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

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Hairraiser Ebony Gay Wizard
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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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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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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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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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Doesn't qualify with your parameters but Clerks is classic 9...
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  05/27/25
Yes, but not a period piece. Lots of movies reflect their t...
Hairraiser Ebony Gay Wizard
  05/28/25
I think Superbad is set in the 2000s but it has a 90s aesthe...
Hairraiser Ebony Gay Wizard
  05/28/25
Same for Napoleon dynamite Technically set in 2003 but ru...
opaque painfully honest hospital
  05/28/25
Good one
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lilo and stitch for the same reason
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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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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...
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I feel like that’s too well known to even bother discu...
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Is The Departed set in the 1990s? Seemed to be based on the ...
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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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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: Hairraiser Ebony Gay Wizard



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Date: May 27th, 2025 11:30 AM
Author: laughsome step-uncle's house knife

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

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Date: May 27th, 2025 11:31 AM
Author: Territorial irradiated psychic roommate

Who even watches these anymore?

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Date: May 27th, 2025 11:31 AM
Author: swollen sick parlour

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
Author: Motley senate

but yet you know nothing of it

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Date: May 28th, 2025 10:33 AM
Author: swollen sick parlour

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: opaque painfully honest hospital

mean girls was released in 2004 but feels older imo

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Date: May 27th, 2025 11:34 AM
Author: Flickering Ticket Booth

True Detective season one



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Date: May 27th, 2025 1:22 PM
Author: Light impertinent boistinker



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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:02 PM
Author: Hairraiser Ebony Gay Wizard

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: Jade Rehab Mood

tp

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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:39 PM
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Date: May 28th, 2025 6:52 AM
Author: Hairraiser Ebony Gay Wizard

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: thriller charcoal ceo

Alpha Dog pops into mind first

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Date: May 29th, 2025 5:44 AM
Author: Multi-colored pungent boltzmann

(Nick Cassavetes)

(JT)

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Date: May 27th, 2025 12:19 PM
Author: Hairraiser Ebony Gay Wizard

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: Territorial irradiated psychic roommate

How to train your dragon

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Date: May 27th, 2025 12:23 PM
Author: galvanic startled feces church

social network.

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Date: May 27th, 2025 12:44 PM
Author: Snowy concupiscible location skinny woman

Wolf of Wall Street

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Date: May 27th, 2025 1:23 PM
Author: claret diverse death wish market



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Date: May 27th, 2025 1:24 PM
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Date: May 27th, 2025 9:58 PM
Author: Hairraiser Ebony Gay Wizard

Mostly an 80s movie though.

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Date: May 27th, 2025 12:45 PM
Author: soul-stirring wine water buffalo

Speed

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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:01 PM
Author: Hairraiser Ebony Gay Wizard

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: Light impertinent boistinker

Autoadmit.com

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Date: May 27th, 2025 9:59 PM
Author: Territorial irradiated psychic roommate

Nigger Feet

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Date: May 27th, 2025 9:59 PM
Author: Chartreuse Nighttime Macaca

"period" is a gross word.

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Date: May 27th, 2025 9:59 PM
Author: Jade Rehab Mood

The Diaper

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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:39 PM
Author: Light impertinent boistinker



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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:01 PM
Author: Hairraiser Ebony Gay Wizard

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: Jade Rehab Mood



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Date: May 27th, 2025 11:08 PM
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Date: May 28th, 2025 9:44 AM
Author: claret diverse death wish market



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Date: May 28th, 2025 9:49 AM
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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:18 PM
Author: bonkers pistol

The Queen (2006)

The Fighter (2010)

Erin Brocovich (2000)

I, Tonya (2017)

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Date: May 28th, 2025 6:50 AM
Author: Hairraiser Ebony Gay Wizard

Thanks for asking Chat to give you answers

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Date: May 27th, 2025 11:03 PM
Author: floppy alcoholic background story

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

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Date: May 28th, 2025 6:52 AM
Author: Hairraiser Ebony Gay Wizard

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: Hairraiser Ebony Gay Wizard

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: opaque painfully honest hospital

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: Hairraiser Ebony Gay Wizard

Good one

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Date: May 28th, 2025 9:52 AM
Author: judgmental blue piazza police squad

lilo and stitch for the same reason

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Date: May 28th, 2025 9:55 AM
Author: Light impertinent boistinker



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Date: June 7th, 2025 4:43 AM
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Date: May 28th, 2025 9:59 AM
Author: soul-stirring wine water buffalo

Road Trip

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Date: May 28th, 2025 10:04 AM
Author: Primrose trip milk range

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: Light impertinent boistinker



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Date: May 28th, 2025 10:10 AM
Author: turquoise useless brakes genital piercing

Pain & Gain

Mid90s

The Informant!

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Date: May 29th, 2025 4:23 AM
Author: brindle swashbuckling voyeur property

Pain & Gain is probably the best answer ITT

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Date: May 29th, 2025 7:11 AM
Author: turquoise useless brakes genital piercing

Im a Curator

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Date: May 28th, 2025 10:35 AM
Author: vivacious bull headed office

Three Kings

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Date: May 28th, 2025 10:38 AM
Author: turquoise useless brakes genital piercing

1999

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Date: May 28th, 2025 10:44 AM
Author: Stirring apoplectic halford

One Day (2011)

Love and Other Drugs (2010)

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Date: May 28th, 2025 8:48 PM
Author: Vibrant shrine karate

Black Hawk Down

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Date: May 29th, 2025 5:13 AM
Author: Mind-boggling amber nowag

this

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Date: May 29th, 2025 7:49 AM
Author: Hairraiser Ebony Gay Wizard

Lot of nostalgia for 1993 Somalia

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Date: May 29th, 2025 8:44 AM
Author: swollen sick parlour

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: Drunken flatulent alpha theater

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

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Date: May 29th, 2025 4:08 AM
Author: Hairraiser Ebony Gay Wizard

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

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Date: May 29th, 2025 5:14 AM
Author: Mind-boggling amber nowag

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: soul-stirring wine water buffalo

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: Mind-boggling amber nowag

tyvmft

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Date: May 29th, 2025 5:25 AM
Author: bipolar fat ankles

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: Anal Spot Mad-dog Skullcap

Harry Potter

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Date: June 3rd, 2025 3:07 AM
Author: exhilarant onyx people who are hurt

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: Hairraiser Ebony Gay Wizard

Good one

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Date: June 3rd, 2025 11:41 AM
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Date: June 7th, 2025 4:39 AM
Author: Brother Peter Dimond

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: Pumonymous

It’s criminally underrated

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Date: June 9th, 2025 11:12 AM
Author: Brother Peter Dimond



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