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What are the best 1990s period piece movies? (I.e., made after 1999, set in 90s)

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motley stage
  05/27/25
Big Lebowski almost qualifies, released in 1998 but set in 1...
Racy pearly skinny woman trust fund
  05/27/25
Who even watches these anymore?
snowy confused step-uncle's house partner
  05/27/25
I still watch Film
low-t insecure foreskin
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Charcoal concupiscible university idiot
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motley stage
  05/27/25
but yet you know nothing of it
green institution digit ratio
  05/27/25
Sir, I attended the Werner Herzog Film Seminar, pretty sure ...
low-t insecure foreskin
  05/28/25
mean girls was released in 2004 but feels older imo
Brass theater
  05/27/25
True Detective season one
Hyperventilating scourge upon the earth twinkling uncleanness
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histrionic cerise senate
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Best answer so far
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splenetic fear-inspiring prole
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Carmine wagecucks trump supporter
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Charcoal concupiscible university idiot
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histrionic cerise senate
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The segways are the second biggest unresolved mystery after ...
motley stage
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Ivory half-breed
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Alpha Dog pops into mind first
high-end base
  05/27/25
(Nick Cassavetes) (JT)
Effete field
  05/29/25
There are not a lot - certainly no great films. Add The F...
motley stage
  05/27/25
How to train your dragon
snowy confused step-uncle's house partner
  05/27/25
social network.
cracking sex offender
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Wolf of Wall Street
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Thirsty dilemma puppy
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histrionic cerise senate
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Mostly an 80s movie though.
motley stage
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Speed
cruel-hearted medicated house old irish cottage
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I don’t think 1994’s Speed meets one of OP&rsquo...
motley stage
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histrionic cerise senate
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Nigger Feet
snowy confused step-uncle's house partner
  05/27/25
"period" is a gross word.
soul-stirring amber location hunting ground
  05/27/25
The Diaper
Charcoal concupiscible university idiot
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histrionic cerise senate
  05/27/25
I think this has to do with Klosterman’s theory about ...
motley stage
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Charcoal concupiscible university idiot
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Thirsty dilemma puppy
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histrionic cerise senate
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The Queen (2006) The Fighter (2010) Erin Brocovich (2000) ...
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Thanks for asking Chat to give you answers
motley stage
  05/28/25
Doesn't qualify with your parameters but Clerks is classic 9...
flickering faggotry
  05/27/25
Yes, but not a period piece. Lots of movies reflect their t...
motley stage
  05/28/25
I think Superbad is set in the 2000s but it has a 90s aesthe...
motley stage
  05/28/25
Same for Napoleon dynamite Technically set in 2003 but ru...
Brass theater
  05/28/25
Good one
motley stage
  05/28/25
lilo and stitch for the same reason
adventurous box office
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histrionic cerise senate
  05/28/25
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Provocative insane pervert
  06/07/25
Those tankard bracelets and Deb’s hair are incredibly ...
motley stage
  06/14/25
Road Trip
cruel-hearted medicated house old irish cottage
  05/28/25
this is difficult imo because 9/11 really wiped clean our me...
Cheese-eating Curious Chapel Degenerate
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histrionic cerise senate
  05/28/25
Pain & Gain Mid90s The Informant!
Mildly autistic nursing home halford
  05/28/25
Pain & Gain is probably the best answer ITT
Chartreuse Very Tactful Hospital Ratface
  05/29/25
Im a Curator
Mildly autistic nursing home halford
  05/29/25
Three Kings
Ivory half-breed
  05/28/25
1999
Mildly autistic nursing home halford
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One Day (2011) Love and Other Drugs (2010)
charismatic crystalline library mother
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Black Hawk Down
Lilac trailer park immigrant
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this
splenetic fear-inspiring prole
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Lot of nostalgia for 1993 Somalia
motley stage
  05/29/25
I remember playing netdoom in an internet cafe in Berbera ar...
low-t insecure foreskin
  05/29/25
the belgian crime drama 'Maldoror' about the marc dutroux ca...
Red boltzmann den
  05/28/25
I feel like that’s too well known to even bother discu...
motley stage
  05/29/25
Is The Departed set in the 1990s? Seemed to be based on the ...
splenetic fear-inspiring prole
  05/29/25
No. They were clearly using early 2000s era phones and using...
cruel-hearted medicated house old irish cottage
  05/29/25
tyvmft
splenetic fear-inspiring prole
  05/29/25
The Creek, the in-universe remake of Season 1 of Dawson's Cr...
multi-colored spot
  05/29/25
Harry Potter
swashbuckling legend
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The OJ Simpson miniseries that was on FX a few years ago - t...
Aquamarine yarmulke knife
  06/03/25
Good one
motley stage
  06/03/25
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Chartreuse Very Tactful Hospital Ratface
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tv show but derry girls. wife insisted i watch it. i tho...
unholy associate
  06/07/25
It’s criminally underrated
swashbuckling legend
  06/08/25
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Date: May 27th, 2025 11:15 AM
Author: motley stage



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Date: May 27th, 2025 11:30 AM
Author: Racy pearly skinny woman trust fund

Big Lebowski almost qualifies, released in 1998 but set in 1991.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5730305&forum_id=2)#48964673)



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Date: May 27th, 2025 11:31 AM
Author: snowy confused step-uncle's house partner

Who even watches these anymore?

