History Main / ThatNostalgiaShow

* ''Film/AcrossTheUniverse'', being set in the '60s and made in 2007, just barely qualifies as this.

* While it is also a GenreThrowback, the movie ''Film/{{Super 8}}'' is set in 1979, and is still very much a love letter to the period in time when the 70's transitioned into the 80's.

* While it is also a GenreThrowback, the movie ''Film/{{Super 8}}'' is still very much a love letter to the 80's.

* ''Anime/KidsOnTheSlope'' is a quaint slice of life work about two teenage boys growing up in late 1960s Japan.

* The trailers for Franchise/DCExtendedUniverse's ''Film/WonderWoman1984'' really hit th highlights of the era.

* The upcoming DC film, ''Film/WonderWoman1984'', will likely be this.

** Creator/GarryMarshall followed it up with ''Series/LaverneAndShirley'' (1976-83) set in 1958-67 and several other, less well received nostalgia-com spinoffs including ''Series/JoanieLovesChachi'' (1982-83) set around the Beatlemania era.

** Likewise, it's 2019 spinoff, ''Series/Schooled'' has every episode in the "1990-something".

** By extension, it also gets its name from the lesser-known spin-off, ''Series/That80sShow'' (2002) with its single season set in 1984.

* ''WesternAnimation/FIsForFamily'' takes place in 1973.

* ''Film/Mid90s'' is set in the Los Angeles neighborhood of Palms in 1996.

Furthermore, as a rule of thumb, the series' main creators should have been alive when the series is being set (More or less; it's possible to be nostalgic for your parents' era as well). It can't be too recent; generally, anything set in the 21st century is a no-go. On the other hand, if it's too old, it becomes less nostalgic and more of a period piece; for example, something set in [[TheRoaringTwenties the 1920s]] today is now considered a period piece. A good rule of thumb is anything set less than [[TwoDecadesBehind 20]] or more than 50 years ago does not qualify. As of 2010, [[TheFifties the 1950s]] had fully slipped into period piece territory, [[TheSixties the 1960s]] had started to go the same way, and [[TheNineties the 1990s]] started to enter nostalgia territory. In 2020, [[TurnOfTheMillennium the 2000s]] will start becoming nostalgic while [[TheSeventies the 1970s]] will start to become the domain of period pieces.

* ''[[Series/Pen15 PEN15]]'' (2019-present) does this for the TurnOfTheMillennium, taking place in the year 2000. It is the first series

* 2013 series ''Series/TheGoldbergs'' has every episode set in "1980-something" and is largely biographical.

* ''Series/StrangerThings'' (2016-present) is one of the archetypal examples of this trope in modern media. It premiered in 2016, and the first season was set in 1983, with follow-up seasons set in '84 and '85. The third season went all-out on the '80s aesthetic, with the production renovating part of a dying [[TheMall shopping mall]] in suburban UsefulNotes/{{Atlanta}} to look like a place that an '80s ValleyGirl might shop at, complete with period-appropriate stores and films like ''Film/DayOfTheDead1985'' and ''Film/BackToTheFuture'' playing in the mall's theater.

* The TropeCodifier is probably ''Series/HappyDays'', which ran from 1974-84 and took place in the mid 1950s-mid 60s. While a show set in the same time period would be considered a PeriodPiece nowadays, at the time when it was made it was very nostalgic.
** Creator/GarryMarshall followed it up with ''Series/LaverneAndShirley'' set in 1958-67 and several other, less well received nostalgia-com spinoffs including ''Series/JoanieLovesChachi'' set around the Beatlemania era.
* ''Series/HiDeHi'' is a 1980-88 British sitcom set in the Maplins holiday camp from 1959-60.
** From the same writers ''Series/DadsArmy'' ran from 1968-77, and is set during World War II.
* ''Series/TheWonderYears'' ran from 1988-93 and took place exactly 20 years earlier: 1968-73.

