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

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red incel lodge
  05/27/25
Big Lebowski almost qualifies, released in 1998 but set in 1...
Very Tactful Idea He Suggested Mexican
  05/27/25
Who even watches these anymore?
Impressive Gas Station
  05/27/25
I still watch Film
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red incel lodge
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but yet you know nothing of it
Glittery locale
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Sir, I attended the Werner Herzog Film Seminar, pretty sure ...
coral vibrant jew
  05/28/25
mean girls was released in 2004 but feels older imo
olive spectacular shitlib headpube
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True Detective season one
Stimulating black woman
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Zippy den
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Best answer so far
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tp
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Zippy den
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The segways are the second biggest unresolved mystery after ...
red incel lodge
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balding resort toaster
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Alpha Dog pops into mind first
Chestnut keepsake machete plaza
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(Nick Cassavetes) (JT)
exciting cruel-hearted nursing home chad
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There are not a lot - certainly no great films. Add The F...
red incel lodge
  05/27/25
How to train your dragon
Impressive Gas Station
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social network.
geriatric demanding pozpig
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Wolf of Wall Street
Hairraiser lilac house
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Zippy den
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Mostly an 80s movie though.
red incel lodge
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Speed
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I don’t think 1994’s Speed meets one of OP&rsquo...
red incel lodge
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Zippy den
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Nigger Feet
Impressive Gas Station
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"period" is a gross word.
Lascivious alcoholic hell coldplay fan
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The Diaper
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Zippy den
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I think this has to do with Klosterman’s theory about ...
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Zippy den
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The Queen (2006) The Fighter (2010) Erin Brocovich (2000) ...
dashing insecure set
  05/27/25
Thanks for asking Chat to give you answers
red incel lodge
  05/28/25
Doesn't qualify with your parameters but Clerks is classic 9...
slap-happy mind-boggling hunting ground address
  05/27/25
Yes, but not a period piece. Lots of movies reflect their t...
red incel lodge
  05/28/25
I think Superbad is set in the 2000s but it has a 90s aesthe...
red incel lodge
  05/28/25
Same for Napoleon dynamite Technically set in 2003 but ru...
olive spectacular shitlib headpube
  05/28/25
Good one
red incel lodge
  05/28/25
lilo and stitch for the same reason
Talented Domesticated Codepig Home
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Zippy den
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Chartreuse hyperventilating messiness sound barrier
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Those tankard bracelets and Deb’s hair are incredibly ...
red incel lodge
  06/14/25
Road Trip
anal parlor antidepressant drug
  05/28/25
this is difficult imo because 9/11 really wiped clean our me...
Crusty motley school cafeteria
  05/28/25
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Zippy den
  05/28/25
Pain & Gain Mid90s The Informant!
elite sapphire chapel
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Pain & Gain is probably the best answer ITT
Judgmental tantric space love of her life
  05/29/25
Im a Curator
elite sapphire chapel
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Three Kings
balding resort toaster
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1999
elite sapphire chapel
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One Day (2011) Love and Other Drugs (2010)
Claret halford
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Black Hawk Down
Self-centered Legend Field
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this
Ruby Hairless Karate
  05/29/25
Lot of nostalgia for 1993 Somalia
red incel lodge
  05/29/25
I remember playing netdoom in an internet cafe in Berbera ar...
coral vibrant jew
  05/29/25
the belgian crime drama 'Maldoror' about the marc dutroux ca...
walnut aphrodisiac bawdyhouse french chef
  05/28/25
I feel like that’s too well known to even bother discu...
red incel lodge
  05/29/25
Is The Departed set in the 1990s? Seemed to be based on the ...
Ruby Hairless Karate
  05/29/25
No. They were clearly using early 2000s era phones and using...
anal parlor antidepressant drug
  05/29/25
tyvmft
Ruby Hairless Karate
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The Creek, the in-universe remake of Season 1 of Dawson's Cr...
Soul-stirring Crystalline Ladyboy
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Harry Potter
titillating university yarmulke
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The OJ Simpson miniseries that was on FX a few years ago - t...
provocative citrine corner cuckold
  06/03/25
Good one
red incel lodge
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Judgmental tantric space love of her life
  06/03/25
tv show but derry girls. wife insisted i watch it. i tho...
Canary public bath
  06/07/25
It’s criminally underrated
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Date: May 27th, 2025 11:15 AM
Author: red incel lodge



