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

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dun locale
  05/27/25
Big Lebowski almost qualifies, released in 1998 but set in 1...
Iridescent irradiated philosopher-king
  05/27/25
Who even watches these anymore?
Maniacal Casino Jewess
  05/27/25
I still watch Film
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dun locale
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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 ...
flirting station preventive strike
  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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Best answer so far
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Alpha Dog pops into mind first
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(Nick Cassavetes) (JT)
Well-lubricated Kitchen
  05/29/25
There are not a lot - certainly no great films. Add The F...
dun locale
  05/27/25
How to train your dragon
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social network.
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Wolf of Wall Street
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medicated school cafeteria roast beef
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Mostly an 80s movie though.
dun locale
  05/27/25
Speed
Histrionic Temple Gunner
  05/27/25
I don’t think 1994’s Speed meets one of OP&rsquo...
dun locale
  05/27/25
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medicated school cafeteria roast beef
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Nigger Feet
Maniacal Casino Jewess
  05/27/25
"period" is a gross word.
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The Diaper
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medicated school cafeteria roast beef
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I think this has to do with Klosterman’s theory about ...
dun locale
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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
dun locale
  05/28/25
Doesn't qualify with your parameters but Clerks is classic 9...
floppy grizzly jap love of her life
  05/27/25
Yes, but not a period piece. Lots of movies reflect their t...
dun locale
  05/28/25
I think Superbad is set in the 2000s but it has a 90s aesthe...
dun locale
  05/28/25
Same for Napoleon dynamite Technically set in 2003 but ru...
contagious sadistic parlour
  05/28/25
Good one
dun locale
  05/28/25
lilo and stitch for the same reason
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medicated school cafeteria roast beef
  05/28/25
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seedy forgotten rural area of central california
  06/07/25
Road Trip
Histrionic Temple Gunner
  05/28/25
this is difficult imo because 9/11 really wiped clean our me...
Bat Shit Crazy Lay
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medicated school cafeteria roast beef
  05/28/25
Pain & Gain Mid90s The Informant!
appetizing bisexual son of senegal
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Pain & Gain is probably the best answer ITT
crimson heady national becky
  05/29/25
Im a Curator
appetizing bisexual son of senegal
  05/29/25
Three Kings
self-centered cream degenerate
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1999
appetizing bisexual son of senegal
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One Day (2011) Love and Other Drugs (2010)
Confused comical sanctuary
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Black Hawk Down
flushed nibblets personal credit line
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this
Mustard bull headed spot
  05/29/25
Lot of nostalgia for 1993 Somalia
dun locale
  05/29/25
I remember playing netdoom in an internet cafe in Berbera ar...
flirting station preventive strike
  05/29/25
the belgian crime drama 'Maldoror' about the marc dutroux ca...
arousing menage
  05/28/25
I feel like that’s too well known to even bother discu...
dun locale
  05/29/25
Is The Departed set in the 1990s? Seemed to be based on the ...
Mustard bull headed spot
  05/29/25
No. They were clearly using early 2000s era phones and using...
Histrionic Temple Gunner
  05/29/25
tyvmft
Mustard bull headed spot
  05/29/25
The Creek, the in-universe remake of Season 1 of Dawson's Cr...
Self-absorbed Locus Antidepressant Drug
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Harry Potter
emerald wild range wrinkle
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The OJ Simpson miniseries that was on FX a few years ago - t...
Charcoal coffee pot mexican
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Good one
dun locale
  06/03/25
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crimson heady national becky
  06/03/25
tv show but derry girls. wife insisted i watch it. i tho...
Brother Peter Dimond
  06/07/25
It’s criminally underrated
Pumonymous
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Brother Peter Dimond
  06/09/25


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Date: May 27th, 2025 11:15 AM
Author: dun locale



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Date: May 27th, 2025 11:30 AM
Author: Iridescent irradiated philosopher-king

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

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Date: May 27th, 2025 11:31 AM
Author: Maniacal Casino Jewess

Who even watches these anymore?

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Date: May 27th, 2025 11:31 AM
Author: flirting station preventive strike

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: Laughsome lavender dysfunction

but yet you know nothing of it

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Date: May 28th, 2025 10:33 AM
Author: flirting station preventive strike

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: contagious sadistic parlour

mean girls was released in 2004 but feels older imo

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Date: May 27th, 2025 11:34 AM
Author: Buff Abode

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: dun locale

Best answer so far

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Date: May 29th, 2025 5:48 AM
Author: Mustard bull headed spot



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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:23 PM
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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:28 PM
Author: Bipolar supple gas station

tp

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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:39 PM
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Date: May 28th, 2025 6:52 AM
Author: dun locale

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: Fuchsia brunch private investor

Alpha Dog pops into mind first

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Date: May 29th, 2025 5:44 AM
Author: Well-lubricated Kitchen

(Nick Cassavetes)

(JT)

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Date: May 27th, 2025 12:19 PM
Author: dun locale

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: Maniacal Casino Jewess

How to train your dragon

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Date: May 27th, 2025 12:23 PM
Author: Domesticated location

social network.

