# 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:** 18
**Author:** ![Moonchild](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@Moonchild](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonchild)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2013, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-movie-set-in-every-year-but-not-made-in-that-year/658457/341 "2013-05-26T16:50:24Z")
Not sure if **Milk** belongs on the list for 1978. Per Wiki, Harvey Milk was assassinated in November, 1978, but the movie really spans back to the early 70’s, late 60’s, even. His first run for San Francisco Board of Supervisors in 1973 is just as prominent in the movie as his second run in 1975. I don’t quite think it belongs on the list. Yes, other movies span similar – or even longer timelines – but I don’t think a movie from the 17th century shouldn’t be held to as stringent guidelines due to the perceived compression of time. So leaving it off for now, but there is perhaps a case to include it. On a personal note, I’ll be away from SDMB for a few days catching up on less important matters. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Moonchild](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@Moonchild](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonchild)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2013, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-movie-set-in-every-year-but-not-made-in-that-year/658457/342 "2013-05-26T17:34:23Z")
Latest update: 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 **629 Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons** 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 1630 Hara-kiri 1634 Black Robe / The Devils **1637 The Last Valley** 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 **1847 Jeremiah Johnson** **1850 The Legend of Zorro** 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 / **Gone With The Wind** 1862 The General 1863 Gettysburg / Glory / Her Majesty Mrs. Brown / **Gangs of New York** 1864 The Good, the Bad and the Ugly / Cold Mountain 1865 Lincoln / **The Outlaw Josey Wales** 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 / **The Yearling** 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 **1894 Princess Kaiulani** 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 / 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 / **We Are Marshall** 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 Super 8 1980 No Country for Old Men / Argo / Salvador 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 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) **10191 Dune** 12090 Vampire Hunter D 40000 Barbarella 802,701 The Time Machine (2002) I’ve only seen **Gone with the Wind** once, but I recall it spanning quite a few years. I looked it up on Wiki a while back and concluded it did (somewhat equally) span a number of years and left it off. That said, I’m giving it the 1861 slot. I always thought **Flight 93** was a theatrically released movie, but Wiki said it was TV only. Having seen it, I thought it was superior to **World Trade Center** , but will give WTC the nod because it was in theatres. Can’t agree or disagree with you, **Spoke** , for your contention of of **Josey Wales** over **Lincoln** , because I’ve never seen the former, but I was not over the moon for the latter, which did get nominated for Best Picture, Best Actor (win), Best Supporting and Best Director (and some lesser awards as well). And it was pretty damn cool to see a pretty remarkable portrayal of Abraham Lincoln by DDL. But unless (until?) someone fights you, I’ll give TOJW the nod. I think I’ll leave \*\*Awakenings \*\*over **Taking Woodstock** for 1969, despite your wishes otherwise, **Colibri**. I would happily trade in Awakenings for 1969 if you would be willing to trade me the actual experience of having attended Woodstock (albeit I was four at the time). I’m thinking you would pass on that trade. Interestingly, Taking Woodstock did okay on IMDB (6.7), but was rotten on RT (48%). I’ve never seen it, but I find it particularly odd that Ang Lee directed it. If I stumble across it on cable it’ll get at least a look from me. I’m giving **The Wedding Singer** the nod over SLC Punk! for 1985, although I haven’t seen the latter. TWS has a significant nod on RT, is much more well known and did much better at the box office. It’s also Sandler’s best comedy, which isn’t necessarily saying a lot (although Happy Gilmore & The Waterboy generally get good reviews). Oh, and I have an option on a screenplay that is being read by Sandler’s agent this week. So I need the karma. ---
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1972 Bat\*21 (alternate) ---
