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

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Avocado windowlicker
  05/27/25
Big Lebowski almost qualifies, released in 1998 but set in 1...
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  05/27/25
Who even watches these anymore?
Self-centered center
  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 ...
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  05/28/25
mean girls was released in 2004 but feels older imo
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  05/27/25
True Detective season one
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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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  05/29/25
There are not a lot - certainly no great films. Add The F...
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  05/27/25
How to train your dragon
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  05/27/25
social network.
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Wolf of Wall Street
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Mostly an 80s movie though.
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  05/27/25
Speed
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I don’t think 1994’s Speed meets one of OP&rsquo...
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  05/27/25
"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
Avocado windowlicker
  05/28/25
Doesn't qualify with your parameters but Clerks is classic 9...
Twisted Shivering Principal's Office
  05/27/25
Yes, but not a period piece. Lots of movies reflect their t...
Avocado windowlicker
  05/28/25
I think Superbad is set in the 2000s but it has a 90s aesthe...
Avocado windowlicker
  05/28/25
Same for Napoleon dynamite Technically set in 2003 but ru...
poppy station
  05/28/25
Good one
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  05/28/25
lilo and stitch for the same reason
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  06/07/25
Those tankard bracelets and Deb’s hair are incredibly ...
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  06/14/25
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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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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  05/29/25
I remember playing netdoom in an internet cafe in Berbera ar...
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  05/29/25
the belgian crime drama 'Maldoror' about the marc dutroux ca...
tan theatre
  05/28/25
I feel like that’s too well known to even bother discu...
Avocado windowlicker
  05/29/25
Is The Departed set in the 1990s? Seemed to be based on the ...
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  05/29/25
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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  06/03/25
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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  06/03/25
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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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  06/08/25
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Date: May 27th, 2025 11:15 AM
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Date: May 27th, 2025 11:30 AM
Author: flickering rambunctious new version

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

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Date: May 27th, 2025 11:31 AM
Author: Self-centered center

Who even watches these anymore?

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Date: May 27th, 2025 11:31 AM
Author: Mind-boggling mustard cumskin

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
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but yet you know nothing of it

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Date: May 28th, 2025 10:33 AM
Author: Mind-boggling mustard cumskin

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: poppy station

mean girls was released in 2004 but feels older imo

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Date: May 27th, 2025 11:34 AM
Author: flushed dopamine range

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: Avocado windowlicker

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: rose heaven tattoo

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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:39 PM
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Date: May 28th, 2025 6:52 AM
Author: Avocado windowlicker

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
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Alpha Dog pops into mind first

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Date: May 29th, 2025 5:44 AM
Author: Nubile Field Hunting Ground

(Nick Cassavetes)

(JT)

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Date: May 27th, 2025 12:19 PM
Author: Avocado windowlicker

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: Self-centered center

How to train your dragon

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Date: May 27th, 2025 12:23 PM
Author: Galvanic Violet Spot

social network.

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Date: May 27th, 2025 12:44 PM
Author: slimy honey-headed candlestick maker wrinkle

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: Avocado windowlicker

Mostly an 80s movie though.

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Date: May 27th, 2025 12:45 PM
Author: pungent brunch pocket flask

Speed

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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:01 PM
Author: Avocado windowlicker

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

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Date: May 27th, 2025 1:24 PM
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Date: May 27th, 2025 9:59 PM
Author: Self-centered center

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Date: May 27th, 2025 9:59 PM
Author: Purple rigpig

"period" is a gross word.

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Date: May 27th, 2025 9:59 PM
Author: rose heaven tattoo

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: Avocado windowlicker

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
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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: hyperventilating salmon mood

The Queen (2006)

The Fighter (2010)

Erin Brocovich (2000)

I, Tonya (2017)

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Date: May 28th, 2025 6:50 AM
Author: Avocado windowlicker

Thanks for asking Chat to give you answers

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Date: May 27th, 2025 11:03 PM
Author: Twisted Shivering Principal's Office

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

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Date: May 28th, 2025 6:52 AM
Author: Avocado windowlicker

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: Avocado windowlicker

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: poppy station

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: Avocado windowlicker

Good one

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Date: May 28th, 2025 9:52 AM
Author: Out-of-control Kitty Garrison

lilo and stitch for the same reason

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Date: May 28th, 2025 9:55 AM
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Date: June 7th, 2025 4:43 AM
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Date: June 14th, 2025 10:02 AM
Author: Avocado windowlicker

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

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Date: May 28th, 2025 9:59 AM
Author: pungent brunch pocket flask

Road Trip

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Date: May 28th, 2025 10:04 AM
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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: dark arrogant volcanic crater

Pain & Gain

Mid90s

The Informant!

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Date: May 29th, 2025 4:23 AM
Author: nighttime vibrant casino

Pain & Gain is probably the best answer ITT

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Date: May 29th, 2025 7:11 AM
Author: dark arrogant volcanic crater

Im a Curator

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Date: May 28th, 2025 10:35 AM
Author: bisexual vengeful lay

Three Kings

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Date: May 28th, 2025 10:38 AM
Author: dark arrogant volcanic crater

1999

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Date: May 28th, 2025 10:44 AM
Author: Wonderful Coiffed Kitty Cat Locus

One Day (2011)

Love and Other Drugs (2010)

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Date: May 28th, 2025 8:48 PM
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Black Hawk Down

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Date: May 29th, 2025 5:13 AM
Author: concupiscible ultramarine lodge

this

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Date: May 29th, 2025 7:49 AM
Author: Avocado windowlicker

Lot of nostalgia for 1993 Somalia

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Date: May 29th, 2025 8:44 AM
Author: Mind-boggling mustard cumskin

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: tan theatre

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

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Date: May 29th, 2025 4:08 AM
Author: Avocado windowlicker

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

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Date: May 29th, 2025 5:14 AM
Author: concupiscible ultramarine lodge

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: pungent brunch pocket flask

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
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Date: May 29th, 2025 5:25 AM
Author: fragrant french digit ratio gay wizard

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: Aromatic parlor psychic

Harry Potter

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Date: June 3rd, 2025 3:07 AM
Author: Indigo territorial genital piercing cruise ship

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: Avocado windowlicker

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: Racy autistic home newt

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: Aromatic parlor psychic

It’s criminally underrated

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Date: June 9th, 2025 11:12 AM
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