When it's cold outside...

By: kubrick​house

Originally written in December 2009

In light of this winter season’s first significant snowfall finally arriving in Canada’s capital region today, here is a list of films that I love to watch at any time of the year, but most especially during the holiday season. I guess you can say that these are my favourite Christmas films as they evoke wonderfully warm (and depressingly cold) feelings of winter. All while being entertaining, thought provoking and just beautiful to look at. So when you’re finished braving the elements of the winter wonderland that many of you are currently surrounded by, why not cuddle up with a warm blanket by the fire, grab your favourite hot beverage (alcoholic or non-alcoholic) and put one of these timeless features on the video player.

Happy Holidays!

Edit: Updated and complete (until I realize what other films I’ve seen belong on this ever-changing chilling list).

• 01
  Citizen Kane
  Orson Welles
• 02
  Black Christmas
  Bob Clark
• 03
  The Shining
  Stanley Kubrick
• 04
  The Thing
  John Carpenter
• 05
  The Dead Zone
  David Cronenberg
• 06
  A Christmas Story
  Bob Clark
• 07
  The Peanut Butter Solution
  Michael Rubbo
• 08
  Edward Scissorhands
  Tim Burton
• 09
  Misery
  Rob Reiner
• 10
  The Good Son
  Joseph Ruben
• 11
  Groundhog Day
  Harold Ramis
• 12
  Fargo
  Joel Coen
• 13
  The Sweet Hereafter
  Atom Egoyan
• 14
  Buffalo '66
  Vincent Gallo
• 15
  Out of Sight
  Steven Soderbergh
• 16
  A Simple Plan
  Sam Raimi
• 17
  Eyes Wide Shut
  Stanley Kubrick
• 18
  A.I. Artificial Intelligence
  Steven Spielberg
• 19
  The Pledge
  Sean Penn
• 20
  Oldboy
  Park Chan-wook
• 21
  Ginger Snaps: Unleashed
  Brett Sullivan
• 22
  The Fountain
  Darren Aronofsky
• 23
  The Simpsons Movie
  David Silverman
• 24
  Let the Right One In
  Tomas Alfredson
• 25
  The Wrestler
  Darren Aronofsky