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

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Big Lebowski almost qualifies, released in 1998 but set in 1...
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I still watch Film
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mean girls was released in 2004 but feels older imo
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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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Doesn't qualify with your parameters but Clerks is classic 9...
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I think Superbad is set in the 2000s but it has a 90s aesthe...
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Harry Potter
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Date: May 27th, 2025 11:30 AM
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Big Lebowski almost qualifies, released in 1998 but set in 1991.

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Date: May 27th, 2025 11:31 AM
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Date: May 27th, 2025 11:31 AM
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Date: May 28th, 2025 10:33 AM
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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
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mean girls was released in 2004 but feels older imo

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Date: May 27th, 2025 11:34 AM
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Date: May 29th, 2025 5:44 AM
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Date: May 27th, 2025 12:19 PM
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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
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Date: May 27th, 2025 12:23 PM
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Date: May 27th, 2025 12:44 PM
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Date: May 27th, 2025 9:58 PM
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Mostly an 80s movie though.

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Date: May 27th, 2025 12:45 PM
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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:01 PM
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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
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"period" is a gross word.

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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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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 10:18 PM
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The Fighter (2010)

Erin Brocovich (2000)

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Date: May 28th, 2025 6:50 AM
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Date: May 27th, 2025 11:03 PM
Author: Cheese-eating hall

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

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Date: May 28th, 2025 6:52 AM
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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
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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
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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
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Date: May 28th, 2025 9:52 AM
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lilo and stitch for the same reason

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Date: May 28th, 2025 9:55 AM
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Date: May 28th, 2025 9:59 AM
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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 10:10 AM
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Date: May 29th, 2025 4:23 AM
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Date: May 29th, 2025 7:11 AM
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Date: May 28th, 2025 10:44 AM
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Date: May 28th, 2025 8:48 PM
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Date: May 29th, 2025 7:49 AM
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Date: May 29th, 2025 8:44 AM
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Date: May 29th, 2025 5:14 AM
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Is The Departed set in the 1990s? Seemed to be based on the tech used

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