Media Timeline

The Art of War

Sun Tzu

-400

The Nicomachean Ethics

Aristotle

-350

Of Human Freedom (Penguin Great Ideas)

Epictetus

100

Utopia

Thomas More

1516

Don Quixote

Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

1605

On Suicide

David Hume

1775

An Answer to the Question: What Is Enlightenment?

Immanuel Kant

1784

Democracy in America

Alexis de Tocqueville

1835

Narrative of the Life of Fredrick Douglass

Frederick Douglass

1845

The Principles of Communism

Friedrich Engels

1847

The Communist Manifesto

Karl Marx

1848

Madame Bovary

Gustave Flaubert

1856

Man Alone with Himself

Friedrich Nietzsche

1878

Progress and Poverty: An Inquiry in the Cause of Industrial Depressions and of Increase of Want with Increase of Wealth... The Remedy

Henry George

1879

Thus Spoke Zarathustra

Friedrich Nietzsche

1883

Beyond Good and Evil

Friedrich Nietzsche

1886

Wage Labour and Capital

Karl Marx

1891

The three sources and three component parts of Marxism. Karl Marx. Frederick Engels

Vladimir Lenin

1899

Reform or Revolution

Rosa Luxemburg

1900

Dubliners

James Joyce

1914

The Metamorphosis

Franz Kafka

1915

Imperialism: The Highest Stage of Capitalism

Vladimir Lenin

1916

The Age of Innocence

Edith Wharton

1920

Mein Kampf

Adolf Hitler

1925

Battleship Potemkin

1925

China in Flames

1925

Napoleon

1927

Propaganda

Edward L. Bernays

1928

Combat Liberalism

Mao Zedong

1937

Homage to Catalonia

George Orwell

1938

Gunga Din

1939

Citizen Kane

1941

The Outsider

Albert Camus

1942

Casablanca

1942

The Culture Industry

Theodor W. Adorno

1944

No Exit

Jean-Paul Sartre

1944

A Streetcar Named Desire

Tennessee Williams

1947

A Streetcar Named Desire

1951

The Old Man and the Sea

Ernest Hemingway

1952

The Engineering of Consent

Edward L. Bernays

1955

The Fall

Albert Camus

1956

The Snow Queen

1957

To Kill a Mockingbird

Harper Lee

1960

Psycho

1960

Island

Aldous Huxley

1962

The Bell Jar

Sylvia Plath

1963

Goldfinger

1964

In Camera

1964

The Battle of Algiers

1966

2001: A Space Odyssey

1968

Letter to American Workers

Vladimir Lenin

1970

The Godfather

1972

The Sting

1973

Monty Python and the Holy Grail

1975

The Apple Dumpling Gang

1975

All the President's Men

1976

Star Wars

1977

Apocalypse Now

1979

Alien

1979

The Empire Strikes Back

1980

Master Harold...and the boys

Athol Fugard

1982

E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

1982

Return of the Jedi

1983

The Handmaid’s Tale (The Handmaid's Tale, #1)