** By extension, it also gets its name from the lesser-known spin-off, ''Series/That80sShow'' with its single season set in 1984.
* ''Series/FreaksAndGeeks'' qualifies, being made in 1999-2000 and set in 1980-81 (but really having more '70s nostalgia than the '80s).
* The 1999 British sitcom ''Hippies'' is set thirty years earlier in 1969.

* ''Series/StrangerThings'' is one of the archetypal examples of this trope in modern media. It premiered in 2016, and the first season was set in 1983, with follow-up seasons set in '84 and '85. The third season went all-out on the '80s aesthetic, with the production renovating part of a dying [[TheMall shopping mall]] in suburban UsefulNotes/{{Atlanta}} to look like a place that an '80s ValleyGirl might shop at, complete with period-appropriate stores and films like ''Film/DayOfTheDead1985'' and ''Film/BackToTheFuture'' playing in the mall's theater.
* ''Series/EverythingSucks'' was made in 2018 and set squarely in 1996 of [[UsefulNotes/TheOtherRainforest the Pacific Northwest]], smack-dab in the middle of the decade of {{grunge}}.
* ''[[Series/TheKidsAreAlright2018 The Kids Are Alright]]'' aired 2018-19 and was set in 1972-73. Being set 46 years in the past almost makes it a period piece.
* British comedy ''Series/DerryGirls'' is set roughly in 1995 near the end of The Troubles in Derry, Northern Ireland. It references Film/PulpFiction, Film/TheUsualSuspects is in theatres[[note]]British spelling[[/note]], and President UsefulNotes/BillClinton visits Derry. However, there are creative liberties with the timeline: Music/TakeThatBand performed in Derry in 1993 and the IRA ceasefire happened in 1994.
* ''Series/MixedIsh'', a prequel spinoff of ''Series/BlackIsh'', is so far set in 1985-86.
* ''Series/Pen15'' does this for the TurnOfTheMillennium, taking place in the year 2000.

Furthermore, as a rule of thumb, the series' main creators should have been alive when the series is being set (More or less; it's possible to be nostalgic for your parents' era as well). It can't be too recent; generally, anything set in the 21st century is a no-go. On the other hand, if it's too old, it becomes less nostalgic and more of a period piece; for example, something set in [[TheRoaringTwenties the 1920s]] today is now considered a period piece. A good rule of thumb is anything set less than [[TwoDecadesBehind 20]] or more than 50 years ago does not qualify. As of 2010, [[TheFifties the 1950s]] had fully slipped into period piece territory, [[TheSixties the 1960s]] had started to go the same way, and [[TheNineties the 1990s]] started to enter nostalgia territory, and in 2020, [[TurnOfTheMillennium the 2000s]] will start becoming nostalgic while [[TheSeventies the 1970s]] will start to become the domain of period pieces.

* The trope gets its name from ''Series/That70sShow That '70s Show'' (1998-06), which has its eight seasons crammed into a four year period: 1976-79.

* The three-episode Britsh drama ''Series/FromTheretoHere'' (2014) starts with the 1996 Manchester bombing, continues into the 1997 election of Prime Minister UsefulNotes/TonyBlair and ends with the Millennium celebrations of 2000.

* ''Series/TheWonderYears'' ran from 1988-93, and took place exactly 20 years earlier: 1968-73.
* The trope gets its name from ''[[Series/That70sShow That '70s Show]]'', which has eight seasons crammed into a four year period: 1976-79.

** Likewise, it's spinoff, ''Schooled'' has every episode in the "1990-something".
* The three episode Brish drama ''Series/FromTheretoHere'' (2014) starts with the 1996 Manchester bombing, continues into the 1997 election of Prime Minister UsefulNotes/TonyBlair and ends with the Millennium celebrations of 2000.

* ''Series/TheKidsAreAlright2018'' aired 2018-19 and was set in 1972-73. Being set 46 years in the past almost makes it a period piece.

* ''Series/OliverBeene'' was set in the 1960s, and used its time period to great effect, referencing {{Zeerust}} predictions for the present day of when it was broadcast that, of course, [[IWantMyJetPack time would prove completely wrong]].

