Last Updated on 15 December 2023

The following list is the Official Definitive List of the 100 best New Year’s Eve movies of all time. These movies either happen on New Year’s Eve, have a scene that takes place then, or are recommended viewing on New Year’s Eve.

I averaged 31 different ranked lists of “Best New Year’s Eve movies of all time” to get this definitive compilation. See my Methodology page for the research process that was used, including all 31 lists that were averaged. Below is a checklist you’re welcome to print, followed by the full list with links to IMDb.

Greatest New Years Eve Movies ChecklistDownload
  1. When Harry Met Sally… (1989)
  2. New Year’s Eve (2011)
  3. About Time (2013)
  4. The Godfather Part II (1974)
  5. Bridget Jones’s Diary (2001)
  6. Trading Places (1983)
  7. Phantom Thread (2017)
  8. Carol (2015)
  9. Sleepless in Seattle (1993)
  10. While You Were Sleeping (1995)
  11. Ghostbusters II (1989)
  12. The Apartment (1960)
  13. Rent (2005)
  14. Forrest Gump (1994)
  15. Waiting to Exhale (1995)
  16. High School Musical (2006)
  17. About a Boy (2002)
  18. Snowpiercer (2013)
  19. Sex and the City (2008)
  20. 200 Cigarettes (1999)
  21. Boogie Nights (1997)
  22. Happy New Year, Charlie Brown (1986)
  23. The Holiday (2006)
  24. An American in Paris (1951)
  25. Sunset Blvd. (1950)
  26. Are We There Yet? (2005)
  27. An Affair to Remember (1957)
  28. Four Rooms (1995)
  29. Ocean’s Eleven (1960)
  30. New Year’s Evil (1980)
  31. The Poseidon Adventure (1972)
  32. Money Train (1995)
  33. Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022)
  34. Snoopy Presents: For Auld Lang Syne (2021)
  35. The Age of Adaline (2015)
  36. The Gold Rush (1925)
  37. Diner (1982)
  38. Holidate (2020)
  39. Mermaids (1990)
  40. Poseidon (2006)
  41. Fruitvale Station (2013)
  42. The Great Gatsby (2013)
  43. Strange Days (1995)
  44. A Long Way Down (2014)
  45. Two Lovers (2008)
  46. After the Thin Man (1936)
  47. Ocean’s Eleven (2001)
  48. The Irony of Fate, or Enjoy Your Bath! (1976)
  49. Rosemary’s Baby (1968)
  50. Holiday Inn (1942)
  51. Moonstruck (1987)
  52. A Lot Like Love (2005)
  53. Someone Like You (2001)
  54. I Hate New Year’s (2020)
  55. Groundhog Day (1993)
  56. Into The Dark: New Year, New You (2018)
  57. The Phantom Carriage (1921)
  58. Iron Man 3 (2013)
  59. The Hudsucker Proxy (1994)
  60. Assault on Precinct 13 (2005)
  61. Eat Pray Love (2010)
  62. Bitter Moon (1992)
  63. Better Luck Tomorrow (2002)
  64. Happy New Year (2014)
  65. Citizen Kane (1941)
  66. Dazed and Confused (1993)
  67. The New Year (2010)
  68. Highball (1997)
  69. In Search of a Midnight Kiss (2007)
  70. Cast Away (2000)
  71. Terror Train (1980)
  72. Brittany Runs a Marathon (2019)
  73. About Fate (2022)
  74. Royal New Year’s Eve (2017)
  75. Lady Bird (2017)
  76. Cafe Society (2016)
  77. More American Graffiti (1979)
  78. Radio Days (1987)
  79. The Pursuit of Happyness (2006)
  80. Little Caesar (1931)
  81. Dick Tracy (1990)
  82. New Year Blues (2021)
  83. Silver Linings Playbook (2012)
  84. It’s a Wonderful Life (1946)
  85. The Bucket List (2007)
  86. Peter’s Friends (1992)
  87. Stuck in Love. (2012)
  88. Project X (2012)
  89. The Bucket List (2007)
  90. To Catch a Killer (2023)
  91. Under the Tuscan Sun (2003)
  92. Inside Out (2015)
  93. Julie and Julia (2009)
  94. The Five-Year Engagement (2012)
  95. Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (1986)
  96. Rudolph’s Shiny New Year (1976)
  97. End of Days (1999)
  98. Soul (2020)
  99. The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012)
  100. Can’t Buy Me Love (1987)

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