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

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Charcoal infuriating weed whacker institution
  05/27/25
Big Lebowski almost qualifies, released in 1998 but set in 1...
Cerebral gold kitchen
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Who even watches these anymore?
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I still watch Film
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but yet you know nothing of it
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Sir, I attended the Werner Herzog Film Seminar, pretty sure ...
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  05/28/25
mean girls was released in 2004 but feels older imo
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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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(Nick Cassavetes) (JT)
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There are not a lot - certainly no great films. Add The F...
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How to train your dragon
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social network.
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Wolf of Wall Street
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Mostly an 80s movie though.
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Speed
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I don’t think 1994’s Speed meets one of OP&rsquo...
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Nigger Feet
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"period" is a gross word.
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The Diaper
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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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Charcoal infuriating weed whacker institution
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Doesn't qualify with your parameters but Clerks is classic 9...
Flatulent Deer Antler
  05/27/25
Yes, but not a period piece. Lots of movies reflect their t...
Charcoal infuriating weed whacker institution
  05/28/25
I think Superbad is set in the 2000s but it has a 90s aesthe...
Charcoal infuriating weed whacker institution
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Same for Napoleon dynamite Technically set in 2003 but ru...
Vigorous public bath
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Good one
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lilo and stitch for the same reason
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Those tankard bracelets and Deb’s hair are incredibly ...
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Road Trip
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this is difficult imo because 9/11 really wiped clean our me...
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Ultramarine locus gaping
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Pain & Gain Mid90s The Informant!
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Pain & Gain is probably the best answer ITT
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Im a Curator
Hideous pit sweet tailpipe
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Three Kings
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1999
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One Day (2011) Love and Other Drugs (2010)
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Black Hawk Down
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this
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Lot of nostalgia for 1993 Somalia
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I remember playing netdoom in an internet cafe in Berbera ar...
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the belgian crime drama 'Maldoror' about the marc dutroux ca...
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I feel like that’s too well known to even bother discu...
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Is The Departed set in the 1990s? Seemed to be based on the ...
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No. They were clearly using early 2000s era phones and using...
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tyvmft
Poppy learning disabled locale coffee pot
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The Creek, the in-universe remake of Season 1 of Dawson's Cr...
Ungodly lay sneaky criminal
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Harry Potter
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The OJ Simpson miniseries that was on FX a few years ago - t...
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Good one
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tv show but derry girls. wife insisted i watch it. i tho...
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It’s criminally underrated
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Date: May 27th, 2025 11:15 AM
Author: Charcoal infuriating weed whacker institution



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Date: May 27th, 2025 11:30 AM
Author: Cerebral gold kitchen

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

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Date: May 27th, 2025 11:31 AM
Author: abnormal bull headed site

Who even watches these anymore?

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Date: May 27th, 2025 11:31 AM
Author: bisexual aphrodisiac school cafeteria clown

I still watch Film

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Date: May 27th, 2025 9:59 PM
Author: Scarlet medicated corner scourge upon the earth



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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:01 PM
Author: Charcoal infuriating weed whacker institution



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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:29 PM
Author: Silver Nudist Area Really Tough Guy

but yet you know nothing of it

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Date: May 28th, 2025 10:33 AM
Author: bisexual aphrodisiac school cafeteria clown

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: Vigorous public bath

mean girls was released in 2004 but feels older imo

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Date: May 27th, 2025 11:34 AM
Author: self-centered water buffalo circlehead

True Detective season one



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Date: May 27th, 2025 1:22 PM
Author: Ultramarine locus gaping



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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:02 PM
Author: Charcoal infuriating weed whacker institution

Best answer so far

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Date: May 29th, 2025 5:48 AM
Author: Poppy learning disabled locale coffee pot



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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:23 PM
Author: low-t plaza filthpig



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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:28 PM
Author: Scarlet medicated corner scourge upon the earth

tp

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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:39 PM
Author: Ultramarine locus gaping



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Date: May 28th, 2025 6:52 AM
Author: Charcoal infuriating weed whacker institution

The segways are the second biggest unresolved mystery after the lawnmower

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Date: May 28th, 2025 10:34 AM
Author: Yapping Ocher Degenerate



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Date: May 27th, 2025 11:38 AM
Author: Magical hospital

Alpha Dog pops into mind first

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Date: May 29th, 2025 5:44 AM
Author: bronze boistinker private investor

(Nick Cassavetes)

(JT)

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Date: May 27th, 2025 12:19 PM
Author: Charcoal infuriating weed whacker institution

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: abnormal bull headed site

How to train your dragon

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Date: May 27th, 2025 12:23 PM
Author: domesticated vivacious school dopamine

social network.

