Snowed in and cuddled up with the family over winter break? We’ve compiled a list of some new releases and old favorites that are sure to please a crowd – young and old alike.
New Winter Movies in 2023:
Leo
A 74-year-old lizard named Leo and his turtle friend decide to escape from the terrarium of a Florida school classroom where they have been living for decades.
Rating: PG, Release date: 11/17/2023
Genie
The film is a fairy-tale comedy about a workaholic man who enlists the help of a magical genie to help win his family back before Christmas.
Rating: PG, Release date: 11/22/2023
Family Switch
When a chance encounter with an astrological reader causes the Walkers to wake up to a full body switch, can they unite to land a promotion, college interview, record deal, and soccer tryout?
Rating: PG, Release date: 11/30/2023
Candy Cane Lane
A man is determined to win the neighborhood’s annual Christmas decorating contest. He makes a pact with an elf to help him win–and the elf casts a spell that brings the 12 days of Christmas to life, which brings unexpected chaos to town.
Rating: PG, Release date: 12/1/2023
Wonka
Based on the extraordinary character at the center of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, “Wonka” tells the wondrous story of how the world’s greatest inventor, magician, and chocolate maker became the beloved Willy Wonka we know today.
Rating: PG, Release date: 12/15/2023
Oldies, but Goodies (Winter Movies of the Past):
Elf
Raised as an oversized elf, Buddy travels from the North Pole to New York City to meet his biological father, Walter Hobbs, who doesn’t know he exists and is in desperate need of some Christmas spirit.
Rating: PG, IMDB rating: 7.1/10, Release year: 2003
Frozen
When the newly crowned Queen Elsa accidentally uses her power to turn things into ice to curse her home in infinite winter, her sister Anna teams up with a mountain man, his playful reindeer, and a snowman to change the weather conditions.
Rating: PG, IMDB rating: 7.4/10, Release year: 2013
Ice Age
The story revolves around sub-zero heroes: a wooly mammoth, a saber-toothed tiger, a sloth, and a prehistoric combination of a squirrel and rat, known as Scrat.
Rating: PG, IMDB rating: 7.5/10, Release year: 2002
Snow Day
When a school in upstate New York is snowed in, a group of students hi-jack a plow to keep the school closed.
Rating: PG, IMDB rating: 5.1/10, Release year: 2000
March of the Penguins
In the Antarctic, every March since the beginning of time, the quest begins to find the perfect mate and start a family.
Rating: G, IMDB rating: 7.5/10, Release year: 2005
Happy Feet
Into the world of the Emperor Penguins, who find their soulmates through song, a penguin is born who cannot sing. But he can tap dance something fierce!
Rating: PG, IMDB rating: 6.4/10, Release year: 2006
Home Alone
An eight-year-old troublemaker, mistakenly left home alone, must defend his home against a pair of burglars on Christmas Eve.
Rating: PG, IMDB rating: 7.7/10, Release year: 1990
How the Grinch Stole Christmas
On the outskirts of Whoville lives a green, revenge-seeking Grinch who plans to ruin Christmas for all the citizens of the town.
Rating: PG, IMDB rating: 6.3/10, Release year: 2000
Frosty the Snowman
A living snowman and a little girl struggle to elude a greedy magician who is after the snowman’s magic hat.
Rating: PG, IMDB rating: 7.3/10, Release year: 1969
Jingle All the Way
A father vows to get his son a Turbo Man action figure for Christmas. However, every store is sold out, and he must travel all over town and compete with everybody else in order to find one.
Rating: PG, IMDB rating: 5.7/10, Release year: 1996
