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That’s right…just one year after playing Anthony Michael Hall’s geeky underling in “Sixteen Candles” and almost FIVE years before Lloyd Dobler showed up in “Say Anything”, John Cusack graced us with Lane Meyer, everyone’s favorite lovesick ski bum. After losing his girlfriend Beth to the high school ski team captain, Roy Stalin, Lane fights [...]

Anyone who’s ever joked about or actually participated in a Chinese Downhill race has “Hot Dog” to thank. Released in January of 1984, it set the stage for other teen sex comedies of its kind like “Snowballing” and “Ski School“, and became one of the iconic films of the entire decade.
Starring David Naughton (of [...]

“Ski school’s not about learning how to ski!”
Dave Marshak didn’t quite know how right he was when he uttered those few words. This movie is #3 on our countdown for one reason and one reason alone…it’s fucking hilarious. It has no discernible stars to speak of (except for a few guys you’ll also [...]

Two friends looking for adventure discover extreme skiing, wealth and seduction. Now they fact the greatest challenge of their lives.
Of all the movies listed in this countdown, “Aspen Extreme” is the only one that took a serious angle on the ski and snowboard world. As the story goes, two friends from Detroit apparently [...]

Alright…we’re finally getting somewhere with this thing. Sorry for the slow frequency of the countdown…future countdowns will surely move at a quicker pace. As we make the turn into the homestretch of the top 5 Hollywood ski and snowboard movies of all time, we’re moving out of “shitty 80’s teen angst T&A flick” [...]

“Snowboarding. It’s new, it’s happening, it’s hot, it’s fresh!”
Why is this movie ranked even this high? I have no idea. I think if the film’s producers knew it made it to #6, even on this relatively unknown Top 10 list on this relatively unknown site, they’d be ecstatic. It’s actually pretty [...]

Even though I never saw this one (I admit it), this relatively well-intentioned attempt at a sleazy 80’s teen ski flick has its heart in the right place. From the looks of the trailer, it’s basically Porky’s and Fast Times At Ridgemont High, both of which hit the big screen a mere two years [...]

After some of the better ski movies of the 80’s (coming up later in the countdown) found success, there was a rash of really bad ones that followed the same formula…a group of fun-loving and friendly skiers dressed in racing pants and fluorescent gear compete against the establishment, usually some force trying to take away [...]

What the hell is this movie doing here? Wait, I know…I’m desperate to find 10 movies for the purpose of this countdown. There really aren’t that many Hollywood movies based around skiing or snowboarding so this list might actually become a complete index of them all, rather than just a Top 10. [...]

This gets mentioned here for a few reasons. For one, there really aren’t THAT many ski movies out there that fit under the umbrella of Hollywood. That being said, Sony Pictures Classics gets some amount of credit for going out on a limb and being the only major studio that I know of [...]