On such an amazing and unique holiday as New Year 2020, we all enjoy taking a break from everyday work and other routine obligations. As a rule, on New Year's Eve there is music playing, fireworks, toasts and loud laughter.
Of course, few of us are bored at this time, because on New Year’s we need to plunge headlong into a lot of fun entertainment. But what to do during the rest of the New Year holidays? That's right, watch TV, in particular New Year's comedies . It is in such films that the spirit of the New Year and Christmas is clearly visible. You can feel the genuine holiday atmosphere, which emanates magic and surprise.
Here is the best selection of thematic comedies that will always be relevant at the festive table and will amuse the people. Get ready - we're about to start!
Russian New Year comedies
Gentlemen of Fortune
The film transcends time, era and generations. A good old comedy about the head of a kindergarten, Troshkin, who was simply unlucky enough to be like a real criminal - an Associate Professor who stole no less than the helmet of Alexander the Great.
According to the plot, our valiant police decide to take advantage of this similarity and force Troshkin to infiltrate the thieves’ environment, but this is not what becomes the real difficulty for him. Playing the Assistant Professor, the intelligent Troshkin gets into character so much that he begins to fear himself, and meanwhile he is in danger of a very real danger in the person of the real Associate Professor, who is still walking free.
Irony of Fate or Enjoy Your Bath
There is simply no other equally beloved New Year's comedy, at least among Russians. It has everything - a bathhouse, drinking, and an extraordinary love story. Every year on December 31, Zhenya and his friends go to the bathhouse. A completely harmless tradition, but this time he goes to Leningrad instead of his friend - by mistake.
There he goes to his Moscow address, ends up in an apartment and falls asleep sweetly. His dream lasts until Barbara Brylska appears on the screen in the role of Nadenka, who was very surprised to find an uninvited guest in her own apartment.
Stunning dialogues, humor, songs that have become favorites for centuries - the success of this film cannot be repeated. The actors admitted that a very oppressive atmosphere reigned on the set, set by Ryazanov himself, and therefore few could have predicted that such a masterpiece would ultimately turn out.
Sorcerers
Dedicated to all fans of real New Year's fairy tales! At a certain institute "NUINU" they are working on creating a real magic wand that can work miracles. And everything would be fine, but the director of the institute has opponents who pursue their own goals and will try to interfere.
This is a whole New Year's musical, created according to the script of the Strugatsky Brothers. Alexander Abdulov and Alexandra Yakovleva shine in the main roles.
Christmas trees (all parts)
It’s amazing but true that some people still managed to create New Year’s comedies, which are now loved no less than the good old films. And these are “Christmas trees” - sometimes naive, sometimes hilariously funny stories, romantic, full of miracles and truly New Year’s.
To date, there are already 5 parts of this film and the success of the films allows us to expect a continuation. Each of the parts has its own story, and it all started with the desire of a little girl to prove to other children in the orphanage that her dad is none other than the President of Russia himself - Vladimir Putin. The theory of six handshakes and the magic of the New Year will help her with this.
Musical “Chasing Two Hares” (2003)
If we consider not quite “format” films about New Year and Christmas, the list of Russian comedies will be headed by the wonderful musical “Chasing Two Hares.” Unlike other creations of this genre, there is almost no fantastic element here. But there are more than enough fairy-tale motifs, absurd situations and other incidents. An excellent modern interpretation of an immortal classic, turning it into a fun New Year's comedy.
The plot revolves around the main character, Toni Korovyak (perfectly played by Alla Pugacheva), the daughter of a wealthy supermarket chain owner who sees herself as a pop superstar. Her obsessions are fame and fans, and therefore Tonya seriously intends to achieve her goal and go to study at the Star Factory. The dim-witted father is crazy about his daughter and fully supports her plans, which cannot be said about his own aunt.
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Starring : Neonila Beletskaya, Alexander Bondarenko, Andrey Danilko, Maxim Galkin, Alla Pugacheva Country : Ukraine Rating : Kinopoisk – 5.9, IMDb – 5.5 Age restrictions : 12+
Foreign New Year comedies
Home Alone
Not a movie, but a legend. Legend! The face of Macaulay Culkin, who played the main role in the first parts of the film, even today flashes on various memes on social networks, which only convinces how popular this film was, is and will be - there is simply no other equally popular foreign film on this topic.
A huge family gets together to go on a New Year's trip, but little Kevin manages to sleep through the moment of leaving home, and the family forgets about him in the chaos. As a result, the child is left alone at home, which, due to the incredibly “friendly” atmosphere in the family, even makes him happy at first. Until about the moment when two thieves visit his neighborhood and decide to rob houses during the holidays. But the boy is no slouch either.
If they tell you that a surprisingly good New Year's comedy awaits you, don't believe it - in fact, this is a story about how a little boy gave a light to two hardened thieves and mocked them in every possible way throughout the entire film. Take care of your stomachs, this is really very funny.
A Gift for Christmas (Jingle All the Way)
Sometimes, in order to get his son a superhero in the form of a desired toy, dad has to become a superhero himself - especially if the son wanted a very popular toy... and you remembered this on the eve of the holiday.
The grief-stricken father is played by Arnold Schwarzenegger and this is already funny, because the viewer is so accustomed to him in the image of the Terminator that he does not immediately get used to his role in this film.
A great family movie with an equally great cast.
Love the Coopers
A large family in one house is already interesting. What will happen if 4 generations of one big family get together at Christmas?
