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

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impertinent sneaky criminal juggernaut
  05/27/25
Big Lebowski almost qualifies, released in 1998 but set in 1...
spruce razzle-dazzle crackhouse
  05/27/25
Who even watches these anymore?
At-the-ready knife institution
  05/27/25
I still watch Film
ungodly drab house
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cocky dingle berry
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impertinent sneaky criminal juggernaut
  05/27/25
but yet you know nothing of it
Mint mental disorder elastic band
  05/27/25
Sir, I attended the Werner Herzog Film Seminar, pretty sure ...
ungodly drab house
  05/28/25
mean girls was released in 2004 but feels older imo
Thriller Goyim National
  05/27/25
True Detective season one
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Best answer so far
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exciting red coldplay fan
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tp
cocky dingle berry
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metal disgusting gas station
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The segways are the second biggest unresolved mystery after ...
impertinent sneaky criminal juggernaut
  05/28/25
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plum cerebral tattoo
  05/28/25
Alpha Dog pops into mind first
stubborn impressive stag film corn cake
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(Nick Cassavetes) (JT)
swashbuckling lemon senate sound barrier
  05/29/25
There are not a lot - certainly no great films. Add The F...
impertinent sneaky criminal juggernaut
  05/27/25
How to train your dragon
At-the-ready knife institution
  05/27/25
social network.
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Wolf of Wall Street
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metal disgusting gas station
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Mostly an 80s movie though.
impertinent sneaky criminal juggernaut
  05/27/25
Speed
bat-shit-crazy laser beams theater stage
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I don’t think 1994’s Speed meets one of OP&rsquo...
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metal disgusting gas station
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Nigger Feet
At-the-ready knife institution
  05/27/25
"period" is a gross word.
Big flushed sweet tailpipe black woman
  05/27/25
The Diaper
cocky dingle berry
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metal disgusting gas station
  05/27/25
I think this has to do with Klosterman’s theory about ...
impertinent sneaky criminal juggernaut
  05/27/25
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The Queen (2006) The Fighter (2010) Erin Brocovich (2000) ...
splenetic police squad
  05/27/25
Thanks for asking Chat to give you answers
impertinent sneaky criminal juggernaut
  05/28/25
Doesn't qualify with your parameters but Clerks is classic 9...
frisky transparent stead
  05/27/25
Yes, but not a period piece. Lots of movies reflect their t...
impertinent sneaky criminal juggernaut
  05/28/25
I think Superbad is set in the 2000s but it has a 90s aesthe...
impertinent sneaky criminal juggernaut
  05/28/25
Same for Napoleon dynamite Technically set in 2003 but ru...
Thriller Goyim National
  05/28/25
Good one
impertinent sneaky criminal juggernaut
  05/28/25
lilo and stitch for the same reason
mewling multi-colored university turdskin
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metal disgusting gas station
  05/28/25
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beady-eyed jewess party of the first part
  06/07/25
Those tankard bracelets and Deb’s hair are incredibly ...
impertinent sneaky criminal juggernaut
  06/14/25
Road Trip
bat-shit-crazy laser beams theater stage
  05/28/25
this is difficult imo because 9/11 really wiped clean our me...
bateful nursing home
  05/28/25
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metal disgusting gas station
  05/28/25
Pain & Gain Mid90s The Informant!
Disrespectful flickering rigor
  05/28/25
Pain & Gain is probably the best answer ITT
jade stimulating theater crotch
  05/29/25
Im a Curator
Disrespectful flickering rigor
  05/29/25
Three Kings
plum cerebral tattoo
  05/28/25
1999
Disrespectful flickering rigor
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One Day (2011) Love and Other Drugs (2010)
Hyperventilating sick school cafeteria
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Black Hawk Down
electric charcoal forum
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this
Insecure Site
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Lot of nostalgia for 1993 Somalia
impertinent sneaky criminal juggernaut
  05/29/25
I remember playing netdoom in an internet cafe in Berbera ar...
ungodly drab house
  05/29/25
the belgian crime drama 'Maldoror' about the marc dutroux ca...
pea-brained ticket booth ape
  05/28/25
I feel like that’s too well known to even bother discu...
impertinent sneaky criminal juggernaut
  05/29/25
Is The Departed set in the 1990s? Seemed to be based on the ...
Insecure Site
  05/29/25
No. They were clearly using early 2000s era phones and using...
bat-shit-crazy laser beams theater stage
  05/29/25
tyvmft
Insecure Site
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The Creek, the in-universe remake of Season 1 of Dawson's Cr...
Mahogany lodge incel
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Harry Potter
Maroon 180 depressive clown
  06/03/25
The OJ Simpson miniseries that was on FX a few years ago - t...
razzmatazz main people station
  06/03/25
Good one
impertinent sneaky criminal juggernaut
  06/03/25
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jade stimulating theater crotch
  06/03/25
tv show but derry girls. wife insisted i watch it. i tho...
irradiated ruby friendly grandma
  06/07/25
It’s criminally underrated
Maroon 180 depressive clown
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irradiated ruby friendly grandma
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Date: May 27th, 2025 11:15 AM
Author: impertinent sneaky criminal juggernaut



