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Stories Set in the 21st century (2000–2099)
2000–2099 · worldwide, all places
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The internet moved from offices into pockets and then into nearly every interaction, with smartphones, social media and streaming reorganizing work and leisure. The September 11 attacks in 2001 launched decades of war and surveillance, the 2008 financial crisis shook the global economy, and the Covid-19 pandemic of 2020 emptied cities worldwide.
Superhero franchises came to dominate cinemas while filmmakers elsewhere used the same global market to reach further. The Dark Knight pits Batman against the Joker in 2008 Gotham, and Parasite follows a poor Seoul family scheming its way into a rich household in 2019. Open the 21st century on the StoryTerra map and explore its stories by place.
10 famous stories set in the 21st century
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 12,168 books, 41,014 movies, 1,475 TV shows and 1,540 games set in the 21st century (2000–2099).
The Dark Knight
Batman raises the stakes in his war on crime. With the help of Lt. Jim Gordon and District Attorney Harvey Dent Batman sets out to dismantle the remaining criminal organizations that plague the streets. The partnership…
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…
Inside Out
When 11-year-old Riley moves to a new city her Emotions team up to help her through the transition. Joy Fear Anger Disgust and Sadness work together but when Joy and Sadness get lost they must journey through unfamiliar…
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…
Inception
Cobb a skilled thief who commits corporate espionage by infiltrating the subconscious of his targets is offered a chance to regain his old life as payment for a task considered to be impossible: "inception" the…
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Struggling to find his place in the world while juggling school and family Brooklyn teenager Miles Morales is unexpectedly bitten by a radioactive spider and develops unfathomable powers just like the one and only…
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…
Deadpool
The origin story of former Special Forces operative turned mercenary Wade Wilson who after being subjected to a rogue experiment that leaves him with accelerated healing powers adopts the alter ego Deadpool. Armed with…
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…
Parasite
All unemployed Ki-taek's family takes peculiar interest in the wealthy and glamorous Parks for their livelihood until they get entangled in an unexpected incident.
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