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Date: May 27th, 2025 11:31 AM
Author: low-t insecure foreskin

I still watch Film

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Date: May 27th, 2025 9:59 PM
Author: Charcoal concupiscible university idiot



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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:01 PM
Author: motley stage



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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:29 PM
Author: green institution digit ratio

but yet you know nothing of it

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Date: May 28th, 2025 10:33 AM
Author: low-t insecure foreskin

Sir, I attended the Werner Herzog Film Seminar, pretty sure I know about Film.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5730305&forum_id=2)#48967267)



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Date: May 27th, 2025 11:32 AM
Author: Brass theater

mean girls was released in 2004 but feels older imo

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Date: May 27th, 2025 11:34 AM
Author: Hyperventilating scourge upon the earth twinkling uncleanness

True Detective season one



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Date: May 27th, 2025 1:22 PM
Author: histrionic cerise senate



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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:02 PM
Author: motley stage

Best answer so far

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Date: May 29th, 2025 5:48 AM
Author: splenetic fear-inspiring prole



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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:23 PM
Author: Carmine wagecucks trump supporter



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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:28 PM
Author: Charcoal concupiscible university idiot

tp

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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:39 PM
Author: histrionic cerise senate



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Date: May 28th, 2025 6:52 AM
Author: motley stage

The segways are the second biggest unresolved mystery after the lawnmower

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Date: May 28th, 2025 10:34 AM
Author: Ivory half-breed



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Date: May 27th, 2025 11:38 AM
Author: high-end base

Alpha Dog pops into mind first

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Date: May 29th, 2025 5:44 AM
Author: Effete field

(Nick Cassavetes)

(JT)

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Date: May 27th, 2025 12:19 PM
Author: motley stage

There are not a lot - certainly no great films.

Add The Fighter and Spring Breakers

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5730305&forum_id=2)#48964843)



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Date: May 27th, 2025 12:22 PM
Author: snowy confused step-uncle's house partner

How to train your dragon

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Date: May 27th, 2025 12:23 PM
Author: cracking sex offender

social network.

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Date: May 27th, 2025 12:44 PM
Author: Violet Free-loading Gaming Laptop

Wolf of Wall Street

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Date: May 27th, 2025 1:23 PM
Author: Thirsty dilemma puppy



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Date: May 27th, 2025 1:24 PM
Author: histrionic cerise senate



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Date: May 27th, 2025 9:58 PM
Author: motley stage

Mostly an 80s movie though.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5730305&forum_id=2)#48966409)



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Date: May 27th, 2025 12:45 PM
Author: cruel-hearted medicated house old irish cottage

Speed

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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:01 PM
Author: motley stage

I don’t think 1994’s Speed meets one of OP’s criteria.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5730305&forum_id=2)#48966424)



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Date: May 27th, 2025 1:24 PM
Author: histrionic cerise senate

Autoadmit.com

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Date: May 27th, 2025 9:59 PM
Author: snowy confused step-uncle's house partner

Nigger Feet

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Date: May 27th, 2025 9:59 PM
Author: soul-stirring amber location hunting ground

"period" is a gross word.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5730305&forum_id=2)#48966412)



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Date: May 27th, 2025 9:59 PM
Author: Charcoal concupiscible university idiot

The Diaper

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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:39 PM
Author: histrionic cerise senate



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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:01 PM
Author: motley stage

I think this has to do with Klosterman’s theory about the vanishing future. The internet has made it so the 90s never left. There’s no clear break with the past like Nirvana ending the 80s. So the era continues to live on in the culture (e.g. Friends and Seinfeld still Top 5 tv shows by hours watched) preventing us from developing a collective Nostalgia for the 1990s.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5730305&forum_id=2)#48966422)



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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:01 PM
Author: Charcoal concupiscible university idiot



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Date: May 27th, 2025 11:08 PM
Author: histrionic cerise senate



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Date: May 28th, 2025 9:44 AM
Author: Thirsty dilemma puppy



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Date: May 28th, 2025 9:49 AM
Author: histrionic cerise senate



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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:18 PM
Author: Aromatic Violent Tanning Salon

The Queen (2006)

The Fighter (2010)

Erin Brocovich (2000)

I, Tonya (2017)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5730305&forum_id=2)#48966468)



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Date: May 28th, 2025 6:50 AM
Author: motley stage

Thanks for asking Chat to give you answers

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Date: May 27th, 2025 11:03 PM
Author: flickering faggotry

Doesn't qualify with your parameters but Clerks is classic 90s.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5730305&forum_id=2)#48966568)



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Date: May 28th, 2025 6:52 AM
Author: motley stage

