# Need help remembering a movie **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 14, 2014, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-remembering-a-movie/701273 "2014-10-14T05:48:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Cardboard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/49beb7/32.png) [@Cardboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardboard)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2014, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-remembering-a-movie/701273/1 "2014-10-14T05:48:47Z")
All I have to go on is a brief memory of the film: It wasn’t very popular as I recall and it was a supernatural flick. The scene I remember is…A lady walks briskly past herself, knocking into her. Earlier in the film, we saw the same scene unfold, from the self being knocked into’s perspective. ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2014, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-remembering-a-movie/701273/2 "2014-10-14T13:36:39Z")
Hang in there **Cardboard** , I’d like to know this too. We just have to wait till somebody comes along who’s seen the movie. Any helpful details like approximately when you saw this, in the theater or on TV, etc.? ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2014, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-remembering-a-movie/701273/3 "2014-10-14T13:38:21Z")
Was it **Sliding Doors**? I haven’t seen the film, but your description matches the premise I’d heard > **[Sliding Doors](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sliding_Doors)** > > Sliding Doors is a 1998 romantic comedy-drama film written and directed by Peter Howitt and starring Gwyneth Paltrow while also featuring John Hannah, John Lynch, and Jeanne Tripplehorn. The film alternates between two storylines, showing two paths the central character's life could take depending on whether she catches a train. It has drawn numerous comparisons to Polish director Krzysztof Kieślowski's 1987 film Blind Chance, the outcome of which also hinges on whether the protagonist catches ... ---
**Author:** ![CandidGamera](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/candidgamera/32/2878_2.png) [@CandidGamera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CandidGamera)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2014, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-remembering-a-movie/701273/4 "2014-10-14T13:42:01Z")
Even the great minds of the SDMB likely need more. Color or black and white? ---
**Author:** ![Wendell\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2014, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-remembering-a-movie/701273/5 "2014-10-14T13:47:46Z")
It’s not _Sliding Doors_. ---
**Author:** ![Accidental\_Martyr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ce7236/32.png) [@Accidental\_Martyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Accidental_Martyr)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2014, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-remembering-a-movie/701273/6 "2014-10-14T15:33:53Z")
_Me Myself I_? > **[Me Myself I (film)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Me_Myself_I_(film))** > > Me Myself I is a 2000 Australian romantic comedy film. It was the first feature film by director Pip Karmel, and was released and reviewed internationally. > Pamela Drury is single and works as a serious journalist. She spends her birthday alone and becomes lonely and reflects upon her life and the choices she made and secretly wishes she had gotten married and had children. In a box of photos of old boyfriends, she reflects upon why she broke up with one in particular, Robert Dickson, 13 years ... ---
**Author:** ![Cardboard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/49beb7/32.png) [@Cardboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardboard)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2014, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-remembering-a-movie/701273/7 "2014-10-15T00:01:17Z")
> [@Kimstu](#): > > Hang in there **Cardboard** , I’d like to know this too. We just have to wait till somebody comes along who’s seen the movie. > > Any helpful details like approximately when you saw this, in the theater or on TV, etc.? Saw on a DVD. I think it was produced 2000 and after. > [@CalMeacham](#): > > Was it **Sliding Doors**? I haven’t seen the film, but your description matches the premise I’d heard > > [Sliding Doors - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sliding_Doors) No, it was suspenseful/dramatic. > [@CandidGamera](#): > > Even the great minds of the SDMB likely need more. Color or black and white? Color. > [@Accidental\_Martyr](#): > > _Me Myself I_? > [Me Myself I (film) - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Me_Myself_I_(film)) Incorrect. ---
**Author:** ![Accidental\_Martyr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ce7236/32.png) [@Accidental\_Martyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Accidental_Martyr)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2014, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-remembering-a-movie/701273/8 "2014-10-15T00:46:58Z")
_The Broken_? > **[The Broken (film)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Broken_(film))** > > The Broken is a 2008 French-British horror film written and directed by Sean Ellis and starring Lena Headey. > Gina McVey, a successful radiologist, is examining x-rays of a patient with Situs Inversus, an uncommon condition in which a person is born with their heart and other organs reversed or mirrored from their normal positions. On the birthday of her father, John, Gina, along with her boyfriend Stefan Moreau, her brother Daniel and his girlfriend Kate Coleman surprise John in his home. In ... ---
**Author:** ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2014, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-remembering-a-movie/701273/9 "2014-10-15T01:21:19Z")
Any chance this is it? > **[The Lake (TV Movie 1998) - IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0137902/reviews?ref_=tt_urv)** > > The Lake (TV Movie 1998) on IMDb: Movies, TV, Celebs, and more... Made in '98 but just maybe… ---
**Author:** ![Cardboard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/49beb7/32.png) [@Cardboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardboard)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2014, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-remembering-a-movie/701273/10 "2014-10-15T01:36:06Z")
> [@E-DUB](#): > > Any chance this is it? > > [The Lake (TV Movie 1998) - User reviews - IMDb](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0137902/reviews?ref_=tt_urv) > > Made in '98 but just maybe… I’ve seen that movie! But it’s not the one I’m thinking of. ---
**Author:** ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2014, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-remembering-a-movie/701273/11 "2014-10-27T00:31:12Z")
Any chance this was it? > **[Triangle (2009) - IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1187064/?ref_=rvi_tt)** > > Triangle: Directed by Christopher Smith. With Melissa George, Joshua McIvor, Jack Taylor, Michael Dorman. Five friends set sail and their yacht is overturned by a strange and sudden storm. A mysterious ship arrives to rescue them, and what happens... ---
**Author:** ![Accidental\_Martyr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ce7236/32.png) [@Accidental\_Martyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Accidental_Martyr)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2014, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-remembering-a-movie/701273/12 "2014-10-27T02:25:23Z")
> [@E-DUB](#): > > Any chance this was it? > > [Triangle (2009) - IMDb](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1187064/?ref_=rvi_tt) That’s a pretty good movie. Worth checking out whether it’s the OP’s movie or not.