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Date: May 27th, 2025 12:44 PM
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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: dun locale

Mostly an 80s movie though.

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Date: May 27th, 2025 12:45 PM
Author: Histrionic Temple Gunner

Speed

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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:01 PM
Author: dun locale

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: medicated school cafeteria roast beef

Autoadmit.com

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Date: May 27th, 2025 9:59 PM
Author: Maniacal Casino Jewess

Nigger Feet

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Date: May 27th, 2025 9:59 PM
Author: boyish mint home ratface

"period" is a gross word.

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Date: May 27th, 2025 9:59 PM
Author: Bipolar supple gas station

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: dun locale

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: Bipolar supple gas station



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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
Author: medicated school cafeteria roast beef



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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:18 PM
Author: Slimy new version

The Queen (2006)

The Fighter (2010)

Erin Brocovich (2000)

I, Tonya (2017)

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Date: May 28th, 2025 6:50 AM
Author: dun locale

Thanks for asking Chat to give you answers

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Date: May 27th, 2025 11:03 PM
Author: floppy grizzly jap love of her life

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

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Date: May 28th, 2025 6:52 AM
Author: dun locale

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: dun locale

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: contagious sadistic parlour

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: dun locale

Good one

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Date: May 28th, 2025 9:52 AM
Author: Fear-inspiring trip mediation

lilo and stitch for the same reason

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Date: May 28th, 2025 9:55 AM
Author: medicated school cafeteria roast beef



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Date: June 7th, 2025 4:43 AM
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Date: May 28th, 2025 9:59 AM
Author: Histrionic Temple Gunner

Road Trip

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Date: May 28th, 2025 10:04 AM
Author: Bat Shit Crazy Lay

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: medicated school cafeteria roast beef



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Date: May 28th, 2025 10:10 AM
Author: appetizing bisexual son of senegal

Pain & Gain

Mid90s

The Informant!

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Date: May 29th, 2025 4:23 AM
Author: crimson heady national becky

Pain & Gain is probably the best answer ITT

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Date: May 29th, 2025 7:11 AM
Author: appetizing bisexual son of senegal

Im a Curator

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Date: May 28th, 2025 10:35 AM
Author: self-centered cream degenerate

Three Kings

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Date: May 28th, 2025 10:38 AM
Author: appetizing bisexual son of senegal

1999

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Date: May 28th, 2025 10:44 AM
Author: Confused comical sanctuary

One Day (2011)

Love and Other Drugs (2010)

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Date: May 28th, 2025 8:48 PM
Author: flushed nibblets personal credit line

Black Hawk Down

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Date: May 29th, 2025 5:13 AM
Author: Mustard bull headed spot

this

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Date: May 29th, 2025 7:49 AM
Author: dun locale

Lot of nostalgia for 1993 Somalia

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5730305&forum_id=2E#48969956)



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Date: May 29th, 2025 8:44 AM
Author: flirting station preventive strike

I remember playing netdoom in an internet cafe in Berbera around then, it was 180.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5730305&forum_id=2E#48970015)



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Date: May 28th, 2025 8:54 PM
Author: arousing menage

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

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5730305&forum_id=2E#48969260)



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Date: May 29th, 2025 4:08 AM
Author: dun locale

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

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5730305&forum_id=2E#48969800)



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Date: May 29th, 2025 5:14 AM
Author: Mustard bull headed spot

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: Histrionic Temple Gunner

No. They were clearly using early 2000s era phones and using the number pad for texting. Also Alec Baldwins character mentions the Patriot Act

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5730305&forum_id=2E#48969890)



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Date: May 29th, 2025 6:44 AM
Author: Mustard bull headed spot

tyvmft

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Date: May 29th, 2025 5:25 AM
Author: Self-absorbed Locus Antidepressant Drug

The Creek, the in-universe remake of Season 1 of Dawson's Creek.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5730305&forum_id=2E#48969850)



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Date: June 3rd, 2025 1:22 AM
Author: emerald wild range wrinkle

Harry Potter

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Date: June 3rd, 2025 3:07 AM
Author: Charcoal coffee pot mexican

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=2E#48982587)



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Date: June 3rd, 2025 10:09 AM
Author: dun locale

Good one

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Date: June 3rd, 2025 11:41 AM
Author: crimson heady national becky



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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

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5730305&forum_id=2E#48994100)



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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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