The Movie Timeline - be obsessive, be very obsessive
Angel Dumott Schunard dies of AIDS. (Rent)
Matt Gadman, Curtis Powell, and Amelia Stone are born. (Cleveland, Ohio - The Rocker)
Rocky Balboa returns from Russia and has a street fight with Tommy Gunn. (Rocky V)
Hannibal Lecter kills two police officers during his escape from custody. (Memphis, Tn - The Silence of the Lambs)
Laura Burney fakes her death to escape her obssessive and abusive husband. (Cape Cod - Sleeping with the Enemy)
Dave Stutler is born. (New York City - The Sorcerer's Apprentice)
Graboid worms terrorise locals. (Perfection, Nevada - Tremors)
James Cole appears from the future (Twelve Monkeys)
The Iraq War begins. (W.)
January: Peyton Westlake escapes a hospital after having his face burned by acid and starts making masks. (Darkman)
Monday 1st January: After winning the heavyweight title by knocking out Union Cane, Tommy "The Machine" Gunn fights Rocky outside of a bar and loses. (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Rocky V)
Tuesday 2nd January: Rocky and his son Robert go to the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Rocky gives him Marciano's cuff link. (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Rocky V)
Monday 8th January: Bob Taylor is born. (Pennsylvania - Prisoners)
February: Darkman fights Robert G. Durant and Louis Strack Jr. (Darkman)
Thursday 1st February: The first McDonald's opens in the Soviet Union. (Moscow, Russia - Super Size Me)
Thursday 8th February: Bethany Hamilton is born. (Kauai, Hawaii - Soul Surfer)
Sunday 11th February: Nelson Mandela is released from prison. (Robben Island, South Africa - Invictus)
Wednesday 14th February: Chris Brander sends fellow seventh-grader Jamie Palamino a dozen red roses. (New Jersey - Just Friends)
Sunday 18th February: Westlake enters a store wearing a Robert G. Durant mask and points a gun at a clerk while looking into the security camera and saying Durant's name. (Darkman)
March: Nick O'Leary is born. (Hoboken, New Jersey - Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist)
Monday 5th March: Andrew Kilburn born. (Seattle - Untraceable)
April: Cecil Porter is relocated. (Los Angeles, California - Alien Nation)
April: Madonna kicks off Blond Ambition Tour 1990 but fails to realize that the first leg of the tour was during the rainy season in Japan. (Japan - Madonna: Truth or Dare)
April: James Cole taken into psychiatric custody, before disappearing while in heavy restraints. (Baltimore - Twelve Monkeys)
Thursday 12th April: A clinically diagnosed paranoid schizophrenic is interviewed at Baltimore County Hospital and says, "...5 billion people will die from a deadly virus in 1997...The survivors will abandon the surface of the planet...Once again the animals will rule the world..." (Baltimore, Maryland - Twelve Monkeys)
Sunday 15th April: Ava Gardner dies of bronchial pneumonia. (London, England - The Aviator)
May: The night of the prom, Rene and Brodie share a motel room; Brodie asks Rene to sleep under the bed in case his mother walks in. (Mallrats)
Tuesday 1st May: A student writes advice in the book about how basic flattery is the easiest way to get into a girl's pants. (East Great Falls, Michigan - American Pie Presents: The Book of Love)
Monday 14th May: Commencement address at Emory University. Chris McCandless graduates. (Atlanta, Georgia - Into the Wild)
Thursday 17th May: Brian Spilner's driver's license is issued. (2 Fast 2 Furious)
Friday 25th May: Chris McCandless donates $24,000, his entire savings, to Oxfam. (Into the Wild)
Monday 28th May: The Memorial Day Massacre. A woman is raped and impregnated by the murderer. She survives. (Appalachian Mountains, West Virginia - Tucker & Dale Vs Evil)
June: Heather Jones and Rene Mosier graduate from North High School, while T.S. Quint, Brodie Bruce, Brandi Svenning, and Gwen Turner graduate from Henry Hudson High School. (Chasing Amy)
June: Chris McCandless’ car is caught in a flash flood. He abandons the car and adopts the name Alexander Supertramp. (Lake Mead, Arizona - Into the Wild)
Friday 22nd June: Gary "The King" King, Andrew "Andy" Knightley, Steven "Steve" Price, Oliver "Ollie/O-Man" Chamberlain, and Peter "Pete" Page have their last day of school and then drink at eleven pubs. They do not reach The World's End. (Newton Haven, UK - The World's End)
Saturday 23rd June: Clarice Starling speaks to Hannibal Lecter for help. (Baltimore, MD - The Silence of the Lambs)
Monday 25th June: Clarice Starling gets more help from Hannibal Lecter. (Baltimore, MD - The Silence of the Lambs)
Wednesday 27th June: A cassette tape labeled "Chilton" is recorded. (Baltimore, MD - Hannibal)
July: Paige is born. (Providence, Rhode Island - Hall Pass)
July: Donny Berger appears in the news. (That's My Boy)
Saturday 14th July: The Memorial Day Murderer is found. (Appalachian Mountains, West Virginia - Tucker & Dale Vs Evil)
Sunday 15th July: West Virginia Journal headline: MEMORIAL DAY MURDERER FOUND (West Virginia - Tucker & Dale Vs Evil)
Friday 20th July: Harleen Quinzel, who will later be known as Harley Quinn, is born. (Gotham, New Jersey - Suicide Squad)
August: Chris “Alex” McCandless meets Jan and Rainey, two tramps in a Winnebago. (Pacific Crest Trail, Northern California - Into the Wild)
Wednesday 1st August: Chris McCandless arranged for the post office to hold his letters until this date to buy him time. (Into the Wild)
Wednesday 22nd August: Kate Fitzgerald born. (My Sister's Keeper)
September: Nicole Young dies. (New York City, New York - Kick-Ass 2)
Monday 10th September: Chris “Alex” McCandless takes a job under as a contract harvester under Wayne Westerberg. (Carthage, South Dakota - Into the Wild)
Saturday 15th September: Martin Asher kills someone. (Taking Lives)
October: Chucky tracks down Andy Barclay, who has been put in a foster home, and is defeated again. (Illinois - Child's Play 2)
October: A license plate expires. (Virginia - Die Hard 2)
October: After struggling with complacency, turmoil in the front office & the return of Rachel Phelps as owner, the Cleveland Indians repeat as A.L. East Champs defeat the White Sox in the A.L.C.S. for a World Series berth. (Cleveland, Oh - Major League II)
Monday 1st October: Peter Weyland is born in Mumbai, India to an Oxford-educated Professor of Comparative Mythology and a self-taught engineer. (Mumbai, India - Prometheus)
Saturday 6th October: Damian Ramsey goes missing. (West Virginia - Wrong Turn)
Wednesday 31st October: Michael Myers kills a bully named Wesley, his own sister Judith, her boyfriend Steve, and his mother's boyfriend Ronnie. (Haddonfield, Illinois - Halloween)
Wednesday 31st October: Angel's memorial service - Angel's friends sing the reprise of I'll Cover You. (Los Angeles - Rent)
Wednesday 31st October: 5 very dumb men from Mars land in Big Bean, Illinois. (Big Bean, Ill. - Spaced Invaders)
December: Class of 1991 attends Winter Wonderland. (13 Going On 30)
December: Mark Cohen finishes his film, and Roger Davis finishes his song. (Rent)
Sunday 2nd December: By this point, Chris “Alex” McCandless has kayaked his way into Mexico. (Sea of Cortez - Into the Wild)