The Movie Timeline - be obsessive, be very obsessive
Kale Brecht, future adolescent-under-house-arrest, is born. (Disturbia)
Manhattan is declared a maximum security prison. (New York - Escape From New York)
Ray Kinsella builds a baseball diamond in his field after hearing a voice repeating, "If you build it, he will come." (Field of Dreams)
Jason Robert Wise born. (Final Destination 3)
Gary Gaines leads his school football team to the Texas state semifinals. (Friday Night Lights)
11 yr old hacker "Zero Cool" banned from using a computer for crashing 1507 systems in one day, causing a 7pt drop in the New York Stock Exchange. (Seattle - Hackers)
Louis de Pointe du Lac returns to New Orleans and finds Leastat de Lioncourt, who wants Louis to stay with him again. (New Orleans - Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles)
The events of A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master take place. (A Nightmare on Elm Street 4)
Dance teacher Mr Jonathon gets Highly Recommended at some dance awards. (Razzle Dazzle: A Journey Into Dance)
Evan, Seth, and Fogell are born. (Superbad)
Nuclear war causes a fascist regime to take control of England. (V for Vendetta)
George H.W. Bush becomes President of the United States of America. (Washington - W.)
Mr Magnificent breaks Randy 'The Ram' Robinson's shoulder. (The Wrestler)
January: Jamaican bobsleigh team qualifies and competes in the Winter Olympics. (Calgary - Cool Runnings)
Monday 7th March: Judge Fenwick indicted on bribery charges. (Chances Are)
Saturday 9th April: Cindy Meltzer is born. (Ohio - Extract)
Thursday 14th April: Soviets sign Geneva Accords. Troops withdraw from Afghanistan. (Charlie Wilson's War)
May: At senior prom, Alyssa Jones has a menage a trois in a limo with Gwen Turner and a 26 yr old man. (Chasing Amy)
Wednesday 11th May: Kim Philby dies. (Moscow - The Fourth Protocol)
Thursday 12th May: The events of Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives take place. (Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives)
June: Caitlin Bree, Alyssa Jones and Cohee Lundin graduate from North High School, while Dante Hicks, Randal Graves, Julie Dwyer, Holden McNeil and Banky Edwards graduate from Henry Hudson. (Chasing Amy)
Tuesday 7th June: Michael Cera is born. (Brampton, Ontario - Paper Heart)
Sunday 12th June: Cindy's fake alias is born. (Kansas - Extract)
Friday 15th July: Die Hard is released. (Funny People)
September: Veronica Loughran begins studying at Seton Hall and goes down on the first of over 30 men while there. (Clerks)
Sunday 2nd October: Donnie Darko is visited by a giant bunny rabbit, who tells him the world will end in 28 days, 6 hours, 42 minutes and 12 seconds. (Donnie Darko)
Thursday 6th October: Donnie Darko floods his school. (Donnie Darko)
Saturday 29th October: Hallowe'en party at the Darko's. (Donnie Darko)
Sunday 30th October: Donnie Darko's alternate universe ends. (Donnie Darko)
Monday 31st October: Micheal Myers woke from a coma and killed more people them dissaperaes while his neice kills her foster-mother. (Haddonfield, Illinois - Halloween 4)
Wednesday 9th November: Hansel "Hedwig" Schmitt of East Germany weds American soldier Sgt Luther Robinson and immigrates to the United States. (East Germany - Hedwig and the Angry Inch)
Saturday 10th December: Lucinda Embry dies of a drug overdose after years of hearing voices. (Knowing)
Saturday 24th December: Det John McClane battles international terrorist Hans Gruber in the Nakatomi Tower. (Los Angeles - Die Hard)
Saturday 24th December: Frank Cross is visited by the Ghosts of Christmas. (Scrooged)
Studio 54 owner Steve Rubell dies aged 45. (54)
Bill and Ted get an 'A' on their history report. (San Demas, California - Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure)
Evan Treborn experiences blackouts. (The Butterfly Effect)
Physiological Characteristics of the Alien Species is filmed. (Johannesburg, South Africa - District 9)
Nancy Goldruff, a former kindergarten teacher, creates Mooby, The Golden Calf for local network K-REL. (Dogma)
Michael Myers wakes from another coma and tries to kill Jamie Lloyed but fails. (Haddonfeild, Illinois - Halloween 5)
Veronica Sawyer and James Dean (J.D) murder Heather Chandler, Ram Sweeney and Kurt Kelly; J.D commits sucicide. (Westerberg High - Heathers)
Anthony Swafford recieves training in boot camp. (Maryland - Jarhead)
John C. McCloy manages a hostile takeover of Biocyte Pharmaceuticals. (Mission: Impossible 2)
Aileen Wuornos meets Selby. (Monster)
Jane Spencer moves from LA to Washington, D.C. (The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear)
The events of A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child take place. (A Nightmare On Elm Street 5: The Dream Child)
Janie Briggs' mother dies. (Not Another Teen Movie)
Puppets kill people then kills its master. (bordega bay, calefornia - Puppet Master)
Dance teacher Mr Jonathon gets Best Attitude at some dance awards. (Razzle Dazzle: A Journey Into Dance)
Gardner v. Blackwell Arms. Town tries sueing the gun company and loses. Rankin Fitch works the case. (Gardner, Indiana - Runaway Jury)
Lonnie Shaver starts living in New Orleans. (New Orleans, Louisianna - Runaway Jury)
Daniel Matthews, son of Eric Matthews, is born. (Saw II)
Saturday 7th January: Emperor Hirohito dies. (Solntse)
Tuesday 24th January: Ted Bundy is executed. (The Number 23)
Tuesday 14th February: Chris Brander sends fellow sixth-grader Jamie Palamino a dozen red roses. (New Jersey - Just Friends)
Thursday 23rd February: The body of homecoming queen Laura Palmer is discovered. (Twin Peaks - Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me)
March: Cleveland Indians owner, Rachel Phelps devises a plan to bring in a bunch of has-been & never-will-be players to lose so she can move the team to Miami. (Cleveland, Oh - Major League)
Sunday 19th March: Jeff Kohlver has a photo session with model Janelle. (Hard Candy)
July: Jordan Tate is crowned Miss July '89. (Under Siege)
August: Dr John Hammond creates an amusement park of genetically-engineered dinosaurs. (nr Costa Rica - Jurassic Park)