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

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Opaque weed whacker mother
  05/27/25
Big Lebowski almost qualifies, released in 1998 but set in 1...
Razzle-dazzle State Love Of Her Life
  05/27/25
Who even watches these anymore?
nubile misanthropic piazza wagecucks
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I still watch Film
fighting heaven
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Opaque weed whacker mother
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but yet you know nothing of it
passionate international law enforcement agency
  05/27/25
Sir, I attended the Werner Herzog Film Seminar, pretty sure ...
fighting heaven
  05/28/25
mean girls was released in 2004 but feels older imo
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True Detective season one
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Best answer so far
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The segways are the second biggest unresolved mystery after ...
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fluffy 180 round eye old irish cottage
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Alpha Dog pops into mind first
Rough-skinned Hairy Legs
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(Nick Cassavetes) (JT)
startled windowlicker philosopher-king
  05/29/25
There are not a lot - certainly no great films. Add The F...
Opaque weed whacker mother
  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.
Opaque weed whacker mother
  05/27/25
Speed
Sadistic ceo water buffalo
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I don’t think 1994’s Speed meets one of OP&rsquo...
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Nigger Feet
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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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Opaque weed whacker mother
  05/28/25
Doesn't qualify with your parameters but Clerks is classic 9...
Ruddy electric base national security agency
  05/27/25
Yes, but not a period piece. Lots of movies reflect their t...
Opaque weed whacker mother
  05/28/25
I think Superbad is set in the 2000s but it has a 90s aesthe...
Opaque weed whacker mother
  05/28/25
Same for Napoleon dynamite Technically set in 2003 but ru...
Vigorous infuriating jap double fault
  05/28/25
Good one
Opaque weed whacker mother
  05/28/25
lilo and stitch for the same reason
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mustard address
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  06/07/25
Those tankard bracelets and Deb’s hair are incredibly ...
Opaque weed whacker mother
  06/14/25
Road Trip
Sadistic ceo water buffalo
  05/28/25
this is difficult imo because 9/11 really wiped clean our me...
Bat shit crazy crotch queen of the night
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mustard address
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Pain & Gain Mid90s The Informant!
Vivacious bespoke parlour deer antler
  05/28/25
Pain & Gain is probably the best answer ITT
Yellow Affirmative Action Knife
  05/29/25
Im a Curator
Vivacious bespoke parlour deer antler
  05/29/25
Three Kings
fluffy 180 round eye old irish cottage
  05/28/25
1999
Vivacious bespoke parlour deer antler
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One Day (2011) Love and Other Drugs (2010)
Walnut quadroon
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Black Hawk Down
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this
motley cocky pistol space
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Lot of nostalgia for 1993 Somalia
Opaque weed whacker mother
  05/29/25
I remember playing netdoom in an internet cafe in Berbera ar...
fighting heaven
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the belgian crime drama 'Maldoror' about the marc dutroux ca...
exhilarant set
  05/28/25
I feel like that’s too well known to even bother discu...
Opaque weed whacker mother
  05/29/25
Is The Departed set in the 1990s? Seemed to be based on the ...
motley cocky pistol space
  05/29/25
No. They were clearly using early 2000s era phones and using...
Sadistic ceo water buffalo
  05/29/25
tyvmft
motley cocky pistol space
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The Creek, the in-universe remake of Season 1 of Dawson's Cr...
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Harry Potter
confused area feces
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The OJ Simpson miniseries that was on FX a few years ago - t...
Multi-colored School Legal Warrant
  06/03/25
Good one
Opaque weed whacker mother
  06/03/25
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Yellow Affirmative Action Knife
  06/03/25
tv show but derry girls. wife insisted i watch it. i tho...
zombie-like lascivious shitlib fortuitous meteor
  06/07/25
It’s criminally underrated
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Date: May 27th, 2025 11:15 AM
Author: Opaque weed whacker mother



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Date: May 27th, 2025 11:30 AM
Author: Razzle-dazzle State Love Of Her Life

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

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Date: May 27th, 2025 11:31 AM
Author: nubile misanthropic piazza wagecucks

Who even watches these anymore?

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Date: May 27th, 2025 11:31 AM
Author: fighting heaven

I still watch Film

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Date: May 27th, 2025 9:59 PM
Author: Sinister University Therapy



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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:01 PM
Author: Opaque weed whacker mother



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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:29 PM
Author: passionate international law enforcement agency

but yet you know nothing of it

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Date: May 28th, 2025 10:33 AM
Author: fighting heaven

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: Vigorous infuriating jap double fault

mean girls was released in 2004 but feels older imo

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Date: May 27th, 2025 11:34 AM
Author: supple khaki yarmulke cuckoldry

True Detective season one



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Date: May 27th, 2025 1:22 PM
Author: mustard address



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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:02 PM
Author: Opaque weed whacker mother

Best answer so far

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Date: May 29th, 2025 5:48 AM
Author: motley cocky pistol space



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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:23 PM
Author: Bistre Comical Idiot



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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:28 PM
Author: Sinister University Therapy

tp

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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:39 PM
Author: mustard address



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Date: May 28th, 2025 6:52 AM
Author: Opaque weed whacker mother

The segways are the second biggest unresolved mystery after the lawnmower

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Date: May 28th, 2025 10:34 AM
Author: fluffy 180 round eye old irish cottage



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Date: May 27th, 2025 11:38 AM
Author: Rough-skinned Hairy Legs

Alpha Dog pops into mind first

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Date: May 29th, 2025 5:44 AM
Author: startled windowlicker philosopher-king

(Nick Cassavetes)

(JT)

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Date: May 27th, 2025 12:19 PM
Author: Opaque weed whacker mother

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: nubile misanthropic piazza wagecucks

How to train your dragon

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Date: May 27th, 2025 12:23 PM
Author: cordovan painfully honest lodge

social network.

