WhenTaken Movies

WhenTaken Movies comes from Teuteuf Games, the studio behind WhenTaken, Worldle and a family of other daily geography games. It takes the WhenTaken idea, placing a picture in time and space, and swaps real photographs for scenes from films.

The question is not when the film was made but when and where its story is set. A still of the Reflecting Pool with protest signs and late-1960s clothes puts you in Washington around the Vietnam War, whatever year the film came out. For each scene you place a pin on a world map and set a year on a slider or type it in, anywhere from 1860 to the present. The game scores each round on how close both guesses are, and your total builds across the day's five rounds, up to 1,000 points. Each round gives up to 100 for the place and 100 for the year; a pin within about 10 km, or a year inside the buffer the makers set for films that never name their year, counts as spot on.

If you are stuck, a lightbulb on the still gives up to two hints a round, one for the place and one for the year. They do not cut your score, but after the first one each costs a rewarded ad, and your share text shows a bulb for each. Past days back to 13 January 2025 are in the archive, though only the daily counts toward your stats. A new game opens at midnight on your device's clock. The site carries ads, with a paid option to remove them.

It suits WhenTaken and TimeGuessr players who also watch a lot of films, and film fans who like spotting period detail.