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Date: May 27th, 2025 12:44 PM
Author: Dun toaster

Wolf of Wall Street

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Date: May 27th, 2025 1:23 PM
Author: canary quadroon den



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Date: May 27th, 2025 1:24 PM
Author: Ultramarine locus gaping



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Date: May 27th, 2025 9:58 PM
Author: Charcoal infuriating weed whacker institution

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: racy slate center

Speed

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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:01 PM
Author: Charcoal infuriating weed whacker institution

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: Ultramarine locus gaping

Autoadmit.com

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Date: May 27th, 2025 9:59 PM
Author: abnormal bull headed site

Nigger Feet

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Date: May 27th, 2025 9:59 PM
Author: Adventurous bat shit crazy resort

"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: Scarlet medicated corner scourge upon the earth

The Diaper

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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:39 PM
Author: Ultramarine locus gaping



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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:01 PM
Author: Charcoal infuriating weed whacker institution

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: Scarlet medicated corner scourge upon the earth



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Date: May 27th, 2025 11:08 PM
Author: Ultramarine locus gaping



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Date: May 28th, 2025 9:44 AM
Author: canary quadroon den



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Date: May 28th, 2025 9:49 AM
Author: Ultramarine locus gaping



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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:18 PM
Author: Pearl multi-colored kitty cat

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: Charcoal infuriating weed whacker institution

Thanks for asking Chat to give you answers

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Date: May 27th, 2025 11:03 PM
Author: Flatulent Deer Antler

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: Charcoal infuriating weed whacker institution

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: Charcoal infuriating weed whacker institution

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: Vigorous public bath

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: Charcoal infuriating weed whacker institution

Good one

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Date: May 28th, 2025 9:52 AM
Author: zippy swashbuckling tattoo toilet seat

lilo and stitch for the same reason

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Date: May 28th, 2025 9:55 AM
Author: Ultramarine locus gaping



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Date: June 7th, 2025 4:43 AM
Author: Soul-stirring French Chef Address



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Date: June 14th, 2025 10:02 AM
Author: Charcoal infuriating weed whacker institution

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: racy slate center

Road Trip

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Date: May 28th, 2025 10:04 AM
Author: Ivory lascivious temple

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: Ultramarine locus gaping



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Date: May 28th, 2025 10:10 AM
Author: Hideous pit sweet tailpipe

Pain & Gain

Mid90s

The Informant!

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Date: May 29th, 2025 4:23 AM
Author: Fighting Razzmatazz Associate Bawdyhouse

Pain & Gain is probably the best answer ITT

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Date: May 29th, 2025 7:11 AM
Author: Hideous pit sweet tailpipe

Im a Curator

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Date: May 28th, 2025 10:35 AM
Author: Yapping Ocher Degenerate

Three Kings

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Date: May 28th, 2025 10:38 AM
Author: Hideous pit sweet tailpipe

1999

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Date: May 28th, 2025 10:44 AM
Author: Confused Theater Sound Barrier

One Day (2011)

Love and Other Drugs (2010)

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Date: May 28th, 2025 8:48 PM
Author: Aromatic mental disorder hall

Black Hawk Down

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Date: May 29th, 2025 5:13 AM
Author: Poppy learning disabled locale coffee pot

this

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Date: May 29th, 2025 7:49 AM
Author: Charcoal infuriating weed whacker institution

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: bisexual aphrodisiac school cafeteria clown

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: geriatric piazza pisswyrm

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: Charcoal infuriating weed whacker institution

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

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Date: May 29th, 2025 5:14 AM
Author: Poppy learning disabled locale coffee pot

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: racy slate center

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

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Date: May 29th, 2025 6:44 AM
Author: Poppy learning disabled locale coffee pot

tyvmft

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Date: May 29th, 2025 5:25 AM
Author: Ungodly lay sneaky criminal

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

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Date: June 3rd, 2025 1:22 AM
Author: concupiscible market

Harry Potter

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Date: June 3rd, 2025 3:07 AM
Author: electric brunch

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: Charcoal infuriating weed whacker institution

Good one

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Date: June 3rd, 2025 11:41 AM
Author: Fighting Razzmatazz Associate Bawdyhouse



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Date: June 7th, 2025 4:39 AM
Author: Bistre Parlour

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: concupiscible market

It’s criminally underrated

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Date: June 9th, 2025 11:12 AM
Author: Bistre Parlour



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