**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, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-movie-set-in-every-year-but-not-made-in-that-year/658457/344 "2013-05-26T20:44:54Z")
> [@Moonchild](#): > > I’m giving **The Wedding Singer** the nod over SLC Punk! for 1985, although I haven’t seen the latter. TWS has a significant nod on RT, is much more well known and did much better at the box office. It’s also Sandler’s best comedy, which isn’t necessarily saying a lot (although Happy Gilmore & The Waterboy generally get good reviews). Oh, and I have an option on a screenplay that is being read by Sandler’s agent this week. So I need the karma. For the record, SLC Punk! has a rating of 7.2 on IMDb to The Wedding Singer’s 6.8. On Rotten Tomatoes, SLC Punk! has an audience rating of 87% (3.8 out of 5) to The Wedding Singer’s 76% (3.5 out of 5). (Granted, critics seem to give the _slight_ edge to The Wedding Singer. On the other hand, it’s an Adam Sandler movie, so automatic demerits.) As for box office, I thought we were choosing the better picture, not the better-known picture! 😉 Good luck on the screenplay, though! (And I agree with your call on Awakenings.) ---
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You skipped _Princess Caraboo_ (for 1817). Also _The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin_ for 1849. ---
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1769 - _Seven Cities of Gold_ ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2013, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-movie-set-in-every-year-but-not-made-in-that-year/658457/347 "2013-05-27T01:34:53Z")
2154 Elysium (coming soon to a theater near you) ---
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> [@Moonchild](#): > > …Can’t agree or disagree with you, **Spoke** , for your contention of of **Josey Wales** over **Lincoln** , because I’ve never seen the former, but I was not over the moon for the latter, which did get nominated for Best Picture, Best Actor (win), Best Supporting and Best Director (and some lesser awards as well). And it was pretty damn cool to see a pretty remarkable portrayal of Abraham Lincoln by DDL. But unless (until?) someone fights you, I’ll give TOJW the nod… Taking nothing away from TOJW, and with all due respect to a classic Western, but _Lincoln_ covers much more consequential issues (the end of the Civil War, the passage of the 13th Amendment abolishing slavery, the assassination of the President); was seen by millions more people; earned much much more money; and (as you say) had a lot more Oscar love than TOJW. _Lincoln_ should by no means be in smaller letters. ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2013, 9:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-movie-set-in-every-year-but-not-made-in-that-year/658457/349 "2013-05-27T09:24:55Z")
We’re not picking the Most Important Picture, though, we’re picking the best; and Josey Wales is the more highly-rated film. Oscar love is almost irrelevant, to my thinking, as The Academy has overlooked many a future classic, Josey Wales among them. I challenge anyone to watch both Josey Wales and Lincoln and to honestly say they enjoyed Lincoln more. ---
**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 27, 2013, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-movie-set-in-every-year-but-not-made-in-that-year/658457/350 "2013-05-27T16:16:16Z")
> [@Moonchild](#): > > I’ve only seen **Gone with the Wind** once, but I recall it spanning quite a few years. I looked it up on Wiki a while back and concluded it did (somewhat equally) span a number of years and left it off. That said, I’m giving it the 1861 slot. I dunno. 1861 is when many of the plot elements are put in motion, but if I were to use the same criteria as for _Les Miserables_ I would consider the key year is at the end, where the main plot conflicts (Scarlett’s relationships with Rhett, Ashley, Melanie’s are resolved). I’m not sure this year is clearly specified (but it’s some time after the Civil War). I also think the burning of Atlanta in 1864 is a more critical year to the plot than 1861. However, if 1861 is acceptable for GWTW, then I think _The LIfe of Emile Zola_ qualifies for 1894, since that’s the year of the Dreyfus Trial, the event that sets the rest of the plot in motion. ---
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Another for 1907: A Room with a View. So very Edwardian England. ---
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I like this thread, of course it can be related to my interest in history and entertainment, So I will look mostly for the movies based on tales that go into the old gaps that I see here. One movie I like from the old past is _Sita sings the blues_, almost made alone by one of my favorite artists, Nina Paley. (100% fresh in RottenTomatoes!) Based on the Ramayana it is an open source movie so, unlike many other movies in the list, you can watch it anytime and learn a bit of Hindu culture: > **[Sita Sings the Blues](https://www.sitasingstheblues.com/watch.html)** In this case, trying to pinpoint the timeline of this ancient Indian tale, were some traditions claim that there is no past or future but just cycles, is very hard. But historians have several clues from the text and archeological evidence of the development of Indian civilization. > **[Timeline of Hindu texts](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_Hindu_texts#cite_note-7)** > > Divisions > Sama vedic > Yajur vedic > [@](#): > > ^ Narayan, R.K. The Ramayana. Penguin Group, 2006, page xxiii: “The Indian epic, the Ramayana, dates back to 1500 BCE according to certain early scholars. Recent studies have brought it down to about the fourth century BCE.” > > ^ Chaurasia, Radhey Shyam. History of Ancient India: Earliest Times to 1000 A. D.. p. 38:“the Kernel of the Ramayana was composed before 500 B.C. while the more recent portion were not probably added till the 2nd century B.C. and later.” So, I will go for the kernel and the most likely time of the origin of the tale and settle on 500 B.C. to fill the gap in the BC 500s gap in our list. \*\*BC 500 Sita Sings the Blues \*\* ---
