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

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shimmering field
  05/27/25
Big Lebowski almost qualifies, released in 1998 but set in 1...
gold pontificating cuckold
  05/27/25
Who even watches these anymore?
Irradiated transparent business firm
  05/27/25
I still watch Film
cyan outnumbered filthpig
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violent love of her life half-breed
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shimmering field
  05/27/25
but yet you know nothing of it
Vibrant mexican
  05/27/25
Sir, I attended the Werner Herzog Film Seminar, pretty sure ...
cyan outnumbered filthpig
  05/28/25
mean girls was released in 2004 but feels older imo
Startled Yarmulke
  05/27/25
True Detective season one
Yapping jewess
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copper stage
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Best answer so far
shimmering field
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orchid idea he suggested
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Sapphire Abusive Cuckoldry
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tp
violent love of her life half-breed
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copper stage
  05/27/25
The segways are the second biggest unresolved mystery after ...
shimmering field
  05/28/25
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Sinister Aromatic Puppy Jap
  05/28/25
Alpha Dog pops into mind first
Saffron Hominid
  05/27/25
(Nick Cassavetes) (JT)
Marvelous opaque candlestick maker
  05/29/25
There are not a lot - certainly no great films. Add The F...
shimmering field
  05/27/25
How to train your dragon
Irradiated transparent business firm
  05/27/25
social network.
Arousing Doctorate
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Wolf of Wall Street
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copper stage
  05/27/25
Mostly an 80s movie though.
shimmering field
  05/27/25
Speed
multi-colored sanctuary
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I don’t think 1994’s Speed meets one of OP&rsquo...
shimmering field
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copper stage
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Nigger Feet
Irradiated transparent business firm
  05/27/25
"period" is a gross word.
Blue big-titted point
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The Diaper
violent love of her life half-breed
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copper stage
  05/27/25
I think this has to do with Klosterman’s theory about ...
shimmering field
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violent love of her life half-breed
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copper stage
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The Queen (2006) The Fighter (2010) Erin Brocovich (2000) ...
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Thanks for asking Chat to give you answers
shimmering field
  05/28/25
Doesn't qualify with your parameters but Clerks is classic 9...
Free-loading forum
  05/27/25
Yes, but not a period piece. Lots of movies reflect their t...
shimmering field
  05/28/25
I think Superbad is set in the 2000s but it has a 90s aesthe...
shimmering field
  05/28/25
Same for Napoleon dynamite Technically set in 2003 but ru...
Startled Yarmulke
  05/28/25
Good one
shimmering field
  05/28/25
lilo and stitch for the same reason
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copper stage
  05/28/25
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Wonderful alpha
  06/07/25
Those tankard bracelets and Deb’s hair are incredibly ...
shimmering field
  06/14/25
Road Trip
multi-colored sanctuary
  05/28/25
this is difficult imo because 9/11 really wiped clean our me...
Sexy lascivious messiness famous landscape painting
  05/28/25
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copper stage
  05/28/25
Pain & Gain Mid90s The Informant!
Federal crimson church building gunner
  05/28/25
Pain & Gain is probably the best answer ITT
Trip Heaven
  05/29/25
Im a Curator
Federal crimson church building gunner
  05/29/25
Three Kings
Sinister Aromatic Puppy Jap
  05/28/25
1999
Federal crimson church building gunner
  05/28/25
One Day (2011) Love and Other Drugs (2010)
underhanded awkward space voyeur
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Black Hawk Down
green address
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this
orchid idea he suggested
  05/29/25
Lot of nostalgia for 1993 Somalia
shimmering field
  05/29/25
I remember playing netdoom in an internet cafe in Berbera ar...
cyan outnumbered filthpig
  05/29/25
the belgian crime drama 'Maldoror' about the marc dutroux ca...
milky rehab
  05/28/25
I feel like that’s too well known to even bother discu...
shimmering field
  05/29/25
Is The Departed set in the 1990s? Seemed to be based on the ...
orchid idea he suggested
  05/29/25
No. They were clearly using early 2000s era phones and using...
multi-colored sanctuary
  05/29/25
tyvmft
orchid idea he suggested
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The Creek, the in-universe remake of Season 1 of Dawson's Cr...
histrionic indecent locale
  05/29/25
Harry Potter
citrine temple
  06/03/25
The OJ Simpson miniseries that was on FX a few years ago - t...
adventurous cordovan university halford
  06/03/25
Good one
shimmering field
  06/03/25
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Trip Heaven
  06/03/25
tv show but derry girls. wife insisted i watch it. i tho...
stubborn heady goal in life indian lodge
  06/07/25
It’s criminally underrated
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Date: May 27th, 2025 11:15 AM
Author: shimmering field



