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What are the best 1990s period piece movies? (I.e., made after 1999, set in 90s)

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exhilarant field
  05/27/25
Big Lebowski almost qualifies, released in 1998 but set in 1...
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  05/27/25
Who even watches these anymore?
bateful stain school
  05/27/25
I still watch Film
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but yet you know nothing of it
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  05/27/25
Sir, I attended the Werner Herzog Film Seminar, pretty sure ...
Orange fat ankles electric furnace
  05/28/25
mean girls was released in 2004 but feels older imo
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  05/27/25
True Detective season one
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The segways are the second biggest unresolved mystery after ...
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Alpha Dog pops into mind first
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(Nick Cassavetes) (JT)
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There are not a lot - certainly no great films. Add The F...
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  05/27/25
How to train your dragon
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  05/27/25
social network.
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Wolf of Wall Street
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shimmering market
  05/27/25
Mostly an 80s movie though.
exhilarant field
  05/27/25
Speed
aggressive site telephone
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I don’t think 1994’s Speed meets one of OP&rsquo...
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  05/27/25
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bateful stain school
  05/27/25
"period" is a gross word.
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The Diaper
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shimmering market
  05/27/25
I think this has to do with Klosterman’s theory about ...
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  05/27/25
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The Queen (2006) The Fighter (2010) Erin Brocovich (2000) ...
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exhilarant field
  05/28/25
Doesn't qualify with your parameters but Clerks is classic 9...
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  05/27/25
Yes, but not a period piece. Lots of movies reflect their t...
exhilarant field
  05/28/25
I think Superbad is set in the 2000s but it has a 90s aesthe...
exhilarant field
  05/28/25
Same for Napoleon dynamite Technically set in 2003 but ru...
Galvanic Fighting Philosopher-king Brunch
  05/28/25
Good one
exhilarant field
  05/28/25
lilo and stitch for the same reason
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Shivering stage
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Those tankard bracelets and Deb’s hair are incredibly ...
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  06/14/25
Road Trip
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  05/28/25
this is difficult imo because 9/11 really wiped clean our me...
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Pain & Gain Mid90s The Informant!
Lascivious Black Circlehead
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Pain & Gain is probably the best answer ITT
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  05/29/25
Im a Curator
Lascivious Black Circlehead
  05/29/25
Three Kings
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1999
Lascivious Black Circlehead
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One Day (2011) Love and Other Drugs (2010)
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Black Hawk Down
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this
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Lot of nostalgia for 1993 Somalia
exhilarant field
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I remember playing netdoom in an internet cafe in Berbera ar...
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the belgian crime drama 'Maldoror' about the marc dutroux ca...
Beta abode newt
  05/28/25
I feel like that’s too well known to even bother discu...
exhilarant field
  05/29/25
Is The Departed set in the 1990s? Seemed to be based on the ...
canary state prole
  05/29/25
No. They were clearly using early 2000s era phones and using...
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  05/29/25
tyvmft
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The Creek, the in-universe remake of Season 1 of Dawson's Cr...
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Harry Potter
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The OJ Simpson miniseries that was on FX a few years ago - t...
Heady frisky friendly grandma
  06/03/25
Good one
exhilarant field
  06/03/25
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  06/03/25
tv show but derry girls. wife insisted i watch it. i tho...
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It’s criminally underrated
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Date: May 27th, 2025 11:15 AM
Author: exhilarant field



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Date: May 27th, 2025 11:30 AM
Author: Effete macaca incel

Big Lebowski almost qualifies, released in 1998 but set in 1991.

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Date: May 27th, 2025 11:31 AM
Author: bateful stain school

Who even watches these anymore?

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Date: May 27th, 2025 11:31 AM
Author: Orange fat ankles electric furnace

I still watch Film

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Date: May 27th, 2025 9:59 PM
Author: Vibrant theater immigrant



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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:01 PM
Author: exhilarant field



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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:29 PM
Author: Umber apoplectic love of her life

but yet you know nothing of it

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Date: May 28th, 2025 10:33 AM
Author: Orange fat ankles electric furnace

Sir, I attended the Werner Herzog Film Seminar, pretty sure I know about Film.

