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

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Pierbattista Pizzaballa
  05/27/25
Big Lebowski almost qualifies, released in 1998 but set in 1...
Ass Sunstein
  05/27/25
Who even watches these anymore?
blow off some steam
  05/27/25
I still watch Film
animeboi
  05/27/25
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we have such sights to show you
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Pierbattista Pizzaballa
  05/27/25
but yet you know nothing of it
.,..,..,.,,..,..,,,,,,,,..,...,.,.,.,
  05/27/25
Sir, I attended the Werner Herzog Film Seminar, pretty sure ...
animeboi
  05/28/25
mean girls was released in 2004 but feels older imo
manic pixie dream litigator
  05/27/25
True Detective season one
Oh, you travel?
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The Emilio Estevez of the SEC
  05/27/25
Best answer so far
Pierbattista Pizzaballa
  05/27/25
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Kenneth Play
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tp
we have such sights to show you
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The Emilio Estevez of the SEC
  05/27/25
The segways are the second biggest unresolved mystery after ...
Pierbattista Pizzaballa
  05/28/25
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;::;:;;::;;;;;::::
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Alpha Dog pops into mind first
michael doodikoff
  05/27/25
There are not a lot - certainly no great films. Add The F...
Pierbattista Pizzaballa
  05/27/25
How to train your dragon
blow off some steam
  05/27/25
social network.
barnabyjones
  05/27/25
Wolf of Wall Street
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400 lb black woman in wheelchair pre-boarding
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The Emilio Estevez of the SEC
  05/27/25
Mostly an 80s movie though.
Pierbattista Pizzaballa
  05/27/25
Speed
dino bravo
  05/27/25
I don’t think 1994’s Speed meets one of OP&rsquo...
Pierbattista Pizzaballa
  05/27/25
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The Emilio Estevez of the SEC
  05/27/25
Nigger Feet
blow off some steam
  05/27/25
"period" is a gross word.
Penis Six Nine
  05/27/25
The Diaper
we have such sights to show you
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The Emilio Estevez of the SEC
  05/27/25
I think this has to do with Klosterman’s theory about ...
Pierbattista Pizzaballa
  05/27/25
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we have such sights to show you
  05/27/25
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The Emilio Estevez of the SEC
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400 lb black woman in wheelchair pre-boarding
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The Emilio Estevez of the SEC
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The Queen (2006) The Fighter (2010) Erin Brocovich (2000) ...
tolerable, boyfriend-grade penis
  05/27/25
Thanks for asking Chat to give you answers
Pierbattista Pizzaballa
  05/28/25
Doesn't qualify with your parameters but Clerks is classic 9...
buck naked
  05/27/25
Yes, but not a period piece. Lots of movies reflect their t...
Pierbattista Pizzaballa
  05/28/25
I think Superbad is set in the 2000s but it has a 90s aesthe...
Pierbattista Pizzaballa
  05/28/25
Same for Napoleon dynamite Technically set in 2003 but ru...
manic pixie dream litigator
  05/28/25
Good one
Pierbattista Pizzaballa
  05/28/25
lilo and stitch for the same reason
please God make me Straight
  05/28/25
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The Emilio Estevez of the SEC
  05/28/25
Road Trip
dino bravo
  05/28/25
this is difficult imo because 9/11 really wiped clean our me...
fulano
  05/28/25
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The Emilio Estevez of the SEC
  05/28/25
Pain & Gain Mid90s The Informant!
cowgod
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Three Kings
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1999
cowgod
  05/28/25
One Day (2011) Love and Other Drugs (2010)
disco fries
  05/28/25


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Date: May 27th, 2025 11:15 AM
Author: Pierbattista Pizzaballa



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Date: May 27th, 2025 11:30 AM
Author: Ass Sunstein

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

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5730305&forum_id=2E#48964673)



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Date: May 27th, 2025 11:31 AM
Author: blow off some steam

Who even watches these anymore?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5730305&forum_id=2E#48964678)



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Date: May 27th, 2025 11:31 AM
Author: animeboi (.)

I still watch Film

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5730305&forum_id=2E#48964679)



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Date: May 27th, 2025 9:59 PM
Author: we have such sights to show you



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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:01 PM
Author: Pierbattista Pizzaballa



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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:29 PM
Author: .,..,..,.,,..,..,,,,,,,,..,...,.,.,.,


but yet you know nothing of it

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Date: May 28th, 2025 10:33 AM
Author: animeboi (.)