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Date: May 27th, 2025 11:30 AM
Author: gold pontificating cuckold

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

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Date: May 27th, 2025 11:31 AM
Author: Irradiated transparent business firm

Who even watches these anymore?

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Date: May 27th, 2025 11:31 AM
Author: cyan outnumbered filthpig

I still watch Film

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Date: May 27th, 2025 9:59 PM
Author: violent love of her life half-breed



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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:01 PM
Author: shimmering field



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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:29 PM
Author: Vibrant mexican

but yet you know nothing of it

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Date: May 28th, 2025 10:33 AM
Author: cyan outnumbered filthpig

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=2E#48967267)



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Date: May 27th, 2025 11:32 AM
Author: Startled Yarmulke

mean girls was released in 2004 but feels older imo

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Date: May 27th, 2025 11:34 AM
Author: Yapping jewess

True Detective season one



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Date: May 27th, 2025 1:22 PM
Author: copper stage



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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:02 PM
Author: shimmering field

Best answer so far

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Date: May 29th, 2025 5:48 AM
Author: orchid idea he suggested



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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:23 PM
Author: Sapphire Abusive Cuckoldry



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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:28 PM
Author: violent love of her life half-breed

tp

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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:39 PM
Author: copper stage



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Date: May 28th, 2025 6:52 AM
Author: shimmering field

The segways are the second biggest unresolved mystery after the lawnmower

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Date: May 28th, 2025 10:34 AM
Author: Sinister Aromatic Puppy Jap



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Date: May 27th, 2025 11:38 AM
Author: Saffron Hominid

Alpha Dog pops into mind first

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Date: May 29th, 2025 5:44 AM
Author: Marvelous opaque candlestick maker

(Nick Cassavetes)

(JT)

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Date: May 27th, 2025 12:19 PM
Author: shimmering field

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=2E#48964843)



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Date: May 27th, 2025 12:22 PM
Author: Irradiated transparent business firm

How to train your dragon

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Date: May 27th, 2025 12:23 PM
Author: Arousing Doctorate

social network.

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Date: May 27th, 2025 12:44 PM
Author: beady-eyed olive associate

Wolf of Wall Street

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Date: May 27th, 2025 1:23 PM
Author: racy vengeful school cafeteria cumskin



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Date: May 27th, 2025 1:24 PM
Author: copper stage



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Date: May 27th, 2025 9:58 PM
Author: shimmering field

Mostly an 80s movie though.

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



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Date: May 27th, 2025 12:45 PM
Author: multi-colored sanctuary

Speed

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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:01 PM
Author: shimmering field

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

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



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Date: May 27th, 2025 1:24 PM
Author: copper stage

Autoadmit.com

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Date: May 27th, 2025 9:59 PM
Author: Irradiated transparent business firm

Nigger Feet

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Date: May 27th, 2025 9:59 PM
Author: Blue big-titted point

"period" is a gross word.