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Date: May 27th, 2025 11:32 AM
Author: Galvanic Fighting Philosopher-king Brunch

mean girls was released in 2004 but feels older imo

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Date: May 27th, 2025 11:34 AM
Author: Awkward Old Irish Cottage

True Detective season one



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Date: May 27th, 2025 1:22 PM
Author: shimmering market



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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:02 PM
Author: exhilarant field

Best answer so far

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Date: May 29th, 2025 5:48 AM
Author: canary state prole



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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:23 PM
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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:28 PM
Author: Vibrant theater immigrant

tp

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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:39 PM
Author: shimmering market



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Date: May 28th, 2025 6:52 AM
Author: exhilarant field

The segways are the second biggest unresolved mystery after the lawnmower

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Date: May 28th, 2025 10:34 AM
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Date: May 27th, 2025 11:38 AM
Author: Excitant corner digit ratio

Alpha Dog pops into mind first

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Date: May 29th, 2025 5:44 AM
Author: Exciting nursing home people who are hurt

(Nick Cassavetes)

(JT)

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Date: May 27th, 2025 12:19 PM
Author: exhilarant field

There are not a lot - certainly no great films.

Add The Fighter and Spring Breakers

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Date: May 27th, 2025 12:22 PM
Author: bateful stain school

How to train your dragon

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Date: May 27th, 2025 12:23 PM
Author: Beady-eyed step-uncle's house

social network.

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Date: May 27th, 2025 12:44 PM
Author: chest-beating topaz whorehouse windowlicker

Wolf of Wall Street

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Date: May 27th, 2025 1:23 PM
Author: Hot parlor



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Date: May 27th, 2025 1:24 PM
Author: shimmering market



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Date: May 27th, 2025 9:58 PM
Author: exhilarant field

Mostly an 80s movie though.

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Date: May 27th, 2025 12:45 PM
Author: aggressive site telephone

Speed

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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:01 PM
Author: exhilarant field

I don’t think 1994’s Speed meets one of OP’s criteria.

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Date: May 27th, 2025 1:24 PM
Author: shimmering market

Autoadmit.com

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Date: May 27th, 2025 9:59 PM
Author: bateful stain school

Nigger Feet

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Date: May 27th, 2025 9:59 PM
Author: Chestnut area

"period" is a gross word.

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Date: May 27th, 2025 9:59 PM
Author: Vibrant theater immigrant

The Diaper

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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:39 PM
Author: shimmering market



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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:01 PM
Author: exhilarant field

I think this has to do with Klosterman’s theory about the vanishing future. The internet has made it so the 90s never left. There’s no clear break with the past like Nirvana ending the 80s. So the era continues to live on in the culture (e.g. Friends and Seinfeld still Top 5 tv shows by hours watched) preventing us from developing a collective Nostalgia for the 1990s.

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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:01 PM
Author: Vibrant theater immigrant



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Date: May 27th, 2025 11:08 PM
Author: shimmering market



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Date: May 28th, 2025 9:44 AM
Author: Hot parlor



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Date: May 28th, 2025 9:49 AM
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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:18 PM
Author: thirsty trip crackhouse dysfunction

The Queen (2006)

The Fighter (2010)

Erin Brocovich (2000)

I, Tonya (2017)

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Date: May 28th, 2025 6:50 AM
Author: exhilarant field

Thanks for asking Chat to give you answers

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Date: May 27th, 2025 11:03 PM
Author: vivacious cobalt doctorate indian lodge

Doesn't qualify with your parameters but Clerks is classic 90s.

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Date: May 28th, 2025 6:52 AM
Author: exhilarant field

Yes, but not a period piece. Lots of movies reflect their times (Clerks is great), but the 90s are massively underexplored by people from another, later time reflecting on the historical era and what it MEANS now that culture has some distance.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5730305&forum_id=2)#48966871)



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Date: May 28th, 2025 6:54 AM
Author: exhilarant field

I think Superbad is set in the 2000s but it has a 90s aesthetic and is based on Rogen and Stone’s high school years.

