But what people should be worrying about is how to navigate which movies to see with whom. You can probably bring your whole family to A Complete Unknown, but not Babygirl. Take the 20-something cousins obsessed with Harris Dickinson to that.

Movies have frequently recognized the hopeful and perilous nature of New Year's Eve, though never the same way twice. The movies we've chosen here include romance and murder, comedy and tragedy, wild sex and heartbreaking loneliness.