The Phantom Carriage

Körkarlen is a movie starring Victor Sjöström, Hilda Borgström, and Tore Svennberg. On New Year's Eve, the driver of a ghostly carriage forces a drunken man to reflect on his selfish, wasted life.
An alcoholic, abusive ne'er-do-well is shown the error of his ways through a legend that dooms the last person to die on New Year's Eve before the clock strikes twelve to take the reins of Death's chariot and work tirelessly collecting fresh souls for the next year.