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

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Violent twinkling senate
  05/27/25
Big Lebowski almost qualifies, released in 1998 but set in 1...
glittery sickened cuck
  05/27/25
Who even watches these anymore?
unholy mildly autistic circlehead institution
  05/27/25
I still watch Film
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Dead pearl pocket flask
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Violent twinkling senate
  05/27/25
but yet you know nothing of it
carmine stag film tank
  05/27/25
Sir, I attended the Werner Herzog Film Seminar, pretty sure ...
shimmering international law enforcement agency
  05/28/25
mean girls was released in 2004 but feels older imo
Nubile charismatic police squad regret
  05/27/25
True Detective season one
Motley center
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exhilarant brunch juggernaut
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Best answer so far
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Dead pearl pocket flask
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The segways are the second biggest unresolved mystery after ...
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kink-friendly doobsian hissy fit multi-billionaire
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Alpha Dog pops into mind first
jet-lagged vivacious jap
  05/27/25
(Nick Cassavetes) (JT)
embarrassed to the bone deer antler heaven
  05/29/25
There are not a lot - certainly no great films. Add The F...
Violent twinkling senate
  05/27/25
How to train your dragon
unholy mildly autistic circlehead institution
  05/27/25
social network.
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Wolf of Wall Street
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exhilarant brunch juggernaut
  05/27/25
Mostly an 80s movie though.
Violent twinkling senate
  05/27/25
Speed
Dark Laughsome Striped Hyena Dopamine
  05/27/25
I don’t think 1994’s Speed meets one of OP&rsquo...
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Nigger Feet
unholy mildly autistic circlehead institution
  05/27/25
"period" is a gross word.
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The Diaper
Dead pearl pocket flask
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exhilarant brunch juggernaut
  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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Thanks for asking Chat to give you answers
Violent twinkling senate
  05/28/25
Doesn't qualify with your parameters but Clerks is classic 9...
rusted comical legal warrant
  05/27/25
Yes, but not a period piece. Lots of movies reflect their t...
Violent twinkling senate
  05/28/25
I think Superbad is set in the 2000s but it has a 90s aesthe...
Violent twinkling senate
  05/28/25
Same for Napoleon dynamite Technically set in 2003 but ru...
Nubile charismatic police squad regret
  05/28/25
Good one
Violent twinkling senate
  05/28/25
lilo and stitch for the same reason
trip temple
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exhilarant brunch juggernaut
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Chestnut Impertinent Half-breed Gas Station
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Those tankard bracelets and Deb’s hair are incredibly ...
Violent twinkling senate
  06/14/25
Road Trip
Dark Laughsome Striped Hyena Dopamine
  05/28/25
this is difficult imo because 9/11 really wiped clean our me...
Supple faggotry corn cake
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exhilarant brunch juggernaut
  05/28/25
Pain & Gain Mid90s The Informant!
big-titted orchestra pit
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Pain & Gain is probably the best answer ITT
Ultramarine locus
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Im a Curator
big-titted orchestra pit
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Three Kings
kink-friendly doobsian hissy fit multi-billionaire
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1999
big-titted orchestra pit
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One Day (2011) Love and Other Drugs (2010)
Floppy outnumbered new version stage
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Black Hawk Down
Domesticated Wine Keepsake Machete Gaming Laptop
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this
Odious meetinghouse
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Lot of nostalgia for 1993 Somalia
Violent twinkling senate
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I remember playing netdoom in an internet cafe in Berbera ar...
shimmering international law enforcement agency
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the belgian crime drama 'Maldoror' about the marc dutroux ca...
irate becky forum
  05/28/25
I feel like that’s too well known to even bother discu...
Violent twinkling senate
  05/29/25
Is The Departed set in the 1990s? Seemed to be based on the ...
Odious meetinghouse
  05/29/25
No. They were clearly using early 2000s era phones and using...
Dark Laughsome Striped Hyena Dopamine
  05/29/25
tyvmft
Odious meetinghouse
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The Creek, the in-universe remake of Season 1 of Dawson's Cr...
lilac cracking box office
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Harry Potter
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The OJ Simpson miniseries that was on FX a few years ago - t...
Razzle Range
  06/03/25
Good one
Violent twinkling senate
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Ultramarine locus
  06/03/25
tv show but derry girls. wife insisted i watch it. i tho...
Hilarious Magical Sneaky Criminal Idea He Suggested
  06/07/25
It’s criminally underrated
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Date: May 27th, 2025 11:15 AM
Author: Violent twinkling senate



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Date: May 27th, 2025 11:30 AM
Author: glittery sickened cuck

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

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Date: May 27th, 2025 11:31 AM
Author: unholy mildly autistic circlehead institution

Who even watches these anymore?

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Date: May 27th, 2025 11:31 AM
Author: shimmering international law enforcement agency

I still watch Film

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Date: May 27th, 2025 9:59 PM
Author: Dead pearl pocket flask



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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:01 PM
Author: Violent twinkling senate



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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:29 PM
Author: carmine stag film tank

but yet you know nothing of it

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Date: May 28th, 2025 10:33 AM
Author: shimmering international law enforcement agency

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: Nubile charismatic police squad regret

mean girls was released in 2004 but feels older imo

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Date: May 27th, 2025 11:34 AM
Author: Motley center

True Detective season one



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Date: May 27th, 2025 1:22 PM
Author: exhilarant brunch juggernaut



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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:02 PM
Author: Violent twinkling senate

Best answer so far

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Date: May 29th, 2025 5:48 AM
Author: Odious meetinghouse



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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:23 PM
Author: Rose office marketing idea



