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

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Fiercely-loyal pit
  05/27/25
Big Lebowski almost qualifies, released in 1998 but set in 1...
Aphrodisiac Corn Cake
  05/27/25
Who even watches these anymore?
carnelian nibblets french chef
  05/27/25
I still watch Film
Razzle-dazzle School
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Stimulating self-centered bawdyhouse
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Fiercely-loyal pit
  05/27/25
but yet you know nothing of it
appetizing dun stage
  05/27/25
Sir, I attended the Werner Herzog Film Seminar, pretty sure ...
Razzle-dazzle School
  05/28/25
mean girls was released in 2004 but feels older imo
beta fat ankles
  05/27/25
True Detective season one
heady sapphire hissy fit
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Exhilarant citrine ape theater
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Best answer so far
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passionate charcoal queen of the night kitty
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Stimulating self-centered bawdyhouse
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Exhilarant citrine ape theater
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The segways are the second biggest unresolved mystery after ...
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Snowy wrinkle dopamine
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Alpha Dog pops into mind first
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(Nick Cassavetes) (JT)
dashing double fault puppy
  05/29/25
There are not a lot - certainly no great films. Add The F...
Fiercely-loyal pit
  05/27/25
How to train your dragon
carnelian nibblets french chef
  05/27/25
social network.
Mind-boggling maroon box office sweet tailpipe
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Wolf of Wall Street
Sable Chad
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Exhilarant citrine ape theater
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Mostly an 80s movie though.
Fiercely-loyal pit
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Speed
laughsome clear depressive senate
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I don’t think 1994’s Speed meets one of OP&rsquo...
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Exhilarant citrine ape theater
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Nigger Feet
carnelian nibblets french chef
  05/27/25
"period" is a gross word.
Ebony Alpha
  05/27/25
The Diaper
Stimulating self-centered bawdyhouse
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Exhilarant citrine ape theater
  05/27/25
I think this has to do with Klosterman’s theory about ...
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  05/27/25
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Stimulating self-centered bawdyhouse
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Exhilarant citrine ape theater
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Scarlet Windowlicker National
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The Queen (2006) The Fighter (2010) Erin Brocovich (2000) ...
Fishy Dead Masturbator Famous Landscape Painting
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Thanks for asking Chat to give you answers
Fiercely-loyal pit
  05/28/25
Doesn't qualify with your parameters but Clerks is classic 9...
Poppy temple
  05/27/25
Yes, but not a period piece. Lots of movies reflect their t...
Fiercely-loyal pit
  05/28/25
I think Superbad is set in the 2000s but it has a 90s aesthe...
Fiercely-loyal pit
  05/28/25
Same for Napoleon dynamite Technically set in 2003 but ru...
beta fat ankles
  05/28/25
Good one
Fiercely-loyal pit
  05/28/25
lilo and stitch for the same reason
Bright exciting sneaky criminal
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Exhilarant citrine ape theater
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lime confused ladyboy
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Those tankard bracelets and Deb’s hair are incredibly ...
Fiercely-loyal pit
  06/14/25
Road Trip
laughsome clear depressive senate
  05/28/25
this is difficult imo because 9/11 really wiped clean our me...
mischievous olive fortuitous meteor national security agency
  05/28/25
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Exhilarant citrine ape theater
  05/28/25
Pain & Gain Mid90s The Informant!
overrated house
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Pain & Gain is probably the best answer ITT
Autistic Khaki Sex Offender Step-uncle's House
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Im a Curator
overrated house
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Three Kings
Snowy wrinkle dopamine
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1999
overrated house
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One Day (2011) Love and Other Drugs (2010)
Haunting Kink-friendly Principal's Office
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Black Hawk Down
concupiscible vengeful public bath
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this
lascivious ceo
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Lot of nostalgia for 1993 Somalia
Fiercely-loyal pit
  05/29/25
I remember playing netdoom in an internet cafe in Berbera ar...
Razzle-dazzle School
  05/29/25
the belgian crime drama 'Maldoror' about the marc dutroux ca...
Trip hall
  05/28/25
I feel like that’s too well known to even bother discu...
Fiercely-loyal pit
  05/29/25
Is The Departed set in the 1990s? Seemed to be based on the ...
lascivious ceo
  05/29/25
No. They were clearly using early 2000s era phones and using...
laughsome clear depressive senate
  05/29/25
tyvmft
lascivious ceo
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The Creek, the in-universe remake of Season 1 of Dawson's Cr...
racy parlour clown
  05/29/25
Harry Potter
harsh kitchen
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The OJ Simpson miniseries that was on FX a few years ago - t...
spruce talented tattoo chapel
  06/03/25
Good one
Fiercely-loyal pit
  06/03/25
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Autistic Khaki Sex Offender Step-uncle's House
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tv show but derry girls. wife insisted i watch it. i tho...
Garnet private investor
  06/07/25
It’s criminally underrated
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  06/08/25
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Date: May 27th, 2025 11:15 AM
Author: Fiercely-loyal pit



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Date: May 27th, 2025 11:30 AM
Author: Aphrodisiac Corn Cake

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: carnelian nibblets french chef

Who even watches these anymore?

