# 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:** 4
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2013, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-movie-set-in-every-year-but-not-made-in-that-year/658457/61 "2013-05-16T03:30:24Z")
BC One Zillion BC, October 9th - Caveman BC 1,000,000 One Million BC BC 72 Spartacus 33 Life of Brian 208 Red Cliff 922 The Thirteenth Warrior 1183 The Lion in Winter 1327 The Name of the Rose 1415 Henry V 1424 Andrei Rublev 1431 The Passion of Joan of Arc 1547 Crossed Swords 1560 Aguirre: The Wrath of God 1597 Shakespeare in Love 1625 The Three Musketeers 1630 Hara-kiri 1757 The Last of the Mohicans 1776 1776 1799 The Marquise of O 1805 Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World 1827 Children of Paradise 1858 Django Unchained 1862 The General 1865 Lincoln 1874 Blazing Saddles 1876 The Molly Maguires 1882 The Man Who Would Be King **1884 3:10 to Yuma** 1885 Topsy Turvy / Back to the Future III 1893 Lagaan 1904 Meet Me in St. Louis 1905 Battleship Potemkin 1912 Titanic 1913 The Wild Bunch 1915 Gallipoli 1916 Paths of Glory 1917 Lawrence of Arabia 1919 Eight Men Out 1920 Matewan 1922 The Great Gatsby 1927 Singin’ in the Rain 1929 Some Like It Hot 1933 Sounder 1934 Pennies from Heaven 1935 The King’s Speech 1936 Raiders of the Lost Ark 1937 O Brother, Where Art Thou? 1938 Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade 1939 To Be or Not to Be (the original) 1940 The Spirit of the Beehive 1941 Tora, Tora, Tora 1943 Come and See 1944 Saving Private Ryan and A Bridge Too Far and Pan’s Labyrinth 1946 The Godfather 1947 42 1950 Men in War 1951 The Last Picture Show 1955 Back to the Future 1957 The Battle of Algiers 1958 The Godfather Part II 1959 Diner 1961 61\* 1962 (tie) American Graffiti and Animal House 1963 Mermaids 1965 Moonrise Kingdom 1966 JFK 1967 Platoon 1968 The Unbearable Lightness of Being 1975 The Deer Hunter 1976 Dazed and Confused 1977 Summer of Sam 1979 Argo 1980 No Country for Old Men 1983 Heartbreak Ridge 1984 1984 1986 The Squid and the Whale 1987 Fargo 1991 The Big Lebowski 1993 Black Hawk Down 1997 Amélie 2001 2001:A Space Odyssey 2019 Blade Runner 2022 Soylent Green 2027 Children of Men 2084 Total Recall (the original) 2274 Logan’s Run 2491 Buck Rogers in the 25th Century 2505 Idiocracy ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2013, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-movie-set-in-every-year-but-not-made-in-that-year/658457/62 "2013-05-16T03:38:58Z")
BC One Zillion BC, October 9th - Caveman BC 1,000,000 One Million BC BC 72 Spartacus 33 Life of Brian 208 Red Cliff 922 The Thirteenth Warrior 1183 The Lion in Winter 1327 The Name of the Rose 1415 Henry V 1424 Andrei Rublev 1431 The Passion of Joan of Arc 1547 Crossed Swords 1560 Aguirre: The Wrath of God 1597 Shakespeare in Love 1625 The Three Musketeers 1630 Hara-kiri 1757 The Last of the Mohicans 1776 1776 1799 The Marquise of O 1805 Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World 1827 Children of Paradise 1858 Django Unchained 1862 The General 1865 Lincoln 1874 Blazing Saddles 1876 The Molly Maguires 1882 The Man Who Would Be King 1884 3:10 to Yuma 1885 Topsy Turvy / Back to the Future III 1893 Lagaan 1904 Meet Me in St. Louis 1905 Battleship Potemkin 1912 Titanic 1913 The Wild Bunch 1915 Gallipoli 1916 Paths of Glory 1917 Lawrence of Arabia 1919 Eight Men Out 1920 Matewan 1922 The Great Gatsby 1927 Singin’ in the Rain 1929 Some Like It Hot 1933 Sounder 1934 Pennies from Heaven 1935 The King’s Speech 1936 Raiders of the Lost Ark 1937 O Brother, Where Art Thou? 1938 Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade 1939 To Be or Not to Be (the original) 1940 The Spirit of the Beehive 1941 Tora, Tora, Tora 1943 Come and See 1944 Saving Private Ryan and A Bridge Too Far and Pan’s Labyrinth 1946 The Godfather 1947 42 1950 Men in War 1951 The Last Picture Show 1955 Back to the Future 1957 The Battle of Algiers 1958 The Godfather Part II 1959 Diner 1961 61\* 1962 (tie) American Graffiti and Animal House 1963 Mermaids 1965 Moonrise Kingdom 1966 JFK 1967 Platoon 1968 The Unbearable Lightness of Being 1975 The Deer Hunter 1976 Dazed and Confused 1977 Summer of Sam 1979 Argo 1980 No Country for Old Men 1983 Heartbreak Ridge 1984 1984 1986 The Squid and the Whale 1987 Fargo 1991 The Big Lebowski 1993 Black Hawk Down 1997 Amélie 2001 2001:A Space Odyssey 2019 Blade Runner 2022 Soylent Green 2027 Children of Men 2084 Total Recall (the original) 2274 Logan’s Run 2491 Buck Rogers in the 25th Century 2505 Idiocracy Broke out decades so the posts don’t get too insanely long. I had no idea there were this many identifiably dated movies. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2013, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-movie-set-in-every-year-but-not-made-in-that-year/658457/63 "2013-05-16T03:49:42Z")
BC One Zillion BC, October 9th - Caveman BC 1,000,000 One Million BC BC 72 Spartacus 33 Life of Brian 208 Red Cliff 922 The Thirteenth Warrior 1183 The Lion in Winter 1327 The Name of the Rose 1415 Henry V 1424 Andrei Rublev 1431 The Passion of Joan of Arc 1547 Crossed Swords 1560 Aguirre: The Wrath of God 1597 Shakespeare in Love 1625 The Three Musketeers 1630 Hara-kiri 1757 The Last of the Mohicans 1776 1776 1799 The Marquise of O 1805 Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World 1827 Children of Paradise 1858 Django Unchained 1862 The General 1865 Lincoln 1874 Blazing Saddles 1876 The Molly Maguires 1882 The Man Who Would Be King 1884 3:10 to Yuma 1885 Topsy Turvy / Back to the Future III 1893 Lagaan 1904 Meet Me in St. Louis 1905 Battleship Potemkin 1912 Titanic 1913 The Wild Bunch 1915 Gallipoli 1916 Paths of Glory 1917 Lawrence of Arabia 1919 Eight Men Out 1920 Matewan 1922 The Great Gatsby 1927 Singin’ in the Rain 1929 Some Like It