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Date: May 27th, 2025 12:44 PM
Author: irradiated thirsty meetinghouse

Wolf of Wall Street

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Date: May 27th, 2025 1:23 PM
Author: Stimulating Police Squad



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Date: May 27th, 2025 1:24 PM
Author: mustard address



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Date: May 27th, 2025 9:58 PM
Author: Opaque weed whacker mother

Mostly an 80s movie though.

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Date: May 27th, 2025 12:45 PM
Author: Sadistic ceo water buffalo

Speed

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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:01 PM
Author: Opaque weed whacker mother

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

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Date: May 27th, 2025 1:24 PM
Author: mustard address

Autoadmit.com

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Date: May 27th, 2025 9:59 PM
Author: nubile misanthropic piazza wagecucks

Nigger Feet

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Date: May 27th, 2025 9:59 PM
Author: purple brunch

"period" is a gross word.

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Date: May 27th, 2025 9:59 PM
Author: Sinister University Therapy

The Diaper

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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:39 PM
Author: mustard address



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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:01 PM
Author: Opaque weed whacker mother

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=2#48966422)



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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:01 PM
Author: Sinister University Therapy



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Date: May 27th, 2025 11:08 PM
Author: mustard address



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Date: May 28th, 2025 9:44 AM
Author: Stimulating Police Squad



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Date: May 28th, 2025 9:49 AM
Author: mustard address



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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:18 PM
Author: slate factory reset button senate

The Queen (2006)

The Fighter (2010)

Erin Brocovich (2000)

I, Tonya (2017)

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Date: May 28th, 2025 6:50 AM
Author: Opaque weed whacker mother

Thanks for asking Chat to give you answers

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Date: May 27th, 2025 11:03 PM
Author: Ruddy electric base national security agency

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

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



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Date: May 28th, 2025 6:52 AM
Author: Opaque weed whacker mother

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=2#48966871)



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Date: May 28th, 2025 6:54 AM
Author: Opaque weed whacker mother

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=2#48966875)



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Date: May 28th, 2025 7:05 AM
Author: Vigorous infuriating jap double fault

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: Opaque weed whacker mother

Good one

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Date: May 28th, 2025 9:52 AM
Author: flatulent location headpube

lilo and stitch for the same reason

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Date: May 28th, 2025 9:55 AM
Author: mustard address



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Date: June 7th, 2025 4:43 AM
Author: lake gas station pozpig



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Date: June 14th, 2025 10:02 AM
Author: Opaque weed whacker mother

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

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Date: May 28th, 2025 9:59 AM
Author: Sadistic ceo water buffalo

Road Trip

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Date: May 28th, 2025 10:04 AM
Author: Bat shit crazy crotch queen of the night

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=2#48967167)



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Date: May 28th, 2025 10:14 AM
Author: mustard address



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Date: May 28th, 2025 10:10 AM
Author: Vivacious bespoke parlour deer antler

Pain & Gain

Mid90s

The Informant!

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Date: May 29th, 2025 4:23 AM
Author: Yellow Affirmative Action Knife

Pain & Gain is probably the best answer ITT

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Date: May 29th, 2025 7:11 AM
Author: Vivacious bespoke parlour deer antler

Im a Curator

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Date: May 28th, 2025 10:35 AM
Author: fluffy 180 round eye old irish cottage

Three Kings

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Date: May 28th, 2025 10:38 AM
Author: Vivacious bespoke parlour deer antler

1999

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Date: May 28th, 2025 10:44 AM
Author: Walnut quadroon

One Day (2011)

Love and Other Drugs (2010)

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Date: May 28th, 2025 8:48 PM
Author: rusted diverse ticket booth corn cake

Black Hawk Down

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Date: May 29th, 2025 5:13 AM
Author: motley cocky pistol space

this

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Date: May 29th, 2025 7:49 AM
Author: Opaque weed whacker mother

Lot of nostalgia for 1993 Somalia

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



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Date: May 29th, 2025 8:44 AM
Author: fighting heaven

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=2#48970015)



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Date: May 28th, 2025 8:54 PM
Author: exhilarant set

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

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



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Date: May 29th, 2025 4:08 AM
Author: Opaque weed whacker mother

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

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



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Date: May 29th, 2025 5:14 AM
Author: motley cocky pistol space

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: Sadistic ceo water buffalo

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: motley cocky pistol space

tyvmft

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Date: May 29th, 2025 5:25 AM
Author: Silver alcoholic garrison gaping

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: confused area feces

Harry Potter

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Date: June 3rd, 2025 3:07 AM
Author: Multi-colored School Legal Warrant

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=2#48982587)



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Date: June 3rd, 2025 10:09 AM
Author: Opaque weed whacker mother

Good one

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Date: June 3rd, 2025 11:41 AM
Author: Yellow Affirmative Action Knife



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Date: June 7th, 2025 4:39 AM
Author: zombie-like lascivious shitlib fortuitous meteor

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: confused area feces

It’s criminally underrated

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Date: June 9th, 2025 11:12 AM
Author: zombie-like lascivious shitlib fortuitous meteor



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