New Year’s Eve 2020 isn’t going to look the same as 2019- 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! 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 I’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 I say? I don’t make Hollywood movies, I 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 I found.

All the New Year’s Movies You Can Binge During Your NYE
- 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
Patty Holliday is a movie critic, writer, and podcaster living in the Washington, DC area. Her goal is to bridge the gap between casual fandom and picky critic with parent movie and television reviews.