Hot 1933 Sounder 1934 Pennies from Heaven 1935 The King’s Speech 1936 Raiders of the Lost Ark 1937 O Brother, Where Art Thou? 1938 Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade 1939 To Be or Not to Be (the original) 1940 The Spirit of the Beehive 1941 Tora, Tora, Tora 1943 Come and See 1944 Saving Private Ryan and A Bridge Too Far and Pan’s Labyrinth 1946 The Godfather 1947 42 1950 Men in War 1951 The Last Picture Show 1955 Back to the Future 1957 The Battle of Algiers 1958 The Godfather Part II 1959 Diner 1961 61\* 1962 (tie) American Graffiti and Animal House 1963 Mermaids 1965 Moonrise Kingdom and **The Year of Living Dangerously** 1966 JFK 1967 Platoon 1968 The Unbearable Lightness of Being 1975 The Deer Hunter 1976 Dazed and Confused 1977 Summer of Sam 1979 Argo 1980 No Country for Old Men 1983 Heartbreak Ridge 1984 1984 1986 The Squid and the Whale 1987 Fargo 1991 The Big Lebowski 1993 Black Hawk Down 1997 Amélie 2001 2001:A Space Odyssey 2019 Blade Runner 2022 Soylent Green 2027 Children of Men 2084 Total Recall (the original) 2274 Logan’s Run 2491 Buck Rogers in the 25th Century 2505 Idiocracy In '65 I was trying to follow the coup in Indonesia but it just seemed like a confused mess. _The Year of Living Dangerously_ supported my “understanding” of it, as has subsequent study–Wikipedia lists seven different conspiracy theories. Plus Linda Hunt got a well-deserved Oscar and Sigourney Weaver looked great braless in a men’s white shirt. ---
**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 16, 2013, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-movie-set-in-every-year-but-not-made-in-that-year/658457/64 "2013-05-16T03:51:50Z")
BC One Zillion BC, October 9th - Caveman BC 1,000,000 One Million BC BC 72 Spartacus 33 Life of Brian 208 Red Cliff 922 The Thirteenth Warrior 1183 The Lion in Winter 1327 The Name of the Rose 1415 Henry V 1424 Andrei Rublev 1431 The Passion of Joan of Arc 1547 Crossed Swords 1560 Aguirre: The Wrath of God 1597 Shakespeare in Love 1625 The Three Musketeers 1630 Hara-kiri 1757 The Last of the Mohicans 1776 1776 1799 The Marquise of O 1805 Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World 1827 Children of Paradise 1858 Django Unchained 1862 The General 1865 Lincoln 1874 Blazing Saddles 1876 The Molly Maguires 1882 The Man Who Would Be King 1884 3:10 to Yuma 1885 Topsy Turvy / Back to the Future III 1893 Lagaan 1904 Meet Me in St. Louis 1905 Battleship Potemkin 1912 Titanic 1913 The Wild Bunch 1915 Gallipoli 1916 Paths of Glory 1917 Lawrence of Arabia 1919 Eight Men Out 1920 Matewan 1922 The Great Gatsby 1927 Singin’ in the Rain 1929 Some Like It Hot 1933 Sounder 1934 Pennies from Heaven 1935 The King’s Speech 1936 Raiders of the Lost Ark 1937 O Brother, Where Art Thou? 1938 Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade 1939 To Be or Not to Be (the original) 1940 The Spirit of the Beehive 1941 Tora, Tora, Tora 1943 Come and See 1944 Saving Private Ryan and A Bridge Too Far and Pan’s Labyrinth 1946 The Godfather 1947 42 1950 Men in War 1951 The Last Picture Show 1955 Back to the Future 1957 The Battle of Algiers 1958 The Godfather Part II 1959 Diner **1960 Hitchcock** 1961 61\* 1962 (tie) American Graffiti and Animal House 1963 Mermaids **1964 Mississippi Burning** 1965 Moonrise Kingdom 1966 JFK 1967 Platoon 1968 The Unbearable Lightness of Being **1969 Taking Woodstock 1970 Apollo 13 1972 All the President’s Men** 1975 The Deer Hunter 1976 Dazed and Confused 1977 Summer of Sam 1979 Argo 1980 No Country for Old Men 1983 Heartbreak Ridge 1984 1984 1986 The Squid and the Whale 1987 Fargo 1991 The Big Lebowski 1993 Black Hawk Down 1997 Amélie 2001 2001:A Space Odyssey 2019 Blade Runner 2022 Soylent Green 2027 Children of Men 2084 Total Recall (the original) 2274 Logan’s Run 2491 Buck Rogers in the 25th Century 2505 Idiocracy ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2013, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-movie-set-in-every-year-but-not-made-in-that-year/658457/65 "2013-05-16T03:55:37Z")
BC One Zillion BC, October 9th - Caveman BC 1,000,000 One Million BC BC 72 Spartacus 33 Life of Brian 208 Red Cliff 922 The Thirteenth Warrior 1183 The Lion in Winter 1327 The Name of the Rose 1415 Henry V 1424 Andrei Rublev 1431 The Passion of Joan of Arc 1547 Crossed Swords 1560 Aguirre: The Wrath of God 1597 Shakespeare in Love 1625 The Three Musketeers 1630 Hara-kiri 1757 The Last of the Mohicans 1776 1776 1799 The Marquise of O 1805 Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World 1827 Children of Paradise 1858 Django Unchained 1862 The General 1865 Lincoln 1874 Blazing Saddles 1876 The Molly Maguires 1882 The Man Who Would Be King 1884 3:10 to Yuma 1885 Topsy Turvy / Back to the Future III 1893 Lagaan **1901 The Shootist** 1904 Meet Me in St. Louis 1905 Battleship Potemkin **1906 Ragtime** 1912 Titanic 1913 The Wild Bunch 1915 Gallipoli 1916 Paths of Glory 1917 Lawrence of Arabia 1919 Eight Men Out 1920 Matewan 1922 The Great Gatsby 1927 Singin’ in the Rain 1929 Some Like It Hot 1933 Sounder 1934 Pennies from Heaven 1935 The King’s Speech 1936 Raiders of the Lost Ark 1937 O Brother, Where Art Thou? 1938 Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade 1939 To Be or Not to Be (the original) 1940 The Spirit of the Beehive 1941 Tora, Tora, Tora 1943 Come and See 1944 Saving Private Ryan and A Bridge Too Far and Pan’s Labyrinth 1946 The Godfather 1947 42 1950 Men in War 1951 The Last Picture Show 1955 Back to the Future 1957 The Battle of Algiers 1958 The Godfather Part II 1959 Diner 1960 Hitchcock 1961 61\* 1962 (tie) American Graffiti and Animal House 1963 Mermaids 1964 Mississippi Burning 1965 Moonrise Kingdom 1966 JFK 1967 Platoon 1968 The Unbearable Lightness of Being 1969 Taking Woodstock 1970 Apollo 13 1972 All the President’s Men 1975 The Deer Hunter 1976 Dazed and Confused 1977 Summer of Sam 1979 Argo 1980 No Country for Old Men 1983 Heartbreak Ridge 1984 1984 1986 The Squid and the Whale 1987 Fargo 1991 The Big Lebowski 1993 Black Hawk Down 1997 Amélie 2001 2001:A Space Odyssey 2019 Blade Runner 2022 Soylent Green 2027 Children of Men 2084 Total Recall (the original) 2274 Logan’s Run 2491 Buck Rogers in the 25th Century 2505 Idiocracy ---
