Five Movies I Have Watched Set Around New Year’s Eve

The Age Of Adaline : This romantic movie, starring Blake Lively and Michiel Huisman, follows a woman, Adaline, who has stayed 29 years old for decades. Because of this, Adaline knows she can’t fall in love—but she does, of course, with a man she meets on New Year’s Eve. Stream this one if you want something beautiful to accompany your NYE in.

New Year’s Eve : Bronx-born filmmaker Garry Marshall (brother of the late Penny Marshall) loves the holidays. It’s the only logical conclusion after scanning his body of work: Mother’s Day, Valentine’s Day, New Year’s Eve. Each of his seasonal contributions is an interconnected ensemble comedy that assembles several bold-faced names into one glitzy movie. For New Year’s Eve, you have Josh Duhamel, Michelle Pfeiffer, Halle Berry, Jessica Biel, Zac Efron, and more colliding on December 31.

About Time : A delightful British romantic comedy you may have missed, About Time stars Rachel McAdams and Domhnall Gleeson as Mary and Tim, a couple whose story continues to be rewritten thanks to Tim’s ability to travel through time. Though its moral is something like “The grass actually isn’t always greener,” one of the film’s best scenes is when Tim keeps hopping back in time to get a New Year’s Eve kiss just right.

Ocean’s Eleven (2011) : Danny Ocean (George Clooney) is one of cinema’s most charismatic masterminds—and on New Year’s Eve, one of his most ambitious heists begins. It doesn’t matter if you’ve already seen the original Ocean’s 11; the plot’s ingenious twists will continue to delight.

Ghostbusters II : Everyone’s favorite supernatural crime-fighters return to the screen for a sequel with all the same players: Ivan Reitman directing; Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Harold Ramis, and Sigourney Weaver starring; New York City as the setting. But this time, there is no Stay Puft Marshmallow Man. Rather, the Statue of Liberty comes to life and slimy spectral activity is oozing onto the streets, just as the New Year’s Eve festivities kick into high gear.