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December 31, 2025

Staying in with the old: the best films to watch on New Year’s Eve

For those not going out to celebrate, you can still party with Harry and Sally, play cards with Jack Lemmon and make merry hell at the Overlook Hotel

Staying in with the old: the best films to watch on New Year’s Eve

TL;DR

  • The Apartment is recommended for its bleak comedy about office politics and a hopeful, albeit uncertain, ending.
  • Dead Poets Society offers an inspiring message of seizing the day and making one's voice heard.
  • Strange Days is presented as a pre-millennial tech-noir thriller with a cautionary tale about virtual reality.
  • The Irony of Fate is a beloved Russian romcom classic with a New Year's Eve premise.
  • The extended cut of The Lord of the Rings trilogy is suggested for a New Year's Eve tradition of reflection.
  • Sunset Boulevard features a bleak New Year's Eve party and serves as a Hollywood critique.
  • The Shining is a horror staple perfect for New Year's Eve, ending with a snowstorm.
  • The Poseidon Adventure is a glorious disaster movie that begins on New Year's Eve 1972.
  • Radio Days is a Woody Allen film filled with nostalgia and a poignant New Year's Eve scene.
  • Holiday is an early New Year's Eve romcom that emphasizes living life meaningfully.
  • La bonne année is a French film with a non-linear narrative and a heist plot.
  • Phantom Thread has a New Year's sequence depicting a tumultuous night and hopeful reconciliation.
  • When Harry Met Sally is a classic romcom with a perfect New Year's Eve declaration of love.

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