# 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:** 6
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BC One Zillion BC, October 9th - Caveman BC 1,000,000 One Million BC **BC 1200 Troy BC 480 300** BC 326 Sikandar (1941) BC 72 Spartacus BC 44 Julius Caesar 33 Life of Brian / The Passion of the Christ 40 Caligula 208 Red Cliff 922 The Thirteenth Warrior 1183 The Lion in Winter 1242 Alexander Nevsky 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 **1634 Black Robe** 1712 Rob Roy 1757 The Last of the Mohicans 1776 1776 1788 The Madness of King George 1799 The Marquise of O / **Sleepy Hollow** 1805 Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World 1815 Waterloo 1827 Children of Paradise 1857 Mangal Pandey: The Rising 1858 Django Unchained 1862 The General 1863 Gettysburg **1864 The Good, the Bad and the Ugly** 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 1900 Picnic at Hanging Rock 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 1924 Chariots of Fire 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 / The Sting 1937 Chinatown 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 1942 Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo 1943 Come and See 1944 Saving Private Ryan / A Bridge Too Far / 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 / Stand By Me 1960 Grease 1961 61\* 1962 American Graffiti / Animal House 1963 One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest 1964 Mississippi Burning 1965 Moonrise Kingdom 1966 JFK 1967 Platoon 1968 The Unbearable Lightness of Being 1969 Taking Woodstock 1970 Apollo 13 / Apocalypse Now 1972 All the President’s Men 1973 Ratcatcher 1975 The Deer Hunter 1976 Dazed and Confused 1977 Summer of Sam 1979 Argo / Super 8 1980 No Country for Old Men 1983 Heartbreak Ridge 1984 1984 1986 The Squid and the Whale 1987 Fargo 1988 Donnie Darko 1991 The Big Lebowski 1992 Primary Colors 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 2032 Demolition Man **2057 Sunshine** 2084 Total Recall (the original) **2122 Alien** 2150 Daleks - Invasion Earth: 2150 A.D. 2173 Sleeper **2179 Aliens 2199 The Matrix 2214 The Fifth Element** 2274 Logan’s Run 2491 Buck Rogers in the 25th Century 2505 Idiocracy 2517 Serenity 3978 Planet of the Apes (1968) 5021 Planet of the Apes (2001) 40000 Barbarella ---
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BC: BC One Zillion BC, October 9th - Caveman BC 1,000,000 One Million BC BC 1200 Troy BC 480 300 BC 326 Sikandar (1941) BC 72 Spartacus BC 44 Julius Caesar AD -\> 1800 33 Life of Brian / The Passion of the Christ 40 Caligula 208 Red Cliff 922 The Thirteenth Warrior 1183 The Lion in Winter 1242 Alexander Nevsky 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 1634 Black Robe 1712 Rob Roy 1757 The Last of the Mohicans 1776 1776 1788 The Madness of King George 1799 The Marquise of O / Sleepy Hollow 1801-1900 1805 Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World 1815 Waterloo 1827 Children of Paradise 1857 Mangal Pandey: The Rising 1858 Django Unchained 1862 The General 1863 Gettysburg 1864 The Good, the Bad and the Ugly 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 1900 Picnic at Hanging Rock 1901-1950 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 1924 Chariots of Fire 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 / The Sting 1937 Chinatown 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 1942 Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo 1943 Come and See 1944 Saving Private Ryan / A Bridge Too Far / Pan’s Labyrinth 1945 Downfall 1946 The Godfather 1947 42 1950 Men in War 1951-2000 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 / Stand By Me 1960 Grease 1961 61\* 1962 American Graffiti / Animal House 1963 One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest 1964 Mississippi Burning 1965 Moonrise Kingdom 1966 JFK 1967 Platoon 1968 The Unbearable Lightness of Being 1969 Taking Woodstock 1970 Apollo 13 / Apocalypse Now 