**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 16, 2013, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-movie-set-in-every-year-but-not-made-in-that-year/658457/66 "2013-05-16T03:59:49Z")
BC One Zillion BC, October 9th - Caveman BC 1,000,000 One Million BC BC 72 Spartacus 33 Life of Brian 208 Red Cliff 922 The Thirteenth Warrior 1183 The Lion in Winter 1327 The Name of the Rose 1415 Henry V 1424 Andrei Rublev 1431 The Passion of Joan of Arc 1547 Crossed Swords 1560 Aguirre: The Wrath of God 1597 Shakespeare in Love 1625 The Three Musketeers 1630 Hara-kiri 1757 The Last of the Mohicans 1776 1776 1799 The Marquise of O 1805 Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World 1827 Children of Paradise 1858 Django Unchained 1862 The General 1865 Lincoln 1874 Blazing Saddles 1876 The Molly Maguires 1882 The Man Who Would Be King 1884 3:10 to Yuma 1885 Topsy Turvy / Back to the Future III 1893 Lagaan 1901 The Shootist 1904 Meet Me in St. Louis 1905 Battleship Potemkin 1906 Ragtime 1912 Titanic 1913 The Wild Bunch 1915 Gallipoli 1916 Paths of Glory 1917 Lawrence of Arabia 1919 Eight Men Out 1920 Matewan 1922 The Great Gatsby 1927 Singin’ in the Rain 1929 Some Like It Hot **1931 Cabaret** 1933 Sounder 1934 Pennies from Heaven 1935 The King’s Speech 1936 Raiders of the Lost Ark 1937 O Brother, Where Art Thou? 1938 Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade 1939 To Be or Not to Be (the original) 1940 The Spirit of the Beehive 1941 Tora, Tora, Tora 1943 Come and See 1944 Saving Private Ryan and A Bridge Too Far and Pan’s Labyrinth **1945 Downfall** 1946 The Godfather 1947 42 1950 Men in War 1951 The Last Picture Show 1955 Back to the Future 1957 The Battle of Algiers 1958 The Godfather Part II 1959 Diner 1960 Hitchcock 1961 61\* 1962 (tie) American Graffiti and Animal House 1963 Mermaids 1964 Mississippi Burning 1965 Moonrise Kingdom 1966 JFK 1967 Platoon 1968 The Unbearable Lightness of Being 1969 Taking Woodstock 1970 Apollo 13 1972 All the President’s Men 1975 The Deer Hunter 1976 Dazed and Confused 1977 Summer of Sam 1979 Argo 1980 No Country for Old Men 1983 Heartbreak Ridge 1984 1984 1986 The Squid and the Whale 1987 Fargo 1991 The Big Lebowski 1993 Black Hawk Down 1997 Amélie 2001 2001:A Space Odyssey 2019 Blade Runner 2022 Soylent Green 2027 Children of Men 2084 Total Recall (the original) 2274 Logan’s Run 2491 Buck Rogers in the 25th Century 2505 Idiocracy ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2013, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-movie-set-in-every-year-but-not-made-in-that-year/658457/67 "2013-05-16T04:06:57Z")
BC One Zillion BC, October 9th - Caveman BC 1,000,000 One Million BC BC 72 Spartacus 33 Life of Brian 208 Red Cliff **460 The Last Legion** 922 The Thirteenth Warrior 1183 The Lion in Winter 1327 The Name of the Rose 1415 Henry V 1424 Andrei Rublev 1431 The Passion of Joan of Arc 1547 Crossed Swords 1560 Aguirre: The Wrath of God 1597 Shakespeare in Love 1625 The Three Musketeers 1630 Hara-kiri 1757 The Last of the Mohicans 1776 1776 1799 The Marquise of O 1805 Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World 1827 Children of Paradise 1858 Django Unchained 1862 The General 1865 Lincoln 1874 Blazing Saddles 1876 The Molly Maguires 1882 The Man Who Would Be King 1884 3:10 to Yuma 1885 Topsy Turvy / Back to the Future III 1893 Lagaan 1901 The Shootist **1903 Tom Horn** 1904 Meet Me in St. Louis 1905 Battleship Potemkin 1906 Ragtime 1912 Titanic 1913 The Wild Bunch 1915 Gallipoli 1916 Paths of Glory 1917 Lawrence of Arabia 1919 Eight Men Out 1920 Matewan 1922 The Great Gatsby 1927 Singin’ in the Rain 1929 Some Like It Hot 1931 Cabaret 1933 Sounder 1934 Pennies from Heaven 1935 The King’s Speech 1936 Raiders of the Lost Ark 1937 O Brother, Where Art Thou? 1938 Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade 1939 To Be or Not to Be (the original) 1940 The Spirit of the Beehive 1941 Tora, Tora, Tora 1943 Come and See 1944 Saving Private Ryan and A Bridge Too Far and Pan’s Labyrinth 1945 Downfall 1946 The Godfather 1947 42 1950 Men in War 1951 The Last Picture Show **1953 L.A. Confidential** 1955 Back to the Future 1957 The Battle of Algiers 1958 The Godfather Part II 1959 Diner 1960 Hitchcock 1961 61\* 1962 (tie) American Graffiti and Animal House 1963 Mermaids 1964 Mississippi Burning 1965 Moonrise Kingdom 1966 JFK 1967 Platoon 1968 The Unbearable Lightness of Being 1969 Taking Woodstock 1970 Apollo 13 1972 All the President’s Men 1975 The Deer Hunter 1976 Dazed and Confused 1977 Summer of Sam 1979 Argo 1980 No Country for Old Men 1983 Heartbreak Ridge 1984 1984 1986 The Squid and the Whale 1987 Fargo 1991 The Big Lebowski 1993 Black Hawk Down 1997 Amélie 2001 2001:A Space Odyssey 2019 Blade Runner 2022 Soylent Green 2027 Children of Men 2084 Total Recall (the original) 2274 Logan’s Run 2491 Buck Rogers in the 25th Century 2505 Idiocracy ---
**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 16, 2013, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-movie-set-in-every-year-but-not-made-in-that-year/658457/68 "2013-05-16T04:07:27Z")
Should _The Godfather_ really be considered a 1946 movie? The events in the movie take place over a ten year span from 1945 to 1955. ---
