The festive atmosphere cheers people up and allows them to experience a lot of positive emotions. Pay attention to the list of the best films about New Year and Christmas; it is best to watch pictures in a friendly company. Magic ribbons will make you feel a surge of unprecedented enthusiasm. They will envelop with magical power and wonders.
Policeman from Rublyovka. New Year's mayhem 2 (2019)
- Genre: Comedy, Adventure
- The first part of the film earned 1.7 billion rubles with a budget of 80 million rubles.
New Year is approaching, amazing magic. Employees of the Barvikha police department plan to celebrate the holiday outside the city in the warm company of old friends and work colleagues. But unexpectedly, on the eve of the celebration, an unknown criminal group robbed the largest jewelry enterprise. Rublevsky policemen led by Volodya Yakovlev must find the thieves and return the stolen jewelry before midnight. Will the heroes have time to catch the criminals and save their holiday?
New Year renovation (2019)
- Genre: Comedy, Romance
- The film is based on the story of the writer Eduard Topol "The Brotherhood of Margarita".
Beautiful Margarita on the New Year's Eve discovers with horror that she is completely unprepared for it. The girl has only 24 hours to make repairs in the apartment for the arrival of her daughter and mother. By chance, Rita makes a mass mailing of messages asking for help. From that moment on, the doorbell rings continuously, old and new friends come to the heroine - a former Jewish classmate, a cook, a teacher and even a restaurant owner. The last on the doorstep is a suave dark-skinned American with a proposal to marry. Competitors with Russian passports are trying to prevent him, although this is not easy. But everyone knows - the Russians don't give up!
Our children (2019)
- Genre: Comedy, Family
- For Artyom Sorokin, the film "Our Children" became the eighteenth in a row as a director.
Russia has released a good film about New Year and Christmas; the novelty "Our Children" will make you believe in goodness and magic. The fates of two dissimilar girls magically intertwine on New Year's Eve. Sonya was born into a wealthy family and never denied herself anything. Her father is the owner of a large candy empire. Katya and her brother Kolya are less fortunate in life, they grow up in an orphanage. The girls are not familiar, but they have one thing in common: love for fairy tales about the sweet Kingdom, which Sonya's mother, a famous children's writer, composed. True, a happy story lacks a beautiful ending. Once the little heroines meet at a New Year's performance in the circus, and Sonya realizes that if she swaps places with Katya, she will return happiness to her own family.
A Christmas Carol 2019 Miniseries
- Genre: Fantasy, Drama
- Actor Joe Alvin starred in The Favorite (2018).
The heartless, gloomy and grumpy old man Ebenezer Scrooge became disillusioned with people, he hates them and recognizes only money and their power. He hates Christmas, so he squeamishly declines an invitation to dinner from his nephew. The hero does not understand how people can rest so much and spend money on treats. One Christmas Eve perfume comes to him and helps him to change his attitude to life forever.
New Year's Wife (2012)
- Genre: Comedy
- Rating: KinoPoisk - 6.9, IMDb - 6.2
- The slogan of the film is "With whom you will meet the New Year ... With that you will live your whole life!"
Maxim and Dasha met at a noisy party, and the next morning they woke up together in the same bed. Having decided that fate itself brought them together, the heroes begin to build relationships and even submit an application to the registry office, having previously made a bet: if romance persists in their relationship for a month and they do not beat each other, then the matter will end in a wedding. Lovers are trying to become a real couple, although life every now and then adds fuel to the fire. And then, as for evil, the former passions "woke up", who suddenly flared up with hot feelings for the rejected "halves". Will Dasha and Maxim be able to build strong relationships? Will they have enough "gunpowder" for life?
Christmas for two (Last Christmas) 2019
- Genre: Drama, Romance, Comedy
- Rating: KinoPoisk - 6.9, IMDb - 6.6
- The original title is "Last Christmas". This is a popular Christmas song written by British singer George Michael.
Kate works in a Christmas store and abuses alcohol. The girl constantly finds herself in ridiculous situations and makes the wrong decisions. In her personal life, the heroine is in turmoil, she is already desperate to find a boyfriend and does not even think that she can meet the "prince on a white horse". One day, Kate meets a charming guy named Tom, who seems too perfect to her. The charming man revives Kate's zest for life. Warm feelings awoke in her again! And it could not be otherwise, because the New Year is a time of magic and miracles.