Margaret Atwood

1985

Crossroads

1986

Ferris Bueller's Day Off

1986

Empire of the Sun

1987

Dirty Dancing

1987

Grave of the Fireflies

1988

Batman

1989

Dead Poets Society

1989

GoodFellas

1990

The Silence of the Lambs

1991

Reservoir Dogs

1992

Gettysburg

1993

The Nightmare Before Christmas

1993

Pulp Fiction

1994

Forrest Gump

1994

The Shawshank Redemption

1994

The Lion King

1994

Toy Story

1995

The Usual Suspects

1995

Se7en

1995

Babe

1995

Braveheart

1995

Che Guevara: A Revolutionary Life

Jon Lee Anderson

1997

Blackshirts and Reds: Rational Fascism and the Overthrow of Communism

Michael Parenti

1997

Titanic

1997

Tomorrow Never Dies

1997

Good Will Hunting

1997

Starship Troopers

1997

Doom 64

Midway Games

1997

The Truman Show

1998

Doctor Dolittle

1998

The Big Lebowski

1998

Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace

1999

Fight Club

1999

The Matrix

1999

The Green Mile

1999

Toy Story 2

1999

4.48 Psychosis (Modern Plays)

Sarah Kane

2000

Cast Away

2000

X-Men

2000

Gladiator

2000

Mission: Impossible II

2000

American Psycho

2000

Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker

2000

Spirited Away

2001

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

2001

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

2001

Spy Kids

2001

Shrek

2001

Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3

Neversoft

2001

Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones

2002

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

2002

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

2002

Die Another Day

2002

8 Mile

2002

The Bourne Identity

2002

Spider-Man

2002

Catch Me If You Can

2002

Infernal Affairs

2002

Finding Nemo

2003

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

2003

The Last Samurai

2003

Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl

2003

Howl's Moving Castle

2004

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

2004

DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story

2004

The Incredibles

2004

Mean Girls

2004

The Motorcycle Diaries

2004

Spider-Man 2

2004

Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords

Obsidian Entertainment

2004

Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith

2005

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

2005

Kingdom of Heaven

2005

Madagascar

2005

Batman Begins

2005

Constantine

2005

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

2005

Pride & Prejudice

2005

Lord of War

2005

Casino Royale

2006

The Prestige

2006

300

2006

Happy Feet

2006

Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan

2006

Crank

2006

The Da Vinci Code

2006

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest

2006

The Departed

2006

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

2007

Into the Wild

2007

Transformers

2007

Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End

2007

Ratatouille

2007

American Gangster

2007

Superbad

2007

No Country for Old Men

2007

Halo 3

Bungie

2007

Lego Star Wars: The Complete Sage

Traveller's Tales

2007

Portal

Valve

2007

Team Fortress 2

Valve

2007

Guerilla Open Access Manifesto

Aaron Swartz

2008

The Dark Knight

2008

WALL·E

2008

Quantum of Solace

2008

The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas

2008

Iron Man

2008

The Incredible Hulk

2008

Slumdog Millionaire

2008

Che: Part One

2008

Che: Part Two

2008

Ip Man

2008

Castle Crashers

The Behemoth

2008

Mirror's Edge

EA

2008

Super Smash Bros Brawl

Nintendo

2008

Avatar

2009

Inglourious Basterds

2009

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

2009

Up

2009

Watchmen

2009

Invictus

2009

Bionicle: The Legend Reborn

2009

Angels & Demons

2009

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

2009

Coraline

2009

Assassin's Creed II

Ubisoft

2009

League of Legends

Riot Games

2009

Inception

2010

The Social Network

2010

Scott Pilgrim vs. the World

2010

Shutter Island

2010

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1

2010

Toy Story 3

2010

The Karate Kid

2010

Iron Man 2

2010

How to Train Your Dragon

2010

Batman: Under the Red Hood

2010

Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood

Ubisoft

2010

Learn You a Haskell for Great Good!

Miran Lipovača

2011

For the Love of Physics: From the End of the Rainbow to the Edge of Time - A Journey Through the Wonders of Physics

Walter Lewin

2011

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2

2011

The Cabin in the Woods

2011

Transformers: Dark of the Moon

2011

Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides

2011

Captain America: The First Avenger

2011

Thor

2011

Green Lantern

2011

X-Men: First Class

2011

Drive

2011

Minecraft

Notch

2011

Terraria

Re-Logic

2011

The Elderr Scrolls V: Skyrim

Bethesda Game Studios

2011

The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion

Jonathan Haidt

2012

Django Unchained

2012

The Dark Knight Rises

2012

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

2012

Skyfall

2012

Argo

2012

Pitch Perfect

2012

The Amazing Spider-Man

2012

21 Jump Street

2012

The Avengers

2012

The Hunger Games

2012

Justice League: Doom

2012

Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 1

2012

Flight

2012

Assassin's Creed III

Ubisoft

2012

Far Cry 3

Ubisoft

2012

Fifa 13

EA

2012

The Wolf of Wall Street

2013

Her

2013

Thor: The Dark World

2013

Frozen

2013

Dallas Buyers Club

2013

The Hunger Games: Catching Fire

2013

Iron Man 3

2013

Man of Steel

2013

Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox

2013

Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 2

2013

12 Years a Slave

2013

The Butler

2013

Fifa 14

EA

2013

Grand Theft Auto V

Rockstar

2013

Injustice: Gods Among Us

NetherRealm Studios

2013

Utopia for Realists: How We Can Build the Ideal World

Rutger Bregman

2014

Guardians of the Galaxy

2014

Interstellar

2014

Gone Girl

2014

The Grand Budapest Hotel

2014

Whiplash

2014

Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)