**Author:** ![Flywheel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Flywheel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flywheel)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2013, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-movie-set-in-every-year-but-not-made-in-that-year/658457/69 "2013-05-16T04:18:42Z")
BC One Zillion BC, October 9th - Caveman BC 1,000,000 One Million BC BC 72 Spartacus 33 Life of Brian 208 Red Cliff 460 The Last Legion 922 The Thirteenth Warrior 1183 The Lion in Winter 1327 The Name of the Rose 1415 Henry V 1424 Andrei Rublev 1431 The Passion of Joan of Arc 1547 Crossed Swords 1560 Aguirre: The Wrath of God 1597 Shakespeare in Love 1625 The Three Musketeers 1630 Hara-kiri 1757 The Last of the Mohicans 1776 1776 1799 The Marquise of O 1805 Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World 1827 Children of Paradise 1858 Django Unchained 1862 The General 1865 Lincoln 1874 Blazing Saddles 1876 The Molly Maguires 1882 The Man Who Would Be King 1884 3:10 to Yuma 1885 Topsy Turvy / Back to the Future III 1893 Lagaan 1901 The Shootist 1903 Tom Horn 1904 Meet Me in St. Louis 1905 Battleship Potemkin 1906 Ragtime **1910 Mary Poppins** 1912 Titanic 1913 The Wild Bunch 1915 Gallipoli 1916 Paths of Glory 1917 Lawrence of Arabia 1919 Eight Men Out 1920 Matewan 1922 The Great Gatsby 1927 Singin’ in the Rain 1929 Some Like It Hot 1931 Cabaret 1933 Sounder 1934 Pennies from Heaven 1935 The King’s Speech 1936 Raiders of the Lost Ark 1937 O Brother, Where Art Thou? 1938 Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade 1939 To Be or Not to Be (the original) 1940 The Spirit of the Beehive 1941 Tora, Tora, Tora 1943 Come and See 1944 Saving Private Ryan and A Bridge Too Far and Pan’s Labyrinth 1945 Downfall 1946 The Godfather 1947 42 1950 Men in War 1951 The Last Picture Show 1953 L.A. Confidential 1955 Back to the Future 1957 The Battle of Algiers 1958 The Godfather Part II 1959 Diner 1960 Hitchcock 1961 61\* 1962 (tie) American Graffiti and Animal House 1963 Mermaids 1964 Mississippi Burning 1965 Moonrise Kingdom 1966 JFK 1967 Platoon 1968 The Unbearable Lightness of Being 1969 Taking Woodstock 1970 Apollo 13 1972 All the President’s Men 1975 The Deer Hunter 1976 Dazed and Confused 1977 Summer of Sam 1979 Argo 1980 No Country for Old Men 1983 Heartbreak Ridge 1984 1984 1986 The Squid and the Whale 1987 Fargo 1991 The Big Lebowski 1993 Black Hawk Down 1997 Amélie 2001 2001:A Space Odyssey 2019 Blade Runner 2022 Soylent Green 2027 Children of Men 2084 Total Recall (the original) 2274 Logan’s Run 2491 Buck Rogers in the 25th Century 2505 Idiocracy ---
**Author:** ![Enright3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/enright3/32/2897_2.png) [@Enright3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enright3)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2013, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-movie-set-in-every-year-but-not-made-in-that-year/658457/70 "2013-05-16T04:21:52Z")
BC One Zillion BC, October 9th - Caveman BC 1,000,000 One Million BC BC 72 Spartacus 33 Life of Brian 208 Red Cliff 922 The Thirteenth Warrior 1183 The Lion in Winter 1327 The Name of the Rose 1415 Henry V 1424 Andrei Rublev 1431 The Passion of Joan of Arc 1547 Crossed Swords 1560 Aguirre: The Wrath of God 1597 Shakespeare in Love 1625 The Three Musketeers 1630 Hara-kiri 1757 The Last of the Mohicans 1776 1776 1799 The Marquise of O 1805 Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World 1827 Children of Paradise 1858 Django Unchained 1862 The General 1865 Lincoln 1874 Blazing Saddles 1876 The Molly Maguires 1882 The Man Who Would Be King 1884 3:10 to Yuma 1885 Topsy Turvy / Back to the Future III 1893 Lagaan **1893 Far and Away** 1901 The Shootist 1904 Meet Me in St. Louis 1905 Battleship Potemkin 1906 Ragtime 1912 Titanic 1913 The Wild Bunch 1915 Gallipoli 1916 Paths of Glory 1917 Lawrence of Arabia 1919 Eight Men Out 1920 Matewan 1922 The Great Gatsby 1927 Singin’ in the Rain 1929 Some Like It Hot 1931 Cabaret 1933 Sounder 1934 Pennies from Heaven 1935 The King’s Speech 1936 Raiders of the Lost Ark 1937 O Brother, Where Art Thou? 1938 Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade 1939 To Be or Not to Be (the original) 1940 The Spirit of the Beehive 1941 Tora, Tora, Tora 1943 Come and See 1944 Saving Private Ryan and A Bridge Too Far and Pan’s Labyrinth 1945 Downfall 1946 The Godfather 1947 42 1950 Men in War 1951 The Last Picture Show 1955 Back to the Future 1957 The Battle of Algiers 1958 The Godfather Part II 1959 Diner 1960 Hitchcock 1961 61\* 1962 (tie) American Graffiti and Animal House 1963 Mermaids 1964 Mississippi Burning 1965 Moonrise Kingdom 1966 JFK 1967 Platoon 1968 The Unbearable Lightness of Being 1969 Taking Woodstock 1970 Apollo 13 1972 All the President’s Men 1975 The Deer Hunter 1976 Dazed and Confused 1977 Summer of Sam 1979 Argo 1980 No Country for Old Men 1983 Heartbreak Ridge 1984 1984 1986 The Squid and the Whale 1987 Fargo 1991 The Big Lebowski 1993 Black Hawk Down 1997 Amélie 2001 2001:A Space Odyssey 2019 Blade Runner 2022 Soylent Green 2027 Children of Men 2084 Total Recall (the original) 2274 Logan’s Run 2491 Buck Rogers in the 25th Century 2505 Idiocracy ---
