# The best movie set in every year... but not made in that year **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 15, 2013, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-movie-set-in-every-year-but-not-made-in-that-year/658457 "2013-05-15T22:13:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 17
**Author:** ![Moonchild](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@Moonchild](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonchild)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2013, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-movie-set-in-every-year-but-not-made-in-that-year/658457/321 "2013-05-25T05:51:00Z")
BC One Zillion BC, October 9th - Caveman BC 66 million Dinosaur BC 1,000,000 One Million BC BC 10,000 10,000 BC BC 4000 The Lord of the Rings BC 1200 Troy BC 480 300 BC 326 Sikandar (1941) BC 261 Asoka BC 227 The Emperor and the Assassin BC 216 Hannibal BC 72 Spartacus BC 48 Caesar and Cleopatra BC 44 Julius Caesar BC 30 Cleopatra 33 Life of Brian / The Passion of the Christ 40 Caligula 68 Quo Vadis 70 The Last Days of Pompeii 140 The Eagle 180 Gladiator 208 Red Cliff 450 Attila 460 The Last Legion 467 King Arthur 528 A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court 709 Outlander 778 Orlando and the Knights of France 859 House of Flying Daggers 922 The Thirteenth Warrior 932 Monty Python and the Holy Grail 984 Dragonheart 1000 Valhalla Rising 1057 Macbeth 1099 El Cid 1170 Becket 1183 The Lion in Winter 1187 Kingdom of Heaven 1194 Ivanhoe 1199 Robin Hood (2010) 1210 Brother Sun Sister Moon 1215 Ironclad 1242 Alexander Nevsky 1298 Braveheart 1327 The Name of the Rose 1344 Season of the Witch 1348 Black Death 1349 The Seventh Seal 1389 Battle of Kosovo 1415 Henry V 1424 Andrei Rublev 1431 The Passion of Joan of Arc 1448 The Divine Weapon 1482 The Hunchback of Notre Dame 1485 Richard III 1492 1492: Conquest of Paradise 1517 Apocalypto 1533 The Royal Hunt of the Sun 1535 A Man for All Seasons 1536 Anne of the Thousand Days 1547 Crossed Swords 1553 Lady Jane 1558 Elizabeth (1998) 1560 Aguirre: The Wrath of God 1575 Kagemusha 1588 Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007) 1594 How Tasty Was My Little Frenchman 1597 Shakespeare in Love 1601 The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex 1607 The New World 1616 Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World 1625 The Three Musketeers **1629 Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons** 1630 Hara-kiri 1634 Black Robe / The Devils 1665 Girl with a Pearl Earring 1667 The Scarlet Letter 1685 Lorna Doone / Captain Blood 1692 The Crucible 1699 Captain Kidd 1712 Rob Roy 1718 Swashbuckler 1756 The Mission 1757 The Last of the Mohicans 1776 1776 1779 Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon 1787 Robinson Crusoe 1788 The Madness of King George 1789 Mutiny on the Bounty 1791 That Night in Varennes 1792 A Tale of Two Cities 1793 Marie Antoinette 1794 Danton 1798 The Wild Child 1799 The Marquise of O / Sleepy Hollow 1805 Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World 1808 The Persecution and Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat as Performed by the Inmates of the Asylum of Charenton Under the Direction of the Marquis de Sade 1813 Swiss Family Robinson 1815 Waterloo 1816 Gothic 1827 Children of Paradise 1828 The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser 1829 The Count of Monte Cristo 1831 Under Capricorn 1832 Les Miserables 1836 The Alamo 1841 Amistad 1854 The Charge of the Light Brigade 1856 The Chess Players (Shatranj Ke Khilari) 1857 Mangal Pandey: The Rising 1858 Django Unchained 1860 The Pony Express **1861 Gods and Generals** 1862 The General 1863 Gettysburg / Glory / Her Majesty Mrs. Brown 1864 The Good, the Bad and the Ugly / Cold Mountain 1865 Lincoln 1866 Red River 1867 Juarez 1868 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea 1869 Union Pacific **1870 Mademoiselle Fifi** 1871 In Old Chicago / La commune 1872 Around the World in 80 Days 1873 Cowboys and Aliens 1874 Blazing Saddles 1875 The Story of Alexander Graham Bell 1876 She Wore a Yellow Ribbon / The Molly Maguires 1877 The Last Samurai 1878 Cheyenne Autumn 1879 Zulu 1880 Stagecoach / True Grit (2012) 1881 Tombstone 1882 The Man Who Would Be King 1883 Krakatoa, East of Java 1884 3:10 to Yuma 1885 Topsy Turvy / Back to the Future III / The Oxbow Incident 1886 Geronimo: An American Legend **1887 Shanghai Knights** 1888 From Hell 1889 Mayerling 1890 Hello, Dolly! 