1972 All the President’s Men 1973 Ratcatcher 1975 The Deer Hunter 1976 Dazed and Confused 1977 Summer of Sam 1979 Argo / Super 8 1980 No Country for Old Men 1983 Heartbreak Ridge 1984 1984 1986 The Squid and the Whale 1987 Fargo 1988 Donnie Darko 1991 The Big Lebowski 1992 Primary Colors 1993 Black Hawk Down 1997 Amélie 1998 Escape from New York 1999 Strange Days 2000 Escape from Los Angeles 2001- 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 **2026 Metropolis** 2027 Children of Men 2032 Demolition Man 2057 Sunshine 2084 Total Recall (the original) 2122 Alien 2150 Daleks - Invasion Earth: 2150 A.D. 2173 Sleeper 2179 Aliens 2199 The Matrix 2214 The Fifth Element 2274 Logan’s Run 2491 Buck Rogers in the 25th Century 2505 Idiocracy 2517 Serenity 3978 Planet of the Apes (1968) 5021 Planet of the Apes (2001) 40000 Barbarella Proposal: spoiler up any sections where you aren’t making changes. ---
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BC One Zillion BC, October 9th - Caveman BC 1,000,000 One Million BC BC 1200 Troy BC 480 300 BC 326 Sikandar (1941) BC 72 Spartacus BC 44 Julius Caesar 33 Life of Brian / The Passion of the Christ 40 Caligula 208 Red Cliff 922 The Thirteenth Warrior 1183 The Lion in Winter 1242 Alexander Nevsky 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 **1607 The New World** 1625 The Three Musketeers 1630 Hara-kiri 1634 Black Robe 1712 Rob Roy 1757 The Last of the Mohicans 1776 1776 1788 The Madness of King George 1799 The Marquise of O / Sleepy Hollow 1805 Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World 1815 Waterloo 1827 Children of Paradise 1857 Mangal Pandey: The Rising 1858 Django Unchained 1862 The General 1863 Gettysburg 1864 The Good, the Bad and the Ugly 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 1900 Picnic at Hanging Rock 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 1924 Chariots of Fire 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 / The Sting 1937 Chinatown 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 1942 Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo 1943 Come and See 1944 Saving Private Ryan / A Bridge Too Far / 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 / Stand By Me 1960 Grease 1961 61\* 1962 American Graffiti / Animal House 1963 One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest 1964 Mississippi Burning 1965 Moonrise Kingdom 1966 JFK 1967 Platoon 1968 The Unbearable Lightness of Being 1969 Taking Woodstock 1970 Apollo 13 / Apocalypse Now 1972 All the President’s Men 1973 Ratcatcher 1975 The Deer Hunter 1976 Dazed and Confused 1977 Summer of Sam 1979 Argo / Super 8 1980 No Country for Old Men 1983 Heartbreak Ridge 1984 1984 1986 The Squid and the Whale 1987 Fargo 1988 Donnie Darko 1991 The Big Lebowski 1992 Primary Colors 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 2026 Metropolis 2027 Children of Men 2032 Demolition Man 2057 Sunshine 2084 Total Recall (the original) 2122 Alien 2150 Daleks - Invasion Earth: 2150 A.D. 2173 Sleeper 2179 Aliens 2199 The Matrix 2214 The Fifth Element 2274 Logan’s Run 2491 Buck Rogers in the 25th Century 2505 Idiocracy 2517 Serenity 3978 Planet of the Apes (1968) 5021 Planet of the Apes (2001) 40000 Barbarella ---
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BC One Zillion BC, October 9th - Caveman BC 1,000,000 One Million BC BC 1200 Troy BC 480 300 BC 326 Sikandar (1941) BC 72 Spartacus BC 44 Julius Caesar 33 Life of Brian / The Passion of the Christ 40 Caligula 208 Red Cliff 922 The Thirteenth Warrior 1183 The Lion in Winter 1242 Alexander Nevsky 1327 The Name of the Rose 1415 Henry V 1424 Andrei Rublev 1431 The Passion of Joan of Arc 1492 **1492: Conquest of Paradise** 1535 A Man for All Seasons 1547 Crossed Swords 1560 Aguirre: The Wrath of God 1597 Shakespeare in Love 1607 The New World 1625 The Three Musketeers 1630 Hara-kiri 1634 Black Robe 1712 Rob Roy 1757 The Last of the Mohicans 1776 1776 1788 The Madness of King George 