Frozen: 10 Most Endearing Scenes That Still Melt Our Hearts

Disney’s Frozen isn’t just a fan favorite just because of its catchy songs and empowering princesses. The franchise’s huge success can also be credited to its impressive narrative. Anna and Elsa’s story has multiple layers, and it is as appealing as it is engrossing, keeping viewers glued to the screen from beginning to end.

One of the things that the show creators did very well was to combine drama and comedy. Both Frozen and Frozen II can make the audience laugh and cry – often, at the same time. Emotionally charged moments are usually the ones that touch our hearts, so forget all about the cold outside by remembering these most endearing moments from Frozen.

10 When Elsa Freezes Anna For The First Time

At the beginning of the movie, before everything bad happens to the Arendelle sisters, we get a glimpse of how Anna and Elsa’s relationship was before their parents decided it was no longer safe for Elsa to be around other people.

As the two little girls play in the snow, Anna runs a bit too fast, leading Elsa to misfire an ice spear into Anna’s head. We all know this particular incident ends well for Anna, but to watch young Elsa holding her younger sister in her arms, afraid she might have hurt, or worse, killed her, is enough to melt all hearts.

9 When Anna Wants To Be Let In

Right after Anna and Elsa’s parents die, Anna knocks yet again on her older sister’s door. She reminds Elsa they only have each other, now that mom and dad are gone, and she asks Elsa to let her in before leaning against the bedroom door.

On the other side, also alone and heartbroken, sits Elsa. The two sisters, separated by the magnitude of Elsa’s powers, but united in the pain of loss and separation, share this moment, unaware of how together they are and how much this made everyone in the audience cry.

8 When Elsa Is Accused Of Being A Monster

When Anna announces her plans to marry Prince Hans and Elsa forbids her to do so, the two sisters have a long-overdue fight about their estranged relationship. In the process, Anna accidentally removes one of Elsa’s gloves, leading her sister to reveal, to the whole of Arendelle, her magical powers.

But by then, Elsa doesn’t know how to control them, so the revelation comes in a pretty aggressive spectacle. Led by the Duke of Weselton, the entire kingdom turns against Elsa, afraid of her powers and calling her a monster. Elsa has no choice but to run away for good, leaving Anna behind.

7 Olaf’s Ode To Summer

When we meet Olaf, he’s not only a clueless living snowman, he’s also a lover of summer. As he introduces himself to Anna and Kristoff, Olaf sings an ode to what he imagines life would be like in the warmest of the seasons: beaches, sunbathing, cold drinks, the sun.

What makes this otherwise funny scene heart-melting is how unaware Olaf is of the effect the sun would have on him, as he’s obviously made of snow. No wonder Kristoff is left tempted to warn him, yet Anna thinks it’s best if no one says anything.

6 When Kristoff Leaves Anna

Anna and Kristoff are united by chance, but seeing them together on the journey they share is enough for anyone to understand they belong at each other’s sides. After Elsa freezes Anna’s heart and the trolls can’t help save her, Kristoff has no choice but to take a very weakened Anna back to Arendelle castle and into the arms of her supposedly true love, Prince Hans.

But it’s only after he drops her off and the gate closes that he realizes how much he’s come to like her. It’s heart-melting to watch the lovestruck Kristoff walk away and the sadness in his (and Sven’s) eyes.

5 When True Love Saves Anna

After Elsa accidentally shoots ice through Anna’s heart and the trolls tell Anna and Kristoff that the only thing that can save her is an act of true love. Their first thought is to go to Hans, Anna’s fiancee, believing he could give Anna a magic kiss. But then, Hans turns out to be a bad guy and Olaf convinces Anna that she needs to find Kristoff, who truly loves her.

Just moments away from being frozen to death and steps away from Kristoff, Anna witnesses Hans attempting to kill Elsa, and without a second thought, she puts herself before her sister and saves her. In the end, she protected Elsa from Hans, and her sacrifice ends up being the one act of true love she needed all along. This scene is heart-melting for multiple reasons: not only is it thrilling to see Arendelle, Elsa, and Anna saved, but it’s also groundbreaking to see a Dinsey movie explore the notion that romantic love isn’t necessarily the salvation.

4 The Shipwreck Memory

In Frozen II, the two sisters set out to find the mysterious voice calling out to Elsa. On their way, they also find their parent’s sunken ship. Remembering Olaf’s ramblings, that water has memory, Elsa decides to use her ice powers to recreate what happened in the accident.

But the only thing they see is an ice sculpture of, presumably, the last moment of their parents alive. Mom and Dad hug, eternalizing their love as the water comes to take their lives away.

3 Olaf’s Death

Whoever didn’t cry watching this scene is cold because it’s not only Olaf who melts away in Anna’s embrace, but also our hearts. Olaf’s good-bye, although temporary, is one of the most heart-melting scenes in the whole franchise. Elsa is gone, and so is her magic, turning Olaf from the funniest sidekick to a pile of snow – and sending Anna to conclude her journey, alone.

In his last moments, Anna offers him his favorite thing in the world: a warm hug, proving that true friends are there for each other in the good and the bad. Thankfully, everyone’s favorite snowman returns in the end to a warm hug from his friends.

2 When Elsa Sees The Past In The Ice

When Elsa finally arrives at the River of Memory, Ahtohallan, she can see the past in the ice. It’s an emotionally charged scene in which Elsa not only is blessed with happy memories from her past, as kids with Anna and seeing her parents, but she also finds out a hard truth.

It was her grandfather, the King of Arendelle, who betrayed the Northuldra people, and what’s worse, it was because he feared exactly what Elsa is: magic.

1 When Anna And Elsa Meet Again

After thinking Elsa was dead and finishing her mission alone, Anna is met with a bittersweet feeling. She did her deed but lost her sister in the process. So when a little snowflake forms in the air next to her and leads her away, she doesn’t hesitate.

On the horizon, she sees Elsa returning – safe, sound, and free. The two sisters rush into each other’s arms and embrace in the warmest of hugs – a hug so warm that even those with the coldest of hearts in the audience will turn into a puddle on the ground.

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