What other movies bring you back…?

This is going to be controversial but American Pie makes me nostalgic. I (born in 78) was 21 when it came out so I was only a few years older than the characters.

Also, Can't Hardly Wait really resonated with me. Again I was only a couple years older and a lot of it reminded me of my own experiences.

Don't forget Empire Records either.

Maybe it's because I'm at the young end of Gen X but as much as I liked the 80s movies they never really portrayed the life I lead but the movies above got much closer.

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Valentine-Jester@reddit

Surprised there’s no love for Heathers.

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Rags2Riches420@reddit

Ben Stiller got royally fucked over in Reality Bites. 😒

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whitetrashsnake77@reddit

Yeah, I always thought so too, but didn’t he write and direct it?

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darkedenashia@reddit

Absolutely the best soundtrack around. It’s pure Seattle

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Get_Breakfast_Done@reddit

I’ve actually never seen the film but I had that CD and played the shit out of it

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whitetrashsnake77@reddit

Yeah, excellent album, meh film. It was a cynical cash grab. It’s not terrible, but it’s not Cameron Crowe’s best work.

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OreoSpeedwaggon@reddit

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Had me wanting to immediately hop on a flight to Prague and fall in love with a French girl I met on the train.

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atclew@reddit

Alice In Chains Full Performance Singles.

Enjoy.

RIP Layne.

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midnight_to_midnight@reddit

Love Singles, and its soundtrack is one of the greatest. I was 21 when it came out and very into grunge rock.

I have still never seen Reality Bites. Dunno why, just never have.

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no_u_bogan@reddit

If you like Singles, you will love Reality Bites. It's great.

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Agitated-Library-126@reddit

Was literally talking about this 20 minutes ago! Fantastic soundtrack!

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EBMille4@reddit

Reality Bites introduced me to Lisa Loeb and My Sharona. I forget the rest of the soundtrack but I think it was decent too

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-Granby-@reddit

Do you remember the Food Network Show lisa and Dweezil? Her and Dweezil Zapa would travel around trying food. They were a couple for a while.

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EBMille4@reddit

I don’t, but that sounds super fun. Is this an old show or a new one?

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Agitated-Library-126@reddit

That is an excellent soundtrack too! Renewed my love for My Sharona.

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MutedLandscape4648@reddit

Loved that when I came out, still have the soundtrack in rotation.

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WithoutDennisNedry@reddit

Imo the best soundtrack of all time.

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MatrixRecycled_2015@reddit

I just watched this a few weeks ago - was on television randomly. One of my favourites.

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jrobski96@reddit

I was singing Na-na-na when this landed. 😄

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Ihadsumthin4this@reddit

When making a mixtape, there are many do's and don'ts.

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zionzednem@reddit

Saw this recently with a live q&a with John. Got to meet him. So cool!

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Ihadsumthin4this@reddit

Dude's too solid also in Runaway Jury and Grosse Point Blank. I'm sure he enjoyed working with Rachel Weisz 🫠 and must've been delighted to be in company with Dan Aykroyd 🤩.

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Fast Times was my high school years. Singles was my early/mid 20s (right down to having an apartment in a complex where neighbors became friends). Nothing for my adult life. I wish Almost Famous was a piece of my life (but love the movie anyway) :-)

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geetarboy33@reddit

I told my daughter Fast Times and Singles feel like documentaries of my teens and twenties.

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claytionthecreation@reddit

Empire Records

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-Granby-@reddit

I just posted about The Stoned Age. That movie is great.

Fuckin Tack man

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claytionthecreation@reddit

He wormed Crump’s chics man

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tmarthal@reddit

With Honors

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Oxjrnine@reddit

Short Bus. Because several of my exes and friends with benefits were in it so it “literally” takes me back

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haleocentric@reddit

I used to work with Shanti.

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-Granby-@reddit

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TripMaster478@reddit

IMHO Singles has the Best movie soundtrack of all time.

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Adorableviolet@reddit

Absolutely. I lived in Seattle in the early 90s...a magical time for music.

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Adorableviolet@reddit

John Cusack will always be my fav. Most people love Say Anything, but The Sure Thing is the best.

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XR3TroBeanieX@reddit

Clerks and Mallrats

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psycho_pirate@reddit

And Chasing Amy

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disco_duck2004@reddit

Just watched both of those the other week.

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ProjectPolkaDots@reddit

I watched Singles just last week! Holds up and that soundtrack is amazing. Where did you watch Reality Bites?

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disco_duck2004@reddit

I think it was either Tubi or Pluto, I watched it a few days before it left the channel.

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ProjectPolkaDots@reddit

That would explain why I can't find it. Thanks! 🙌

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disco_duck2004@reddit

I guess it was 2 weeks ago or so. Left at the end of March.

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gjohill@reddit

It's always Happy Harry Hardon for me

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ryansholin@reddit

Take cover, Arizona!!

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jtrades69@reddit

should make a new poster... "shingles"

😄

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ladymacbeth999@reddit

Brilliant!