**Author:** ![Flywheel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Flywheel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flywheel)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2013, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-movie-set-in-every-year-but-not-made-in-that-year/658457/71 "2013-05-16T04:30:22Z")
BC One Zillion BC, October 9th - Caveman BC 1,000,000 One Million BC BC 72 Spartacus 33 Life of Brian 208 Red Cliff 922 The Thirteenth Warrior 1183 The Lion in Winter 1327 The Name of the Rose 1415 Henry V 1424 Andrei Rublev 1431 The Passion of Joan of Arc 1547 Crossed Swords 1560 Aguirre: The Wrath of God 1597 Shakespeare in Love 1625 The Three Musketeers 1630 Hara-kiri 1757 The Last of the Mohicans 1776 1776 1799 The Marquise of O 1805 Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World 1827 Children of Paradise 1858 Django Unchained 1862 The General 1865 Lincoln 1874 Blazing Saddles 1876 The Molly Maguires 1882 The Man Who Would Be King 1884 3:10 to Yuma 1885 Topsy Turvy / Back to the Future III 1893 Lagaan 1893 Far and Away 1901 The Shootist 1904 Meet Me in St. Louis 1905 Battleship Potemkin 1906 Ragtime 1910 Mary Poppins 1912 Titanic 1913 The Wild Bunch 1915 Gallipoli 1916 Paths of Glory 1917 Lawrence of Arabia 1919 Eight Men Out 1920 Matewan 1922 The Great Gatsby 1927 Singin’ in the Rain 1929 Some Like It Hot 1931 Cabaret 1933 Sounder 1934 Pennies from Heaven 1935 The King’s Speech 1936 Raiders of the Lost Ark 1937 O Brother, Where Art Thou? 1938 Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade 1939 To Be or Not to Be (the original) 1940 The Spirit of the Beehive 1941 Tora, Tora, Tora 1943 Come and See 1944 Saving Private Ryan and A Bridge Too Far and Pan’s Labyrinth 1945 Downfall 1946 The Godfather 1947 42 1950 Men in War 1951 The Last Picture Show 1955 Back to the Future 1957 The Battle of Algiers 1958 The Godfather Part II 1959 Diner 1960 Hitchcock 1961 61\* 1962 (tie) American Graffiti and Animal House 1963 Mermaids 1964 Mississippi Burning 1965 Moonrise Kingdom 1966 JFK 1967 Platoon 1968 The Unbearable Lightness of Being 1969 Taking Woodstock 1970 Apollo 13 1972 All the President’s Men **1973 Ratcatcher** 1975 The Deer Hunter 1976 Dazed and Confused 1977 Summer of Sam 1979 Argo 1980 No Country for Old Men 1983 Heartbreak Ridge 1984 1984 1986 The Squid and the Whale 1987 Fargo 1991 The Big Lebowski 1993 Black Hawk Down 1997 Amélie 2001 2001:A Space Odyssey 2019 Blade Runner 2022 Soylent Green 2027 Children of Men 2084 Total Recall (the original) 2274 Logan’s Run 2491 Buck Rogers in the 25th Century 2505 Idiocracy ---
**Author:** ![Enright3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/enright3/32/2897_2.png) [@Enright3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enright3)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2013, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-movie-set-in-every-year-but-not-made-in-that-year/658457/72 "2013-05-16T04:31:05Z")
I was going to add We Are Marshall, but there’s no way that beats Apollo 13! :smack: ---
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BC One Zillion BC, October 9th - Caveman BC 1,000,000 One Million BC BC 72 Spartacus 33 Life of Brian 208 Red Cliff 922 The Thirteenth Warrior 1183 The Lion in Winter 1327 The Name of the Rose 1415 Henry V 1424 Andrei Rublev 1431 The Passion of Joan of Arc 1547 Crossed Swords 1560 Aguirre: The Wrath of God 1597 Shakespeare in Love 1625 The Three Musketeers 1630 Hara-kiri 1757 The Last of the Mohicans 1776 1776 1799 The Marquise of O 1805 Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World 1827 Children of Paradise 1858 Django Unchained 1862 The General 1865 Lincoln 1874 Blazing Saddles 1876 The Molly Maguires 1882 The Man Who Would Be King 1884 3:10 to Yuma 1885 Topsy Turvy / Back to the Future III 1893 Lagaan 1893 Far and Away 1901 The Shootist 1904 Meet Me in St. Louis 1905 Battleship Potemkin 1906 Ragtime 1910 Mary Poppins 1912 Titanic 1913 The Wild Bunch 1915 Gallipoli 1916 Paths of Glory 1917 Lawrence of Arabia 1919 Eight Men Out 1920 Matewan 1922 The Great Gatsby 1927 Singin’ in the Rain 1929 Some Like It Hot 1931 Cabaret 1933 Sounder 1934 Pennies from Heaven 1935 The King’s Speech 1936 Raiders of the Lost Ark 1937 O Brother, Where Art Thou? 1938 Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade 1939 To Be or Not to Be (the original) 1940 The Spirit of the Beehive 1941 Tora, Tora, Tora 1943 Come and See 1944 Saving Private Ryan and A Bridge Too Far and Pan’s Labyrinth 1945 Downfall 1946 The Godfather 1947 42 1950 Men in War 1951 The Last Picture Show 1955 Back to the Future 1957 The Battle of Algiers 1958 The Godfather Part II 1959 Diner 1960 Hitchcock 1961 61\* 1962 (tie) American Graffiti and Animal House 1963 Mermaids 1964 Mississippi Burning 1965 Moonrise Kingdom 1966 JFK 1967 Platoon 1968 The Unbearable Lightness of Being 1969 Taking Woodstock 1970 Apollo 13 1972 All the President’s Men 1973 Ratcatcher 1975 The Deer Hunter 1976 Dazed and Confused 1977 Summer of Sam 1979 Argo 1980 No Country for Old Men 1983 Heartbreak Ridge 1984 1984 1986 The Squid and the Whale 1987 Fargo 1991 The Big Lebowski 1993 Black Hawk Down 1997 Amélie 2001 2001:A Space Odyssey **2004 The Social Network** 2019 Blade Runner 2022 Soylent Green 2027 Children of Men 2084 Total Recall (the original) 2274 Logan’s Run 2491 Buck Rogers in the 25th Century 2505 Idiocracy ---
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BC One Zillion BC, October 9th - Caveman BC 1,000,000 One Million BC BC 72 Spartacus 33 Life of Brian 208 Red Cliff 922 The Thirteenth Warrior 1183 The Lion in Winter 1327 The Name of the Rose 1415 Henry V 1424 Andrei Rublev 1431 The Passion of Joan of Arc 1547 Crossed Swords 1560 Aguirre: The Wrath of God 1597 Shakespeare in Love 1625 The Three Musketeers 1630 Hara-kiri 1757 The Last of the Mohicans 1776 1776 1799 The Marquise of O 1805 Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World 1827 Children of Paradise 1858 Django Unchained 1862 The General 1865 Lincoln 1874 Blazing Saddles 1876 The Molly Maguires 1882 The Man Who Would Be King 1884 3:10 to Yuma 1885 Topsy Turvy / Back to the Future III **1888 From Hell** 1893 Lagaan 1893 Far and Away 1901 The Shootist 1904 Meet Me in St. Louis 1905 Battleship Potemkin 1906 Ragtime 1910 Mary Poppins 1912 Titanic 1913 The Wild Bunch 1915 Gallipoli 1916 Paths of Glory 1917 Lawrence of Arabia 1919 Eight Men Out 1920 Matewan 1922 The Great Gatsby 1927 Singin’ in the Rain 1929 Some Like It Hot 1931 Cabaret 1933 Sounder 1934 Pennies from Heaven 1935 The King’s Speech 1936 Raiders of