1799 The Marquise of O / Sleepy Hollow 1805 Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World 1815 Waterloo 1827 Children of Paradise 1857 Mangal Pandey: The Rising 1858 Django Unchained 1862 The General 1863 Gettysburg 1864 The Good, the Bad and the Ugly 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 1900 Picnic at Hanging Rock 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 1924 Chariots of Fire 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 / The Sting 1937 Chinatown 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 1942 Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo 1943 Come and See 1944 Saving Private Ryan / A Bridge Too Far / 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 / Stand By Me 1960 Grease 1961 61\* 1962 American Graffiti / Animal House 1963 One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest 1964 Mississippi Burning 1965 Moonrise Kingdom 1966 JFK 1967 Platoon 1968 The Unbearable Lightness of Being 1969 Taking Woodstock 1970 Apollo 13 / Apocalypse Now 1972 All the President’s Men 1973 Ratcatcher 1975 The Deer Hunter 1976 Dazed and Confused 1977 Summer of Sam 1979 Argo / Super 8 1980 No Country for Old Men 1983 Heartbreak Ridge 1984 1984 1986 The Squid and the Whale 1987 Fargo 1988 Donnie Darko 1991 The Big Lebowski 1992 Primary Colors 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 2026 Metropolis 2027 Children of Men 2032 Demolition Man 2057 Sunshine 2077 **Oblivion** fairly sure it says the year… 2084 Total Recall (the original) 2122 Alien 2150 Daleks - Invasion Earth: 2150 A.D. 2173 Sleeper 2179 Aliens 2199 The Matrix 2214 The Fifth Element 2274 Logan’s Run 2491 Buck Rogers in the 25th Century 2505 Idiocracy 2517 Serenity 3978 Planet of the Apes (1968) 5021 Planet of the Apes (2001) 40000 Barbarella ---
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2015: Back to the Future 2 ---
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BC One Zillion BC, October 9th - Caveman BC 1,000,000 One Million BC BC 1200 Troy BC 480 300 BC 326 Sikandar (1941) BC 72 Spartacus BC 44 Julius Caesar 33 Life of Brian / The Passion of the Christ 40 Caligula 208 Red Cliff 922 The Thirteenth Warrior 1183 The Lion in Winter 1242 Alexander Nevsky 1327 The Name of the Rose 1415 Henry V 1424 Andrei Rublev 1431 The Passion of Joan of Arc **1482 The Hunchback of Notre Dame** **1492 1492: Conquest of Paradise** **1533 The Royal Hunt of the Sun** 1535 A Man for All Seasons 1547 Crossed Swords 1560 Aguirre: The Wrath of God 1597 Shakespeare in Love 1607 The New World 1625 The Three Musketeers 1630 Hara-kiri 1634 Black Robe 1712 Rob Roy 1757 The Last of the Mohicans 1776 1776 1788 The Madness of King George **1798 The Wild Child** 1799 The Marquise of O / Sleepy Hollow 1805 Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World 1815 Waterloo **1816 Gothic** 1827 Children of Paradise **1836 The Alamo** 1857 Mangal Pandey: The Rising 1858 Django Unchained 1862 The General 1863 Gettysburg 1864 The Good, the Bad and the Ugly 1865 Lincoln 1874 Blazing Saddles 1876 The Molly Maguires **1878 Cheyenne Autumn** 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 1900 Picnic at Hanging Rock 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 **1914 The African Queen** 1915 Gallipoli 1916 Paths of Glory 1917 Lawrence of Arabia **1918 War Horse** 1919 Eight Men Out 1920 Matewan 1922 The Great Gatsby 1924 Chariots of Fire 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 / The Sting 1937 Chinatown 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 1942 Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo 1943 Come and See 1944 Saving Private Ryan / A Bridge Too Far / 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 / Stand By Me 1960 Grease 1961 61\* 1962 American Graffiti / Animal House 1963 One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest 1964 Mississippi Burning 1965 Moonrise Kingdom 1966 JFK 1967 Platoon 1968 The Unbearable Lightness