The New Year is a 2010 American comedy-drama film directed, co-written, and co-produced by Brett Haley (in his feature directorial debut). The film stars Trieste Kelly Dunn as a former high school honors student who dropped out of college to return to her hometown of Pensacola, Florida to tend her ailing father. It also stars Ryan Hunter, Kevin Wheatley, Linda Lee McBride, and Marc Petersen.

The New Year premiered at the 12th Sarasota Film Festival on April 13, 2010, where it won the audience award. The film began a limited theatrical release on July 30, 2010.