Movies Set in the 1990s
Kinora's catalogue lists 161 films set in the 1990s, spanning 1990–2025. Each is tagged by where and when it takes place — filter by real-world setting, era, and environment, or open any film for its full tagged world.
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- 2009
3 Idiots
Urban · Mountaindir. Rajkumar Hirani - 1992
A Few Good Men
Urbandir. Rob Reiner - 1998
A Simple Plan
Ruraldir. Sam Raimi - 2002
Adaptation.
Urban · Wildernessdir. Spike Jonze - 2022
Aftersun
Coastal Seadir. Charlotte Wells - 1999
All About My Mother
Urbandir. Pedro Almodóvar - 2001
Amélie
Urbandir. Jean-Pierre Jeunet - 1999
American Beauty
Suburbandir. Sam Mendes - 1998
American History X
Urbandir. Tony Kaye - 2003
American Splendor
Urbandir. Robert Pulcini - 2000
Amores Perros
Urbandir. Alejandro G. Iñárritu - 1992
Army of Darkness
Rural · Wildernessdir. Sam Raimi - 1997
As Good as It Gets
Urbandir. James L. Brooks - 1995
Before Sunrise
Urbandir. Richard Linklater - 1999
Being John Malkovich
Urbandir. Spike Jonze - 2018
Black Panther
Urbandir. Ryan Coogler - 2023
BlackBerry
Urbandir. Matt Johnson - 1998
Blade
Urban · Undergrounddir. Stephen Norrington - 1999
Boys Don't Cry
Ruraldir. Kimberly Peirce - 1991
Boyz n the Hood
Urbandir. John Singleton - 1998
Buffalo '66
Urbandir. Vincent Gallo - 1991
Cape Fear
Suburbandir. Martin Scorsese - 2000
Cast Away
Island · Coastal Seadir. Robert Zemeckis - 1998
Central Station
Urban · Ruraldir. Walter Salles - 1997
Children of Heaven
Urbandir. Majid Majidi - 1994
Chungking Express
Urbandir. Wong Kar-Wai - 1994
Clerks
Suburbandir. Kevin Smith - 1993
Cliffhanger
Mountain · Wildernessdir. Renny Harlin - 1997
Contact
Desert · Off Worlddir. Robert Zemeckis - 1993
Cronos
Urbandir. Guillermo del Toro - 1997
Cure
Urbandir. Kiyoshi Kurosawa - 2013
Dallas Buyers Club
Urbandir. Jean-Marc Vallée - 2019
Dark Waters
Urban · Ruraldir. Todd Haynes - 1998
Deep Impact
Urban · Off Worlddir. Mimi Leder - 1995
Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge
Urban · Ruraldir. Aditya Chopra - 1995
Dolores Claiborne
Island · Ruraldir. Taylor Hackford - 1999
Election
Urban · Suburbandir. Alexander Payne - 1998
Enemy of the State
Urbandir. Tony Scott - 2000
Erin Brockovich
Urban · Suburbandir. Steven Soderbergh - 2015
Everest
Mountain · Wildernessdir. Baltasar Kormákur - 1995
Fallen Angels
Urbandir. Wong Kar-Wai - 1993
Falling Down
Urbandir. Joel Schumacher - 1999
Fight Club
Urbandir. David Fincher - 1997
Fireworks
Coastal Seadir. Takeshi Kitano - 1995
Four Rooms
Urbandir. Allison Anders - 1996
From Dusk Till Dawn
Desert · Ruraldir. Robert Rodriguez - 1990
Ghost
Urbandir. Jerry Zucker - 1992
Glengarry Glen Ross
Urbandir. James Foley - 2003
Good Bye, Lenin!