of Being 1969 Taking Woodstock 1970 Apollo 13 / Apocalypse Now 1972 All the President’s Men 1973 Ratcatcher 1975 The Deer Hunter 1976 Dazed and Confused 1977 Summer of Sam 1979 Argo / Super 8 1980 No Country for Old Men 1983 Heartbreak Ridge 1984 1984 1986 The Squid and the Whale 1987 Fargo 1988 Donnie Darko 1991 The Big Lebowski 1992 Primary Colors 1993 Black Hawk Down 1997 Amélie 1998 Escape from New York 1999 Strange Days 2000 Escape from Los Angeles 2001 2001: A Space Odyssey\*\* / World Trade Center\*\* 2004 The Hurt Locker 2010 2010: The Year We Make Contact 2011 Zero Dark Thirty 2019 Blade Runner 2022 Soylent Green 2026 Metropolis 2027 Children of Men 2032 Demolition Man 2057 Sunshine 2084 Total Recall (the original) 2122 Alien 2150 Daleks - Invasion Earth: 2150 A.D. 2173 Sleeper 2179 Aliens 2199 The Matrix 2214 The Fifth Element 2274 Logan’s Run 2491 Buck Rogers in the 25th Century 2505 Idiocracy 2517 Serenity 3978 Planet of the Apes (1968) 5021 Planet of the Apes (2001) 40000 Barbarella ---
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BC One Zillion BC, October 9th - Caveman BC 1,000,000 One Million BC BC 1200 Troy BC 480 300 BC 326 Sikandar (1941) BC 72 Spartacus BC 44 Julius Caesar 33 Life of Brian / The Passion of the Christ 40 Caligula 208 Red Cliff 922 The Thirteenth Warrior 1183 The Lion in Winter 1242 Alexander Nevsky 1327 The Name of the Rose 1415 Henry V 1424 Andrei Rublev 1431 The Passion of Joan of Arc 1482 The Hunchback of Notre Dame 1492 1492: Conquest of Paradise 1533 The Royal Hunt of the Sun 1535 A Man for All Seasons 1547 Crossed Swords 1560 Aguirre: The Wrath of God 1597 Shakespeare in Love 1607 The New World 1625 The Three Musketeers 1630 Hara-kiri 1634 Black Robe 1712 Rob Roy 1757 The Last of the Mohicans 1776 1776 1788 The Madness of King George 1798 The Wild Child 1799 The Marquise of O / Sleepy Hollow 1805 Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World 1815 Waterloo 1816 Gothic 1827 Children of Paradise 1836 The Alamo 1857 Mangal Pandey: The Rising 1858 Django Unchained 1862 The General 1863 Gettysburg 1864 The Good, the Bad and the Ugly 1865 Lincoln 1874 Blazing Saddles 1876 The Molly Maguires 1878 Cheyenne Autumn 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 1900 Picnic at Hanging Rock 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 1914 The African Queen 1915 Gallipoli 1916 Paths of Glory 1917 Lawrence of Arabia 1918 War Horse 1919 Eight Men Out 1920 Matewan 1922 The Great Gatsby 1924 Chariots of Fire 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 / The Sting 1937 Chinatown 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 1942 Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo 1943 Come and See 1944 Saving Private Ryan / A Bridge Too Far / 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 / Stand By Me 1960 Grease 1961 61\* 1962 American Graffiti / Animal House 1963 One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest 1964 Mississippi Burning 1965 Moonrise Kingdom 1966 JFK 1967 Platoon 1968 The Unbearable Lightness of Being 1969 Taking Woodstock 1970 Apollo 13 / Apocalypse Now 1972 All the President’s Men 1973 Ratcatcher 1975 The Deer Hunter 1976 Dazed and Confused 1977 Summer of Sam 1979 Argo / Super 8 1980 No Country for Old Men **1981 Wet Hot American Summer 1982 Waltz with Bashir** 1983 Heartbreak Ridge 1984 1984 1986 The Squid and the Whale 1987 Fargo 1988 Donnie Darko 1991 The Big Lebowski 1992 Primary Colors 1993 Black Hawk Down 1997 Amélie 1998 Escape from New York 1999 Strange Days 2000 Escape from Los Angeles 2001 2001: A Space Odyssey / World Trade Center 2004 The Hurt Locker 2010 2010: The Year We Make Contact 2011 Zero Dark Thirty 2019 Blade Runner 2022 Soylent Green 2026 Metropolis 2027 Children of Men 2032 Demolition Man 2057 Sunshine 2084 Total Recall (the original) 2122 Alien 2150 Daleks - Invasion Earth: 2150 A.D. 2173 Sleeper 2179 Aliens 2199 The Matrix 2214 The Fifth Element 2274 Logan’s Run 2491 Buck Rogers in the 25th Century 2505 Idiocracy 2517 Serenity 3978 Planet of the Apes (1968) 5021 Planet of the Apes (2001) 40000 Barbarella ---
