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

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Crimson seedy principal's office
  05/27/25
Big Lebowski almost qualifies, released in 1998 but set in 1...
aromatic candlestick maker spot
  05/27/25
Who even watches these anymore?
Blathering space
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I still watch Film
shimmering toilet seat brethren
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mint medicated kitchen
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Crimson seedy principal's office
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but yet you know nothing of it
Heady Underhanded Set Queen Of The Night
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Sir, I attended the Werner Herzog Film Seminar, pretty sure ...
shimmering toilet seat brethren
  05/28/25
mean girls was released in 2004 but feels older imo
adventurous mental disorder
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True Detective season one
insecure deep field
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khaki french bawdyhouse volcanic crater
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Best answer so far
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Violet talking garrison becky
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tp
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khaki french bawdyhouse volcanic crater
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The segways are the second biggest unresolved mystery after ...
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dark business firm people who are hurt
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Alpha Dog pops into mind first
domesticated boyish fortuitous meteor
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(Nick Cassavetes) (JT)
Supple Chrome Temple Pocket Flask
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There are not a lot - certainly no great films. Add The F...
Crimson seedy principal's office
  05/27/25
How to train your dragon
Blathering space
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social network.
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Wolf of Wall Street
beta rambunctious black woman
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Dun juggernaut
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khaki french bawdyhouse volcanic crater
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Mostly an 80s movie though.
Crimson seedy principal's office
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Speed
glittery internal respiration
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I don’t think 1994’s Speed meets one of OP&rsquo...
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khaki french bawdyhouse volcanic crater
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Nigger Feet
Blathering space
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"period" is a gross word.
black comical tattoo state
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The Diaper
mint medicated kitchen
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khaki french bawdyhouse volcanic crater
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I think this has to do with Klosterman’s theory about ...
Crimson seedy principal's office
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mint medicated kitchen
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khaki french bawdyhouse volcanic crater
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Dun juggernaut
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khaki french bawdyhouse volcanic crater
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The Queen (2006) The Fighter (2010) Erin Brocovich (2000) ...
yapping immigrant house
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Thanks for asking Chat to give you answers
Crimson seedy principal's office
  05/28/25
Doesn't qualify with your parameters but Clerks is classic 9...
Very tactful locale
  05/27/25
Yes, but not a period piece. Lots of movies reflect their t...
Crimson seedy principal's office
  05/28/25
I think Superbad is set in the 2000s but it has a 90s aesthe...
Crimson seedy principal's office
  05/28/25
Same for Napoleon dynamite Technically set in 2003 but ru...
adventurous mental disorder
  05/28/25
Good one
Crimson seedy principal's office
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lilo and stitch for the same reason
galvanic violent therapy hairy legs
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khaki french bawdyhouse volcanic crater
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Territorial Point
  06/07/25
Those tankard bracelets and Deb’s hair are incredibly ...
Crimson seedy principal's office
  06/14/25
Road Trip
glittery internal respiration
  05/28/25
this is difficult imo because 9/11 really wiped clean our me...
Umber at-the-ready site
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khaki french bawdyhouse volcanic crater
  05/28/25
Pain & Gain Mid90s The Informant!
Titillating primrose double fault incel
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Pain & Gain is probably the best answer ITT
Crystalline Organic Girlfriend
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Im a Curator
Titillating primrose double fault incel
  05/29/25
Three Kings
dark business firm people who are hurt
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1999
Titillating primrose double fault incel
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One Day (2011) Love and Other Drugs (2010)
marvelous crackhouse philosopher-king
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Black Hawk Down
Stimulating wrinkle doctorate
  05/28/25
this
mind-boggling range
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Lot of nostalgia for 1993 Somalia
Crimson seedy principal's office
  05/29/25
I remember playing netdoom in an internet cafe in Berbera ar...
shimmering toilet seat brethren
  05/29/25
the belgian crime drama 'Maldoror' about the marc dutroux ca...
Coral talented dilemma elastic band
  05/28/25
I feel like that’s too well known to even bother discu...
Crimson seedy principal's office
  05/29/25
Is The Departed set in the 1990s? Seemed to be based on the ...
mind-boggling range
  05/29/25
No. They were clearly using early 2000s era phones and using...
glittery internal respiration
  05/29/25
tyvmft
mind-boggling range
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The Creek, the in-universe remake of Season 1 of Dawson's Cr...
Ruddy senate jap
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Harry Potter
stirring submissive mediation plaza
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The OJ Simpson miniseries that was on FX a few years ago - t...
Racy Walnut Water Buffalo Gaping
  06/03/25
Good one
Crimson seedy principal's office
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Crystalline Organic Girlfriend
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tv show but derry girls. wife insisted i watch it. i tho...
peach yarmulke theatre
  06/07/25
It’s criminally underrated
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Date: May 27th, 2025 11:15 AM
Author: Crimson seedy principal's office



