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

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peach range fortuitous meteor
  05/27/25
Big Lebowski almost qualifies, released in 1998 but set in 1...
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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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(Nick Cassavetes) (JT)
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There are not a lot - certainly no great films. Add The F...
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Wolf of Wall Street
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Mostly an 80s movie though.
peach range fortuitous meteor
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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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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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peach range fortuitous meteor
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Doesn't qualify with your parameters but Clerks is classic 9...
Impertinent claret gas station
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Yes, but not a period piece. Lots of movies reflect their t...
peach range fortuitous meteor
  05/28/25
I think Superbad is set in the 2000s but it has a 90s aesthe...
peach range fortuitous meteor
  05/28/25
Same for Napoleon dynamite Technically set in 2003 but ru...
amethyst metal puppy
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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 Mid90s The Informant!
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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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Lot of nostalgia for 1993 Somalia
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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...
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I feel like that’s too well known to even bother discu...
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Is The Departed set in the 1990s? Seemed to be based on the ...
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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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Good one
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tv show but derry girls. wife insisted i watch it. i tho...
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It’s criminally underrated
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Date: May 27th, 2025 11:15 AM
Author: peach range fortuitous meteor



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Date: May 27th, 2025 11:30 AM
Author: Overrated corn cake temple

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

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Date: May 27th, 2025 11:31 AM
Author: Territorial swashbuckling associate stage

Who even watches these anymore?

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Date: May 27th, 2025 11:31 AM
Author: at-the-ready pocket flask

I still watch Film

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Date: May 27th, 2025 9:59 PM
Author: marvelous location



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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:01 PM
Author: peach range fortuitous meteor



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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:29 PM
Author: alcoholic supple reading party

but yet you know nothing of it

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Date: May 28th, 2025 10:33 AM
Author: at-the-ready pocket flask

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: amethyst metal puppy

mean girls was released in 2004 but feels older imo

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Date: May 27th, 2025 11:34 AM
Author: navy address

True Detective season one



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Date: May 27th, 2025 1:22 PM
Author: jet tanning salon



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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:02 PM
Author: peach range fortuitous meteor

Best answer so far

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Date: May 29th, 2025 5:48 AM
Author: Dun mood french chef



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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:23 PM
Author: Lascivious field



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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:28 PM
Author: marvelous location

tp

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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:39 PM
Author: jet tanning salon



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Date: May 28th, 2025 6:52 AM
Author: peach range fortuitous meteor

The segways are the second biggest unresolved mystery after the lawnmower

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Date: May 28th, 2025 10:34 AM
Author: Very tactful provocative theater



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Date: May 27th, 2025 11:38 AM
Author: Avocado violent boiling water

Alpha Dog pops into mind first

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Date: May 29th, 2025 5:44 AM
Author: Arrogant Burgundy Indian Lodge

(Nick Cassavetes)

(JT)

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Date: May 27th, 2025 12:19 PM
Author: peach range fortuitous meteor

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: Territorial swashbuckling associate stage

How to train your dragon

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Date: May 27th, 2025 12:23 PM
Author: Cocky Glassy Legal Warrant Casino

social network.

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Date: May 27th, 2025 12:44 PM
Author: Thirsty pistol business firm

Wolf of Wall Street

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Date: May 27th, 2025 1:23 PM
Author: talking learning disabled quadroon home



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Date: May 27th, 2025 1:24 PM
Author: jet tanning salon



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Date: May 27th, 2025 9:58 PM
Author: peach range fortuitous meteor

Mostly an 80s movie though.

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Date: May 27th, 2025 12:45 PM
Author: Heady green factory reset button

Speed

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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:01 PM
Author: peach range fortuitous meteor

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: jet tanning salon

Autoadmit.com

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Date: May 27th, 2025 9:59 PM
Author: Territorial swashbuckling associate stage

Nigger Feet

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Date: May 27th, 2025 9:59 PM
Author: Frum milky corner headpube

"period" is a gross word.

