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

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Marvelous Ocher Location Giraffe
  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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Marvelous Ocher Location Giraffe
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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 ...
thriller apoplectic mad-dog skullcap
  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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Best answer so far
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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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(Nick Cassavetes) (JT)
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There are not a lot - certainly no great films. Add The F...
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  05/27/25
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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  05/27/25
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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Thanks for asking Chat to give you answers
Marvelous Ocher Location Giraffe
  05/28/25
Doesn't qualify with your parameters but Clerks is classic 9...
Pontificating Box Office Therapy
  05/27/25
Yes, but not a period piece. Lots of movies reflect their t...
Marvelous Ocher Location Giraffe
  05/28/25
I think Superbad is set in the 2000s but it has a 90s aesthe...
Marvelous Ocher Location Giraffe
  05/28/25
Same for Napoleon dynamite Technically set in 2003 but ru...
Balding Temple Wagecucks
  05/28/25
Good one
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lilo and stitch for the same reason
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mahogany shitlib
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Those tankard bracelets and Deb’s hair are incredibly ...
Marvelous Ocher Location Giraffe
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Road Trip
Fragrant blathering principal's office internal respiration
  05/28/25
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
aromatic shrine
  05/29/25
Three Kings
concupiscible market
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1999
aromatic shrine
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One Day (2011) Love and Other Drugs (2010)
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Black Hawk Down
Buff school turdskin
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this
Lavender set headpube
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Lot of nostalgia for 1993 Somalia
Marvelous Ocher Location Giraffe
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I remember playing netdoom in an internet cafe in Berbera ar...
thriller apoplectic mad-dog skullcap
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the belgian crime drama 'Maldoror' about the marc dutroux ca...
light supple nursing home gaping
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I feel like that’s too well known to even bother discu...
Marvelous Ocher Location Giraffe
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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...
Fragrant blathering principal's office internal respiration
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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
Heady whorehouse doctorate
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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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Stimulating striped hyena hairy legs
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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: Marvelous Ocher Location Giraffe



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Date: May 27th, 2025 11:30 AM
Author: cruel-hearted exhilarant mental disorder meetinghouse

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

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Date: May 27th, 2025 11:31 AM
Author: contagious brindle dilemma pistol

Who even watches these anymore?

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Date: May 27th, 2025 11:31 AM
Author: thriller apoplectic mad-dog skullcap

I still watch Film

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Date: May 27th, 2025 9:59 PM
Author: carmine degenerate



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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:01 PM
Author: Marvelous Ocher Location Giraffe



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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:29 PM
Author: stirring wine field multi-billionaire

but yet you know nothing of it

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Date: May 28th, 2025 10:33 AM
Author: thriller apoplectic mad-dog skullcap

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: Balding Temple Wagecucks

mean girls was released in 2004 but feels older imo

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Date: May 27th, 2025 11:34 AM
Author: pink at-the-ready kitchen

True Detective season one



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Date: May 27th, 2025 1:22 PM
Author: irate tattoo



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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:02 PM
Author: Marvelous Ocher Location Giraffe

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: carmine degenerate

tp

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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:39 PM
Author: irate tattoo



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Date: May 28th, 2025 6:52 AM
Author: Marvelous Ocher Location Giraffe

The segways are the second biggest unresolved mystery after the lawnmower

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Date: May 28th, 2025 10:34 AM
Author: concupiscible market



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Date: May 27th, 2025 11:38 AM
Author: Sable goal in life gas station

Alpha Dog pops into mind first

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Date: May 29th, 2025 5:44 AM
Author: Duck-like bistre mediation native

(Nick Cassavetes)

(JT)

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Date: May 27th, 2025 12:19 PM
Author: Marvelous Ocher Location Giraffe

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: contagious brindle dilemma pistol

How to train your dragon

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Date: May 27th, 2025 12:23 PM
Author: Slap-happy Canary Trump Supporter Church

social network.

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Date: May 27th, 2025 12:44 PM
Author: red station

Wolf of Wall Street

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Date: May 27th, 2025 1:23 PM
Author: aquamarine main people



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Date: May 27th, 2025 1:24 PM
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Date: May 27th, 2025 9:58 PM
Author: Marvelous Ocher Location Giraffe

Mostly an 80s movie though.