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Date: May 28th, 2025 7:05 AM
Author: Galvanic Fighting Philosopher-king Brunch

Same for Napoleon dynamite

Technically set in 2003 but rural Idaho was still in 1990

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Date: May 28th, 2025 9:43 AM
Author: exhilarant field

Good one

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Date: May 28th, 2025 9:52 AM
Author: Lilac soul-stirring gaming laptop principal's office

lilo and stitch for the same reason

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Date: May 28th, 2025 9:55 AM
Author: shimmering market



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Date: June 7th, 2025 4:43 AM
Author: Shivering stage



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Date: June 14th, 2025 10:02 AM
Author: exhilarant field

Those tankard bracelets and Deb’s hair are incredibly 90s

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5730305&forum_id=2)#49014596)



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Date: May 28th, 2025 9:59 AM
Author: aggressive site telephone

Road Trip

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Date: May 28th, 2025 10:04 AM
Author: cracking property clown

this is difficult imo because 9/11 really wiped clean our memories of problems in teh 90s. the late 90s movies (office space, american beauty, fight club) were all about the purposelessness of american life and culture.

kind of hard to reset a 90s film knowing what is going to happen

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Date: May 28th, 2025 10:14 AM
Author: shimmering market



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Date: May 28th, 2025 10:10 AM
Author: Lascivious Black Circlehead

Pain & Gain

Mid90s

The Informant!

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Date: May 29th, 2025 4:23 AM
Author: razzle coldplay fan haunted graveyard

Pain & Gain is probably the best answer ITT

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Date: May 29th, 2025 7:11 AM
Author: Lascivious Black Circlehead

Im a Curator

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Date: May 28th, 2025 10:35 AM
Author: narrow-minded jet sweet tailpipe sex offender

Three Kings

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Date: May 28th, 2025 10:38 AM
Author: Lascivious Black Circlehead

1999

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Date: May 28th, 2025 10:44 AM
Author: adventurous pearl depressive

One Day (2011)

Love and Other Drugs (2010)

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Date: May 28th, 2025 8:48 PM
Author: Histrionic Set

Black Hawk Down

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Date: May 29th, 2025 5:13 AM
Author: canary state prole

this

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Date: May 29th, 2025 7:49 AM
Author: exhilarant field

Lot of nostalgia for 1993 Somalia

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Date: May 29th, 2025 8:44 AM
Author: Orange fat ankles electric furnace

I remember playing netdoom in an internet cafe in Berbera around then, it was 180.

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Date: May 28th, 2025 8:54 PM
Author: Beta abode newt

the belgian crime drama 'Maldoror' about the marc dutroux case.

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Date: May 29th, 2025 4:08 AM
Author: exhilarant field

I feel like that’s too well known to even bother discussing

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Date: May 29th, 2025 5:14 AM
Author: canary state prole

Is The Departed set in the 1990s? Seemed to be based on the tech used

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Date: May 29th, 2025 6:44 AM
Author: aggressive site telephone

No. They were clearly using early 2000s era phones and using the number pad for texting. Also Alec Baldwins character mentions the Patriot Act

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Date: May 29th, 2025 6:44 AM
Author: canary state prole

tyvmft

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Date: May 29th, 2025 5:25 AM
Author: cordovan floppy scourge upon the earth

The Creek, the in-universe remake of Season 1 of Dawson's Creek.

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Date: June 3rd, 2025 1:22 AM
Author: Racy french chef tanning salon

Harry Potter

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Date: June 3rd, 2025 3:07 AM
Author: Heady frisky friendly grandma

The OJ Simpson miniseries that was on FX a few years ago - the drama with Cuba Gooding Jr. as OJ, not the documentary one.

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Date: June 3rd, 2025 10:09 AM
Author: exhilarant field

Good one

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Date: June 3rd, 2025 11:41 AM
Author: razzle coldplay fan haunted graveyard



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Date: June 7th, 2025 4:39 AM
Author: Big peach athletic conference casino

tv show but derry girls.

wife insisted i watch it. i thought it would suck but it’s 180

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Date: June 8th, 2025 8:34 PM
Author: Racy french chef tanning salon

It’s criminally underrated

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Date: June 9th, 2025 11:12 AM
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