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Date: May 27th, 2025 11:30 AM
Author: Very Tactful Idea He Suggested Mexican

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

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



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Date: May 27th, 2025 11:31 AM
Author: Impressive Gas Station

Who even watches these anymore?

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



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Date: May 27th, 2025 11:31 AM
Author: coral vibrant jew

I still watch Film

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Date: May 27th, 2025 9:59 PM
Author: Lavender main people nowag



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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:01 PM
Author: red incel lodge



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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:29 PM
Author: Glittery locale

but yet you know nothing of it

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Date: May 28th, 2025 10:33 AM
Author: coral vibrant jew

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=2Elisa#48967267)



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Date: May 27th, 2025 11:32 AM
Author: olive spectacular shitlib headpube

mean girls was released in 2004 but feels older imo

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



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Date: May 27th, 2025 11:34 AM
Author: Stimulating black woman

True Detective season one



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5730305&forum_id=2Elisa#48964695)



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Date: May 27th, 2025 1:22 PM
Author: Zippy den



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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:02 PM
Author: red incel lodge

Best answer so far

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



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Date: May 29th, 2025 5:48 AM
Author: Ruby Hairless Karate



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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:23 PM
Author: ivory infuriating tattoo



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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:28 PM
Author: Lavender main people nowag

tp

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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:39 PM
Author: Zippy den



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Date: May 28th, 2025 6:52 AM
Author: red incel lodge

The segways are the second biggest unresolved mystery after the lawnmower

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



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Date: May 28th, 2025 10:34 AM
Author: balding resort toaster



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Date: May 27th, 2025 11:38 AM
Author: Chestnut keepsake machete plaza

Alpha Dog pops into mind first

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Date: May 29th, 2025 5:44 AM
Author: exciting cruel-hearted nursing home chad

(Nick Cassavetes)

(JT)

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



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Date: May 27th, 2025 12:19 PM
Author: red incel lodge

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=2Elisa#48964843)



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Date: May 27th, 2025 12:22 PM
Author: Impressive Gas Station

How to train your dragon

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Date: May 27th, 2025 12:23 PM
Author: geriatric demanding pozpig

social network.

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Date: May 27th, 2025 12:44 PM
Author: Hairraiser lilac house

Wolf of Wall Street

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Date: May 27th, 2025 1:23 PM
Author: galvanic lemon selfie



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Date: May 27th, 2025 1:24 PM
Author: Zippy den



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Date: May 27th, 2025 9:58 PM
Author: red incel lodge

Mostly an 80s movie though.

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



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Date: May 27th, 2025 12:45 PM
Author: anal parlor antidepressant drug

Speed

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5730305&forum_id=2Elisa#48964883)



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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:01 PM
Author: red incel lodge

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

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



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Date: May 27th, 2025 1:24 PM
Author: Zippy den

Autoadmit.com

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Date: May 27th, 2025 9:59 PM
Author: Impressive Gas Station

Nigger Feet

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Date: May 27th, 2025 9:59 PM
Author: Lascivious alcoholic hell coldplay fan

"period" is a gross word.

