FictionCalendar.com is a project I started as an idea for a pop culture convention panel that seems to be in perpetual production. I’m always stumbling upon new dates while (re)watching old films and TV shows. If you have a suggestion, email it to me and I’ll try to add it.
2020s
2029 October 24: Robocop (1987)
“KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY OCTOBER 24, 2029” is in the modern trailer.
2025 May 10: Endgame – Bronx lotta finale (1983)
I don’t speak French, and I haven’t watch this film. However, according to this TikTok it takes place on May 10th, 2025.
2024: A Boy and His Dog (1975)
“2024 A.D.” is in the opening of the film establishing when it takes place.
2024: Highlander II: The Quickening (1991)
“The year is 2024” is in the opening of the film establishing when it takes place.
2024: Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987)
Data references the Irish Unification in 2024.
2024 August 30: Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993)
Benjamin Sisko cites this date is the week of once of the most violent civil disturbances in American history: the Bell Riots.
2022: No Escape (1994)
“In the year 2022…” is in the opening of the film establishing when it takes place.
2022: Soylent Green (1973)
“THE YEAR: 2022” is on screen at the beginning of the movie.
2021: Johnny Mnemonic (1995)
“INTERNET 2021” is on screen at the beginning of the movie.
2020: Sealab 2020 (1972)
The year is in the title.
2010s
2019: Akira (1988)
“31 YEARS AFTER WORLD WAR III AD 2019 NEO TOKYO” is on screen at the beginning of the movie.
2019 November 15: Blade Runner (1982)
You can see the date on the newspaper Rick Deckard is reading.
2017: Barb Wire (1996)
“STEEL HARBOR, 2017…” is in the opening of the film establishing when it takes place.
2017: The Running Man (1987)
The year is referenced in the opening crawl of the movie.
2015 October 21: Back to the Future Part 2 (1989)
“October 21st, 2015” is stated as the date by Doc Brown.
2013: Escape from L.A. (1996)
“2013 NOW” is in the opening of the film establishing when it takes place.
2013: The Postman (1997)
“2013 The Great Salt Flats of Utah” is in the opening of the film establishing when it takes place.
2012: 2012 (2009)
The year is in the title.
2010: 2010: The Year We Make Contact (1984)
The year is in the title.
2000s
2009: Freejack (1992)
“Alex Furlong is about to die and enter the year 2009” is stated in the trailer’s voiceover.
2005: Tranformers: The Movie (1986)
“It is the year 2005” is stated in the opening narration.
2001: 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
The year is in the title.
2000: Death Race 2000 (1975)
The year is in the title.
1990s
1999: Class of 1999 (1990)
The year is in the title.
1999: Super Dimension Fortress Macross (1982)
“A,D, 1999” is in the opening of the first episode establishing when the SDF-1 crashed on Earth. The timelapse takes the series into 2009.
1997: Escape from New York (1981)
“1997 NOW” is in the opening of the film establishing when it takes place.
1997 August 29: Terminator 2: Judgement Day (1991)
“Three billion lives ended on August 29th, 1997” according to the opening voiceover from Sarah Conner.
1996: Demolition Man (1993)
“Los Angeles 1996” in the opening of the film showing the Hollywood sign on fire, establishing that this is when John Spartan is sentenced and frozen until he thaws out in 2032.
~1995: Star Trek (1966)
“The mid 1990s was the era of your last so-called World War” according to Mr. Spock.
1994: Thundarr the Barbarian (1980)
“The year 1994” is stated in the opening narration.
1991: Alien Nation (1988)
“The newcomers have arrived” is stated when “Los Angeles, 1991” is on screen in the trailer.
1980s
1988 July 16: Akira (1988)
The date is on screen when Tokyo is destroyed in the opening of the film.
1987: Buck Rogers In The 25th Century (1979)
“In the year 1987, NASA launched the last of America’s deep space probes” is stated in the opening narration.
1984: 1984 (1984)
The year is in the title.