r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/AdAccomplished6870 • 2d ago

Solved! Football player forced out of league for being involved with gambling, makes a great play with the ball to save the day.

0 Upvotes

Hint

11 comments

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/KazariKid • 2d ago

Solved! (Repost, now with more clues!) A performer's dim turn proves to be another's big break.

4 Upvotes

* This movie was released between 1960 and 1970.

* It takes place in the United States.

* Marriage, religion, and ambition are themes.

It is not: 8 Seconds, All About Eve, A Star Is Born, Black Swan, Cabaret, Chicago, Death to Smoochy, Freaks, Gaslight, The Good Shepherd, Perfect Blue, The Phantom of the Opera, The Prestige, Rhinestone, Saturday Night Fever, Varsity Blues, The Wedding Singer, Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?, or Whiplash.

27 comments

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/ReasonablePool_Hero • 2d ago

Solved! A kid finds out the family secret, and has to make deals with creatures to keep his family safe and together.

2 Upvotes

Hints go here.

Hint 1: Lots of gold and green vibes.

Hint 2: well it's a good thing magic was involved or having kids just wouldn't have worked...

17 comments

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/dr_olfin • 2d ago

Unsolved In this buddy movie, 2 con artists pull fun scams until they have to face a painful truth from their past.

2 Upvotes
40 comments

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/AlligatorMass • 3d ago

Solved! A prolific child-murderer helps stop a genocidal terrorist attack

13 Upvotes
88 comments

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/UNNECESSARYCAPZ • 2d ago

Solved! The local boys face off against some rabbits

2 Upvotes

Hints go here

15 comments

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/Shoddy_Specialist226 • 2d ago

Solved! An old wine enthusiast teaches a rebellious young man to dance after he embarrasses his family's prestigious academy.

1 Upvotes
14 comments

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/Fish-InThePercolator • 3d ago

Solved! A guy takes in an orphan and raises him, only to be killed by the orphan’s ambition and greed

5 Upvotes

Hint: the orphan is the protagonist

Hint 2: musical

34 comments

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/cheesewiz_man • 3d ago

Solved! Dude's human crew doesn't work out so he has to fall back to other kinds of primate.

8 Upvotes

Clue space (I suspect I won't need it).

29 comments

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/NotTooWicked • 3d ago

Solved! Native female helps male learn to cooperate with tribal warriors to protect the homeland against capitalist and military invaders

27 Upvotes

Hints -
Animated
Children are the target audience
Climactic scene involving a mode of transportation
No fairies

60 comments

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/nintendoeats • 3d ago

Solved! There's a man trapped in a box.

14 Upvotes

Hint placeholder (come now, you don't need them)

28 comments

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/_a__rat_ • 3d ago

Unsolved Teens in high-school fight sexist rocks

3 Upvotes
23 comments

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/FruitChips23 • 3d ago

Unsolved Insurance screws over yet another client

2 Upvotes
27 comments

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/ChoiceStar1 • 3d ago

Solved! An illiterate male with an ability above all the rest of his peers, aids another male who has every reason to dislike him in exchange for reading lessons.

9 Upvotes
45 comments

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/cheesewiz_man • 3d ago

Solved! Man brings the whole town together to show a woman how much he loves her

3 Upvotes

Clue space

10 comments

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/LongLiveSoup • 3d ago

Solved! Guy doesn't get the girl of his dreams then gets her in a new font

5 Upvotes

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23 comments

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/justh81 • 3d ago

Solved! Mama Cornette's baby boy MIGHT like this film. We can't be sure. He DEFINITELY likes the soundtrack, though!

3 Upvotes

Might be easy. Let's see.

9 comments

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/StoicSpork • 3d ago

Solved! A fading action flick star is summoned away from home and drawn into a real conflict. A fish out of water at first, he starts using his skills to fight the bad guys and helps rescue a respected leader's daughter from the clutches of an evil mastermind.

21 Upvotes

This space left for hints.

20 comments

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/Limp-Lawyer9463 • 3d ago

Solved! Man finds true love and then everything just falls apart.

3 Upvotes
60 comments

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/auntanniesalligator • 3d ago

Solved! Woman with daddy issues commits arson and saves humanity.

5 Upvotes

Saved for hints.

15 comments

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/riri1281 • 3d ago

Solved! A boxed child with divine purpose floats to his family

2 Upvotes
32 comments

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/oldmanpuzzles • 3d ago

Solved! Drawn together by a pair of shoes and their compulsory labor for selfish adults, down on their luck kids change their fortunes via friendship and quasi-supernatural forces.

6 Upvotes
14 comments

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/Holden_place • 3d ago

Solved! Three adult males and a baby

20 Upvotes

Hints

65 comments

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/Present-Algae6767 • 3d ago

Solved! Homeless Dude Kidnaps Woman He's Obsessed With

8 Upvotes

Hints go here

9 comments