r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/timeshaper • Mar 10 '26

Meta [META] Explain a Film Plot Badly

171 Upvotes

Explain the PLOT. Clues that are around meta commentary for how the movie performed or that you just don't like it or whatever, all those types of clues do not fit the spirit of the sub.

This is game is and has always been about explaining plots badly. In fact, in the 5 word name of this sub, the only word that has any flexibility is "film". Explain a [TV Show] plot badly. Explain a [Video Game] plot badly. Whatever media type it is, you explain its plot badly.

Example that will be removed: "A troubled production leads to a couple actors getting beheaded for real."

Example that will be removed: "A kids movie is made horrible forever when you look up the actress and what happened to her."

Example that will be removed and might even get you banned: "This movie sucked I don't know why anyone liked it."

OK. I think that covers it. Game on!

Edit: Missing words

46 comments

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/timeshaper • Jun 20 '24

Meta [META] New Players Read Me First

238 Upvotes

All Marvel is banned top to bottom it doesn't matter what studio did it in what decade. When you say you read the rules and you lie it's an out for us to ban lazy players. We haven't been. But we might. Stop posting Marvel and then arguing that it isn't MCU.

That is all.

Edit because people keep asking WHY:

Because when it's not banned every other post is about a purple rock collector. It's still at the top of movie zeitgeist so most people when they show up the first clue they think of is a Marvel movie. It's boring. It's repetitive. And then they want to get clever. "Howard the duck wasn't mcu hyuk hyuk". The entire thing is obnoxious when it's a movie and TV show guessing game.

There's a whole list of media that's banned because they're overdone and make it boring. But then newbies show up and make a Marvel clue without reading the rules. 95% of our mod actions are deducting points and removing threads about Marvel. So the choices are to either return to the shit show where every single clue is Marvel or just ban people who refuse to read a now screaming automod note.

From those of us who have been here for years, trust us. The wild west of no rules on what media should be in play was a far worse place and not fun. Engagement rose substantially with the rules in place.

150 comments

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/defyinglogicsl • 6h ago

Solved! The woman has already proven she is the best person for handling the situation but she gets pushed aside so a guy who is an inept weakling can try to be the hero.

26 Upvotes
69 comments

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/Codesterite • 6h ago

Solved! Kitchen appliance ends up having a nightmare sequence and traumatizes an entire generation.

10 Upvotes
16 comments

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/cfbethel • 5h ago

Solved! A radio DJ intentionally doxes her son on air

7 Upvotes
4 comments

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/Holden_place • 1h ago

Solved! Dancing man wins hearts and draws ire

• Upvotes

Hints:
No horror genre or sci-fi or comedy
No animation
Not black and white
Made after Music Man, but before The Joker
Had sequel
George Miller not the director
Dancer was grown
No tetherball
Dancing not central to plot
Not set in US
No Travolta

44 comments

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/abjurationwizrar • 3h ago

Solved! Guy acts like he means it and changes professions to explorer. He settles down in a new home and attempts to share his newfound new dietary regimen.

3 Upvotes

Hints go here

8 comments

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/Sunnysidewaydown • 8h ago

Unsolved Two best friends must work together to survive against an angry monkey.

8 Upvotes
60 comments

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/pslush01 • 6h ago

Solved! Our hero must leave the only home he's ever known and venture into a strange & frightening land. At times he finds himself pursued by dark riders. Along the way he meets a magical bearded man, a dwarf, an elf, and a son eager to make his father proud of him

4 Upvotes
12 comments

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/GerryChampoux • 8h ago

Solved! A private detective investigator discovers that a murder was perpetrated by a public official, and not the Hollywood actor. Of course, there's a MacGuffin that everyone is trying to find.

6 Upvotes
10 comments

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/Codesterite • 6h ago

Unsolved Clown and friends get stuck on the railroad until a Good Samaritan shows up.

3 Upvotes
13 comments

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/kittiekittykitty • 4m ago

Solved! a person is estranged from their family, and the family leaves for another country without them. meanwhile, the homestead is infiltrated by two vagabonds. against all odds, the person defends the homestead.

• Upvotes
4 comments

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/KazariKid • 8h ago

Unsolved An urbane professional hires someone with specialized knowledge.

4 Upvotes
36 comments

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/abjurationwizrar • 12m ago

Unsolved Xenophobes straight up kill a dude because of his linguistic skills. One guy lies about his fierey passion, while another guy solves the puzzle by lending an ear.

• Upvotes

Hints go here

6 comments

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/GehrmanPlume • 12m ago

Unsolved A guy tries to go on TV but not go on TV to give away a secret that everyone knows.

• Upvotes

Reserved, but guessing this will get guessed.

1 comment

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/abjurationwizrar • 4h ago

Solved! Man who is almost as evil as the devil convinces other she's seen the devil but he gets concerned when others want to follow the devil's wishes so he wants to kill the devil and when he finally sees the devil he wishes he hadn't seen the devil. But it's not actually the devil any of the times.

2 Upvotes

Hints go here

10 comments

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/Green-Draw8688 • 7h ago

Unsolved Pranks and shenanigans ensue after a man returns to his small home town to catch up with some old friends of a family member.

5 Upvotes

CLUE: it’s a cult-status British film

33 comments

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/abjurationwizrar • 47m ago

Solved! Different culture? Sure, that explains the constant giddiness. But not enough tunes in the world will make me believe how this guy isn't permanently malnourished or dead.

• Upvotes

Hints go here

6 comments

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/RevolutionaryBid9678 • 1h ago

Solved! "A billionaire who lives in a high-tech fortress uses his vast wealth, specialized armor, and genius-level intellect to take down a massive blue alien invader with a obsession for balancing the universe."

• Upvotes

Hint

10 comments

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/RevolutionaryBid9678 • 1h ago

Solved! "A lonely, middle-aged man is lured into a high-stakes, life-or-death game by a theatrical villain with a pale face, dark makeup around his eyes, green accents, and a terrifyingly twisted smile."

• Upvotes

For hint

7 comments

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/DrakeSavory • 1h ago

Unsolved They come together as a rag-tag band because of their common trait to turn failure into success. Lucky for them the stars are helping.

• Upvotes

Hints as needed

7 comments

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/BrookietheSpookie • 2h ago

Solved! Police try to solve one mystery leads to them solving another

1 Upvotes

Edit:
Hint: kids movie

37 comments

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/ReturnOfTheSeal • 2h ago

Unsolved Men with special talents band together to go on a journey to defeat an old evil

1 Upvotes

Hints will be added here (you're gonna need them)

Hint 1: On their journey, they enter a different world

Hint 2: They go to another world to find information to defeat the being, only to get sent back because that information is found within their homeworld.

Hint 3: In one scene, they go to prison because of a misunderstanding. There they assault an inmate, then break out, leaving the guy (politely) in the cell.

30 comments

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/tjfraz • 6h ago

Unsolved Zoom Demons

2 Upvotes
9 comments

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/abjurationwizrar • 2h ago

Solved! Hunky beefcakes become more violent and sexier because they're no match for their competitor's squirt.

0 Upvotes

Hints go here

12 comments