Movies About New Years

From Stanley Kubrick, starring Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, Danny Lloyd, Scatman Crothers
Rated R

The Shining is a 1980 psychological horror film directed by Stanley Kubrick and based on the 1977 novel of the same name by Stephen King. The film follows Jack Torrance, an aspiring writer and recovering alcoholic, who accepts a position as the off-season caretaker of the isolated, haunted Overlook Hotel in the Colorado Rockies. Along with his wife Wendy and their young son Danny, Jack moves into the hotel, unaware of the horrific secrets it hides. As the winter progresses and the hotel's supernatural forces begin to exert their influence on Jack, his sanity starts to unravel and he descends into a violent and delusional state. His increasingly erratic behavior puts Wendy and Danny in danger, as Jack's descent into madness leads him to become a killer. With suspense and terror mounting to a crescendo, the family is ultimately forced to confront the true nature of the hotel's evil and the terrifying fate that awaits them.

From Paul Verhoeven, starring Peter Weller, Nancy Allen, Dan O'Herlihy, Ronny Cox
Rated R

RoboCop is a 1987 science fiction action film directed by Paul Verhoeven. It follows the story of Alex Murphy (Peter Weller), a police officer who is brutally murdered and then resurrected as an indestructible cyborg police officer known as RoboCop. With his new powers, RoboCop is tasked with cleaning up the crime-ridden streets of a near-future Detroit. Along the way, he discovers that a powerful corporation is behind the rampant crime and is working to take over the city. RoboCop must battle his way through the forces of evil to save the city and humanity itself.

From Ronald Neame, starring Gene Hackman, Ernest Borgnine, Shelley Winters, Red Buttons
Rated PG

From Kathryn Bigelow, starring Ralph Fiennes, Angela Bassett, Juliette Lewis, Tom Sizemore
Rated R

From Bong Joon Ho, starring Chris Evans, Jamie Bell, Tilda Swinton, Ed Harris
Rated R

From Directors: Leonard Kastle, Martin Scorsese, Donald Volkman, starring Shirley Stoler, Tony Lo Bianco, Mary Jane Higby, Doris Roberts
Rated R

From Jean-François Richet, starring Ethan Hawke, Laurence Fishburne, Gabriel Byrne, Maria Bello
Rated R

From Warren Beatty, starring Warren Beatty, Madonna, Al Pacino, Charlie Korsmo
Rated PG

From Directors: David Bruckner, Dan Bush, Jacob Gentry, starring Anessa Ramsey, Justin Welborn, Scott Poythress, Sahr Ngaujah
Rated R

From Richard Stanley, starring Dylan McDermott, Stacey Travis, John Lynch, Carl McCoy
Rated R

From Roger Spottiswoode, starring Ben Johnson, Jamie Lee Curtis, Hart Bochner, David Copperfield
Rated R

From Peter Hyams, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Gabriel Byrne, Robin Tunney, Kevin Pollak
Rated R

From Damien Power, starring Aaron Pedersen, Ian Meadows, Harriet Dyer, Aaron Glenane
Rated Not Rated

From Wolfgang Petersen, starring Richard Dreyfuss, Kurt Russell, Emmy Rossum, Josh Lucas
Rated PG-13

From Julius Ramsay, starring Alex Essoe, Perla Haney-Jardine, Dylan McTee, Ward Horton
Rated Not Rated

From Directors: Anthony Scott Burns, Kevin Kölsch, Nicholas McCarthy, Adam Egypt Mortimer, Gary Shore, Kevin Smith, Sarah Adina Smith, Scott Stewart, Dennis Widmyer, starring Madeleine Coghlan, Savannah Kennick, Rick Peters, Kate Rachesky
Rated Not Rated

From Emmett Alston, starring Roz Kelly, Kip Niven, Chris Wallace, Grant Cramer
Rated R