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

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Excitant sanctuary newt
  05/27/25
Big Lebowski almost qualifies, released in 1998 but set in 1...
ebony glittery private investor
  05/27/25
Who even watches these anymore?
appetizing parlor dragon
  05/27/25
I still watch Film
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Excitant sanctuary newt
  05/27/25
but yet you know nothing of it
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Sir, I attended the Werner Herzog Film Seminar, pretty sure ...
indigo kink-friendly native factory reset button
  05/28/25
mean girls was released in 2004 but feels older imo
Canary seedy corner messiness
  05/27/25
True Detective season one
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Best answer so far
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The segways are the second biggest unresolved mystery after ...
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Alpha Dog pops into mind first
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  05/27/25
(Nick Cassavetes) (JT)
Painfully Honest Up-to-no-good Voyeur Boiling Water
  05/29/25
There are not a lot - certainly no great films. Add The F...
Excitant sanctuary newt
  05/27/25
How to train your dragon
appetizing parlor dragon
  05/27/25
social network.
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Wolf of Wall Street
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Mostly an 80s movie though.
Excitant sanctuary newt
  05/27/25
Speed
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I don’t think 1994’s Speed meets one of OP&rsquo...
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Nigger Feet
appetizing parlor dragon
  05/27/25
"period" is a gross word.
Wine Histrionic Doctorate
  05/27/25
The Diaper
violet ratface
  05/27/25
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  05/27/25
I think this has to do with Klosterman’s theory about ...
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The Queen (2006) The Fighter (2010) Erin Brocovich (2000) ...
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  05/27/25
Thanks for asking Chat to give you answers
Excitant sanctuary newt
  05/28/25
Doesn't qualify with your parameters but Clerks is classic 9...
Khaki bipolar jew
  05/27/25
Yes, but not a period piece. Lots of movies reflect their t...
Excitant sanctuary newt
  05/28/25
I think Superbad is set in the 2000s but it has a 90s aesthe...
Excitant sanctuary newt
  05/28/25
Same for Napoleon dynamite Technically set in 2003 but ru...
Canary seedy corner messiness
  05/28/25
Good one
Excitant sanctuary newt
  05/28/25
lilo and stitch for the same reason
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  06/07/25
Those tankard bracelets and Deb’s hair are incredibly ...
Excitant sanctuary newt
  06/14/25
Road Trip
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this is difficult imo because 9/11 really wiped clean our me...
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Cocky Volcanic Crater Athletic Conference
  05/28/25
Pain & Gain Mid90s The Informant!
razzle-dazzle grizzly home
  05/28/25
Pain & Gain is probably the best answer ITT
Copper impertinent kitty cat
  05/29/25
Im a Curator
razzle-dazzle grizzly home
  05/29/25
Three Kings
silver hissy fit
  05/28/25
1999
razzle-dazzle grizzly home
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One Day (2011) Love and Other Drugs (2010)
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Black Hawk Down
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this
Mischievous hairraiser bawdyhouse
  05/29/25
Lot of nostalgia for 1993 Somalia
Excitant sanctuary newt
  05/29/25
I remember playing netdoom in an internet cafe in Berbera ar...
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  05/29/25
the belgian crime drama 'Maldoror' about the marc dutroux ca...
Massive space filthpig
  05/28/25
I feel like that’s too well known to even bother discu...
Excitant sanctuary newt
  05/29/25
Is The Departed set in the 1990s? Seemed to be based on the ...
Mischievous hairraiser bawdyhouse
  05/29/25
No. They were clearly using early 2000s era phones and using...
turquoise dog poop electric furnace
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tyvmft
Mischievous hairraiser bawdyhouse
  05/29/25
The Creek, the in-universe remake of Season 1 of Dawson's Cr...
Aggressive cuck
  05/29/25
Harry Potter
Salmon passionate roast beef
  06/03/25
The OJ Simpson miniseries that was on FX a few years ago - t...
Fragrant laser beams place of business
  06/03/25
Good one
Excitant sanctuary newt
  06/03/25
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Copper impertinent kitty cat
  06/03/25
tv show but derry girls. wife insisted i watch it. i tho...
maize rambunctious mood
  06/07/25
It’s criminally underrated
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Date: May 27th, 2025 11:15 AM
Author: Excitant sanctuary newt



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Date: May 27th, 2025 11:30 AM
Author: ebony glittery private investor

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: appetizing parlor dragon

Who even watches these anymore?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5730305&forum_id=2)#48964678)



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Date: May 27th, 2025 11:31 AM
Author: indigo kink-friendly native factory reset button

I still watch Film

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Date: May 27th, 2025 9:59 PM
Author: violet ratface



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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:01 PM
Author: Excitant sanctuary newt



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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:29 PM
Author: sadistic impressive tanning salon

but yet you know nothing of it

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Date: May 28th, 2025 10:33 AM
Author: indigo kink-friendly native factory reset button

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

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Date: May 27th, 2025 11:32 AM
Author: Canary seedy corner messiness

mean girls was released in 2004 but feels older imo

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5730305&forum_id=2)#48964686)



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Date: May 27th, 2025 11:34 AM
Author: Lilac Box Office

True Detective season one



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Date: May 27th, 2025 1:22 PM
Author: Cocky Volcanic Crater Athletic Conference



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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:02 PM
Author: Excitant sanctuary newt

Best answer so far

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Date: May 29th, 2025 5:48 AM
Author: Mischievous hairraiser bawdyhouse



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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:23 PM
Author: Spectacular snowy meetinghouse



