New Year’s Eve 2021 isn’t going to look the same as 2020- or any other year for that matter. If you’re in search of New Year’s movies to watch on December 31 instead of heading to a party on New Year’s Eve, here’s your list! And don’t forget to check out the New Years Memes, Appetizers, and cocktails to make it a festive night. Affiliate links are in this post.
List of New Year’s Eve Movies To Watch Instead of Going To a Party (You Know, For Reasons)
So we’ll admit up front: not all of these are pure New Year’s Eve movies.
But they have at least 1 scene during New Year’s Eve or are set during that time period at some point. December 31st or thereabouts are mentioned in these movies.
It’s the same criteria used for the list of Thanksgiving movies and the list of Christmas movies.
Sure, it’s kinda a stretch.
But what can we say? We don’t make Hollywood movies, we just report on them!
And they just don’t make a ton of 100% New Year’s Eve movies.
But let’s roll with it and check out this list of New Year’s Eve movies that we found.
All the New Year’s Movies You Can Binge During Your New Years Eve Party at Home
- High School Musical – don’t fight me. It’s the scene that started it all!
- New Year’s Eve
- When Harry Met Sally
- The Holiday
- Bridget Jones’s Diary
- Sleepless in Seattle
- An Affair to Remember
- Holiday Inn
- Ocean’s 11 (the OG!)
- Ghostbusters 2
- The Godfather 2
- While You Were Sleeping
- Rent
- Waiting To Exhale
- Phantom Thread
- Carol
- Four Rooms
- Are We There Yet?
- Rosemary’s Baby (there’s a scene, it counts)
- About A Boy
- Trading Places
- The Poseidon Adventure
- The Apartment
- Boogie Nights
- Sex In the City (movie that And Just Like That… is based on)
- Forest Gump
- Iron Man 3
- Money Train
New Years Eve Movies For Kids
These are great movies to watch during a New Year’s Eve party with kids. Check the age rating to determine just how young these are appropriate for!
- Are We There Yet?
- High School Musical
- Happy New Year Charlie Brown
- Snoopy Presents: For Auld Lang Syne (2021)
- Rudolph’s Shiny New Year
- Winnie the Pooh: A Very Merry Pooh Year
