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

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maize misunderstood windowlicker
  05/27/25
Big Lebowski almost qualifies, released in 1998 but set in 1...
Anal Diverse Affirmative Action Liquid Oxygen
  05/27/25
Who even watches these anymore?
spectacular glassy party of the first part
  05/27/25
I still watch Film
copper fragrant heaven hunting ground
  05/27/25
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Violent deranged theatre psychic
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maize misunderstood windowlicker
  05/27/25
but yet you know nothing of it
motley really tough guy garrison
  05/27/25
Sir, I attended the Werner Herzog Film Seminar, pretty sure ...
copper fragrant heaven hunting ground
  05/28/25
mean girls was released in 2004 but feels older imo
indecent mischievous crackhouse
  05/27/25
True Detective season one
orange market
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beta background story
  05/27/25
Best answer so far
maize misunderstood windowlicker
  05/27/25
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White Corner Dingle Berry
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thriller yapping skinny woman hell
  05/27/25
tp
Violent deranged theatre psychic
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beta background story
  05/27/25
The segways are the second biggest unresolved mystery after ...
maize misunderstood windowlicker
  05/28/25
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navy nowag
  05/28/25
Alpha Dog pops into mind first
drab dragon lay
  05/27/25
(Nick Cassavetes) (JT)
Topaz bearded stage
  05/29/25
There are not a lot - certainly no great films. Add The F...
maize misunderstood windowlicker
  05/27/25
How to train your dragon
spectacular glassy party of the first part
  05/27/25
social network.
canary ape
  05/27/25
Wolf of Wall Street
rebellious exciting cruise ship
  05/27/25
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dashing peach idiot piazza
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beta background story
  05/27/25
Mostly an 80s movie though.
maize misunderstood windowlicker
  05/27/25
Speed
vivacious fuchsia space legal warrant
  05/27/25
I don’t think 1994’s Speed meets one of OP&rsquo...
maize misunderstood windowlicker
  05/27/25
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beta background story
  05/27/25
Nigger Feet
spectacular glassy party of the first part
  05/27/25
"period" is a gross word.
Bistre supple point
  05/27/25
The Diaper
Violent deranged theatre psychic
  05/27/25
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beta background story
  05/27/25
I think this has to do with Klosterman’s theory about ...
maize misunderstood windowlicker
  05/27/25
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Violent deranged theatre psychic
  05/27/25
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beta background story
  05/27/25
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dashing peach idiot piazza
  05/28/25
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beta background story
  05/28/25
The Queen (2006) The Fighter (2010) Erin Brocovich (2000) ...
Dead Private Investor Newt
  05/27/25
Thanks for asking Chat to give you answers
maize misunderstood windowlicker
  05/28/25
Doesn't qualify with your parameters but Clerks is classic 9...
hateful hairy legs
  05/27/25
Yes, but not a period piece. Lots of movies reflect their t...
maize misunderstood windowlicker
  05/28/25
I think Superbad is set in the 2000s but it has a 90s aesthe...
maize misunderstood windowlicker
  05/28/25
Same for Napoleon dynamite Technically set in 2003 but ru...
indecent mischievous crackhouse
  05/28/25
Good one
maize misunderstood windowlicker
  05/28/25
lilo and stitch for the same reason
Hot elastic band legend
  05/28/25
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beta background story
  05/28/25
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Kink-friendly Beady-eyed Depressive Corn Cake
  06/07/25
Those tankard bracelets and Deb’s hair are incredibly ...
maize misunderstood windowlicker
  06/14/25
Road Trip
vivacious fuchsia space legal warrant
  05/28/25
this is difficult imo because 9/11 really wiped clean our me...
Bipolar Candlestick Maker Abode
  05/28/25
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beta background story
  05/28/25
Pain & Gain Mid90s The Informant!
Coral philosopher-king
  05/28/25
Pain & Gain is probably the best answer ITT
pink pit travel guidebook
  05/29/25
Im a Curator
Coral philosopher-king
  05/29/25
Three Kings
navy nowag
  05/28/25
1999
Coral philosopher-king
  05/28/25
One Day (2011) Love and Other Drugs (2010)
Jet Yarmulke Ladyboy
  05/28/25
Black Hawk Down
comical crystalline site
  05/28/25
this
White Corner Dingle Berry
  05/29/25
Lot of nostalgia for 1993 Somalia
maize misunderstood windowlicker
  05/29/25
I remember playing netdoom in an internet cafe in Berbera ar...
copper fragrant heaven hunting ground
  05/29/25
the belgian crime drama 'Maldoror' about the marc dutroux ca...
green talented hissy fit
  05/28/25
I feel like that’s too well known to even bother discu...
maize misunderstood windowlicker
  05/29/25
Is The Departed set in the 1990s? Seemed to be based on the ...
White Corner Dingle Berry
  05/29/25
No. They were clearly using early 2000s era phones and using...
vivacious fuchsia space legal warrant
  05/29/25
tyvmft
White Corner Dingle Berry
  05/29/25
The Creek, the in-universe remake of Season 1 of Dawson's Cr...
Citrine Karate
  05/29/25
Harry Potter
Exhilarant mahogany state
  06/03/25
The OJ Simpson miniseries that was on FX a few years ago - t...
Razzle silver faggotry
  06/03/25
Good one
maize misunderstood windowlicker
  06/03/25
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pink pit travel guidebook
  06/03/25
tv show but derry girls. wife insisted i watch it. i tho...
marvelous cocky public bath
  06/07/25
It’s criminally underrated
Exhilarant mahogany state
  06/08/25
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marvelous cocky public bath
  06/09/25