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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:28 PM
Author: Dead pearl pocket flask

tp

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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:39 PM
Author: exhilarant brunch juggernaut



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Date: May 28th, 2025 6:52 AM
Author: Violent twinkling senate

The segways are the second biggest unresolved mystery after the lawnmower

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Date: May 28th, 2025 10:34 AM
Author: kink-friendly doobsian hissy fit multi-billionaire



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Date: May 27th, 2025 11:38 AM
Author: jet-lagged vivacious jap

Alpha Dog pops into mind first

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Date: May 29th, 2025 5:44 AM
Author: embarrassed to the bone deer antler heaven

(Nick Cassavetes)

(JT)

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Date: May 27th, 2025 12:19 PM
Author: Violent twinkling senate

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: unholy mildly autistic circlehead institution

How to train your dragon

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Date: May 27th, 2025 12:23 PM
Author: Vigorous Reading Party

social network.

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Date: May 27th, 2025 12:44 PM
Author: orchid mad-dog skullcap

Wolf of Wall Street

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Date: May 27th, 2025 1:23 PM
Author: shaky bronze round eye



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Date: May 27th, 2025 1:24 PM
Author: exhilarant brunch juggernaut



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Date: May 27th, 2025 9:58 PM
Author: Violent twinkling senate

Mostly an 80s movie though.

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Date: May 27th, 2025 12:45 PM
Author: Dark Laughsome Striped Hyena Dopamine

Speed

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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:01 PM
Author: Violent twinkling senate

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: exhilarant brunch juggernaut

Autoadmit.com

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Date: May 27th, 2025 9:59 PM
Author: unholy mildly autistic circlehead institution

Nigger Feet

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Date: May 27th, 2025 9:59 PM
Author: Obsidian Candlestick Maker Feces

"period" is a gross word.

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Date: May 27th, 2025 9:59 PM
Author: Dead pearl pocket flask

The Diaper

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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:39 PM
Author: exhilarant brunch juggernaut



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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:01 PM
Author: Violent twinkling senate

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: Dead pearl pocket flask



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Date: May 27th, 2025 11:08 PM
Author: exhilarant brunch juggernaut



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Date: May 28th, 2025 9:44 AM
Author: shaky bronze round eye



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Date: May 28th, 2025 9:49 AM
Author: exhilarant brunch juggernaut



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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:18 PM
Author: fuchsia toilet seat

The Queen (2006)

The Fighter (2010)

Erin Brocovich (2000)

I, Tonya (2017)

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Date: May 28th, 2025 6:50 AM
Author: Violent twinkling senate

Thanks for asking Chat to give you answers

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Date: May 27th, 2025 11:03 PM
Author: rusted comical legal warrant

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

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Date: May 28th, 2025 6:52 AM
Author: Violent twinkling senate

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: Violent twinkling senate

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: Nubile charismatic police squad regret

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: Violent twinkling senate

Good one

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Date: May 28th, 2025 9:52 AM
Author: trip temple

lilo and stitch for the same reason

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Date: May 28th, 2025 9:55 AM
Author: exhilarant brunch juggernaut



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Date: June 7th, 2025 4:43 AM
Author: Chestnut Impertinent Half-breed Gas Station



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Date: June 14th, 2025 10:02 AM
Author: Violent twinkling senate

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

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Date: May 28th, 2025 9:59 AM
Author: Dark Laughsome Striped Hyena Dopamine

Road Trip

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Date: May 28th, 2025 10:04 AM
Author: Supple faggotry corn cake

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: exhilarant brunch juggernaut



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Date: May 28th, 2025 10:10 AM
Author: big-titted orchestra pit

Pain & Gain

Mid90s

The Informant!

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Date: May 29th, 2025 4:23 AM
Author: Ultramarine locus

Pain & Gain is probably the best answer ITT

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Date: May 29th, 2025 7:11 AM
Author: big-titted orchestra pit

Im a Curator

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Date: May 28th, 2025 10:35 AM
Author: kink-friendly doobsian hissy fit multi-billionaire

Three Kings

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Date: May 28th, 2025 10:38 AM
Author: big-titted orchestra pit

1999

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Date: May 28th, 2025 10:44 AM
Author: Floppy outnumbered new version stage

One Day (2011)

Love and Other Drugs (2010)

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Date: May 28th, 2025 8:48 PM
Author: Domesticated Wine Keepsake Machete Gaming Laptop

Black Hawk Down

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Date: May 29th, 2025 5:13 AM
Author: Odious meetinghouse

this

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Date: May 29th, 2025 7:49 AM
Author: Violent twinkling senate

Lot of nostalgia for 1993 Somalia

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Date: May 29th, 2025 8:44 AM
Author: shimmering international law enforcement agency

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: irate becky forum

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

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Date: May 29th, 2025 4:08 AM
Author: Violent twinkling senate

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

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Date: May 29th, 2025 5:14 AM
Author: Odious meetinghouse

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: Dark Laughsome Striped Hyena Dopamine

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: Odious meetinghouse

tyvmft

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Date: May 29th, 2025 5:25 AM
Author: lilac cracking box office

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: massive balding milk nursing home

Harry Potter

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Date: June 3rd, 2025 3:07 AM
Author: Razzle Range

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: Violent twinkling senate

Good one

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Date: June 3rd, 2025 11:41 AM
Author: Ultramarine locus



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Date: June 7th, 2025 4:39 AM
Author: Hilarious Magical Sneaky Criminal Idea He Suggested

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: massive balding milk nursing home

It’s criminally underrated

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Date: June 9th, 2025 11:12 AM
Author: Hilarious Magical Sneaky Criminal Idea He Suggested



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