For a younger generation used to the world wide web, tweets and text messages, a simpler world with flannel shirts and whiny music might not be all that appealing. But at the same time, the 1990s brought with it some of the biggest bands (Nirvana, anyone?) To bring indie music out of obscurity, they created the notion of dot-com booms and busts and were generally interested. In being autonomous. absorbed long before the days of blogging and YouTube posts. It was a gentler, gentler time when unemployment was not so feasible, Johnny Depp was still in love with Winona Ruder, and “My So-Called Life” was airing on television.

To relive the fun and drama of the 1990s in a world of HDTVs and 3D movies, all it takes is a channel change at any time. The best of the 1990s in cinematic terms may be darker indie art house fare, but for many, it’s more about those iconic twentysomething movies trying to deal with being in love with each other. Whether painfully nostalgic, nice to relive, or not even on one’s radar yet, these are some of the best Gen X dramas to watch on satellite TV at any given time.

Reality hurts. For a true 1990s movie, all someone really needs is for Winona Ryder and Janeane Garofalo to show up. Filmed in Texas and focused on the belly button of twentysomethings, it’s the kind of movie where the teenage girls watching this movie thought Ethan Hawke was a dream, but anyone who watches the way he sadistically plays on Winona’s emotions Ryder later in life might think twice. about dating underemployed musicians in the future. The film, which was a surprising success at the box office, was directed by Ben Stiller, who plays a yuppie.

Empire Records. Once the preferred choice of the nineties for those who surf the channels at three in the morning, “Empire Records” has to be one of the most widely broadcast movies on satellite television. The story of a quirky independently run record store and its employees trying to save it from being overtaken by Music Town on Rex Manning Day features performances by some of the decade’s best-known young actors, some of whom even managed succeed later. in movies like “Bridget Jones’s Diary.”

Employees. Kevin Smith’s black and white debut was filmed with a loving indie twist, featured Jay and Silent Bob’s first ever performance, and managed to cause quite a stir across the country. With racy jokes that highlight suburban stoner humor and tumultuous relationships and fighting an important plot point, this 1994 film managed to sum up Generation X in more ways than one.

Lazy. Austin has been the city of fashion at least once a decade, and this is the lazy generation’s original bum flick. A documentary that allows us to see what exactly happened in the counterculture of the nineties, it makes sense that it has become a classic. Also the film responsible for the whole “Keep (your city) weird” phenomenon that is still so important to hipsters in art enclaves.