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

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Charismatic associate theater
  05/27/25
Big Lebowski almost qualifies, released in 1998 but set in 1...
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Who even watches these anymore?
Overrated learning disabled chad
  05/27/25
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 ...
Drunken range
  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)
arousing godawful point double fault
  05/29/25
There are not a lot - certainly no great films. Add The F...
Charismatic associate theater
  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.
Charismatic associate theater
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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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Nigger Feet
Overrated learning disabled chad
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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
Charismatic associate theater
  05/28/25
Doesn't qualify with your parameters but Clerks is classic 9...
Greedy diverse corner giraffe
  05/27/25
Yes, but not a period piece. Lots of movies reflect their t...
Charismatic associate theater
  05/28/25
I think Superbad is set in the 2000s but it has a 90s aesthe...
Charismatic associate theater
  05/28/25
Same for Napoleon dynamite Technically set in 2003 but ru...
sickened whorehouse
  05/28/25
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
Flushed talented messiness immigrant
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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
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this
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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...
pink stage
  05/28/25
I feel like that’s too well known to even bother discu...
Charismatic associate theater
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Is The Departed set in the 1990s? Seemed to be based on the ...
costumed deer antler
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No. They were clearly using early 2000s era phones and using...
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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
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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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marvelous cream potus
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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: Charismatic associate theater



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Date: May 27th, 2025 11:30 AM
Author: aphrodisiac base psychic

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

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Date: May 27th, 2025 11:31 AM
Author: Overrated learning disabled chad

Who even watches these anymore?

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Date: May 27th, 2025 11:31 AM
Author: Drunken range

I still watch Film

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Date: May 27th, 2025 9:59 PM
Author: Buff floppy piazza jap



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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:01 PM
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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:29 PM
Author: razzmatazz flirting depressive crotch

but yet you know nothing of it

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Date: May 28th, 2025 10:33 AM
Author: Drunken range

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: sickened whorehouse

mean girls was released in 2004 but feels older imo

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Date: May 27th, 2025 11:34 AM
Author: aqua razzle milk

True Detective season one



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Date: May 27th, 2025 1:22 PM
Author: multi-colored generalized bond mad-dog skullcap



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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:02 PM
Author: Charismatic associate theater

Best answer so far

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Date: May 29th, 2025 5:48 AM
Author: costumed deer antler



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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:23 PM
Author: Indigo useless goal in life french chef



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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:28 PM
Author: Buff floppy piazza jap

tp

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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:39 PM
Author: multi-colored generalized bond mad-dog skullcap



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Date: May 28th, 2025 6:52 AM
Author: Charismatic associate theater

The segways are the second biggest unresolved mystery after the lawnmower

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Date: May 28th, 2025 10:34 AM
Author: cheese-eating cordovan dilemma



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Date: May 27th, 2025 11:38 AM
Author: Beta impressive cumskin elastic band

Alpha Dog pops into mind first

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Date: May 29th, 2025 5:44 AM
Author: arousing godawful point double fault

(Nick Cassavetes)

(JT)

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Date: May 27th, 2025 12:19 PM
Author: Charismatic associate theater

There are not a lot - certainly no great films.

Add The Fighter and Spring Breakers

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5730305&forum_id=2#48964843)



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Date: May 27th, 2025 12:22 PM
Author: Overrated learning disabled chad

How to train your dragon

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Date: May 27th, 2025 12:23 PM
Author: onyx stain roommate

social network.

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Date: May 27th, 2025 12:44 PM
Author: filthy hairless hospital

Wolf of Wall Street

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Date: May 27th, 2025 1:23 PM
Author: Low-t frum theatre



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Date: May 27th, 2025 1:24 PM
Author: multi-colored generalized bond mad-dog skullcap



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Date: May 27th, 2025 9:58 PM
Author: Charismatic associate theater

Mostly an 80s movie though.

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Date: May 27th, 2025 12:45 PM
Author: Flushed talented messiness immigrant

Speed

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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:01 PM
Author: Charismatic associate theater

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: multi-colored generalized bond mad-dog skullcap

Autoadmit.com

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Date: May 27th, 2025 9:59 PM
Author: Overrated learning disabled chad

Nigger Feet

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Date: May 27th, 2025 9:59 PM
Author: glittery poppy ticket booth

"period" is a gross word.