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Looking at the Historical timeline I noticed: [http://ehistory.osu.edu/world/TimeLineDisplay.cfm?Era\_id=4](http://ehistory.osu.edu/world/TimeLineDisplay.cfm?Era_id=4) > [@](#): > > c. BC 2528; Cheops buried in First Great Pyramid at Giza And then I realized that we forgot Howard Huges’ Land of the Pharaohs (1955). With Joan Collins and Written in part by William Faulkner. **BC 2528 Land of the Pharaohs.** ---
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1709 [The Sovereign’s Servant](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sovereign%27s_Servant) 1745 The Master of Ballantrae 1748 [Plunkett & Macleane](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plunkett_%26_Macleane) 1753 Casanova (2005) 1762 The Rise of Catherine the Great 1797 Billy Budd 1804 The Far Horizons (story of the Lewis and Clark Expedition) 1844 Brigham Young Alternate for 1881 (or possibly 1882, since the movie gives the wrong date for the Gunfight at the OK Corral): My Darling Clementine ---
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♪ Born in Arizona moved to Babylonia, King Tut! ♬ You would think that with all those mummy movies, curses, and fame there would be lots of movies that showed the time period of the boy king, but this one was almost empty. 😕 Some obscure silent era movie, and there was a very recent _The Curse of King Tut’s Tomb_, but alas, set in the present day and according to the tomatometer, rotten to the core. A very nice French-Hungarian-Belgian animated production showed the adventures of a young Egyptian princess and Tut, having a journey with the objective to help king Akhenaton the then current Pharaoh and to find the exiled queen Nefertiti. **BC c. 1340 Princess of the Sun** > **[La Reine Soleil](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Reine_Soleil)** > > La Reine Soleil (The Sun Queen) is a French-animated feature film (French/Hungarian/Belgian co-production) made by Philippe Leclerc. It was released in France on 4 April 2007. The animation was created by the Hungarian company Cinemon studios and special effects were created by Greykid Pictures, which was also responsible for compositing and some of the animation. The story is based on the novel La Reine Soleil by Christian Jacq. > In Ancient Egypt, during the monotheistic regime of Akhenaten, A... One has better luck with the years of the rule of Akhenaten with \*The Egyptian \* (1954) and _Nefertiti, Queen of the Nile_ (1961) ([An Italian production, what was Vincent Price doing there?!](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nefertiti,_Queen_of_the_Nile)) Looking at IMDB, the best one is [The Egyptian](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Egyptian_(film)), Akhenaten ruled from 1353 to 1336 BC, BC 1336 makes it closer to most of the action dealing with the turmoil caused by the enemies of the Pharaoh opposing the new Aten religion of the Pharaoh. **BC 1336 The Egyptian** ---
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**Highlander** would work for 1541. ---
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1596 The Merchant of Venice 1640 Cromwell ---
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568 Goliath and the Barbarians ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2013, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-movie-set-in-every-year-but-not-made-in-that-year/658457/359 "2013-05-29T16:36:11Z")
“The King’s Speech” is attributed to 1935, but could just as logically be said to represent 1936 (Albert replaces Edward VIII and becomes George VI, which is the movie’s pivotal event) or 1939 (the titular speech occurs.) Indeed, I’m not precisely sure why it’s under 1935. ---
**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 29, 2013, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-movie-set-in-every-year-but-not-made-in-that-year/658457/360 "2013-05-29T17:10:52Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > 1640 Cromwell Oops, that should be 1649 Cromwell (the year he took over the government). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-movie-set-in-every-year-but-not-made-in-that-year/658457.md?page=17) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-movie-set-in-every-year-but-not-made-in-that-year/658457.md?page=19)