History ButForMeItWasTuesday / LiveActionFilms

* In ''Film/TheQuickAndTheDead'', Ellen's entire motivation in entering the QuickDraw competition is to kill Herod, but Herod has no idea who she is. Given the fact that he last saw her as a child, however, it's understandable that he doesn't recognize her. When she produces her father's badge, he recognizes it instantly.

* In ''Film/TheQuickAndTheDead'', Ellen's entire motivation in entering the QuickDraw competition is to kill Herod, but Herod has no idea who she is. Given the fact that he last saw her as a child, however, it's understandable that he doesn't recognize her.

* Drax of ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy'' lost his family to antagonist Ronan the Accuser. When the two finally meet, a CurbStompBattle ensues wherein Ronan states that he has no memory of killing Drax's family... and that he will probably not remember killing Drax, either. [[spoiler: In a later confrontation Ronan claims to have since recalled killing Drax's family (and cruelly remarks how he remembers how they "screamed pathetically"), though this could very well have been an effort to enrage Drax further.]]

* Drax of ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy'' lost his family to antagonist Ronan the Accuser. When the two finally meet, a CurbStompBattle ensues wherein Ronan states that he has no memory of killing Drax's family... and that he will probably not remember killing Drax, either. [[spoiler: In a later confrontation Ronan claims to have since recalled killing Drax's family, though this could very well have been an effort to enrage Drax further.]]

* ''TheDamnedUnited'': [[spoiler: Revie is honestly taken aback that Clough has been harboring such a grudge for so long, over an incident he himself didn't even notice.]] The real-life facts are more ambiguous, but the film adaptation plays the trope straight.

* A protagonist example in the UK crime thriller ''Blitz''. The antagonist, Berry (Played by [[GameofThrones Littlefinger]]), [[spoiler:started killing cops, after he got severally beaten up at a night club by Brent, a quick tempered police detective played by JasonStatham. During the interrogation scene later in the film, Brent makes it clear that he forgot all about that night at the club, until he saw Berry's face again, and even then, wasn't sure until he linked him to the cop killings. He also admitted that his fellow officers got a good laugh watching the security video of him getting beat up back then.]]

* Played with in ''CityOfGod''. After Lil Ze accidentally kills Benny while they were arguing, Lil Ze blames Rocket for his death, but doesn't do anything to him. Months later, when a photograph Rocket took got leaked by the news studio he works for, Rocket believes Lil Ze will remember him and have him killed. Instead, Lil Ze forces him to take photos of his whole crew, all while seemingly not remembering who Rocket is, as he often asked his men the name of the photographer. After the last day of take pictures, he lets Rocket keep the camera and spared his life, telling him that's what Benny would've wanted. Benny was friends with Rocket and gave him the camera as a gift.

** When the title character accuses the Dread Pirate Roberts of killing her love, Westley, he replies "It's possible. I kill a lot of people." Then he says he vaguely remembers someone who might have been him, someone who didn't beg for his life but just ''asked'' to be spared, because of a woman he loved. [[spoiler: He actually knows exactly who she's talking about because he ''is'' Westley.]]

* In ''Film/TheLastSamurai'', a comparison is made between protaganist Nathan Algren, a ShellShockedVeteran who [[TheAlcoholic drinks heavily]] in order to cope with the atrocities he was involved in during the AmericanCivilWar and various campaigns against the Native Americans, and Bagley, one of his commanding officers, who regards those atrocities as [[IDidWhatIHadToDo just another one of his duties]] and [[EvilCannotComprehendGood struggles to understand why Nathan is so badly affected by them]].

* In ''Pat Garrett And Billy The Kid'', a group of gunman try to take on Billy's gang, but get cut to pieces. Billy wonders who they were and says, "I guess it really must have been something personal."

* Something similar happens in TimBurton's ''Film/{{Batman}}'', where SelfDemonstrating/TheJoker has no idea who Batman is.

* ''OnceUponATimeInTheWest'': Ruthless killer Frank is being pursued by a mysterious drifter known only as "Harmonica," but Frank has no idea why, nor can he remember who Harmonica is. Harmonica never reveals his own name; whenever asked, he instead gives names of some of the many people Frank has killed over the years. His final clue is sticking his harmonica in Frank's mouth, which factored into the event that Harmonica wants to avenge.

-->'''Chief Judge''': What happened here?
-->'''Dredd''': [[{{Understatement}} Drug bust. Perps were uncooperative]].

-->'''Bandit:''' If you only knew how many sins there are on my soul... One more... one less... Neither me, nor Allah would notice.

* In ''Film/TheDarkKnight'', Harvey Dent is infuriated that SelfDemonstrating/TheJoker can't even remember Rachel Dawes' name, [[MagnificentBastard although there's a strong probability that the Joker was just doing it to provoke him]].

** With a bit of FridgeBrilliance, this actually is a (implied) subversion. The Joker (even when he was still Jack Napier) killed a great many people, many of them undoubtedly parents. That he appears to know exactly the incident to which Batman is referring implies that not only does he know who Batman is, but he remembers Bruce Wayne's parents. It would make sense that he would remember the Waynes, since Thomas Wayne was somewhat famous in his own right, and The Joker takes great pride in his exploits and, more so, his publicity. The murder of Thomas Wayne made front-page news. Jack Napier would probably have saved the article. When Batman mentioned that The Joker killed his parents, The Joker probably put the pieces together and figured out that Batman was Bruce Wayne.

* In Soviet adventure / musical comedy ''Fear not, I'm with You'' a bandit leader orders his henchmen to torture an old peasant (for information he doesn't even know!).

** There's FridgeBrilliance there, because [[WindmillCrusader the movie never truly confirms that Jack Napier]] ''[[WindmillCrusader did]]'' [[WindmillCrusader kill Bruce Wayne's parents]]. (The police report was marked "UNRESOLVED," and it's possible that Bruce's memory is faulty or at least self-serving.)
** Even if his memory is accurate, it's based almost entirely on Napier's favorite one-liner...which he could easily have heard from someone else and taken a liking to it, or vice-versa.
** Good points, but it should be pointed out that not only does the killer in the flashback have a strong resemblance to present-day Napier, the accomplice refers to him as "Jack," which is of course Napier's real name.

** When the title character accuses the Dread Pirate Roberts of killing her love, Westley, he replies "It's possible. I kill a lot of people." Then he says he vaguely remembers someone who might have been him, someone who didn't beg for his life but just ''asked'' to be spared, because of a woman he loved. [[spoiler: He actually knows who she's talking about because he ''is'' Westley.]]

** Earlier the movie it's subverted when Jack says to Will "You look familiar. Have I threatened you before?" [[spoiler: He hadn't, but rather was seeing a resemblance to Will's father whom he knew well.]]

* The titular hero of ''ForrestGump'' doesn't seem to notice when people laugh and refuse to believe the events of his life because he never recognized how epic and momentous many of them were. This guy inspired Elvis, saw his college get desegregated at gunpoint, was a Vietnam War hero ''and'' peace activist (albeit accidentally), tipped people off about Watergate, was an exercise guru and provided seed money for Apple computers...after all that, creating the smiley face really ''was'' just a regular day for him.
* In ''TheQuickAndTheDead'', Ellen's entire motivation in entering the QuickDraw competition is to kill Herod, but Herod has no idea who she is. Given the fact that he last saw her as a child, however, it's understandable that he doesn't recognize her.
* Both parodied and subverted in ''KungPowEnterTheFist'' when Betty initially doesn't recognize the Chosen One, but does upon seeing his baby booties.

* Inverted in Film/IRobot.