* Probably the TropeCodifier is ''Series/HappyDays'', which ran from 1974-84 and took place in the mid 1950s-mid 60s. While a show set in the same time period would be considered a PeriodPiece nowadays, at the time when it was made it was very nostalgic.

* ''Series/PanAm'' was this to the 1963-64 before its cancellation.

* The 1999 British sitcom ''Hippies'', set thirty years earlier in 1969.

* The series ''The 1980s: The Deadliest Decade'' (2016-17) is an odd mishmash of this and crime documentary show. It's about murders that occured in the 1980s but also features a nostalgia for the era.

* ''Series/EverythingSucks'', made in 2018 and set squarely in 1996 of [[UsefulNotes/TheOtherRainforest the Pacific Northwest]], smack-dab in the middle of the decade of {{grunge}}.

* ''Series/FreshOffTheBoat'' does take place in 1995-2000 and shows '90s pop culture references.

* ''Series/MadMen'' (2007-15) plays this trope to a T with a 1960-1970 setting, although it barely meets the "5 decades ago" requirement.
* ''Series/PanAm'' was this to the 60s before its cancellation.

* ''Series/TheWonderYears'' ran from 1988-93, and took place from 1968-73.
* The 1999 sitcom ''Hippies'', set thirty years earlier in 1969.
* ''Series/TheKidsAreAlright2018'' aired 2018-19 and was set in 1972-73. Being set 46 years in the past almost makes it a period piece.

* ''Series/FreaksAndGeeks'' qualifies, being made in 2000 and set in 1980 (but really having more '70s nostalgia than the '80s).
* The series ''The 1980s: The Deadliest Decade'' is an odd mishmash of this and crime documentary show. It's about murders that occured in the 1980s but also features a nostalgia for the era.

* ''Series/EverythingSucks'', made in 2018 and set squarely in [[UsefulNotes/TheOtherRainforest the Pacific Northwest]], 1996, smack-dab in the middle of the decade of {{grunge}}.

* ''Series/FreshOffTheBoat'' does take place in 1990-2000 and shows '90s pop culture references.

* Probably the TropeCodifier is ''Series/HappyDays'', which ran from 1974-84 and took place in the 1950s-60s. While a show set in the same time period would be considered a PeriodPiece nowadays, at the time when it was made it was very nostalgic.
** Creator/GarryMarshall followed it up with ''Series/LaverneAndShirley'' and several other, less well received nostalgia-com spinoffs.

* ''Series/MadMen'' plays this trope to a T, although it barely meets the "5 decades ago" requirement.

* The trope gets its name from ''[[Series/That70sShow That '70s Show]]'', which is set 22 years before it was originally made.
** By extension, it also gets its name from the lesser-known spin-off, ''Series/That80sShow''.
* ''Series/FreaksAndGeeks'' qualifies, being made in 2000 and set in 1980 (but really having more '70s nostalgia than the '80s).
* The series ''The 1980s: The Deadliest Decade'' is an odd mishmash of this and crime documentary show. It's about murders that occured in the 1980s but also features a nostalgia for the era.
* 2013 series ''Series/TheGoldbergs'' is set in the '80s and is largely biographical.
** It's spinoff, ''Schooled'' was set in the '90s.

* ''Series/EverythingSucks'', made in 2018 and set squarely in [[UsefulNotes/TheOtherRainforest the Pacific Northwest]] smack-dab in the middle of the decade of {{grunge}}.

* ''Series/TheKidsAreAlright2018'' was made in 2018, even though it was set in 1972.
* ''Series/FreshOffTheBoat'' does take place in the '90s, but it shows '90s pop culture references.

* The 1980s ''Franchise/IndianaJones'' movies were set before UsefulNotes/WorldWarII. The [[Film/IndianaJonesAndTheKingdomOfTheCrystalSkull fourth one]], however, moves into PeriodPiece territory.

