The Movie Timeline - it's like a timeline, but of movies
Friday 26th July: Thomas Marcano killed by being shot at close range 5 times; his body lays undiscovered for more than a week. (New York City - Sleepers)
September: Brian Jackson leaves his Southend home for Bristol University, and joins the University Challenge team. (Bristol - Starter for Ten)
Wednesday 4th September: Newspaper put out on of the stabbing and consequent of attorney Chris Chambers when he tried to break up a fight between two strangers. We can assume the stabbing probably occured the day before, or at least very recently. (Stand By Me)
Saturday 26th October: Einstein the dog travels a minute into the future, and Marty is chased by Libyans back into 1955. (Back to the Future)
Saturday 26th October: Helen drinks the potion to make her forever young. (Death Becomes Her)
Sunday 27th October: 11am – The Delorean time machine makes it last arrival, then is destroyed. (Back to the Future)
Tuesday 24th December: Future freedom fighter Evey born. (V for Vendetta)
Wednesday 25th December: Brian Jackson has Christmas lunch with his mother Julie and her new boyfriend, ice cream seller Des. (Southend, Essex - Starter for Ten)
Tuesday 31st December: Brian Jackson has a quiet New Year with Rebecca Epstein, before he kisses her and calls her 'Alice', and she stomps out. (Bristol - Starter for Ten)
Jane, Tess, and their father attend Jane's first wedding, where she falls in love with the idea of taking care of people and being a bridesmaid. (27 Dresses)
Jane Nichols is a bridesmaid for the first time. She saves the day by offering her bow to mend the bride's dress. (27 Dresses)
Studio 54 closes its doors. (New York - 54)
Randal Graves catches Dante Hicks losing his virginity to Caitlin Bree on videotape. (Clerks)
White Goodman, weighing in excess of 600lbs, founds Globogym. (Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story)
High school senior Ferris Bueller, with best friend Cameron Frye and girlfriend Sloane Peterson, decides to skip school for the day. (Chicago - Ferris Bueller's Day Off)
David Scott Freeman appears, having skipped the past 8 years of his life. (Flight of the Navigator)
Martin Blank and Debi Newberry graduate high school at Grosse Pointe. (Grosse Pointe - Grosse Pointe Blank)
Connor MacLeod kills the Kurgan, winning the prize. (New York - Highlander)
Oren and The Crazy 88 win control of vice in Tokyo. (Japan - Kill Bill: Volume 1)
The events of A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge take place. (A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddy's Revenge)
Robot Number Johnny Five gains human qualities after a lightning strike. (Short Circuit)
A Klingon Bird of Prey carrying the crew of the Enterprise procures two humpback whales, George and Gracie. (San Francisco - Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home)
Goose dies following loss of control from flying through Iceman's - not Maverick's - jetwash. (Over the Pacific - Top Gun)
Carl Peterson skateboards for the last time till 2006. (You, Me and Dupree)
Friday 24th January: Vincente Minnelli dies. (Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows )
Saturday 5th April: Police call off search for missing hiker Lois Einhorn; coincidentally former Dolphins kicker Ray Finkle escapes Shady Oaks Mental Institution about the same time. (Tampa, Fl - Ace Ventura: Pet Detective)
Wednesday 23rd April: Otto Preminger dies from lung cancer and Alzheimer's disease. (New York - Introducing Dorothy Dandridge)
Friday 13th June: Bishop Desmond Tutu meets with South African President P.W. Botha to discuss the nationwide state of emergency declared by Botha in response to the anti-apartheid protests. (Mandela and de Klerk)
Friday 13th June: Benny Goodman dies. (New York, New York - Sinatra)
Thursday 3rd July: Rudy Vallee dies. (Hollywood, California - Rudy Vallee and His Connecticut Yankees)
October: Isabel Bigelow's mother fixes the World Series, presumably with magic. (Bewitched)
Saturday 11th October: Identical twins Hallie and Annie are born to Nick Parker and Elizabeth James. (The Parent Trap)
Cheif Bogamil's near-fatal shooting brings Det. Axel Foley back to the Hills to investgate; in so doing, he brings down an illegal arms dealer. (Beverly Hills, Ca. - Beverly Hills Cop II)
Danny Archer first meets (future Colonel) Coetzee. (South Africa - Blood Diamond)
America launches the last of American deep space probes. (Cape Canaveral - Buck Rogers in the 25th Century)
Jerry Lundegaard asks Carl Showalter and Gaear Grimsrud to kidnap his wife - and they murder 3 people. (Fargo)
Brenda MacLeod is killed in a car accident. (Highlander III: The Sorcerer)
Sam, Michael & their mother move to live with their grandfather, only to find this quaint, seaside town is overrun with vampires. (Santa Carla, Ca. - The Lost Boys)
The events of A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors take place. (A Nightmare On Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors)
Predator. (Predator)
Chris Gardner sets up his own stockbroker firm and becomes very wealthy. (The Pursuit of Happyness)
The man will later be an annoying drunk who calls C.D. Bales "big-nose", is crowned Denver Darts Champion. (Denver, Colorado - Roxanne)
Harry meets Sally again, in a bookshop. (When Harry Met Sally)
February: Playboy releases its March issue, containing a nude pictorial of the Playmate of the Month, who bears an uncanny resemblance to Hemingway High School senior, Chris Parker. (Chicago, Ill - Adventures in Babysitting)
Saturday 14th March: While taking Katie Van Waldenberg to a skating lesson, her parents are killed in a car accident. Katie's siblings Stanz and Fairchild will hold it over her for a long time. (Blades of Glory)
Thursday 14th May: Rita Hayworth dies of Alzheimer's disease. (New York - Hollywoodland )
Tuesday 26th May: Jenna Rink's 13th birthday, where her wish to be 30 years old is granted. (13 Going On 30)
Friday 19th June: The Earth passes through the tail of Rhea-M, a rogue comet, and remains there for 8 days, causing machines to come alive and kill humans. (Maximum Overdrive)
July: The events of Friday the 13th: A New Beginning take place. (Friday the 13th Part V: A New Beginning)
August: Josh Baskin makes a wish to be big at a carnival, a mechanical wizard grants it, and he becomes an adult the next day. (Big)
Monday 17th August: Rudolf Hess is found strangled to death in Spandau Prison. (Berlin, Germany - Wild Geese II )
September: Alyssa Jones gains the nickname 'Finger Cuffs' after a menage a trois with Cohee Ludin and Rick Derris. (Chasing Amy)
December: Riggs and Murtaugh are paired together for the first time, as they uncover a drug-smuggling operation. (Lethal Weapon)
First appearance of Akira's true powers. (Tokoyo, Japan - Akira)
Randy Daytona loses the World Championship ping pong match. As a result, Master Feng kills his father. (Seoul, South Korea - Balls of Fury)
Bill & Ted meet Rufus for the first time, and begin to travel through time. (Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure)
Catcher Crash Davis breaks the minor league home run record; Ebbie Calvin "Nuke" La Louche makes his major league debut. (Durham, NC - Bull Durham)
Alex Cross (Louis Jeffries in a former life) meets Corinne Jeffries and her (and his) daughter Miranda. (Chances Are)
A doll called Chucky wreaks a bit of havoc. (Child's Play)
Crown Prince Akeem of Zamunda arrives in hopes of finding a bride who can "stimulate (his) mind as well as (his) loins". (Queens, NY - Coming to America)