Find movies based on when and where they take place => I built an interactive map that lets you travel through time and explore +120k movies, novels, YouTube documentaries and video games by where and when they take place, and what real history was happening at the same time.

I created StoryTerra, an interactive world map where you can explore and find movies, books, games, TV shows and YouTube videos based on where and when they take place, and see what real historical events were unfolding at the same time.

The platform brings together (currently) over 120,000 titles, all tagged with their narrative time periods and real-world (or closest fictional) locations. You can click on cities, regions, or countries, then use a time slider to browse across centuries, decades, or individual years.

Once you set a time, the entire map shifts to that era, letting you travel the world and see what stories and real history were happening everywhere at that moment.

Tabs and features you can explore:

Home → Stories: Movies, books, TV shows, and games
History: Real historical events
Video: YouTube videos tagged by time and setting (over 1,600 videos currently)
Lists: Curated lists of stories you can create and share
Timeline: a visual timeline of stories

It’s a new way to discover how fiction and real history intersect.

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Select_Building_5548 on April 7, 2026 4:48 pm

Link: [https://www.storyterra.com](https://www.storyterra.com)

Let me know what you think or any questions you have.

you can also check the updates page for more info on features that have been added :
[https://www.storyterra.com/home/news/](https://www.storyterra.com/home/news/)
SeriousKarol on April 7, 2026 5:00 pm

Neat.
melaspike666 on April 7, 2026 5:13 pm

Any way to report for flag Books/movies that are not correctly placed ?

For example there is River City Panic that is under Ottawa, Ontario, Canada but when you read the description of the book it clearly says Ottawa, Illinois ,USA

Also in the Ottawa, Ontario, Canada section there is Shadows in an empty room. It says the setting are in Ottawa And in Montreal but this movie does not show up under the Montreal section.
Illmatic724 on April 7, 2026 5:52 pm

This is very ambitious and very cool
FewOpportunity2653 on April 7, 2026 6:15 pm

This is MAGICAL!!!! Every history teacher needs this

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Find movies based on when and where they take place => I built an interactive map that lets you travel through time and explore +120k movies, novels, YouTube documentaries and video games by where and when they take place, and what real history was happening at the same time.

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