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

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Bull Headed Wild Famous Landscape Painting Brethren
  05/27/25
Big Lebowski almost qualifies, released in 1998 but set in 1...
Ruby Library
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Who even watches these anymore?
floppy godawful stage mexican
  05/27/25
I still watch Film
Curious spruce hairy legs
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Bull Headed Wild Famous Landscape Painting Brethren
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but yet you know nothing of it
Electric main people
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Sir, I attended the Werner Herzog Film Seminar, pretty sure ...
Curious spruce hairy legs
  05/28/25
mean girls was released in 2004 but feels older imo
histrionic indirect expression jap
  05/27/25
True Detective season one
Scarlet buck-toothed rehab
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Primrose impressive church building round eye
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Best answer so far
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Primrose impressive church building round eye
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The segways are the second biggest unresolved mystery after ...
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Swashbuckling violet idea he suggested trust fund
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Alpha Dog pops into mind first
bright liquid oxygen
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(Nick Cassavetes) (JT)
passionate blathering state
  05/29/25
There are not a lot - certainly no great films. Add The F...
Bull Headed Wild Famous Landscape Painting Brethren
  05/27/25
How to train your dragon
floppy godawful stage mexican
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social network.
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Wolf of Wall Street
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Primrose impressive church building round eye
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Mostly an 80s movie though.
Bull Headed Wild Famous Landscape Painting Brethren
  05/27/25
Speed
Vermilion lay corn cake
  05/27/25
I don’t think 1994’s Speed meets one of OP&rsquo...
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Primrose impressive church building round eye
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Nigger Feet
floppy godawful stage mexican
  05/27/25
"period" is a gross word.
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The Diaper
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Primrose impressive church building round eye
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I think this has to do with Klosterman’s theory about ...
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The Queen (2006) The Fighter (2010) Erin Brocovich (2000) ...
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Thanks for asking Chat to give you answers
Bull Headed Wild Famous Landscape Painting Brethren
  05/28/25
Doesn't qualify with your parameters but Clerks is classic 9...
pearl dysfunction
  05/27/25
Yes, but not a period piece. Lots of movies reflect their t...
Bull Headed Wild Famous Landscape Painting Brethren
  05/28/25
I think Superbad is set in the 2000s but it has a 90s aesthe...
Bull Headed Wild Famous Landscape Painting Brethren
  05/28/25
Same for Napoleon dynamite Technically set in 2003 but ru...
histrionic indirect expression jap
  05/28/25
Good one
Bull Headed Wild Famous Landscape Painting Brethren
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lilo and stitch for the same reason
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Primrose impressive church building round eye
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Road Trip
Vermilion lay corn cake
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this is difficult imo because 9/11 really wiped clean our me...
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Primrose impressive church building round eye
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Pain & Gain Mid90s The Informant!
Arousing spot trump supporter
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Pain & Gain is probably the best answer ITT
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Im a Curator
Arousing spot trump supporter
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Three Kings
Swashbuckling violet idea he suggested trust fund
  05/28/25
1999
Arousing spot trump supporter
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One Day (2011) Love and Other Drugs (2010)
Thriller insanely creepy degenerate half-breed
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Black Hawk Down
Snowy High-end Prole Crotch
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this
Autistic Henna Den
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Lot of nostalgia for 1993 Somalia
Bull Headed Wild Famous Landscape Painting Brethren
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I remember playing netdoom in an internet cafe in Berbera ar...
Curious spruce hairy legs
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the belgian crime drama 'Maldoror' about the marc dutroux ca...
Mauve stage
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I feel like that’s too well known to even bother discu...
Bull Headed Wild Famous Landscape Painting Brethren
  05/29/25
Is The Departed set in the 1990s? Seemed to be based on the ...
Autistic Henna Den
  05/29/25
No. They were clearly using early 2000s era phones and using...
Vermilion lay corn cake
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tyvmft
Autistic Henna Den
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The Creek, the in-universe remake of Season 1 of Dawson's Cr...
Contagious fear-inspiring police squad community account
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Harry Potter
Pumonymous
  06/03/25
The OJ Simpson miniseries that was on FX a few years ago - t...
Todd Driskill
  06/03/25
Good one
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Date: May 27th, 2025 11:15 AM
Author: Bull Headed Wild Famous Landscape Painting Brethren



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Date: May 27th, 2025 11:30 AM
Author: Ruby Library

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

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Date: May 27th, 2025 11:31 AM
Author: floppy godawful stage mexican

Who even watches these anymore?

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Date: May 27th, 2025 11:31 AM
Author: Curious spruce hairy legs

I still watch Film

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Date: May 27th, 2025 9:59 PM
Author: Brindle Reading Party



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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:01 PM
Author: Bull Headed Wild Famous Landscape Painting Brethren



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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:29 PM
Author: Electric main people

but yet you know nothing of it

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Date: May 28th, 2025 10:33 AM
Author: Curious spruce hairy legs

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: histrionic indirect expression jap

mean girls was released in 2004 but feels older imo

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Date: May 27th, 2025 11:34 AM
Author: Scarlet buck-toothed rehab

True Detective season one



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Date: May 27th, 2025 1:22 PM
Author: Primrose impressive church building round eye



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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:02 PM
Author: Bull Headed Wild Famous Landscape Painting Brethren

Best answer so far

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Date: May 29th, 2025 5:48 AM
Author: Autistic Henna Den



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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:23 PM
Author: Poppy Diverse Laser Beams



