Supermarkets have started selling New Year’s decor, Christmas markets are opening in cities, and even the snow is already lying very confidently in some places. It would seem that the atmosphere of the winter holidays should embrace everyone. But behind the grayness of residential areas and the routine of everyday life, we often need an additional activator of the New Year’s mood. We have collected for you the TOP New Year’s films that are pleasant to watch with a cup of coffee or cocoa and the twinkling of garlands.
The best New Year’s films: selection with video
A Christmas Story (2009)
A wonderful cartoon telling the Christmas story of a miser named Scrooge, it is an adaptation of the traditional Christmas story by Charles Dickens. Mr. Scrooge is a financier who has dedicated his entire life to accumulating wealth. For the old man there are no authorities other than money.
He despises friendship, love and Christmas holidays. But one day, on Christmas Eve, Scrooge gets the opportunity to take a fresh look at himself and his whole life. This might change him. He is visited by three spirits whose task is to show Scrooge his past, future and present. The film is deservedly included in the TOP New Year’s films to watch with children.
The Polar Express (2004)
Director Robert Zemeckis created a wonderful adventure film that tells the story of a little boy, Stephen, who, on Christmas Eve, decided to travel on a fabulous train to the North Pole. And all in order to visit Santa Claus, whose existence the boy doubts.
Stephen goes on a long and very interesting journey. Incredible adventures await him ahead, meeting new friends, a chance to prove himself and learn a very useful lesson.
Merry Christmas (2005)
The film takes place during World War I on Christmas Eve. A Scottish priest, a French lieutenant, a German tenor and his lover find themselves in the very heart of the spontaneous brotherhood that arises between the trenches of the Germans, the English and the French.
They went to no man’s land and concluded a truce in the hope that all this horror of the war days would end on the eve of the holy holiday. They left the guns aside, exchanged cigarettes, shared chocolate and wished each other a Merry Christmas.
Serendipity (2001)
They met by chance in a supermarket: they took the same pair of gloves. Being strangers in the middle of a crowd in New York, they spend a wonderful evening together, despite the fact that they each have a regular partner. He’s getting married soon, and she has a wedding planned too.
It would seem that this couple was not destined to be together, but she believed in chance. They decide to try their luck: she writes her phone number in a book, and he writes it on a banknote. The book is handed over to a second-hand bookseller, and the banknote is exchanged. Only a sea of accidents and coincidences can finally bring them together again.
Come To See Me (2000)
Tatyana lives in a one-room apartment with her sick mother Sofia Ivanovna. Mother has not walked for ten years. Because of caring for her, Tatyana was unable to meet her man. On New Year’s Eve, Sofya Ivanovna declares that she will die soon and that she would really like to see her daughter engaged.
Tatyana comes up with the idea that she is dating a man she knew as a child. At this moment the doorbell rings. The stranger at the door quickly becomes just Igor and, supporting Tatyana, plays along, understanding her idea.
Borrowed Hearts (1997)
The film tells the story of a single mother, Kathleen, who is raising her daughter Zoe and has one cherished dream. She dreams of her own big, beautiful house.
On Christmas Eve, she accidentally meets Sam, a rich and handsome guy whose tree is on fire with a Mexican businessman because he doesn’t like bachelors. And Sam, as luck would have it, is a bachelor. A panicked man invites his new acquaintance to live in his large mansion and perform a small performance in front of his partner.
Joulutarina (2007)
A long time ago, in Lapland, a boy named Nicholas’s parents tragically died. The villagers decide to take him under their wing. Each family cares for Nicholas for a year and then passes him on to another family each Christmas. As a token of gratitude, Nicholas always leaves farewell gifts – homemade toys – before leaving.
One difficult year, the residents are forced to give the boy to be raised by an old carpenter. He forbids Nicholas from giving gifts. This could have put an end to such a lovely tradition of Christmas gifts, but luckily Nicholas has figured out a way to ensure that children and adults receive gifts every year at Christmas.
The Family Man (2000)
13 years ago, Jack Campbell chose his career at the expense of his personal life. He had to say goodbye to his girlfriend named Kate and went to London. Today Jack is a successful businessman and director of a large company, for whom nothing is more important than work. Returning home late in the evening, he finds himself in a small store, and as a result of a series of events he discovers that his life had changed dramatically.
He finds himself in another reality, where he has been married to Kate for a long time, he has two children and a dog. Now the hero longs to regain his old life, but over time he realizes that he also does not want to lose Kate a second time and give up happiness with her.
A Christmas Carol (1999)
Old gloomy, stingy Ebenezer Scrooge was never distinguished by kindness and joy in life. And having buried his only friend and partner, it was as if he himself had died. Scrooge stopped feeling any emotions except hatred for the whole world.
This was especially acute on Christmas Eve. On Christmas night, the spirits of Christmas come to Scrooge and show him the past, present and take him on a short journey into the future. Realizing that all his life he was chasing wealth and did not live at all, did not give free rein to his emotions, did not love and did not feel loved, Scrooge decides to change.
Season of Miracles (1999)
There are some small towns where something good always happens. And not only with good people. It is to one of these towns that Emily brings her kids on the eve of Christmas. And from that moment on, their lives change amazingly.
Locals mistake the woman for a rich heiress and a policeman falls in love with her. The only thing that remains constant is the desire to have a fun Christmas.
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