New Year’s Eve: 26 Memorable Scenes in Film and TV
Looking for some inspiration on how to ring in the new year? Here's how some of your favorite characters spent the holiday on screens big and small.
Looking for some inspiration on how to ring in the new year? Here's how some of your favorite characters spent the holiday on screens big and small.
December 31, 2025 11:40am
Published on December 31, 2025
David Schwimmer and Courteney Cox in 'Friends' Warner Bros. / Courtesy: Everett Collection
Movies and television shows have long had a fascination with New Year’s Eve, promising big parties and falling in love with strangers as the clock strikes midnight. Resolutions have also played a big role in plots, whether inspiring characters to be better or sending them to fail miserably in whatever they hoped to change about themselves.
From classic films like When Harry Met Sally and Bridget Jones’s Diary to television favorites like Friends and The Office, New Year’s Eve has been used to create some classic moments on screens both big and small. No matter your plans for ringing in the New Year, check out some of the best TV and movie moments revolving around Dec. 31.
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‘About a Boy’
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The 2002 film, starring Hugh Grant, Rachel Weisz and Toni Collette, has a memorable New Year’s scene when the two leads of the film meet at a party and set off a romance that is soon complicated by Will, played by Grant, lying that he has a son.
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‘About Time’
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Domhnall Gleeson and Rachel McAdams star in the 2013 romantic comedy centered on a man who has the ability to time travel and attempts to change his past. By making changes, he hopes to improve his future. However, though he hopes time travel can help him win Mary’s (McAdams) heart, he learns there are things he’s unable to control.
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‘The Age of Adaline’
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