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A film for every day of the year

Haven't checked if these are already taken:

Jan 18. Logan's Run. Logan kills Francis.
April 30. The Night of the Living Dead.
May 3. Close Encounters of the Third Kind. The first UFO appears.
June 11. Escape From Alcatraz. The date of the escape.
June 16. The Untouchables. Al Capone convicted of tax fraud.
Aug 15. Victory. Date of the football game.
Sept 16. The Day the Earth Stood still. Aliens land.
Sept 24. Network. The "mad as hell" broadcast.
Oct 7. Ghostbusters. The startup gets its first customer.
 
Braveheart - 22nd July (Battle of Falkirk; the Battle of Stirling Bridge features too but that was September 11th and that's taken)
 
The characters also discuss their impending graduation, IIRC, which they wouldn't be doing in September - maybe the German parade happening in June is a quirk of the Buellerverse

Ferris talks about them probably losing touch after they graduate, but he could do that in September too. I wouldn't include it myself since the date is iffy, but am not actually bothered.
 
I’m on page one and I feel like this needs a spreadsheet

And a volunteer geek passionate film connoisseur to administrate

Eta SHRTWFT :D
 
I'm not the arbiter of this thread, but I do think that dates in films that are documentaries, biopics and/or dramatisations of true events are a bit cheaty and too easy.

E.g. First Man shouldn't count, as it's a dramatisation of real events, whereas 1999 film, A Walk on the Moon is a drama that happens to be set at the same time as the moon landings, but is primarily a work of fiction, so should count.
 
Haven't checked if these are already taken:

Jan 18. Logan's Run. Logan kills Francis.
April 30. The Night of the Living Dead.
May 3. Close Encounters of the Third Kind. The first UFO appears.
June 11. Escape From Alcatraz. The date of the escape.
June 16
. The Untouchables. Al Capone convicted of tax fraud.
Aug 15.
Victory. Date of the football game.
Sept 16. The Day the Earth Stood still. Aliens land.
Sept 24. Network. The "mad as hell" broadcast.
Oct 7. Ghostbusters. The startup gets its first customer.
Bold ones already done
 
A few more to add from this page, plus those shockingly delayed umpire's decisions to parse, but this is pretty up to date:

JANUARY
01/01 - The Godfather Part II - Batista regime falls after NYE party in Havana - Santino
02/01
03/01
04/01 - My Cousin Vinny - Bill and Stan stop off at the Sac-O-Suds - Spandex
05/01 - The Time Machine - HG Wells appears late to his own dinner party due to temporal gallivanting - Epona
06/01
07/01
08/01
09/01 - Kramer Vs Kramer - court date for the custody hearing - Spandex
10/01
11/01
12/01
13/01 - Walk The Line - Johnny Cash plays at Folsom Prison - Spandex
14/01
15/01
16/01 - The Public Enemy - Paddy Ryan recruits Tom and Matt into his bootlegging crew - Spandex
17/01
18/01 - Logan’s Run - Capricorn 29s are called to the Carousel - Spandex
19/01
20/01
21/01
22/01 - Zulu Dawn - Battle of Isandlwana - DaveCinzano
23/01 - Zulu - Battle of Rorke’s Drift - Elpenor
24/01
25/01
26/01
27/01
28/01
29/01
30/01 - Gandhi - assassination of Mohandas Gandhi - Spandex [date amended by DaveCinzano]
31/01 - Platoon - start of the Set Offensive - maomao

FEBRUARY
01/02 - Charlie And The Chocolate Factory - the ticket winners visit Willy Wonka’s confectatorium - Spandex
02/02 - Groundhog Day - Groundhog Day - T & P
03/02
04/02
05/02 - The Andromeda Strain - satellite crashes to Earth - Spandex
06/02 - United - Munich Air Disaster - Epona
07/02
08/02
09/02 - I Wanna Hold Your Hand - Beatles debut on The Ed Sullivan Show - imposs1904
10/02
11/02
12/02 - The Wrong Trousers - Gromit’s birthday - Epona
13/02
14/02 - Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind - film starts on Valentine’s Day - scifisam
15/02
16/02
17/03 - The Boondock Saints - Paddy’s Day - imposs1904
18/02
19/02 - United Red Army - commencement of the Asama-Sansō incident - DaveCinzano
20/02
21/02 - Malcolm X - assassination of Malcolm X - magneze
22/02
23/02
24/02
25/02 - Ali - Liston vs Clay I - Spandex
26/02
27/02
28/02
29/02 - Leap Year - woman attempts to propose to her fiancé on Bachelor’s Day - strung out