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BC One Zillion BC, October 9th - Caveman BC 1,000,000 One Million BC BC 1200 Troy BC 480 300 BC 326 Sikandar (1941) BC 72 Spartacus BC 44 Julius Caesar 33 Life of Brian / The Passion of the Christ 40 Caligula 208 Red Cliff 922 The Thirteenth Warrior 1183 The Lion in Winter 1242 Alexander Nevsky 1327 The Name of the Rose 1415 Henry V 1424 Andrei Rublev 1431 The Passion of Joan of Arc 1482 The Hunchback of Notre Dame 1492 1492: Conquest of Paradise 1533 The Royal Hunt of the Sun 1535 A Man for All Seasons 1547 Crossed Swords 1560 Aguirre: The Wrath of God 1597 Shakespeare in Love 1607 The New World 1625 The Three Musketeers 1630 Hara-kiri 1634 Black Robe 1712 Rob Roy 1757 The Last of the Mohicans 1776 1776 1788 The Madness of King George 1798 The Wild Child 1799 The Marquise of O / Sleepy Hollow 1805 Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World 1815 Waterloo 1816 Gothic 1827 Children of Paradise **1832 Les Miserables** 1836 The Alamo 1857 Mangal Pandey: The Rising 1858 Django Unchained **1860 The Pony Express** 1862 The General 1863 Gettysburg 1864 The Good, the Bad and the Ugly 1865 Lincoln **1872 Around the World in 80 Days** 1874 Blazing Saddles 1876 The Molly Maguires 1878 Cheyenne Autumn **1879 Zulu** **1880 Stagecoach** 1881 Tombstone 1882 The Man Who Would Be King 1884 3:10 to Yuma 1885 Topsy Turvy / Back to the Future III **1886 Geronimo: An American Legend** 1888 From Hell 1893 Lagaan 1893 Far and Away **1897 The Gold Rush** 1900 Picnic at Hanging Rock 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 1914 The African Queen 1915 Gallipoli 1916 Paths of Glory 1917 Lawrence of Arabia 1918 War Horse 1919 Eight Men Out 1920 Matewan **1921 Sunrise at Campobello** 1922 The Great Gatsby 1924 Chariots of Fire 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 / The Sting 1937 Chinatown 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 1942 Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo 1943 Come and See 1944 Saving Private Ryan / A Bridge Too Far / 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 / Stand By Me 1960 Grease 1961 61\* 1962 American Graffiti / Animal House 1963 One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest 1964 Mississippi Burning 1965 Moonrise Kingdom 1966 JFK 1967 Platoon 1968 The Unbearable Lightness of Being 1969 Taking Woodstock 1970 Apollo 13 / Apocalypse Now 1972 All the President’s Men 1973 Ratcatcher 1975 The Deer Hunter 1976 Dazed and Confused 1977 Summer of Sam 1979 Argo / Super 8 1980 No Country for Old Men 1981 Wet Hot American Summer 1982 Waltz with Bashir 1983 Heartbreak Ridge 1984 1984 1986 The Squid and the Whale 1987 Fargo 1988 Donnie Darko 1991 The Big Lebowski 1992 Primary Colors 1993 Black Hawk Down 1997 Amélie 1998 Escape from New York 1999 Strange Days 2000 Escape from Los Angeles 2001 2001: A Space Odyssey / World Trade Center 2004 The Hurt Locker 2010 2010: The Year We Make Contact 2011 Zero Dark Thirty 2019 Blade Runner 2022 Soylent Green 2026 Metropolis 2027 Children of Men 2032 Demolition Man 2057 Sunshine 2084 Total Recall (the original) 2122 Alien 2150 Daleks - Invasion Earth: 2150 A.D. 2173 Sleeper 2179 Aliens 2199 The Matrix 2214 The Fifth Element 2274 Logan’s Run 2491 Buck Rogers in the 25th Century 2505 Idiocracy 2517 Serenity 3978 Planet of the Apes (1968) 5021 Planet of the Apes (2001) 40000 Barbarella ---