Urbandir. Wolfgang Becker - 1997
Good Will Hunting
Urbandir. Gus Van Sant - 1993
Groundhog Day
Ruraldir. Harold Ramis - 1993
Grumpy Old Men
Ruraldir. Donald Petrie - 1997
Happy Together
Urbandir. Wong Kar-Wai - 1995
Heat
Urbandir. Michael Mann - 1990
Home Alone
Suburbandir. Chris Columbus - 1993
Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey
Wilderness · Mountain · Ruraldir. Duwayne Dunham - 2004
Hotel Rwanda
Urbandir. Terry George - 1996
Independence Day
Urban · Desertdir. Roland Emmerich - 1994
Interview with the Vampire
Urbandir. Neil Jordan - 2007
Into the Wild
Wilderness · Rural · Desertdir. Sean Penn - 1996
Jerry Maguire
Urbandir. Cameron Crowe - 2014
Jersey Boys
Urbandir. Clint Eastwood - 1993
Jurassic Park
Islanddir. Steven Spielberg - 2003
Kill Bill: Vol. 1
Urban · Ruraldir. Quentin Tarantino - 1995
La Haine
Urban · Suburbandir. Mathieu Kassovitz - 2012
Laurence Anyways
Urbandir. Xavier Dolan - 1994
Léon: The Professional
Urbandir. Luc Besson - 1998
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
Urbandir. Guy Ritchie - 1990
Lord of the Flies
Island · Wilderness · Coastal Seadir. Harry Hook - 1997
Lost Highway
Urban · Desertdir. David Lynch - 1999
Magnolia
Urbandir. Paul Thomas Anderson - 1996
Mars Attacks!
Urban · Desertdir. Tim Burton - 1993
Menace II Society
Urbandir. Albert Hughes - 1990
Misery
Ruraldir. Rob Reiner - 2003
Monster
Urbandir. Patty Jenkins - 1994
Muriel's Wedding
Urban · Coastal Seadir. P.J. Hogan - 1992
My Cousin Vinny
Ruraldir. Jonathan Lynn - 1991
My Own Private Idaho
Urban · Ruraldir. Gus Van Sant - 2005
Mysterious Skin
Rural · Urbandir. Gregg Araki - 2004
Night Watch
Urbandir. Timur Bekmambetov - 2022
Nope
Ruraldir. Jordan Peele - 1999
Office Space
Suburbandir. Mike Judge - 1994
Once Were Warriors
Urbandir. Lee Tamahori - 2023
Past Lives
Urbandir. Celine Song - 1998
Perfect Blue
Urbandir. Satoshi Kon - 2021
Petite Maman
Rural · Wildernessdir. Céline Sciamma - 1993
Philadelphia
Urbandir. Jonathan Demme - 1991
Point Break
Coastal Sea · Urbandir. Kathryn Bigelow - 2014
Predestination
Urbandir. Michael Spierig - 1990
Pretty Woman
Urbandir. Garry Marshall - 1996
Primal Fear
Urbandir. Gregory Hoblit - 1994
Pulp Fiction
Urbandir. Quentin Tarantino - 2000
Requiem for a Dream
Urbandir. Darren Aronofsky - 1992
Reservoir Dogs
Urbandir. Quentin Tarantino - 1998
Ring
Urban · Islanddir. Hideo Nakata - 1998
Run Lola Run
Urbandir. Tom Tykwer - 1998
Rushmore
Urbandir. Wes Anderson - 1998
Satya
Urbandir. Ram Gopal Varma - 1992
Scent of a Woman
Urbandir. Martin Brest - 1996
Scream
Suburbandir. Wes Craven - 1995
Se7en
Urbandir. David Fincher - 2012
Searching for Sugar Man
Urbandir. Malik Bendjelloul - 1996
Secrets & Lies
Urbandir. Mike Leigh - 1993
Short Cuts
Urban · Suburbandir. Robert Altman - 1992
Singles
Urbandir. Cameron Crowe - 2025
Sinners
Ruraldir. Ryan Coogler - 1993
Sleepless in Seattle
Urbandir. Nora Ephron - 1996
Sling Blade
Ruraldir. Billy Bob Thornton - 2008
Slumdog Millionaire
Urbandir. Danny Boyle - 1992
Sneakers
Urbandir. Phil Alden Robinson - 2011
Snowtown
Suburban · Ruraldir. Justin Kurzel - 1994
Speed
Urbandir. Jan de Bont - 2021