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Date: May 27th, 2025 11:30 AM
Author: spruce razzle-dazzle crackhouse

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

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Date: May 27th, 2025 11:31 AM
Author: At-the-ready knife institution

Who even watches these anymore?

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Date: May 27th, 2025 11:31 AM
Author: ungodly drab house

I still watch Film

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Date: May 27th, 2025 9:59 PM
Author: cocky dingle berry



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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:01 PM
Author: impertinent sneaky criminal juggernaut



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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:29 PM
Author: Mint mental disorder elastic band

but yet you know nothing of it

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Date: May 28th, 2025 10:33 AM
Author: ungodly drab house

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: Thriller Goyim National

mean girls was released in 2004 but feels older imo

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Date: May 27th, 2025 11:34 AM
Author: unhinged appetizing theatre

True Detective season one



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Date: May 27th, 2025 1:22 PM
Author: metal disgusting gas station



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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:02 PM
Author: impertinent sneaky criminal juggernaut

Best answer so far

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Date: May 29th, 2025 5:48 AM
Author: Insecure Site



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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:23 PM
Author: exciting red coldplay fan



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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:28 PM
Author: cocky dingle berry

tp

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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:39 PM
Author: metal disgusting gas station



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Date: May 28th, 2025 6:52 AM
Author: impertinent sneaky criminal juggernaut

The segways are the second biggest unresolved mystery after the lawnmower

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Date: May 28th, 2025 10:34 AM
Author: plum cerebral tattoo



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Date: May 27th, 2025 11:38 AM
Author: stubborn impressive stag film corn cake

Alpha Dog pops into mind first

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Date: May 29th, 2025 5:44 AM
Author: swashbuckling lemon senate sound barrier

(Nick Cassavetes)

(JT)

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Date: May 27th, 2025 12:19 PM
Author: impertinent sneaky criminal juggernaut

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: At-the-ready knife institution

How to train your dragon

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Date: May 27th, 2025 12:23 PM
Author: Talented arrogant messiness garrison

social network.

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Date: May 27th, 2025 12:44 PM
Author: Spectacular dun stock car private investor

Wolf of Wall Street

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Date: May 27th, 2025 1:23 PM
Author: hilarious saffron home windowlicker



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Date: May 27th, 2025 1:24 PM
Author: metal disgusting gas station



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Date: May 27th, 2025 9:58 PM
Author: impertinent sneaky criminal juggernaut

Mostly an 80s movie though.

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Date: May 27th, 2025 12:45 PM
Author: bat-shit-crazy laser beams theater stage

Speed

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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:01 PM
Author: impertinent sneaky criminal juggernaut

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: metal disgusting gas station

Autoadmit.com

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Date: May 27th, 2025 9:59 PM
Author: At-the-ready knife institution

Nigger Feet

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Date: May 27th, 2025 9:59 PM
Author: Big flushed sweet tailpipe black woman

"period" is a gross word.