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BC One Zillion BC, October 9th - Caveman BC 1,000,000 One Million BC BC 1200 Troy BC 480 300 BC 326 Sikandar (1941) BC 72 Spartacus BC 44 Julius Caesar 33 Life of Brian / The Passion of the Christ 40 Caligula 208 Red Cliff 922 The Thirteenth Warrior 1183 The Lion in Winter 1242 Alexander Nevsky 1327 The Name of the Rose 1415 Henry V 1424 Andrei Rublev 1431 The Passion of Joan of Arc 1482 The Hunchback of Notre Dame 1492 1492: Conquest of Paradise 1533 The Royal Hunt of the Sun 1535 A Man for All Seasons 1547 Crossed Swords **1558 Elizabeth** 1560 Aguirre: The Wrath of God 1597 Shakespeare in Love 1607 The New World 1625 The Three Musketeers 1630 Hara-kiri 1634 Black Robe 1712 Rob Roy 1757 The Last of the Mohicans 1776 1776 1788 The Madness of King George 1798 The Wild Child 1799 The Marquise of O / Sleepy Hollow 1805 Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World 1815 Waterloo 1816 Gothic 1827 Children of Paradise 1836 The Alamo 1857 Mangal Pandey: The Rising 1858 Django Unchained 1862 The General 1863 Gettysburg 1864 The Good, the Bad and the Ugly 1865 Lincoln 1874 Blazing Saddles 1876 The Molly Maguires 1878 Cheyenne Autumn 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 1900 Picnic at Hanging Rock 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 1914 The African Queen 1915 Gallipoli 1916 Paths of Glory 1917 Lawrence of Arabia 1918 War Horse 1919 Eight Men Out 1920 Matewan 1922 The Great Gatsby 1924 Chariots of Fire 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 / The Sting 1937 Chinatown 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 1942 Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo 1943 Come and See 1944 Saving Private Ryan / A Bridge Too Far / 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 / Stand By Me 1960 Grease 1961 61\* 1962 American Graffiti / Animal House 1963 One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest 1964 Mississippi Burning 1965 Moonrise Kingdom 1966 JFK 1967 Platoon 1968 The Unbearable Lightness of Being 1969 Taking Woodstock 1970 Apollo 13 / Apocalypse Now 1972 All the President’s Men 1973 Ratcatcher 1975 The Deer Hunter 1976 Dazed and Confused 1977 Summer of Sam 1979 Argo / Super 8 1980 No Country for Old Men 1981 Wet Hot American Summer 1982 Waltz with Bashir 1983 Heartbreak Ridge 1984 1984 1986 The Squid and the Whale 1987 Fargo 1988 Donnie Darko 1991 The Big Lebowski 1992 Primary Colors 1993 Black Hawk Down 1997 Amélie 1998 Escape from New York 1999 Strange Days 2000 Escape from Los Angeles 2001 2001: A Space Odyssey / World Trade Center 2004 The Hurt Locker 2010 2010: The Year We Make Contact 2011 Zero Dark Thirty 2019 Blade Runner 2022 Soylent Green 2026 Metropolis 2027 Children of Men 2032 Demolition Man 2057 Sunshine 2084 Total Recall (the original) 2122 Alien 2150 Daleks - Invasion Earth: 2150 A.D. 2173 Sleeper 2179 Aliens 2199 The Matrix 2214 The Fifth Element 2274 Logan’s Run 2491 Buck Rogers in the 25th Century 2505 Idiocracy 2517 Serenity 3978 Planet of the Apes (1968) 5021 Planet of the Apes (2001) **12090 Vampire Hunter D** 40000 Barbarella ---
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Merciful heavens. I vote that from now on we just post our proposed additions, and the OP periodically goes through the thread to collect the additions and post an updated complete list. Otherwise, this is going to hit 20 pages before we know where we are. I also like **Tom Scud** ’s suggestion about spoilering the part(s) of the list you aren’t changing, though. ---
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Spoilered BC One Zillion BC, October 9th - Caveman BC 1,000,000 One Million BC BC 1200 Troy BC 480 300 BC 326 Sikandar (1941) BC 72 Spartacus BC 44 Julius Caesar 33 Life of Brian / The Passion of the Christ 40 Caligula 208 Red Cliff 922 The Thirteenth Warrior 1183 The Lion in Winter 1242 Alexander Nevsky 1327 The Name of the Rose 1415 Henry V 1424 Andrei Rublev 1431 The Passion of Joan of Arc 1482 The Hunchback of Notre Dame 1492 1492: Conquest of Paradise 1533 The Royal Hunt of the Sun 1535 A Man for All Seasons 1547 Crossed Swords **1558 Elizabeth** 1560 Aguirre: The Wrath of God 1597 Shakespeare in Love 1607 The New World 1625 The Three Musketeers 1630 Hara-kiri 1634 Black Robe 1712 Rob Roy 1757 The Last of the Mohicans 1776 1776 1788 The Madness of