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# The 8 Best New Year's Eve Scenes in Movies

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## Samantha Grossman


Dec 30, 2014 8:33 PM UTC

by 

[Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/)


## Samantha Grossman


Dec 30, 2014 8:33 PM UTC

New Year’s Eve tends to be a big holiday in movies because it’s an opportunity for boozy bashes, dramatic kisses, shocking confessions and new beginnings. It also makes soundtrack choices so much easier, because if you’re unsure, you just go with “Auld Lang Syne” and you’re set.

So, as we get ready to usher in 2015, here’s a look back at some of cinema’s most memorable New Year’s Eve moments, from the romantic to the silly to the totally bizarre.

### _When Harry Met Sally_

“It’s not because I’m lonely and it’s not because it’s New Year’s Eve,” Harry says, before — spoiler alert — officially declaring his love for Sally. And then they kiss. At the stroke of midnight, because of course.

### _Trading Places_

Merry new year! Who wants some beef jerky? A total classic.

### _Sex and the City_


It may be corny, sure, but you also have to admit the displays of friendship in this scene are heartwarming. Plus, this version of “Auld Lang Syne” is beautiful. Just accept it.

### _200 Cigarettes_

This is a _whole movie_ about the holiday, set in 1981, so we’re counting the whole film instead of just one scene.


### _The Gold Rush_

A lonely Charlie Chaplin gets stood up for a New Year’s Eve dinner — but soon, the scene shifts to a lively dinner party dance sequence where Chaplin memorably uses dinner rolls as feet.

### _The Godfather: Part II_

It’s New Year’s Eve in Havana — and the New Year’s kiss in this scene is _probably_ not what you expect.


### _Radio Days_

Diane Keaton singing “You’d Be So Nice to Come Home To” on New Year’s Eve? Um, yes please.

### _Ghostbusters II_

It’s New Year’s in New York, and the Ghostbusters manage to hitch a ride on the Statue of Liberty to defeat their enemy.

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