829 Films & TV Shows Set In North America During The 1990s
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King of New York
New York The 1990sNot everyone who runs a city is elected. — A former drug lord returns from prison determined to wipe out all his competition and distribute the profits of his operations to New York's poor and lower classes in this stylish and ultra violent modern twist on Robin Hood.
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Hard to Kill
California The 1980s The 1990sHe's L.A. Detective Mason Storm. Three hired assassins left him for dead. And he's waited seven years to even the score. — Mason Storm, a 'go it alone' cop, is gunned down at home. The intruders kill his wife, and think they've killed both Mason and his son too. Mason is secretly taken to a hospital where he spends several years in a coma. His son meanwhile is growing up thinking his father is dead. When Mason wakes up, everyone is in danger - himself, his son, his best friend, his nurse - but most of all those who arranged for his death
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Internal Affairs
California The 1980s The 1990sTrust him... he's a cop. — Keen young Raymold Avila joins the Internal Affairs Department of the Los Angeles police. He and partner Amy Wallace are soon looking closely at the activities of cop Dennis Peck whose financial holdings start to suggest something shady. Indeed Peck is involved in any number of dubious or downright criminal activities. He is also devious, a womaniser, and a clever manipulator, and he starts to turn his attention on Avila.
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Problem Child
Illinois The 1980s The 1990sAttila the Hun. Ivan the Terrible. Al Capone. They were all seven once. — Ben Healy and his social climbing wife Flo adopt fun-loving seven year old Junior. But they soon discover he's a little monster as he turns a camping trip, a birthday party and even a baseball game into comic nightmares.
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Child's Play 2
Illinois The 1990sSorry Jack...Chucky's back! — When Andy's mother is admitted to a psychiatric hospital, the young boy is placed in foster care, and Chucky, determined to claim Andy's soul, is not far behind.
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Captain America
Ohio District of Columbia California Alaska 🇩🇪 Germany 🇮🇹 Italy The 1990s The 1940s The 1930sFrozen in the ice for decades, Captain America is freed to battle against arch-criminal, The Red Skull. — During World War II, a brave, patriotic American Soldier undergoes experiments to become a new supersoldier, "Captain America". Racing to Germany to sabotage the rockets of Nazi baddie "Red Skull", Captain America winds up frozen until the 1990s. He reawakens to find that the Red Skull has changed identities and is now planning to kidnap the President of the United States.
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House Party
🇺🇸 United States of America The 1990sIf they get caught it's all over. If they don't, it's just the beginning! — Young Kid has been invited to a party at his friend Play's house. But after a fight at school, Kid's father grounds him. None the less, Kid sneaks out when his father falls asleep. But Kid doesn't know that three of the thugs at school have decided to give him a lesson in behavior.
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Ernest Goes to Jail
Tennessee The 1990sGuilty of Maximum Fun in the First Degree! — Bumbling Ernest P. Worrell is assigned to jury duty, where a crooked lawyer notices a resemblance with crime boss Mr. Nash, and arranges a switch. Nash assumes Ernest's job as a bank employee, while Ernest undergoes Nash's sentence to the electric chair. But instead of killing him, the electrocution gives Ernest superhuman powers, enabling him to escape from jail and foil Nash's attempt to rob the bank.
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By Dawn's Early Light
Washington District of Columbia The 1990sFour people... Three minutes... Two choices... One chance for survival. — A nuclear warhead launched by Soviet insurgents protesting the waning Cold War destroys the Ukrainian city of Donetsk. The destruction sets off a race between American and Soviet politicians to prevent a nuclear holocaust. While the U.S. president feverishly works to keep the military and political machine from going into overdrive, various subordinates panic. When the president is believed to be killed in a helicopter crash, zealous advisers take over.
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Class of 1999
Washington The 1990sStaying after school can be deadly! — The time is in the future and the youth gang violence is so high that the areas around some schools have become "free-fire zones", into which not even the police will venture. When Miles Langford, the head of Kennedy High School, decides to take his school back from the gangs, robotics specialist Dr. Robert Forrest provides "tactical education units". These are amazingly human-like androids that have been programmed to teach and are supplied with devastatingly effective solutions to discipline problems. So when the violent, out-of-control students of Kennedy High report for class tomorrow, they're going to get a real education... in staying alive!
