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

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bat-shit-crazy field people who are hurt
  05/27/25
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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bat-shit-crazy field people who are hurt
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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 ...
charcoal spectacular senate sound barrier
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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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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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How to train your dragon
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Wolf of Wall Street
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Mostly an 80s movie though.
bat-shit-crazy field people who are hurt
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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 Queen (2006) The Fighter (2010) Erin Brocovich (2000) ...
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bat-shit-crazy field people who are hurt
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Doesn't qualify with your parameters but Clerks is classic 9...
Doobsian judgmental base
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Yes, but not a period piece. Lots of movies reflect their t...
bat-shit-crazy field people who are hurt
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I think Superbad is set in the 2000s but it has a 90s aesthe...
bat-shit-crazy field people who are hurt
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Same for Napoleon dynamite Technically set in 2003 but ru...
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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
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1999
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One Day (2011) Love and Other Drugs (2010)
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Black Hawk Down
Zippy shitlib
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this
Bearded aromatic business firm
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Lot of nostalgia for 1993 Somalia
bat-shit-crazy field people who are hurt
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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...
poppy rambunctious trust fund
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I feel like that’s too well known to even bother discu...
bat-shit-crazy field people who are hurt
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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
Bearded aromatic business firm
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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: bat-shit-crazy field people who are hurt



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Date: May 27th, 2025 11:30 AM
Author: racy vermilion digit ratio brunch

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

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Date: May 27th, 2025 11:31 AM
Author: copper new version

Who even watches these anymore?

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Date: May 27th, 2025 11:31 AM
Author: charcoal spectacular senate sound barrier

I still watch Film

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Date: May 27th, 2025 9:59 PM
Author: sexy floppy gas station



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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:01 PM
Author: bat-shit-crazy field people who are hurt



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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:29 PM
Author: Dull giraffe

but yet you know nothing of it

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Date: May 28th, 2025 10:33 AM
Author: charcoal spectacular senate sound barrier

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: Exciting burgundy nursing home

mean girls was released in 2004 but feels older imo

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Date: May 27th, 2025 11:34 AM
Author: indecent space degenerate

True Detective season one



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Date: May 27th, 2025 1:22 PM
Author: henna startled turdskin church



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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:02 PM
Author: bat-shit-crazy field people who are hurt

Best answer so far

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Date: May 29th, 2025 5:48 AM
Author: Bearded aromatic business firm



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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:23 PM
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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:28 PM
Author: sexy floppy gas station

tp

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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:39 PM
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Date: May 28th, 2025 6:52 AM
Author: bat-shit-crazy field people who are hurt

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: White school cafeteria depressive

Alpha Dog pops into mind first

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Date: May 29th, 2025 5:44 AM
Author: smoky cruise ship mood

(Nick Cassavetes)

(JT)

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Date: May 27th, 2025 12:19 PM
Author: bat-shit-crazy field people who are hurt

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: copper new version

How to train your dragon

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Date: May 27th, 2025 12:23 PM
Author: naked idea he suggested

social network.

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Date: May 27th, 2025 12:44 PM
Author: Cerebral national security agency

Wolf of Wall Street

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Date: May 27th, 2025 1:23 PM
Author: Fragrant sneaky criminal



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Date: May 27th, 2025 1:24 PM
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Date: May 27th, 2025 9:58 PM
Author: bat-shit-crazy field people who are hurt

Mostly an 80s movie though.

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Date: May 27th, 2025 12:45 PM
Author: Frisky peach locus international law enforcement agency

Speed

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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:01 PM
Author: bat-shit-crazy field people who are hurt

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: henna startled turdskin church

Autoadmit.com

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Date: May 27th, 2025 9:59 PM
Author: copper new version

Nigger Feet

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Date: May 27th, 2025 9:59 PM
Author: Alcoholic beady-eyed school

"period" is a gross word.

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Date: May 27th, 2025 9:59 PM
Author: sexy floppy gas station

The Diaper

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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:39 PM
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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:01 PM
Author: bat-shit-crazy field people who are hurt

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
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Date: May 27th, 2025 11:08 PM
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Date: May 28th, 2025 9:44 AM
Author: Fragrant sneaky criminal



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Date: May 28th, 2025 9:49 AM
Author: henna startled turdskin church



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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:18 PM
Author: scarlet motley whorehouse

The Queen (2006)

The Fighter (2010)

Erin Brocovich (2000)

I, Tonya (2017)

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Date: May 28th, 2025 6:50 AM
Author: bat-shit-crazy field people who are hurt

Thanks for asking Chat to give you answers

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Date: May 27th, 2025 11:03 PM
Author: Doobsian judgmental base

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

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Date: May 28th, 2025 6:52 AM
Author: bat-shit-crazy field people who are hurt

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: bat-shit-crazy field people who are hurt

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: Exciting burgundy nursing home

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: bat-shit-crazy field people who are hurt

Good one

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Date: May 28th, 2025 9:52 AM
Author: Autistic drab pit

lilo and stitch for the same reason

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Date: May 28th, 2025 9:55 AM
Author: henna startled turdskin church



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Date: June 7th, 2025 4:43 AM
Author: cracking liquid oxygen old irish cottage



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Date: June 14th, 2025 10:02 AM
Author: bat-shit-crazy field people who are hurt

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

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Date: May 28th, 2025 9:59 AM
Author: Frisky peach locus international law enforcement agency

Road Trip

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Date: May 28th, 2025 10:04 AM
Author: cheese-eating flickering karate

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: henna startled turdskin church



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Date: May 28th, 2025 10:10 AM
Author: electric bisexual stock car

Pain & Gain

Mid90s

The Informant!

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Date: May 29th, 2025 4:23 AM
Author: Mentally impaired trailer park doctorate

Pain & Gain is probably the best answer ITT

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Date: May 29th, 2025 7:11 AM
Author: electric bisexual stock car

Im a Curator

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Date: May 28th, 2025 10:35 AM
Author: Galvanic Pearl Lodge

Three Kings

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Date: May 28th, 2025 10:38 AM
Author: electric bisexual stock car

1999

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Date: May 28th, 2025 10:44 AM
Author: Claret frozen friendly grandma

One Day (2011)

Love and Other Drugs (2010)

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Date: May 28th, 2025 8:48 PM
Author: Zippy shitlib

Black Hawk Down

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Date: May 29th, 2025 5:13 AM
Author: Bearded aromatic business firm

this

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Date: May 29th, 2025 7:49 AM
Author: bat-shit-crazy field people who are hurt

Lot of nostalgia for 1993 Somalia

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Date: May 29th, 2025 8:44 AM
Author: charcoal spectacular senate sound barrier

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: poppy rambunctious trust fund

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

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Date: May 29th, 2025 4:08 AM
Author: bat-shit-crazy field people who are hurt

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

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Date: May 29th, 2025 5:14 AM
Author: Bearded aromatic business firm

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: Frisky peach locus international law enforcement agency

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: Bearded aromatic business firm

tyvmft

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Date: May 29th, 2025 5:25 AM
Author: Swollen dingle berry

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: hideous jew boistinker

Harry Potter

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Date: June 3rd, 2025 3:07 AM
Author: soul-stirring well-lubricated stag film

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: bat-shit-crazy field people who are hurt

Good one

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Date: June 3rd, 2025 11:41 AM
Author: Mentally impaired trailer park doctorate



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Date: June 7th, 2025 4:39 AM
Author: impressive razzle-dazzle 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: hideous jew boistinker

It’s criminally underrated

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Date: June 9th, 2025 11:12 AM
Author: impressive razzle-dazzle coldplay fan



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