ice-cold backdrop

Movies with ice-cold vibe

Frozen

81. Frozen

Animation Family Adventure Fantasy Animated Fantasy Adventure
7.4

20131h 42min

United States

Director: Chris Buck

Young princess Anna of Arendelle dreams about finding true love at her sister Elsa’s coronation. Fate takes her on a dangerous journey in an attempt to end the eternal winter that has fallen over the kingdom. She's accompanied by ice delivery man Kristoff, his reindeer Sven, and snowman Olaf. On an adventure where she will find out what friendship, courage, family, and true love really means.

Themes

Duty vs desire, Betrayal and manipulation, Public scrutiny and rumor, Isolation and kinship, Power as peril, Sibling bonds under pressure

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Disney Plus
Amazon Video
Apple TV
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Ender's Game

82. Ender's Game

Science Fiction Action Adventure Space Sci-Fi Military Action
6.6

20131h 54min

United States

Director: Gavin Hood

Based on the classic novel by Orson Scott Card, Ender's Game is the story of the Earth's most gifted children training to defend their homeplanet in the space wars of the future.

Themes

Military school discipline, Chosen one pressure, War strategy ethics, Alien invasion resilience, Child prodigy isolation, Starship duty conflicts

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Amazon Video
Apple TV
Google Play Movies
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Ragnarok

83. Ragnarok

Action Adventure Exploration Adventure
5.8

20131h 33min

Norway

Director: Mikkel Brænne Sandemose

Archaeologist Sigurd Svendsen discovers that the Oseberg ship hides a secret from the Viking Age. Along with his two children put Sigurd out on a quest to find the truth. The mystery leads them into "No Man's Land" between Norway and Russia where no man traveling in modern times. Old runes take on new meaning when the secret they uncover is more frightening than anyone could have imagined.

Themes

Danger in frontier passage, Interpretation of runes, Ancient history vs myth, Buried treasure pursuit, Intergenerational stakes, Norse myth influence

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Amazon Prime Video
Amazon Video
Apple TV
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The Keeper of Lost Causes

84. The Keeper of Lost Causes

Thriller Mystery Crime Investigation Suspense Investigation Mystery
7.2

20131h 33min

Denmark, Germany

Director: Mikkel Nørgaard

Denmark, 2013. Police officers Carl Mørck and Hafez el-Assad, sole members of Department Q, which is focused on closing cold cases, investigate the disappearance of politician Merete Lynggaard, vanished when she and her brother were traveling aboard a ferry five years ago.

Themes

Bureaucratic pressure, Political vulnerability, Persistent cold cases, Vengeance and trauma, Duty under risk, Childhood consequences

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Amazon Video
Apple TV
Google Play Movies
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Snowpiercer

85. Snowpiercer

Action Science Fiction Drama Dystopian Sci-Fi Epic Action
7.1

20132h 7min

South Korea

Director: Bong Joon Ho

In the near future, after a man-made catastrophe, the Earth’s surface is covered in snow and ice. The remnants of humanity live on a massive train that races nonstop along a special track. Life on board is divided by class: the elite occupy the front cars, while the poor struggle to survive in horrific conditions at the back.

Themes

Class inequality, Manipulated revolt, Population control, Indoctrination in education, Engineered social order, Perpetual winter

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Amazon Video
Apple TV
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The Wolverine

86. The Wolverine

Action Science Fiction Adventure Superhero Action Adventure Epic
6.7

20132h 6min

United States

Director: James Mangold

Wolverine faces his ultimate nemesis - and tests of his physical, emotional, and mortal limits - in a life-changing voyage to modern-day Japan.

Themes

Loyalty versus manipulation, Duty and repayment, Control of healing power, Burden of near-immortality, Visions shaping choices, Corporate hubris and exploitation

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Disney Plus
Amazon Video
Apple TV
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The Machine

87. The Machine

Science Fiction Thriller AI Sci-Fi Computer Threat Thriller
6.0

20131h 32min

United Kingdom

Director: Caradog W. James

Already deep into a second Cold War, Britain’s Ministry of Defense seeks a game-changing weapon. Programmer Vincent McCarthy unwittingly provides an answer in The Machine, a super-strong human cyborg. When a programming bug causes the prototype to decimate his lab, McCarthy takes his obsessive efforts underground, far away from inquisitive eyes.

Themes

Humanity vs machine, Autonomy of artificial minds, Ethics of military tech, Creator responsibility and control, Governance of self-aware androids

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Amazon Video
Apple TV
Google Play Movies
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The Numbers Station

88. The Numbers Station

Action Thriller Spy Action Survival Thriller
5.6

20131h 30min

United Kingdom, United States

Director: Kasper Barfoed

When the moral values of a longtime wetwork black ops agent is tested during his last operation, he receives an unfavorable psych evaluation. Now he is given a break and a seemingly uncomplicated assignment of simply protecting the security of a young female code announcer, code resources and remote station they are assigned to. After an ambush and one phone call later, it becomes a complicated fight for their survival.

Themes

Loyalty under pressure, Protecting the vulnerable, Moral ambiguity of duty, Numbers station governance, Code-broadcast manipulation, Deception in operations

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Amazon Video
Apple TV
Google Play Movies
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No One Lives

89. No One Lives

Horror Thriller Home Invasion Horror Kidnapping & Captivity Thriller
6.0

20131h 26min

United States, United Kingdom

Director: Ryuhei Kitamura

A gang of ruthless highway killers kidnap a wealthy couple traveling cross country only to shockingly discover that things are not what they seem.

Themes

Wealth and vulnerability, Control and captivity, Survival under threat, Group dynamics under pressure, Violence and coercion, Predator prey dynamics

Available on

Amazon Prime Video
Amazon Video
Apple TV
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Siberian Education

90. Siberian Education

Drama Crime Organized Crime Coming-of-Age Drama
6.3

20131h 50min

Italy, Lithuania

Director: Gabriele Salvatores

The story of a gang of children growing up in a community of banished criminals, in a forgotten corner of the former Soviet Union. This community rejects the world outside. The only law it obeys… is its own. Against this backdrop two best friends, Kolyma and Gagarin, gradually become fierce enemies as they find themselves on opposite sides of the strict code of honour of the ‘honest criminal’ brotherhood.

Themes

Friends turned rivals, Ideals collapsed by crime, Code vs reality, Rejection of the outside world, Drug trade influence, Insular criminal code

Available on

Amazon Video
YouTube
Starz Apple TV Channel
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