1891 Sherlock Holmes (2009) 1892 Heaven’s Gate 1893 Far and Away / Lagaan 1895 The Four Feathers 1896 The Far Country 1897 The Gold Rush 1898 A Message to Garcia 1899 The Prestige / Newsies 1900 Picnic at Hanging Rock 1901 The Shootist 1902 Breaker Morant 1903 Tom Horn 1904 Meet Me in St. Louis 1905 Battleship Potemkin 1906 Ragtime 1907 Viva Maria! 1908 Take Me Out To The Ball Game / The Great Race 1909 Fanny and Alexander 1910 Mary Poppins 1911 1911 1912 Titanic 1913 The Wild Bunch 1914 The African Queen 1915 Gallipoli 1916 Paths of Glory 1917 Lawrence of Arabia 1918 War Horse / 1918: All Quiet On the Western Front (1930) 1919 Eight Men Out 1920 Matewan 1921 Sunrise at Campobello 1922 The Great Gatsby / Thoroughly Modern Millie 1923: The Hours 1924 Chariots of Fire 1925 Inherit the Wind 1926 The Sand Pebbles 1927 Singin’ in the Rain 1928 The Artist / Bullets Over Broadway 1929 Some Like It Hot 1930 Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale 1931 Cabaret 1932 They Shoot Horses, Don’t They? 1933 Sounder 1934 Pennies from Heaven / Bonnie and Clyde / Victor Victoria 1935 The King’s Speech / To Kill a Mockingbird 1936 Raiders of the Lost Ark / The Sting 1937 Chinatown / Oh, Brother, Where Art Thou? 1938 Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade / Seabiscuit 1939 To Be or Not to Be (the original) / The Natural / Hyde Park on Hudson 1940 The Spirit of the Beehive / The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe / Atonement 1941 Tora! Tora! Tora! / From Here to Eternity 1942 Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo / Summer of '42 1943 Come and See / A League of Their Own / The Guns of Navarone 1944 Saving Private Ryan / A Bridge Too Far / Pan’s Labyrinth / The Longest Day / Au Revoir Les Enfants / Inglorious Basterds 1945 Schindler’s List / Empire of Sun / Downfall 1946 The Godfather / The Black Stallion 1947 42 / Tucker: A Man and His Dream / Judgement at Nuremburg 1948 Devil in a Blue Dress / Exodus 1949 The Man Who Wasn’t There 1950 Men in War / Snow Falling on Cedars 1951 The Last Picture Show / Mash 1952 Hoosiers 1953 L.A. Confidential / Heavenly Creatures 1954 My Favorite Year / Heavenly Creatures 1955 Back to the Future 1956 The Polar Express 1957 The Battle of Algiers / Far From Heaven 1958 The Godfather Part II / Lords of Flatbush 1959 Diner / Stand By Me / Dead Poets Society 1960 Grease 1961 61\* 1962 American Graffiti / Animal House / Thirteen Days 1963 One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest 1964 Mississippi Burning 1965 Moonrise Kingdom / The Outsiders / Year of Living Dangerously 1966 JFK / Casualties of War / The Hurricane 1967 Platoon 1968 The Unbearable Lightness of Being / A Bronx Tale 1969 Taking Woodstock / Awakenings 1970 Apollo 13 / Apocalypse Now 1971 Remember the Titans 1972 All the President’s Men / Dog Day Afternoon 1973 Ratcatcher / Almost Famous / The Lovely Bones / Secretariat / The Ice Storm 1974 Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy / Dick 1975 The Deer Hunter 1976 Dazed and Confused 1977 Summer of Sam 1978 Lords of Dogtown 1979 Argo / Super 8 1980 No Country for Old Men 1981 Wet Hot American Summer / Let the Right One In 1982 Waltz with Bashir / Son of Rambow 1983 Stand and Deliver / This Is England 1984 1984 / Billy Elliot / **The Hunt for Red October** 1985 The Wedding Singer / SLC Punk! 1986 The Squid and the Whale 1987 Fargo 1988 Donnie Darko / For Queen and Country 1989 Buffalo Soldiers 1990 Rent 1991 The Big Lebowski / Courage Under Fire / Three Kings 1992 Primary Colors 1993 Black Hawk Down 1994 Hotel Rwanda 1995 Invictus / The Insider 1996 Spinning Boris 1997 Amélie 1998 Escape from New York 1999 Strange Days 2000 Death Race 2000 2001 2001: A Space Odyssey / World Trade Center / Flight 93 2002 Moneyball 2003 127 Hours 2004 The Hurt Locker 2005 Transformers: the Movie (1986) 2006 Slumdog Millionaire 2007 Double Dragon 2008 Game Change 2009 Freejack 2010 2010: The Year We Make Contact 2011 Zero Dark Thirty 2012 I Am Legend 2013 The Postman **2014 Moon Child** :dubious: 2015 Back to the Future II / Robocop **2016 Stealth 2017 Barb Wire** 2018 Rollerball (1975) 2019 Blade Runner 2020 V for Vendetta **2021 Johnny Mnemonic** 2022 Soylent Green **2024 .hack/The Movie** 2025 Repo Men 2026 Metropolis 2027 Children of Men **2029 Ghost In The Shell** **2031 Frankenstein Unbound** 2032 Demolition Man **2033 Tank Girl** 2035 I, Robot / Twelve Monkeys **2037 