Dynamic Watchlist Hub: Jan 20, 2026

10 Best Movies Like New Year

If you loved New Year, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Divorce Italian Style

Divorce Italian Style

1961★ 7.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to New Year for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Ferdinando Cefalù is desperate to marry his cousin, Angela, but he is married to Rosalia and divorce is illegal in Italy. To get around the law, he tries to trick his wife into hav...

#2
Oppenheimer

Oppenheimer

2023★ 8.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to New Year for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

The story of J. Robert Oppenheimer's role in the development of the atomic bomb during World War II....

#3
Joker

Joker

2019★ 8.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to New Year for fans of Crime. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

During the 1980s, a failed stand-up comedian is driven insane and turns to a life of crime and chaos in Gotham City while becoming an infamous psychopathic crime figure....

#4
Green Book

Green Book

2018★ 8.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to New Year for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Tony Lip, a bouncer in 1962, is hired to drive pianist Don Shirley on a tour through the Deep South in the days when African Americans, forced to find alternate accommodations and ...

#5
Pulp Fiction

Pulp Fiction

1994★ 8.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to New Year for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A burger-loving hit man, his philosophical partner, a drug-addled gangster's moll and a washed-up boxer converge in this sprawling, comedic crime caper. Their adventures unfurl in ...

#6
12 Angry Men

12 Angry Men

1957★ 8.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to New Year for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

The defense and the prosecution have rested and the jury is filing into the jury room to decide if a young Spanish-American is guilty or innocent of murdering his father. What begi...