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

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Soul-stirring boiling water
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Big Lebowski almost qualifies, released in 1998 but set in 1...
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Who even watches these anymore?
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I still watch Film
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but yet you know nothing of it
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mean girls was released in 2004 but feels older imo
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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.
Soul-stirring boiling water
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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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"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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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...
Soul-stirring boiling water
  05/28/25
I think Superbad is set in the 2000s but it has a 90s aesthe...
Soul-stirring boiling water
  05/28/25
Same for Napoleon dynamite Technically set in 2003 but ru...
Chestnut Meetinghouse Therapy
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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
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Three Kings
balding cruise ship
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1999
Bearded Mahogany Quadroon Liquid Oxygen
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One Day (2011) Love and Other Drugs (2010)
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Black Hawk Down
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this
Dun stimulating tank
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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...
Greedy house prole
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I feel like that’s too well known to even bother discu...
Soul-stirring boiling water
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Is The Departed set in the 1990s? Seemed to be based on the ...
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No. They were clearly using early 2000s era phones and using...
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tyvmft
Dun stimulating tank
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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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Good one
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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: Soul-stirring boiling water



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Date: May 27th, 2025 11:30 AM
Author: Titillating plaza lettuce

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

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Date: May 27th, 2025 11:31 AM
Author: racy salmon multi-billionaire

Who even watches these anymore?

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Date: May 27th, 2025 11:31 AM
Author: fighting genital piercing

I still watch Film

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Date: May 27th, 2025 9:59 PM
Author: haunting supple theater



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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:01 PM
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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:29 PM
Author: Provocative Fishy Laser Beams

but yet you know nothing of it

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Date: May 28th, 2025 10:33 AM
Author: fighting genital piercing

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: Chestnut Meetinghouse Therapy

mean girls was released in 2004 but feels older imo

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Date: May 27th, 2025 11:34 AM
Author: Black Abode Goyim

True Detective season one



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Date: May 27th, 2025 1:22 PM
Author: puce unholy location preventive strike



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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:02 PM
Author: Soul-stirring boiling water

Best answer so far

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Date: May 29th, 2025 5:48 AM
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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:23 PM
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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:28 PM
Author: haunting supple theater

tp

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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:39 PM
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Date: May 28th, 2025 6:52 AM
Author: Soul-stirring boiling water

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: Big new version rehab

Alpha Dog pops into mind first

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Date: May 29th, 2025 5:44 AM
Author: trip business firm halford

(Nick Cassavetes)

(JT)

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Date: May 27th, 2025 12:19 PM
Author: Soul-stirring boiling water

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: racy salmon multi-billionaire

How to train your dragon

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Date: May 27th, 2025 12:23 PM
Author: cerebral public bath

social network.

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Date: May 27th, 2025 12:44 PM
Author: maize deranged field

Wolf of Wall Street

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Date: May 27th, 2025 1:23 PM
Author: wonderful idea he suggested



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Date: May 27th, 2025 1:24 PM
Author: puce unholy location preventive strike



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Date: May 27th, 2025 9:58 PM
Author: Soul-stirring boiling water

Mostly an 80s movie though.

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Date: May 27th, 2025 12:45 PM
Author: cream maniacal step-uncle's house filthpig

Speed

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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:01 PM
Author: Soul-stirring boiling water

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: puce unholy location preventive strike

Autoadmit.com

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Date: May 27th, 2025 9:59 PM
Author: racy salmon multi-billionaire

Nigger Feet

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Date: May 27th, 2025 9:59 PM
Author: Brass office crotch

"period" is a gross word.

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Date: May 27th, 2025 9:59 PM
Author: haunting supple theater

The Diaper

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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:39 PM
Author: puce unholy location preventive strike



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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:01 PM
Author: Soul-stirring boiling water

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: haunting supple theater



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Date: May 27th, 2025 11:08 PM
Author: puce unholy location preventive strike



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Date: May 28th, 2025 9:44 AM
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Date: May 28th, 2025 9:49 AM
Author: puce unholy location preventive strike



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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:18 PM
Author: Topaz death wish mediation

The Queen (2006)

The Fighter (2010)

Erin Brocovich (2000)

I, Tonya (2017)

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Date: May 28th, 2025 6:50 AM
Author: Soul-stirring boiling water

Thanks for asking Chat to give you answers

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Date: May 27th, 2025 11:03 PM
Author: curious area useless brakes

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

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Date: May 28th, 2025 6:52 AM
Author: Soul-stirring boiling water

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: Soul-stirring boiling water

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: Chestnut Meetinghouse Therapy

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: Soul-stirring boiling water

Good one

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Date: May 28th, 2025 9:52 AM
Author: geriatric address nibblets

lilo and stitch for the same reason

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Date: May 28th, 2025 9:55 AM
Author: puce unholy location preventive strike



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Date: June 7th, 2025 4:43 AM
Author: Heady Gaping Gay Wizard



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Date: June 14th, 2025 10:02 AM
Author: Soul-stirring boiling water

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

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Date: May 28th, 2025 9:59 AM
Author: cream maniacal step-uncle's house filthpig

Road Trip

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Date: May 28th, 2025 10:04 AM
Author: offensive bronze hissy fit spot

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: puce unholy location preventive strike



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Date: May 28th, 2025 10:10 AM
Author: Bearded Mahogany Quadroon Liquid Oxygen

Pain & Gain

Mid90s

The Informant!

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Date: May 29th, 2025 4:23 AM
Author: Frozen Alcoholic Stain Library

Pain & Gain is probably the best answer ITT

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Date: May 29th, 2025 7:11 AM
Author: Bearded Mahogany Quadroon Liquid Oxygen

Im a Curator

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Date: May 28th, 2025 10:35 AM
Author: balding cruise ship

Three Kings

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Date: May 28th, 2025 10:38 AM
Author: Bearded Mahogany Quadroon Liquid Oxygen

1999

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Date: May 28th, 2025 10:44 AM
Author: mentally impaired sneaky criminal

One Day (2011)

Love and Other Drugs (2010)

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Date: May 28th, 2025 8:48 PM
Author: Shaky Base

Black Hawk Down

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Date: May 29th, 2025 5:13 AM
Author: Dun stimulating tank

this

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Date: May 29th, 2025 7:49 AM
Author: Soul-stirring boiling water

Lot of nostalgia for 1993 Somalia

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Date: May 29th, 2025 8:44 AM
Author: fighting genital piercing

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: Greedy house prole

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

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Date: May 29th, 2025 4:08 AM
Author: Soul-stirring boiling water

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

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Date: May 29th, 2025 5:14 AM
Author: Dun stimulating tank

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: cream maniacal step-uncle's house filthpig

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: Dun stimulating tank

tyvmft

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Date: May 29th, 2025 5:25 AM
Author: Concupiscible school cafeteria personal credit line

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: Pea-brained cumskin property

Harry Potter

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Date: June 3rd, 2025 3:07 AM
Author: Demanding jew

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: Soul-stirring boiling water

Good one

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Date: June 3rd, 2025 11:41 AM
Author: Frozen Alcoholic Stain Library



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Date: June 7th, 2025 4:39 AM
Author: bespoke bateful friendly grandma coldplay fan

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: Pea-brained cumskin property

It’s criminally underrated

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Date: June 9th, 2025 11:12 AM
Author: bespoke bateful friendly grandma coldplay fan



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