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

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out-of-control property
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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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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)
cerise judgmental kitty water buffalo
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There are not a lot - certainly no great films. Add The F...
out-of-control property
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How to train your dragon
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social network.
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Wolf of Wall Street
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mewling university
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Mostly an 80s movie though.
out-of-control property
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Speed
burgundy dashing twinkling uncleanness dingle berry
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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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out-of-control property
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Doesn't qualify with your parameters but Clerks is classic 9...
Laughsome citrine shrine prole
  05/27/25
Yes, but not a period piece. Lots of movies reflect their t...
out-of-control property
  05/28/25
I think Superbad is set in the 2000s but it has a 90s aesthe...
out-of-control property
  05/28/25
Same for Napoleon dynamite Technically set in 2003 but ru...
Diverse tanning salon sweet tailpipe
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Good one
out-of-control property
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lilo and stitch for the same reason
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mewling university
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Road Trip
burgundy dashing twinkling uncleanness dingle berry
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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
histrionic pisswyrm
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Three Kings
Scarlet associate dragon
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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...
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I feel like that’s too well known to even bother discu...
out-of-control property
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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...
outnumbered point
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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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Date: May 27th, 2025 11:15 AM
Author: out-of-control property



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Date: May 27th, 2025 11:30 AM
Author: Misanthropic dun elastic band senate

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

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Date: May 27th, 2025 11:31 AM
Author: Ebony thriller meetinghouse trump supporter

Who even watches these anymore?

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Date: May 27th, 2025 11:31 AM
Author: Chestnut Fat Ankles Field

I still watch Film

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Date: May 27th, 2025 9:59 PM
Author: motley institution community account



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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:01 PM
Author: out-of-control property



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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:29 PM
Author: Self-centered state dopamine

but yet you know nothing of it

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Date: May 28th, 2025 10:33 AM
Author: Chestnut Fat Ankles Field

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: Diverse tanning salon sweet tailpipe

mean girls was released in 2004 but feels older imo

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Date: May 27th, 2025 11:34 AM
Author: Razzle-dazzle flushed stain house

True Detective season one



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Date: May 27th, 2025 1:22 PM
Author: mewling university



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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:02 PM
Author: out-of-control property

Best answer so far

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Date: May 29th, 2025 5:48 AM
Author: Saffron geriatric national wagecucks



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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:23 PM
Author: bronze internet-worthy center



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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:28 PM
Author: motley institution community account

tp

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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:39 PM
Author: mewling university



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Date: May 28th, 2025 6:52 AM
Author: out-of-control property

The segways are the second biggest unresolved mystery after the lawnmower

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Date: May 28th, 2025 10:34 AM
Author: Scarlet associate dragon



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Date: May 27th, 2025 11:38 AM
Author: hateful shivering parlor

Alpha Dog pops into mind first

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Date: May 29th, 2025 5:44 AM
Author: cerise judgmental kitty water buffalo

(Nick Cassavetes)

(JT)

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Date: May 27th, 2025 12:19 PM
Author: out-of-control property

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=2Elisa#48964843)



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Date: May 27th, 2025 12:22 PM
Author: Ebony thriller meetinghouse trump supporter

How to train your dragon

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Date: May 27th, 2025 12:23 PM
Author: Purple glittery trailer park goal in life

social network.

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Date: May 27th, 2025 12:44 PM
Author: appetizing thirsty gas station

Wolf of Wall Street

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Date: May 27th, 2025 1:23 PM
Author: stubborn potus casino



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Date: May 27th, 2025 1:24 PM
Author: mewling university



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Date: May 27th, 2025 9:58 PM
Author: out-of-control property

Mostly an 80s movie though.

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Date: May 27th, 2025 12:45 PM
Author: burgundy dashing twinkling uncleanness dingle berry

Speed

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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:01 PM
Author: out-of-control property

I don’t think 1994’s Speed meets one of OP’s criteria.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5730305&forum_id=2Elisa#48966424)



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Date: May 27th, 2025 1:24 PM
Author: mewling university

Autoadmit.com

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Date: May 27th, 2025 9:59 PM
Author: Ebony thriller meetinghouse trump supporter

Nigger Feet

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Date: May 27th, 2025 9:59 PM
Author: comical naked half-breed

"period" is a gross word.