2014

Ex Machina

2014

Big Hero 6

2014

X-Men: Days of Future Past

2014

The Lego Movie

2014

How to Train Your Dragon 2

2014

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1

2014

Edge of Tomorrow

2014

Transformers: Age of Extinction

2014

Captain America: The Winter Soldier

2014

Son of Batman

2014

Justice League: War

2014

John Wick

2014

Kingsman: The Secret Service

2014

Fifa 15

EA

2014

Goat Simulator

Coffee Stain Studios

2014

Titanfall

Respawn Entertainment

2014

Star Wars: The Force Awakens

2015

Inside Out

2015

Steve Jobs

2015

Spectre

2015

Everest

2015

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2

2015

Avengers: Age of Ultron

2015

Ant-Man

2015

The Martian

2015

The Intern

2015

Fifty Shades of Grey

2015

Absolutely Anything

2015

Call of Duty: Black Ops III

Treyarch

2015

Fifa 16

EA

2015

Star Wars Battlefront

EA

2015

The Binding of Issac: Afterbirth

Nicalis

2015

The Escapists

Team17

2015

Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege

Ubisoft Montreal

2015

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

2016

La La Land

2016

Moonlight

2016

Deadpool

2016

Batman: The Killing Joke

2016

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

2016

Captain America: Civil War

2016

Doctor Strange

2016

Suicide Squad

2016

Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice

2016

Zootopia

2016

Split

2016

Fifa 17

EA

2016

Firewatch

Campo

2016

No Man's Sky

Hello Games

2016

Titanfall 2

Respawn Entertainment

2016

Star Wars: The Last Jedi

2017

Get Out

2017

Baby Driver

2017

Spider-Man: Homecoming

2017

Coco

2017

Blade Runner 2049

2017

Logan

2017

Transformers: The Last Knight

2017

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales

2017

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2

2017

Thor: Ragnarok

2017

Fifty Shades Darker

2017

Kuroko's Basketball the Movie: Last Game

2017

Dunkirk

2017

Star Wars Battlefront II

EA

2017

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild

Nintendo

2017

Batman Metal

Scott Snyder

2018

The Relevance of the Communist Manifesto

Slavoj Žižek

2018

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

2018

Bohemian Rhapsody

2018

A Quiet Place

2018

Black Panther

2018

Avengers: Infinity War

2018

Aquaman

2018

The Death of Superman

2018

Batman Ninja

2018

Green Book

2018

BlacKkKlansman

2018

A Land Imagined

2018

Assassin's Creed Odyssey

Ubisoft

2018

Marvel's Spider-Man

Insomniac Games

2018

Red Dead Redemption 2

Rockstar

2018

Subnautica

Unknown Worlds Entertainment

2018

Knives Out

2019

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

2019

Parasite

2019

Joker

2019

Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood

2019

1917

2019

El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie

2019

How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World

2019

Rocketman

2019

Yesterday

2019

Captain Marvel

2019

Avengers: Endgame

2019

Spider-Man: Far from Home

2019

Shazam!

2019

Batman: Hush

2019

Dirty Sexy Saint

2019

The Gentlemen

2019

Portrait of a Lady on Fire

2019

Marriage Story

2019

Apex Legends

Respwan Entertainment

2019

The Ten Equations That Rule the World: And How You Can Use Them Too

David Sumpter

2020

Caffeine: How Caffeine Created the Modern World

Michael Pollan

2020

The Old Guard

2020

Tenet

2020

Soul

2020

Superman: Red Son

2020

Justice League Dark: Apokolips War

2020

Cyberpunk 2077

CD Project Red

2020

Valorant

Riot Games

2020

Spider-Man: No Way Home

2021

No Time to Die

2021

House of Gucci

2021

Dune

2021

Belfast

2021

Zack Snyder's Justice League

2021

Don't Look Up

2021

The Suicide Squad

2021

Before Your Eyes

Goodbye World Games

2021

Goose Goose Duck

Gaggle Studio

2021

It Takes Two

Hazelight Studios

2021

Top Gun: Maverick

2022

The Batman

2022

Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore

2022

Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness

2022

Everything Everywhere All at Once

2022

Hong Kong Family

2022

Avatar: The Way of Water

2022

Cocaine Bear

2023

The Super Mario Bros. Movie

2023

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

2023