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

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floppy mint step-uncle's house gaping
  05/27/25
Big Lebowski almost qualifies, released in 1998 but set in 1...
Splenetic house tank
  05/27/25
Who even watches these anymore?
Slap-happy self-absorbed university
  05/27/25
I still watch Film
razzle-dazzle bawdyhouse potus
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exciting gas station
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floppy mint step-uncle's house gaping
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but yet you know nothing of it
Henna Razzle Principal's Office
  05/27/25
Sir, I attended the Werner Herzog Film Seminar, pretty sure ...
razzle-dazzle bawdyhouse potus
  05/28/25
mean girls was released in 2004 but feels older imo
Brindle Station
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True Detective season one
Magenta Mad-dog Skullcap Dragon
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Contagious indigo theater
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Best answer so far
floppy mint step-uncle's house gaping
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Umber Stage Alpha
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Adulterous indian lodge
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tp
exciting gas station
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Contagious indigo theater
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The segways are the second biggest unresolved mystery after ...
floppy mint step-uncle's house gaping
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Embarrassed to the bone blathering philosopher-king
  05/28/25
Alpha Dog pops into mind first
tan learning disabled stead toilet seat
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(Nick Cassavetes) (JT)
saffron volcanic crater
  05/29/25
There are not a lot - certainly no great films. Add The F...
floppy mint step-uncle's house gaping
  05/27/25
How to train your dragon
Slap-happy self-absorbed university
  05/27/25
social network.
histrionic topaz liquid oxygen
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Wolf of Wall Street
charcoal big whorehouse windowlicker
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Bistre rough-skinned associate home
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Contagious indigo theater
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Mostly an 80s movie though.
floppy mint step-uncle's house gaping
  05/27/25
Speed
charismatic plaza
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I don’t think 1994’s Speed meets one of OP&rsquo...
floppy mint step-uncle's house gaping
  05/27/25
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Contagious indigo theater
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Nigger Feet
Slap-happy self-absorbed university
  05/27/25
"period" is a gross word.
Bat-shit-crazy wonderful office
  05/27/25
The Diaper
exciting gas station
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Contagious indigo theater
  05/27/25
I think this has to do with Klosterman’s theory about ...
floppy mint step-uncle's house gaping
  05/27/25
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exciting gas station
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Contagious indigo theater
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Bistre rough-skinned associate home
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Contagious indigo theater
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The Queen (2006) The Fighter (2010) Erin Brocovich (2000) ...
Purple library police squad
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Thanks for asking Chat to give you answers
floppy mint step-uncle's house gaping
  05/28/25
Doesn't qualify with your parameters but Clerks is classic 9...
Appetizing Love Of Her Life Nibblets
  05/27/25
Yes, but not a period piece. Lots of movies reflect their t...
floppy mint step-uncle's house gaping
  05/28/25
I think Superbad is set in the 2000s but it has a 90s aesthe...
floppy mint step-uncle's house gaping
  05/28/25
Same for Napoleon dynamite Technically set in 2003 but ru...
Brindle Station
  05/28/25
Good one
floppy mint step-uncle's house gaping
  05/28/25
lilo and stitch for the same reason
motley locale
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Contagious indigo theater
  05/28/25
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Iridescent Macaca Hospital
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Those tankard bracelets and Deb’s hair are incredibly ...
floppy mint step-uncle's house gaping
  06/14/25
Road Trip
charismatic plaza
  05/28/25
this is difficult imo because 9/11 really wiped clean our me...
cyan comical trump supporter brethren
  05/28/25
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Contagious indigo theater
  05/28/25
Pain & Gain Mid90s The Informant!
aphrodisiac impressive heaven
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Pain & Gain is probably the best answer ITT
mauve swashbuckling stain
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Im a Curator
aphrodisiac impressive heaven
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Three Kings
Embarrassed to the bone blathering philosopher-king
  05/28/25
1999
aphrodisiac impressive heaven
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One Day (2011) Love and Other Drugs (2010)
awkward national community account
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Black Hawk Down
Fighting jewess fortuitous meteor
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this
Umber Stage Alpha
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Lot of nostalgia for 1993 Somalia
floppy mint step-uncle's house gaping
  05/29/25
I remember playing netdoom in an internet cafe in Berbera ar...
razzle-dazzle bawdyhouse potus
  05/29/25
the belgian crime drama 'Maldoror' about the marc dutroux ca...
translucent vivacious mexican
  05/28/25
I feel like that’s too well known to even bother discu...
floppy mint step-uncle's house gaping
  05/29/25
Is The Departed set in the 1990s? Seemed to be based on the ...
Umber Stage Alpha
  05/29/25
No. They were clearly using early 2000s era phones and using...
charismatic plaza
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tyvmft
Umber Stage Alpha
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The Creek, the in-universe remake of Season 1 of Dawson's Cr...
Frum diverse tanning salon regret
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Harry Potter
Cracking sanctuary
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The OJ Simpson miniseries that was on FX a few years ago - t...
spectacular avocado box office
  06/03/25
Good one
floppy mint step-uncle's house gaping
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mauve swashbuckling stain
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tv show but derry girls. wife insisted i watch it. i tho...
massive confused gaming laptop
  06/07/25
It’s criminally underrated
Cracking sanctuary
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massive confused gaming laptop
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Date: May 27th, 2025 11:15 AM
Author: floppy mint step-uncle's house gaping