King George 1798 The Wild Child 1799 The Marquise of O / Sleepy Hollow 1805 Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World 1815 Waterloo 1816 Gothic 1827 Children of Paradise 1836 The Alamo 1857 Mangal Pandey: The Rising 1858 Django Unchained 1862 The General 1863 Gettysburg 1864 The Good, the Bad and the Ugly 1865 Lincoln 1874 Blazing Saddles 1876 The Molly Maguires 1878 Cheyenne Autumn 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 1900 Picnic at Hanging Rock 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 1914 The African Queen 1915 Gallipoli 1916 Paths of Glory 1917 Lawrence of Arabia 1918 War Horse 1919 Eight Men Out 1920 Matewan 1922 The Great Gatsby 1924 Chariots of Fire 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 / The Sting 1937 Chinatown 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 1942 Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo 1943 Come and See 1944 Saving Private Ryan / A Bridge Too Far / 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 / Stand By Me 1960 Grease 1961 61\* 1962 American Graffiti / Animal House 1963 One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest 1964 Mississippi Burning 1965 Moonrise Kingdom 1966 JFK 1967 Platoon 1968 The Unbearable Lightness of Being 1969 Taking Woodstock 1970 Apollo 13 / Apocalypse Now 1972 All the President’s Men 1973 Ratcatcher 1975 The Deer Hunter 1976 Dazed and Confused 1977 Summer of Sam 1979 Argo / Super 8 1980 No Country for Old Men 1981 Wet Hot American Summer 1982 Waltz with Bashir 1983 Heartbreak Ridge 1984 1984 1986 The Squid and the Whale 1987 Fargo 1988 Donnie Darko 1991 The Big Lebowski 1992 Primary Colors 1993 Black Hawk Down 1997 Amélie 1998 Escape from New York 1999 Strange Days 2000 Escape from Los Angeles 2001 2001: A Space Odyssey / World Trade Center 2004 The Hurt Locker 2010 2010: The Year We Make Contact 2011 Zero Dark Thirty 2019 Blade Runner 2022 Soylent Green 2026 Metropolis 2027 Children of Men 2032 Demolition Man 2057 Sunshine 2084 Total Recall (the original) 2122 Alien 2150 Daleks - Invasion Earth: 2150 A.D. 2173 Sleeper 2179 Aliens 2199 The Matrix 2214 The Fifth Element 2274 Logan’s Run 2491 Buck Rogers in the 25th Century 2505 Idiocracy 2517 Serenity 3978 Planet of the Apes (1968) 5021 Planet of the Apes (2001) 12090 Vampire Hunter D 40000 Barbarella \*\* 802,701 The Time Machine (2002)\*\* ---
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> [@Kimstu](#): > > Merciful heavens. I vote that from now on we just post our proposed additions, and the OP periodically goes through the thread to collect the additions and post an updated complete list. Otherwise, this is going to hit 20 pages before we know where we are. > > I also like **Tom Scud** ’s suggestion about spoilering the part(s) of the list you aren’t changing, though. Sure, I’ll do it. But we’re still only at three pages (albeit looong pages). I don’t imagine anybody is planning to print the entire thread. ---
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While I’m here: 1298 Braveheart (well, that’s when the Battle of Falkirk happened) 1978 Lords of Dogtown I’ll update the entire timeline when more entries have come in. Oh, and can a moderator please update the thread title? Movie is missing its “i.” Thanks. ---
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**2074 Looper** **2160 Avatar** ---
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**1932 King Kong (2005)** ---
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> [@Moonchild](#): > > Oh, and can a moderator please update the thread title? Movie is missing its “i.” Thanks. Done. ---
