Top 10 New Year's Eve Movie Scenes
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Top 10 New Year's Eve Movie Scenes

Hollywood has a history of memorable end-of-year bashes. Which one is best?

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1 When Harry Met Sally
Billy Crystal races through the streets, finds Meg Ryan, professes his undying love, and lands a kiss -- all before the ball drops. 109 201
2 The Poseidon Adventure
A disaster hits the SS Poseidon ocean liner on New Year's Eve. Tragic? Yes. But a memorable night, nonetheless. 42 142
3 The Apartment
Jack Lemmon has a whirlwind evening -- quitting his job and then ending up with the boss's gal (Shirley MacLaine). 27 107
4 Sunset Boulevard
Norma Desmond's party for William Holden ends up being a grandly bizarre affair -- complete with a four-person orchestra. 14 104
5 200 Cigarettes
Martha Plimpton boozes and blacks out after deciding no one is coming to her party. She wakes up to find Polaroids to the contrary. -2 106
6 Strange Days
Ralph Fiennes finds himself in a cyberpunk version of Los Angeles during the last hours of the twentieth century. -8 96
7 The Gold Rush
Poor Charlie Chaplin: he gets stood up for a dinner date by Georgia Hale on the last night of the year. -15 107
8 Radio Days
Narrator Woody Allen delivers an achingly poignant closing monologue in voice-over from a nightclub rooftop in Times Square. -21 91
9 New Year's Eve
Garry Marshall directs an all-star cast that includes Robert De Niro, Ashton Kutcher, and Michelle Pfeiffer in a series of Dec. 31 vignettes. -32 122
10 Repeat Performance
After murdering her adulterous husband, Joan Leslie wishes she could relive the awful year. Then her stroke-of-midnight wish comes true. -37 85