A look at the best and worst midnight countdowns in cinematic history

Hollywood loves to ring in the New Year. But which movies have done it best? Chris Wasser takes a look.

If there’s one lesson we’ve learned from a hundred years of cinema, it’s that Beautiful Movie People sure know how to ring in the New Year. In fact, the only thing better than a cosy Christmas flick, is the life-affirming New Year’s Eve feature; those peculiar and, occasionally, fascinating films, that somehow manage to capture the spirit, energy and hopeless optimism of one of the weirdest nights of the year. Some of them are quite brilliant; others, not so much.