MARCH
01/03
02/03
03/03
04/03
05/03 - The Death Of Stalin - death of Stalin - DaveCinzano
06/03
07/03
08/03
09/03
10/03
11/03
12/03
13/03
14/03
15/03 - Carry On Cleo - assassination of Julius Caesar - magneze
16/03 - Grave Of The Fireflies - the Americans start firebombing Kobe - Spandex
17/03
18/03 - The Fifth Element - cabbie Korben Dallas picks up his unusual passenger - Spandex
19/03
20/03
21/03
22/03
23/03
24/03 - The Breakfast Club - Saturday detention at Shermer High - Spandex
25/03 - The Great Escape - the escapers attempt to get clear of Stalag Luft III - DaveCinzano
26/03
27/03
28/03
29/03
30/03
31/03

APRIL
01/04
02/04
03/04
04/04 - The Long Good Friday - Harold Shand’s Easter goes south when bombs appear across his empire - DaveCinzano
05/04 - Star Trek: First Contact - Star Fleet encounters Vulcans for the first time - CNT36
06/04 - 1917 - Schofield and Blake are tasked with getting a message to Colonel Mackenzie to call off the attack - Epona
07/04
08/04 - Empire Records - Rex Manning Day - Lord Camomile
09/04
10/04 - Chaplin - Charlie receives his ‘On Oscar - Spandex
11/04 - The Elephant Man - John Merrick dies :( - Spandex
12/04 - 2001: A Space Odyssey - Raheem
13/04 - Apollo 13 - ‘Houston, we have a problem’ - DaveCinzano
14/04 - Titanic - iceberg ahoy - scifisam
15/04
16/04
17/04 - The Killing Fields - the Khmer Rouge enter Phnom Penh - Spandex
18/04
19/04
20/04
21/04
22/04
23/04
24/04 - Two Of Us - Paul McCartney visits John Lennon in New York - Santino
25/04 - Four Lion - London marathon - maomao
26/04 - 127 Hours - canyoneer Aron Ralston becomes trapped by a boulder - Epona
27/04
28/04
29/04
30/04 - Der Untergang - Hitler’s suicide - imposs1904

MAY
01/05 - The Wicker Man - May Day revels on Summerisle - Yossarian
02/05 - Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows Part 2 - Battle of Hogwarts - Epona
03/05 - Close Encounters Of The Third Kind - first UFO appears - Raheem
04/05- Quadrophenia - Mods running riot in Brighton on May Bank Holiday - magneze
05/05 - The Right Stuff - Alan Shepherd goes into space - Spandex
06/05
07/05
08/05 - Mesrine: L’Ennemi Public No 1 - killing of Jacques Mesrine - DaveCinzano
09/05
10/05 - Everest - 1996 Mount Everest disaster - Epona
11/05 - Goodfellas - Henry Hill’s really bad day - Spandex
12/05 - Seven Days In May - a military coup begins to unfold - Spandex
13/05 - Lawrence Of Arabia - Lawrence’s bike crash - Santino
14/05
15/05 - The Terminator - final fight with T-800 at Cyberdyne Systems - Spandex [date amended by DaveCinzano]
16/05 - The Dam Busters - raid on the dams - scifisam
17/05
18/05 - Turning Red - 4*Town play at the Skydome - Spandex
19/05
20/05
21/05
22/05
23/05
24/05
25/05 - Went The Day Well? - the Battle of Bramley End - imposs1904
26/05 - Fever Pitch - Colin Firth and Mark Strong go apeshit when Michael Thomas scores that goal at Anfield - imposs1904
27/05
28/05 - Dazed And Confused - last day of school at Lee High School - imposs1904
29/05
30/05
31/05

JUNE
01/06
02/06 - Der Baader Meinhof Komplex - protester Benno Ohnesorg killed by police at anti-Shah protests - DaveCinzano
03/06
04/06 - 24 Hour Party People - Sex Pistols’ debut performance at Manchester Lesser Free Trade Hall - imposs1904
05/06 - Ferris Bueller’s Day Off - school boy spends the day truanting - Spandex
06/06 - The Longest Day - D-Day - Elpenor
07/06
08/06
09/06
10/06
11/06 - Escape From Alcatraz - inmates escape from their cells - Spandex
12/06
13/06 - Friday The 13th - Jason runs amok on the unluckiest day of the month - Raheem
14/06
15/06 - Battleship Potemkin - massacre on Odessa Steps - JimW
16/06 - Before Sunrise - Jesse meets Céline on a train from Budapest - Elpenor
17/06 - All The President’s Men - Watergate burglary - Plumdaff
18/06 - Waterloo - Battle of Waterloo - Spandex
19/06
20/06
21/06 - Midsommar - Midsummer’s Eve in Sweden in 2019 - Epona
22/06
23/06
24/06 - Invictus - Springboks defeat the All Blacks at the Rugby World Cup final - Elpenor
25/06 - They Died With Their Boots On - Battle of The Little Big Horn - surreybrowncap
26/06 - Carlos - shoot-out with DST in Paris - DaveCinzano
27/06
28/06
29/06 - Jaws - Mayor Vaughn decides to keep Amity’s beach open - Spandex
30/06
 
