Today is the last day of 2022 and many of us are planning how we will ring in the new year. If you’re staying in, or plan to spend the first day of 2023 relaxing at home, here are 10 New Year’s themed movies that will help kick off the new year.
1/2 New Year (2019)
Who’s in it: Drew McAnany, Bo Youngblood, Rome Flynn, Shanley Caswell, Jeff Dye, Afton Jillian, Marc Gordon, Brooke Lewis Bellas, John Ierardi
Synopsis: “Every year a group of friends celebrate “1/2 New Year” with a party; this year, however, relationships will be tested.”
Where to watch: Apple TV, Mubi, Tubi, Prime Video
200 Cigarettes (1999)
Who’s in it: Casey Affleck, Ben Affleck, Christina Ricci, Paul Rudd, Kate Hudson, Courtney Love, Martha Plimpton, Janeane Garofalo, Janeane Garofalo, Gaby Hoffmann, Dave Chappelle
Synopsis: “This ensemble comedy follows an array of young people in New York City on New Year’s Eve.”
Where to watch: Apple TV, Mubi
About a Boy (2002)
Who’s in it: Hugh Grant, Nicholas Hoult, Toni Collette, Rachel Weisz, Natalia Tena, Victoria Smurfit, Augustus Prew
Synopsis: “A cynical, immature young man is taught how to act like a grown up by a little boy.”
Where to watch: Prime Video, Tubi, Vudu
About Fate (2022)
Who’s in it: Emma Roberts, Thomas Mann, Madelaine Petsch, Britt Robertson, Lewis Tan, Wendie Malick, Anna Akana, Jared Troilo
Synopsis: “The romantic comedy is a tale of two people who believe in love, but seem to never be able to find its true meaning. In a wild twist of events, fate puts each in the other’s path on a stormy New Year’s Eve and comedy and chaos ensue.”
Where to watch: Prime Video
All My Friends Are Dead (2020)
Who’s in it: Katarzyna Chojnacka, Julia Wieniawa, Monika Krzywkowska, Mateusz Wieclawek, Nikodem Rozbicki, Aleksandra Pisula, Wojciech Łozowski
Synopsis: “During the New Year’s Eve party of a bunch of friends, a series of crazy events brings out secrets, breaks hearts and leads to a shocking ending.”
Where to watch: Netflix
A Long Way Down (2014)
Who’s in it: Pierce Brosnan, Toni Collette, Aaron Paul, Imogen Poots, Sam Neill, Rosamund Pike, Zara White, Joe Cole
Synopsis: “Four strangers who planned to jump off the same roof on New Year’s Eve join together as a kind of family and give themselves six weeks to find valid reasons to live.”
Where to watch: Prime Video, Tubi
Bridget Jones’s Diary (2001)
Who’s in it: Renée Zellweger, Colin Firth, Hugh Grant, Gemma Jones, Jim Broadbent, Sally Phillips, James Callis, Shirley Henderson, Celia Imrie, Embeth Davidtz
Synopsis: “Bridget Jones is determined to improve herself while she looks for love in a year in which she keeps a personal diary.”
Where to watch: Crave, Netflix, Paramount+, Prime Video
Four Rooms (1995)
Who’s in it: Quentin Tarantino, Tim Roth, Antonio Banderas, Jennifer Beals, Sammi Davis, Amanda De Cadenet, Madonna, Marisa Tomei, Ione Skye, Salma Hayek
Synopsis: “Four interlocking tales that take place in a fading hotel on New Year’s Eve.”
Where to watch: Prime Video, Showtime, Vudu
Phantom Thread (2017)
Who’s in it: Daniel Day-Lewis, Vicky Krieps, Lesley Manville, Camilla Rutherford, Gina McKee, Brian Gleeson, Harriet Sansom Harris, Lujza Richter
Synopsis: “Set in 1950s London, Reynolds Woodcock is a renowned dressmaker whose fastidious life is disrupted by a young, strong-willed woman, Alma, who becomes his muse and lover.”
Where to watch: Mubi, Netflix, Prime Video, Vudu
Waiting to Exhale (1995)
Who’s in it: Angela Bassett, Whitney Houston, Lela Rochon, Loretta Devine, Dennis Haysbert, Wendell Pierce, Kenya Moore, Gregory Hines, Jazz Raycole, Ezra Swerdlow, Donald Faison, Michael Beach
Synopsis: “Navigating through careers, family and romance, four friends bond over the shortcomings in their love lives – namely, the scarcity of good men.”
Where to watch: Crave, Disney+, Tubi, Vudu
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