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Phantom_minus@reddit

to think of what it was, and what it could have been, is sometimes more than I can bear

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jmg733mpls@reddit

Those two are tops for me

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Wrught_Wes@reddit

Grosse Pointe Blank and Mallrats

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ms_directed@reddit

i just posted that! never gets old

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MutedLandscape4648@reddit

Omg, I love GPB to this day.

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Bardamu911@reddit

are you asking like just for a list of films that came out in the 90s?

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Express_Area_8359@reddit

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Saw it in theaters

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Flat_6_Theory@reddit

Reality Bites for sure. Came out the year I graduated college. Same school as the movie. Sometimes when I start feeling they’re being too intense I remember that’s how it was.

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MutedLandscape4648@reddit

Even when these two came out, all I could think was “what self centered idiots” and I have never successfully watched either all the way through. I did love Breakfast Club though.

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ShutUpChunk@reddit

Dazed and confused

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Objective_Coffee_282@reddit

I know it’s wrong, but I could recreate Bridget Fonda’s outfit in that poster using clothes in my closet and happily wear it today. I still love that look . . . .

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MiyagiJunior@reddit

Absolutely loved Singles. One of the most iconic 90s movies.

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levianan@reddit

Pump up the Volume is one for me, maybe less Reality Bites. Singles was very important to me at the time.

Anything by Richard Linklater from that period.

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midnight_to_midnight@reddit

Talk hard!

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Owhatabeautifulday@reddit

Ah, memories. My husband and I went to Singles on our first official date. Great soundtrack!

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ElkInside5856@reddit

Pump Up The Volume

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RobActionTributeBand@reddit

Neither of those. Fast Times, Breakfast Club, Adventures in Babysitting, Pretty in Pink, 16 Candles

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some_one_234@reddit

Slackers

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-Granby-@reddit

SLC Punk is another one

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shamashedit@reddit

The soundtrack is better than the movie. I said what I said.

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NegotiationNo7851@reddit

I agree.

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NegotiationNo7851@reddit

I don’t really remember the movie but the soundtrack was amazing.

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Unique_Information11@reddit

Singles for sure. I took a girl to it on our first date and listened to the soundtrack constantly while we dated. Loved it. Then we broke up. I put away the cassette and never listened to it again.

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Relevant-Staff-6398@reddit

Why did I read this as shingles

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the_answer_is_RUSH@reddit

I just made a citizen dick reference today. Great band.

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FitAt50Guy@reddit

I heard they had a new record just break in Belgium.

IYKYK

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Kylie_Forever@reddit

Chasing Amy

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FitAt50Guy@reddit

Singles was terrific. For me, it's arguably the American Graffiti of Gen X (my cohort within it, anyway).

Reality Bites was trash. It tried to connect in all the ways, and so it related in none. As my kids would say, "total try-hard."

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MuchGrape1428@reddit (OP)

YES. One of my favorite movies of all time.

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Throttlechopper@reddit

I’m the same age as O’Connell and the whole plot just resonated with me, and got me to appreciate Rob Reiner just a bit more (RIP).

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Fart_Bargo@reddit

Not a movie (initially), but Twin Peaks does a good job of taking me back to the early '90s.

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Marcysdad@reddit

Clerks and The Breakfast Club

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BabadookOfEarl@reddit

Heathers, of course.

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earth_shine40092@reddit

How very.

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AuNaturellee@reddit

Crossing streams..."I love my dead gay son!"

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yanknga@reddit

Any of the John Hughes movies.

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MuchGrape1428@reddit (OP)

100%

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AuNaturellee@reddit

Rich white suburban Chicago high school hijinx?

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AuNaturellee@reddit

The early-mid 90s were so formative for 20somethings. These 2 movies are in particular captured a real cultural zeitgeist for disillusioned youth. The soundtrack for Singles summarized the Seattle scene with such a succinct sound. And Reality Bites of course had Lisa Loeb singing Stay, the first ever #1 hit by an artist not signed to major label. She still looks and sounds exactly the same 30 years later...

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RebelStrategist@reddit

Singles. One of my all time favorites.

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GreyTrader@reddit

I just watched Singles today. Really really makes me love my college days.

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BeachPlze@reddit

Pump Up The Volume

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polipolimist@reddit

I had a life size, cardboard cut out of Christian Slater in my bedroom. My cousins still tease me about it.

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kperry1270@reddit

Great cliche Seattle grunge film, Scorceeeeese

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Kooky-Ad1551@reddit

That's a great movie, I don't think Reality Bites was as good, but similar to Grunge music, everyone started doing their own version of the original. I think it's the soundtrack of singles that really takes me back. Crown of Thornes/Chloe Dancer playing throughout as a background track for a generation.

Far Out. Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure, I'll throw that one out there, too.

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Sensitive-Rip-8005@reddit

I live is Seattle and was around during this time. Every time I see it, I remember all the places that aren’t around. I go by the Coreyell apartments all the time.

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MuchGrape1428@reddit (OP)

That’s awesome.

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