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* Music/NewOrder's [[Music/SubstanceNewOrderAlbum "1963"]] is named as such after the year when UsefulNotes/JohnFKennedy was assassinated, taking place in January of that year and using imagery related to the killing as an analogy for a man [[TheBluebeard murdering his wife to elope with his mistress]].
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* T-POCKET's hit Music/{{Vocaloid}} song "1925", released in 2009.

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* Creator/StevenSpielberg's ''Film/NineteenFortyOne'', scripted by Robert Zemeckis and Bob Gale. Released in 1979, set a few days after the Pearl Harbor attacks.



* Creator/StevenSpielberg's ''Film/NineteenFortyOne'', scripted by Robert Zemeckis and Bob Gale. Released in 1979, set a few days after the Pearl Harbor attacks.

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* ''Film/OneAprilTwoThousand'': This 1952 film is an Austrian satire in which the Allied occupation of UsefulNotes/{{Austria}} continues until 2000.

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* ''Film/OneAprilTwoThousand'': This 1952 film is an Austrian satire in which the Allied occupation of UsefulNotes/{{Austria}} continues until 2000.''[[Film/OneMillionBC One Million BC]]'', and its remake, ''Film/OneMillionYearsBC''.



* ''Film/Winchester73'', a 1950 film referring to the Winchester rifle that first entered production in 1873.
* The movie ''Film/{{Novecento}}'' meaning "1900", released 1976.



* ''Film/TheUnforgettableYear1919'', a Russian movie released in 1951.
* ''Film/Paris36'' is set in 1936 and was made in 2008.
* ''Film/SummerOf42'', released in 1971. Also ''Class of '44,'' the sequel released in 1973.
* ''September 30 1955'', a movie from 1977, with the date being the day Creator/JamesDean died.
* ''Film/ClassOf1984,'' released in 1982 (which has ''nothing'' to do with the above class of 1944).
* ''Film/WonderWoman1984'': It takes place in 1984, but was made in 2020.



* ''Film/OneAprilTwoThousand'': This 1952 film is an Austrian satire in which the Allied occupation of UsefulNotes/{{Austria}} continues until 2000.
* ''Film/DeathRace2000'', released in 1975, set in 2000.
* ''Film/{{Scanners}}'': This film, released in 1981, had a WorkingTitle of ''Telepathy 2000'', reflecting its setting of TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture.



* ''Film/BladeRunner2049''.



* ''Film/BladeRunner2049''.



* The movie ''Film/{{Novecento}}'' meaning "1900", released 1976.
* ''[[Film/OneMillionBC One Million BC]]'', and its remake, ''Film/OneMillionYearsBC''.



* ''Film/Paris36'' is set in 1936 and was made in 2008.
* ''Film/{{Scanners}}'': This film, released in 1981, had a WorkingTitle of ''Telepathy 2000'', reflecting its setting of TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture.
* ''September 30 1955'', a movie from 1977, with the date being the day Creator/JamesDean died.
* ''Film/SummerOf42'', released in 1971. Also ''Class of '44,'' the sequel released in 1973.
* ''Film/ClassOf1984,'' released in 1982 (which has ''nothing'' to do with the above class of 1944).
* ''Film/TheUnforgettableYear1919'', a Russian movie released in 1951.
* ''Film/Winchester73'', a 1950 film referring to the Winchester rifle that first entered production in 1873.
* ''Film/WonderWoman1984'': It takes place in 1984, but was made in 2020.
* ''Film/DeathRace2000'', released in 1975, set in 2000.
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* ''ComicBook/NineteenSixtyThree'' was a miniseries by Creator/AlanMoore and some of his favorite collaborators published by Creator/ImageComics and parodying early Creator/MarvelComics.

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* The 1979 film ''Film/NineteenFortyOne'', set a few days after the Pearl Harbor attacks.



* Creator/StevenSpielberg's ''Film/NineteenFortyOne'', scripted by Robert Zemeckis and Bob Gale.

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* Creator/StevenSpielberg's ''Film/NineteenFortyOne'', scripted by Robert Zemeckis and Bob Gale. Released in 1979, set a few days after the Pearl Harbor attacks.
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* ''Film/NineteenFortyOne''

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* ''Film/NineteenFortyOne''The 1979 film ''Film/NineteenFortyOne'', set a few days after the Pearl Harbor attacks.



* ''Film/TwoThousandTwelve''.

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* ''Film/TwoThousandTwelve''.''Film/TwoThousandTwelve'', a disaster film based on the MayanDoomsday predictions, was released in 2009.
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* The ''America 2040'' series of books, written from 1986 to 1988. Oddly enough, the title is a bit of a misnomer; most of the series takes place in space, and only a small portion of the first book is set in 2040.


