# Looking for a Sean Penn movie

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Tags:** movies\
**Created:** [June 1, 2026, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-sean-penn-movie/1030542 "2026-06-01T18:20:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2026, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-sean-penn-movie/1030542/1 "2026-06-01T18:20:02Z")

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The only scene I can remember is him jumping on the hood of a car and breaking off the windshield wipers (taunting some older guy?). He was young, I think.

I know that’s not a lot to go on but that’s all I got.

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**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2026, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-sean-penn-movie/1030542/2 "2026-06-01T18:24:22Z")

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_At Close Range_

[![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/zTw3nwMx0uI/hqdefault.jpg "At Close Range - "Money" - Sean Penn x Chris Penn x Paul Herman") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTw3nwMx0uI)

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**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2026, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-sean-penn-movie/1030542/3 "2026-06-01T19:01:21Z")

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Thank you!

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**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2026, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-sean-penn-movie/1030542/4 "2026-06-01T23:04:22Z")

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I remember liking that movie. It was really dark, and I don’t think I’ve ever seen a creepier or more sinister Christopher Walken.

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**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2026, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-sean-penn-movie/1030542/5 "2026-06-01T23:40:07Z")

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Agree. I remember it being kind of sad as well.

I scrolled through all of Penn’s movies while trying to remember where I saw that scene. I saw “At Close Range” but I didn’t remember the above scene being in that movie.

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**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\
**Post date:** [June 2, 2026, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-sean-penn-movie/1030542/6 "2026-06-02T21:04:05Z")

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My favorite Sean Penn and Tom Cruise movie - Taps (1981)

-- and the only one they were in together!

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**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\
**Post date:** [June 2, 2026, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-sean-penn-movie/1030542/7 "2026-06-02T22:08:24Z")

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I remember liking Taps when it came out. I watched it several times - but haven’t  
seen it in years.