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

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Bull Headed Nibblets State
  05/27/25
Big Lebowski almost qualifies, released in 1998 but set in 1...
Shimmering cheese-eating trailer park
  05/27/25
Who even watches these anymore?
Topaz school
  05/27/25
I still watch Film
provocative public bath ceo
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floppy irate half-breed
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Bull Headed Nibblets State
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but yet you know nothing of it
know-it-all giraffe
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Sir, I attended the Werner Herzog Film Seminar, pretty sure ...
provocative public bath ceo
  05/28/25
mean girls was released in 2004 but feels older imo
Transparent meetinghouse
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True Detective season one
Big Persian Hell
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flickering coffee pot
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Best answer so far
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Godawful theater stage
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floppy irate half-breed
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flickering coffee pot
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The segways are the second biggest unresolved mystery after ...
Bull Headed Nibblets State
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Plum Diverse Menage Marketing Idea
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Alpha Dog pops into mind first
talking buff lodge
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(Nick Cassavetes) (JT)
spectacular zippy location doctorate
  05/29/25
There are not a lot - certainly no great films. Add The F...
Bull Headed Nibblets State
  05/27/25
How to train your dragon
Topaz school
  05/27/25
social network.
razzle-dazzle tripping casino
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Wolf of Wall Street
Nofapping chapel laser beams
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internet-worthy costumed garrison stock car
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flickering coffee pot
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Mostly an 80s movie though.
Bull Headed Nibblets State
  05/27/25
Speed
Turquoise curious telephone indirect expression
  05/27/25
I don’t think 1994’s Speed meets one of OP&rsquo...
Bull Headed Nibblets State
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flickering coffee pot
  05/27/25
Nigger Feet
Topaz school
  05/27/25
"period" is a gross word.
self-centered apoplectic dopamine
  05/27/25
The Diaper
floppy irate half-breed
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flickering coffee pot
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I think this has to do with Klosterman’s theory about ...
Bull Headed Nibblets State
  05/27/25
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floppy irate half-breed
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flickering coffee pot
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internet-worthy costumed garrison stock car
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flickering coffee pot
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The Queen (2006) The Fighter (2010) Erin Brocovich (2000) ...
coral ticket booth
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Thanks for asking Chat to give you answers
Bull Headed Nibblets State
  05/28/25
Doesn't qualify with your parameters but Clerks is classic 9...
Impertinent house coldplay fan
  05/27/25
Yes, but not a period piece. Lots of movies reflect their t...
Bull Headed Nibblets State
  05/28/25
I think Superbad is set in the 2000s but it has a 90s aesthe...
Bull Headed Nibblets State
  05/28/25
Same for Napoleon dynamite Technically set in 2003 but ru...
Transparent meetinghouse
  05/28/25
Good one
Bull Headed Nibblets State
  05/28/25
lilo and stitch for the same reason
boyish masturbator people who are hurt
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flickering coffee pot
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Mustard range
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Those tankard bracelets and Deb’s hair are incredibly ...
Pierbattista Pizzaballa
  06/14/25
Road Trip
Turquoise curious telephone indirect expression
  05/28/25
this is difficult imo because 9/11 really wiped clean our me...
Zombie-like Titillating Famous Landscape Painting
  05/28/25
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flickering coffee pot
  05/28/25
Pain & Gain Mid90s The Informant!
Charismatic Police Squad New Version
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Pain & Gain is probably the best answer ITT
low-t electric mood digit ratio
  05/29/25
Im a Curator
Charismatic Police Squad New Version
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Three Kings
Plum Diverse Menage Marketing Idea
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1999
Charismatic Police Squad New Version
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One Day (2011) Love and Other Drugs (2010)
Unhinged Tank
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Black Hawk Down
cowardly snowy jew parlor
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this
Sapphire Legal Warrant
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Lot of nostalgia for 1993 Somalia
Bull Headed Nibblets State
  05/29/25
I remember playing netdoom in an internet cafe in Berbera ar...
provocative public bath ceo
  05/29/25
the belgian crime drama 'Maldoror' about the marc dutroux ca...
Rose Box Office Kitty
  05/28/25
I feel like that’s too well known to even bother discu...
Bull Headed Nibblets State
  05/29/25
Is The Departed set in the 1990s? Seemed to be based on the ...
Sapphire Legal Warrant
  05/29/25
No. They were clearly using early 2000s era phones and using...
Turquoise curious telephone indirect expression
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tyvmft
Sapphire Legal Warrant
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The Creek, the in-universe remake of Season 1 of Dawson's Cr...
Self-absorbed generalized bond
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Harry Potter
Trip senate
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The OJ Simpson miniseries that was on FX a few years ago - t...
Gold Adventurous Organic Girlfriend Lay
  06/03/25
Good one
Bull Headed Nibblets State
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low-t electric mood digit ratio
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tv show but derry girls. wife insisted i watch it. i tho...
bistre stirring piazza idea he suggested
  06/07/25
It’s criminally underrated
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Date: May 27th, 2025 11:15 AM
Author: Bull Headed Nibblets State



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Date: May 27th, 2025 11:30 AM
Author: Shimmering cheese-eating trailer park

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: Topaz school

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: provocative public bath ceo

