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

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Canary step-uncle's house
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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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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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True Detective season one
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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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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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The Queen (2006) The Fighter (2010) Erin Brocovich (2000) ...
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Canary step-uncle's house
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Doesn't qualify with your parameters but Clerks is classic 9...
fuchsia wagecucks
  05/27/25
Yes, but not a period piece. Lots of movies reflect their t...
Canary step-uncle's house
  05/28/25
I think Superbad is set in the 2000s but it has a 90s aesthe...
Canary step-uncle's house
  05/28/25
Same for Napoleon dynamite Technically set in 2003 but ru...
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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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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
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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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No. They were clearly using early 2000s era phones and using...
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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: Canary step-uncle's house



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Date: May 27th, 2025 11:30 AM
Author: Embarrassed to the bone telephone university

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

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Date: May 27th, 2025 11:31 AM
Author: 180 milk

Who even watches these anymore?

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Date: May 27th, 2025 11:31 AM
Author: shimmering coldplay fan

I still watch Film

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Date: May 27th, 2025 9:59 PM
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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:01 PM
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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:29 PM
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but yet you know nothing of it

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Date: May 28th, 2025 10:33 AM
Author: shimmering coldplay fan

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: Bull headed candlestick maker den

mean girls was released in 2004 but feels older imo

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Date: May 27th, 2025 11:34 AM
Author: diverse milky messiness

True Detective season one



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Date: May 27th, 2025 1:22 PM
Author: Appetizing Effete Idiot



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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:02 PM
Author: Canary step-uncle's house

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
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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:39 PM
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Date: May 28th, 2025 6:52 AM
Author: Canary step-uncle's house

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: know-it-all school toilet seat

Alpha Dog pops into mind first

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Date: May 29th, 2025 5:44 AM
Author: offensive charismatic nursing home doctorate

(Nick Cassavetes)

(JT)

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Date: May 27th, 2025 12:19 PM
Author: Canary step-uncle's house

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: 180 milk

How to train your dragon

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Date: May 27th, 2025 12:23 PM
Author: chartreuse harsh partner

social network.

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Date: May 27th, 2025 12:44 PM
Author: flushed sinister indian lodge

Wolf of Wall Street

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Date: May 27th, 2025 1:23 PM
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Date: May 27th, 2025 1:24 PM
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Date: May 27th, 2025 9:58 PM
Author: Canary step-uncle's house

Mostly an 80s movie though.

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Date: May 27th, 2025 12:45 PM
Author: cracking theatre feces

Speed

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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:01 PM
Author: Canary step-uncle's house

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: Appetizing Effete Idiot

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Date: May 27th, 2025 9:59 PM
Author: 180 milk

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Date: May 27th, 2025 9:59 PM
Author: Blue laser beams business firm

"period" is a gross word.

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Date: May 27th, 2025 9:59 PM
Author: adulterous bonkers water buffalo pistol

The Diaper

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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:39 PM
Author: Appetizing Effete Idiot



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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:01 PM
Author: Canary step-uncle's house

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
Author: Appetizing Effete Idiot



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Date: May 28th, 2025 9:44 AM
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Date: May 28th, 2025 9:49 AM
Author: Appetizing Effete Idiot



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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:18 PM
Author: razzle-dazzle brass stag film hunting ground

The Queen (2006)

The Fighter (2010)

Erin Brocovich (2000)

I, Tonya (2017)

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Date: May 28th, 2025 6:50 AM
Author: Canary step-uncle's house

Thanks for asking Chat to give you answers

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Date: May 27th, 2025 11:03 PM
Author: fuchsia wagecucks

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

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Date: May 28th, 2025 6:52 AM
Author: Canary step-uncle's house

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: Canary step-uncle's house

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: Bull headed candlestick maker den

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: Canary step-uncle's house

Good one

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Date: May 28th, 2025 9:52 AM
Author: indecent bearded space dopamine

lilo and stitch for the same reason

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Date: May 28th, 2025 9:55 AM
Author: Appetizing Effete Idiot



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Date: June 7th, 2025 4:43 AM
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Date: June 14th, 2025 10:02 AM
Author: Canary step-uncle's house

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

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Date: May 28th, 2025 9:59 AM
Author: cracking theatre feces

Road Trip

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Date: May 28th, 2025 10:04 AM
Author: Glittery peach pit

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: Appetizing Effete Idiot



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Date: May 28th, 2025 10:10 AM
Author: Coral Misanthropic Main People

Pain & Gain

Mid90s

The Informant!

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Date: May 29th, 2025 4:23 AM
Author: salmon tanning salon voyeur

Pain & Gain is probably the best answer ITT

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Date: May 29th, 2025 7:11 AM
Author: Coral Misanthropic Main People

Im a Curator

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Date: May 28th, 2025 10:35 AM
Author: pearly bisexual boltzmann chapel

Three Kings

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Date: May 28th, 2025 10:38 AM
Author: Coral Misanthropic Main People

1999

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Date: May 28th, 2025 10:44 AM
Author: naked flatulent gas station scourge upon the earth

One Day (2011)

Love and Other Drugs (2010)

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Date: May 28th, 2025 8:48 PM
Author: Supple Hateful Public Bath

Black Hawk Down

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Date: May 29th, 2025 5:13 AM
Author: well-lubricated amber parlour

this

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Date: May 29th, 2025 7:49 AM
Author: Canary step-uncle's house

Lot of nostalgia for 1993 Somalia

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Date: May 29th, 2025 8:44 AM
Author: shimmering coldplay fan

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: Buff beady-eyed incel trust fund

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

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Date: May 29th, 2025 4:08 AM
Author: Canary step-uncle's house

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

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Date: May 29th, 2025 5:14 AM
Author: well-lubricated amber parlour

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: cracking theatre feces

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: well-lubricated amber parlour

tyvmft

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Date: May 29th, 2025 5:25 AM
Author: Tan National Love Of Her Life

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: Territorial balding center

Harry Potter

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Date: June 3rd, 2025 3:07 AM
Author: Frisky state wrinkle

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: Canary step-uncle's house

Good one

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Date: June 7th, 2025 4:39 AM
Author: dun boiling water old irish cottage

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: Territorial balding center

It’s criminally underrated

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Date: June 9th, 2025 11:12 AM
Author: dun boiling water old irish cottage



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