829 Films & TV Shows Set In North America During The 1990s
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Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare
Ohio The 1970s The 1990s The 1960s The 1950sThey saved the best for last. — Just when you thought it was safe to sleep, Freddy Krueger returns in this sixth installment of the Nightmare on Elm Street films, as psychologist Maggie Burroughs, tormented by recurring nightmares, meets a patient with the same horrific dreams. Their quest for answers leads to a certain house on Elm Street -- where the nightmares become reality.
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Dead Again
California The 1990s The 1940sA Mystery About True Love...And Certain Death. — In 1949 composer Roman Strauss is executed for the vicious murder of his wife Margaret with a pair of scissors. In 1990s Los Angeles a mute amnesiac woman shows up at an orphanage and private eye Mike Church is called in to investigate. Under hypnosis both the woman and Church seem to have a strange link back to the Strauss murder.
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Nothing but Trouble
New Jersey The 1990sAll they wanted was a little getaway. All they got was nothing but trouble. — While attempting to seduce gorgeous lawyer Diane Lightson, wealthy gadabout Chris Thorne agrees to drive her to Atlantic City, N.J. But, when some reckless driving draws the attention of a deeply critical cop, they and the flamboyant "Brazillionaires" who tagged along end up in the court of a grotesque and vengeful judge, who has a special vendetta against the wealthy and erudite.
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Defending Your Life
California The 1990sThe first true story of what happens after you die. — In an afterlife resembling the present-day US, people must prove their worth by showing in court how they have demonstrated courage.
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Grand Canyon
Arizona California The 1990sGrand Canyon revolved around six residents from different backgrounds whose lives intertwine in modern-day Los Angeles. At the center of the film is the unlikely friendship of two men from different races and classes brought together when one finds himself in jeopardy in the other's rough neighborhood.
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Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead
California The 1990sNo rules. No curfews. No baths. No nagging. No pulse. — Sue Ellen Crandell is a teenager eagerly awaiting her mother's summer-long absence. While the babysitter looks after her rambunctious younger siblings, Sue Ellen can party and have fun. But then the babysitter abruptly dies, leaving the Crandells short on cash. Sue Ellen finds a sweet job in fashion by lying about her age and experience on her résumé. But, while her siblings run wild, she discovers the downside of adulthood
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Dutch
Georgia Illinois Indiana The 1990sThey're the best of friends... And they've got the scars to prove it. — To get to know his girlfriend's son, a man volunteers to pick him up from a prep school....only to learn that her son's not the nicest kid.
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A Kiss Before Dying
New York Pennsylvania Virginia The 1980s The 1990sLoving him was easy. Trusting him was deadly. — Infatuated with the idea of becoming rich, college student Jonathan Corliss secretly dates Dorothy Carlsson to gain the approval of her wealthy father. When Dorothy tells Jonathan that she is pregnant and that her father will deny her inheritance if he finds out, Jonathan murders her, but he stages her death as a suicide. As Jonathan works his way onto Mr. Carlsson's payroll, Dorothy's twin sister, Ellen, investigates the apparent suicide.
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Company Business
🇩🇪 Germany Virginia The 1990sYou can't judge a man by the company that keeps him! — An aging agent is called back by "the Company" to run a hostage trade of a Soviet spy for an American agent.
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Ernest Scared Stupid
Missouri The 1990sWell-intentioned, eternally bumbling Ernest P. Worrell accidentally releases an evil demon from its sacred tomb. As the demon flexes its power and goes on a ruinous rampage, good-guy Ernest tries to step in to save the town from mass destruction. Trouble is, a 200-year-old curse has scared Ernest stupid, and that means hilarity all around! So, kick back and let the laugh-ridden adventures begin.
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Trancers II: The Return of Jack Deth
California The 1990sTime waits for no man... unless his name is JACK DETH! — Once again someone from the future has come back to create an army of Trancers, human zombies who do what they're told without question or pause. Now officer Jack Deth, a cop from the future stranded in the past, must once again go forth to stop them. This sci-fi action sequel chronicles his courageous actions as he struggles to save the future. His difficulties are compounded when his boss sends his first wife back from the future to help Deth who has unfortunately, married a 20th-century girl.
