Movies like Nytårsaften
The best movies like Nytårsaften are 200 Cigarettes (1999), About Fate (2022) and The Apartment (1960). If Nytårsaften hooked you, these 20 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
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- Highest ratedThe Apartment (1960)8.2/10 from 2,844 votes
- NewestAnora (2024)Released 2024
200 Cigarettes (1999)
In 1981 New York City, a collection of twentysomethings try to cope with relationships, loneliness, desire and their individual neuroses on New Years Eve.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
SnoozefestMovies like thisAbout Fate (2022)
Two strangers believe in love but never seem to be able to find its true meaning. In a wild twist of events, fate puts each in the other's path on one stormy New Year's Eve.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Apartment (1960)
Bud Baxter is a minor clerk in a huge New York insurance company, until he discovers a quick way to climb the corporate ladder. He lends out his apartment to the executives as a place to take their mistresses. Although he often has to deal with the aftermath of their visits, one night he's left with a major problem to solve.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Absolute CinemaMovies like thisRepeat Performance (1947)
On New Year's Eve 1946, Sheila Page kills her husband Barney. She wishes that she could relive 1946 and avoid the mistakes that she made throughout the year. Her wish comes true but cheating fate proves more difficult than she anticipated.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisWith This Ring (2015)
After attending their friend Elise's wedding to Nate on New Year's Eve, Trista, a career-driven talent agent, Viviane, a successful gossip columnist, and Amaya, a struggling actress, make a pact to get married within the year to either a new love or a man waiting in the wings. But the close friends face their own set of challenges - Trista has not gotten over her commitment-phobic ex-boyfriend Damon, Viviane is secretly in love with Sean, the father of her son, and Amaya is desperate to break up her boyfriend Keith's unhappy marriage so they can live happily ever after. Each woman starts the year with high hopes and dreams of what will happen over the next 12 months... but will they all make it to the altar?
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
SnoozefestMovies like thisOnly You (2019)
A madly-in-love young couple's relationship begins to suffer when they struggle to conceive a child.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Book of Life (1998)
New Year's Eve takes on new meaning when the Devil, Jesus Christ, and Christ's assistant Magdalena discuss and debate the End of the World.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisNew Year's Eve (2011)
The lives of several couples and singles in New York intertwine over the course of New Year's Eve.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
SnoozefestMovies like thisCarol (2015)
In 1950s New York, a department-store clerk who dreams of a better life falls for an older, married woman.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisTwo Lovers (2008)
A depressed man moves back in with his parents following a recent heartbreak and finds himself with two women.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisAnora (2024)
A young sex worker from Brooklyn gets her chance at a Cinderella story when she meets and impulsively marries the son of an oligarch. Once the news reaches Russia, her fairytale is threatened as his parents set out to get the marriage annulled.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisA Midnight Kiss (2018)
With only one week to prepare, Mia Pearson and her family of party planners are given the biggest job in their company’s history: a New Year’s Eve party for tech entrepreneur Kate Clark. But when her brother breaks his leg and her parents head off on a planned vacation, Lisa must reluctantly enlist the help of her brother’s visiting college buddy, David Campos, to help her pull off the event which just so happens to fall on her favorite day of the year. But what Lisa didn’t plan on was falling in love in the process.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Divorcee (1930)
When a woman discovers that her husband has been unfaithful, she decides to pay him back in kind.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Substance (2024)
A fading celebrity decides to use a black market drug, a cell-replicating substance that temporarily creates a younger, better version of herself.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisRoyal New Year's Eve (2017)
An aspiring fashion designer falls in love with her socialite client's prospective fiance, Prince Jeffrey.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisHoliday (1938)
Johnny Case, a freethinking financier, has finally found the girl of his dreams — Julia Seton, the spoiled daughter of a socially prominent millionaire — and she's agreed to marry him. But when Johnny plans a holiday for the two to enjoy life while they are still young, his fiancée has other plans & that is for Johnny to work in her father's bank!
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisIt's Love I'm After (1937)
An infatuated debutante renews a Shakespearean actor's running feud with his leading lady.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisWhen Harry Met Sally... (1989)
Sex always gets in the way of friendships between men and women. At least, that's what Harry Burns believes. So when Harry meets Sally Albright and a deep friendship blossoms between them, Harry's determined not to let his attraction to Sally destroy it. But when a night of weakness ends in a morning of panic, can the pair avoid succumbing to Harry's fears by remaining friends and admitting they just might be the perfect match for each other?
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisHoliday Affair (1949)
Just before Christmas, department store clerk Steve Mason meets big spending customer Connie Ennis, who's actually a comparison shopper sent by another store. Steve lets her go, which gets him fired. They spend the afternoon together, which doesn't sit well with Connie's steady suitor, Carl, when he finds out, but delights her young son Timmy, who quickly takes to Steve.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisLet It Snow (2019)
In a small town on Christmas Eve, a snowstorm brings together a group of young people. They soon find their friendships and love lives colliding, and come Christmas morning, nothing will be the same.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Nytårsaften?
The closest matches to Nytårsaften are 200 Cigarettes (1999), About Fate (2022) and The Apartment (1960). Below are 17 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Nytårsaften?
Start with 200 Cigarettes (1999), the closest match to Nytårsaften.
What is the highest-rated movie like Nytårsaften?
The Apartment (1960), rated 8.2/10 by 2,844 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Nytårsaften?
Anora (2024) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there English movies like Nytårsaften?
Yes: 200 Cigarettes (1999), About Fate (2022) and The Apartment (1960).
How are movies similar to Nytårsaften chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Nytårsaften, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.



















