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

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Angry Orchestra Pit
  05/27/25
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)
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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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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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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
Angry Orchestra Pit
  05/28/25
Doesn't qualify with your parameters but Clerks is classic 9...
Irradiated Bright Friendly Grandma
  05/27/25
Yes, but not a period piece. Lots of movies reflect their t...
Angry Orchestra Pit
  05/28/25
I think Superbad is set in the 2000s but it has a 90s aesthe...
Angry Orchestra Pit
  05/28/25
Same for Napoleon dynamite Technically set in 2003 but ru...
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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
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  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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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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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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tv show but derry girls. wife insisted i watch it. i tho...
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Date: May 27th, 2025 11:15 AM
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Date: May 27th, 2025 11:30 AM
Author: Talking duck-like school cafeteria nibblets

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

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Date: May 27th, 2025 11:31 AM
Author: maize razzmatazz business firm

Who even watches these anymore?

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Date: May 27th, 2025 11:31 AM
Author: vivacious sticky international law enforcement agency native

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: Racy tanning salon

but yet you know nothing of it

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Date: May 28th, 2025 10:33 AM
Author: vivacious sticky international law enforcement agency native

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: Frisky toaster

mean girls was released in 2004 but feels older imo

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Date: May 27th, 2025 11:34 AM
Author: Bateful geriatric personal credit line kitchen

True Detective season one



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Date: May 27th, 2025 1:22 PM
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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:02 PM
Author: Angry Orchestra Pit

Best answer so far

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Date: May 29th, 2025 5:48 AM
Author: Razzle-dazzle cruise ship



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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:23 PM
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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:28 PM
Author: shimmering pungent prole indirect expression

tp

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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:39 PM
Author: Trip Hunting Ground Church



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Date: May 28th, 2025 6:52 AM
Author: Angry Orchestra Pit

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: tan wrinkle pit

Alpha Dog pops into mind first

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Date: May 29th, 2025 5:44 AM
Author: Navy Gas Station

(Nick Cassavetes)

(JT)

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Date: May 27th, 2025 12:19 PM
Author: Angry Orchestra Pit

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: maize razzmatazz business firm

How to train your dragon

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Date: May 27th, 2025 12:23 PM
Author: hairless marvelous toilet seat

social network.

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Date: May 27th, 2025 12:44 PM
Author: drunken internal respiration

Wolf of Wall Street

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Date: May 27th, 2025 1:23 PM
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Date: May 27th, 2025 1:24 PM
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Date: May 27th, 2025 9:58 PM
Author: Angry Orchestra Pit

Mostly an 80s movie though.

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Date: May 27th, 2025 12:45 PM
Author: Aquamarine Outnumbered Boistinker

Speed

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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:01 PM
Author: Angry Orchestra Pit

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: Trip Hunting Ground Church

Autoadmit.com

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Date: May 27th, 2025 9:59 PM
Author: maize razzmatazz business firm

Nigger Feet

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Date: May 27th, 2025 9:59 PM
Author: Violent white chapel queen of the night

"period" is a gross word.

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Date: May 27th, 2025 9:59 PM
Author: shimmering pungent prole indirect expression

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: Angry Orchestra Pit

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: shimmering pungent prole indirect expression



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Date: May 27th, 2025 11:08 PM
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Date: May 28th, 2025 9:44 AM
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Date: May 28th, 2025 9:49 AM
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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:18 PM
Author: Zippy curious library

The Queen (2006)

The Fighter (2010)

Erin Brocovich (2000)

I, Tonya (2017)

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Date: May 28th, 2025 6:50 AM
Author: Angry Orchestra Pit

Thanks for asking Chat to give you answers

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Date: May 27th, 2025 11:03 PM
Author: Irradiated Bright Friendly Grandma

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

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Date: May 28th, 2025 6:52 AM
Author: Angry Orchestra Pit

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: Angry Orchestra Pit

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: Frisky toaster

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: Angry Orchestra Pit

Good one

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Date: May 28th, 2025 9:52 AM
Author: passionate black whorehouse

lilo and stitch for the same reason

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Date: May 28th, 2025 9:55 AM
Author: Trip Hunting Ground Church



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Date: June 7th, 2025 4:43 AM
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Date: June 14th, 2025 10:02 AM
Author: Angry Orchestra Pit

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

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Date: May 28th, 2025 9:59 AM
Author: Aquamarine Outnumbered Boistinker

Road Trip

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Date: May 28th, 2025 10:04 AM
Author: cream hospital french chef

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
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Date: May 28th, 2025 10:10 AM
Author: histrionic cowardly step-uncle's house useless brakes

Pain & Gain

Mid90s

The Informant!

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Date: May 29th, 2025 4:23 AM
Author: Maniacal Hairraiser Casino Fanboi

Pain & Gain is probably the best answer ITT

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Date: May 29th, 2025 7:11 AM
Author: histrionic cowardly step-uncle's house useless brakes

Im a Curator

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Date: May 28th, 2025 10:35 AM
Author: swashbuckling massive generalized bond

Three Kings

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Date: May 28th, 2025 10:38 AM
Author: histrionic cowardly step-uncle's house useless brakes

1999

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Date: May 28th, 2025 10:44 AM
Author: Comical parlor

One Day (2011)

Love and Other Drugs (2010)

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Date: May 28th, 2025 8:48 PM
Author: Magical light forum

Black Hawk Down

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Date: May 29th, 2025 5:13 AM
Author: Razzle-dazzle cruise ship

this

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Date: May 29th, 2025 7:49 AM
Author: Angry Orchestra Pit

Lot of nostalgia for 1993 Somalia

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Date: May 29th, 2025 8:44 AM
Author: vivacious sticky international law enforcement agency native

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: Domesticated Doctorate

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

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Date: May 29th, 2025 4:08 AM
Author: Angry Orchestra Pit

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

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Date: May 29th, 2025 5:14 AM
Author: Razzle-dazzle cruise ship

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: Aquamarine Outnumbered Boistinker

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: Razzle-dazzle cruise ship

tyvmft

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Date: May 29th, 2025 5:25 AM
Author: Ivory beady-eyed main people

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: Low-t dashing feces menage

Harry Potter

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Date: June 3rd, 2025 3:07 AM
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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: Angry Orchestra Pit

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: Cerebral peach mexican indian lodge

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: Low-t dashing feces menage

It’s criminally underrated

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Date: June 9th, 2025 11:12 AM
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