List of works of fiction set in 1999

This is a list of works of fiction set largely or wholly in 1999.

Computer and video games

• Released after 1999 and set in the historical year:
  • Silent Scope 2: Dark Silhouette (2000): The first stage takes place in 1999. The remainder of the game is set in 2000.
  • Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow (Castlevania series, 2003): Julius Belmont is finally able to defeat Dracula for good and seal away his Castle.
• Released in 1999 and stated to take place in that year:
  • R4: Ridge Racer Type 4 (1999): The Real Racing Roots '99 championship takes place in 1999, with the final race taking place during New Year's Eve.
  • Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation (1999): The game takes place during the last days of 1999.
  • Tony Hawk's Pro Skater (1999): Concrete Conspiracy, the third and final competition of the game, takes place in 1999.
• Released before 1999 and set in the "future" year:
  • Zombie Nation (1990): Set in 1999.
  • Smash TV (1990) is set in 1999.
  • Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake (1990) is set on December 24, 1999.
  • Wurm: Journey to the Center of the Earth (1991): Set in 1999.
  • Chrono Trigger (1995): The apocalyptic Day of Lavos takes place on April 24.
  • Command & Conquer (1995): The First Tiberium War begins in 1999.
  • Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six (1996): Set in 1999.

Film

• Released after 1999 and set in the historical year:
  • Blood Diamond (2006)
  • Alpha Dog (2006)
  • Godzilla (2014): The first part of the film in the Philippines and Janjira, Japan up until the San Francisco scene
• Released in 1999 and stated to take place in that year:
  • Entrapment (1999): The film takes place during the week leading up to December 31.
  • End of Days (1999): The film involves Satan's plot to conquer the Earth on New Year's Eve of 1999.
  • The Matrix (1999): The year within The Matrix is said to be 1999.
  • Fight Club (1999): The year within Fight Club is said to be 1999, just before the beginning of the New Millennium.
• Released before 1999 and set in the "future" year:
  • X (1996), based on the manga of the same name, which was also set in 1999.
  • Strange Days (1995): The film takes place leading up to New Year's Eve 1999.
  • Class of 1999 II: The Substitute (1994)
  • Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday (1993)
  • Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare (1991)
  • Until the End of the World (1991)
  • Class of 1999 (1990)
  • Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan (1989)
  • Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood (1988)
  • Prince of Darkness (1987): Partly set in 1999.
  • Prophecies of Nostradamus (1974)
  • Destroy All Monsters (1968)
  • 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968): The first scenes of the future take place in 1999.

Music

• Prince's 1982 song "1999" is about "party like it's 1999."
• The Megadeth song "Set the World Afire", from their album So Far, So Good... So What!, contains the line "Distorted figures walk the earth, it's 1999". The song, which is a protest song against nuclear weapons, was written in 1987, implying that the Earth could be nearly completely devastated by nuclear weapons in 12 years without any action taken against them.

Television

• Futurama: The series' protagonist, Fry, is accidentally cryogenically frozen on December 31, 1999.
• Dragon Ball Z ("Transformed at Last," October 18, 1999): Goku transforms into a Super Saiyan for the first time in the United States; aired on Toonami, a now-defunct block on Cartoon Network.
• Space: 1999 (1975–1977): A huge explosion sends the Moon hurtling out of Earth's orbit on September 13 (a Friday in the series, but not in reality).
• The Super Dimension Fortress Macross (1982–1983): A huge spaceship appears high above Earth and crashes into an island in the Pacific, triggering a world war.
• Three Super Sentai series — Choujin Sentai Jetman (1991–1992), Chōriki Sentai Ohranger (1995–1996), and Kyuukyuu Sentai GoGo-V (1999–2000) — take place in 1999.
• Hunter x Hunter (anime TV series) (1999–2001): Gon Freecs, a young boy, is aiming to become a Hunter to search for his father. He meets some new friends during the Exam, and the struggles he must face on his quest will be beyond anything he's ever imagined.
• In Kamen Rider Kabuto (2006–2007), 1999 is the year in which a meteor struck the city of Shibuya and also spawned the Worm, an alien race that forms the main antagonist in the series. In the movie based on the show, the meteor was much bigger and also dried up the oceans, resulting in a post-apocalyptic world.
• Family Guy: the episode Da Boom is set on December 31, 1999.
• In the TV series of Quantum Leap (1988–1993), the project Quantum Leap is said to be launched in New Mexico in 1999.
• The 1996 Doctor Who television movie takes place in San Francisco from December 30, 1999 to January 1, 2000.

Literature and comics

• JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond Is Unbreakable takes place in 1999 in Japan.
• X (1992) is set in 1999.
• Make Room! Make Room! (1966) by Harry Harrison is set in August 1999. By this time, New York City has become so overpopulated that people must share rooms and rationed resources, such as water, with each other.
• The Martian Chronicles (1947-1950) by Ray Bradbury begin in 1999.