We already know! It will be fun, funny and sometimes hot. In other words, the result will be the comedy “Love the Coopers,” which, having been released only in 2020, has already entered the list of favorite New Year’s comedies.
Love Actually
Did Richard Curtis know that his debut film would become one of the most beloved New Year's tales? It’s unlikely, although it’s quite likely that he wanted it. In fact, it is difficult to imagine what had to be done to prevent this film from being a success, because the plot is so gripping.
The film consists of 10 stories at once. There are no main or secondary characters - everyone is main. But the most amazing thing is how all the characters from the 10 stories are intertwined with each other in the climax of the plot. At the same time, you shouldn’t expect a traditional American happy ending at the end - this is a tragicomedy, so the endings of each of the stories are very unexpected.
Beethoven's Christmas Adventure
An endlessly magical New Year's comedy for family viewing. In the story, an elf, out of curiosity, climbs into Santa's sleigh and accidentally takes off on it. Not too bad, but, alas, the bag of gifts was lost. It was, of course, found by scammers who decided to steal the gifts.
Christmas is coming and you need to return the gifts before it comes, because the kids are waiting for them. Beethoven comes to the rescue - a dog who today has to shepherd Christmas and find gifts.
Curly Sue
Comedy for true romantics. Whether you are 16 or well over 40, this film will not fail to evoke maximum positive emotions in you. The plot centers on a little curly-haired girl and her dad, who act out various incidents due to which they are victims, for example, a hit-and-run, in order to spin the “offender” for food or money as compensation.
The next prank ends with love and a beautiful fairy tale. Bet you can't take your eyes off Sue?
How the Grinch Stole Christmas 2020
The Grinch doesn't like Christmas. However, it’s not so much Christmas, but how much joy it brings to people. The reason for the bad character of this green creature is ridicule of him and his appearance, because of which he hates everyone and wants to take revenge by stealing Christmas from people. The wily Grinch is preparing a whole plan for his perfect crime and in anticipation, he seems to be getting angrier and greener at the same time.
And it is quite likely that he would have succeeded if not for the child, who changed the course of events due to his purity, kindness, boundless and irrelevance, characteristic, perhaps, only of children of love... okay, okay, and unceremoniousness.
New Christmas trees (2017)
A fun family comedy - the perfect movie to watch on New Year's Eve. The story of how the popular holiday is celebrated in Russia will be told by real stars - Ivan Urgant, Sergey Svetlakov and Dmitry Nagiyev. As usual, on New Year's Eve all residents of the vast country are drawn into reckless adventures. On this day no one sleeps, and incredible fabulous events take place in cities and villages.
A heavily pregnant Snow Maiden and a tipsy Santa Claus set off to congratulate the residents of Novgorod. The main characters Zhenya and Borya test the strength of their friendship, desperate loner Galya wants to celebrate the New Year with her loved one, and an orphan boy from Khabarovsk will definitely find himself a new mother!
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Starring : Ivan Urgant, Sergei Svetlakov, Dmitry Nagiyev Country : Russia Rating : Kinopoisk – 5.8, IMDb – 4.3 Age restrictions : 6+
9. Poor Sasha
Money cannot replace parental love for children. And young Sasha (Yulia Chernova) is going to rob the bank run by her mother (Vera Glagoleva), so that she turns from a banker into an ordinary loving mother.
And the main character Vova Berezkin (played by Alexander Zbruev) is a computer genius who has no luck in life. By the will of the plot, he is caught in an unsuccessful safe hacking, but it is not the police who seizes him, but 12-year-old Sasha. She needs an adult accomplice and offers Berezkin a plan to rob her mother's bank. The kind and, in principle, harmless Vova agrees, not knowing that what lies ahead of him is not the thorny path of a criminal, but New Year’s miracles.
Railway Romance
Our selection opens with a comedy starring well-known and beloved actors by many viewers: Leonid Kuravlev, Egor Beroev, Nina Grebeshkova and Olga Budina.
This is a kind, positive, albeit completely unrealistic story about a Muscovite Alexei, who for many years hid from his past, his old love, and the New Year, during which the most fantastic wishes come true.
Beautiful musical accompaniment, excellent acting, good humor - these are the components of “The Railway Romance”, thanks to which the film received a deservedly high rating.
As one of the viewers wrote, if you weren’t in the New Year’s mood before watching it, then after watching it you will definitely appear.
Evenings on a Farm Near Dikanka
On Christmas night, evil walks the earth. Well, not evil, but just like that, a little demon, and not on the earth, but in the sky, and not so much walking as sitting in the bag of the insidious witch Solokha. However, Solokha’s son, the blacksmith Vakula, has more serious problems than the devil. He is in love with the beautiful Oksana, and she promises to marry him only in exchange for the shoes that the queen wears. And the evil accidentally discovered in the bag will have to serve the good, willy-nilly.
It is curious that the cartoon "The Night Before Christmas", about Vakula and the Devil, was included in the list of the best New Year's cartoons.
Come see me
On New Year's Day, families gather to raise their glasses to the sound of the chimes. However, mother and daughter (Irina Kupchenko and Ekaterina Vasilyeva) did not expect any miracles from the New Year holiday. And their quiet life would have gone on as usual if, on one of the New Year’s days, their mother had not decided to die. And she so wanted her daughter to find her feminine happiness, and her daughter so wanted her beloved mother not to worry, that fate was simply forced to give them a chance. In the person of the hero Oleg Yankovsky.
