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

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Costumed Internal Respiration
  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?
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  05/27/25
I still watch Film
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but yet you know nothing of it
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Sir, I attended the Werner Herzog Film Seminar, pretty sure ...
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  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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There are not a lot - certainly no great films. Add The F...
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How to train your dragon
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social network.
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Wolf of Wall Street
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Mostly an 80s movie though.
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Speed
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I don’t think 1994’s Speed meets one of OP&rsquo...
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Nigger Feet
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"period" is a gross word.
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The Diaper
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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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Costumed Internal Respiration
  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...
Costumed Internal Respiration
  05/28/25
I think Superbad is set in the 2000s but it has a 90s aesthe...
Costumed Internal Respiration
  05/28/25
Same for Napoleon dynamite Technically set in 2003 but ru...
abnormal histrionic national old irish cottage
  05/28/25
Good one
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lilo and stitch for the same reason
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Those tankard bracelets and Deb’s hair are incredibly ...
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Road Trip
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this is difficult imo because 9/11 really wiped clean our me...
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Pain & Gain Mid90s The Informant!
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Pain & Gain is probably the best answer ITT
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Im a Curator
fragrant aggressive personal credit line
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Three Kings
Sable Hunting Ground Dragon
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1999
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One Day (2011) Love and Other Drugs (2010)
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Black Hawk Down
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this
Charcoal area macaca
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Lot of nostalgia for 1993 Somalia
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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...
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I feel like that’s too well known to even bother discu...
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Is The Departed set in the 1990s? Seemed to be based on the ...
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  05/29/25
No. They were clearly using early 2000s era phones and using...
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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...
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  06/03/25
Good one
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Deranged effete useless brakes
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tv show but derry girls. wife insisted i watch it. i tho...
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  06/07/25
It’s criminally underrated
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Date: May 27th, 2025 11:15 AM
Author: Costumed Internal Respiration



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Date: May 27th, 2025 11:30 AM
Author: odious pale national security agency plaza

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

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Date: May 27th, 2025 11:31 AM
Author: Beady-eyed geriatric locale

Who even watches these anymore?

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Date: May 27th, 2025 11:31 AM
Author: Fighting boyish gay wizard

I still watch Film

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Date: May 27th, 2025 9:59 PM
Author: glittery affirmative action orchestra pit



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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:01 PM
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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:29 PM
Author: Hyperventilating pearl range

but yet you know nothing of it

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Date: May 28th, 2025 10:33 AM
Author: Fighting boyish gay wizard

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: abnormal histrionic national old irish cottage

mean girls was released in 2004 but feels older imo

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Date: May 27th, 2025 11:34 AM
Author: lime roast beef

True Detective season one



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Date: May 27th, 2025 1:22 PM
Author: Turquoise toilet seat trump supporter



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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:02 PM
Author: Costumed Internal Respiration

Best answer so far

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Date: May 29th, 2025 5:48 AM
Author: Charcoal area macaca



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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:23 PM
Author: Amethyst learning disabled idea he suggested



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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:28 PM
Author: glittery affirmative action orchestra pit

tp

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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:39 PM
Author: Turquoise toilet seat trump supporter



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Date: May 28th, 2025 6:52 AM
Author: Costumed Internal Respiration

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: hateful marketing idea point

Alpha Dog pops into mind first

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Date: May 29th, 2025 5:44 AM
Author: flushed striped hyena halford

(Nick Cassavetes)

(JT)

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Date: May 27th, 2025 12:19 PM
Author: Costumed Internal Respiration

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: Beady-eyed geriatric locale

How to train your dragon

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Date: May 27th, 2025 12:23 PM
Author: stirring lilac dilemma

social network.

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Date: May 27th, 2025 12:44 PM
Author: Narrow-minded University

Wolf of Wall Street

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Date: May 27th, 2025 1:23 PM
Author: umber church building



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Date: May 27th, 2025 1:24 PM
Author: Turquoise toilet seat trump supporter



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Date: May 27th, 2025 9:58 PM
Author: Costumed Internal Respiration

Mostly an 80s movie though.