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Date: May 27th, 2025 9:59 PM
Author: cocky dingle berry

The Diaper

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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:39 PM
Author: metal disgusting gas station



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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:01 PM
Author: impertinent sneaky criminal juggernaut

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 10:01 PM
Author: cocky dingle berry



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Date: May 27th, 2025 11:08 PM
Author: metal disgusting gas station



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Date: May 28th, 2025 9:44 AM
Author: hilarious saffron home windowlicker



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Date: May 28th, 2025 9:49 AM
Author: metal disgusting gas station



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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:18 PM
Author: splenetic 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: impertinent sneaky criminal juggernaut

Thanks for asking Chat to give you answers

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Date: May 27th, 2025 11:03 PM
Author: frisky transparent stead

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

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Date: May 28th, 2025 6:52 AM
Author: impertinent sneaky criminal juggernaut

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
Author: impertinent sneaky criminal juggernaut

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: Thriller Goyim National

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: impertinent sneaky criminal juggernaut

Good one

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Date: May 28th, 2025 9:52 AM
Author: mewling multi-colored university turdskin

lilo and stitch for the same reason

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Date: May 28th, 2025 9:55 AM
Author: metal disgusting gas station



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Date: June 7th, 2025 4:43 AM
Author: beady-eyed jewess party of the first part



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Date: June 14th, 2025 10:02 AM
Author: impertinent sneaky criminal juggernaut

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

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Date: May 28th, 2025 9:59 AM
Author: bat-shit-crazy laser beams theater stage

Road Trip

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Date: May 28th, 2025 10:04 AM
Author: bateful nursing home

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: metal disgusting gas station



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Date: May 28th, 2025 10:10 AM
Author: Disrespectful flickering rigor

Pain & Gain

Mid90s

The Informant!

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Date: May 29th, 2025 4:23 AM
Author: jade stimulating theater crotch

Pain & Gain is probably the best answer ITT

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Date: May 29th, 2025 7:11 AM
Author: Disrespectful flickering rigor

Im a Curator

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Date: May 28th, 2025 10:35 AM
Author: plum cerebral tattoo

Three Kings

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Date: May 28th, 2025 10:38 AM
Author: Disrespectful flickering rigor

1999

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Date: May 28th, 2025 10:44 AM
Author: Hyperventilating sick school cafeteria

One Day (2011)

Love and Other Drugs (2010)

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Date: May 28th, 2025 8:48 PM
Author: electric charcoal forum

Black Hawk Down

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Date: May 29th, 2025 5:13 AM
Author: Insecure Site

this

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Date: May 29th, 2025 7:49 AM
Author: impertinent sneaky criminal juggernaut

Lot of nostalgia for 1993 Somalia

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Date: May 29th, 2025 8:44 AM
Author: ungodly drab house

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: pea-brained ticket booth ape

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

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Date: May 29th, 2025 4:08 AM
Author: impertinent sneaky criminal juggernaut

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

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Date: May 29th, 2025 5:14 AM
Author: Insecure Site

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: bat-shit-crazy laser beams theater stage

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: Insecure Site

tyvmft

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Date: May 29th, 2025 5:25 AM
Author: Mahogany lodge incel

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: Maroon 180 depressive clown

Harry Potter

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Date: June 3rd, 2025 3:07 AM
Author: razzmatazz main people station

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: impertinent sneaky criminal juggernaut

Good one

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Date: June 3rd, 2025 11:41 AM
Author: jade stimulating theater crotch



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Date: June 7th, 2025 4:39 AM
Author: irradiated ruby friendly grandma

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: Maroon 180 depressive clown

It’s criminally underrated

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Date: June 9th, 2025 11:12 AM
Author: irradiated ruby friendly grandma



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