It’s price saying up prime: The perfect winter films aren’t essentially concerning the holidays. Within the weirdly inert week between Christmas Day and New Yr’s, it’s completely attainable to look at one thing that’s wintry and enjoyable however utterly unrelated to Santa Claus or Hanukkah gelt or poinsettias or presents. And also you’re not even being Grinch-y in the event you do: There are winter-set films on the market which might be additionally simply actually good films, full cease. Right here, a few of our favorites:
Dr. Zhivago (1965)
One among David Lean’s undisputed masterworks, starring Omar Sharif, Julie Christie, Geraldine Chaplin, and a few very plush outerwear. Hunker down with one thing heat to drink, and let this epic’s three-plus-hour runtime sprawl like a distant Russian snowscape.