Yes, but not a period piece. Lots of movies reflect their times (Clerks is great), but the 90s are massively underexplored by people from another, later time reflecting on the historical era and what it MEANS now that culture has some distance.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5730305&forum_id=2)#48966871)



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Date: May 28th, 2025 6:54 AM
Author: motley stage

I think Superbad is set in the 2000s but it has a 90s aesthetic and is based on Rogen and Stone’s high school years.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5730305&forum_id=2)#48966875)



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Date: May 28th, 2025 7:05 AM
Author: Brass theater

Same for Napoleon dynamite

Technically set in 2003 but rural Idaho was still in 1990

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Date: May 28th, 2025 9:43 AM
Author: motley stage

Good one

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Date: May 28th, 2025 9:52 AM
Author: adventurous box office

lilo and stitch for the same reason

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Date: May 28th, 2025 9:55 AM
Author: histrionic cerise senate



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Date: June 7th, 2025 4:43 AM
Author: Provocative insane pervert



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Date: June 14th, 2025 10:02 AM
Author: motley stage

Those tankard bracelets and Deb’s hair are incredibly 90s

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5730305&forum_id=2)#49014596)



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Date: May 28th, 2025 9:59 AM
Author: cruel-hearted medicated house old irish cottage

Road Trip

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Date: May 28th, 2025 10:04 AM
Author: Cheese-eating Curious Chapel Degenerate

this is difficult imo because 9/11 really wiped clean our memories of problems in teh 90s. the late 90s movies (office space, american beauty, fight club) were all about the purposelessness of american life and culture.

kind of hard to reset a 90s film knowing what is going to happen

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5730305&forum_id=2)#48967167)



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Date: May 28th, 2025 10:14 AM
Author: histrionic cerise senate



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Date: May 28th, 2025 10:10 AM
Author: Mildly autistic nursing home halford

Pain & Gain

Mid90s

The Informant!

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Date: May 29th, 2025 4:23 AM
Author: Chartreuse Very Tactful Hospital Ratface

Pain & Gain is probably the best answer ITT

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Date: May 29th, 2025 7:11 AM
Author: Mildly autistic nursing home halford

Im a Curator

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Date: May 28th, 2025 10:35 AM
Author: Ivory half-breed

Three Kings

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Date: May 28th, 2025 10:38 AM
Author: Mildly autistic nursing home halford

1999

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Date: May 28th, 2025 10:44 AM
Author: charismatic crystalline library mother

One Day (2011)

Love and Other Drugs (2010)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5730305&forum_id=2)#48967320)



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Date: May 28th, 2025 8:48 PM
Author: Lilac trailer park immigrant

Black Hawk Down

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Date: May 29th, 2025 5:13 AM
Author: splenetic fear-inspiring prole

this

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Date: May 29th, 2025 7:49 AM
Author: motley stage

Lot of nostalgia for 1993 Somalia

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5730305&forum_id=2)#48969956)



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Date: May 29th, 2025 8:44 AM
Author: low-t insecure foreskin

I remember playing netdoom in an internet cafe in Berbera around then, it was 180.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5730305&forum_id=2)#48970015)



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Date: May 28th, 2025 8:54 PM
Author: Red boltzmann den

the belgian crime drama 'Maldoror' about the marc dutroux case.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5730305&forum_id=2)#48969260)



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Date: May 29th, 2025 4:08 AM
Author: motley stage

I feel like that’s too well known to even bother discussing

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5730305&forum_id=2)#48969800)



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Date: May 29th, 2025 5:14 AM
Author: splenetic fear-inspiring prole

Is The Departed set in the 1990s? Seemed to be based on the tech used

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Date: May 29th, 2025 6:44 AM
Author: cruel-hearted medicated house old irish cottage

No. They were clearly using early 2000s era phones and using the number pad for texting. Also Alec Baldwins character mentions the Patriot Act

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5730305&forum_id=2)#48969890)



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Date: May 29th, 2025 6:44 AM
Author: splenetic fear-inspiring prole

tyvmft

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Date: May 29th, 2025 5:25 AM
Author: multi-colored spot

The Creek, the in-universe remake of Season 1 of Dawson's Creek.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5730305&forum_id=2)#48969850)



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Date: June 3rd, 2025 1:22 AM
Author: swashbuckling legend

Harry Potter

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Date: June 3rd, 2025 3:07 AM
Author: Aquamarine yarmulke knife

The OJ Simpson miniseries that was on FX a few years ago - the drama with Cuba Gooding Jr. as OJ, not the documentary one.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5730305&forum_id=2)#48982587)



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Date: June 3rd, 2025 10:09 AM
Author: motley stage

Good one

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5730305&forum_id=2)#48983011)



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Date: June 3rd, 2025 11:41 AM
Author: Chartreuse Very Tactful Hospital Ratface



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Date: June 7th, 2025 4:39 AM
Author: unholy associate

tv show but derry girls.

wife insisted i watch it. i thought it would suck but it’s 180

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Date: June 8th, 2025 8:34 PM
Author: swashbuckling legend

It’s criminally underrated

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Date: June 9th, 2025 11:12 AM
Author: unholy associate



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