The New Year’s Eve celebration rarely takes center stage in cinema. Compared to Christmas, it’s an also-ran, an afterthought. Some movies have set their sights on New Year’s Eve as a central theme, but let’s be honest, most of them come up wanting. The celebration of a new year has, however, provided wonderful scenes in classic film from the earliest days of the medium and in all kinds of genres. I’ve selected 10 films between 1925 and 2013, one for each decade, spanning every genre.

New Year’s might not compose a large portion of these films in minutes, but the following films have used the holiday to catalyze new character arcs or drive narrative momentum in unexpected directions. My list runs for 1,236 minutes, or 20.5 hours, which pretty much consumes the entire holiday with three hours and change reserved for snacking, naps and bathroom breaks. Roll over the drink cart and get super comfortable because we’re going to ring in the New Year with Charlie Chaplin, Bing Crosby, Gloria Swanson, Eddie Murphy, and Marky Mark. Sounds like a party to me.