Meet The Robinsons** 2044 Looper 2054 Minority Report 2056 Red Planet 2057 Sunshine 2063 Star Trek: First Contact 2078 Screamers 2084 Total Recall (the original) 2093 Prometheus 2122 Alien 2139 Judge Dredd 2150 Daleks - Invasion Earth: 2150 A.D. 2151 Vanilla Sky 2160 Avatar 2173 Sleeper 2179 Aliens 2199 The Matrix 2214 The Fifth Element 2220 Forbidden Planet 2259 Star Trek: Into Darkness 2274 Logan’s Run 2279 Star Trek: The Motion Picture 2285 Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan / Star Trek III: The Search for Spock 2287 Star Trek V: The Final Frontier 2293 Zardoz / Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country 2371 Star Trek Generations 2373 Star Trek: First Contact 2375 Star Trek: Insurrection 2379 Star Trek: Nemesis 2491 Buck Rogers in the 25th Century 2500 Waterworld 2505 Idiocracy 2517 Serenity 2592 Riddick 2805 Wall-E 3000 3000 A.D. (aka Captive Women) 3978 Planet of the Apes (1968) 5021 Planet of the Apes (2001) 12090 Vampire Hunter D 40000 Barbarella 802,701 The Time Machine (2002) Adding in also, **We Are Marshall** for 1971. Clearly a great year for football period pieces, that 1971. We have a consistent timeline from 1860 to 2022… with the exception of 1894. :smack: Other comments: That’s too much work from **GIGObuster** _not_ to put **Journey to the West** into the 1629 slot. Good stuff. Not saying we’re starting to scrape the barrel or anything, but we not have not one, but two new entries that scored 8% on Rotten Tomatoes. But awfulness is not a criteria for making the list, so both are deserving. We have another movie with the same name after the OP’er. Good God. I am genuinely embarrassed. Anyhow, I’ve been running through my mental chamber to come up with some sort of formula to determine _the best_ – or perhaps I should say _most fitting_ – movie in years that are represented by multiple entries. Certainly, the quality of the movie is a primary consideration, but maybe not the when it is viewed in contrast to how faithful it is to the year it’s been entered for. And then there’s other criteria also. How popular was a movie??? Mostly in terms of box office, but some movies develop more interest after they’ve left theaters. But what if a crappy but popular movie is up against some arcane indie or foreign film that’s much better? I dunno. An interesting study is 2035 with **12 Monkeys** (88% on RT), perhaps one of the best time travel movies, ever (IMHO) versus a mostly forgettable sci-fi flick, **I, Robot** (58% on RT). But then, I, Robot is wholly and totally set in 2035, whereas 12 Monkeys is set in 1990, 1996 & 2035. And of those three years, 2035 is probably represented the least (but, per discussion in this thread, more fitting than 1996). Also, I, Robot, easily outdrew 12 Monkeys at the box office $345-million to $160-million (foreign + U.S. domestic) and would still win even if you took inflation into consideration. But then, I think from a popularity standpoint, the 12 Monkeys still wins. It’s a classic cable TV rotation movie. (Full disclosure: in 1995 I was a complete movie dork, watching 100 movies a year in the theaters. In 2004, maybe 10 – just got married and had a newborn – although I, Robot was one of them.) So, which one? Technically, I, Robot should win… but for me, it would seem almost sacrilegious to choose it over 12 Monkeys. Point is, if I came up with a formula, this example would render it meaningless. At least in this case. So, there are lots of years with multiple entries. I suggest shrinking the font size of the ones that in your mind pale the ideal period piece in a given year. In other words: 2035 I, Robot / Twelve Monkeys And then let the debates begin. What about 2015: **Robocop** vs. **Back to the Future II**? ---
**Author:** ![Moonchild](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@Moonchild](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonchild)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2013, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-movie-set-in-every-year-but-not-made-in-that-year/658457/322 "2013-05-25T06:15:15Z")
Anybody have any problem with these? 1908 Take Me Out To The Ball Game / The Great Race 2001 2001: A Space Odyssey / World Trade Center / Flight 93 1973 Ratcatcher / Almost Famous / The Lovely Bones / Secretariat / The Ice Storm Another major criterion, I think, is that the more fitting entry must have (should have) come out significantly before/after the year the movie is set in. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2013, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-movie-set-in-every-year-but-not-made-in-that-year/658457/323 "2013-05-25T06:16:15Z")
