The Movie Timeline - here's looking at movies, kid
It's 1988. (Friends with Benefits)
After the death of his mother, Peter Quill is abducted by the Ravagers, led by Yondu. (Missouri - Guardians of the Galaxy)
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)
The Incredible Hulk returns, and fights Thor. (The Incredible Hulk Returns)
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)
South Peak Street is closed. (Highlands, New Jersey - Jersey Girl)
Danny Maccabee gets his heart broken on his wedding day and uses his wedding ring to pick up a girl at a bar. (Los Angeles, California - Just Go with It)
Simon Wilkinson dies. (New York City, New York - Kick-Ass 2)
Ray Owens joins the LAPD. (Los Angeles, California - The Last Stand)
Jack Harris proposes to Diana in exchange for a secret fried chicken recipe. (Houston, Texas - Middle Men)
The events of A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master take place. (A Nightmare on Elm Street 4)
Marjane catches Markus cheating on her. She starts living on the streets before she goes home to her family. (Vienna, Austria - Persepolis)
Dance teacher Mr Jonathon gets Highly Recommended at some dance awards. (Razzle Dazzle: A Journey Into Dance)
Walter Mitty becomes a negative asset manager at Life magazine. (New York City, New York - The Secret Life of Walter Mitty)
Shoot to Kill is released. (Six Degrees of Separation)
Dale leaves college to "get into the family business". (Sacramento, CA - Step Brothers)
Evan, Seth, and Fogell are born. (Superbad)
Desmond Elden is born. (Boston, Massachusetts - The Town)
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.)
Gordon Gecko in court. (Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps)
Pete gets a 50cc Suzuki. He lets Gary drive it, but Gary runs over his leg. (Newport Haven, UK - The World's End)
Mr Magnificent breaks Randy 'The Ram' Robinson's shoulder. (The Wrestler)
Imprisoned Erik Lehnsherr tells a correctional facility officer to visit the infirmary. The next day, the officer is diagnosed with hereditary hemochromatosis. He is reassigned since there is too much iron in his blood. (X-Men: Days of Future Past)
A few renegade mutants knock down a mile-long section of the Berlin wall in an act of protest, killing 23 people and injuring over 200. The protest alarmed citizens of West Germany, sparking anti-mutant policies. The Berlin Wall stands today and East Germany has been designated as a mutant zone. (Berlin, Germany - X-Men: Days of Future Past)
January: Jamaican bobsleigh team qualifies and competes in the Winter Olympics. (Calgary - Cool Runnings)
Saturday 2nd January: Kyle Gatehouse is born. (Weston Falls, Illinois - Source Code)
Friday 8th January: Mary Mattock is evaluated. (Kings Park Psychiatric Center, Kings Park, NY - Blood Night: The Legend of Mary Hatchet)
Sunday 24th January: Donnie Darko gets pills. (Donnie Darko)
Monday 1st February: Brian Spilner violates code 80111. (2 Fast 2 Furious)
Sunday 7th February: Hannibal Lecter bites a nurse during. (Baltimore, MD - Hannibal)
Friday 12th February: Donny Berger appears in the news. (That's My Boy)
Sunday 21st February: Anne-Claude Tremblay is born. (Illinois - Source Code)
Monday 7th March: Judge Fenwick indicted on bribery charges. (Chances Are)
Thursday 10th March: Lucy is born. (Lucy)
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: Sergeant Oswald Cochrane is killed in a helicopter accident. (Die Hard 2)
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)
June: Missy Egan graduates from high school. (Southport, North Carolina - I Know What You Did Last Summer)
June: High school graduate Diane Court dates Lloyd Dobler. (Seattle, Washington - Say Anything...)
Tuesday 7th June: Michael Cera is born. (Brampton, Ontario - Paper Heart)
Sunday 12th June: Cindy's fake alias is born. (Kansas - Extract)
Monday 27th June: Pee-wee has lunch with Winnie. (Big Top Pee-Wee)
Tuesday 28th June: Pee-wee has lunch with Winnie. (Big Top Pee-Wee)
Wednesday 29th June: A storm occurs on Pee-wee's farm and he decides to help circus people. (Big Top Pee-Wee)
Thursday 30th June: Pee-wee breaks up with Winnie. (Big Top Pee-Wee)
Friday 1st July: Winnie tells Pee-wee that she has been the happiest she has ever been since they broke up. (Big Top Pee-Wee)
Friday 15th July: Die Hard is released. (Funny People)
Wednesday 10th August: Dade Murphy crashes 1,507 computer systems in one day, including Wall Street trading systems,single handedly causing a seven point drop in the New York Stock Market. (Seattle, Washington - Hackers)
Friday 12th August: Jean Michel-Basquiat dies of a heroine overdose. (Manhattan, New York City - Basquiat)
Saturday 20th August: The Iran-Iraq War ends. (Persepolis)
September: Veronica Loughran begins studying at Seton Hall and goes down on the first of over 30 men while there. (Clerks)
Saturday 1st October: Donnie Darko argues with his sister and mother. (Donnie Darko)
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)
Monday 10th October: Jason Bourne's police ID is issued. (Paris, France - The Bourne Identity)