Humor is an international concept. And we laugh to tears at good foreign comedies just as we laugh at good Russian ones. For you to be charged with a positive for all New Year holidays, we are glad to present a list the best foreign New Year comedies... They were selected according to the viewer rating on Kinopoisk.
10. Exchange leave
Once upon a time there were two women: one in the English province, and the other in sunny California. And there was nothing in common between them except for one circumstance - both ladies were unhappy in love. And just before Christmas, the women met each other on a vacation exchange site. To relax and forget about the problems for a while, the heroines of the film agreed to stay with each other during the Christmas holidays.
What happened in the end? The result is a romantic, sweet, family comedy, without black humor and sharp plot twists. Watching her under the New Year tree, hugging your loved one is priceless.
9. Family man
Jack Campbell (played by Nicolas Cage) lived in luxury, worked on Wall Street, and thought he had everything in his life that was required to be happy. However, on Christmas Day, fate gives him a chance to understand that there are other values besides money and a career. And now the millionaire wakes up in bed in a small house, next to him is his wife, and two toddlers. Where has the luxury mansion gone, and why now instead of working with securities you have to fiddle with paper diapers?
This film is interesting because it allows you to imagine how life could have turned out if it had gone according to a different scenario. The theme of family values in "The Family Man" is disclosed so well that, in the words of one of the spectators, deserves applause.
8. Swap places
Respectable businessman Louis Winthrop III ran a huge, thriving company on Wall Street and did not know what a surprise his bosses, the Duke brothers, were preparing for the New Year. The eccentric rich argued that not only a noble and well-mannered gentleman, but also any rogue could run the company. And Louis had to switch places with the black scoundrel Billy Ray Valentine, who became the new management of the company. However, the Duke brothers did not yet know where such a rash decision would lead them.
Perhaps, when watching this comedy, you will have associations with the book "The Prince and the Pauper." However, unlike the characters in the book, Winthrop and Valentine were forcefully swapped, giving the comedy a distinct melodramatic flavor.
Trading Places is an ironic, original and very interesting film. In many ways, all these advantages are explained by the brilliant play of the main characters - Eddie Murphy and Dan Aykroyd.
7. Intuition
This picture, in which the action begins and ends before Christmas, is somewhat reminiscent of "The Irony of Fate" - the most popular New Year's Russian comedy.
One winter day in New York, Jonathan meets Sarah. After spending several hours together, young people fall in love with each other, but decide to check their fate. Sarah writes her phone number in the book and Jonathan writes on the banknote. The bill is exchanged, and the book ends up at the second-hand dealer.What is the probability that the note and the book will find their owners again?
"Intuition" is a lyrical and melancholic movie about love, about the signs of fate and about the fact that once having met a loved one you should not let go. There are no vulgar jokes, nudity and action in it. Just a simple, naive and very kind film, which is good to watch together, under a warm blanket and in the dim flicker of a New Year's garland.
6. Miracle on 34th Street
An old-old film released in 1947, still giving viewers a charge of positive emotions.
The main character, an elderly man, Kris Kringle, played Santa Claus on Christmas Eve in a parade organized by Macy's toy store. And then this kind and funny gentleman began to insist that he was the real Santa Claus, which is why some began to make fun of him, while others wanted to be sent to a psychiatric clinic.
Fred Gailey undertakes to protect the strange old man, counting on the noisy success of the case. And while Gailey is pursuing her interests, and the judge ponders whether to recognize the old man as a real Santa Claus, and whether Santa really exists, Chris is trying to help Susan, a little girl who dreams of her mother and Fred living together.
In this tape there was a place for corporate intrigue, and for a judicial drama, and for a beautiful love story. It also shows that everyone can become a kind wizard for others.
5. Real love
Love is submissive not only to all ages, but also to all positions - from the Prime Minister, seized by a sudden outburst of passion for an employee, to the writer of detectives who went to France in search of a cure for a broken heart. And all this romance is abundantly seasoned with snow, New Year's decorations and a holiday atmosphere.
For two hours (and that is how long the film lasts) in "Love Real" there are a lot of mini-plots. People who are unlike each other participate in them, and this is the undoubted plus of the tape. After all, it is interesting and funny to observe all these heroes, with their so different, but always true love.
4. Shop around the corner
Remember the last time you sent a regular paper letter? Most likely, quite a long time ago, in our age of the Internet. But the heroes of this comedy began an affair by correspondence, through a regular mailbox. At the same time, the main character Alfred Kralik does not know what his beloved looks like, and does not even know her name. And everything would be fine, only in the store where he works, a new employee appears, beautiful, but very sharp on the tongue. As you might guess, she is that mysterious girl, whom Alfred will meet at Christmas.
It is curious that the tape was released at a time when silent cinema was a thing of the past, and standards for constructing dialogues had already appeared in cinema with sound. Therefore, in the "Shop Around the Corner" you can observe both funny situations and jokes related to the action, as well as humorous dialogues and witty statements of characters.
3. Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
What selection of the best American New Year comedy films would be complete without the masterpiece Home Alone franchise? The adventures of the boy Kevin McCallister, his parents who are always losing their nimble and adventurous child, and the hapless crooks Harry and Marv make us laugh year after year, unlike numerous copycat films that never come close to the success of the original.
This time, Kevin will have to stay alone in the luxurious Plaza hotel in New York, as well as save a toy store from being robbed.
In the second part of this wonderful New Year's comedy, the current President of the United States, Donald Trump, flashed. But his fee for filming was probably much more modest than that of the leading actor, 12-year-old Macaulay Culkin. He was given a check for as much as $ 8 million.
2. Apartment
Filmed in 1960, The Independent considers this comedy to be the best Christmas movie of all time.
In the center of the plot is the bachelor clerk Baxter, whose apartment his married colleagues use for love meetings.Baxter himself has a crush on a cute-girl elevator girl named Fran. And then one day, far from being a beautiful day, Baxter learns that the boss's mistress, with whom he meets in his apartment, is that very Fran. A modest and insecure clerk faces a difficult choice: give up his love or stand in the way of the boss.
For many Americans, The Apartment is as must-see for Christmas as it is for Russians for New Year's.
1. Home alone
One day, a very large family gathered for a Christmas holiday in Europe. And in the hustle and bustle of fees, the parents forgot one of the children at home. However, the boy was not taken aback and had a lot of fun. But the two crooks who decided to rob an empty (in their opinion, house) were not at all up to fun.
By the way, the rights to "Home Alone" have passed from Fox to Disney, so perhaps we will have a relaunch or a sequel with new characters.
In our rating there are very few films made at the beginning of the 21st century. Mostly foreign New Year's comedies, dearly loved by the audience, were filmed in the 80s and 90s of the twentieth century. And some (Miracle on 34th Street, Shop around the corner, Apartment) even crossed the 50-year mark.
Despite this, they will continue to delight viewers on New Year's holidays, since the values (love, goodness, help to others) that this movie promotes are eternal.