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Date: May 27th, 2025 12:45 PM
Author: chocolate heady liquid oxygen crotch

Speed

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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:01 PM
Author: Costumed Internal Respiration

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: Turquoise toilet seat trump supporter

Autoadmit.com

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Date: May 27th, 2025 9:59 PM
Author: Beady-eyed geriatric locale

Nigger Feet

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Date: May 27th, 2025 9:59 PM
Author: Startled Trust Fund

"period" is a gross word.

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Date: May 27th, 2025 9:59 PM
Author: glittery affirmative action orchestra pit

The Diaper

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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:39 PM
Author: Turquoise toilet seat trump supporter



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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:01 PM
Author: Costumed Internal Respiration

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: glittery affirmative action orchestra pit



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Date: May 27th, 2025 11:08 PM
Author: Turquoise toilet seat trump supporter



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Date: May 28th, 2025 9:44 AM
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Date: May 28th, 2025 9:49 AM
Author: Turquoise toilet seat trump supporter



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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:18 PM
Author: coral angry theatre

The Queen (2006)

The Fighter (2010)

Erin Brocovich (2000)

I, Tonya (2017)

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Date: May 28th, 2025 6:50 AM
Author: Costumed Internal Respiration

Thanks for asking Chat to give you answers

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Date: May 27th, 2025 11:03 PM
Author: unhinged dopamine whorehouse

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

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Date: May 28th, 2025 6:52 AM
Author: Costumed Internal Respiration

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: Costumed Internal Respiration

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: abnormal histrionic national old irish cottage

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: Costumed Internal Respiration

Good one

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Date: May 28th, 2025 9:52 AM
Author: Pea-brained Hospital Nibblets

lilo and stitch for the same reason

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Date: May 28th, 2025 9:55 AM
Author: Turquoise toilet seat trump supporter



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Date: June 7th, 2025 4:43 AM
Author: Startling fat ankles



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Date: June 14th, 2025 10:02 AM
Author: Costumed Internal Respiration

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

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Date: May 28th, 2025 9:59 AM
Author: chocolate heady liquid oxygen crotch

Road Trip

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Date: May 28th, 2025 10:04 AM
Author: stubborn navy principal's office 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: Turquoise toilet seat trump supporter



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Date: May 28th, 2025 10:10 AM
Author: fragrant aggressive personal credit line

Pain & Gain

Mid90s

The Informant!

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Date: May 29th, 2025 4:23 AM
Author: Deranged effete useless brakes

Pain & Gain is probably the best answer ITT

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Date: May 29th, 2025 7:11 AM
Author: fragrant aggressive personal credit line

Im a Curator

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Date: May 28th, 2025 10:35 AM
Author: Sable Hunting Ground Dragon

Three Kings

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Date: May 28th, 2025 10:38 AM
Author: fragrant aggressive personal credit line

1999

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Date: May 28th, 2025 10:44 AM
Author: big vengeful hall masturbator

One Day (2011)

Love and Other Drugs (2010)

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Date: May 28th, 2025 8:48 PM
Author: Alcoholic Aphrodisiac Center

Black Hawk Down

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Date: May 29th, 2025 5:13 AM
Author: Charcoal area macaca

this

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Date: May 29th, 2025 7:49 AM
Author: Costumed Internal Respiration

Lot of nostalgia for 1993 Somalia

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Date: May 29th, 2025 8:44 AM
Author: Fighting boyish gay wizard

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: silver laser beams pit

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

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Date: May 29th, 2025 4:08 AM
Author: Costumed Internal Respiration

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

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Date: May 29th, 2025 5:14 AM
Author: Charcoal area macaca

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: chocolate heady liquid oxygen crotch

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: Charcoal area macaca

tyvmft

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Date: May 29th, 2025 5:25 AM
Author: Comical Sick Crackhouse Circlehead

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: Sienna mildly autistic place of business ticket booth

Harry Potter

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Date: June 3rd, 2025 3:07 AM
Author: irradiated partner

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: Costumed Internal Respiration

Good one

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Date: June 3rd, 2025 11:41 AM
Author: Deranged effete useless brakes



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Date: June 7th, 2025 4:39 AM
Author: Rusted foreskin house

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: Sienna mildly autistic place of business ticket booth

It’s criminally underrated

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Date: June 9th, 2025 11:12 AM
Author: Rusted foreskin house



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