Movies Set in 1991

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Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone(2001)

4.0/5 (with 12,814 votes)

Harry Potter has lived under the stairs at his aunt and uncle's house his whole life. But on his 11th birthday, he learns he's a powerful wizard—with a place waiting for him at the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. As he learns to harness his newfound powers with the help of the school's kindly headmaster, Harry uncovers the truth about his parents' deaths—and about the villain who's to blame.

Directed by Chris Columbus - With Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, John Cleese, Robbie Coltrane, Warwick Davis, ...

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The Wolf of Wall Street(2013)

| 3h | Crime, Drama, Comedy

4.0/5 (with 11,232 votes)

A New York stockbroker refuses to cooperate in a large securities fraud case involving corruption on Wall Street, corporate banking world and mob infiltration. Based on Jordan Belfort's autobiography.

Directed by Martin Scorsese - With Leonardo DiCaprio, Jonah Hill, Margot Robbie, Matthew McConaughey, Jon Favreau, Kyle Chandler, ...

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Captain America: Civil War(2016)

PG-13

| 2h 27min | Adventure, Action, Science Fiction

3.7/5 (with 10,840 votes)

Following the events of Age of Ultron, the collective governments of the world pass an act designed to regulate all superhuman activity. This polarizes opinion amongst the Avengers, causing two factions to side with Iron Man or Captain America, which causes an epic battle between former allies.

Directed by Anthony Russo, Joe Russo - With Robert Downey Jr., Scarlett Johansson, Sebastian Stan, Anthony Mackie, Jeremy Renner, Don Cheadle, ...

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F9(2021)

PG-13

| 2h 25min | Action, Adventure, Crime

3.6/5 (with 3,257 votes)

Dominic Toretto and his crew battle the most skilled assassin and high-performance driver they've ever encountered: his forsaken brother.

Directed by Justin Lin - With Vin Diesel, Tyrese Gibson, Michelle Rodriguez, Ludacris, Jordana Brewster, John Cena, ...

Zodiac(2007)

| 2h 37min | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller

3.8/5 (with 5,313 votes)

The zodiac murders cause the lives of Paul Avery, David Toschi and Robert Graysmith to intersect.

Directed by David Fincher - With Jake Gyllenhaal, Mark Ruffalo, Robert Downey Jr., Anthony Edwards, Brian Cox, Elias Koteas, ...

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Face/Off(1997)

| 2h 18min | Action, Crime, Science Fiction, Thriller

3.5/5 (with 2,359 votes)

In order to foil a terrorist plot, an FBI agent undergoes facial transplant surgery and assumes the identity of a criminal mastermind. The plan turns sour when the criminal wakes up prematurely and seeks revenge.

Directed by John Woo - With John Travolta, Nicolas Cage, Joan Allen, Gina Gershon, Dominique Swain, Alessandro Nivola, ...

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Double Impact(1991)

| 1h 50min | Thriller, Action, Crime, Drama

3.0/5 (with 477 votes)

Jean Claude Van Damme plays a dual role as Alex and Chad, twins separated at the death of their parents. Chad is raised by a family retainer in Paris, Alex becomes a petty crook in Hong Kong. Seeing a picture of Alex, Chad rejoins him and convinces him that his rival in Hong Kong is also the man who killed their parents. Alex is suspicious of Chad, especially when it comes to his girlfriend.

Directed by Sheldon Lettich - With Jean-Claude Van Damme, Geoffrey Lewis, Alan Scarfe, Philip Chan, Bolo Yeung, Cory Everson, ...

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The Curious Case of Benjamin Button(2008)

PG-13

| 2h 46min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance / Love

3.8/5 (with 5,674 votes)

I was born under unusual circumstances. And so begins The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, adapted from the 1920s story by F. Scott Fitzgerald about a man who is born in his eighties and ages backwards: a man, like any of us, who is unable to stop time. We follow his story, set in New Orleans, from the end of World War I in 1918 into the 21st century, following his journey that is as unusual as any man's life can be. Benjamin Button, is a grand tale of a not-so-ordinary man and the people and places he discovers along the way, the loves he finds, the joys of life and the sadness of death, and what lasts beyond time.