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Okay, updating: BC One Zillion BC, October 9th - Caveman BC 1,000,000 One Million BC BC 1200 Troy BC 480 300 BC 326 Sikandar (1941) BC 72 Spartacus BC 44 Julius Caesar 33 Life of Brian / The Passion of the Christ 40 Caligula 208 Red Cliff 922 The Thirteenth Warrior 1183 The Lion in Winter 1242 Alexander Nevsky **1298 Braveheart** 1327 The Name of the Rose 1415 Henry V 1424 Andrei Rublev 1431 The Passion of Joan of Arc 1482 The Hunchback of Notre Dame 1492 1492: Conquest of Paradise 1533 The Royal Hunt of the Sun 1535 A Man for All Seasons 1547 Crossed Swords 1558 Elizabeth 1560 Aguirre: The Wrath of God 1597 Shakespeare in Love 1607 The New World 1625 The Three Musketeers 1630 Hara-kiri 1634 Black Robe 1712 Rob Roy 1757 The Last of the Mohicans 1776 1776 1788 The Madness of King George 1798 The Wild Child 1799 The Marquise of O / Sleepy Hollow 1805 Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World 1815 Waterloo 1816 Gothic 1827 Children of Paradise 1836 The Alamo 1857 Mangal Pandey: The Rising 1858 Django Unchained 1862 The General 1863 Gettysburg 1864 The Good, the Bad and the Ugly 1865 Lincoln 1874 Blazing Saddles 1876 The Molly Maguires 1878 Cheyenne Autumn 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 1900 Picnic at Hanging Rock 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 1914 The African Queen 1915 Gallipoli 1916 Paths of Glory 1917 Lawrence of Arabia 1918 War Horse 1919 Eight Men Out 1920 Matewan 1922 The Great Gatsby 1924 Chariots of Fire 1927 Singin’ in the Rain 1929 Some Like It Hot 1931 Cabaret **1932 King Kong (2005)** 1933 Sounder 1934 Pennies from Heaven 1935 The King’s Speech 1936 Raiders of the Lost Ark / The Sting 1937 Chinatown 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 1942 Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo 1943 Come and See 1944 Saving Private Ryan / A Bridge Too Far / 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 / Stand By Me 1960 Grease 1961 61\* 1962 American Graffiti / Animal House 1963 One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest 1964 Mississippi Burning 1965 Moonrise Kingdom 1966 JFK 1967 Platoon 1968 The Unbearable Lightness of Being 1969 Taking Woodstock 1970 Apollo 13 / Apocalypse Now 1972 All the President’s Men 1973 Ratcatcher 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 1982 Waltz with Bashir 1983 Heartbreak Ridge 1984 1984 1986 The Squid and the Whale 1987 Fargo 1988 Donnie Darko 1991 The Big Lebowski 1992 Primary Colors 1993 Black Hawk Down 1997 Amélie 1998 Escape from New York 1999 Strange Days 2000 Escape from Los Angeles 2001 2001: A Space Odyssey / World Trade Center / **Flight 93** 2004 The Hurt Locker 2010 2010: The Year We Make Contact 2011 Zero Dark Thirty 2019 Blade Runner 2022 Soylent Green 2026 Metropolis 2027 Children of Men 2032 Demolition Man 2057 Sunshine **2074 Looper** 2084 Total Recall (the original) 2122 Alien 2150 Daleks - Invasion Earth: 2150 A.D. **2160 Avatar** 2173 Sleeper 2179 Aliens 2199 The Matrix 2214 The Fifth Element 2274 Logan’s Run 2491 Buck Rogers in the 25th Century 2505 Idiocracy 2517 Serenity 3978 Planet of the Apes (1968) 5021 Planet of the Apes (2001) 12090 Vampire Hunter D 40000 Barbarella 802,701 The Time Machine (2002) Should **Braveheart** be recognized in 1298 when the Battle of Falkirk occurred or 1305 when William Wallace was drawn and quartered (the end of the movie)? Yes, I know it doesn’t really matter. 🆒 ---
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1942 (The Belushi movie) 😃 ---
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528 A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court 1789 Mutiny on the Bounty 1854 The Charge of the Light Brigade 1877 The Last Samurai ---
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> [@Moonchild](#): > > Okay, updating: You missed these from my post #108: 1832 Les Miserables 1860 The Pony Express 1872 Around the World in 80 Days 1879 Zulu 1880 Stagecoach 1886 Geronimo: An American Legend 1897 The Gold Rush 1921 Sunrise at Campobello [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-movie-set-in-every-year-but-not-made-in-that-year/658457.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-movie-set-in-every-year-but-not-made-in-that-year/658457.md?page=7)