Back home

The Snowman

334 votes

A young boy makes a snowman one Christmas Eve, which comes to life at midnight and takes him on a magical adventure to the North Pole to meet Santa Claus.

Status: Released

Released Date: 1982-12-26

Runtime: 25 mins

Director: Dianne Jackson

Spoken language: No Language

Genres: Adventure, Animation, Family, Fantasy

Original title: The Snowman

Production Companies: TVC London, Snowman Enterprises

Production Countries: United Kingdom

Cast

Older James / Narrator during original 1982 British television broadcast (uncredited)

Raymond Briggs

Older James (re-released/US version)

David Bowie

Father Christmas - 20th Anniversary version

Mel Smith

The Snowman Collection

3.8

The Snowman

1982-12-26

A young boy makes a snowman one Christmas Eve, which comes to life at midnight and takes him on a ma

3.4

The Snowman and the Snowdog

2012-12-24

Charming animated sequel to Raymond Briggs's classic The Snowman. When a young boy and his mother mo

Reviews

Geronimo1967

Sometimes it's not just the film itself, but the accompanying memories it elicits that make something a success. I recall my late mum always used to make sure we sat down in front of the telly at Christmas to watch this - and we probably saw it every year for about 30 years! Why? Well, it's an eminently watchable animation depicting a young lad who builds a snowman, only for it to come to life and take him on a few adventures on Christmas eve - including getting to meet and have a bit of a ceilidh with Santa - before, unfortunately, reality kicks in next morning. Aside from an introduction from a very handsome looking David Bowie, the rest of the audio belongs to a masterful score from Howard Blake (with a bit of help from Peter Auty) and the animation is mischievous and super. Doubtless there are more sophisticated animations out there - almost 40 years later; but this has a charm and innocence to it that ensures it stands the test of time really well.

2022-11-27

Peter89Spencer

No matter how many times I watch this, I always cry a little at the end!

2020-12-07

Recommendations

3.5

The Simpsons Movie

2007-07-25

After Homer accidentally pollutes the town's water supply, Springfield is encased in a gigantic dome

3.8

Groundhog Day

1993-02-11

A narcissistic TV weatherman, along with his attractive-but-distant producer, and his mawkish camera

3.2

Star Trek: The Motion Picture

1979-12-07

When an unidentified alien destroys three powerful Klingon cruisers, Captain James T. Kirk returns t

Malice: Wars

2015-12-04

MALICE: Wars Special Episode takes place in a galaxy far far away as we follow the adventures of the

The Forger

2017-05-05

Adolfo Kaminsky started saving lives when chance and necessity made him a master forger. As a teenag

Hen in a Boat

1984-11-16

During the summer on their Grandfather’s land Johanna, Robert, Harald and Alex begin a secret journe

3.5

Meet Me in St. Louis

1944-11-28

A year in the life of a turn-of-the-century middle class family, leading up to the opening of the 19

3.6

Gremlins

1984-06-08

After receiving an exotic small animal as a Christmas gift, a young man inadvertently breaks three i

3.5

Madagascar

2005-05-25

Four animal friends get a taste of the wild life when they break out of captivity at the Central Par

3.5

Agent 327: Operation Barbershop

2017-05-12

Agent 327 is investigating a clue that leads him to a shady barbershop in Amsterdam. Little does he

3.6

A Christmas Story

1983-11-18

The comic mishaps and adventures of a young boy named Ralph, trying to convince his parents, teacher

3.9

A Trip to the Moon

1902-06-15

Professor Barbenfouillis and five of his colleagues from the Academy of Astronomy travel to the Moon

3.5

Batman Beyond

2014-04-19

This short celebrating 75 years of Batman from artist Darwyn Cooke returns fans to the world of Batm

3.5

Grandpa Walrus

2018-10-31

On the windy and cloudy beach, Granny is praying, Mum is shouting, the sisters don’t care, Lucas is

CODA

2014-01-01

This short animation draws on advanced digital technologies to offer a new vision of dance in cinema

足洗邸の住人たち。 OAD

2010-03-25

3.1

A Mouse Hunt for Christmas

2025-11-06

A small mouse family plans a quiet Christmas outside the city, but their celebration is disrupted wh

3.2

Butterfly

1972-01-01

The film is devoted to the theme of careful attitude to the nature. It tells us how one of butterfli

Gravedad

2019-10-31

Animated short about the meaning of life.

3.7

Ninety-Five Senses

2022-08-12

A heartfelt depiction of a man facing his own mortality while reflecting on the grave mistakes of hi