2025 is upon us — and if you’re looking to stay in and relax with a classic movie while ringing in the new year, The Post has you covered.
Here are the top 10 movies to stream this New Year’s Eve.
WHEN HARRY MET SALLY…, Meg Ryan, Billy Crystal, 1989. ©Columbia Pictures/courtesy Everett Co / Everett Collection
One of the most beloved romantic comedies of all time, “When Harry Met Sally…” has been dubbed by many as the “perfect” and “definitive” New Year’s Eve movie. The film puts the New Year’s at the story’s center and even climaxes (pun very much intended) on the holiday as Billy Crystal delivers the pivotal monologue that determines whether Harry and Sally (Meg Ryan) get their happily ever after.
THE GREAT GATSBY, from left: Leonardo DiCaprio, Carey Mulligan, 2013. ©Warner Bros/Courtesy Everett Collection
While the party scenes don’t exclusively take place on New Year’s, the over-the-top soirées of the rich and famous will make you wish you had friends like Jay Gatsby — or Leonardo DiCaprio and Tobey Maguire. Anyone wishing the 2020s were a little more like the 1920s will enjoy this roaring and raucous romp.
BRIDGET JONES’S DIARY, Renee Zellweger, 2001.
This adorable rom-com starts and ends on New Year’s and is a great example of going into 2025 with a clean slate. Plus, it shows Renée Zellweger in her most charming role yet and will get you up to speed before the next installment, “Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy,” which drops in February.
SEX AND THE CITY: THE MOVIE, Cynthia Nixon, Kristin Davis, Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim Cattrall, 2008. ©New Line Cinema/Courtesy Everett Collection
There’s no better ship than friendship, and nothing can top the scene of Carrie Bradshaw (Sarah Jessica Parker) running to Miranda Hobbs’ (Cynthia Nixon) side after she gets a late-night call from a single Miranda in distress after spending NYE “alone with Chinese food.” In her fur coat and ridiculously unreasonable shoes, Carrie races to Miranda’s apartment so neither of them will be alone at midnight.
SLEEPLESS IN SEATTLE, Ross Malinger, Tom Hanks, 1993. ©TriStar Pictures/Courtesy Everett Collection
There’s no better tearjerker to watch on New Year’s Eve than this one featuring Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan. The scene where Hanks’ character imagines a touching conversation with his late wife on New Year’s Eve will especially give you all the feels to close out 2024.
WAITING TO EXHALE, from left, Loretta Devine, Whitney Houston, Angela Bassett, Lela Rochon, 1995. ©20thCentFox/Courtesy Everett Collection
This is another film that follows a group of female best friends and starts and ends on New Year’s. Watching these girlfriends go through the ups and downs of life will leave you cheering them on — especially Angela Bassett’s character after she torches her husband’s car for cheating on her.
NEW YEAR’S EVE, from left: Zac Efron, Michelle Pfeiffer, 2011. ©Warner Bros/Courtesy Everett Collection
A New Year’s celebration at home wouldn’t be complete without this guilty pleasure, even if it wasn’t necessarily a smash at the box office. However, it does deliver a star-studded cast, including Michelle Pfeiffer, Zac Efron, Robert De Niro, Hilary Swank, Katherine Heigl, Bon Jovi, Ludacris and more.
HAPPY NEW YEAR, CHARLIE BROWN!, Peppermint Patty (back, left), Snoopy (back, center), 1986. ©United Features Syndicate/Courtesy Everett Collection
For those wanting a family-friendly movie to watch with the kids, look no further than this adorable classic. Charlie Brown scrambles to finish his book report about “War and Peace” before Peppermint Patty’s epic New Year’s Eve bash. It shows the perfect balance of responsibility and fun and will leave the children cheering Charlie on.
FOUR ROOMS, from left: Alicia Witt, Madonna, 1995. ©Miramax/courtesy Everett / Everett Collection
This dark comedy’s premise takes place on New Year’s Eve at a hotel in Hollywood, Calif., and follows an unlucky bellhop (Tim Roth) who faces one deranged guest and problem after another. The movie will leave you laughing and cringing at every turn with its cast including Madonna, Jennifer Beals, Marisa Tomei and Antonio Banderas.
THE GODFATHER: PART II, Al Pacino (seated, bottom left), Johnny Naranjo (standing, top left), Tito Alba as Fulgencio Batista (seated, top center), 1974. Courtesy Everett Collection
“The Godfather Part II” is to New Year’s Eve what “Die Hard” is to Christmas. The second film in the trilogy and widely considered to be one of the greatest movies of all time, “The Godfather Part II” also has one of the most famous scenes in cinema history, set at a party on New Year’s Eve 1958 in Cuba. Fredo’s “kiss of death” sets the rest of the film into motion — and arguably seals Michael Corleone’s fate, making this the perfect flick to watch for those feeling a little salty this NYE.