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Mississippi Masala
Mississippi 🇺🇬 Uganda The 1970s The 1990sPassion. Tradition. Mix it up. — An Indian family is expelled from Uganda when Idi Amin takes power. They move to Mississippi and time passes. The Indian daughter falls in love with a black man, and the respective families have to come to terms with it.
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Livin' Large!
Georgia The 1990sA Comedy About Going From Downtown To Uptown, From Hip-Hop To Straight To The Top! — A young black reporter begins to lose his identity.
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Pretty Woman
California The 1990sWho knew it was so much fun to be a hooker? — When a millionaire wheeler-dealer enters a business contract with a Hollywood hooker Vivian Ward, he loses his heart in the bargain.
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Edward Scissorhands
Florida The 1990sHis scars run deep. — A small suburban town receives a visit from a castaway unfinished science experiment named Edward.
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Predator 2
California 🇨🇴 Colombia The 1990sSilent. Invisible. Invincible. He’s in town with a few days to kill. — A police chief in the war-torn streets of Los Angeles discovers that an extraterrestrial creature is hunting down residents - and that he is the next target.
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Wild at Heart
North Carolina The 1990sA wild crazy love story. — After serving prison time for a self-defense killing, Sailor Ripley reunites with girlfriend Lula Fortune. Lula's mother, Marietta, desperate to keep them apart, hires a hitman to kill Sailor. But he finds a whole new set of troubles when he and Bobby Peru, an old buddy who's also out to get Sailor, try to rob a store. When Sailor lands in jail yet again, the young lovers appear further than ever from the shared life they covet.
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Home Alone
Illinois The 1990sA family comedy without the family. — Eight-year-old Kevin McCallister makes the most of the situation after his family unwittingly leaves him behind when they go on Christmas vacation. But when a pair of bungling burglars set their sights on Kevin's house, the plucky kid stands ready to defend his territory. By planting booby traps galore, adorably mischievous Kevin stands his ground as his frantic mother attempts to race home before Christmas Day.
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
New York The 1990sHeroes in a half shell! — A quartet of humanoid turtles, trained by their mentor in ninjitsu, must learn to work together to face the menace of Shredder and the Foot Clan.
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Die Hard 2
District of Columbia Virginia The 1990sDie Harder — Off-duty cop John McClane is gripped with a feeling of déjà vu when, on a snowy Christmas Eve in the nation’s capital, terrorists seize a major international airport, holding thousands of holiday travelers hostage. Renegade military commandos led by a murderous rogue officer plot to rescue a drug lord from justice and are prepared for every contingency except one: McClane’s smart-mouthed heroics.
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Misery
Colorado The 1990sPaul Sheldon used to write for a living. Now, he's writing to stay alive. — Novelist Paul Sheldon crashes his car on a snowy Colorado road. He is found by Annie Wilkes, the "number one fan" of Paul's heroine Misery Chastaine. Annie is also somewhat unstable, and Paul finds himself crippled, drugged and at her mercy.
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Days of Thunder
Arizona Delaware Florida Georgia North Carolina South Carolina Tennessee Kentucky The 1990sYou can't stop the thunder. — Talented but unproven stock car driver Cole Trickle gets a break and with the guidance of veteran Harry Hogge turns heads on the track. The young hotshot develops a rivalry with a fellow racer that threatens his career when the two smash their cars. But with the help of his doctor, Cole just might overcome his injuries-- and his fear.
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Joe Versus the Volcano
California New York South Pacific - General The 1990sAn average Joe. An adventurous comedy. — Hypochondriac Joe Banks finds out he has six months to live, quits his dead end job, musters the courage to ask his co-worker out on a date, and is then hired to jump into a volcano by a mysterious visitor.
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Arachnophobia
California 🇻🇪 Venezuela The 1990sEight legs, two fangs, and an attitude. — A large spider from the jungles of South America is accidentally transported in a crate with a dead body to America where it mates with a local spider. Soon after, the residents of a small California town disappear as the result of spider bites from the deadly spider offspring. It's up to a couple of doctors with the help of an insect exterminator to annihilate these eight legged freaks.
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Pump Up the Volume
Arizona The 1990sTalk hard! — Mark Hunter, a lonely high school student, uses his shortwave radio to moonlight as the popular pirate DJ "Hard Harry." When his show gets blamed for a teen committing suicide, the students clash with high school faculty and the authorities.
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