For 1894, there’s Princess Kaiulani (2009). It’s about the overthrow of the Kingdom of Hawaii. It appears the story takes place from 1887 to 1894. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2013, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-movie-set-in-every-year-but-not-made-in-that-year/658457/324 "2013-05-25T06:22:31Z")
As long as we’re debating, let’s talk _Argo_. Don’t get me wrong. I really enjoyed the movie. But is it set in 1979? The first part of the movie was. The American embassy in Tehran was seized in November of 1979. But the escape - which I feel is the main part of the movie - happened in January of 1980. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2013, 7:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-movie-set-in-every-year-but-not-made-in-that-year/658457/325 "2013-05-25T07:38:00Z")
> [@Moonchild](#): > > 2001 2001: A Space Odyssey / World Trade Center / Flight 93 For years with movies made both before the actual year (in which the year is in the future) and movies made after that year (which depict events that actually happened in that year), I suggest that we include two entries, one for the year as the future year and one for the past. Therefore for 2001 I would include both \*2001 \*and _WTC._ ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2013, 9:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-movie-set-in-every-year-but-not-made-in-that-year/658457/326 "2013-05-25T09:01:41Z")
> [@Moonchild](#): > > Other comments: > That’s too much work from **GIGObuster** _not_ to put **Journey to the West** into the 1629 slot. Good stuff. Thank you for the note, but there is a 1000 year nit. 🙂 The year/slot is **629** , not 1629. ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2013, 10:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-movie-set-in-every-year-but-not-made-in-that-year/658457/327 "2013-05-25T10:48:57Z")
There is however one movie from the 1600’s that all this reminded me, but it has stuck a lot like a sore thumb in \*\*my \*\*history. _ **The Last Valley** _, with Michael Cane and Omar Sharif, > **[The Last Valley (film)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Last_Valley_(1970_film))** > > The Last Valley is a 1971 film written and directed by James Clavell, an historical drama set during the Thirty Years' War (1618–1648). While war ravages in the southern principalities of the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation, a mercenary leader (Michael Caine) and a teacher (Omar Sharif) stumble upon a valley untouched by the war. Based upon the novel The Last Valley (1959), by J. B. Pick, the cinematic version of The Last Valley was the final feature film photographed with the Todd-AO 7 A ... > [@](#): > > The Last Valley is a 1970 historical drama film directed by James Clavell. Set during the Thirty Years War, it stars Michael Caine as the leader of a band of mercenaries, and Omar Sharif as a teacher fleeing from the violence endemic to Germany during this period. They manage to find one valley, untouched by war, in which to live in peace for a time. Very violent and disturbing movie for the recreation of the death and destruction caused by the religious warfare of the day, particularly the sack of Magdeburg referenced at the beginning of the movie: > **[Sack of Magdeburg](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sack_of_Magdeburg)** > > The Sack of Magdeburg, also called Magdeburg's Wedding (German: Magdeburger Hochzeit) or Magdeburg's Sacrifice (Magdeburgs Opfergang), was the destruction of the Protestant city of Magdeburg on 20 May 1631 by the Imperial Army and the forces of the Catholic League, resulting in the deaths of around 20,000, including both defenders and non-combatants. The event is considered the worst massacre of the Thirty Years' War. Magdeburg, then one of the largest cities in Germany, having well over 25,000... [Personal Historical bit you can skip] Now, this movie IMHO is a very underrated piece of historical fiction, but for the day and the location I originally saw it, it was a very sinister one. The movie showed the priest of the village as one of the worst characters from the movie, he ends up being killed by a village peasant when the peasant cannot stomach