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Date: May 27th, 2025 12:45 PM
Author: Fragrant blathering principal's office internal respiration

Speed

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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:01 PM
Author: Marvelous Ocher Location Giraffe

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: irate tattoo

Autoadmit.com

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Date: May 27th, 2025 9:59 PM
Author: contagious brindle dilemma pistol

Nigger Feet

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Date: May 27th, 2025 9:59 PM
Author: Cobalt fortuitous meteor

"period" is a gross word.

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Date: May 27th, 2025 9:59 PM
Author: carmine degenerate

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: Marvelous Ocher Location Giraffe

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.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5730305&forum_id=2#48966422)



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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:01 PM
Author: carmine degenerate



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Date: May 27th, 2025 11:08 PM
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Date: May 28th, 2025 9:44 AM
Author: aquamarine main people



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Date: May 28th, 2025 9:49 AM
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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:18 PM
Author: misunderstood friendly grandma casino

The Queen (2006)

The Fighter (2010)

Erin Brocovich (2000)

I, Tonya (2017)

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Date: May 28th, 2025 6:50 AM
Author: Marvelous Ocher Location Giraffe

Thanks for asking Chat to give you answers

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Date: May 27th, 2025 11:03 PM
Author: Pontificating Box Office Therapy

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

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Date: May 28th, 2025 6:52 AM
Author: Marvelous Ocher Location Giraffe

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.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5730305&forum_id=2#48966871)



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Date: May 28th, 2025 6:54 AM
Author: Marvelous Ocher Location Giraffe

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: Balding Temple Wagecucks

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: Marvelous Ocher Location Giraffe

Good one

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Date: May 28th, 2025 9:52 AM
Author: iridescent den liquid oxygen

lilo and stitch for the same reason

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Date: May 28th, 2025 9:55 AM
Author: irate tattoo



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Date: June 7th, 2025 4:43 AM
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Date: June 14th, 2025 10:02 AM
Author: Marvelous Ocher Location Giraffe

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

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5730305&forum_id=2#49014596)



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Date: May 28th, 2025 9:59 AM
Author: Fragrant blathering principal's office internal respiration

Road Trip

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Date: May 28th, 2025 10:04 AM
Author: Dashing parlour

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: irate tattoo



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Date: May 28th, 2025 10:10 AM
Author: aromatic shrine

Pain & Gain

Mid90s

The Informant!

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Date: May 29th, 2025 4:23 AM
Author: Stimulating striped hyena hairy legs

Pain & Gain is probably the best answer ITT

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Date: May 29th, 2025 7:11 AM
Author: aromatic shrine

Im a Curator

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Date: May 28th, 2025 10:35 AM
Author: concupiscible market

Three Kings

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Date: May 28th, 2025 10:38 AM
Author: aromatic shrine

1999

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Date: May 28th, 2025 10:44 AM
Author: Vivacious range candlestick maker

One Day (2011)

Love and Other Drugs (2010)

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Date: May 28th, 2025 8:48 PM
Author: Buff school turdskin

Black Hawk Down

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Date: May 29th, 2025 5:13 AM
Author: Lavender set headpube

this

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Date: May 29th, 2025 7:49 AM
Author: Marvelous Ocher Location Giraffe

Lot of nostalgia for 1993 Somalia

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Date: May 29th, 2025 8:44 AM
Author: thriller apoplectic mad-dog skullcap

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: light supple nursing home gaping

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

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Date: May 29th, 2025 4:08 AM
Author: Marvelous Ocher Location Giraffe

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

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Date: May 29th, 2025 5:14 AM
Author: Lavender set headpube

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: Fragrant blathering principal's office internal respiration

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: Lavender set headpube

tyvmft

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Date: May 29th, 2025 5:25 AM
Author: fluffy startling rehab

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: Heady whorehouse doctorate

Harry Potter

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Date: June 3rd, 2025 3:07 AM
Author: bipolar ticket booth alpha

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: Marvelous Ocher Location Giraffe

Good one

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Date: June 3rd, 2025 11:41 AM
Author: Stimulating striped hyena hairy legs



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Date: June 7th, 2025 4:39 AM
Author: Floppy Black Woman

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: Heady whorehouse doctorate

It’s criminally underrated

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Date: June 9th, 2025 11:12 AM
Author: Floppy Black Woman



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