Sim City: the Movie

Sim City: the Movie is a live-action film based on the Sim City videogames.

Storyline
It's early-January 1900, "right in the middle of nowhere", somewhere in the USA and the snow falls upon "Sim City", a new settlement established on what prviously has empty soil. Dr. Wright has beeen appointed mayor.

During the film, Dr. Wright stays mayor for many years as the settlement expands from a small village to a metropolis, until he retires and someone else takes his office, and the film continues for a time. The mayors must face problems like crimes and later also pollution. Throughout the film, news reports appear incidents across the world, such as an April 1906 Earthquake, referincing to the scenarios in the original game.

Dr. Wright doesn't have access to inventions and technology until it's invented.