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Date: May 27th, 2025 9:59 PM
Author: marvelous location

The Diaper

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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:39 PM
Author: jet tanning salon



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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:01 PM
Author: peach range fortuitous meteor

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: marvelous location



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Date: May 27th, 2025 11:08 PM
Author: jet tanning salon



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Date: May 28th, 2025 9:44 AM
Author: talking learning disabled quadroon home



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Date: May 28th, 2025 9:49 AM
Author: jet tanning salon



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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:18 PM
Author: wonderful insanely creepy athletic conference police squad

The Queen (2006)

The Fighter (2010)

Erin Brocovich (2000)

I, Tonya (2017)

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Date: May 28th, 2025 6:50 AM
Author: peach range fortuitous meteor

Thanks for asking Chat to give you answers

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Date: May 27th, 2025 11:03 PM
Author: Impertinent claret gas station

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

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Date: May 28th, 2025 6:52 AM
Author: peach range fortuitous meteor

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: peach range fortuitous meteor

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
Author: amethyst metal puppy

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: peach range fortuitous meteor

Good one

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Date: May 28th, 2025 9:52 AM
Author: Titillating boltzmann travel guidebook

lilo and stitch for the same reason

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Date: May 28th, 2025 9:55 AM
Author: jet tanning salon



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Date: June 7th, 2025 4:43 AM
Author: Crimson spot



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Date: June 14th, 2025 10:02 AM
Author: peach range fortuitous meteor

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

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Date: May 28th, 2025 9:59 AM
Author: Heady green factory reset button

Road Trip

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Date: May 28th, 2025 10:04 AM
Author: exciting school cafeteria mental disorder

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: jet tanning salon



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Date: May 28th, 2025 10:10 AM
Author: beady-eyed library

Pain & Gain

Mid90s

The Informant!

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Date: May 29th, 2025 4:23 AM
Author: Thriller Trust Fund Becky

Pain & Gain is probably the best answer ITT

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Date: May 29th, 2025 7:11 AM
Author: beady-eyed library

Im a Curator

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Date: May 28th, 2025 10:35 AM
Author: Very tactful provocative theater

Three Kings

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Date: May 28th, 2025 10:38 AM
Author: beady-eyed library

1999

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Date: May 28th, 2025 10:44 AM
Author: internet-worthy volcanic crater wrinkle

One Day (2011)

Love and Other Drugs (2010)

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Date: May 28th, 2025 8:48 PM
Author: Flatulent Talented Abode

Black Hawk Down

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Date: May 29th, 2025 5:13 AM
Author: Dun mood french chef

this

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Date: May 29th, 2025 7:49 AM
Author: peach range fortuitous meteor

Lot of nostalgia for 1993 Somalia

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Date: May 29th, 2025 8:44 AM
Author: at-the-ready pocket flask

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

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Date: May 28th, 2025 8:54 PM
Author: charismatic circlehead dingle berry

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

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Date: May 29th, 2025 4:08 AM
Author: peach range fortuitous meteor

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

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Date: May 29th, 2025 5:14 AM
Author: Dun mood french chef

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: Heady green factory reset button

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: Dun mood french chef

tyvmft

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Date: May 29th, 2025 5:25 AM
Author: Wine indirect expression

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: Diverse parlour

Harry Potter

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Date: June 3rd, 2025 3:07 AM
Author: scarlet background story

The OJ Simpson miniseries that was on FX a few years ago - the drama with Cuba Gooding Jr. as OJ, not the documentary one.

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Date: June 3rd, 2025 10:09 AM
Author: peach range fortuitous meteor

Good one

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Date: June 3rd, 2025 11:41 AM
Author: Thriller Trust Fund Becky



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Date: June 7th, 2025 4:39 AM
Author: Floppy Medicated Set

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: Diverse parlour

It’s criminally underrated

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Date: June 9th, 2025 11:12 AM
Author: Floppy Medicated Set



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