* ''Film/SummerOf84'', made in 2018 and set in 1984, is an homage to the kids' adventure films of the decade like ''Film/TheGoonies'' and ''Film/TheMonsterSquad''.
* ''Film/AChristmasStory'' was made in 1983 and set in a romanticized late '30s/early '40s suburban small town in Indiana, based heavily on writer Creator/JeanShepherd's recollections of his youth around that time.
* ''Film/StandByMe'' was set in 1959 and made in 1986.
* While the protagonist of ''Film/BackToTheFuture'' is from the present day of 1985, most of the film follows him having traveled back in time to 1955, portrayed in accordance with contemporary '50s nostalgia to the point of being the {{Trope Namer|s}} for the MisterSandmanSequence.
* {{Deconstructed|Trope}} in ''Film/{{Pleasantville}}'', where the protagonists' [[TrappedInTVLand trip]] into a retro '50s DomCom universe initially plays this trope to the hilt. David specifically watches the titular sitcom because it's an UnintentionalPeriodPiece to the decade in which it was created and fulfills this role for him, allowing him to travel back in time to a mythologized "good old days". The show's setting is a comically exaggerated version of conservative '50s Americana, and even when his and Jennifer's modern values first start influencing Pleasantville's residents, it initially serves to bring RockAndRoll and [[GreaserDelinquents slick-haired greasers with hot rods]] to the town, turning it into the "cool" '50s of ''Film/AmericanGraffiti'' and ''Film/{{Grease}}''. Then it starts exploring the dark side of '50s nostalgia, as the other townsfolk start reacting to these changes in a manner that explicitly recalls segregationists during the UsefulNotes/CivilRightsMovement.

Sub-trope of PeriodPiece. Compare {{Retraux}}, which is when the work is meant to ''look'' like it's from another time period, which has its own nostalgic value. May relate to RomanticismVsEnlightenment as another reason to set a piece in an earlier time period. Has nothing to do with the video game ''VideoGame/{{Nostalgia}}'', or ''WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic'', or any of the many [[FollowTheLeader similar critics]]; the trope for that is CausticCritic.

** Although ''Disney/LadyAndTheTramp'' doesn't quite meet the deadline (it was released in 1955, 65 years after the decade it was meant to invoke), it fits this trope in all other ways.
** 1946's ''Disney/MakeMineMusic'' features the animated short "Johnnie Fedora and Alice Blue Bonnet", which features horse-drawn carts that wouldn't be in style since the 1890s.

Note that this differs from a PeriodPiece because of the nostalgia factor; if there's an obvious reason for the series to be set at a certain time, then it becomes a period piece. For example, [[Film/TheGreatGatsby film adaptations]] of ''Literature/TheGreatGatsby'' are set in TheRoaringTwenties because they're based on a novel that was not only written during that time period, but delved deeply into the era's pop culture, making it difficult to set in other time periods. Meanwhile, the film ''Film/FrostNixon'' is based on events from the 1970s, and so there's less of a nostalgic factor in the decision to set it in that time so much as historical accuracy. On the other hand, ''Literature/HarryPotter'', despite being set in the 1990s, wouldn't qualify because there's nothing nostalgic about the books, or really any indication of the decade it's in beyond the dates. We can't know for sure that the author is setting a work at some point in time because they're feeling nostalgic, but unless the work is based on something else (historical events or a work from that time period), then nostalgia is a logical assumption. In general, if you can picture the author of a work writing the script, and then deciding last minute to set it in such-and-such time period, then it counts as this trope.

* The ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAuto'' series, whenever it does a setting in the past, often rests heavily on this. ''[[VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoViceCity Vice City]]'' and its prequel ''[[VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoViceCityStories Vice City Stories]]'' are the best examples of this, set in pastiches of '80s UsefulNotes/{{Miami}} designed to allow people to live a gangster lifestyle straight out of ''Film/Scarface1983'' or ''Series/MiamiVice'', with a period soundtrack of NothingButHits and plenty of broad satire of the culture and politics of the time. ''[[VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoSanAndreas San Andreas]]'' does something similar, except for UsefulNotes/{{California}} in 1992 at the height of the GangstaRap era, breaking the 20-year rule for this trope (it was released in 2004, just over a decade after it takes place) but definitely indulging in its spirit. ''[[VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoLibertyCityStories Liberty City Stories]]'' doesn't qualify, though, as it is set in 1998 but otherwise uninterested in the time period beyond exploring the backstories of characters from ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoIII'' (which was released and set in 2001) and making a few jokes about ''Film/TheMatrix'' and {{boy band}}s on [[Radio/GTARadio the radio]].

