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

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obsidian wonderful office degenerate
  05/27/25
Big Lebowski almost qualifies, released in 1998 but set in 1...
Yellow Alcoholic Meetinghouse
  05/27/25
Who even watches these anymore?
Adventurous big-titted crackhouse factory reset button
  05/27/25
I still watch Film
crimson sickened center codepig
  05/27/25
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Violent kitchen
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obsidian wonderful office degenerate
  05/27/25
but yet you know nothing of it
comical cream field
  05/27/25
Sir, I attended the Werner Herzog Film Seminar, pretty sure ...
crimson sickened center codepig
  05/28/25
mean girls was released in 2004 but feels older imo
excitant chartreuse box office brethren
  05/27/25
True Detective season one
Primrose Rambunctious House
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Pontificating know-it-all heaven candlestick maker
  05/27/25
Best answer so far
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transparent sticky school
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tp
Violent kitchen
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Pontificating know-it-all heaven candlestick maker
  05/27/25
The segways are the second biggest unresolved mystery after ...
obsidian wonderful office degenerate
  05/28/25
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  05/28/25
Alpha Dog pops into mind first
Glassy den
  05/27/25
(Nick Cassavetes) (JT)
drab exhilarant dilemma jewess
  05/29/25
There are not a lot - certainly no great films. Add The F...
obsidian wonderful office degenerate
  05/27/25
How to train your dragon
Adventurous big-titted crackhouse factory reset button
  05/27/25
social network.
Shimmering multi-colored pit
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Wolf of Wall Street
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Pontificating know-it-all heaven candlestick maker
  05/27/25
Mostly an 80s movie though.
obsidian wonderful office degenerate
  05/27/25
Speed
lavender church building
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I don’t think 1994’s Speed meets one of OP&rsquo...
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  05/27/25
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Pontificating know-it-all heaven candlestick maker
  05/27/25
Nigger Feet
Adventurous big-titted crackhouse factory reset button
  05/27/25
"period" is a gross word.
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  05/27/25
The Diaper
Violent kitchen
  05/27/25
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Pontificating know-it-all heaven candlestick maker
  05/27/25
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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  05/27/25
Thanks for asking Chat to give you answers
obsidian wonderful office degenerate
  05/28/25
Doesn't qualify with your parameters but Clerks is classic 9...
chrome demanding business firm halford
  05/27/25
Yes, but not a period piece. Lots of movies reflect their t...
obsidian wonderful office degenerate
  05/28/25
I think Superbad is set in the 2000s but it has a 90s aesthe...
obsidian wonderful office degenerate
  05/28/25
Same for Napoleon dynamite Technically set in 2003 but ru...
excitant chartreuse box office brethren
  05/28/25
Good one
obsidian wonderful office degenerate
  05/28/25
lilo and stitch for the same reason
thriller maize sanctuary
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Pontificating know-it-all heaven candlestick maker
  05/28/25
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silver contagious ladyboy native
  06/07/25
Those tankard bracelets and Deb’s hair are incredibly ...
obsidian wonderful office degenerate
  06/14/25
Road Trip
lavender church building
  05/28/25
this is difficult imo because 9/11 really wiped clean our me...
Deep Therapy Set
  05/28/25
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Pontificating know-it-all heaven candlestick maker
  05/28/25
Pain & Gain Mid90s The Informant!
histrionic bat-shit-crazy corner black woman
  05/28/25
Pain & Gain is probably the best answer ITT
bright giraffe antidepressant drug
  05/29/25
Im a Curator
histrionic bat-shit-crazy corner black woman
  05/29/25
Three Kings
White soul-stirring community account space
  05/28/25
1999
histrionic bat-shit-crazy corner black woman
  05/28/25
One Day (2011) Love and Other Drugs (2010)
bronze stain electric furnace
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Black Hawk Down
territorial spot
  05/28/25
this
slate razzmatazz stead volcanic crater
  05/29/25
Lot of nostalgia for 1993 Somalia
obsidian wonderful office degenerate
  05/29/25
I remember playing netdoom in an internet cafe in Berbera ar...
crimson sickened center codepig
  05/29/25
the belgian crime drama 'Maldoror' about the marc dutroux ca...
Glittery range roommate
  05/28/25
I feel like that’s too well known to even bother discu...
obsidian wonderful office degenerate
  05/29/25
Is The Departed set in the 1990s? Seemed to be based on the ...
slate razzmatazz stead volcanic crater
  05/29/25
No. They were clearly using early 2000s era phones and using...
lavender church building
  05/29/25
tyvmft
slate razzmatazz stead volcanic crater
  05/29/25
The Creek, the in-universe remake of Season 1 of Dawson's Cr...
insane aqua faggot firefighter preventive strike
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Harry Potter
stirring confused personal credit line nowag
  06/03/25
The OJ Simpson miniseries that was on FX a few years ago - t...
Mauve Hairless Whorehouse
  06/03/25
Good one
obsidian wonderful office degenerate
  06/03/25
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bright giraffe antidepressant drug
  06/03/25
tv show but derry girls. wife insisted i watch it. i tho...
Frozen mental disorder hall
  06/07/25
It’s criminally underrated
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  06/08/25
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Date: May 27th, 2025 11:15 AM
Author: obsidian wonderful office degenerate



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Date: May 27th, 2025 11:30 AM
Author: Yellow Alcoholic Meetinghouse

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

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Date: May 27th, 2025 11:31 AM
Author: Adventurous big-titted crackhouse factory reset button

Who even watches these anymore?

