What are the most common associations associated with the New Year holidays? It is not only the smell of tangerines and Christmas trees, a set table, champagne and fireworks. In the new year it is so nice to get together with loved ones and to watch a good New Year's film. For the Christmas and New Year holidays, one of the most favorite activities of many is watching films on Christmas and New Year's themes. The choice is really huge: foreign and domestic films, good old films or a completely new film project. What are some of the best New Year movies?
TOP 10 best New Year and Christmas films
Each has its own rating of the best films on the theme of the new year. And we present to you our Top 10 New Year's films.
1. "Vacation on exchange" (2006)
There is such a practice abroad: on holidays, complete strangers can change houses in order to change their usual environment and try a new way of life.
The two main characters, disappointed in their relationship, change their homes on Christmas, overcoming thousands of kilometers. Of course, in the end they will have a lot of love, how can they go without it?
Country: USA
Starring: Cameron Diaz, Kate Winslet, Jude Law, Jack Black.
Watch movie Exchange Vacation
2. "Love Actually" (2003)
One of the most sensual and soulful Christmas films. The director gathered all the famous world movie stars, and even Claudia Schiffer starred in the episode.
Definitely, he entered the list of the 10 best New Year's films.
Country: UK, USA, France
Cast: Hugh Grant, Bill Nighy, Liam Neeson, Emma Thompson, Colin Firth, Alan Rickman, Martina McCachon, Keira Knightley, etc.
Watch an excerpt from Love Actually
3. "Intuition" (2001)
In the pre-holiday bustle, two meet by chance, and a feeling flares up between them. But each of them has a pair, so it was decided to check the fate. They write their phone numbers on a banknote and a fiction book and send them on a trip. Will the bill fall into Sarah's hands, and will Jonathan see the number?
Country: USA
Cast: John Cusack, Kate Beckinsale, Lilly Lavigne, Jeremy Piven, David Sparrow, Ann Talman, Crystal Bock, Stephen Bruce, Abdul Alshawish.
Watch the Intuition Trailer
4. Bad Santa (2003)
Important! Recommended for viewing for those who have already reached the age of 16.
The dramatic crime comedy, at first glance, is too ironic, but it is imbued with sparkling humor and serious overtones.
Country: USA, Germany
Cast: Billy Bob Thornton, Tony Cox, Brett Kelly, Lauren Graham, Lauren Tom, Bernie Mack, John Ritter, Ajay Naidu, Cloris Leachman, Matt Walsh, Ethan Phillips, Lorna Scott, Harrison Beeker, Alex Borstein, Brian Collen
Watch the Bad Santa Trailer
5. "Snow Angel" (2008)
Russian cinema that has a sad beginning. Maya for the new year usually leaves for another city so as not to listen to the next wishes of the long-awaited marriage. But this year she meets a little angel, a girl who is lost. Of course, in the end, Maya's personal life will improve.
Country Russia
Cast: Victoria Tolstoganova, Dmitry Pevtsov, Alexander Baluev, Evgenia Dobrovolskaya, Anastasia Dobrynina, Stanislav Duzhnikov, Vladimir Simonov, Maria Amanova, Ulyana Urvantseva.
Watch the movie Snow Angel
6. "Fir-trees" (2010)
The Russian film contains 11 stories of those who find themselves in very difficult situations before the most important night of the year. It also tells about miracles that surely happen on New Year's Eve.
Country Russia
Cast: Ivan Urgant, Sergei Svetlakov, Sergei Pokhodaev, Vera Brezhneva, Alina Bulynko, Sergei Garmash, Artur Smolyaninov, Ekaterina Vilkova, Maria Poroshina, Dato Bakhtadze, Alexander Golovin, Nikita Presnyakov, Sergei Druzhak, Pavel Melenchuk, Olga Tumaikina
Watch the movie Christmas trees
7. "Diary of Bridget Jones" (2001)
Girls love to watch stories about Bridget at any time of the year, but do not forget that it all started on Christmas Day. During the celebration of her parents, the main character met the man of her dreams.
Country: France, UK
Cast: Renee Zellweger, Hugh Grant, Colin Firth, Gemma Jones, Jim Broadbent, Celia Imrie, Charmian May, James Faulkner, Paul Brooks, Felicity Montagu, Shirley Henderson, Sally Phillips, James Callis, Charlie Kane
Watch the trailer for Bridget Jones's Diary
8. "While You were Asleep" (1995)
The charismatic Sandra Bullock plays the main role here. Before Christmas, she completely accidentally saves a man on the platform, and in the hospital, relatives mistake Lucy for a bride. Lucy could not tell the truth, and gradually begins to really feel like a bride.