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Date: May 27th, 2025 9:59 PM
Author: violent love of her life half-breed

The Diaper

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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:39 PM
Author: copper stage



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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:01 PM
Author: shimmering field

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=2E#48966422)



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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:01 PM
Author: violent love of her life half-breed



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Date: May 27th, 2025 11:08 PM
Author: copper stage



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Date: May 28th, 2025 9:44 AM
Author: racy vengeful school cafeteria cumskin



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Date: May 28th, 2025 9:49 AM
Author: copper stage



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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:18 PM
Author: cracking parlour liquid oxygen

The Queen (2006)

The Fighter (2010)

Erin Brocovich (2000)

I, Tonya (2017)

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



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Date: May 28th, 2025 6:50 AM
Author: shimmering field

Thanks for asking Chat to give you answers

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Date: May 27th, 2025 11:03 PM
Author: Free-loading forum

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

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



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Date: May 28th, 2025 6:52 AM
Author: shimmering field

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=2E#48966871)



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Date: May 28th, 2025 6:54 AM
Author: shimmering field

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=2E#48966875)



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Date: May 28th, 2025 7:05 AM
Author: Startled Yarmulke

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=2E#48966880)



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Date: May 28th, 2025 9:43 AM
Author: shimmering field

Good one

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Date: May 28th, 2025 9:52 AM
Author: Offensive Masturbator Personal Credit Line

lilo and stitch for the same reason

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



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Date: May 28th, 2025 9:55 AM
Author: copper stage



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Date: June 7th, 2025 4:43 AM
Author: Wonderful alpha



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Date: June 14th, 2025 10:02 AM
Author: shimmering field

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

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



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Date: May 28th, 2025 9:59 AM
Author: multi-colored sanctuary

Road Trip

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Date: May 28th, 2025 10:04 AM
Author: Sexy lascivious messiness 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=2E#48967167)



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Date: May 28th, 2025 10:14 AM
Author: copper stage



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Date: May 28th, 2025 10:10 AM
Author: Federal crimson church building gunner

Pain & Gain

Mid90s

The Informant!

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Date: May 29th, 2025 4:23 AM
Author: Trip Heaven

Pain & Gain is probably the best answer ITT

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Date: May 29th, 2025 7:11 AM
Author: Federal crimson church building gunner

Im a Curator

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Date: May 28th, 2025 10:35 AM
Author: Sinister Aromatic Puppy Jap

Three Kings

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Date: May 28th, 2025 10:38 AM
Author: Federal crimson church building gunner

1999

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Date: May 28th, 2025 10:44 AM
Author: underhanded awkward space voyeur

One Day (2011)

Love and Other Drugs (2010)

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



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Date: May 28th, 2025 8:48 PM
Author: green address

Black Hawk Down

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Date: May 29th, 2025 5:13 AM
Author: orchid idea he suggested

this

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Date: May 29th, 2025 7:49 AM
Author: shimmering field

Lot of nostalgia for 1993 Somalia

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



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Date: May 29th, 2025 8:44 AM
Author: cyan outnumbered filthpig

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=2E#48970015)



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Date: May 28th, 2025 8:54 PM
Author: milky rehab

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

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



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Date: May 29th, 2025 4:08 AM
Author: shimmering field

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

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



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Date: May 29th, 2025 5:14 AM
Author: orchid idea he suggested

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: multi-colored sanctuary

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: orchid idea he suggested

tyvmft

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Date: May 29th, 2025 5:25 AM
Author: histrionic indecent locale

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

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



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Date: June 3rd, 2025 1:22 AM
Author: citrine temple

Harry Potter

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Date: June 3rd, 2025 3:07 AM
Author: adventurous cordovan university halford

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=2E#48982587)



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Date: June 3rd, 2025 10:09 AM
Author: shimmering field

Good one

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



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Date: June 3rd, 2025 11:41 AM
Author: Trip Heaven



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Date: June 7th, 2025 4:39 AM
Author: stubborn heady goal in life indian lodge

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=2E#48994100)



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Date: June 8th, 2025 8:34 PM
Author: citrine temple

It’s criminally underrated

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Date: June 9th, 2025 11:12 AM
Author: stubborn heady goal in life indian lodge



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