Movies and TvShows featuring "new-years-eve" theme.
This Hour Has 22 Minutes is a weekly Canadian television comedy that airs on CBC Television. Launched in 1993 during Canada's 35th general election, the show focuses on Canadian politics, combining news parody, sketch comedy and satirical editorials. Originally featuring Cathy Jones, Rick Mercer, Greg Thomey and Mary Walsh, the series featured satirical sketches of the weekly news and Canadian political events. The show's format is a mock news program, intercut with comic sketches, parody commercials and humorous interviews of public figures. The on-location segments are frequently filmed with slanted camera angles.
A fading celebrity decides to use a black market drug, a cell-replicating substance that temporarily creates a younger, better version of herself.
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.
A much cherished annual tradition since 1972, the show includes special musical performances, reports on New Year’s celebrations from around the globe and the traditional countdown to midnight along with the iconic Times Square ball drop.
In a failed climate change experiment, all life on Earth is extinguished, except for the survivors aboard the Snowpiercer, a train that travels around the globe. The survivors are divided into a new class system, with the elites residing in the front cars and the lower class living in squalid conditions at the tail. Curtis Everett leads a rebellion from the tail to the front of the train, fighting against the oppressive system and discovering the dark secrets of the train's creator. The rebellion culminates in an explosive battle that derails the train, allowing the survivors to see the existence of life outside.
Forrest Gump, with an IQ of 75, narrates his life story from the 1950s to the '70s. Raised in Alabama, he meets Jenny and they have parallel lives. Forrest excels in running, goes to college, enlists in the army, becomes a war hero, learns ping-pong, reunites with Jenny, starts a shrimping business, becomes a wealthy man, and eventually marries Jenny. They have a son and live a happy life until Jenny's death.
The Godfather Part II follows the saga of the Corleone family as they continue to navigate the world of organized crime. The movie explores themes of power, family, and betrayal, while delving into the backstory of Vito Corleone and his rise to power. Set in the 1950s and 1960s, the film takes viewers from the streets of New York to the casinos of Las Vegas and the revolution in Cuba.
A family heads to an isolated hotel for the winter where a sinister presence influences the father into violence, while his psychic son sees horrific forebodings from both past and future. The father's mental health deteriorates rapidly, and he becomes a danger to his family. As the mother tries to protect her son, they must find a way to escape the hotel and the father's madness.
After Tony Stark's world is shattered by the terrorist known as the Mandarin, he embarks on a journey to rebuild and seek revenge. Along the way, Tony discovers a plot involving unethical biological research and a treatment called Extremis. With the help of a young boy named Harley, Tony uncovers the truth and must stop the threat before it's too late.
After breaking up with her boyfriend, Tessa enters into a complicated relationship with Hardin, a mysterious and brooding rebel. As their relationship becomes more intense, Tessa must confront her own desires and make difficult choices.
A pilot finds himself caught in a war zone after he's forced to land his commercial aircraft during a terrible storm. He must work with his co-pilot and flight attendant to keep the passengers calm and find a way to call for help. Meanwhile, rebels on the island plan to take advantage of the situation and hold the passengers hostage. With the help of a private mercenary team, the pilot must rescue the passengers and escape the rebels. Eventually, they make it back to the plane and successfully land on a nearby island. The pilot calls his daughter to let her know he is safe and coming home.
Tim discovers he can travel in time and uses this ability to try and find love. Along the way, he learns that he cannot manipulate someone else's feelings and that true happiness comes from appreciating the present.
Two high school nobodies make the decision to crash the last major celebration before the new millennium on New Year's Eve 1999. The night becomes even crazier than they could have ever dreamed when the clock strikes midnight.
An odyssey through time and memory, centered on a place in New England where—from wilderness, and then, later, from a home—love, loss, struggle, hope and legacy play out between couples and families over generations.
Genius artist Cesar Catilina seeks to leap the City of New Rome into a utopian, idealistic future, while his opposition, Mayor Franklyn Cicero, remains committed to a regressive status quo, perpetuating greed, special interests, and partisan warfare. Torn between them is socialite Julia Cicero, the mayor’s daughter, whose love for Cesar has divided her loyalties, forcing her to discover what she truly believes humanity deserves.
Bridget Jones, a 30-something woman, decides to make positive changes in her life and documents her journey in a diary. She is torn between her attraction to her questionable boss, Daniel Cleaver, and the repulsive but attractive barrister, Mark Darcy. Bridget falls for Daniel, only to realize he doesn't feel the same way. Eventually, she sees the truth about Daniel and realizes her true feelings for Mark.
Jo March reflects on her life, telling the story of the March sisters. Jo becomes a teacher and writer, while her sister Amy goes to Paris. In New York, Jo faces criticism from a professor and ends a friendship. She receives news of her sister Beth's illness and returns home. The story goes back seven years, where the sisters befriend Laurie, experience hardships, and find love. In the present, Jo's book, titled Little Women, is published and she opens a school.
A cranky history teacher named Paul Hunham is forced to stay at a remote prep school over the Christmas holidays. He is accompanied by Angus, a troubled student who always gets into trouble, and Mary, a grieving cook. Despite their differences, they form a bond and help each other realize that they have the power to shape their own futures.
The Ron James Show is a Canadian television comedy show, which debuted on CBC Television on September 25, 2009. Starring comedian Ron James, the show intersperses filmed and stage sketches with clips of James performing his stand-up routine. One of the show's more noted features is L'il Ronnie James, an animated recurring sketch which depicts James as a young child growing up in Cape Breton in the vein of Terry Gilliam's animation style.
A snobbish investor and a wily street con artist find their positions reversed as part of a bet by two callous millionaires. The snobbish investor is fired from his job, his bank accounts are frozen, and he is left homeless and penniless. He seeks help from the street hustler, who is now living his former life of luxury. Together, they plan to take revenge on the millionaires by disrupting their plan to corner the market on frozen orange juice. In the end, they succeed in obtaining a forgery of a secret report, make a huge profit, and leave the millionaires bankrupt.