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Date: May 27th, 2025 11:31 AM
Author: Razzle-dazzle School

I still watch Film

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Date: May 27th, 2025 9:59 PM
Author: Stimulating self-centered bawdyhouse



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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:01 PM
Author: Fiercely-loyal pit



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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:29 PM
Author: appetizing dun stage

but yet you know nothing of it

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Date: May 28th, 2025 10:33 AM
Author: Razzle-dazzle School

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: beta fat ankles

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: heady sapphire hissy fit

True Detective season one



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Date: May 27th, 2025 1:22 PM
Author: Exhilarant citrine ape theater



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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:02 PM
Author: Fiercely-loyal pit

Best answer so far

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5730305&forum_id=2#48966429)



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Date: May 29th, 2025 5:48 AM
Author: lascivious ceo



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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:23 PM
Author: passionate charcoal queen of the night kitty



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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:28 PM
Author: Stimulating self-centered bawdyhouse

tp

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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:39 PM
Author: Exhilarant citrine ape theater



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Date: May 28th, 2025 6:52 AM
Author: Fiercely-loyal pit

The segways are the second biggest unresolved mystery after the lawnmower

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5730305&forum_id=2#48966872)



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Date: May 28th, 2025 10:34 AM
Author: Snowy wrinkle dopamine



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Date: May 27th, 2025 11:38 AM
Author: frozen reading party tanning salon

Alpha Dog pops into mind first

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Date: May 29th, 2025 5:44 AM
Author: dashing double fault puppy

(Nick Cassavetes)

(JT)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5730305&forum_id=2#48969853)



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Date: May 27th, 2025 12:19 PM
Author: Fiercely-loyal pit

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: carnelian nibblets french chef

How to train your dragon

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Date: May 27th, 2025 12:23 PM
Author: Mind-boggling maroon box office sweet tailpipe

social network.

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Date: May 27th, 2025 12:44 PM
Author: Sable Chad

Wolf of Wall Street

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Date: May 27th, 2025 1:23 PM
Author: Scarlet Windowlicker National



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Date: May 27th, 2025 1:24 PM
Author: Exhilarant citrine ape theater



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Date: May 27th, 2025 9:58 PM
Author: Fiercely-loyal pit

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: laughsome clear depressive senate

Speed

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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:01 PM
Author: Fiercely-loyal pit

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: Exhilarant citrine ape theater

Autoadmit.com

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Date: May 27th, 2025 9:59 PM
Author: carnelian nibblets french chef

Nigger Feet

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Date: May 27th, 2025 9:59 PM
Author: Ebony Alpha

"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: Stimulating self-centered bawdyhouse

The Diaper

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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:39 PM
Author: Exhilarant citrine ape theater



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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:01 PM
Author: Fiercely-loyal pit

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: Stimulating self-centered bawdyhouse



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Date: May 27th, 2025 11:08 PM
Author: Exhilarant citrine ape theater



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Date: May 28th, 2025 9:44 AM
Author: Scarlet Windowlicker National



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Date: May 28th, 2025 9:49 AM
Author: Exhilarant citrine ape theater



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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:18 PM
Author: Fishy Dead Masturbator Famous Landscape Painting

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: Fiercely-loyal pit

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: Poppy temple

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: Fiercely-loyal pit

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: Fiercely-loyal pit

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: beta fat ankles

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: Fiercely-loyal pit

Good one

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5730305&forum_id=2#48967107)



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Date: May 28th, 2025 9:52 AM
Author: Bright exciting sneaky criminal

lilo and stitch for the same reason

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Date: May 28th, 2025 9:55 AM
Author: Exhilarant citrine ape theater



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Date: June 7th, 2025 4:43 AM
Author: lime confused ladyboy



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Date: June 14th, 2025 10:02 AM
Author: Fiercely-loyal pit

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: laughsome clear depressive senate

Road Trip

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Date: May 28th, 2025 10:04 AM
Author: mischievous olive fortuitous meteor national security agency

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: Exhilarant citrine ape theater



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Date: May 28th, 2025 10:10 AM
Author: overrated house

Pain & Gain

Mid90s

The Informant!

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Date: May 29th, 2025 4:23 AM
Author: Autistic Khaki Sex Offender Step-uncle's House

Pain & Gain is probably the best answer ITT

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5730305&forum_id=2#48969811)



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Date: May 29th, 2025 7:11 AM
Author: overrated house

Im a Curator

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Date: May 28th, 2025 10:35 AM
Author: Snowy wrinkle dopamine

Three Kings

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Date: May 28th, 2025 10:38 AM
Author: overrated house

1999

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Date: May 28th, 2025 10:44 AM
Author: Haunting Kink-friendly Principal's Office

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: concupiscible vengeful public bath

Black Hawk Down

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Date: May 29th, 2025 5:13 AM
Author: lascivious ceo

this

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Date: May 29th, 2025 7:49 AM
Author: Fiercely-loyal pit

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: Razzle-dazzle School

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: Trip hall

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: Fiercely-loyal pit

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: lascivious ceo

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: laughsome clear depressive senate

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: lascivious ceo

tyvmft

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5730305&forum_id=2#48969893)



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Date: May 29th, 2025 5:25 AM
Author: racy parlour clown

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: harsh kitchen

Harry Potter

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Date: June 3rd, 2025 3:07 AM
Author: spruce talented tattoo chapel

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: Fiercely-loyal pit

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: Autistic Khaki Sex Offender Step-uncle's House



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Date: June 7th, 2025 4:39 AM
Author: Garnet private investor

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: harsh kitchen

It’s criminally underrated

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Date: June 9th, 2025 11:12 AM
Author: Garnet private investor



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