Country: USA
Cast: Sandra Bullock, Bill Pullman, Peter Gallagher, Peter Boyle, Jack Worden, Glynis Jones, Micole Mircurio, Jason Bernard, Michael Rispoli, Ellie Walker, Monica Keena, Ruth Rubnik, Marsha Wright, Dick Cusack
Watch the trailer while you were sleeping
9. "Evenings on a farm near Dikanka" (1963)
Probably everyone knows about the blacksmith Vakula and his adventures. The best films about New Year and Christmas are well-known old films, so we are happy to watch them again and again.
Country: USSR.
Cast: Alexander Khvylya, Lyudmila Myznikova, Yuri Tavrov, Lyudmila Khityaeva, Sergei Martinson, Anatoly Kubatsky, Vera Altayskaya, Dmitry Kapka, Nikolai Yakovchenko, Mikhail Sidorchuk, Alexander Radunsky, Georgy Millyar, Alexey Smirnov, Mikhail Troyanovsky, Alexander Demyanenko
Watch the film Evenings on a farm near Dikanka
10. "Poor Sasha" (1997)
The story of how a girl Sasha staged a robbery of a businesswoman's mom, wishing to attract attention to herself and be together for the new year. But, thanks to a failed robbery, mom finds her happiness.
Country Russia.
Cast: Yulia Chernova, Alexander Zbruev, Vera Glagoleva, Olga Volkova, Boris Sichkin, Valery Garkalin, Armen Dzhigarkhanyan, Spartak Mishulin, Nina Ruslanova, Anatoly Zhuravlev, Igor Vorobiev, Andrey Nevraev, Roman Madyanov, Vladimir Dolinsky, Georgy Martiros
Watch the film Poor Sasha
List of the best New Year comedies
- "New Year's Wife" (Russia, 2012)… Russian comedy film about how a guy and a girl wake up together after a party in a club and decide that this is destiny. But before they get married, they have to go through a month-long test, having lived together and retaining the erupted feeling.
- Endless Christmas (USA, 2006)… The guy who composes Christmas songs should celebrate the holiday with his ex-wife, her parents and little son. A miracle happens, and the composer realizes that he celebrates Christmas every time anew. And this means, you can change the course of events for the better.
- "Welcome or No Neighbors Not Allowed" (USA, 2006)… A resident of a small town wanted to make his house visible even from space, and for this he needs to decorate it with garlands, fireworks and lights. But this is not at all like his neighbors, who are used to their quiet routine. A war breaks out between neighbors, but on a holiday they, of course, will make peace. The film can be classified as one of the best foreign Christmas comedies.
- "Kazan Orphan" (Russia, 1997)… Nastya is a young teacher in the village, trying to find her father, about whom she only knows that he met her mother on vacation. According to the ad that Nastya posted in the newspaper, three potential dads come to her for the new year. New Year's family films like this movie talk about family values, traditions and interpersonal relationships.
Welcome or neighbors not allowed
Watch the film "New Year's Wife"
The best Soviet films about the New Year
The best films for the new year are the well-known Soviet cinema. It is kind, sincere, dear and warming the soul.
The best, according to many, Soviet films for the new year:
- "Irony of Fate or Enjoy Your Bath!" (USSR, 1975) We all know the story of how the doctor Zhenya and his friends went to the bathhouse on December 31 and ended up in Leningrad, where he met the teacher Nadya. But every time we watch with pleasure this unsurpassed Soviet cinema again, and the new year does not pass without the story of Zhenya and Nadia.
- "Carnival Night" (USSR, 1956)… Lena Krylova and her young like-minded people will nevertheless arrange a merry New Year's Eve, although Ogurtsov will interfere with this in every possible way in the new year.
- "Magicians" (USSR, 1982)… Intrigues and passions are raging at the Institute of Witchcraft and Magic on the eve of the new year, which almost destroy great love. But at the end of the film, miracles help the lovers reunite in the new year.
- "New Year's Adventures of Masha and Viti" (USSR, 1975)… Not only children, but also adults will be happy to watch a film featuring heroes from Russian folk tales. Here, the fearless Vita and Masha will meet Baba Yaga, Matthew the Cat, Koschey on their way, but they will still free Snegurochka and bring her back for a holiday in the new year.
