Watch The Man Who Was Thursday (2016) HD Full Movie Free on SolarMovie. Watch The Man Who Was Thursday (2016) online free. THE MAN WHO WAS THURSDAY is inspired by the existentialist novel of the same name by G.K. Chesterton...THE MAN WHO WAS THURSDAY is inspired by the existentialist novel of the same name by G.K. Chesterton (1908). The novel is considered a metaphysical thriller, and our film could be considered the same, though it also can be thought of in more classical cinematic terms a psychological and supernatural thriller.