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

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maize base
  05/27/25
Big Lebowski almost qualifies, released in 1998 but set in 1...
Disgusting Ladyboy Church
  05/27/25
Who even watches these anymore?
Arousing chartreuse orchestra pit
  05/27/25
I still watch Film
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Swashbuckling green friendly grandma pozpig
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maize base
  05/27/25
but yet you know nothing of it
Beady-eyed unholy personal credit line jewess
  05/27/25
Sir, I attended the Werner Herzog Film Seminar, pretty sure ...
Nighttime hell internal respiration
  05/28/25
mean girls was released in 2004 but feels older imo
dashing stock car cumskin
  05/27/25
True Detective season one
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Best answer so far
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Swashbuckling green friendly grandma pozpig
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The segways are the second biggest unresolved mystery after ...
maize base
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Mildly autistic amber deer antler step-uncle's house
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Alpha Dog pops into mind first
violent razzle location
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(Nick Cassavetes) (JT)
alcoholic private investor business firm
  05/29/25
There are not a lot - certainly no great films. Add The F...
maize base
  05/27/25
How to train your dragon
Arousing chartreuse orchestra pit
  05/27/25
social network.
boyish navy dilemma candlestick maker
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Wolf of Wall Street
Duck-like vibrant library
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Unhinged stag film
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Contagious idiot idea he suggested
  05/27/25
Mostly an 80s movie though.
maize base
  05/27/25
Speed
Racy peach abode
  05/27/25
I don’t think 1994’s Speed meets one of OP&rsquo...
maize base
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Nigger Feet
Arousing chartreuse orchestra pit
  05/27/25
"period" is a gross word.
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  05/27/25
The Diaper
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  05/27/25
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Contagious idiot idea he suggested
  05/27/25
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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  05/27/25
Thanks for asking Chat to give you answers
maize base
  05/28/25
Doesn't qualify with your parameters but Clerks is classic 9...
Appetizing hyperactive masturbator
  05/27/25
Yes, but not a period piece. Lots of movies reflect their t...
maize base
  05/28/25
I think Superbad is set in the 2000s but it has a 90s aesthe...
maize base
  05/28/25
Same for Napoleon dynamite Technically set in 2003 but ru...
dashing stock car cumskin
  05/28/25
Good one
maize base
  05/28/25
lilo and stitch for the same reason
Umber Soggy Azn Garrison
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Contagious idiot idea he suggested
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Thirsty codepig
  06/07/25
Those tankard bracelets and Deb’s hair are incredibly ...
maize base
  06/14/25
Road Trip
Racy peach abode
  05/28/25
this is difficult imo because 9/11 really wiped clean our me...
Vigorous Death Wish Mad-dog Skullcap
  05/28/25
...
Contagious idiot idea he suggested
  05/28/25
Pain & Gain Mid90s The Informant!
passionate balding alpha
  05/28/25
Pain & Gain is probably the best answer ITT
razzmatazz sanctuary selfie
  05/29/25
Im a Curator
passionate balding alpha
  05/29/25
Three Kings
Mildly autistic amber deer antler step-uncle's house
  05/28/25
1999
passionate balding alpha
  05/28/25
One Day (2011) Love and Other Drugs (2010)
Shivering theater stage mood
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Black Hawk Down
Milky hateful black woman laser beams
  05/28/25
this
Wonderful University
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Lot of nostalgia for 1993 Somalia
maize base
  05/29/25
I remember playing netdoom in an internet cafe in Berbera ar...
Nighttime hell internal respiration
  05/29/25
the belgian crime drama 'Maldoror' about the marc dutroux ca...
concupiscible hunting ground market
  05/28/25
I feel like that’s too well known to even bother discu...
maize base
  05/29/25
Is The Departed set in the 1990s? Seemed to be based on the ...
Wonderful University
  05/29/25
No. They were clearly using early 2000s era phones and using...
Racy peach abode
  05/29/25
tyvmft
Wonderful University
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The Creek, the in-universe remake of Season 1 of Dawson's Cr...
Misanthropic liquid oxygen
  05/29/25
Harry Potter
Obsidian field
  06/03/25
The OJ Simpson miniseries that was on FX a few years ago - t...
Pearly goyim pit
  06/03/25
Good one
maize base
  06/03/25
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razzmatazz sanctuary selfie
  06/03/25
tv show but derry girls. wife insisted i watch it. i tho...
Ungodly kitty cat
  06/07/25
It’s criminally underrated
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  06/08/25
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  06/09/25


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Date: May 27th, 2025 11:15 AM
Author: maize base



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Date: May 27th, 2025 11:30 AM
Author: Disgusting Ladyboy Church

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

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Date: May 27th, 2025 11:31 AM
Author: Arousing chartreuse orchestra pit

Who even watches these anymore?

