Romance. Laughter. Occasional bloody, senseless violence. It's no wonder Hollywood is drawn to New Year's Eve. It's the perfect moment to declare your love in a snowglobe-esque confection (Bridget Jones's Diary, The Holiday), commit a robbery (Ocean's Eleven, Money Train) or embark on a spot of casual slaughter (Better Luck Tomorrow, Bloody New Year). None of those made our list of favourite NYE moments – although Jamie Lee Curtis might turn up – so here's a countdown that hopefully won't leave you with a hangover.
Big Boy Caprice's big New Year's party gets pooped on from a height as Club Ritz finds itself surrounded by Tommy Gun toting coppers, who've been tipped off that Caprice has kidnapped Detective Dick Tracy's long-suffering girlfriend Tess – this frame-up job being the only crime Big Boy didn't actually commit. The big Dick proceeds on a kill-crazy massacre as the baddies try to escape, before sending Caprice plummeting to his doom. The villains probably preferred this to staying in Club Ritz and listening to Madonna murder Stephen Sondheim.
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