Curly Sue 1991
- Genre: Comedy, Family, Romance, Drama
- Rating: KinoPoisk - 7.6, IMDb - 5.9
- The main role was supposed to go to Bill Murray, but the actor refused to shoot due to a busy work schedule.
Curly Sue is one of the most entertaining New Years and Christmas family films on the list. Billy Dancer and his young companion Curly Sue are a couple of homeless vagrants who trade in petty fraud. Despite all the difficulties, they are quite happy with each other. Once the heroes moved from Detroit to Chicago, and fate immediately gave them a good opportunity to earn extra money. Billy throws himself under the wheels of a car driven by a wealthy young woman, Alison. As compensation for the damage caused, she offers him to spend the night with the girl in her luxurious mansion. This is how the amazing story of the transformation of two vagabonds and a wealthy woman into one happy family begins.
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms 2018
- Genre: Fantasy, Adventure, Family
- Rating: KinoPoisk - 5.6, IMDb - 5.5
- The film is based on the fairy tale "The Nutcracker and the Mouse King" by the writer Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann.
London, 1879. A great grief happened in the Stahlbaum family - Benjamin's wife Marie recently died, and three children were left orphans. The young daughter Klara is experiencing the hardest loss. On Christmas Eve, the girl receives an unexpected gift - a music box, the key of which leads to the world once created by her mother. Clara embarks on an amazing and exciting adventure through the Four Kingdoms - Sweets, Flowers, Snowflakes and Fun. Traveling through them, the girl will have to face an army of mice led by the incredibly dangerous Mouse King.
Love the Coopers 2015
- Genre: Fantasy, Romance, Comedy
- Rating: KinoPoisk - 6.2, IMDb - 5.8
- Initially, the film was supposed to be released under the title Wonderful Time.
Charlotte Cooper dreams of having a perfect Christmas, so she decides to gather all her family members around a large holiday table. And this is a whole clan - four generations. Implementing the plan is not easy, because all relatives are very different, with their own troubles and strange habits. It so happened that on the eve of the holiday, guests find themselves in different situations: funny, sad and a little absurd. As a result, a real family scandal unfolds at dinner. But behind the festive bustle and bustle, each family member needs to remember that they have gathered for each other. The magic is just around the corner. We must forget about old grievances and believe in Christmas magic.
Santa and Company (Santa & Cie) 2017
- Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
- Rating: KinoPoisk - 5.7, IMDb - 6.3
- Actors Audrey Tautou and Alain Chabat previously starred in the film "Foam of Days".
The film is set on Christmas Eve. Just before the holiday, 92,000 elves responsible for making New Year's gifts for kids are battling an unknown disease! Deciding not to panic, Santa Claus sets out on his reindeer in search of a wonderful drink - the juice from the Australian plum Cockatu, this medicine should help the elves! Can Santa cure the cute helpers and save the wonderful holiday?
The Christmas Chronicles 2018
- Genre: Fantasy, Comedy, Adventure, Family
- Rating: KinoPoisk - 7.0, IMDb - 7.1
- Steve Van Zandt's band The Disciples of Soul plays in the prison scene.
At the center of the New Year's story are brother and sister Teddy and Keith Pris, who want to prove the existence of Santa Claus by tracking him down and filming him. A daring idea turns into an amazing adventure that children could not even dream of. Instead of a good-natured bearded grandfather, Teddy and Kate met a sharp-tongued and charismatic Santa Claus. Together with loyal elves and magical flying deer, they will find themselves in an incredible whirlpool of crazy events!
Shaggy Christmas trees (2014)
- Genre: family, comedy
- Rating: KinoPoisk - 5.0, IMDb - 4.6
- The film is set in Samara, but the film itself was filmed in Moscow and St. Petersburg.
The girl Nastya flies with her grandmother to St. Petersburg, leaving her dogs Pirate and Yoko in a pet hotel. Considering this as a betrayal, the shaggy couple fled from there and, having walked around the streets, went to bask in the master's bed. The appearance of intruders awakens a brutal fighting spirit in the dogs. The unlucky thieves could not even imagine that an inhuman reception awaited them. How will this story end?