Directed by David Fincher - With Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett, Taraji P. Henson, Julia Ormond, Tilda Swinton, Mahershala Ali, ...

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Straight Outta Compton(2015)

| 2h 27min | Drama, Music, History

3.9/5 (with 1,716 votes)

In 1987, five young men, using brutally honest rhymes and hardcore beats, put their frustration and anger about life in the most dangerous place in America into the most powerful weapon they had: their music. Taking us back to where it all began, Straight Outta Compton tells the true story of how these cultural rebels—armed only with their lyrics, swagger, bravado and raw talent—stood up to the authorities that meant to keep them down and formed the world’s most dangerous group, N.W.A. And as they spoke the truth that no one had before and exposed life in the hood, their voice ignited a social revolution that is still reverberating today.

Directed by F. Gary Gray - With O'Shea Jackson Jr., Corey Hawkins, Jason Mitchell, Neil Brown, Jr., Aldis Hodge, Alexandra Shipp, ...

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Snack Shack(2024)

| 1h 52min | Comedy

3.6/5 (with 56 votes)

Inseparable best friends AJ and Moose decide to run the local pool's snack shack after their plan to sell home-brewed beer goes down the drain. Things take a turn when they meet Brooke, an effortlessly cool lifeguard who puts their big plans, and friendship, at risk.

Directed by Adam Rehmeier - With Conor Sherry, Gabriel LaBelle, Mika Abdalla, Gillian Vigman, David Costabile, Nick Robinson, ...

One Day(2011)

PG-13

| 1h 47min | Drama, Romance / Love

3.7/5 (with 1,877 votes)

A romantic comedy centered on Dexter and Emma, who first meet during their graduation in 1988 and proceed to keep in touch regularly. The film follows what they do on July 15 annually, usually doing something together.

Directed by Lone Scherfig - With Anne Hathaway, Jim Sturgess, Patricia Clarkson, Romola Garai, Rafe Spall, Ken Stott, ...

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Jarhead(2005)

| 2h 3min | Drama, War

3.3/5 (with 1,250 votes)

Jarhead is a film about a US Marine Anthony Swofford’s experience in the Gulf War. After putting up with an arduous boot camp, Swofford and his unit are sent to the Persian Gulf where they are eager to fight, but are forced to stay back from the action. Swofford struggles with the possibility of his girlfriend cheating on him, and as his mental state deteriorates, his desire to kill increases.

Directed by Sam Mendes - With Jake Gyllenhaal, Peter Sarsgaard, Chris Cooper, Jamie Foxx, Jacob Vargas, Lucas Black, ...

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The Perks of Being a Wallflower(2012)

PG-13

| 1h 43min | Drama

3.9/5 (with 4,862 votes)

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1991. High school freshman Charlie is a wallflower, always watching life from the sidelines, until two senior students, Sam and her stepbrother Patrick, become his mentors, helping him discover the joys of friendship, music and love.

Directed by Stephen Chbosky - With Logan Lerman, Emma Watson, Ezra Miller, Mae Whitman, Kate Walsh, Dylan McDermott, ...

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Cape Fear(1991)

| 2h 8min | Crime, Thriller, Drama

3.6/5 (with 1,507 votes)

Sam Bowden is a small-town corporate attorney. Max Cady is a tattooed, cigar-smoking, Bible-quoting, psychotic rapist. What do they have in common? 14 years ago, Sam was a public defender assigned to Max Cady's rape trial, and he made a serious error: he hid a document from his illiterate client that could have gotten him acquitted. Now, the cagey Cady has been released, and he intends to teach Sam Bowden and his family a thing or two about loss.

Directed by Martin Scorsese - With Robert De Niro, Nick Nolte, Jessica Lange, Juliette Lewis, Joe Don Baker, Robert Mitchum, ...

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Into the Wild(2007)

| 2h 28min | Adventure, Drama

3.9/5 (with 4,357 votes)

After graduating from Emory University in 1992, top student and athlete Christopher McCandless abandons his possessions, gives his entire $24,000 savings account to charity, and hitchhikes to Alaska to live in the wilderness.