the Lost Ark 1937 O Brother, Where Art Thou? 1938 Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade 1939 To Be or Not to Be (the original) 1940 The Spirit of the Beehive 1941 Tora, Tora, Tora 1943 Come and See 1944 Saving Private Ryan and A Bridge Too Far and Pan’s Labyrinth 1945 Downfall 1946 The Godfather 1947 42 1950 Men in War 1951 The Last Picture Show 1955 Back to the Future 1957 The Battle of Algiers 1958 The Godfather Part II 1959 Diner 1960 Hitchcock 1961 61\* 1962 (tie) American Graffiti and Animal House 1963 Mermaids 1964 Mississippi Burning 1965 Moonrise Kingdom 1966 JFK 1967 Platoon 1968 The Unbearable Lightness of Being 1969 Taking Woodstock 1970 Apollo 13 1972 All the President’s Men 1973 Ratcatcher 1975 The Deer Hunter 1976 Dazed and Confused 1977 Summer of Sam 1979 Argo 1980 No Country for Old Men 1983 Heartbreak Ridge 1984 1984 1986 The Squid and the Whale 1987 Fargo 1991 The Big Lebowski 1993 Black Hawk Down 1997 Amélie **1998 Escape from New York** 2001 2001:A Space Odyssey **2004 The Hurt Locker** **2011 Zero Dark Thirty** 2019 Blade Runner 2022 Soylent Green 2027 Children of Men 2084 Total Recall (the original) 2274 Logan’s Run 2491 Buck Rogers in the 25th Century 2505 Idiocracy ---
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BC One Zillion BC, October 9th - Caveman BC 1,000,000 One Million BC BC 72 Spartacus **BC 44 Julius Caesar** 33 Life of Brian 208 Red Cliff 922 The Thirteenth Warrior 1183 The Lion in Winter 1327 The Name of the Rose 1415 Henry V 1424 Andrei Rublev 1431 The Passion of Joan of Arc **1535 A Man for All Seasons** 1547 Crossed Swords 1560 Aguirre: The Wrath of God 1597 Shakespeare in Love 1625 The Three Musketeers 1630 Hara-kiri 1757 The Last of the Mohicans 1776 1776 1799 The Marquise of O 1805 Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World 1827 Children of Paradise 1858 Django Unchained 1862 The General **1863 Gettysburg** 1865 Lincoln 1874 Blazing Saddles 1876 The Molly Maguires **1881 Tombstone** 1882 The Man Who Would Be King 1884 3:10 to Yuma 1885 Topsy Turvy / Back to the Future III 1888 From Hell 1893 Lagaan 1893 Far and Away 1901 The Shootist 1904 Meet Me in St. Louis 1905 Battleship Potemkin 1906 Ragtime 1910 Mary Poppins 1912 Titanic 1913 The Wild Bunch 1915 Gallipoli 1916 Paths of Glory 1917 Lawrence of Arabia 1919 Eight Men Out 1920 Matewan 1922 The Great Gatsby 1927 Singin’ in the Rain 1929 Some Like It Hot 1931 Cabaret 1933 Sounder 1934 Pennies from Heaven 1935 The King’s Speech 1936 Raiders of the Lost Ark 1937 O Brother, Where Art Thou? 1938 Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade 1939 To Be or Not to Be (the original) 1940 The Spirit of the Beehive 1941 Tora, Tora, Tora 1943 Come and See 1944 Saving Private Ryan and A Bridge Too Far and Pan’s Labyrinth 1945 Downfall 1946 The Godfather 1947 42 1950 Men in War 1951 The Last Picture Show 1955 Back to the Future 1957 The Battle of Algiers 1958 The Godfather Part II 1959 Diner 1960 Hitchcock 1961 61\* 1962 (tie) American Graffiti and Animal House 1963 Mermaids 1964 Mississippi Burning 1965 Moonrise Kingdom 1966 JFK 1967 Platoon 1968 The Unbearable Lightness of Being 1969 Taking Woodstock 1970 Apollo 13 1972 All the President’s Men 1973 Ratcatcher 1975 The Deer Hunter 1976 Dazed and Confused 1977 Summer of Sam 1979 Argo 1980 No Country for Old Men 1983 Heartbreak Ridge 1984 1984 1986 The Squid and the Whale 1987 Fargo 1991 The Big Lebowski 1993 Black Hawk Down 1997 Amélie 1998 Escape from New York 2001 2001:A Space Odyssey 2004 The Hurt Locker 2011 Zero Dark Thirty 2019 Blade Runner 2022 Soylent Green 2027 Children of Men 2084 Total Recall (the original) 2274 Logan’s Run 2491 Buck Rogers in the 25th Century 2505 Idiocracy ---
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BC One Zillion BC, October 9th - Caveman BC 1,000,000 One Million BC BC 72 Spartacus BC 44 Julius Caesar 33 Life of Brian 208 Red Cliff 922 The Thirteenth Warrior 1183 The Lion in Winter 1327 The Name of the Rose 1415 Henry V 1424 Andrei Rublev 1431 The Passion of Joan of Arc 1535 A Man for All Seasons 1547 Crossed Swords 1560 Aguirre: The Wrath of God 1597 Shakespeare in Love 1625 The Three Musketeers 1630 Hara-kiri 1757 The Last of the Mohicans 1776 1776 1799 The Marquise of O 1805 Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World 1827 Children of Paradise 1858 Django Unchained 1862 The General 1863 Gettysburg 1865 Lincoln 1874 Blazing Saddles 1876 The Molly Maguires 1881 Tombstone 1882 The Man Who Would Be King 1884 3:10 to Yuma 1885 Topsy Turvy / Back to the Future III 1888 From Hell 1893 Lagaan 1893 Far and Away 1901 The Shootist 1904 Meet Me in St. Louis 1905 Battleship Potemkin 1906 Ragtime 1910 Mary Poppins 1912 Titanic 1913 The Wild Bunch 1915 Gallipoli 1916 Paths of Glory 1917 Lawrence of Arabia 1919 Eight Men Out 1920 Matewan 1922 The Great Gatsby 1927 Singin’ in the Rain 1929 Some Like It Hot 1931 Cabaret 1933 Sounder 1934 Pennies from Heaven 1935 The King’s Speech 1936 Raiders of the Lost Ark 1937 O Brother, Where Art Thou? 1938 Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade 1939 To Be or Not to Be (the original) 1940 The Spirit of the Beehive 1941 Tora, Tora, Tora 1943 Come and See 1944 Saving Private Ryan and A Bridge Too Far and Pan’s Labyrinth 1945 Downfall 1946 The Godfather 1947 42 1950 Men in War 1951 The Last Picture Show 1955 Back to the Future 1957 The Battle of Algiers 1958 The Godfather Part II 1959 Diner 1960 Hitchcock 1961 61\* 1962 (tie) American Graffiti and Animal House 1963 Mermaids 1964 Mississippi Burning 1965 Moonrise Kingdom 1966 JFK 1967 Platoon 1968 The Unbearable Lightness of Being 1969 Taking Woodstock 1970 Apollo 13 1972 All the President’s Men 1973 Ratcatcher 1975 The Deer Hunter 1976 Dazed and Confused 1977 Summer of Sam 1979 Argo or \*\*Super 8 \*\* 1980 No Country for Old Men 1983 Heartbreak Ridge 1984 1984 1986 The Squid and the Whale 1987 Fargo 1991 The Big Lebowski 1993 Black Hawk Down 1997 Amélie 1998 Escape from New York **1999 Strange Days** 2001 2001:A Space Odyssey 2004 The Hurt Locker **2010 2010: The Year We Make Contact** 2011 Zero Dark Thirty 2019 Blade Runner 2022 Soylent Green 2027 Children of Men 2084 Total Recall (the original) 2274 Logan’s Run 2491 Buck Rogers in the 25th Century 2505 Idiocracy Which 1979 movie is better, Argo or Super 8? Lotta Argo haters out there… This list is **impressive**. ---