JULY
01/07
02/07
03/07 - Independence Day - Will Smith punches an alien before realising it isn’t Chris Rock - Epona
04/07 - Born On The Fourth Of July - Fourth of July - Steel Icarus
05/07
06/07 - A Man For All Seasons - Santino
07/07 - Chariots Of Fire - Harold Abrahams wins the 100m gold medal - imposs1904
08/07
09/07
10/07
11/07
12/07 - The Girl Who Leapt Through Time - Makoto Konno tests her powers - Spandex
13/07 - Bohemian Rhapsody - Live Aid - CNT36
14/07 - Con Air - “my daddy is coming home” - Lord Camomile
15/07
16/07 - Double Indemnity - Walter Neff records his confession - Spandex
17/07
18/07
19/07
20/07
21/07 - First Man - Neil Armstrong becomes first person to step on the Moon - Epona
22/07
23/07
24/07
25/07
26/07
27/07
28/07
29/07
30/07 - Sixty Six - Barney’s bar mitzvah clashes with England playing in the World Cup final - Elpenor
31/07

AUGUST
01/08
02/08 - Jarhead - Operation Desert Storm begins - CNT36
03/08
04/08
05/08 - Do the Right Thing - riot outside the pizzeria - Spandex
06/08
07/08
08/08 - Once Upon A Time In Hollywood - members of the Manson Family break into Rick Dalton’s house (instead of Sharon Tate’s) with predictable results - Epona
09/08 - The Wolverine Nagasaki bombed - CNT36
10/08
11/08
12/08
13/08
14/08
15/08 - Who Framed Roger Rabbit? - Roger Rabbit accused of murder - Spandex
16/08 - American Graffiti - last day of the summer vacations - Spandex
17/08
18/08 - The Texas Chainsaw Massacre - whole - thing - Lord Camomile
19/08
20/08
21/08 - My Neighbour Totoro - Mai gets lost - Spandex
22/08 - Dog Day Afternoon - whole thing - Raheem
23/08
24/08
25/08
26/08
27/08
28/08 - The Trial Of The Chicago 7 - Battle for Michigan Avenue at Democratic National Convention - DaveCinzano
29/08 - Terminator 2: Judgement Day - a self-aware SkyNet launches a preemptive nuclear attack on Russia precipitating global apocalypse - Spandex
30/08
31/08 - The Queen - People's Princess croaks - CNT36

SEPTEMBER
01/09
02/09 - Gone With The Wind - Atlanta burns - Spandex
03/09 - The King’s Speech - King George VI broadcasts to the nation following the declaration of wear with Germany - magneze
04/09
05/09
06/09
07/09 - Stand By Me - Gordie and friends go hiking in search of a dead body on Labor Day weekend - Spandex
08/09
09/09
10/09
11/09 - United 93 - plane crashes in Pennsylvania - DaveCinzano
12/09
13/09
14/09
15/09 - Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey - the Battle of the Bands - Spandex
16/09 - The Day The Earth Stood Still - aliens land on Earth - Raheem
17/09
18/09
19/09
20/09
21/09 - Around The World In 80 Days - deadline for Phileas Fogg to return - Spandex
22/09
23/09
24/09 - Network - Howard Beale goes mad as hell live on television - Raheem
25/09 - Cry Freedom - funeral of Steve Biko - DaveCinzano
26/09
27/09
28/09
29/09
30/09 - La Battaglia Di Algeri - Milk Bar Café bombing - DaveCinzano

OCTOBER
01/10
02/10 - Donnie Darko - tangent universe created - Yossarian
03/10 - Mean Girls - Aaron asks Cady what day it is - scifisam
04/10
05/10
06/10
07/10
08/10 - The Damned United - Leeds v Liverpool in the Charity Cup - imposs1904
09/10 - Che Part Two - Ernesto Lynch nutted - Raheem
10/10
11/10
12/10
13/10 - Alive - Flight 571 crashes in the Andes - magneze
14/10
15/10
16/10
17/10
18/10
19/10
20/10
21/10 - Back To The Future 2 - Griff forces Marty to help rob Hill Valley Payroll Substation - Plumdaff
22/10
23/10
24/10
25/10
26/10 - Back To The Future - Marty jumps into DeLorean at Twin Pines Mall to escape the Libyans - Plumdaff
27/10
28/10
29/10
30/10
31/10 - Halloween - Halloween - Spandex