the injustice of the inquisition when he sees it up close. It was not the movie’s fault, but the hand of propaganda that put a cloud over the movie in the 70’s El Salvador. In the Salvadorian civil war TV was a great distraction, but movies like The Last Valley were suspiciously aired many times; now, the past hypocrisy of the Catholic and protestant churches would be good a lesson to learn in a different time, the trouble was that back then in El Salvador of the 70’s that message of hypocrisy and bad apples in the church was not an accurate one to have as priests then were helping the poor and opposing the oppression of the military dictators in Central America. Nowadays I have the very strong suspicion that movies like this one were shown often by the reactionary media to spread the message to military thugs that it was ok to get rid of “meddlesome priests” because “they deserved it”. During the dark days, many good human beings like Monsignor Romero were murdered just for opposing injustice. But I digress.. That was another time, nowadays I do recommend this movie for the acting and to get a very unflinching view of the days of the 30 year war in Europe. [/end of personal history bit] So, where were we? Ah, the time line! This also had a bit of work, as the sack of Magdeburg was mentioned as happening in the past, that meant that the action took place after 1631, the captain makes a reference to the coming siege at Rhinefeldt by the Duke of Bernard in 1638, as much of the action takes place before the previous winter, the year the movie is set is then in 1637. \*\*1637 The Last Valley \*\* ---
**Author:** ![Moonchild](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@Moonchild](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonchild)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2013, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-movie-set-in-every-year-but-not-made-in-that-year/658457/328 "2013-05-25T16:00:26Z")
> [@GIGObuster](#): > > Thank you for the note, but there is a 1000 year nit. 🙂 The year/slot is **629** , not 1629. Wow, some people sure got worked up over being just a few years off! :smack: (To be fixed on the next update. :)) ---
**Author:** ![Moonchild](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@Moonchild](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonchild)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2013, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-movie-set-in-every-year-but-not-made-in-that-year/658457/329 "2013-05-25T16:42:27Z")
> [@GIGObuster](#): > > There is however one movie from the 1600’s that all this reminded me, but it has stuck a lot like a sore thumb in \*\*my \*\*history. > > _ **The Last Valley** _, with Michael Cane and Omar Sharif, > > … > > It was not the movie’s fault, but the hand of propaganda that put a cloud over the movie in the 70’s El Salvador. > > \*\*1637 The Last Valley \*\* Which reminds me: **1980 Salvador** It’s close, but I agree with you, **Nemo**. Argo should be moved to 1980. Similarly, Salvador is also _very_ loosely based on a true story. But a distant cry, I think, from Argo and No Country for Old Men. But between those two, which is the most fitting 1980 entry? I lean toward Argo, personally (simple viewer bias: it’s just more my kind of movie), but NCfOM leads slightly on IMDB (8.2 - 7.9) as well as on RT (8.6 - 8.4). Both, of course, won the Academy Award for Best Picture. I marveled at how Argo recreated its time period, FWIW. Was surprised it didn’t get nominated for Production Design. ---
**Author:** ![Moonchild](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@Moonchild](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonchild)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2013, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-movie-set-in-every-year-but-not-made-in-that-year/658457/330 "2013-05-25T16:46:31Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > For years with movies made both before the actual year (in which the year is in the future) and movies made after that year (which depict events that actually happened in that year), I suggest that we include two entries, one for the year as the future year and one for the past. Therefore for 2001 I would include both \*2001 \*and _WTC._ Great idea. Going with it. Anybody have a problem with this: 1969 Taking Woodstock / Awakenings (Yes, I know I’m avoiding the legitimately debatable years. :p) ---