Christmas Trade 2015
- Genre: Comedy, Family
- Rating: KinoPoisk - 4.8, IMDb - 4.7
- The slogan of the film is "Be careful with your desires."
Recently, 11-year-old Robbie Taylor survived the death of his beloved mother. After a terrible tragedy, the boy went to live with his father in Los Angeles. His dad works in a law firm and deals with real estate issues. Taylor Sr. and Robbie have different ideas about what a happy family is. The father believes that happiness is determined by finances, and Robbie more than anything else lacks ordinary human communication and mutual understanding. He dreams of a four-legged pet who would become his best friend. Once on the eve of Christmas, a real miracle occurs - the characters change places. Now each of them will be able to look at the situation through the eyes of the other. What will come of it? Will father and son be able to find a common language?
Home Alone 1990
- Genre: Comedy, Family
- Rating: KinoPoisk - 8.2, IMDb - 7.6
- The movie that Kevin is watching on the VCR doesn't really exist. This fragment was specially filmed for the picture.
Among Russian and foreign films about Christmas and New Year, pay attention to the film "Home Alone"; one of the best pictures on the list. Eight-year-old Kevin, the youngest member of the huge McCallister family, is constantly overlooked. Parents do not pay attention to the boy, and the older brother Buzz loves to arrange mean things to the younger, but the punishment goes to him - poor Kevin! Blatant injustice reigns all around. The boy dreams of being alone in the house so that he no longer sees all these people around him who do not perceive him as a full-fledged person. A dream comes true when stupid parents in a hurry to get ready forget Kevin at home. The fidget boy enjoys loneliness, but when robbers sneak into the house, the hero has to take a defensive position and turn the dwelling into an impregnable fortress. Criminals will more than once regret meeting a cute baby.
Gremlins 1984
- Genre: Horror, Comedy, Fantasy
- Rating: KinoPoisk - 7.3, IMDb - 7.3
- During filming, Steven Spielberg broke his leg.
Gremlins is a good New Years movie for families to watch; foreign classics will give tremendous emotions. Inventor Randall Peltzer gave his son Billy an unusual pet. The adorable fluffy animal bought from a small shop in Chinatown was nothing like anyone else. An intelligent and affectionate creature immediately conquered the new owner. He was given the name Gizmo and was considered a full member of the family. You need to be extremely careful, as Gizmi can die from sunlight! And you shouldn't spray water on it, let alone feed it after midnight. Trouble began when Billy accidentally wet the eared cutie ... Now the guy will have to clean up the consequences of his own negligence, otherwise evil gremlins will come, who in one sitting can ruin the whole city!
Journey to the Christmas Star (Reisen til julestjernen) 2012
- Genre: Fantasy, Adventure, Family
- Rating: KinoPoisk - 6.1, IMDb - 5.8
- For actress Wilda Seiner, this was her first film role.
In the center of the magical story is the little girl Sonya, who sets off on a long and dangerous journey. Not every daredevil could agree to such an adventure. The main character's goal is to find a Christmas star that can free the kingdom from the curse and return the missing princess. Of course, the enemies are awake and are trying to prevent the girl from implementing her plans. No Christmas fairy tale is complete without the confrontation between good and evil ...
Wonderland (2015)
- Genre: comedy, fantasy
- Rating: KinoPoisk - 4.1, IMDb - 3.9
- The slogan of the tape is “We are so alone in the Universe”.
Several comedy novels that will cheer you up. Semyon and Lyuba come to Moscow to shoot the cult show with Leonid Yakubovich to fulfill their lifelong dream. At this time, an inexperienced employee of the teaching staff Sanya on the very first working day accomplished a real feat - he took birth from his wife and pulled a friend out of the other world. A couple in love is trying to reconcile their parents, who cannot find a common language in any way. And four friends are trying to fly to the capital in bad weather. As you know, people are united by common joy or common sorrow. New Year is a great occasion to get everyone together.
New Year, I love you! (2019)
- Genre: Drama
- Mikhail Segal directed the film Elephants Can Play Football.