**Author:** ![Moonchild](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@Moonchild](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonchild)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2013, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-movie-set-in-every-year-but-not-made-in-that-year/658457/77 "2013-05-16T05:43:01Z")
BC One Zillion BC, October 9th - Caveman BC 1,000,000 One Million BC BC 72 Spartacus BC 44 Julius Caesar 33 Life of Brian 208 Red Cliff 922 The Thirteenth Warrior 1183 The Lion in Winter 1327 The Name of the Rose 1415 Henry V 1424 Andrei Rublev 1431 The Passion of Joan of Arc 1535 A Man for All Seasons 1547 Crossed Swords 1560 Aguirre: The Wrath of God 1597 Shakespeare in Love 1625 The Three Musketeers 1630 Hara-kiri 1757 The Last of the Mohicans 1776 1776 1799 The Marquise of O 1805 Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World 1827 Children of Paradise 1858 Django Unchained 1862 The General 1863 Gettysburg 1865 Lincoln 1874 Blazing Saddles 1876 The Molly Maguires 1881 Tombstone 1882 The Man Who Would Be King 1884 3:10 to Yuma 1885 Topsy Turvy / Back to the Future III 1888 From Hell 1893 Lagaan 1893 Far and Away 1901 The Shootist 1904 Meet Me in St. Louis 1905 Battleship Potemkin 1906 Ragtime 1910 Mary Poppins 1912 Titanic 1913 The Wild Bunch 1915 Gallipoli 1916 Paths of Glory 1917 Lawrence of Arabia 1919 Eight Men Out 1920 Matewan 1922 The Great Gatsby 1927 Singin’ in the Rain 1929 Some Like It Hot 1931 Cabaret 1933 Sounder 1934 Pennies from Heaven 1935 The King’s Speech 1936 Raiders of the Lost Ark 1937 O Brother, Where Art Thou? 1938 Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade 1939 To Be or Not to Be (the original) 1940 The Spirit of the Beehive 1941 Tora, Tora, Tora 1943 Come and See 1944 Saving Private Ryan and A Bridge Too Far and Pan’s Labyrinth 1945 Downfall 1946 The Godfather 1947 42 1950 Men in War 1951 The Last Picture Show 1955 Back to the Future 1957 The Battle of Algiers 1958 The Godfather Part II 1959 Diner 1960 Hitchcock 1961 61\* 1962 (tie) American Graffiti and Animal House 1963 Mermaids 1964 Mississippi Burning 1965 Moonrise Kingdom 1966 JFK 1967 Platoon 1968 The Unbearable Lightness of Being 1969 Taking Woodstock 1970 Apollo 13 1972 All the President’s Men 1973 Ratcatcher 1975 The Deer Hunter 1976 Dazed and Confused 1977 Summer of Sam 1979 Argo or Super 8??? 1980 No Country for Old Men 1983 Heartbreak Ridge 1984 1984 1986 The Squid and the Whale 1987 Fargo 1991 The Big Lebowski 1993 Black Hawk Down 1997 Amélie 1998 Escape from New York 1999 Strange Days **2000 Escape from Los Angeles** 2001 2001:A Space Odyssey 2004 The Hurt Locker 2010 2010: The Year We Make Contact 2011 Zero Dark Thirty 2019 Blade Runner 2022 Soylent Green 2027 Children of Men 2084 Total Recall (the original) 2274 Logan’s Run 2491 Buck Rogers in the 25th Century 2505 Idiocracy We are covered from 1957 - 1970. Take a bow, Dopers! ---
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BC One Zillion BC, October 9th - Caveman BC 1,000,000 One Million BC BC 72 Spartacus BC 44 Julius Caesar 33 Life of Brian 208 Red Cliff 922 The Thirteenth Warrior 1183 The Lion in Winter 1327 The Name of the Rose 1415 Henry V 1424 Andrei Rublev 1431 The Passion of Joan of Arc 1535 A Man for All Seasons 1547 Crossed Swords 1560 Aguirre: The Wrath of God 1597 Shakespeare in Love 1625 The Three Musketeers 1630 Hara-kiri 1757 The Last of the Mohicans 1776 1776 1799 The Marquise of O 1805 Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World 1827 Children of Paradise 1858 Django Unchained 1862 The General 1863 Gettysburg 1865 Lincoln 1874 Blazing Saddles 1876 The Molly Maguires 1881 Tombstone 1882 The Man Who Would Be King 1884 3:10 to Yuma 1885 Topsy Turvy / Back to the Future III 1888 From Hell 1893 Lagaan 1893 Far and Away 1901 The Shootist **1902 Breaker Morant** 1904 Meet Me in St. Louis 1905 Battleship Potemkin 1906 Ragtime 1910 Mary Poppins 1912 Titanic 1913 The Wild Bunch 1915 Gallipoli 1916 Paths of Glory 1917 Lawrence of Arabia 1919 Eight Men Out 1920 Matewan 1922 The Great Gatsby 1927 Singin’ in the Rain 1929 Some Like It Hot 1931 Cabaret 1933 Sounder 1934 Pennies from Heaven 1935 The King’s Speech 1936 Raiders of the Lost Ark 1937 O Brother, Where Art Thou? 1938 Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade 1939 To Be or Not to Be (the original) 1940 The Spirit of the Beehive 1941 Tora, Tora, Tora 1943 Come and See 1944 Saving Private Ryan and A Bridge Too Far and Pan’s Labyrinth 1945 Downfall 1946 The Godfather 1947 42 1950 Men in War 1951 The Last Picture Show 1955 Back to the Future 1957 The Battle of Algiers 1958 The Godfather Part II 1959 Diner 1960 Hitchcock 1961 61\* 1962 (tie) American Graffiti and Animal House 1963 Mermaids 1964 Mississippi Burning 1965 Moonrise Kingdom 1966 JFK 1967 Platoon 1968 The Unbearable Lightness of Being 1969 Taking Woodstock 1970 Apollo 13 1972 All the President’s Men 1973 Ratcatcher 1975 The Deer Hunter 1976 Dazed and Confused 1977 Summer of Sam 1979 Argo or Super 8??? 1980 No Country for Old Men 1983 Heartbreak Ridge 1984 1984 1986 The Squid and the Whale 1987 Fargo 1991 The Big Lebowski 1993 Black Hawk Down 1997 Amélie 1998 Escape from New York 1999 Strange Days 2000 Escape from Los Angeles 2001 2001:A Space Odyssey 2004 The Hurt Locker 2010 2010: The Year We Make Contact 2011 Zero Dark Thirty 2019 Blade Runner 2022 Soylent Green 2027 Children of Men 2084 Total Recall (the original) 2274 Logan’s Run 2491 Buck Rogers in the 25th Century 2505 Idiocracy ---