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Date: May 27th, 2025 9:59 PM
Author: Buff floppy piazza jap

The Diaper

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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:39 PM
Author: multi-colored generalized bond mad-dog skullcap



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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:01 PM
Author: Charismatic associate theater

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: Buff floppy piazza jap



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Date: May 27th, 2025 11:08 PM
Author: multi-colored generalized bond mad-dog skullcap



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Date: May 28th, 2025 9:44 AM
Author: Low-t frum theatre



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Date: May 28th, 2025 9:49 AM
Author: multi-colored generalized bond mad-dog skullcap



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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:18 PM
Author: cracking house-broken friendly grandma

The Queen (2006)

The Fighter (2010)

Erin Brocovich (2000)

I, Tonya (2017)

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Date: May 28th, 2025 6:50 AM
Author: Charismatic associate theater

Thanks for asking Chat to give you answers

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Date: May 27th, 2025 11:03 PM
Author: Greedy diverse corner giraffe

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

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Date: May 28th, 2025 6:52 AM
Author: Charismatic associate theater

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: Charismatic associate theater

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: sickened whorehouse

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: Charismatic associate theater

Good one

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Date: May 28th, 2025 9:52 AM
Author: khaki swashbuckling doctorate senate

lilo and stitch for the same reason

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Date: May 28th, 2025 9:55 AM
Author: multi-colored generalized bond mad-dog skullcap



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Date: June 7th, 2025 4:43 AM
Author: Vengeful Laser Beams



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Date: June 14th, 2025 10:02 AM
Author: Charismatic associate theater

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

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Date: May 28th, 2025 9:59 AM
Author: Flushed talented messiness immigrant

Road Trip

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Date: May 28th, 2025 10:04 AM
Author: odious maniacal library headpube

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: multi-colored generalized bond mad-dog skullcap



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Date: May 28th, 2025 10:10 AM
Author: Wonderful Peach Legal Warrant

Pain & Gain

Mid90s

The Informant!

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Date: May 29th, 2025 4:23 AM
Author: marvelous cream potus

Pain & Gain is probably the best answer ITT

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Date: May 29th, 2025 7:11 AM
Author: Wonderful Peach Legal Warrant

Im a Curator

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Date: May 28th, 2025 10:35 AM
Author: cheese-eating cordovan dilemma

Three Kings

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Date: May 28th, 2025 10:38 AM
Author: Wonderful Peach Legal Warrant

1999

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Date: May 28th, 2025 10:44 AM
Author: big sex offender pit

One Day (2011)

Love and Other Drugs (2010)

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Date: May 28th, 2025 8:48 PM
Author: Obsidian Bisexual Factory Reset Button Space

Black Hawk Down

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Date: May 29th, 2025 5:13 AM
Author: costumed deer antler

this

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Date: May 29th, 2025 7:49 AM
Author: Charismatic associate theater

Lot of nostalgia for 1993 Somalia

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Date: May 29th, 2025 8:44 AM
Author: Drunken range

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: pink stage

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

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5730305&forum_id=2#48969260)



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Date: May 29th, 2025 4:08 AM
Author: Charismatic associate theater

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

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5730305&forum_id=2#48969800)



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Date: May 29th, 2025 5:14 AM
Author: costumed deer antler

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: Flushed talented messiness immigrant

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: costumed deer antler

tyvmft

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Date: May 29th, 2025 5:25 AM
Author: Mustard bespoke parlor knife

The Creek, the in-universe remake of Season 1 of Dawson's Creek.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5730305&forum_id=2#48969850)



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Date: June 3rd, 2025 1:22 AM
Author: Curious weed whacker dopamine

Harry Potter

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Date: June 3rd, 2025 3:07 AM
Author: histrionic chocolate hall

The OJ Simpson miniseries that was on FX a few years ago - the drama with Cuba Gooding Jr. as OJ, not the documentary one.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5730305&forum_id=2#48982587)



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Date: June 3rd, 2025 10:09 AM
Author: Charismatic associate theater

Good one

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Date: June 3rd, 2025 11:41 AM
Author: marvelous cream potus



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Date: June 7th, 2025 4:39 AM
Author: blue big-titted multi-billionaire center

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: Curious weed whacker dopamine

It’s criminally underrated

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Date: June 9th, 2025 11:12 AM
Author: blue big-titted multi-billionaire center



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