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'Ocean's Eleven' (1960) - Eleven men and one elaborate plan: rob several casinos in Las Vegas on New Year's Eve.

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'Ocean's Eleven' (1960) - The classic heist movie stars Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., and Peter Lawford.

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'Trading Places' (1983) - In this movie starring Dan Aykroyd and Eddie Murphy, a wealthy commodities broker and a homeless street hustler find their positions reversed as part of a bizarre bet.

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'Trading Places' (1983) - Played out during the festive season, one scene takes place during a Christmas party while another takes place on New Years' Eve, when the scam begins to unfold.

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'Entrapment' (1999) - Sean Connery and Catherine Zeta-Jones head the cast in this clever crime caper set at the turn of the new millennium.

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'Entrapment' (1999) - Connery's character plans a robbery at the Petronas Twin Towers during the final seconds of the new 2000 millennium countdown. But is Zeta-Jones' character in on the act, or out to snare the notorious crook?

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'Bridget Jones's Diary' (2001) - Bridget Jones (Renée Zellweger) keeps a personal diary in which she looks for love in the 12 months preceding Christmas.

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The romantic comedy follows her efforts to keep her life in check while seeking the perfect man. A Christmas party appears to offer a solution, but her hopes are dashed. Will Bridget fulfill the New Year's resolution she made?

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'High School Musical' (2006) - High school juniors Troy Bolton (Zac Efron) and Gabriella Montez (Vanessa Hudgens) meet at a ski lodge party on New Year's Eve. 

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The singing starts, love blossoms, and coveted roles are awarded in the high school musical.

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'Poseidon' (2006) - Passengers enjoying a New Year's Eve dinner aboard a luxury cruise liner have no idea what's about to be served up as dessert. 

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'Poseidon' (2006) - A huge rogue wave capsizes the ship. Those who survive the sopping party crasher then have to try and find a way out. Happy New Year!

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'New Year's Eve' (2011) - This romantic comedy unfolds in New York on New Year's Eve and follows the trials and tribulations of several unconnected couples and single people.

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'New Year's Eve' (2011) - The ensemble cast includes Robert De Niro, Halle Berry, Katherine Heigl, Zac Efron, and Michelle Pfeiffer.

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'A Long Way Down' (2014) - In this black comedy, four strangers meet on a London rooftop on New Year's Eve, each intent on ending their life by jumping off. It stars Pierce Brosnan, Toni Collette, Imogen Poots, and Aaron Paul.

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'A Long Way Down' (2014) - Fate has drawn them to the same lofty location, but what is the outcome? Will anyone take the plunge? 

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'Carol' (2015) -

This romantic melodrama starring Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara takes place over the Christmas period in 1952.

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'Carol' (2015) -

It centers around a forbidden love affair that's consummated on New Year's Eve.

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'Diner' (1982) -

The film plays out in Baltimore, Maryland, during the last week of 1959, and is set in a diner in the city's Fell's Point neighborhood.

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'Diner' (1982) - A circle of twenty-something buddies unite for the wedding of one of their group. But it's more about each of them coming of age at the dawn of a new decade.

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'Radio Days' (1987) - Woody Allen's comedy-drama celebrates the golden age of radio in the 1940s.

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'Radio Days' (1987) - The film culminates on New Year's Eve 1944, with the narrator (Allen) lamenting the fact that with each passing year radio voices seem to diminish as movies gain popularity and steal audiences away.

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'Boogie Nights' (1997) - Mark Wahlberg is well-endowed adult movie star Dirk Diggler, who makes an impression in 1970s Los Angeles during the golden age of porn.

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'Boogie Nights' (1997) - Also starring Burt Reynolds, the movie rears its ugly head at a New Year's Eve party when jealousy and excess culminate in a triple shooting.

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'The Godfather Part II' (1974) - Francis Ford Cappola's second mafia-fest sees Michael Corleone (Al Pacino) as the Don who consolidates his position as crime boss with the ruthless execution of his adversaries.

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'The Godfather Part II' (1974) - In one scene set during New Year's Eve, Michael attempts to dispatch a disloyal business partner and his right-hand man. However, the real crime as far as Michael's concerned is finding that out his brother, Fredo, has betrayed him. Anyone for boating in the lake?

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'Money Train' (1995) - Two New York City transit cops (Wesley Snipes and Woody Harrelson) become embroiled in a plot to rob the money train of its payload of subway fares. 

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'Money Train' (1995) - The heist is set to go down on New Year's Eve when the year's highest proceeds—up to US$4,000,000—are onboard as the train speeds through the NYC subway.

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'When Harry Met Sally...' (1989) - It all kicks off on New Year's Eve when Harry (Billy Crystal) meets Sally (Meg Ryan). They get intimate, but will having sex affect their long-term relationship?

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'When Harry Met Sally...' (1989) -

Indeed, can men and women ever just be friends? A few years down the line, they meet again at another New Year's Eve party. The outcome this time is very different.

See also: How to keep your New Year's resolutions

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