- The Thing – Scientists in the Antarctic are confronted by a shape-shifting alien.
- The Empire Strikes Back – Rebels living on an ice planet fight the galactic empire.
- Ice Station Zebra – A submarine crew rescues a team of scientists on the Arctic ice pack.
- The Day After Tomorrow – New York (and the entire Northern Hemisphere) enters a new ice age.
- Eight Below – A dog team is stranded in Antarctica and their trainer works to rescue them.
- Snow Dogs – A man from Florida inherits an Alaskan sled dog team.
- Balto – A heroic dog risks his life to bring medicine to Nome.
- The Ice Pirates – Interstellar pirates, in search of ice!
- The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe – The Kingdom of Narnia is locked in an eternal winter.
- Ice Age – A mammoth, a sabertooth tiger, and a sloth find a human child and set out to return him to his tribe. (Best to watch with the sequels The Meltdown and Dawn of the Dinosaurs.)