The Movie Timeline - be obsessive, be very obsessive
A rash of bizarre murders in New York City seems to point to a group of grotesquely deformed vagrants living in the sewers - the Cannibalistic Human Underground Dwellers. (New York - C.H.U.D.)
Natasha Romanov is born (Captain America: The Winter Soldier)
Emily gives birth to her and Cal's daughter Hannah. (Crazy, Stupid, Love)
Charles Lee Ray's earliest known murder takes place. (Curse of Chucky)
Linus plans a trip to Skywalker Ranch and draws the route on a map. (Marin County, California - Fanboys)
Raymond Stantz, Egon Spengler and Peter Venkman form the Ghostbusters. (Ghostbusters)
Godzilla returns more powerful after 30 years. (japan - Gojira)
2nd Annual Rally takes place. (Astoria, Oregon - The Goonies)
Gremlins on the loose. (Gremlins)
Lenny Feder throws one last party during senior year. (New England - Grown Ups 2)
Barney Matthews starts working as an orderly at Baltimore State Hospital for the Criminally Insane. (Baltimore, Maryland - Hannibal)
A picture is taken of Shelley Darlington by herself on a see-saw. (The House Bunny)
Someone is born. (New York City, New York - Kick-Ass 2)
Benjamin Mills is born. (New York City, New York - Kick-Ass 2)
Victoria Lynn Riggs dies in a car accident, forced off the road by Pieter Vorstedt, who thought her husband Sgt Martin Riggs was in the car. (Los Angeles, Ca - Lethal Weapon 2)
Molly gets her job. (New York, New York - Look Who's Talking Now)
Molly gets her job. (New York, New York - Look Who's Talking Now)
Andy Kaufman dies. (Man on the Moon)
Staff Sergeant Ben Echmeyer shows soldiers the knife attack method. (Fort Bragg, North Carolina - The Men Who Stare at Goats)
'Pop' have their first number one hit. (Music and Lyrics)
The name 'Brandon' is popular. (Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian)
Freddy Krueger commits his first murder from the dream realm. (Springwood - A Nightmare on Elm Street)
Jenson vs Eveleth Mines lawsuit is fought, the first major successful sexual harassment case. (North Country)
A wormhole time opens from 1942. (The Philadelphia Experiment)
Frank Moses lives in his first safehouse and has an issue of Penthouse. (Moscow, Russia - Red 2)
Russians invade the US. (Red Dawn)
A year on a stamp on an FBI report studied by Will Graham. (Red Dragon)
Penelope "Penny" Lockhart is born. (Seeking a Friend for the End of the World)
Evertone forgets Samantha Baker's birthday because her sister is getting married the day after. After giving her panties away, she gets them back from the her "crush" Jake Ryan and also kisses him. (Illinois - Sixteen Candles)
Joan Berkman has an affair with Otto's father. (New York City - The Squid and the Whale)
Garfield H.S. had 63 students pass the A.P. Calculus Exam. (East Los Angeles, CA - Stand and Deliver)
Brennan's parents get a divorce. (Sacramento, CA - Step Brothers)
Alvin Straight's wife dies. (The Straight Story)
Matt Franklin graduates from Shermer High School and goes to MIT. (Take Me Home Tonight)
Martin Asher kills John Fredericks and takes his identity. (Taking Lives)
In its mission to kill Sarah Connor, the T-800 Terminator kills 17 police officers. (Terminator 2: Judgment Day)
The first T-800 Terminator arrives from the future to kill Sarah Conner; Kyle Reese follows him to help Sarah. (The Terminator)
Donny Berger has sex with his teacher Ms. McGarricle. (That's My Boy)
Vincent kills someone for the last time until years later. (True Romance)
Dale is born. (West Virginia - Tucker & Dale Vs Evil)
Troy is born. (West Caanan, Texas - Varsity Blues)
British journalist Arthur Stuart investigates the career of 70s rocker Brian Slade. (Velvet Goldmine)
Happy Days is cancelled. (The Wedding Singer)
Young Samuel Lapp witnesses a murder. He goes back to Amish country with Detective John Book, who decides to protect him and his mother Rachel. (Pennsylvania - Witness)
Randy 'The Ram' Robinson has his bicep torn open in a wrestling match with a piece of 2x4 wood. (The Wrestler)
Popular televangelist minister, Bob Bell, and his organization, “The Human Majority,” champion a strong anti-mutant movement. Among their principles is the belief that disease is God’s curse for mutant integration. (X-Men: Days of Future Past)
Friday 6th January: Dan White is released from prison on parole. (Soledad, California - Milk)
Sunday 8th January: Mary Mattock is evaluated. (Kings Park Psychiatric Center, Kings Park, NY - Blood Night: The Legend of Mary Hatchet)
Tuesday 10th January: Pee-wee Herman tries to hitchhike his way to Texas. He's picked up by an escaped convict named Mickey. (Pee-wee's Big Adventure)
Wednesday 11th January: In the dead of night, the ghost of Large Marge drops off a hitchhiking Pee-wee Herman at a truck stop diner where he meets the waitress Simone. (Cabazon, California - Pee-wee's Big Adventure)
Thursday 12th January: After being chased by a waitress's jealous boyfriend from Cabazon, California to San Antonio, Texas, Pee-wee Herman ends up in at the Alamo, where he learns that his trip to Texas to find his stolen bike has been all for naught. (Pee-wee's Big Adventure)
Tuesday 24th January: Rick Masters is seen having lunch. (Los Angeles, California - To Live and Die in LA)
Thursday 23rd February: Mary Ann Boyd's passport expires. (Argo)
Thursday 23rd February: Timothy Harris' passport expires. (Argo)
Friday 16th March: John Reilly's bloated body is found face up in a tenement building right next to the bottle of boiler gin that killed him. (New York City - Sleepers)
Saturday 24th March: John Bender, Claire Standish, Allison Reynolds, Brian Johnson and Andrew Clark become friends after a day in detention. (The Breakfast Club)
April: Frank Walker is exiled from Tomorrowland. (Tomorrowland - Tomorrowland)
Wednesday 4th April: Winston Smith begins keeping a diary, charting his rebellion against Big Brother. (1984)
Tuesday 10th April: Robert Baker's passport expires. (Argo)
May: Johnny Blaze sells his soul to the Devil to stop his father from dying from lung cancer. His father instead dies in a motorcycle crash. (Ghost Rider)