Furthermore, as a rule of thumb, the series' main creators should have been alive when the series is being set (More or less; it's possible to be nostalgic for your parents' era as well). It can't be too recent; generally, anything set in the 21st century is a no-go. On the other hand, if it's too old, it becomes less nostalgic and more of a period piece; for example, something set in [[TheRoaringTwenties the 1920s]] today is now considered a period piece. A good rule of thumb is anything set less than [[TwoDecadesBehind 20]] or more than 50 years ago does not qualify; as of 2010, [[TheFifties the 1950s]] had fully slipped into period piece territory and [[TheSixties the 1960s]] had started to go the same way, while [[TheNineties the 1990s]] started to enter this.

Note that this differs from a PeriodPiece because of the nostalgia factor; if there's an obvious reason for the series to be set at a certain time, then it becomes a period piece. For example, ''Film/TheGreatGatsby'' is set in the 1920s because it's based on a novel written at that time (in particular one that delved deeply into the pop culture of the time, making it difficult to set in other time periods). Meanwhile, the film ''Film/FrostNixon'' is based on events from the 1970s, and so there's less of a nostalgic factor in the decision to set it in that time so much as historical accuracy. On the other hand, ''Literature/HarryPotter'', despite being set in the 1990s, wouldn't qualify because there's nothing nostalgic about the books or really any indication of the decade it's in beyond the dates. We can't know for sure that the author is setting a work at some point in time because they're feeling nostalgic, but unless the work is based on something else (historical events or a work from that time period), then nostalgia is a logical assumption. In general, if you can picture the author of a work writing the script, and then deciding last minute to set it in such-and-such time period, then it counts as this trope.

Furthermore, as a rule of thumb, the series' main creators should have been alive when the series is being set (More or less; it's possible to be nostalgic for your parents' era as well). It can't be too recent; generally, anything set in the 21st century is a no-go. On the other hand, if it's too old, it becomes less nostalgic and more of a period piece; for example, something set in [[TheRoaringTwenties the 1920s]] today is now considered a period piece. A good rule of thumb is anything set less than [[TwoDecadesBehind 20]] or more than 50 years ago does not qualify; as of 2010, [[TheSixties the 1960s]] have slipped into period piece territory, and [[TheNineties the 1990s]] have fallen into this.

Sub-trope of PeriodPiece. Compare {{Retraux}}, which is when the series is meant to ''look'' like it's from a time period, which has its own nostalgic value. May relate to RomanticismVsEnlightenment as another reason to set a piece in an earlier time period. Has nothing to do with the video game ''VideoGame/{{Nostalgia}}'', or ''WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic'', or any of the many [[FollowTheLeader similar critics]]; the trope for that is CausticCritic.

* If any one performer could be said to have invented a "nostalgia genre" of rock, that man would have to be Creator/BobSeger. ''Night Moves,'' ''Main Street,'' ''Rock and Roll Never Forgets,''''Old-Time Rock and Roll,'' ''Against the Wind,'' ''Like a Rock'' ... practically all of his greatest hits evoke a desperately sharp, bittersweet longing for the past.

* Deee-Lite's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zmZ08V4GFQg music video]] for "Groove is in the Heart" is a classic '90s song, and features the singer and background dancers dressed up like characters from the '70s.

* ''Film/AmericanGraffiti'' was made by Creator/GeorgeLucas in the '70s to look back on his adolescence; while this Oscar-nominated box-office success helped spark the explosion of nostalgia for TheFifties, and is practically the TropeCodifier for [[NothingButHits the all-star soundtrack]] that would accompany so many later nostalgia films, it is set specifically in September 1962.

* ''Series/StrangerThings'' was made in 2016, yet was set in 1984.