, adventure
          CountrySpain

          Martinón is the last inhabitant of Auzal, a village in the mountains where he lives in communion with nature. He only goes down to the valleys twice a year to trade and to buy provisions. But one day he’s convinced to take a wife, a decision intended to soften his calloused soul—but in some ways his real struggle is only just beginning.

          Markimdb: 4.6
          Genreaction, thriller, drama
          CountryUnited Kingdom, France, Republic of Ireland

          An ex-SAS recluse, living in the mountains of France to escape a traumatic past, is hunted down by those who's lives he has destroyed.




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