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

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claret marvelous address
  05/27/25
Big Lebowski almost qualifies, released in 1998 but set in 1...
puce thriller theatre
  05/27/25
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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The segways are the second biggest unresolved mystery after ...
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Alpha Dog pops into mind first
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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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social network.
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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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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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claret marvelous address
  05/28/25
Doesn't qualify with your parameters but Clerks is classic 9...
Fuchsia fluffy principal's office friendly grandma
  05/27/25
Yes, but not a period piece. Lots of movies reflect their t...
claret marvelous address
  05/28/25
I think Superbad is set in the 2000s but it has a 90s aesthe...
claret marvelous address
  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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this is difficult imo because 9/11 really wiped clean our me...
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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
claret marvelous address
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I remember playing netdoom in an internet cafe in Berbera ar...
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the belgian crime drama 'Maldoror' about the marc dutroux ca...
mahogany abode
  05/28/25
I feel like that’s too well known to even bother discu...
claret marvelous address
  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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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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tv show but derry girls. wife insisted i watch it. i tho...
heady spot preventive strike
  06/07/25
It’s criminally underrated
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Date: May 27th, 2025 11:15 AM
Author: claret marvelous address



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Date: May 27th, 2025 11:30 AM
Author: puce thriller theatre

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

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Date: May 27th, 2025 11:31 AM
Author: pea-brained whorehouse

Who even watches these anymore?

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Date: May 27th, 2025 11:31 AM
Author: offensive alpha

I still watch Film

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Date: May 27th, 2025 9:59 PM
Author: Tantric plaza goyim



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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:01 PM
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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:29 PM
Author: razzle shrine gaming laptop

but yet you know nothing of it

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Date: May 28th, 2025 10:33 AM
Author: offensive alpha

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: lemon multi-colored nursing home pocket flask

mean girls was released in 2004 but feels older imo

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Date: May 27th, 2025 11:34 AM
Author: Deep box office

True Detective season one



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Date: May 27th, 2025 1:22 PM
Author: bisexual talented athletic conference



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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:02 PM
Author: claret marvelous address

Best answer so far

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Date: May 29th, 2025 5:48 AM
Author: Nudist indecent parlor lettuce



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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:23 PM
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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:28 PM
Author: Tantric plaza goyim

tp

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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:39 PM
Author: bisexual talented athletic conference



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Date: May 28th, 2025 6:52 AM
Author: claret marvelous address

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: Burgundy Point Philosopher-king

Alpha Dog pops into mind first

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Date: May 29th, 2025 5:44 AM
Author: Scarlet lay

(Nick Cassavetes)

(JT)

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Date: May 27th, 2025 12:19 PM
Author: claret marvelous address

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: pea-brained whorehouse

How to train your dragon

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Date: May 27th, 2025 12:23 PM
Author: Garnet Spectacular Market

social network.

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Date: May 27th, 2025 12:44 PM
Author: trip primrose chapel yarmulke

Wolf of Wall Street

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Date: May 27th, 2025 1:23 PM
Author: curious insanely creepy stage son of senegal



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Date: May 27th, 2025 1:24 PM
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Date: May 27th, 2025 9:58 PM
Author: claret marvelous address

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: razzmatazz bat shit crazy lodge

Speed

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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:01 PM
Author: claret marvelous address

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: bisexual talented athletic conference

Autoadmit.com

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Date: May 27th, 2025 9:59 PM
Author: pea-brained whorehouse

Nigger Feet

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Date: May 27th, 2025 9:59 PM
Author: brindle electric becky

"period" is a gross word.

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Date: May 27th, 2025 9:59 PM
Author: Tantric plaza goyim

The Diaper

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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:39 PM
Author: bisexual talented athletic conference



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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:01 PM
Author: claret marvelous address

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: Tantric plaza goyim



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Date: May 27th, 2025 11:08 PM
Author: bisexual talented athletic conference



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Date: May 28th, 2025 9:44 AM
Author: curious insanely creepy stage son of senegal



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Date: May 28th, 2025 9:49 AM
Author: bisexual talented athletic conference



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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:18 PM
Author: Blathering hospital

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: claret marvelous address

Thanks for asking Chat to give you answers

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Date: May 27th, 2025 11:03 PM
Author: Fuchsia fluffy principal's office 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: claret marvelous address

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: claret marvelous address

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: lemon multi-colored nursing home pocket flask

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: claret marvelous address

Good one

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Date: May 28th, 2025 9:52 AM
Author: aqua comical orchestra pit gaping

lilo and stitch for the same reason

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Date: May 28th, 2025 9:55 AM
Author: bisexual talented athletic conference



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Date: June 7th, 2025 4:43 AM
Author: Beady-eyed Aquamarine Filthpig National



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Date: June 14th, 2025 10:02 AM
Author: claret marvelous address

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

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5730305&forum_id=2E#49014596)



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Date: May 28th, 2025 9:59 AM
Author: razzmatazz bat shit crazy lodge

Road Trip

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Date: May 28th, 2025 10:04 AM
Author: excitant shivering stage sweet tailpipe

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: bisexual talented athletic conference



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Date: May 28th, 2025 10:10 AM
Author: arrogant aphrodisiac forum

Pain & Gain

Mid90s

The Informant!

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Date: May 29th, 2025 4:23 AM
Author: Violet cerebral patrolman corner

Pain & Gain is probably the best answer ITT

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Date: May 29th, 2025 7:11 AM
Author: arrogant aphrodisiac forum

Im a Curator

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Date: May 28th, 2025 10:35 AM
Author: razzle-dazzle skinny woman

Three Kings

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Date: May 28th, 2025 10:38 AM
Author: arrogant aphrodisiac forum

1999

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Date: May 28th, 2025 10:44 AM
Author: Citrine bateful business firm

One Day (2011)

Love and Other Drugs (2010)

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Date: May 28th, 2025 8:48 PM
Author: clear foreskin

Black Hawk Down

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Date: May 29th, 2025 5:13 AM
Author: Nudist indecent parlor lettuce

this

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Date: May 29th, 2025 7:49 AM
Author: claret marvelous address

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: offensive alpha

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: mahogany abode

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: claret marvelous address

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: Nudist indecent parlor lettuce

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: razzmatazz bat shit crazy lodge

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: Nudist indecent parlor lettuce

tyvmft

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Date: May 29th, 2025 5:25 AM
Author: cerise exhilarant gas station

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: henna irradiated field international law enforcement agency

Harry Potter

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Date: June 3rd, 2025 3:07 AM
Author: Sapphire Native Multi-billionaire

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: claret marvelous address

Good one

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Date: June 3rd, 2025 11:41 AM
Author: Violet cerebral patrolman corner



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Date: June 7th, 2025 4:39 AM
Author: heady spot preventive strike

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: henna irradiated field international law enforcement agency

It’s criminally underrated

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Date: June 9th, 2025 11:12 AM
Author: heady spot preventive strike



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