List of works of fiction set in 1989

This is a list of works of fiction set largely or wholly in 1989.

• World in Conflict (computer game) – The Soviet Union invades Europe and the United States.
• Red Dawn is set around this year.
• Brazilian miniseries Queridos Amigos (Dear Friends) is set in this year.
• Goodbye Lenin's beginning is set in October 1989.
• Doctor Who: Survival
• The events depicted in Michael Crichton's science fiction novel Jurassic Park are set in August 1989.
• The events of the arcade version of Final Fight occurs in 1989 according to the original Japanese version. The English localization changes the setting to an unspecified year in the 1990s.
• Diary novels Berts första betraktelser,^[1] Berts vidare betraktelser ^[2] and Berts ytterligare betraktelser ^[3] (based on the 1989 radio show) all use the 1989 Gregorian Calendar, and the first even refers to the year as 1989 on 19 January. Set when Bert is 13, it even refers to 1976 as Bert's and Åke's year of birth (which would cause them turn 13 in 1989).
• Call of Duty: Black Ops II in the mission Suffer With Me
• The events of Sly 2: Band of Thieves take place in 1989.
• The video game Hotline Miami is set from April to July 1989.
• The 2016 Taiwanese drama Back to 1989 is set when the protagonist returned to 1989 in an attempt to find his birth father, and change the futures of himself and his mother before the possibility of him disappearing in 1990 (his birth year) due to the butterfly effect.
• The 1990 TV drama Twin Peaks takes place in early 1989.
• Dead of Summer (2016) takes place during the summer of 1989.

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