The musical film almanac consists of eight stories about the events of the past year, holiday miracles, love and creativity. The heroes of the magic film will go on a journey through winter Moscow, write touching letters to Grandfather Frost and wait for New Year's miracles. In one story, Pelageya finds herself at the airport, where he hears piercing love stories, in the second Valery Meladze and Ani Lorak show themselves from an unusual side, and in the third, the actors remember Joseph Kobzon, Oleg Tabakov and other wonderful people of art. After viewing, the picture will leave the feeling of a bright and good holiday.
Christmas with Holly 2012
- Genre: Drama, Family
- Rating: KinoPoisk - 6.7, IMDb - 7.0
- Actor Sean Faris starred in the TV series Pretty Little Liars.
Holly Christmas is a great New Year's Eve movie; the upcoming 2020 will give a winter fairy tale, plunge into the atmosphere of wonders and magic. The owner of a small coffee shop, Mark, recently buried his sister, and now he alone is raising a charming niece Holly, who stopped talking after her mother's death. The guy is trying to convince everyone around that the girl is not sick. Not everyone is ready to approve of Mark's choice to raise Holly as his own daughter. Once the main character meets Maggie. The girl has problems in her personal life, and she came to Seattle to open her own toy store. A warm friendship is struck between two gentle, warm and romantic natures. Will it grow into something more?
Santa Claus. Battle of the Magicians (2016)
- Genre: Fantasy, Action, Family, Adventure
- Rating: KinoPoisk - 4.4, IMDb - 3.8
- The film was filmed under the tentative title "Santa Claus Corporation".
Moscow schoolgirl Masha is tormented by nightmares at night, in which the world around her is presented as completely unusual. Because of this feature, Masha became an outcast among her classmates.On New Year's Eve, the girl learns that these visions are not a figment of her imagination, but real predictions. Right in the center of Moscow, she sees a fiery monster from her dream, which fights with unknown young people. At the last moment, one of the guys saves Masha from the Chimera attack, and the girl ends up in a mysterious organization, where she learns that Santa Claus really exists. "Bearded" leads an army of magicians and protects the Earth from an evil brother who dreams of taking over the Earth. He asks Masha to help him defeat the villain. Will the girl be able to cope with such a responsible mission?
Irony of Fate or Enjoy Your Bath! (1975)
- Genre: romance, comedy
- Rating: KinoPoisk - 8.2, IMDb - 8.2
- The phrase "What disgusting is that your aspic fish" was not in the script of the film. It was an improvisation by Yuri Yakovlev.
On New Year's Eve, 36-year-old Zhenya Lukashin was going to propose to his bride Galya to become his wife. For this, at the urgent request of his chosen one, the man asked his mother to celebrate the holiday with the neighbors. But these plans were not destined to come true. On December 31, Zhenya and his best friends went to the bathhouse. There they went over a bit with alcohol, and the main character unexpectedly found himself in Leningrad, in the apartment of a school teacher Nadia Sheveleva, who was going to celebrate the New Year with her fiancé Ippolit. This amazing meeting changed Lukashin's life forever.
The Irony of Fate. Continuation (2007)
- Genre: romance, comedy
- Rating: KinoPoisk - 5.1, IMDb - 5.0
- At the production stage, the film had 48 script options.
Thirty years have passed since Zhenya Lukashin met his fate in Leningrad. Time did not spare their relationship - they broke up. Each of them had new marriages, which also did not bring them happiness, except for children. Zhenya had a wonderful son, Kostya, and Nadezhda had a charming daughter, also Nadia. Old friends do not change their traditions and continue to go to the bathhouse every year. Zhenya's friends, Pavel and Alexander, persuade Kostya to perform a New Year's miracle for his father and go to St. Petersburg. At first the hero refuses, but alcohol “shoots” in the head, and he nevertheless agrees. The old story repeats itself. Kostya arrives in the Northern capital to the very apartment where the beautiful Nadya lives.
My boyfriend is an angel (2011)
- Genre: Fantasy, Romance, Comedy, Adventure
- Rating: KinoPoisk - 6.6, IMDb - 6.7
- The film is based on the novel "Christmas Angel" by the writer Mark Arena.