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BC One Zillion BC, October 9th - Caveman BC 1,000,000 One Million BC BC 72 Spartacus BC 44 Julius Caesar 33 Life of Brian 208 Red Cliff 922 The Thirteenth Warrior 1183 The Lion in Winter 1327 The Name of the Rose 1415 Henry V 1424 Andrei Rublev 1431 The Passion of Joan of Arc 1535 A Man for All Seasons 1547 Crossed Swords 1560 Aguirre: The Wrath of God 1597 Shakespeare in Love 1625 The Three Musketeers 1630 Hara-kiri 1757 The Last of the Mohicans 1776 1776 1799 The Marquise of O 1805 Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World 1827 Children of Paradise 1858 Django Unchained 1862 The General 1863 Gettysburg 1865 Lincoln 1874 Blazing Saddles 1876 The Molly Maguires 1881 Tombstone 1882 The Man Who Would Be King 1884 3:10 to Yuma 1885 Topsy Turvy / Back to the Future III 1888 From Hell 1893 Lagaan 1893 Far and Away 1901 The Shootist 1904 Meet Me in St. Louis 1905 Battleship Potemkin 1906 Ragtime 1910 Mary Poppins 1912 Titanic 1913 The Wild Bunch 1915 Gallipoli 1916 Paths of Glory 1917 Lawrence of Arabia 1919 Eight Men Out 1920 Matewan 1922 The Great Gatsby 1927 Singin’ in the Rain 1929 Some Like It Hot 1931 Cabaret 1933 Sounder 1934 Pennies from Heaven 1935 The King’s Speech 1936 Raiders of the Lost Ark 1937 O Brother, Where Art Thou? 1938 Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade 1939 To Be or Not to Be (the original) 1940 The Spirit of the Beehive 1941 Tora, Tora, Tora 1943 Come and See 1944 Saving Private Ryan and A Bridge Too Far and Pan’s Labyrinth 1945 Downfall 1946 The Godfather 1947 42 1950 Men in War 1951 The Last Picture Show **1953 - LA Confidential** (Spoke called this one first) 1955 Back to the Future 1957 The Battle of Algiers 1958 The Godfather Part II 1959 Diner 1960 Hitchcock 1961 61\* 1962 (tie) American Graffiti and Animal House 1963 Mermaids 1964 Mississippi Burning 1965 Moonrise Kingdom 1966 JFK 1967 Platoon 1968 The Unbearable Lightness of Being 1969 Taking Woodstock **1970 Apollo 13 - Hmmm. Apocalypse Now is almost certainly set in 1970 as well** 1972 All the President’s Men 1973 Ratcatcher 1975 The Deer Hunter 1976 Dazed and Confused 1977 Summer of Sam 1979 Argo or Super 8 1980 No Country for Old Men 1983 Heartbreak Ridge 1984 1984 1986 The Squid and the Whale 1987 Fargo **1988 Say Anything** 1991 The Big Lebowski 1993 Black Hawk Down **1994 Pulp Fiction** **1995 Se7en** 1997 Amélie 1998 Escape from New York 1999 Strange Days 2001 2001:A Space Odyssey 2004 The Hurt Locker 2010 2010: The Year We Make Contact 2011 Zero Dark Thirty 2019 Blade Runner 2022 Soylent Green 2027 Children of Men 2084 Total Recall (the original) 2274 Logan’s Run 2491 Buck Rogers in the 25th Century 2505 Idiocracy ---
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BC One Zillion BC, October 9th - Caveman BC 1,000,000 One Million BC BC 72 Spartacus BC 44 Julius Caesar 33 Life of Brian 208 Red Cliff 922 The Thirteenth Warrior 1183 The Lion in Winter 1327 The Name of the Rose 1415 Henry V 1424 Andrei Rublev 1431 The Passion of Joan of Arc 1535 A Man for All Seasons 1547 Crossed Swords 1560 Aguirre: The Wrath of God 1597 Shakespeare in Love 1625 The Three Musketeers 1630 Hara-kiri 1757 The Last of the Mohicans 1776 1776 1799 The Marquise of O 1805 Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World 1827 Children of Paradise 1858 Django Unchained 1862 The General 1863 Gettysburg 1865 Lincoln 1874 Blazing Saddles 1876 The Molly Maguires 1881 Tombstone 1882 The Man Who Would Be King 1884 3:10 to Yuma 1885 Topsy Turvy / Back to the Future III 1888 From Hell 1893 Lagaan 1893 Far and Away 1901 The Shootist 1902 Breaker Morant 1904 Meet Me in St. Louis 1905 Battleship Potemkin 1906 Ragtime 1910 Mary Poppins 1912 Titanic 1913 The Wild Bunch 1915 Gallipoli 1916 Paths of Glory 1917 Lawrence of Arabia 1919 Eight Men Out 1920 Matewan 1922 The Great Gatsby 1927 Singin’ in the Rain 1929 Some Like It Hot 1931 Cabaret 1933 Sounder 1934 Pennies from Heaven 1935 The King’s Speech 1936 Raiders of the Lost Ark 1937 O Brother, Where Art Thou? 1938 Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade 1939 To Be or Not to Be (the original) 1940 The Spirit of the Beehive 1941 Tora, Tora, Tora 1943 Come and See 1944 Saving Private Ryan and A Bridge Too Far and Pan’s Labyrinth 1945 Downfall 1946 The Godfather 1947 42 1950 Men in War 1951 The Last Picture Show 1955 Back to the Future 1957 The Battle of Algiers 1958 The Godfather Part II 1959 Diner or **Stand By Me** **1960 Grease** 1961 61\* 1962 (tie) American Graffiti and Animal House 1963 Mermaids 1964 Mississippi Burning 1965 Moonrise Kingdom 1966 JFK 1967 Platoon 1968 The Unbearable Lightness of Being 1969 Taking Woodstock 1970 Apollo 13 1972 All the President’s Men 1973 Ratcatcher 1975 The Deer Hunter 1976 Dazed and Confused 1977 Summer of Sam 1979 Argo or Super 8??? 1980 No Country for Old Men 1983 Heartbreak Ridge 1984 1984 1986 The Squid and the Whale 1987 Fargo 1991 The Big Lebowski 1993 Black Hawk Down 1997 Amélie 1998 Escape from New York 1999 Strange Days 2000 Escape from Los Angeles 2001 2001:A Space Odyssey 2004 The Hurt Locker 2010 2010: The Year We Make Contact 2011 Zero Dark Thirty 2019 Blade Runner 2022 Soylent Green 2027 Children of Men 2084 Total Recall (the original) 2274 Logan’s Run 2491 Buck Rogers in the 25th Century 2505 Idiocracy [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-movie-set-in-every-year-but-not-made-in-that-year/658457.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-movie-set-in-every-year-but-not-made-in-that-year/658457.md?page=5)