Spencer
Ruraldir. Pablo Larraín - 1999
Stir of Echoes
Urbandir. David Koepp - 2015
Straight Outta Compton
Urbandir. F. Gary Gray - 1997
Taste of Cherry
Urbandir. Abbas Kiarostami - 1991
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
Urbandir. James Cameron - 2000
The Beach
Island · Coastal Sea · Urbandir. Danny Boyle - 1998
The Big Lebowski
Urbandir. Joel Coen - 1999
The Blair Witch Project
Wildernessdir. Daniel Myrick - 1995
The Bridges of Madison County
Ruraldir. Clint Eastwood - 2004
The Butterfly Effect
Urban · Suburbandir. Eric Bress - 1998
The Celebration
Ruraldir. Thomas Vinterberg - 1999
The Color of Paradise
Rural · Mountaindir. Majid Majidi - 1994
The Crow
Urbandir. Alex Proyas - 1991
The Double Life of Véronique
Urbandir. Krzysztof Kieślowski - 1997
The Edge
Wildernessdir. Lee Tamahori - 1993
The Firm
Urban · Coastal Seadir. Sydney Pollack - 1993
The Fugitive
Urbandir. Andrew Davis - 1997
The Full Monty
Urbandir. Peter Cattaneo - 1999
The Green Mile
Ruraldir. Frank Darabont - 1999
The Insider
Urbandir. Michael Mann - 2000
The Perfect Storm
Coastal Seadir. Wolfgang Petersen - 1992
The Player
Urbandir. Robert Altman - 1991
The Prince of Tides
Urban · Coastal Seadir. Barbra Streisand - 2004
The Sea Inside
Rural · Coastal Seadir. Alejandro Amenábar - 2009
The Secret in Their Eyes
Urban · Ruraldir. Juan José Campanella - 1991
The Silence of the Lambs
Urbandir. Jonathan Demme - 1999
The Sixth Sense
Urbandir. M. Night Shyamalan - 1999
The Straight Story
Ruraldir. David Lynch - 1997
The Sweet Hereafter
Rural · Mountaindir. Atom Egoyan - 1998
The Truman Show
Island · Coastal Seadir. Peter Weir - 1995
The Usual Suspects
Urban · Coastal Seadir. Bryan Singer - 2013
The Wolf of Wall Street
Urbandir. Martin Scorsese - 1991
Thelma & Louise
Rural · Desertdir. Ridley Scott - 1993
Three Colors: Blue
Urbandir. Krzysztof Kieślowski - 1994
Three Colors: Red
Urban · Coastal Seadir. Krzysztof Kieślowski - 1994
Three Colors: White
Urbandir. Krzysztof Kieślowski - 1997
Titanic
Coastal Seadir. James Cameron - 1995
Toy Story
Suburbandir. John Lasseter - 1996
Trainspotting
Urbandir. Danny Boyle - 1990
Tremors
Desert · Ruraldir. Ron Underwood - 1993
True Romance
Urbandir. Tony Scott - 1995
Twelve Monkeys
Urban · Undergrounddir. Terry Gilliam - 1996
Twister
Ruraldir. Jan de Bont - 2012
V/H/S
Urban · Rural · Desertdir. David Bruckner - 1998
Waking Ned
Rural · Coastal Seadir. Kirk Jones - 1993
What's Eating Gilbert Grape
Ruraldir. Lasse Hallström - 1995
Whisper of the Heart
Urban · Suburbandir. Yoshifumi Kondo - 2001
Y Tu Mamá También
Coastal Sea · Ruraldir. Alfonso Cuarón - 2000
Yi Yi
Urbandir. Edward Yang
Frequently asked
How many movies are set in the 1990s?
Kinora's catalogue lists 161 films set in the 1990s, spanning 1990–2025.
What are some movies set in the 1990s?
Films set in the 1990s in our catalogue include 3 Idiots (2009), A Few Good Men (1992), A Simple Plan (1998), Adaptation. (2002), and Aftersun (2022).
What is the oldest movie set in the 1990s?
Ghost (1990) is the earliest film set in the 1990s in our catalogue; the most recent is Sinners (2025).