Directed by Sean Penn - With Emile Hirsch, Marcia Gay Harden, William Hurt, Jena Malone, Catherine Keener, Vince Vaughn, ...

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Veronica(2017)

| 1h 45min | Horror

3.1/5 (with 772 votes)

In 1991 Madrid, after holding a séance at school, a teen girl minding her younger siblings at home suspects an evil force has entered their apartment.

Directed by Paco Plaza - With Consuelo Trujillo, Ana Torrent, Leticia Dolera, Sandra Escacena, Maru Valdivielso, Carla visse Campra, ...

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The Big Lebowski(1998)

| 1h 57min | Comedy, Crime

3.9/5 (with 5,103 votes)

Jeffrey 'The Dude' Lebowski, a Los Angeles slacker who only wants to bowl and drink White Russians, is mistaken for another Jeffrey Lebowski, a wheelchair-bound millionaire, and finds himself dragged into a strange series of events involving nihilists, adult film producers, ferrets, errant toes, and large sums of money.

Directed by Joel Coen, Ethan Coen - With Julianne Moore, Steve Buscemi, Jeff Bridges, John Goodman, John Turturro, David Huddleston, ...

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Spencer(2021)

| 1h 51min | Drama, History

3.4/5 (with 823 votes)

During her Christmas holidays with the royal family at the Sandringham estate in Norfolk, England, Diana decides to leave her marriage to Prince Charles.

Directed by Pablo Larraín - With Kristen Stewart, Timothy Spall, Sean Harris, Sally Hawkins, Jack Farthing, Stella Gonet, ...

Three Kings(1999)

| 1h 54min | Action, Comedy, War

3.3/5 (with 884 votes)

A group of American soldiers stationed in Iraq at the end of the Gulf War find a map they believe will take them to a huge cache of stolen Kuwaiti gold hidden near their base, and they embark on a secret mission that's destined to change everything.

Directed by David O. Russell - With George Clooney, Mark Wahlberg, Ice Cube, Spike Jonze, Cliff Curtis, Nora Dunn, ...

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Halloween(2007)

| 1h 49min | Horror

3.1/5 (with 1,011 votes)

After being committed for 17 years, Michael Myers, now a grown man and still very dangerous, escapes from the mental institution (where he was committed as a 10 year old) and he immediately returns to Haddonfield, where he wants to find his baby sister, Laurie. Anyone who crosses his path is in mortal danger.

Directed by Rob Zombie - With Malcolm McDowell, Sheri Moon Zombie, Tyler Mane, Scout Taylor-Compton, Brad Dourif, Danielle Harris, ...

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King Richard(2021)

PG-13

| 2h 18min | Drama, History

3.9/5 (with 950 votes)

The story of how Richard Williams served as a coach to his daughters Venus and Serena, who will soon become two of the most legendary tennis players in history.

Directed by Reinaldo Marcus Green - With Will Smith, Saniyya Sidney, Tony Goldwyn, Jon Bernthal, Dylan McDermott, ...

A Walk Among the Tombstones(2014)

| 1h 54min | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller

3.2/5 (with 1,256 votes)

Private investigator Matthew Scudder is hired by a drug kingpin to find out who kidnapped and murdered his wife.

Directed by Scott Frank - With Liam Neeson, Dan Stevens, Boyd Holbrook, Ruth Wilson, Sebastian Roché, Stro, ...

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Unsung Hero(2024)

| 1h 52min | Drama, Music, Kids & Family

3.3/5 (with 24 votes)

When David Smallbone's successful music company collapses, he moves his family from Australia to the United States in search of a brighter future. With nothing more than their six children, their suitcases, and their love of music, David and his pregnant wife Helen set out to rebuild their lives from the ground up. Based on a remarkable true story, a mum's faith stands against all odds; and inspires her husband and children to hold onto theirs.

Directed by Richard L. Ramsey, Joel Smallbone - With Joel Smallbone, Daisy Betts, Kirrilee Berger, Jonathan Jackson, Diesel La Torraca, Candace Cameron Bure, ...

