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Stories Set in Liverpool — top stories

Four lads, one ferry and a cathedral with two ends: Liverpool exported the Beatles and imported everything else through its docks. Its stories sing even when they cry. Yesterday and Across the Universe both ride the myth. Open Liverpool on the StoryTerra map and filter its stories by any era.

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10 famous stories set in Liverpool

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 15 books, 42 movies and 1 game set in Liverpool.

Yesterday

Yesterday

Working Title Films
movie

Jack Malik is a struggling singer-songwriter in an English seaside town whose dreams of fame are rapidly fading despite the fierce devotion and support of his childhood best friend Ellie. After a freak bus accident…

Setting: Liverpool, England; Seaside town, EnglandTime Period: 2010s
Across the Universe

Across the Universe

Revolution Studios-Team Todd-Sound Films-Gross Entertainment
movie

When young dockworker Jude leaves Liverpool to find his estranged father in the United States he is swept up by the waves of change that are re-shaping the nation. Jude falls in love with Lucy who joins the growing…

Setting: Liverpool, UK; USA; VietnamTime Period: 1960s
The Beatles Anthology

The Beatles Anthology

by The Beatles, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, George Harrison
book

This extraordinary project has been made possible because Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr have agreed to tell their combined story especially for this book. Together with Yoko Ono Lennon, they have also…

Setting: Liverpool, UKTime Period: 1960
Nowhere Boy

Nowhere Boy

Ecosse Films-UK Film Council-Film4 Productions-Lipsync Productions-Aver Media-North West Vision
movie

The drama tells the story of John Lennon's teenage years in Liverpool and the start of his journey to becoming a successful musician. The story also examines the impact on his early life and personality of the two…

Setting: Liverpool, UKTime Period: 1950s
Yellow Submarine

Yellow Submarine

United Artists-Apple Corps-TVC London-King Features Production
movie

The wicked Blue Meanies take over Pepperland eliminating all color and music. As the only survivor the Lord Admiral escapes in the yellow submarine and journeys to Liverpool to enlist the help of the Beatles.

Setting: Liverpool, UKTime Period: Fantasy: 1960s
Make Us Dream

Make Us Dream

Lorton Entertainment-Box to Box Films
movie

Steven Gerrard became perhaps the greatest player in the history of Liverpool FC but did so when success and trophies were declining. It became his personal mission to lift the famous club back to the top. That loyalty…

Setting: Liverpool, UKTime Period: 1990s-2010s
Millions

Millions

Fox Searchlight Pictures-BBC Film-MEDIA Programme of the European Union-UK Film Council-Mission Pictures-Pathé-Ingenious Film Partners
movie

Two boys still grieving the death of their mother find themselves the unwitting benefactors of a bag of bank robbery loot in the week before the United Kingdom switches its official currency to the Euro. What's a kid to…

Setting: Liverpool, UKTime Period: 2004
The 51st State

The 51st State

The Film Consortium-Alliance Atlantis-National Lottery-Fifty First Films-Artists Production Group (APG)-Film Council
movie

An American master chemist plans to score big on a once in a lifetime drug deal. All does not go as planned and he is soon entangled in a web of deceit.

Setting: Liverpool, UKTime Period: 2001
The Long Day Closes

The Long Day Closes

Film Four International-BFI-Channel Four Films
movie

Bud is a lonely and quiet boy whose moments of solace occur when he sits in rapture at the local cinema watching towering and iconic figures on the movie screen. The movies give Bud the strength to get through another…

Setting: Liverpool, EnglandTime Period: 1950s
Help

Help

The Forge Entertainment-One Shoe Films-Channel 4 Television-All3Media International
movie

Sarah seems to have found her calling working in a Liverpool care home where she has a special talent for connecting with the residents. Then in March 2020 the Coronavirus pandemic hits.

Setting: Liverpool, England, UKTime Period: March 2020

The 10 stories above are just a sample of the 58 in the catalogue for this entry. For the full live catalogue, open Liverpool in the StoryTerra app. On the live map you can also filter by the exact time the stories take place — any year, decade or century, from BCE to the future.

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