Carnival Night
The best Russian films about the new year
A selection of the best New Year's films of Russian cinema is as follows:
- "Fir-trees" (Russia, 2010)… Not one, but several films at once about the life of a variety of heroes who find themselves in difficult situations right before the new year. The already beloved characters in each new film are experiencing difficulties and mental anguish in the new year. But a happy ending is inevitable! The Yolki series of films are perhaps the best Russian films about the New Year that will bring the whole family together.
- "What Men Talk About" (Russia, 2010)… A wonderful cast, subtle humor, life reasoning, funny statements of the characters - this film will not leave anyone indifferent.
- "Frenchman" (Russia, 2004)… A wealthy French baron finds himself in the Russian outback, where various adventures take place with him, mostly not entirely pleasant ones. But it is in this distant town that he meets his love: a quiet and sweet girl, fluent in French, who is going to marry a trucker. A wealthy Frenchman and a modest translator will celebrate the New Year together.
- "Moms 3" (Russia, 2014)… Unfamiliar women, who were going to celebrate the New Year abroad, accidentally get stuck in a small town in Poland. This is where New Year's miracles happen to them.
- "Happy new year, mothers!" (Russia, 2012). A touching picture, which contains the stories of several people and their relatives and friends. And they are united not only by unusual events that take place before the holiday, but also by the deepest feeling: love for mothers.
What Men Talk About
Watch the movie "Moms 3"
The best foreign films about New Year and Christmas
The best foreign New Year films are presented by the following works:
- "A New Christmas Tale" (USA, 1988)… The main character is a heartless rich man Frank, who is only interested in finances. On Christmas, the higher powers decided to make another person out of Frank, and what came of this, you will find out by watching a comedy.
- "Four Christmases" (Germany, USA, 2008)… The heroes of the film are a young couple who live together without having signed. They have to visit four families of each of their parents during the Christmas holidays, and this becomes a difficult test.
- "Hello family!" (USA, 2005). The Stone family gets together for Christmas, although the family members cannot boast of a close and warm relationship. The situation is saved by the girl Julie, who accidentally falls into this house.
- "The Family Man" (USA, 2000)… A Christmas movie about what kind of life is more to the liking of the main character.To live without denying yourself anything, achieving unprecedented career heights, while remaining a lonely bachelor? Or work as a tire salesman, not being able to buy the suit you like, but being surrounded by a loving family? What will the main character choose?
- Home Alone (USA, 1990)… The family was getting ready for the Christmas trip so frantically that they forgot their little son at home. But the child turned out to be not a timid dozen, and he alone will be able to resist the robbers, showing wonders of imagination and ingenuity.
On a note! These are, perhaps, the best films about Christmas, although the list for each family can be constantly replenished.
List of the best children's films about the new year
Children are especially fond of the New Year's holidays, and it is very important for them to create a truly magical atmosphere of miracles in the new year. In addition, during the New Year holidays, the children have enough free time. Invite your kids to watch the best Christmas stories!
- "The Grinch Stole Christmas" (Germany, USA, 2000)… The green monster wants to steal the holiday every year, frightening the inhabitants of a small town. But it turns out that he just wants warmth and family comfort at Christmas.
- Journey to the Christmas Star (Norway, 2012)… Sonya is a small but very brave girl who embarks on a difficult journey in order to save the princess in time. She will have to find the Christmas star, and various obstacles will be encountered on the way to Sonia. But, as with any fairy tale, everything will end well.
- "Secrets of Santa Claus"… 11 stories will slightly open the veil of secrets where Santa Claus lives, how he travels on reindeer, how elves help him, and much more.
- Magic Christmas (Canada, USA, 1985)… A tale of how Ginny can believe in miracles and magic, thanks to a cowboy angel sent from heaven.
- Winnie the Pooh and Christmas (USA, 1991). The Disney-produced cartoon will bring the whole family to the screens. The Christmas story of a beloved teddy bear and his friends is a truly kind fairy tale that will please both children and their parents.
The Grinch Stole Christmas
Watch the New Year's fairy tale "Morozko"
Conclusion
During the holidays, be sure to take some time to watch some good New Year's movies with the whole family. Create a truly festive cozy atmosphere by gathering in front of TV screens and playing a good movie about Christmas and New Year. Or you can go to the cinema in a big company, where the best New Year's movies are usually shown during the holidays.