**Author:** ![Moonchild](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@Moonchild](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonchild)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2013, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-movie-set-in-every-year-but-not-made-in-that-year/658457/331 "2013-05-25T16:50:13Z")
> [@Moonchild](#): > > Anybody have any problem with these? > > 1908 Take Me Out To The Ball Game / The Great Race > 2001 2001: A Space Odyssey / World Trade Center / Flight 93 > 1973 Ratcatcher / Almost Famous / The Lovely Bones / Secretariat / The Ice Storm > > Another major criterion, I think, is that the more fitting entry must have (should have) come out significantly before/after the year the movie is set in. Holy crap, I can’t believe The Great Race is based on a [true story](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1908_New_York_to_Paris_Race). ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2013, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-movie-set-in-every-year-but-not-made-in-that-year/658457/332 "2013-05-25T19:44:57Z")
> [@Moonchild](#): > > Anybody have a problem with this: > > 1969 Taking Woodstock / Awakenings > > (Yes, I know I’m avoiding the legitimately debatable years. :p) While _Awakenings_ is rated much higher critically, there’s an argument to be made for _Taking Woodstock_ as representing an historical event that took place in that year, and thus more representative of it. However, this is not a criterion stated in the OP. I admit to bias since I was actually at Woodstock.🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Dancer\_Flight](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dancer_flight/32/7601_2.png) [@Dancer\_Flight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dancer_Flight)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2013, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-movie-set-in-every-year-but-not-made-in-that-year/658457/333 "2013-05-26T02:43:15Z")
I have not read the entire thread, but the latest listings don’t have an entry for A.D. 10191. The opening establishes that date for the beginning of the David Lynch version of Dune. The first couple of acts occur in that year, and then the action skips forwards a few years during the Fremen resistance. Care to add it to the list? -DF ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2013, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-movie-set-in-every-year-but-not-made-in-that-year/658457/334 "2013-05-26T04:29:26Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Ooo! Ooo! How about: > > 1861 Gone With The Wind I really think this is better for that year than (ptui) **Gods and Generals**. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2013, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-movie-set-in-every-year-but-not-made-in-that-year/658457/335 "2013-05-26T05:04:42Z")
_Princess Kaiulani_ reminded me of another one. 1817 _Princess Caraboo_ ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2013, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-movie-set-in-every-year-but-not-made-in-that-year/658457/336 "2013-05-26T16:09:02Z")
I would like to add **Gangs of New York** to our **1863** list. ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2013, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-movie-set-in-every-year-but-not-made-in-that-year/658457/337 "2013-05-26T16:16:42Z")
Also, for **1878** , **The Yearling** is more highly rated on IMDb than Cheyenne Autumn. ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2013, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-movie-set-in-every-year-but-not-made-in-that-year/658457/338 "2013-05-26T16:22:12Z")
And for **1865** , I like **The Outlaw Josey Wales** better than Lincoln. ---
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1847 Jeremiah Johnson (based on John “Liver-eating” Johnson, whose vendetta against the Crow began that year) 1850 The Legend of Zorro ---
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I’m voting for **I, Robot** simply because the whole movie is set the year, while **12 Monkeys** (which I actually like better) only has the year as one of its time settings. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-movie-set-in-every-year-but-not-made-in-that-year/658457.md?page=16) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-movie-set-in-every-year-but-not-made-in-that-year/658457.md?page=18)