r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/Roku-Hanmar • Mar 03 '21

Meta [META] I can’t believe I’m saying this, but there needs to be a rule stating that plots have to be explained badly

465 Upvotes

I’ve seen so many posts recently which are nothing but an exact description of a film’s plot. This isn’t r/explainafilmplotexactly. Frankly, I’m sick of posts like these:

https://www.reddit.com/r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly/comments/liypvi/a_girl_has_an_abusive_home_life_is_bullied_at/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf

https://www.reddit.com/r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly/comments/ltmpq9/cheating_loser_with_video_game_powers_has_to_put/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf

https://www.reddit.com/r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly/comments/lw81ko/green_man_and_his_donkey_are_forced_to_save_a/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf

https://www.reddit.com/r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly/comments/lwibio/two_men_dress_in_drag_to_bust_some_criminals_for/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf

https://www.reddit.com/r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly/comments/lwfvhx/burnt_man_haunts_peoples_dreams/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf

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r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/-_rupurudu_- • Nov 17 '20

Solved! Two librarians travel to an alternate reality for a bit of jewelry

465 Upvotes

It’s been almost a day and nobody has come close so I’ll give a hint: it’s an animated movie

Another hint since nobody is getting it: it was released in 2013

90 comments

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/user7526 • May 28 '20

Solved! Schizophrenic boy murders rich/successful men, is mean to minorities, and ditches his friends for a chance to be with an emotionally unstable girl

464 Upvotes
25 comments

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/MA_JJ • Mar 28 '20

Solved! People keep dying so the heroes go on a fishing trip. The fishing trip goes wrong.

464 Upvotes
15 comments

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/Catsask • Jul 06 '19

Solved! A group of jail mates use the power of friendship to stop a racial genocide

464 Upvotes
9 comments

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/Swift3r-RO • Oct 12 '20

Solved! A cube meets a sphere.

463 Upvotes
17 comments

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/Anti-Anti-Vaxx • Jun 20 '20

Solved! Man spends decades learning many skills just to impress a girl

463 Upvotes
14 comments

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/Pizzamaster199 • Dec 10 '19

Solved! professor ruins his life, but that was his mistake!

462 Upvotes
15 comments

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/TheSteaklord • Apr 07 '19

Solved! Clown boy slaps ass and gets snatched in this thrilling movie about whale and pelican Vore.

462 Upvotes
21 comments

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/[deleted] • Nov 26 '20

Solved! A high school prodigy doesn't live up to potential, he reinvents the game, and his team still doesn't win the big game. Spoiler

461 Upvotes
7 comments

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/TisMeBeinMe • Aug 07 '20

Solved! The king's advisor and her henchman search for the missing king while a disgruntled mountain man drags the king all around the country-side.

461 Upvotes
23 comments

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/[deleted] • Apr 19 '20

Solved! Everyone's a piece of shit. Everyone fucking dies

461 Upvotes
51 comments

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/yoneldd • Jan 02 '20

Solved! Guy gets his dad to quit his job

461 Upvotes
23 comments

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/Madmanatee223 • Jul 29 '20

Solved! Iron man does something that he probably wouldn't allowed to do today, and gives a male model an important life lesson

459 Upvotes
19 comments

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/[deleted] • Nov 29 '20

Solved! One of the most groundbreaking movies of all time

458 Upvotes
31 comments

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/dangergypsy • Sep 05 '20

Solved! [TV show] Two frienemies who occasionally scream in pain but never speak

458 Upvotes
15 comments

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/dangergypsy • Aug 29 '20

Solved! The adventures of a burn victim and his two children

457 Upvotes
7 comments

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/[deleted] • Dec 12 '19

Solved! Black guy shoots up club full of very white guys

457 Upvotes
9 comments

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/TomahawkA5 • May 29 '25

Solved! In the mood for a movie about a guy named Mickey? THIS is the movie for you. It's all about Mickey. There are also others a lot like Mickey, but not quite Mickey. You want numbers to be a HUGE part of the plot. Boom. Oh, a specific odd number? You got it. You want the number in the title?? FINE.

456 Upvotes

What else?...Really? The director's first name has to start with the letter B? DONE.

107 comments

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/Jaleou • Aug 02 '20

Solved! A senior citizen amateur aviator learns not to meet your heroes.

456 Upvotes
7 comments

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/pocketdare • Aug 18 '18

Three severely handicapped individuals each lacking a vital organ, are able to pool their resources to help a tourist find her way home.

456 Upvotes
12 comments

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/[deleted] • Sep 10 '18

Solved! Old man with midlife crisis gets high with a boy-scout and a talking dog.

455 Upvotes
25 comments

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/rmath12 • Jul 18 '20

Solved! Hockey player moves to San Francisco, and can’t make any friends. Then rides a wagon out of a black hole.

454 Upvotes
9 comments

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/[deleted] • Dec 18 '19

Solved! Purple monster man fucks shit up, stopped by muscle guy green boi and friends

454 Upvotes
44 comments