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* ''Spirit Of Speed 1937'' was a racing game originally released in 1999. It was set in 1937, using period-appropriate cars.
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* ''WesternAnimation/Phantom2040'', futuristic adaptation of ''The Phantom''.
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* ''VideoGame/Battlefield1942'' and ''1943'': Named after years during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII, which is when the games take place.
* ''VideoGame/Battlefield2042''
* ''VideoGame/Battlefield2142'': Named after [[AfterTheEnd a futuristic war set in a new ice age]] between two factions [[FightToSurvive fighting to survive]] in 2142.

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* ''VideoGame/Battlefield1942'' and ''1943'': Named after years during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII, which is when the games take place.
place. Released in 2002.
* ''VideoGame/Battlefield2042''
''VideoGame/Battlefield2042'': To be released in October 2021.
* ''VideoGame/Battlefield2142'': Named after [[AfterTheEnd a futuristic war set in a new ice age]] between two factions [[FightToSurvive fighting to survive]] in 2142. Released in 2006.
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* ''VideoGame/Battlefield2042''
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* ''{{VideoGame/Wipeout}}'' ''2097'' and ''2048''.
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* ''Film/DeathRace2000'', released in 1975, set in 2000.
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It may occur in tandem with OneWordTitle, for titles that are just numbers that are also years and are written in numerical form, like ''Theatre/SeventeenSeventySix''.

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It may occur in tandem with OneWordTitle, for titles that are just numbers that are also years and are written in numerical form, like ''Theatre/SeventeenSeventySix''.
''Theatre/SeventeenSeventySix''. And also a lot of overlap with EventTitle because a year is a span of time for things to happen in.
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* ''Film/Paris36'' is set in 1936 and was made in 2008.
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*** Soos: Man, I can't wait for the year 2000!

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*** Soos: --> '''Soos:''' Man, I can't wait for the year 2000!
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** "Decision 3012" takes place during the 3012 Presidential election.



** "Decision 3012" takes place during the 3012 Presidential election.
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* Parodied in ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'', when Soos finds an old video game made by "Year 2000 Electronics", [[CloudCuckooLander Soos]] doesn't realize that the year 2000 was more than a decade before his own time.
***Soos: Man, I can't wait for the year 2000!
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* "Summer of '69" by Music/BryanAdams, released in 1985. Also an example of GettingCrapPastTheRadar, as WordOfGod confirms the choice of year is [[Lol69 not coincidental]].

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* "Summer of '69" by Music/BryanAdams, released in 1985. Also an example of GettingCrapPastTheRadar, as It's actually a {{subver|ted trope}}sion: WordOfGod confirms the choice of year 69 is [[Lol69 not coincidental]].actually the sex act]].
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* ''Series/TwentyFiftySeven'' is a speculative docudrama that tried to predict technological advances that would occur by that year.
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* ''1989'', Creator/TaylorSwift's fifth studio album. The title refers to year Swift was born, as well as the album's 80's synth-pop influences.

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* ''1989'', Creator/TaylorSwift's Music/TaylorSwift's fifth studio album. The title refers to year Swift was born, as well as the album's 80's synth-pop influences.
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* ''1989'', Creator/TaylorSwift's fifth studio album. The title refers to year Swift was born, as well as the album's 80's synth-pop influences.
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* ''ComicBook/NineteenSixtyThree'' was a miniseries by Creator/AlanMoore and some of his favorite collaborators published by Creator/ImageComics and parodying early Creator/MarvelComics.


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* Music/VanHalen released their album ''1984'' in that very year.
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* The German spy thriller series ''Series/Deutschland83'', set in 1983, and its sequel series ''Deutschland '86'' and ''Deutschland '89''.
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It may occur in tandem with OneWordTitle, for titles that are just numbers that are also years and are written in numerical form, like ''Theatre/SeventeenSeventySix'.

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It may occur in tandem with OneWordTitle, for titles that are just numbers that are also years and are written in numerical form, like ''Theatre/SeventeenSeventySix'.
''Theatre/SeventeenSeventySix''.
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* "Summer of '69" by Music/BryanAdams, released in 1985.

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* "Summer of '69" by Music/BryanAdams, released in 1985. Also an example of GettingCrapPastTheRadar, as WordOfGod confirms the choice of year is [[Lol69 not coincidental]].
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* ''VideoGame/TheOrder1886'' takes place in an AlternateHisrory {{steampunk}} version of London in 1886.

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* ''VideoGame/TheOrder1886'' takes place in an AlternateHisrory AlternateHistory {{steampunk}} version of London in 1886.
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* ''VideoGame/TheOrder1886'' takes place in an AlternateHisrory {{steampunk}} version of London in 1886.

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