By Vivian Kane | Lists | December 28, 2014
The Apartment

Hopefully your New Year’s Eve involves no adultery, firings, or suicide scares.
When Harry Met Sally

Unless your night comes with the greatest rom-com speech in the history of the genre, it can’t compare.
About a Boy
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Or we can look to the opposite end of the romantic spectrum. Will’s New Year’s Eve party was when he realized that his entire life was kind of a mediocre lazy shi*t show.
The Hudsucker Proxy

Let’s HOPE your midnight is less exciting than hanging from the ledge of a skyscraper.
Sunset Boulevard
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If you show up to your party and you’re the only guest invited, RUN.
The Godfather: Part II
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This is NOT the kind of kiss you want on New Year’s Eve.
Strange Days
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May your night be free of rape and murder and evidence found in somebody’s cerebral cortex.
The Poseidon Adventure
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New Year’s and tsunamis just don’t mix.
Four Rooms
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Tim Roth gets into some weird Wiccan sex stuff, some weird non-Wiccan sex stuff, some adventures in babysitting, and cuts off a dude’s pinky. All of which makes the annual Twilight Zone marathon look like a really great New Year’s Eve alternative.