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



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Date: May 27th, 2025 9:59 PM
Author: Lavender main people nowag

The Diaper

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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:39 PM
Author: Zippy den



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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:01 PM
Author: red incel lodge

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=2Elisa#48966422)



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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:01 PM
Author: Lavender main people nowag



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Date: May 27th, 2025 11:08 PM
Author: Zippy den



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Date: May 28th, 2025 9:44 AM
Author: galvanic lemon selfie



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Date: May 28th, 2025 9:49 AM
Author: Zippy den



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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:18 PM
Author: dashing insecure set

The Queen (2006)

The Fighter (2010)

Erin Brocovich (2000)

I, Tonya (2017)

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



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Date: May 28th, 2025 6:50 AM
Author: red incel lodge

Thanks for asking Chat to give you answers

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



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Date: May 27th, 2025 11:03 PM
Author: slap-happy mind-boggling hunting ground address

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

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



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Date: May 28th, 2025 6:52 AM
Author: red incel lodge

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=2Elisa#48966871)



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Date: May 28th, 2025 6:54 AM
Author: red incel lodge

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=2Elisa#48966875)



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Date: May 28th, 2025 7:05 AM
Author: olive spectacular shitlib headpube

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=2Elisa#48966880)



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Date: May 28th, 2025 9:43 AM
Author: red incel lodge

Good one

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



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Date: May 28th, 2025 9:52 AM
Author: Talented Domesticated Codepig Home

lilo and stitch for the same reason

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



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Date: May 28th, 2025 9:55 AM
Author: Zippy den



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Date: June 7th, 2025 4:43 AM
Author: Chartreuse hyperventilating messiness sound barrier



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Date: June 14th, 2025 10:02 AM
Author: red incel lodge

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

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



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Date: May 28th, 2025 9:59 AM
Author: anal parlor antidepressant drug

Road Trip

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Date: May 28th, 2025 10:04 AM
Author: Crusty motley school cafeteria

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=2Elisa#48967167)



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Date: May 28th, 2025 10:14 AM
Author: Zippy den



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Date: May 28th, 2025 10:10 AM
Author: elite sapphire chapel

Pain & Gain

Mid90s

The Informant!

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



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Date: May 29th, 2025 4:23 AM
Author: Judgmental tantric space love of her life

Pain & Gain is probably the best answer ITT

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Date: May 29th, 2025 7:11 AM
Author: elite sapphire chapel

Im a Curator

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Date: May 28th, 2025 10:35 AM
Author: balding resort toaster

Three Kings

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Date: May 28th, 2025 10:38 AM
Author: elite sapphire chapel

1999

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Date: May 28th, 2025 10:44 AM
Author: Claret halford

One Day (2011)

Love and Other Drugs (2010)

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



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Date: May 28th, 2025 8:48 PM
Author: Self-centered Legend Field

Black Hawk Down

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Date: May 29th, 2025 5:13 AM
Author: Ruby Hairless Karate

this

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Date: May 29th, 2025 7:49 AM
Author: red incel lodge

Lot of nostalgia for 1993 Somalia

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



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Date: May 29th, 2025 8:44 AM
Author: coral vibrant jew

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=2Elisa#48970015)



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Date: May 28th, 2025 8:54 PM
Author: walnut aphrodisiac bawdyhouse french chef

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

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



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Date: May 29th, 2025 4:08 AM
Author: red incel lodge

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

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



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Date: May 29th, 2025 5:14 AM
Author: Ruby Hairless Karate

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=2Elisa#48969841)



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Date: May 29th, 2025 6:44 AM
Author: anal parlor antidepressant drug

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=2Elisa#48969890)



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Date: May 29th, 2025 6:44 AM
Author: Ruby Hairless Karate

tyvmft

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



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Date: May 29th, 2025 5:25 AM
Author: Soul-stirring Crystalline Ladyboy

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

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



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Date: June 3rd, 2025 1:22 AM
Author: titillating university yarmulke

Harry Potter

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



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Date: June 3rd, 2025 3:07 AM
Author: provocative citrine corner cuckold

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=2Elisa#48982587)



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Date: June 3rd, 2025 10:09 AM
Author: red incel lodge

Good one

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



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Date: June 3rd, 2025 11:41 AM
Author: Judgmental tantric space love of her life



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Date: June 7th, 2025 4:39 AM
Author: Canary 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=2Elisa#48994100)



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Date: June 8th, 2025 8:34 PM
Author: titillating university yarmulke

It’s criminally underrated

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



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Date: June 9th, 2025 11:12 AM
Author: Canary public bath



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