On New Year's Eve, a Moscow student, Sasha Nikolaeva, accidentally falls out of the window onto an ordinary guy in a black coat. The Savior's name is Seraphim, who makes a lot of efforts to convince the girl of the existence of angels, who he is. But a modern and cynical girl finds it hard to believe. Seraphim did not take into account only one point: if Sasha believes him, then, most likely, he will fall in love. Is it possible to love an angel?
Spirits of Christmas (A Christmas Carol) 1999
- Genre: Fantasy, Drama
- Rating: KinoPoisk - 7.5, IMDb - 7.4
- The film is based on the popular novel by the writer Charles Dickens "A Christmas Carol".
Ebenezer Scrooge is one of the richest and most greedy residents in the city. A man is not distinguished by his spiritual kindness and is not ready to help others. Most of all goes to his faithful assistant Bob Cratchit, even on Christmas Eve he did not find kind words for his secretary. But when the spirit of his deceased business partner comes to Scrooge on Christmas night, he tells the mischievous old man how badly greedy and heartless people have in the afterlife. The hero understands that in the pursuit of wealth he has lost the most important thing: the happiness of loving and being loved. The spirits of Christmas come to Scrooge and show him what life and holidays are for.
Last Trees (2018)
- Genre: Comedy
- Rating: KinoPoisk - 5.6, IMDb - 4.5
- The most successful part of the franchise was the film "Fir Trees 3", which grossed 1.2 billion rubles at the box office.
The film consists of five stories that happened on the eve of the New Year 2019. Not all main characters can meet the holiday with a smile on their face. Borya learns that his friend Zhenya will soon move to Yakutia. Yura still cannot make an offer to his beloved woman. A modest and quiet saleswoman Ira dreams of building a strong relationship, but the man of her dreams eludes her right out of her hands. A lonely pensioner unsuccessfully asks his adult son for forgiveness. Everywhere you look, problems and broken hearts are everywhere. But on New Year's Eve miracles happen!
The Polar Express 2004
- Genre: cartoon, musical, fantasy, comedy
- Rating: KinoPoisk - 7.1, IMDb - 6.6
- The painting "The Polar Express" entered the Guinness Book of Records as the first film where the entire acting was conveyed by digitizing real people.
Among the films about Christmas and New Year, pay attention to the foreign film for family viewing "Polar Express". The film tells about a boy who suddenly stopped believing in miracles. Suddenly, on Christmas Eve, he reflects on the global lie of adults about the existence of Santa Claus. And late at night on Christmas Eve, a real train slows down at the door of a desperate hero, although the rail and something similar here was not close. A kind and pretty conductor with a smile on his face invites the young boy to go on an amazing adventure to the homeland of Santa Claus! During the journey, the little hero will find new friends and learn a useful lesson.
New Year's tariff (2008)
- Genre: Fantasy, Comedy
- Rating: KinoPoisk - 7.0, IMDb - 6.3
- The slogan of the film is "There Will Be New Year!"
A few days before the New Year, Andrey buys a new phone for himself, and the strange saleswoman immediately offers him to activate the "New Year" tariff. The young man agrees without a drop of doubt, but does not yet know where this will lead next. On New Year's Eve, after the chiming clock, the guy decides to call a random number and congratulate a stranger on the holiday. She turns out to be a pretty and lonely girl Alena, who just broke up with her boyfriend. Andrey and Alena decide to meet, but having arrived at the appointed place, they cannot find each other. It turns out that young people are at different times. She - in 2008, he - in 2009. Moreover, the guy learns that the girl must die soon, and he needs to prevent a catastrophe ...
Blizzard (2017)
- Genre: Comedy
- Rating: KinoPoisk - 5.4
- The film is based on the novel of the same name by Andrei Kivinov, who came up with the script for the legendary TV series Streets of Broken Lanterns.
Films about New Year and Christmas cheer up; on the list there is a painting "Blizzard", which is best viewed with family. Zhenya Nikiforov is a criminal police operative who at a certain point in his life made a difficult choice between duty and feeling. After 12 months, a man cannot decide what is more correct - to be honest in love or happy in calculation? On the eve of the New Year's celebration, the hero accidentally meets Santa Claus, who gives a very unusual advice - to plunge into the snow and make the most cherished wish, which will certainly come true, but on one condition. It is necessary, as in childhood, to know exactly what you really want.