Spy Game(2001)

| 2h 6min | Action, Crime, Thriller

3.5/5 (with 891 votes)

On the day of his retirement, a veteran CIA agent learns that his former protégé has been arrested in China, is sentenced to die the next morning in Beijing, and that the CIA is considering letting that happen to avoid an international scandal.

Directed by Tony Scott - With Robert Redford, Brad Pitt, Catherine McCormack, David Hemmings, Stephen Dillane, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, ...

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Boyz n the Hood(1991)

| 1h 52min | Crime, Drama

3.8/5 (with 812 votes)

Boyz n the Hood is the popular and successful film and social criticism from John Singleton about the conditions in South Central Los Angeles where teenagers are involved in gun fights and drug dealing on a daily basis.

Directed by John Singleton - With Ice Cube, Cuba Gooding Jr., Morris Chestnut, Laurence Fishburne, Nia Long, Angela Bassett, ...

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Black Christmas(2006)

| 1h 24min | Horror, Thriller, Mystery

2.6/5 (with 226 votes)

An escaped maniac returns to his childhood home on Christmas Eve, which is now a sorority house, and begins to murder the sorority sisters one by one.

Directed by Glen Morgan - With Katie Cassidy, Michelle Trachtenberg, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Oliver Hudson, Lacey Chabert, Kristen Cloke, ...

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The Perfect Storm(2000)

PG-13

| 2h 10min | Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller

3.2/5 (with 1,166 votes)

In October 1991, a confluence of weather conditions combined to form a killer storm in the North Atlantic. Caught in the storm was the sword-fishing boat Andrea Gail.

Directed by Wolfgang Petersen - With George Clooney, Mark Wahlberg, William Fichtner, John C. Reilly, Diane Lane, Karen Allen, ...

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Long Shot(2019)

| 2h 5min | Comedy, Romance / Love

3.4/5 (with 1,173 votes)

Journalist Fred Flarsky reunites with his childhood crush, Charlotte Field, now one of the most influential women in the world. As she prepares to make a run for the Presidency, Charlotte hires Fred as her speechwriter — much to the dismay of her trusted advisers.

Directed by Jonathan Levine - With Charlize Theron, Seth Rogen, O'Shea Jackson Jr., Alexander Skarsgård, Randall Park, Bob Odenkirk, ...

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Hot Summer Nights(2018)

1h 47min | Drama, Comedy, Crime

3.4/5 (with 309 votes)

A teen winds up in over his head while dealing drugs with a rebellious partner in Cape Cod, Mass.

Directed by Elijah Bynum - With Timothée Chalamet, Alex Roe, William Fichtner, Thomas Jane, Maia Mitchell, ...

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Conquest of the Planet of the Apes(1972)

| 1h 28min | Action, Science Fiction

3.1/5 (with 387 votes)

In a futuristic world that has embraced ape slavery, a chimpanzee named Caesar resurfaces after almost twenty years of hiding from the authorities, and prepares for a revolt against humanity.

Directed by J. Lee Thompson - With Roddy McDowall, Don Murray, Ricardo Montalbán, Natalie Trundy, John Randolph, Paul Comi, ...

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Movies Set in 1991

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Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone(2001)

The Wolf of Wall Street(2013)

Captain America: Civil War(2016)

F9(2021)

Zodiac(2007)

Face/Off(1997)

Double Impact(1991)

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button(2008)

Straight Outta Compton(2015)

Snack Shack(2024)

One Day(2011)

Jarhead(2005)

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The Perks of Being a Wallflower(2012)

Cape Fear(1991)

Into the Wild(2007)

Veronica(2017)

The Big Lebowski(1998)

Spencer(2021)

Three Kings(1999)

Halloween(2007)

King Richard(2021)

A Walk Among the Tombstones(2014)

Unsung Hero(2024)

Spy Game(2001)

Boyz n the Hood(1991)

Black Christmas(2006)

The Perfect Storm(2000)

Long Shot(2019)

Hot Summer Nights(2018)

Conquest of the Planet of the Apes(1972)

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