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Date: May 27th, 2025 11:30 AM
Author: aromatic candlestick maker spot

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

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Date: May 27th, 2025 11:31 AM
Author: Blathering space

Who even watches these anymore?

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Date: May 27th, 2025 11:31 AM
Author: shimmering toilet seat brethren

I still watch Film

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Date: May 27th, 2025 9:59 PM
Author: mint medicated kitchen



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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:01 PM
Author: Crimson seedy principal's office



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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:29 PM
Author: Heady Underhanded Set Queen Of The Night

but yet you know nothing of it

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Date: May 28th, 2025 10:33 AM
Author: shimmering toilet seat brethren

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: adventurous mental disorder

mean girls was released in 2004 but feels older imo

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Date: May 27th, 2025 11:34 AM
Author: insecure deep field

True Detective season one



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Date: May 27th, 2025 1:22 PM
Author: khaki french bawdyhouse volcanic crater



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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:02 PM
Author: Crimson seedy principal's office

Best answer so far

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Date: May 29th, 2025 5:48 AM
Author: mind-boggling range



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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:23 PM
Author: Violet talking garrison becky



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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:28 PM
Author: mint medicated kitchen

tp

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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:39 PM
Author: khaki french bawdyhouse volcanic crater



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Date: May 28th, 2025 6:52 AM
Author: Crimson seedy principal's office

The segways are the second biggest unresolved mystery after the lawnmower

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Date: May 28th, 2025 10:34 AM
Author: dark business firm people who are hurt



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Date: May 27th, 2025 11:38 AM
Author: domesticated boyish fortuitous meteor

Alpha Dog pops into mind first

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Date: May 29th, 2025 5:44 AM
Author: Supple Chrome Temple Pocket Flask

(Nick Cassavetes)

(JT)

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Date: May 27th, 2025 12:19 PM
Author: Crimson seedy principal's office

There are not a lot - certainly no great films.

Add The Fighter and Spring Breakers

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Date: May 27th, 2025 12:22 PM
Author: Blathering space

How to train your dragon

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Date: May 27th, 2025 12:23 PM
Author: bistre passionate university patrolman

social network.

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Date: May 27th, 2025 12:44 PM
Author: beta rambunctious black woman

Wolf of Wall Street

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Date: May 27th, 2025 1:23 PM
Author: Dun juggernaut



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Date: May 27th, 2025 1:24 PM
Author: khaki french bawdyhouse volcanic crater



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Date: May 27th, 2025 9:58 PM
Author: Crimson seedy principal's office

Mostly an 80s movie though.

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Date: May 27th, 2025 12:45 PM
Author: glittery internal respiration

Speed

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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:01 PM
Author: Crimson seedy principal's office

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: khaki french bawdyhouse volcanic crater

Autoadmit.com

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Date: May 27th, 2025 9:59 PM
Author: Blathering space

Nigger Feet

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Date: May 27th, 2025 9:59 PM
Author: black comical tattoo state

"period" is a gross word.

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Date: May 27th, 2025 9:59 PM
Author: mint medicated kitchen

The Diaper

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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:39 PM
Author: khaki french bawdyhouse volcanic crater



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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:01 PM
Author: Crimson seedy principal's office

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.