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Date: May 27th, 2025 11:15 AM
Author: maize misunderstood windowlicker



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Date: May 27th, 2025 11:30 AM
Author: Anal Diverse Affirmative Action Liquid Oxygen

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: spectacular glassy party of the first part

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: copper fragrant heaven hunting ground

I still watch Film

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Date: May 27th, 2025 9:59 PM
Author: Violent deranged theatre psychic



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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:01 PM
Author: maize misunderstood windowlicker



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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:29 PM
Author: motley really tough guy garrison

but yet you know nothing of it

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Date: May 28th, 2025 10:33 AM
Author: copper fragrant heaven hunting ground

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: indecent mischievous crackhouse

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: orange market

True Detective season one



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Date: May 27th, 2025 1:22 PM
Author: beta background story



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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:02 PM
Author: maize misunderstood windowlicker

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: White Corner Dingle Berry



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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:23 PM
Author: thriller yapping skinny woman hell



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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:28 PM
Author: Violent deranged theatre psychic

tp

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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:39 PM
Author: beta background story



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Date: May 28th, 2025 6:52 AM
Author: maize misunderstood windowlicker

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: navy nowag



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Date: May 27th, 2025 11:38 AM
Author: drab dragon lay

Alpha Dog pops into mind first

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Date: May 29th, 2025 5:44 AM
Author: Topaz bearded stage

(Nick Cassavetes)

(JT)

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Date: May 27th, 2025 12:19 PM
Author: maize misunderstood windowlicker

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: spectacular glassy party of the first part

How to train your dragon

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Date: May 27th, 2025 12:23 PM
Author: canary ape

social network.

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Date: May 27th, 2025 12:44 PM
Author: rebellious exciting cruise ship

Wolf of Wall Street

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Date: May 27th, 2025 1:23 PM
Author: dashing peach idiot piazza



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Date: May 27th, 2025 1:24 PM
Author: beta background story



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Date: May 27th, 2025 9:58 PM
Author: maize misunderstood windowlicker

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: vivacious fuchsia space legal warrant

Speed

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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:01 PM
Author: maize misunderstood windowlicker

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: beta background story

Autoadmit.com

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Date: May 27th, 2025 9:59 PM
Author: spectacular glassy party of the first part

Nigger Feet

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Date: May 27th, 2025 9:59 PM
Author: Bistre supple point

"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: Violent deranged theatre psychic

The Diaper

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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:39 PM
Author: beta background story



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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:01 PM
Author: maize misunderstood windowlicker

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: Violent deranged theatre psychic



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Date: May 27th, 2025 11:08 PM
Author: beta background story



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Date: May 28th, 2025 9:44 AM
Author: dashing peach idiot piazza



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Date: May 28th, 2025 9:49 AM
Author: beta background story



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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:18 PM
Author: Dead Private Investor Newt

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: maize misunderstood windowlicker

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: hateful hairy legs

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: maize misunderstood windowlicker

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: maize misunderstood windowlicker

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: indecent mischievous crackhouse

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: maize misunderstood windowlicker

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: Hot elastic band legend

lilo and stitch for the same reason

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5730305&forum_id=2#48967127)



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Date: May 28th, 2025 9:55 AM
Author: beta background story



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Date: June 7th, 2025 4:43 AM
Author: Kink-friendly Beady-eyed Depressive Corn Cake



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Date: June 14th, 2025 10:02 AM
Author: maize misunderstood windowlicker

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: vivacious fuchsia space legal warrant

Road Trip

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Date: May 28th, 2025 10:04 AM
Author: Bipolar Candlestick Maker Abode

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: beta background story



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Date: May 28th, 2025 10:10 AM
Author: Coral philosopher-king

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: pink pit travel guidebook

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: Coral philosopher-king

Im a Curator

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Date: May 28th, 2025 10:35 AM
Author: navy nowag

Three Kings

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Date: May 28th, 2025 10:38 AM
Author: Coral philosopher-king

1999

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Date: May 28th, 2025 10:44 AM
Author: Jet Yarmulke Ladyboy

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: comical crystalline site

Black Hawk Down

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Date: May 29th, 2025 5:13 AM
Author: White Corner Dingle Berry

this

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Date: May 29th, 2025 7:49 AM
Author: maize misunderstood windowlicker

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: copper fragrant heaven hunting ground

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: green talented hissy fit

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: maize misunderstood windowlicker

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: White Corner Dingle Berry

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: vivacious fuchsia space legal warrant

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: White Corner Dingle Berry

tyvmft

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Date: May 29th, 2025 5:25 AM
Author: Citrine Karate

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: Exhilarant mahogany state

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: Razzle silver faggotry

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: maize misunderstood windowlicker

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: pink pit travel guidebook



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Date: June 7th, 2025 4:39 AM
Author: marvelous cocky public bath

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: Exhilarant mahogany state

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: marvelous cocky public bath



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