The Only Netflix Playlist For A Snow Day Binge You'll Ever Need

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If you're anywhere in the Northeast for the next few days, chances are you're gearing up for #Snowmageddon2015. Don't forget to pick your Netflix playlist.

9 a.m. Make your coffee or your cocoa. Grab your blanket or your snuggie.

And pray to the Internet gods they won't be so cruel as to cut you off on this most frosty and blistery of days.

To start you off, why not get into the mood of the world freezing over with a critically acclaimed foreign indie thriller starring Chris Evans and Tilda Swinton?

1. Snowpiercer

What's it Rated?: R, for blood and guts and everything nuts.
What's the Run Time?: 2h 6m
What's it about? A dystopian society on a high-speed train after the world froze over. Chris Evans kicks a ton of ass, and Tilda Swinton is scary as f**k.

Also Octavia Spencer is there, also kicking ass.
Why is it Snowpocalypse worthy? It's a visually stunning thrill ride, dark and twisted and the best way to start off your day as mountains of snow seal you in to your little hut of a home.

Amirite?

12 p.m. Ok. Token "end of days" movie down.

Now, while scarfing down your un-perishable lunch, it's time to laugh a little in the face of your impending doom. Did somebody say that one movie with Seth Rogen and James Franco that almost started World War III?

2. The Interview

Like. Might as well. Right?

What's it Rated?: R
What's the Run Time?: 1h 52m
What's it about? Two doofuses (aka Rogen and Franco) go on a mission to kill North Korean dictator, Kim Jong-un. Remember?
Why is it Snowpocalypse worthy? If you haven't seen it yet, it's one of those movies you might as well watch, since you have nothing better to do.

All the recent crazy hype surrounding it's release put it on everyone's radar. Check it off the list so you can at least have an opinion about it.

3 p.m. It's that awkward time of day when it's still pretty early, but getting kind of late, and it's best spent watching something really weird.

3. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

What's it Rated?: R
What's the Run Time?: 1h 58m
What's it about? Hunter S. Thompson and his lawyer travel to Las Vegas and do a CRAP ton of LSD.
Why is it Snowpocalypse worthy? It'll get you out of the snowy mindset for a while, guaranteed. Best enjoyed while high on something.

6 p.m. It's late(r). It's most likely dark. The snow has been beating itself against your house/apartment/makeshift tent for hours now, and shows little sign of ceasing. It's the perfect time to watch something new and hilarious.

4. Iliza Shlesinger: Freezing Hot

What's it Rated?: TV-MA
What's the Run Time?: 1h 11m
What's it about? Funny lady Iliza Schlesinger (@iliza) got her very own Netflix special after winning NBC's "Last Comic Standing." She makes the jokes, and she makes them good.
Why is it Snowpocalypse worthy? Iliza Shlesinger's ridiculous antics will keep you warm with a hearty dose of laughter.

9 p.m. Look out your window to see how much snow has fallen (if you can see out of it) and then resume looking at your television, because that's better.

5. Fargo

What's it Rated?: R
What's the Run Time?: 1h 38m
What's it about? A murder drama with a touch of the Coen Brother's classic humor starring Frances McDormand, William H. Macy, and Steve Buscemi.

So. Good.
Why is it Snowpocalypse worthy? Ain't nothing like a classic Coen Brothers flick to round out your snow day.