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Date: May 27th, 2025 11:31 AM
Author: crimson sickened center codepig

I still watch Film

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



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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:01 PM
Author: obsidian wonderful office degenerate



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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:29 PM
Author: comical cream field

but yet you know nothing of it

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Date: May 28th, 2025 10:33 AM
Author: crimson sickened center codepig

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: excitant chartreuse box office brethren

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: Primrose Rambunctious House

True Detective season one



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Date: May 27th, 2025 1:22 PM
Author: Pontificating know-it-all heaven candlestick maker



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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:02 PM
Author: obsidian wonderful office degenerate

Best answer so far

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Date: May 29th, 2025 5:48 AM
Author: slate razzmatazz stead volcanic crater



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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:23 PM
Author: transparent sticky school



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

tp

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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:39 PM
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Date: May 28th, 2025 6:52 AM
Author: obsidian wonderful office degenerate

The segways are the second biggest unresolved mystery after the lawnmower

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Date: May 28th, 2025 10:34 AM
Author: White soul-stirring community account space



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Date: May 27th, 2025 11:38 AM
Author: Glassy den

Alpha Dog pops into mind first

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Date: May 29th, 2025 5:44 AM
Author: drab exhilarant dilemma jewess

(Nick Cassavetes)

(JT)

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Date: May 27th, 2025 12:19 PM
Author: obsidian wonderful office degenerate

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: Adventurous big-titted crackhouse factory reset button

How to train your dragon

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Date: May 27th, 2025 12:23 PM
Author: Shimmering multi-colored pit

social network.

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Date: May 27th, 2025 12:44 PM
Author: Arrogant Multi-billionaire Theater Stage

Wolf of Wall Street

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Date: May 27th, 2025 1:23 PM
Author: topaz legend lodge



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Date: May 27th, 2025 1:24 PM
Author: Pontificating know-it-all heaven candlestick maker



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Date: May 27th, 2025 9:58 PM
Author: obsidian wonderful office degenerate

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: lavender church building

Speed

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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:01 PM
Author: obsidian wonderful office degenerate

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: Pontificating know-it-all heaven candlestick maker

Autoadmit.com

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Date: May 27th, 2025 9:59 PM
Author: Adventurous big-titted crackhouse factory reset button

Nigger Feet

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Date: May 27th, 2025 9:59 PM
Author: Geriatric Insanely Creepy Marketing Idea

"period" is a gross word.

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

The Diaper

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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:39 PM
Author: Pontificating know-it-all heaven candlestick maker



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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:01 PM
Author: obsidian wonderful office degenerate

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: Violent kitchen



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Date: May 27th, 2025 11:08 PM
Author: Pontificating know-it-all heaven candlestick maker



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Date: May 28th, 2025 9:44 AM
Author: topaz legend lodge



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Date: May 28th, 2025 9:49 AM
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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:18 PM
Author: Impertinent pink gunner trump supporter

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: obsidian wonderful office degenerate

Thanks for asking Chat to give you answers

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Date: May 27th, 2025 11:03 PM
Author: chrome demanding business firm halford

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: obsidian wonderful office degenerate

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: obsidian wonderful office degenerate

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: excitant chartreuse box office brethren

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=2#48966880)



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Date: May 28th, 2025 9:43 AM
Author: obsidian wonderful office degenerate

Good one

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Date: May 28th, 2025 9:52 AM
Author: thriller maize sanctuary

lilo and stitch for the same reason

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Date: May 28th, 2025 9:55 AM
Author: Pontificating know-it-all heaven candlestick maker



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Date: June 7th, 2025 4:43 AM
Author: silver contagious ladyboy native



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Date: June 14th, 2025 10:02 AM
Author: obsidian wonderful office degenerate

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: lavender church building

Road Trip

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Date: May 28th, 2025 10:04 AM
Author: Deep Therapy Set

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: Pontificating know-it-all heaven candlestick maker



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Date: May 28th, 2025 10:10 AM
Author: histrionic bat-shit-crazy corner black woman

Pain & Gain

Mid90s

The Informant!

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Date: May 29th, 2025 4:23 AM
Author: bright giraffe antidepressant drug

Pain & Gain is probably the best answer ITT

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Date: May 29th, 2025 7:11 AM
Author: histrionic bat-shit-crazy corner black woman

Im a Curator

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Date: May 28th, 2025 10:35 AM
Author: White soul-stirring community account space

Three Kings

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Date: May 28th, 2025 10:38 AM
Author: histrionic bat-shit-crazy corner black woman

1999

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Date: May 28th, 2025 10:44 AM
Author: bronze stain electric furnace

One Day (2011)

Love and Other Drugs (2010)

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



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Date: May 28th, 2025 8:48 PM
Author: territorial spot

Black Hawk Down

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Date: May 29th, 2025 5:13 AM
Author: slate razzmatazz stead volcanic crater

this

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Date: May 29th, 2025 7:49 AM
Author: obsidian wonderful office degenerate

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: crimson sickened center codepig

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: Glittery range roommate

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: obsidian wonderful office degenerate

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: slate razzmatazz stead volcanic crater

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: lavender church building

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

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5730305&forum_id=2#48969890)



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Date: May 29th, 2025 6:44 AM
Author: slate razzmatazz stead volcanic crater

tyvmft

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Date: May 29th, 2025 5:25 AM
Author: insane aqua faggot firefighter preventive strike

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: stirring confused personal credit line nowag

Harry Potter

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Date: June 3rd, 2025 3:07 AM
Author: Mauve Hairless Whorehouse

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: obsidian wonderful office degenerate

Good one

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Date: June 3rd, 2025 11:41 AM
Author: bright giraffe antidepressant drug



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Date: June 7th, 2025 4:39 AM
Author: Frozen mental disorder hall

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 confused personal credit line nowag

It’s criminally underrated

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Date: June 9th, 2025 11:12 AM
Author: Frozen mental disorder hall



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