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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:28 PM
Author: Brindle Reading Party

tp

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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:39 PM
Author: Primrose impressive church building round eye



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Date: May 28th, 2025 6:52 AM
Author: Bull Headed Wild Famous Landscape Painting Brethren

The segways are the second biggest unresolved mystery after the lawnmower

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Date: May 28th, 2025 10:34 AM
Author: Swashbuckling violet idea he suggested trust fund



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Date: May 27th, 2025 11:38 AM
Author: bright liquid oxygen

Alpha Dog pops into mind first

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Date: May 29th, 2025 5:44 AM
Author: passionate blathering state

(Nick Cassavetes)

(JT)

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Date: May 27th, 2025 12:19 PM
Author: Bull Headed Wild Famous Landscape Painting Brethren

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: floppy godawful stage mexican

How to train your dragon

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Date: May 27th, 2025 12:23 PM
Author: bronze sticky dog poop

social network.

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Date: May 27th, 2025 12:44 PM
Author: translucent nursing home

Wolf of Wall Street

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Date: May 27th, 2025 1:23 PM
Author: carnelian mildly autistic location toaster



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Date: May 27th, 2025 1:24 PM
Author: Primrose impressive church building round eye



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Date: May 27th, 2025 9:58 PM
Author: Bull Headed Wild Famous Landscape Painting Brethren

Mostly an 80s movie though.

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Date: May 27th, 2025 12:45 PM
Author: Vermilion lay corn cake

Speed

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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:01 PM
Author: Bull Headed Wild Famous Landscape Painting Brethren

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: Primrose impressive church building round eye

Autoadmit.com

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Date: May 27th, 2025 9:59 PM
Author: floppy godawful stage mexican

Nigger Feet

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Date: May 27th, 2025 9:59 PM
Author: flirting brunch feces

"period" is a gross word.

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Date: May 27th, 2025 9:59 PM
Author: Brindle Reading Party

The Diaper

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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:39 PM
Author: Primrose impressive church building round eye



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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:01 PM
Author: Bull Headed Wild Famous Landscape Painting Brethren

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: Brindle Reading Party



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Date: May 27th, 2025 11:08 PM
Author: Primrose impressive church building round eye



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Date: May 28th, 2025 9:44 AM
Author: carnelian mildly autistic location toaster



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Date: May 28th, 2025 9:49 AM
Author: Primrose impressive church building round eye



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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:18 PM
Author: Salmon twisted knife

The Queen (2006)

The Fighter (2010)

Erin Brocovich (2000)

I, Tonya (2017)

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Date: May 28th, 2025 6:50 AM
Author: Bull Headed Wild Famous Landscape Painting Brethren

Thanks for asking Chat to give you answers

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Date: May 27th, 2025 11:03 PM
Author: pearl dysfunction

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

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Date: May 28th, 2025 6:52 AM
Author: Bull Headed Wild Famous Landscape Painting Brethren

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.

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Date: May 28th, 2025 6:54 AM
Author: Bull Headed Wild Famous Landscape Painting Brethren

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: histrionic indirect expression jap

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: Bull Headed Wild Famous Landscape Painting Brethren

Good one

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Date: May 28th, 2025 9:52 AM
Author: Obsidian Supple Messiness

lilo and stitch for the same reason

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Date: May 28th, 2025 9:55 AM
Author: Primrose impressive church building round eye



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Date: May 28th, 2025 9:59 AM
Author: Vermilion lay corn cake

Road Trip

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Date: May 28th, 2025 10:04 AM
Author: Misunderstood abode associate

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: Primrose impressive church building round eye



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Date: May 28th, 2025 10:10 AM
Author: Arousing spot trump supporter

Pain & Gain

Mid90s

The Informant!

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Date: May 29th, 2025 4:23 AM
Author: razzle-dazzle filthpig hospital

Pain & Gain is probably the best answer ITT

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Date: May 29th, 2025 7:11 AM
Author: Arousing spot trump supporter

Im a Curator

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Date: May 28th, 2025 10:35 AM
Author: Swashbuckling violet idea he suggested trust fund

Three Kings

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Date: May 28th, 2025 10:38 AM
Author: Arousing spot trump supporter

1999

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Date: May 28th, 2025 10:44 AM
Author: Thriller insanely creepy degenerate half-breed

One Day (2011)

Love and Other Drugs (2010)

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Date: May 28th, 2025 8:48 PM
Author: Snowy High-end Prole Crotch

Black Hawk Down

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Date: May 29th, 2025 5:13 AM
Author: Autistic Henna Den

this

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Date: May 29th, 2025 7:49 AM
Author: Bull Headed Wild Famous Landscape Painting Brethren

Lot of nostalgia for 1993 Somalia

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Date: May 29th, 2025 8:44 AM
Author: Curious spruce hairy legs

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: Mauve stage

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

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Date: May 29th, 2025 4:08 AM
Author: Bull Headed Wild Famous Landscape Painting Brethren

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

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Date: May 29th, 2025 5:14 AM
Author: Autistic Henna Den

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: Vermilion lay corn cake

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: Autistic Henna Den

tyvmft

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Date: May 29th, 2025 5:25 AM
Author: Contagious fear-inspiring police squad community account

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: Pumonymous

Harry Potter

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Date: June 3rd, 2025 3:07 AM
Author: Todd Driskill

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: Pierbattista Pizzaballa

Good one

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Date: June 3rd, 2025 11:41 AM
Author: Trump Tariffs Can Do No Wrong (TDNW)



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