I still watch Film

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Date: May 27th, 2025 9:59 PM
Author: floppy irate half-breed



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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:01 PM
Author: Bull Headed Nibblets State



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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:29 PM
Author: know-it-all giraffe

but yet you know nothing of it

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Date: May 28th, 2025 10:33 AM
Author: provocative public bath ceo

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: Transparent meetinghouse

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: Big Persian Hell

True Detective season one



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Date: May 27th, 2025 1:22 PM
Author: flickering coffee pot



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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:02 PM
Author: Bull Headed Nibblets State

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: Sapphire Legal Warrant



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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:23 PM
Author: Godawful theater stage



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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:28 PM
Author: floppy irate half-breed

tp

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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:39 PM
Author: flickering coffee pot



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Date: May 28th, 2025 6:52 AM
Author: Bull Headed Nibblets State

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: Plum Diverse Menage Marketing Idea



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Date: May 27th, 2025 11:38 AM
Author: talking buff lodge

Alpha Dog pops into mind first

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Date: May 29th, 2025 5:44 AM
Author: spectacular zippy location doctorate

(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: Bull Headed Nibblets State

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: Topaz school

How to train your dragon

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Date: May 27th, 2025 12:23 PM
Author: razzle-dazzle tripping casino

social network.

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Date: May 27th, 2025 12:44 PM
Author: Nofapping chapel laser beams

Wolf of Wall Street

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Date: May 27th, 2025 1:23 PM
Author: internet-worthy costumed garrison stock car



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Date: May 27th, 2025 1:24 PM
Author: flickering coffee pot



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Date: May 27th, 2025 9:58 PM
Author: Bull Headed Nibblets State

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 curious telephone indirect expression

Speed

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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:01 PM
Author: Bull Headed Nibblets State

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: flickering coffee pot

Autoadmit.com

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Date: May 27th, 2025 9:59 PM
Author: Topaz school

Nigger Feet

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Date: May 27th, 2025 9:59 PM
Author: self-centered apoplectic dopamine

"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: floppy irate half-breed

The Diaper

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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:39 PM
Author: flickering coffee pot



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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:01 PM
Author: Bull Headed Nibblets State

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: floppy irate half-breed



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Date: May 27th, 2025 11:08 PM
Author: flickering coffee pot



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Date: May 28th, 2025 9:44 AM
Author: internet-worthy costumed garrison stock car



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Date: May 28th, 2025 9:49 AM
Author: flickering coffee pot



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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:18 PM
Author: coral ticket booth

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: Bull Headed Nibblets State

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: Impertinent house coldplay fan

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: Bull Headed Nibblets State

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: Bull Headed Nibblets State

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: Transparent meetinghouse

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: Bull Headed Nibblets State

Good one

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Date: May 28th, 2025 9:52 AM
Author: boyish masturbator people who are hurt

lilo and stitch for the same reason

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Date: May 28th, 2025 9:55 AM
Author: flickering coffee pot



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Date: June 7th, 2025 4:43 AM
Author: Mustard range



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Date: June 14th, 2025 10:02 AM
Author: Pierbattista Pizzaballa

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 curious telephone indirect expression

Road Trip

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Date: May 28th, 2025 10:04 AM
Author: Zombie-like Titillating Famous Landscape Painting

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: flickering coffee pot



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Date: May 28th, 2025 10:10 AM
Author: Charismatic Police Squad New Version

Pain & Gain

Mid90s

The Informant!

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Date: May 29th, 2025 4:23 AM
Author: low-t electric mood digit ratio

Pain & Gain is probably the best answer ITT

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Date: May 29th, 2025 7:11 AM
Author: Charismatic Police Squad New Version

Im a Curator

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Date: May 28th, 2025 10:35 AM
Author: Plum Diverse Menage Marketing Idea

Three Kings

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Date: May 28th, 2025 10:38 AM
Author: Charismatic Police Squad New Version

1999

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Date: May 28th, 2025 10:44 AM
Author: Unhinged Tank

One Day (2011)

Love and Other Drugs (2010)

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Date: May 28th, 2025 8:48 PM
Author: cowardly snowy jew parlor

Black Hawk Down

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Date: May 29th, 2025 5:13 AM
Author: Sapphire Legal Warrant

this

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Date: May 29th, 2025 7:49 AM
Author: Bull Headed Nibblets State

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: provocative public bath ceo

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: Rose Box Office Kitty

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: Bull Headed Nibblets State

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: Sapphire Legal Warrant

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: Turquoise curious telephone indirect expression

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: Sapphire Legal Warrant

tyvmft

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Date: May 29th, 2025 5:25 AM
Author: Self-absorbed generalized bond

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: Trip senate

Harry Potter

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Date: June 3rd, 2025 3:07 AM
Author: Gold Adventurous Organic Girlfriend Lay

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: Bull Headed Nibblets State

Good one

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Date: June 3rd, 2025 11:41 AM
Author: low-t electric mood digit ratio



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Date: June 7th, 2025 4:39 AM
Author: bistre stirring piazza idea he suggested

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: Trip senate

It’s criminally underrated

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Date: June 9th, 2025 11:12 AM
Author: bistre stirring piazza idea he suggested



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