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Date: May 27th, 2025 11:31 AM
Author: Nighttime hell internal respiration

I still watch Film

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Date: May 27th, 2025 9:59 PM
Author: Swashbuckling green friendly grandma pozpig



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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:01 PM
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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:29 PM
Author: Beady-eyed unholy personal credit line jewess

but yet you know nothing of it

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Date: May 28th, 2025 10:33 AM
Author: Nighttime hell internal respiration

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: dashing stock car cumskin

mean girls was released in 2004 but feels older imo

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Date: May 27th, 2025 11:34 AM
Author: Chocolate fiercely-loyal partner address

True Detective season one



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Date: May 27th, 2025 1:22 PM
Author: Contagious idiot idea he suggested



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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:02 PM
Author: maize base

Best answer so far

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Date: May 29th, 2025 5:48 AM
Author: Wonderful University



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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:23 PM
Author: electric scarlet piazza prole



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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:28 PM
Author: Swashbuckling green friendly grandma pozpig

tp

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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:39 PM
Author: Contagious idiot idea he suggested



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Date: May 28th, 2025 6:52 AM
Author: maize base

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: violent razzle location

Alpha Dog pops into mind first

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Date: May 29th, 2025 5:44 AM
Author: alcoholic private investor business firm

(Nick Cassavetes)

(JT)

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Date: May 27th, 2025 12:19 PM
Author: maize base

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: Arousing chartreuse orchestra pit

How to train your dragon

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Date: May 27th, 2025 12:23 PM
Author: boyish navy dilemma candlestick maker

social network.

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Date: May 27th, 2025 12:44 PM
Author: Duck-like vibrant library

Wolf of Wall Street

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Date: May 27th, 2025 1:23 PM
Author: Unhinged stag film



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Date: May 27th, 2025 1:24 PM
Author: Contagious idiot idea he suggested



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Date: May 27th, 2025 9:58 PM
Author: maize base

Mostly an 80s movie though.

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Date: May 27th, 2025 12:45 PM
Author: Racy peach abode

Speed

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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:01 PM
Author: maize base

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: Contagious idiot idea he suggested

Autoadmit.com

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Date: May 27th, 2025 9:59 PM
Author: Arousing chartreuse orchestra pit

Nigger Feet

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Date: May 27th, 2025 9:59 PM
Author: rusted organic girlfriend pocket flask

"period" is a gross word.

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Date: May 27th, 2025 9:59 PM
Author: Swashbuckling green friendly grandma pozpig

The Diaper

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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:39 PM
Author: Contagious idiot idea he suggested



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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:01 PM
Author: maize base

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: Swashbuckling green friendly grandma pozpig



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Date: May 27th, 2025 11:08 PM
Author: Contagious idiot idea he suggested



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Date: May 28th, 2025 9:44 AM
Author: Unhinged stag film



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Date: May 28th, 2025 9:49 AM
Author: Contagious idiot idea he suggested



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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:18 PM
Author: sienna out-of-control senate circlehead

The Queen (2006)

The Fighter (2010)

Erin Brocovich (2000)

I, Tonya (2017)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5730305&forum_id=2:#48966468)



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Date: May 28th, 2025 6:50 AM
Author: maize base

Thanks for asking Chat to give you answers

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Date: May 27th, 2025 11:03 PM
Author: Appetizing hyperactive masturbator

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

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Date: May 28th, 2025 6:52 AM
Author: maize base

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: maize base

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=2:#48966875)



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Date: May 28th, 2025 7:05 AM
Author: dashing stock car cumskin

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: maize base

Good one

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Date: May 28th, 2025 9:52 AM
Author: Umber Soggy Azn Garrison

lilo and stitch for the same reason

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Date: May 28th, 2025 9:55 AM
Author: Contagious idiot idea he suggested



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Date: June 7th, 2025 4:43 AM
Author: Thirsty codepig



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Date: June 14th, 2025 10:02 AM
Author: maize base

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

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Date: May 28th, 2025 9:59 AM
Author: Racy peach abode

Road Trip

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Date: May 28th, 2025 10:04 AM
Author: Vigorous Death Wish Mad-dog Skullcap

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: Contagious idiot idea he suggested



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Date: May 28th, 2025 10:10 AM
Author: passionate balding alpha

Pain & Gain

Mid90s

The Informant!

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Date: May 29th, 2025 4:23 AM
Author: razzmatazz sanctuary selfie

Pain & Gain is probably the best answer ITT

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Date: May 29th, 2025 7:11 AM
Author: passionate balding alpha

Im a Curator

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Date: May 28th, 2025 10:35 AM
Author: Mildly autistic amber deer antler step-uncle's house

Three Kings

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Date: May 28th, 2025 10:38 AM
Author: passionate balding alpha

1999

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Date: May 28th, 2025 10:44 AM
Author: Shivering theater stage mood

One Day (2011)

Love and Other Drugs (2010)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5730305&forum_id=2:#48967320)



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Date: May 28th, 2025 8:48 PM
Author: Milky hateful black woman laser beams

Black Hawk Down

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Date: May 29th, 2025 5:13 AM
Author: Wonderful University

this

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Date: May 29th, 2025 7:49 AM
Author: maize base

Lot of nostalgia for 1993 Somalia

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Date: May 29th, 2025 8:44 AM
Author: Nighttime hell internal respiration

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: concupiscible hunting ground market

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: maize base

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: Wonderful University

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: Racy peach abode

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: Wonderful University

tyvmft

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Date: May 29th, 2025 5:25 AM
Author: Misanthropic liquid oxygen

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: Obsidian field

Harry Potter

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Date: June 3rd, 2025 3:07 AM
Author: Pearly goyim pit

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: maize base

Good one

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Date: June 3rd, 2025 11:41 AM
Author: razzmatazz sanctuary selfie



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Date: June 7th, 2025 4:39 AM
Author: Ungodly kitty cat

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: Obsidian field

It’s criminally underrated

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Date: June 9th, 2025 11:12 AM
Author: Ungodly kitty cat



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