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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:01 PM
Author: mint medicated kitchen



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Date: May 27th, 2025 11:08 PM
Author: khaki french bawdyhouse volcanic crater



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Date: May 28th, 2025 9:44 AM
Author: Dun juggernaut



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Date: May 28th, 2025 9:49 AM
Author: khaki french bawdyhouse volcanic crater



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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:18 PM
Author: yapping immigrant house

The Queen (2006)

The Fighter (2010)

Erin Brocovich (2000)

I, Tonya (2017)

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Date: May 28th, 2025 6:50 AM
Author: Crimson seedy principal's office

Thanks for asking Chat to give you answers

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Date: May 27th, 2025 11:03 PM
Author: Very tactful locale

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

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Date: May 28th, 2025 6:52 AM
Author: Crimson seedy principal's office

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...id.#48966871)



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Date: May 28th, 2025 6:54 AM
Author: Crimson seedy principal's office

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.

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Date: May 28th, 2025 7:05 AM
Author: adventurous mental disorder

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: Crimson seedy principal's office

Good one

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Date: May 28th, 2025 9:52 AM
Author: galvanic violent therapy hairy legs

lilo and stitch for the same reason

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Date: May 28th, 2025 9:55 AM
Author: khaki french bawdyhouse volcanic crater



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Date: June 7th, 2025 4:43 AM
Author: Territorial Point



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Date: June 14th, 2025 10:02 AM
Author: Crimson seedy principal's office

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

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Date: May 28th, 2025 9:59 AM
Author: glittery internal respiration

Road Trip

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Date: May 28th, 2025 10:04 AM
Author: Umber at-the-ready site

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: khaki french bawdyhouse volcanic crater



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Date: May 28th, 2025 10:10 AM
Author: Titillating primrose double fault incel

Pain & Gain

Mid90s

The Informant!

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Date: May 29th, 2025 4:23 AM
Author: Crystalline Organic Girlfriend

Pain & Gain is probably the best answer ITT

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Date: May 29th, 2025 7:11 AM
Author: Titillating primrose double fault incel

Im a Curator

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Date: May 28th, 2025 10:35 AM
Author: dark business firm people who are hurt

Three Kings

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Date: May 28th, 2025 10:38 AM
Author: Titillating primrose double fault incel

1999

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Date: May 28th, 2025 10:44 AM
Author: marvelous crackhouse philosopher-king

One Day (2011)

Love and Other Drugs (2010)

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Date: May 28th, 2025 8:48 PM
Author: Stimulating wrinkle doctorate

Black Hawk Down

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Date: May 29th, 2025 5:13 AM
Author: mind-boggling range

this

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Date: May 29th, 2025 7:49 AM
Author: Crimson seedy principal's office

Lot of nostalgia for 1993 Somalia

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Date: May 29th, 2025 8:44 AM
Author: shimmering toilet seat brethren

I remember playing netdoom in an internet cafe in Berbera around then, it was 180.

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Date: May 28th, 2025 8:54 PM
Author: Coral talented dilemma elastic band

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

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



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Date: May 29th, 2025 4:08 AM
Author: Crimson seedy principal's office

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

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Date: May 29th, 2025 5:14 AM
Author: mind-boggling range

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: glittery internal respiration

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: mind-boggling range

tyvmft

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Date: May 29th, 2025 5:25 AM
Author: Ruddy senate jap

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: stirring submissive mediation plaza

Harry Potter

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Date: June 3rd, 2025 3:07 AM
Author: Racy Walnut Water Buffalo Gaping

The OJ Simpson miniseries that was on FX a few years ago - the drama with Cuba Gooding Jr. as OJ, not the documentary one.

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Date: June 3rd, 2025 10:09 AM
Author: Crimson seedy principal's office

Good one

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Date: June 3rd, 2025 11:41 AM
Author: Crystalline Organic Girlfriend



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Date: June 7th, 2025 4:39 AM
Author: peach yarmulke theatre

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: stirring submissive mediation plaza

It’s criminally underrated

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