# Please help ID this movie **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 31, 2014, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-id-this-movie/689704 "2014-05-31T14:31:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Nippless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/df788c/32.png) [@Nippless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nippless)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2014, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-id-this-movie/689704/1 "2014-05-31T14:31:24Z")
I think it’s from around late 90s/early 00s. The story involves a guy coming into a bunch of money/drugs which is stored at his house and he then tries to maintain his life while dealing with all the people who come to get the drugs/money (can’t remember which) and the ensuing situations. At one point he was trying to bluff his way past an adoption officer or some such while there’s bodies and grisly stuff going on in the other room. I don’t quite recall the ending… something involving a flight out the country. Anyone? ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim_r.mortiss/32/142_2.png) [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2014, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-id-this-movie/689704/2 "2014-05-31T14:43:55Z")
[A Simple Plan](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120324/reference)? ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2014, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-id-this-movie/689704/3 "2014-05-31T16:47:23Z")
> [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](#): > > [A Simple Plan](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120324/reference)? Doesn’t sound like it from the OP’s description. ---
**Author:** ![Nippless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/df788c/32.png) [@Nippless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nippless)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2014, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-id-this-movie/689704/4 "2014-05-31T17:17:42Z")
> [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](#): > > [A Simple Plan](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120324/reference)? Nuh-uh… I don’t recall any name actors being in it ---
**Author:** ![PurpleClogs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f04885/32.png) [@PurpleClogs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PurpleClogs)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2014, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-id-this-movie/689704/5 "2014-05-31T17:18:48Z")
Sounds like [Stash House](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1919090/) but that’s not that old ---
**Author:** ![PurpleClogs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f04885/32.png) [@PurpleClogs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PurpleClogs)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2014, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-id-this-movie/689704/6 "2014-05-31T17:30:36Z")
[Shallow Grave?](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0111149/) ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2014, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-id-this-movie/689704/7 "2014-05-31T17:31:42Z")
Sorry I’m late, folks. [Thursday](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0124901/) is a great movie that (almost) no one has seen. And it does have a terrific cast as well: Thomas Jane, Paulina Porozkovich (sp?), Mickey Rourke, Aaron Eckhart. ---
**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:** [May 31, 2014, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-id-this-movie/689704/8 "2014-05-31T19:52:43Z")
The plot sounds vaguely like a lot of films. ---
**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:** [May 31, 2014, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-id-this-movie/689704/9 "2014-05-31T20:15:11Z")
> [@PurpleClogs](#): > > [Shallow Grave?](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0111149/) That was also my guess. ---
**Author:** ![Charlie\_Wayne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4bbf92/32.png) [@Charlie\_Wayne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charlie_Wayne)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2014, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-id-this-movie/689704/10 "2014-06-01T04:48:49Z")
It’s called Thursday (1998) > **[Thursday (1998) - IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0124901/)** > > Thursday: Directed by Skip Woods. With Thomas Jane, Aaron Eckhart, Paulina Porizkova, James Le Gros. A former L.A. drug dealer has moved to Houston to make a new life for himself as a married architect. Everything falls apart when he is suddenly... It’s great! For anyone who likes a nice beautiful female nude body, it’s hard to beat Paulina. The adoption officer was played by Michael Jeter. Loads of violence in this one. It got 7.2 on IMDB but IMO, deserved at least 8.0 ---
**Author:** ![Charlie\_Wayne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4bbf92/32.png) [@Charlie\_Wayne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charlie_Wayne)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2014, 8:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-id-this-movie/689704/11 "2014-06-01T08:43:21Z")
Oops. Sorry to Snowboarder Bo. I missed your post somehow. ---
**Author:** ![Nippless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/df788c/32.png) [@Nippless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nippless)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2014, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-id-this-movie/689704/12 "2014-06-01T14:52:14Z")
Thanks yes it looks like Thursday is the one. Much appreciated! ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2014, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-id-this-movie/689704/13 "2014-06-02T20:22:01Z")
Never heard of it before. Might have to check it out! ---
**Author:** ![Charlie\_Wayne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4bbf92/32.png) [@Charlie\_Wayne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charlie_Wayne)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2014, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-id-this-movie/689704/14 "2014-06-02T21:13:52Z")
As long as we are recommending little-known but excellent movies, I would like to recommend to you all in a most enthusiastic way the following movie: One False Move (1992) starring Billy Bob Thorton like you’ve never seen him before. Also starring Bill Paxton (from Big Love), Michael Beach (from Third Watch), Cynda Williams (a beautiful sexy African American woman). This movie will grab ahold of you from the beginning to the end. It has a tremendous “gripping factor”. It was made before most of its cast became stars and I suggest you try it because you will love it. Another one is quite old but most excellent. It is Charley Varrick (1972). > **[Charley Varrick (1973) - IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0069865/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_39)** > > Charley Varrick: Directed by Don Siegel. With Walter Matthau, Joe Don Baker, Felicia Farr, Andrew Robinson. A man, his wife and their friend stage a bloody bank robbery without realizing they are stealing from the Mob. It stars Walter Matthau, Joe Don Baker, Andrew Sullivan and Sheree North. This is another movie that illustrates the value of a tremendous gripping factor. It will grab ahold of you and keep you in your seat. You will never want to pause this movie or stop it. It is a very rare example of a movie where all the actors and the director and everyone else who was working on this film was at the top of their game. They were all hitting on all cylinders. It is a very rare example of a movie that is just about “perfect”. You prob never heard of this movie. But you really should see it. It is fantastic. I have many other examples of lesser known movies that you prob never heard of but are just excellent example of the power of the “gripping factor”. Enjoy! ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2014, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-id-this-movie/689704/15 "2014-06-02T21:20:35Z")
You think 1972 is “quite old”? You know that _Birth of a Nation_ turn 100 this year? The Academy Awards have been around since 1927. Haven’t you ever seen a film from the Golden Age of Hollywood? ---
**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:** [June 3, 2014, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-id-this-movie/689704/16 "2014-06-03T00:55:29Z")
All I can say to anyone who thinks that 1972 is quite old is “Get the hell off my lawn!”. If you want to start a thread which consists of recommendations of little known but excellent films, do so rather than including that in this thread. ---
**Author:** ![Charlie\_Wayne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4bbf92/32.png) [@Charlie\_Wayne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charlie_Wayne)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2014, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-id-this-movie/689704/17 "2014-06-03T01:22:48Z")
> [@RivkahChaya](#): > > You think 1972 is “quite old”? You know that _Birth of a Nation_ turn 100 this year? The Academy Awards have been around since 1927. Haven’t you ever seen a film from the Golden Age of Hollywood? Oh, bless you child! How wonderful for you to try and make me feel so young again. I have seen many older movies, including some by D.W. Griffith. But, not recently and to be honest, I’m afraid to say this because I have gotten criticized very severely in the past for saying this. But, I just don’t like to watch older movies for the following reasons. 1. If they are silent films, I realize it seems very snobbish and even foolish to say that I can’t appreciate silent films when so many of them are classics. But, it is the truth. I just don’t understand the appreciation of silent films. I know that people will give me a whole lot of snark for saying this. But I just don’t appreciate them. 2. If they have sound, then I find that either the sound quality is so scratchy or otherwise terrible that it’s downright unpleasant to listen to that sound because it has been re-engineered and the quality of the original production has been lost.