Sir, I attended the Werner Herzog Film Seminar, pretty sure I know about Film.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5730305&forum_id=2E#48967267)



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Date: May 27th, 2025 11:32 AM
Author: manic pixie dream litigator

mean girls was released in 2004 but feels older imo

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5730305&forum_id=2E#48964686)



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Date: May 27th, 2025 11:34 AM
Author: Oh, you travel? ( )

True Detective season one



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5730305&forum_id=2E#48964695)



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Date: May 27th, 2025 1:22 PM
Author: The Emilio Estevez of the SEC



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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:02 PM
Author: Pierbattista Pizzaballa

Best answer so far

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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:23 PM
Author: Kenneth Play



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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:28 PM
Author: we have such sights to show you

tp

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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:39 PM
Author: The Emilio Estevez of the SEC



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Date: May 28th, 2025 6:52 AM
Author: Pierbattista Pizzaballa

The segways are the second biggest unresolved mystery after the lawnmower

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5730305&forum_id=2E#48966872)



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Date: May 28th, 2025 10:34 AM
Author: ;::;:;;::;;;;;::::



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Date: May 27th, 2025 11:38 AM
Author: michael doodikoff

Alpha Dog pops into mind first

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Date: May 27th, 2025 12:19 PM
Author: Pierbattista Pizzaballa

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=2E#48964843)



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Date: May 27th, 2025 12:22 PM
Author: blow off some steam

How to train your dragon

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Date: May 27th, 2025 12:23 PM
Author: barnabyjones

social network.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5730305&forum_id=2E#48964854)



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Date: May 27th, 2025 12:44 PM
Author: .;:..;:.;.:.;.,,,..,.:,.;....;,;;;..;,..,,.,,....,


Wolf of Wall Street

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Date: May 27th, 2025 1:23 PM
Author: 400 lb black woman in wheelchair pre-boarding (✅🍑)



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Date: May 27th, 2025 1:24 PM
Author: The Emilio Estevez of the SEC



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Date: May 27th, 2025 9:58 PM
Author: Pierbattista Pizzaballa

Mostly an 80s movie though.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5730305&forum_id=2E#48966409)



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Date: May 27th, 2025 12:45 PM
Author: dino bravo

Speed

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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:01 PM
Author: Pierbattista Pizzaballa

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

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



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Date: May 27th, 2025 1:24 PM
Author: The Emilio Estevez of the SEC

Autoadmit.com

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Date: May 27th, 2025 9:59 PM
Author: blow off some steam

Nigger Feet

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5730305&forum_id=2E#48966411)



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Date: May 27th, 2025 9:59 PM
Author: Penis Six Nine

"period" is a gross word.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5730305&forum_id=2E#48966412)



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Date: May 27th, 2025 9:59 PM
Author: we have such sights to show you

The Diaper

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5730305&forum_id=2E#48966413)



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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:39 PM
Author: The Emilio Estevez of the SEC



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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:01 PM
Author: Pierbattista Pizzaballa

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=2E#48966422)



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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:01 PM
Author: we have such sights to show you



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5730305&forum_id=2E#48966425)



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Date: May 27th, 2025 11:08 PM
Author: The Emilio Estevez of the SEC



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Date: May 28th, 2025 9:44 AM
Author: 400 lb black woman in wheelchair pre-boarding (✅🍑)



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5730305&forum_id=2E#48967108)



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Date: May 28th, 2025 9:49 AM
Author: The Emilio Estevez of the SEC



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5730305&forum_id=2E#48967120)



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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:18 PM
Author: tolerable, boyfriend-grade penis

The Queen (2006)

The Fighter (2010)

Erin Brocovich (2000)

I, Tonya (2017)

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



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Date: May 28th, 2025 6:50 AM
Author: Pierbattista Pizzaballa

Thanks for asking Chat to give you answers

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5730305&forum_id=2E#48966869)



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Date: May 27th, 2025 11:03 PM
Author: buck naked

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

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5730305&forum_id=2E#48966568)



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Date: May 28th, 2025 6:52 AM
Author: Pierbattista Pizzaballa

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=2E#48966871)



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Date: May 28th, 2025 6:54 AM
Author: Pierbattista Pizzaballa

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=2E#48966875)



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Date: May 28th, 2025 7:05 AM
Author: manic pixie dream litigator

Same for Napoleon dynamite

Technically set in 2003 but rural Idaho was still in 1990

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5730305&forum_id=2E#48966880)



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Date: May 28th, 2025 9:43 AM
Author: Pierbattista Pizzaballa

Good one

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5730305&forum_id=2E#48967107)



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Date: May 28th, 2025 9:52 AM
Author: please God make me Straight

lilo and stitch for the same reason

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5730305&forum_id=2E#48967127)



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Date: May 28th, 2025 9:55 AM
Author: The Emilio Estevez of the SEC



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5730305&forum_id=2E#48967133)



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Date: May 28th, 2025 9:59 AM
Author: dino bravo

Road Trip

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5730305&forum_id=2E#48967148)



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Date: May 28th, 2025 10:04 AM
Author: fulano

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=2E#48967167)



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Date: May 28th, 2025 10:14 AM
Author: The Emilio Estevez of the SEC



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Date: May 28th, 2025 10:10 AM
Author: cowgod (cowgod)

Pain & Gain

Mid90s

The Informant!

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5730305&forum_id=2E#48967189)



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Date: May 28th, 2025 10:35 AM
Author: ;::;:;;::;;;;;::::

Three Kings

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Date: May 28th, 2025 10:38 AM
Author: cowgod (cowgod)

1999

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5730305&forum_id=2E#48967300)



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Date: May 28th, 2025 10:44 AM
Author: disco fries (his own flesh as well as all space was still a cage)

One Day (2011)

Love and Other Drugs (2010)

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