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Date: May 27th, 2025 11:30 AM
Author: Splenetic house tank

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

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Date: May 27th, 2025 11:31 AM
Author: Slap-happy self-absorbed university

Who even watches these anymore?

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Date: May 27th, 2025 11:31 AM
Author: razzle-dazzle bawdyhouse potus

I still watch Film

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Date: May 27th, 2025 9:59 PM
Author: exciting gas station



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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:01 PM
Author: floppy mint step-uncle's house gaping



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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:29 PM
Author: Henna Razzle Principal's Office

but yet you know nothing of it

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Date: May 28th, 2025 10:33 AM
Author: razzle-dazzle bawdyhouse potus

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: Brindle Station

mean girls was released in 2004 but feels older imo

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Date: May 27th, 2025 11:34 AM
Author: Magenta Mad-dog Skullcap Dragon

True Detective season one



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Date: May 27th, 2025 1:22 PM
Author: Contagious indigo theater



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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:02 PM
Author: floppy mint step-uncle's house gaping

Best answer so far

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Date: May 29th, 2025 5:48 AM
Author: Umber Stage Alpha



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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:23 PM
Author: Adulterous indian lodge



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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:28 PM
Author: exciting gas station

tp

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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:39 PM
Author: Contagious indigo theater



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Date: May 28th, 2025 6:52 AM
Author: floppy mint step-uncle's house gaping

The segways are the second biggest unresolved mystery after the lawnmower

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Date: May 28th, 2025 10:34 AM
Author: Embarrassed to the bone blathering philosopher-king



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Date: May 27th, 2025 11:38 AM
Author: tan learning disabled stead toilet seat

Alpha Dog pops into mind first

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Date: May 29th, 2025 5:44 AM
Author: saffron volcanic crater

(Nick Cassavetes)

(JT)

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Date: May 27th, 2025 12:19 PM
Author: floppy mint step-uncle's house gaping

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: Slap-happy self-absorbed university

How to train your dragon

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Date: May 27th, 2025 12:23 PM
Author: histrionic topaz liquid oxygen

social network.

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Date: May 27th, 2025 12:44 PM
Author: charcoal big whorehouse windowlicker

Wolf of Wall Street

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Date: May 27th, 2025 1:23 PM
Author: Bistre rough-skinned associate home



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Date: May 27th, 2025 1:24 PM
Author: Contagious indigo theater



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Date: May 27th, 2025 9:58 PM
Author: floppy mint step-uncle's house gaping

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: charismatic plaza

Speed

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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:01 PM
Author: floppy mint step-uncle's house gaping

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

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Date: May 27th, 2025 1:24 PM
Author: Contagious indigo theater

Autoadmit.com

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Date: May 27th, 2025 9:59 PM
Author: Slap-happy self-absorbed university

Nigger Feet

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Date: May 27th, 2025 9:59 PM
Author: Bat-shit-crazy wonderful office

"period" is a gross word.