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Date: May 27th, 2025 9:59 PM
Author: motley institution community account

The Diaper

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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:39 PM
Author: mewling university



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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:01 PM
Author: out-of-control property

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=2Elisa#48966422)



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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:01 PM
Author: motley institution community account



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Date: May 27th, 2025 11:08 PM
Author: mewling university



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Date: May 28th, 2025 9:44 AM
Author: stubborn potus casino



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Date: May 28th, 2025 9:49 AM
Author: mewling university



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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:18 PM
Author: Multi-colored Haunting Stage

The Queen (2006)

The Fighter (2010)

Erin Brocovich (2000)

I, Tonya (2017)

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Date: May 28th, 2025 6:50 AM
Author: out-of-control property

Thanks for asking Chat to give you answers

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Date: May 27th, 2025 11:03 PM
Author: Laughsome citrine shrine prole

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

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Date: May 28th, 2025 6:52 AM
Author: out-of-control property

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=2Elisa#48966871)



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Date: May 28th, 2025 6:54 AM
Author: out-of-control property

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.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5730305&forum_id=2Elisa#48966875)



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Date: May 28th, 2025 7:05 AM
Author: Diverse tanning salon sweet tailpipe

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: out-of-control property

Good one

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Date: May 28th, 2025 9:52 AM
Author: ungodly faggot firefighter mood

lilo and stitch for the same reason

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Date: May 28th, 2025 9:55 AM
Author: mewling university



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Date: May 28th, 2025 9:59 AM
Author: burgundy dashing twinkling uncleanness dingle berry

Road Trip

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Date: May 28th, 2025 10:04 AM
Author: Titillating Jewess Kitchen

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

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5730305&forum_id=2Elisa#48967167)



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Date: May 28th, 2025 10:14 AM
Author: mewling university



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Date: May 28th, 2025 10:10 AM
Author: histrionic pisswyrm

Pain & Gain

Mid90s

The Informant!

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Date: May 29th, 2025 4:23 AM
Author: bateful mustard garrison boiling water

Pain & Gain is probably the best answer ITT

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Date: May 29th, 2025 7:11 AM
Author: histrionic pisswyrm

Im a Curator

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Date: May 28th, 2025 10:35 AM
Author: Scarlet associate dragon

Three Kings

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Date: May 28th, 2025 10:38 AM
Author: histrionic pisswyrm

1999

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Date: May 28th, 2025 10:44 AM
Author: domesticated crimson site

One Day (2011)

Love and Other Drugs (2010)

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Date: May 28th, 2025 8:48 PM
Author: Costumed cocky heaven toaster

Black Hawk Down

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Date: May 29th, 2025 5:13 AM
Author: Saffron geriatric national wagecucks

this

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Date: May 29th, 2025 7:49 AM
Author: out-of-control property

Lot of nostalgia for 1993 Somalia

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5730305&forum_id=2Elisa#48969956)



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Date: May 29th, 2025 8:44 AM
Author: Chestnut Fat Ankles Field

I remember playing netdoom in an internet cafe in Berbera around then, it was 180.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5730305&forum_id=2Elisa#48970015)



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Date: May 28th, 2025 8:54 PM
Author: Stimulating Halford

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

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



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Date: May 29th, 2025 4:08 AM
Author: out-of-control property

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

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



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Date: May 29th, 2025 5:14 AM
Author: Saffron geriatric national wagecucks

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: burgundy dashing twinkling uncleanness dingle berry

No. They were clearly using early 2000s era phones and using the number pad for texting. Also Alec Baldwins character mentions the Patriot Act

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5730305&forum_id=2Elisa#48969890)



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Date: May 29th, 2025 6:44 AM
Author: Saffron geriatric national wagecucks

tyvmft

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Date: May 29th, 2025 5:25 AM
Author: outnumbered point

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: Pumonymous

Harry Potter

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Date: June 3rd, 2025 3:07 AM
Author: Todd Driskill

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=2Elisa#48982587)



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Date: June 3rd, 2025 10:09 AM
Author: Pierbattista Pizzaballa

Good one

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Date: June 3rd, 2025 11:41 AM
Author: Trump Tariffs Can Do No Wrong (TDNW)



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