Whether the passage of time makes you introspective and anxious, or you relish the idea of setting goals and resolutions to ring in the new year, it’s that time again. Typically, every year people gather around a TV with their friends and family to watch whatever New Year’s Eve special they fancy and wait for the countdown to watch the ball drop in New York City — or wherever they are. But if you’re over that or just looking for something new to watch for some New Year’s Eve vibes, this is the list for you. “New Year’s” isn’t really a movie category in the same way that “Holidays” or “Halloween” is, but there are still a few movies out there that have a standout New Year’s Eve scene or revolve around the holiday in some way, these are six of them.

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6 High School Musical (2006)

     Disney Channel

If it’s been a while since you’ve seen the 2006 Disney Channel hit High School Musical, you may have forgotten how the movie starts and — surprisingly enough — it’s on New Year’s Eve. It opens up at a New Year’s Eve party at a ski lodge where Troy (Zac Efron) and Gabriella (Vanessa Hudgens) first meet. At the party, Troy and Gabriella are randomly selected to sing a karaoke duet. What starts as a timid, awkward moment between two strangers turns into a high-energy performance of “Start of Something New.” And from the wild Y2K fashion to the karaoke machine, it looked like a really fun New Year’s party to be at.

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5 When Harry Met Sally… (1989)

     Columbia Pictures

When Harry Met Sally… is a classic romcom, written by Nora Ephron. The movie follows the two title characters — Harry (Billy Crystal) and Sally (Meg Ryan) — over 12 years of chance encounters in NYC. Eventually the two become friends, but over time their friendship blossoms into something more — and the true feelings don’t officially come out until they meet at a New Year’s Eve Party. The scene at the New Year’s Eve Party is one of the most iconic when it comes to romantic comedies. During the countdown to midnight, Harry tells Sally he loves her, and lists everything he loves about her from all the nuances of her personality to the fact that he simply loves her company. If you’re a hopeless romantic in search of something to watch with a happy ending, this is a great movie to pop on for New Year’s.

4 Forrest Gump (1994)

     Paramount Pictures

Everyone knows Forrest Gump. From the quotable lines to Tom Hanks’ iconic performance, it’s a well-known and well-loved film. Based on the 1986 novel of the same name by Winston Groom, the movie follows several decades of Forrest’s (Hanks) life in 20th century America. He encounters a number of historical figures and events from the Vietnam War to unknowingly exposing the Watergate scandal and receiving a Medal of Honor from Lyndon B. Johnson.

The entire movie is fantastic, but one of the most memorable scenes is the New Year’s Eve one. Forrest meets up with Lieutenant Dan (Gary Sinise), who was his platoon leader in Vietnam, at a bar on New Year’s Eve. After losing his legs in the war and being rescued against his will by Forrest, Dan became depressed and felt a sense of guilt and shame for making it home when so many of his fellow soldiers didn’t. With people singing, confetti flying in the air and Forest yelling “Happy New Year” in his face, he just stares into the distance. It’s a harrowing scene that conveys loads of emotions even in just a few seconds. Though it may not be the happiest New Year’s scene, it’s still worthy of making it onto the list.

3 Bridget Jones’s Diary

     Universal Pictures

Bridget Jones’s Diary is another classic rom-com and is based on Helen Fielding’s 1996 novel of the same name, which is loosely based on Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice. It’s about Bridget Jones (Renee Zellweger), a single British woman in her early 30s who forms a New Year’s resolution to get her life on track, so she keeps a diary where she writes about things she wants to happen in her life and tracks her goals like quitting smoking and finding her Mr. Right — and she gets it when two men (Colin Firth, Hugh Grant) form an attraction to her.

It’s a cute, fun, light-hearted movie that has the perfect blend of goofy comedy and romance. The movie itself actually went on to become a major piece of British pop culture and spawned two successful sequels, Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason and Bridget Jones’s Baby.

2 New Year’s Eve (2011)

     Warner Bros. Pictures

New Year’s Eve is a rom-com directed by Garry Marshall, who directed two other similar movies (Valentine’s Day and Mother’s Day) that take place over the span of a holiday and feature an ensemble cast in a number of interconnected stories. As the title suggests, New Year’s Eve follows a cast of characters, each experiencing different triumphs and challenges on the holiday. From childbirth to death to repairing relationships and familial tensions, there’s a lot going on — like real life.

The movie sports an impressive cast including names like Asthon Kutcher, Halle Berry, Jessica Biel, former NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Robert De Niro and Jon Bon Jovi. Despite the ensemble cast and interesting concept, the movie was quite the flop. But if you love a bad movie and want something that’s easy to watch, New Year’s Eve isn’t a terrible option.

1 The Godfather: Part II (1974)

The Godfather is definitely one of the most iconic, beloved trilogies of all time. Based on the novel of the same name by Mario Puzo and directed by Francis Ford Coppola, The Godfather follows the Corleone family, focusing on patriarch Vito Corleone’s (Marlon Brando) youngest son Michael (Al Pacino) as he grows into his role as a mafia boss. In the second movie, The Godfather: Part II, it’s both a prequel and a sequel. The prequel portion focuses on Vito’s childhood in Sicily to the time when he founded the Corleone family business in NYC. The sequel focuses on Michael, who is the new Don and is working to protect the family business.

One of the most legendary New Year’s Eve scenes comes from The Godfather: Part 2. At a New Year’s party, Michael lets his brother Fredo (John Cazale) know that he knows he’s a traitor. In one of the movie’s most memorable scenes, Michael gives him the “kiss of death” and says “I know it was you, Fredo.” This eventually leads to the chilling scene of Fredo being taken out on the lake to be shot and killed while Michael watches from afar. It’s not necessarily a “Happy” New Year, but the scene — and really the entire movie — is so notorious it had to make the cut.