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Date: May 27th, 2025 9:59 PM
Author: exciting gas station

The Diaper

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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:39 PM
Author: Contagious indigo theater



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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:01 PM
Author: floppy mint step-uncle's house gaping

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: exciting gas station



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Date: May 27th, 2025 11:08 PM
Author: Contagious indigo theater



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Date: May 28th, 2025 9:44 AM
Author: Bistre rough-skinned associate home



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Date: May 28th, 2025 9:49 AM
Author: Contagious indigo theater



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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:18 PM
Author: Purple library police squad

The Queen (2006)

The Fighter (2010)

Erin Brocovich (2000)

I, Tonya (2017)

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Date: May 28th, 2025 6:50 AM
Author: floppy mint step-uncle's house gaping

Thanks for asking Chat to give you answers

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Date: May 27th, 2025 11:03 PM
Author: Appetizing Love Of Her Life Nibblets

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: floppy mint step-uncle's house gaping

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: floppy mint step-uncle's house gaping

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: Brindle Station

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: floppy mint step-uncle's house gaping

Good one

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Date: May 28th, 2025 9:52 AM
Author: motley locale

lilo and stitch for the same reason

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Date: May 28th, 2025 9:55 AM
Author: Contagious indigo theater



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Date: June 7th, 2025 4:43 AM
Author: Iridescent Macaca Hospital



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Date: June 14th, 2025 10:02 AM
Author: floppy mint step-uncle's house gaping

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: charismatic plaza

Road Trip

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Date: May 28th, 2025 10:04 AM
Author: cyan comical trump supporter brethren

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

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Date: May 28th, 2025 10:14 AM
Author: Contagious indigo theater



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Date: May 28th, 2025 10:10 AM
Author: aphrodisiac impressive heaven

Pain & Gain

Mid90s

The Informant!

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Date: May 29th, 2025 4:23 AM
Author: mauve swashbuckling stain

Pain & Gain is probably the best answer ITT

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Date: May 29th, 2025 7:11 AM
Author: aphrodisiac impressive heaven

Im a Curator

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Date: May 28th, 2025 10:35 AM
Author: Embarrassed to the bone blathering philosopher-king

Three Kings

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Date: May 28th, 2025 10:38 AM
Author: aphrodisiac impressive heaven

1999

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Date: May 28th, 2025 10:44 AM
Author: awkward national community account

One Day (2011)

Love and Other Drugs (2010)

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Date: May 28th, 2025 8:48 PM
Author: Fighting jewess fortuitous meteor

Black Hawk Down

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Date: May 29th, 2025 5:13 AM
Author: Umber Stage Alpha

this

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Date: May 29th, 2025 7:49 AM
Author: floppy mint step-uncle's house gaping

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 bawdyhouse potus

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: translucent vivacious mexican

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: floppy mint step-uncle's house gaping

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

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Date: May 29th, 2025 5:14 AM
Author: Umber Stage Alpha

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: charismatic plaza

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: Umber Stage Alpha

tyvmft

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Date: May 29th, 2025 5:25 AM
Author: Frum diverse tanning salon regret

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: Cracking sanctuary

Harry Potter

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Date: June 3rd, 2025 3:07 AM
Author: spectacular avocado box office

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: floppy mint step-uncle's house gaping

Good one

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Date: June 3rd, 2025 11:41 AM
Author: mauve swashbuckling stain



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Date: June 7th, 2025 4:39 AM
Author: massive confused gaming laptop

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: Cracking sanctuary

It’s criminally underrated

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Date: June 9th, 2025 11:12 AM
Author: massive confused gaming laptop



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