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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:28 PM
Author: violet ratface

tp

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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:39 PM
Author: Cocky Volcanic Crater Athletic Conference



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Date: May 28th, 2025 6:52 AM
Author: Excitant sanctuary newt

The segways are the second biggest unresolved mystery after the lawnmower

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Date: May 28th, 2025 10:34 AM
Author: silver hissy fit



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Date: May 27th, 2025 11:38 AM
Author: Internet-worthy Lettuce Locus

Alpha Dog pops into mind first

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Date: May 29th, 2025 5:44 AM
Author: Painfully Honest Up-to-no-good Voyeur Boiling Water

(Nick Cassavetes)

(JT)

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Date: May 27th, 2025 12:19 PM
Author: Excitant sanctuary newt

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: appetizing parlor dragon

How to train your dragon

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Date: May 27th, 2025 12:23 PM
Author: exciting gaming laptop degenerate

social network.

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Date: May 27th, 2025 12:44 PM
Author: Maroon gay wizard

Wolf of Wall Street

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Date: May 27th, 2025 1:23 PM
Author: Soggy Sick Base



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Date: May 27th, 2025 1:24 PM
Author: Cocky Volcanic Crater Athletic Conference



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Date: May 27th, 2025 9:58 PM
Author: Excitant sanctuary newt

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: turquoise dog poop electric furnace

Speed

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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:01 PM
Author: Excitant sanctuary newt

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: Cocky Volcanic Crater Athletic Conference

Autoadmit.com

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Date: May 27th, 2025 9:59 PM
Author: appetizing parlor dragon

Nigger Feet

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Date: May 27th, 2025 9:59 PM
Author: Wine Histrionic Doctorate

"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: violet ratface

The Diaper

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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:39 PM
Author: Cocky Volcanic Crater Athletic Conference



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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:01 PM
Author: Excitant sanctuary newt

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: violet ratface



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Date: May 27th, 2025 11:08 PM
Author: Cocky Volcanic Crater Athletic Conference



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Date: May 28th, 2025 9:44 AM
Author: Soggy Sick Base



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Date: May 28th, 2025 9:49 AM
Author: Cocky Volcanic Crater Athletic Conference



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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:18 PM
Author: cream frisky french chef

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: Excitant sanctuary newt

Thanks for asking Chat to give you answers

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5730305&forum_id=2)#48966869)



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Date: May 27th, 2025 11:03 PM
Author: Khaki bipolar jew

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: Excitant sanctuary newt

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: Excitant sanctuary newt

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: Canary seedy corner messiness

Same for Napoleon dynamite

Technically set in 2003 but rural Idaho was still in 1990

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5730305&forum_id=2)#48966880)



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Date: May 28th, 2025 9:43 AM
Author: Excitant sanctuary newt

Good one

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Date: May 28th, 2025 9:52 AM
Author: gay irate prole crackhouse

lilo and stitch for the same reason

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Date: May 28th, 2025 9:55 AM
Author: Cocky Volcanic Crater Athletic Conference



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Date: June 7th, 2025 4:43 AM
Author: Arousing state azn



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Date: June 14th, 2025 10:02 AM
Author: Excitant sanctuary newt

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: turquoise dog poop electric furnace

Road Trip

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Date: May 28th, 2025 10:04 AM
Author: vengeful location milk

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: Cocky Volcanic Crater Athletic Conference



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Date: May 28th, 2025 10:10 AM
Author: razzle-dazzle grizzly home

Pain & Gain

Mid90s

The Informant!

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5730305&forum_id=2)#48967189)



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Date: May 29th, 2025 4:23 AM
Author: Copper impertinent kitty cat

Pain & Gain is probably the best answer ITT

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Date: May 29th, 2025 7:11 AM
Author: razzle-dazzle grizzly home

Im a Curator

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5730305&forum_id=2)#48969916)



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Date: May 28th, 2025 10:35 AM
Author: silver hissy fit

Three Kings

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Date: May 28th, 2025 10:38 AM
Author: razzle-dazzle grizzly home

1999

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Date: May 28th, 2025 10:44 AM
Author: Metal exhilarant organic girlfriend indian lodge

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: Drab deranged public bath

Black Hawk Down

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5730305&forum_id=2)#48969241)



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Date: May 29th, 2025 5:13 AM
Author: Mischievous hairraiser bawdyhouse

this

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5730305&forum_id=2)#48969840)



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Date: May 29th, 2025 7:49 AM
Author: Excitant sanctuary newt

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: indigo kink-friendly native factory reset button

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: Massive space filthpig

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: Excitant sanctuary newt

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: Mischievous hairraiser bawdyhouse

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

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5730305&forum_id=2)#48969841)



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Date: May 29th, 2025 6:44 AM
Author: turquoise dog poop electric furnace

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: Mischievous hairraiser bawdyhouse

tyvmft

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Date: May 29th, 2025 5:25 AM
Author: Aggressive cuck

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: Salmon passionate roast beef

Harry Potter

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5730305&forum_id=2)#48982501)



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Date: June 3rd, 2025 3:07 AM
Author: Fragrant laser beams place of business

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: Excitant sanctuary newt

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: Copper impertinent kitty cat



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Date: June 7th, 2025 4:39 AM
Author: maize rambunctious mood

tv show but derry girls.

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

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5730305&forum_id=2)#48994100)



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Date: June 8th, 2025 8:34 PM
Author: Salmon passionate roast beef

It’s criminally underrated

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5730305&forum_id=2)#48997950)



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Date: June 9th, 2025 11:12 AM
Author: maize rambunctious mood



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