The Day After Tomorrow (2004)

Jack Hall, paleoclimatologist, must make a daring trek from Washington, D.C. to New York City to reach his son, trapped in the cross-hairs of a sudden international storm which plunges the planet into a new Ice Age.
 
Director:  Roland Emmerich
Writers:  Roland Emmerich (story), Roland Emmerich (screenplay) 
Stars:   Dennis Quaid, Jake Gyllenhaal, Emmy Rossum