Phantom Thread, 2017
Paul Thomas Anderson’s Phantom Thread delivers a strikingly realistic New Year’s Eve scene. It features the classic dilemma of one partner wanting to dance the night away while the other prefers a quiet evening at home. This leads to a heated argument and regrets aplenty.

In the film, Daniel Day-Lewis’s character, Reynolds Woodcock, eventually relents, chasing Vicky Krieps’s character to a stunning balloon-filled ballroom. Their initial encounter is uncertain, but they ultimately reconcile. However, in a surprising twist, she still poisons him. The perfect New Year’s Eve mystery film…