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The 2020s: 2020–2029
2020–2029 · worldwide, all places
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Covid-19 locked down cities in 2020 and killed millions, Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, and generative AI went mainstream the same year. Movie theatres emptied and then partially refilled, while streaming turned premieres into living-room events.
2020 emptied the streets and 2022 filled the timelines. Top Gun: Maverick brought blockbuster crowds back in 2022, and Pixar's Luca spent the summer of 2021 on the Italian Riviera with two sea-monster boys. Open the 2020s on the StoryTerra map and explore its stories by place.
10 famous stories set in the 2020s
Live snapshot of the top 10 most popular catalogue items (2026-09-05). Click any card to open this entry on the live map.
Browse 143 books, 8,851 movies, 315 TV shows and 232 games set in the 2020s (2020–2029).
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
After reuniting with Gwen Stacy Brooklyn’s full-time friendly neighborhood Spider-Man is catapulted across the Multiverse where he encounters the Spider Society a team of Spider-People charged with protecting the…
Deadpool & Wolverine
A listless Wade Wilson toils away in civilian life with his days as the morally flexible mercenary Deadpool behind him. But when his homeworld faces an existential threat Wade must reluctantly suit-up again with an even…
Spider-Man: No Way Home
Peter Parker is unmasked and no longer able to separate his normal life from the high-stakes of being a super-hero. When he asks for help from Doctor Strange the stakes become even more dangerous forcing him to discover…
Top Gun: Maverick
After more than thirty years of service as one of the Navy’s top aviators and dodging the advancement in rank that would ground him Pete “Maverick” Mitchell finds himself training a detachment of TOP GUN graduates for a…
John Wick: Chapter 4
With the price on his head ever increasing John Wick uncovers a path to defeating The High Table. But before he can earn his freedom Wick must face off against a new enemy with powerful alliances across the globe and…
Soul
Joe Gardner is a middle school teacher with a love for jazz music. After a successful audition at the Half Note Club he suddenly gets into an accident that separates his soul from his body and is transported to the You…
The Super Mario Bros. Movie
While working underground to fix a water main Brooklyn plumbers—and brothers—Mario and Luigi are transported down a mysterious pipe and wander into a magical new world. But when the brothers are separated Mario embarks…
Meg 2: The Trench
An exploratory dive into the deepest depths of the ocean of a daring research team spirals into chaos when a malevolent mining operation threatens their mission and forces them into a high-stakes battle for survival.
Luca
Luca and his best friend Alberto experience an unforgettable summer on the Italian Riviera. But all the fun is threatened by a deeply-held secret: they are sea monsters from another world just below the water’s surface.
The Batman
In his second year of fighting crime Batman uncovers corruption in Gotham City that connects to his own family while facing a serial killer known as the Riddler.
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