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Psycho IV – The Beginning
California The 1990s The 1950s The 1940sYou've met Norman. Now meet mother. — Norman Bates is again released from the mental hospital he was placed in at the end of Psycho III after serving another few years and is apparently rehabiliated for the second time. Norman is now married to a young nurse named Connie and is expecting a child. However, Norman fears that the child will inherit his mental illness. Meanwhile, Fran Ambrose is a radio talk show host who is discussing the topic of matricide with guest Dr. Richmond, Norman's former psychologist. The radio station receives a call from Norman, who uses the alias "Ed" to tell his story.
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Future Zone
California The 1990sHunted, hated, and destined to die... the future was his only way out. — John Tucker's son travels back in time 30 years to save his father from being killed by thugs he is currently pursuing back in 1990.
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The Stranger Within
Minnesota The 1970s The 1990sA troubled young man mysteriously appears in a rural Minnesota town from which he claims he was abducted 16 years ago.
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Kaleidoscope
New York Connecticut California South Carolina 🇫🇷 France The 1990s The 1950s The 1940sYou might find out, or reunite. — A family friend hires gumshoe John Chapman to find and reunite three sisters estranged by fate for 30 years. The circuitous trail leads Chapman from the Big Apple to Beantown to the City of Light. His investigation, however, opens the door to disturbing revelations about a forgotten past.
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Big Bad John
Colorado The 1990sFrom one hell of a legend comes one hell of a motion picture. — Jimmy Dean's popular 1950 song is translated into a feature length movie about a young couple who elopes to escape the girl's evil stepfather.
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The Abyss
🇧🇸 Bahamas The 1990sThere's everything you've ever known about adventure, and then there's The Abyss. — A civilian oil rig crew is recruited to conduct a search and rescue effort when a nuclear submarine mysteriously sinks. One diver soon finds himself on a spectacular odyssey 25,000 feet below the ocean's surface where he confronts a mysterious force that has the power to change the world or destroy it.
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Scrooged
New York The 1980s The 1970s The 1990s The 1960s The 1950s The 2000sThe spirits will move you in odd and hysterical ways. — Frank Cross is a wildly successful television executive whose cold ambition and curmudgeonly nature has driven away the love of his life. But after firing staff member Eliot Loudermilk on Christmas Eve, Frank is visited by a series of ghosts who give him a chance to re-evaluate his actions and right the wrongs of his past.
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Alien Nation
California The 1990sPrepare Yourself. — A few years from now, Earth will have the first contact with an alien civilisation. These aliens, known as Newcomers, slowly begin to be integrated into human society after years of quarantine.
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Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood
New Jersey The 1990s The 2000sJason is back, but this time someone's waiting! — A young girl who possesses the power of telekinesis accidentally causes her father's death after a family dispute at Crystal Lake. Years later, when a doctor tries to exploit her abilities, her power becomes a hellish curse, and she unwittingly unchains the merciless, bloodthirsty Jason Voorhees from his watery grave.
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Prince of Darkness
California The 1990sBefore man walked the earth...it slept for centuries. It is evil. It is real. It is awakening. — A research team finds a mysterious cylinder in a deserted church. If opened, it could mean the end of the world.
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Broadcast News
District of Columbia 🇳🇮 Nicaragua The 1980s The 1990s The 1960sIt’s the story of their lives. — Basket-case network news producer Jane Craig falls for new reporter Tom Grunnick, a pretty boy who represents the trend towards entertainment news she despises. Aaron Altman, a talented but plain correspondent, carries an unrequited torch for Jane. Sparks fly between the three as the network prepares for big changes, and both the news and Jane must decide between style and substance.
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Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives
New Jersey The 1990sKill or be killed! — Determined to finish off the infamous killer Jason Voorhees once and for all, Tommy Jarvis and a friend exhume Jason’s corpse in order to cremate him. Things go awry when Jason is instead resurrected, sparking a new chain of ruthlessly brutal murders. Now it’s up to Tommy to stop the dark, devious and demented deaths that he unwittingly brought about.
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Hands of Steel
Arizona New Mexico The 1990s30% human, 70% robot, 100% lethal. — A story about a cyborg who is programmed to kill a scientist who holds the fate of mankind in his hands.
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Escape from the Bronx
New York The 1990sThey're back and out for blood! — A ragtag group of people have to fight extermination squads amid their ruined city.
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1990: The Bronx Warriors
New York The 1990sThe first to die were the lucky ones! — In post-apocalyptic New York City a policeman infiltrates the Bronx which has become a battleground for several murderous street gangs.
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