The Movie Timeline - be obsessive, be very obsessive
Sunday 27th October: 11am (Back to the Future)
Friday 1st November: Rorshach writes in his journal for the last time. (New York, New York - Watchmen)
December: Jerry Shaw starts walking. (USA - Eagle Eye)
Monday 16th December: John Gotti orchestrates the assassination of Paul Castellano. (The Green Hornet)
Friday 20th December: Secret Service agent Richard Chance thwarts an assassination attempt on President Reagan by an Islamic Radical. (Los Angeles, California - To Live and Die in LA)
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)
Wednesday 25th December: John Bennett receives a teddy bear and wishes for him to be alive. (Boston, Massachusetts - Ted)
Thursday 26th December: Ted startles John's parents when they see that he is alive. (Boston, Massachusetts - Ted)
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)
Mr. Lewin marries Francy. (Adventureland)
Spanish Armada doesn't happen. (Billy Madison)
Leigh's half-sister Claire Crosby is born. (Black Christmas)
Randal Graves catches Dante Hicks losing his virginity to Caitlin Bree on videotape. (Clerks)
The Creep gives a boy named Billy a comic book containing three horror stories. (Creepshow 2)
Alien weapons are tested. (Johannesburg, South Africa - District 9)
White Goodman, weighing in excess of 600lbs, founds Globogym. (Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story)
Kyle Connellan is born. (Florida - Dolphin Tale)
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)
Ronald Reagan lives. (A Good Day to Die Hard)
Blake, future car salesman, is born. (Temecula, California - The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard)
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)
The last murder to be recorded until twenty years later happens around this time. (Sandford, Gloucestershire - Hot Fuzz)
Nick Webber "writes" Lets Get This Party Started (Hot Tub Time Machine 2)
Oren and The Crazy 88 win control of vice in Tokyo. (Japan - Kill Bill: Volume 1)
Doc "Skitchy" Rivers loses his parole date when he punches Warden Hazen. (Allenville Penitentiary, Texas - The Longest Yard)
Michael Emerson and his younger brother, Sam Emerson move with their just-divorced mother, Lucy, in with her father. (Santa Carla, California - The Lost Boys)
During spring, an earthquake happens in Italy. (Italy - Manhunter)
Johnathon Switcher assembles a mannequin, it comes to life as Emmy Hesire when they are alone. (New York - Mannequin)
The events of A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge take place. (A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddy's Revenge)
Marjane loses her virginity to Fernando, who realizes that he is a homosexual. (Vienna, Austria - Persepolis)
After revealing his origins on a radio show, Norman Bates tries to kill his pregnant wife Connie. Instead, he decides to burn down Bates Motel and free himself from his demons. (Kern County, California - Psycho IV: The Beginning)
Sodium amytal does not make Hannibal Lecter reveal wear he buried a Princeton student. Instead, he gives a recipe for dip. (Baltimore, MD - Red Dragon)
The Marijuana Drought (Los Angeles - Reservoir Dogs)
John Biggs is born. (Detroit, Michigan - RoboCop)
Drummer Robert "Fish" Fishman is kicked out of Vesuvius after a gig at the Agora. (Cleveland, Ohio - The Rocker)
James Court is investigated for this 1982 to this tax year. (Seattle, Washington - Say Anything...)
Robot Number Johnny Five gains human qualities after a lightning strike. (Short Circuit)
Garfield H.S. had 78 students pass the A.P. Calculus Exam. (East Los Angeles, CA - Stand and Deliver)
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)
Leatherface and his family get new victims. (Texas - The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2)
Han Solo Berger is born. (That's My Boy)
Goose dies following loss of control from flying through Iceman's - not Maverick's - jetwash. (Over the Pacific - Top Gun)
The town of Virgil, Texas celebrates its sesquicentennial with a Celebration of Specialness. (Virgil, Texas - True Stories)
Dr. Kathryn Railly starts working at Baltimore County Hospital. (Baltimore, Maryland - Twelve Monkeys)
Jason Morris is born. (Indiana - Valentine's Day)
George W Bush helps his father's presidential campaign. (W.)
Chas and his friends go to England, Scotland, and another country. (Warlock)
Andy and Gary reenact the Knife Game from Aliens. Gary stabs Andy in the middle finger. (Newport Haven, UK - The World's End)
Peter Rasputin, who will later be known as Colossus, is born prematurely with a mutation resulting from the Chernobyl disaster. (Soviet Union - X-Men: Days of Future Past)
Carl Peterson skateboards for the last time till 2006. (You, Me and Dupree)
Zack Brown and Miri Linky meet for the first time in 1st grade. (Zack & Miri Make a Porno)
January: Elizabeth and Nick meet for the first time (The Parent Trap)
January: Rocky and his family become bankrupt. (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Rocky V)
Saturday 4th January: Charlyne Yi is born. (Los Angeles, California - Paper Heart)