NOVEMBER
01/11
02/11 - Mesrine: L’Instinct De Mort - escape from La Santé - DaveCinzano
03/11
04/11
05/11 - V For Vendetta - Guy Fawkes Night - DaveCinzano
06/11
07/11
08/11
09/11
10/11
11/11 - Im Westen Nichts Neues - an armistice is readied but Paul still dies - Raheem
12/11
13/11 - The Incredibles - superheroes banned - Spandex
14/11
15/11
16/11
17/11
18/11
19/11
20/11 - Demolition Man - John Spartan is cryogenically frozen - imposs1904
21/11
22/11 - JFK - assassination of President John F Kennedy - Elpenor
23/11 - Holidate - something about Thanksgiving or something? - CNT36
24/11 - Planes, Trains And Automobiles - start of the journey home for Thanksgiving - maomao
25/11 - Rocky - Thanksgiving - maomao
26/11
27/11 - Down And Out In Beverly Hills - Thanksgiving - maomao
28/11 - The Iron Lady - Thatch jacks it in - CNT36
29/11 - Soldier Blue - Sand Creek Massacre - surreybrowncap
30/11
31/11

DECEMBER
01/12
02/12 - Casablanca - of all the cafés, Ilsa Lund walks into Rick's - Spandex
03/12
04/12
05/12
06/12
07/12 - Tora! Tora! Tora! - the Japanese Navy launches its attack on Pearl Harbour - Elpenor
08/12
09/12 - 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea - Professor Aronnax, his assistant Conseil and harpooner Ned Land go aboard the Nautilus - @Spandex10/12 - Pride - Pits & Perverts benefit concert - imposs1904
11/12
12/12
13/12 - 12 Monkeys - the Army of the Twelve Monkeys releases its apocalyptic virus - Epona
14/12
15/12
16/12
17/12
18/12 - Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home - the crew of the Enterprise bumble around 80s San Francisco - strung out
19/12
20/12
21/12 - 2012 - an earthquake at the San Andreas faultline sets off an apocalyptic chain reaction - scifisam
22/12
23/12
24/12 - Die Hard - attack on Nakatomi Tower - Spandex
25/12 - The Greatest Story Ever Told - wee fella born - krtek a houby
26/12 - The Impossible - 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami - Epona
27/12
28/12
29/12
30/12
31/12 - Strange Days - Millennium Eve party headlined by Skunk Anansie - DaveCinzano

SIN BIN & STEWARDS’ INQUIRY
01/01 - The Poseidon Adventure - Spandex
01/01 - Rocky - maomao
18/01 - Logan’s Run - Raheem
14/02 - Some Like It Hot - surreybrowncap
17/03 - The Fugitive - Santino
03/04 - The Greatest Story Ever Told - crucifixion - maomao
15/04 - Titanic - Spandex
30/04 - Night Of The Living Dead - the zombies attack - Spandex
30/04 - Night Of The Living Dead - the zombies attack - Raheem
01/05 - Four Weddings And A Funeral - Santino
02/05 - Four Weddings And A Funeral - Santino
25/05 - Carrie - Carrie White becomes Prom Queen - Spandex
26/05 - Dunkirk - Spandex
26/05 - Threads - Spandex
06/06 - The Omen - Epona
11/06 - Escape From Alcatraz - inmates escape from their cells - Raheem
16/06 - The Untouchables - Al Capone convicted of tax evasion - Spandex
16/06 - The Untouchables - Al Capone convicted of tax evasion - Raheem
11/07 - Chariots Of Fire - imposs1904
16/07 - Akira - Tokyo destroyed - Spandex
20/07 - First Man - surreybrowncap
30/07 - The Irishman - Raheem
15/08 - Escape To Victory/i] - Raheem
07/10 - Ghostbusters - first customer - Raheem
08/10 - Ghostbusters - paranormal activity all over New York - Spandex
12/10 - The Time Machine - Epona
02/11 - ET - The Extra-Terrestrial - ET goes home - Spandex
04/11 - Back To The Future - scifisam
22/11 - Jackie - Epona
26/11 - You’ve Got Mail - maomao
29/11 - Raising Arizona - Hi meets his future wife and partner in crime - Spandex
11/12 - Psycho - Epona
12/12 - Back To The Future - Plumdaff
20/12 - Psycho - Raheem
24/12 - Gremlins - Epona
31/12 - The Time Machine - Epona
 
I'm not the arbiter of this thread, but I do think that dates in films that are documentaries, biopics and/or dramatisations of true events are a bit cheaty and too easy.

E.g. First Man shouldn't count, as it's a dramatisation of real events, whereas 1999 film, A Walk on the Moon is a drama that happens to be set at the same time as the moon landings, but is primarily a work of fiction, so should count.
I agree, and I think the order of quality is something like this:

1. Completely fictional event dated by diegetic evidence
2. Fictional event, the date of which can be inferred from historical events/context
3. Historical event
 
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