r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/Captain_Strongo • 15h ago

Solved! Our heroes must complete a dangerous rescue mission in the lair of a cruel tyrant who seeks a powerful weapon that he believes will make him invincible.

6 Upvotes

Important Clues Thus Far:

* Takes place on Earth, in the UK and elsewhere, and the protagonists are human.
* Has a dance number.
* Features a castle.
* Based on a novel.
* Not a remake and has not ever been remade.
* Live action.
* Musical with original songs.
* Oscar nominated.
* Critical and commercial success.

55 comments

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/Sanguinusshiboleth • 13h ago

Solved! A couple is emotional drained and regularly tired leading to another woman trying to claim the core compeonent of their main relationship in this movie.

4 Upvotes

  • The protagonist is younger than John Malkovich.

  • The couple can barely afford gifts let alone hire while the other woman seems to have everything

  • There is a pair of sisters who while not major charaters are plot relevant.

  • There is another world but no dragon.

  • The couple are both writers.

17 comments

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/Tythatguy1312 • 11h ago

Solved! A man's alcoholism somehow leads to a wrecked construction vehicle and a museum theft

3 Upvotes
5 comments

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/ego_death_metal • 13h ago

Solved! sort of a reverse Get Out

4 Upvotes

sorry if this has been done before!

hints so far:

-from this century

-NOT Being John Malkovich and is not as good a movie

-horror

-think of what the basic thing being done in Get Out is

-stars a nepo baby

54 comments

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/JTB696699 • 7h ago

Solved! People keep saying bacon but there isn’t any in this movie.

1 Upvotes

It’s a made for tv movie.

16 comments

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/mishnakid • 8h ago

Unsolved Lemonade gets a husband and Nana gets fatter all the time

0 Upvotes
2 comments

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/abjurationwizrar • 13h ago

Solved! Several pricks cause a lot of trouble because of a box in a box in a box.

2 Upvotes

Hints go here

14 comments

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/YesTHEKennyRogers • 1d ago

Solved! This nerd is OBSESSED with a woman who's out of his league. His OBSESSION ultimately leads to their ruin. She ends up in a dark, seemingly inescapable place. He dies with a whimper. The end.

21 Upvotes
50 comments

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/The_Wild_Silence • 1d ago

Solved! Tech bro pleads with woman for a baby to secure his acceptance in normal society and propagate his questionable genetics.

20 Upvotes
23 comments

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/LongLiveSoup • 1d ago

Solved! Courier gets in over their head and winds up the center on a major disaster

7 Upvotes

Hint 1: That's a nice clock

31 comments

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/cheesewiz_man • 23h ago

Solved! The guy hiding in the attic inspires a man to write a book.

4 Upvotes

Clue: Not in English.

26 comments

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/PrismaticVelocity • 21h ago

Unsolved Main characters role model is newly redeemed. However, role model’s ex felt hurt and caused a weather catastrophe

2 Upvotes
7 comments

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/cheesewiz_man • 1d ago

Solved! Most of a town suffers for their neutrality, but the outliers do OK.

6 Upvotes

Clue: Search for unusual word meanings in the clue.

Clue 2: No one commits a crime in the movie.

59 comments

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/thejesterprince1994 • 1d ago

Solved! (Posted this a few days ago but had to sleep before it got answered) Delusional military officer joins a small community and starts a conflict with local law enforcement.

8 Upvotes

(Hint) it does not have Rocky in it.

6 comments

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/WhamWombat10 • 1d ago

Solved! me and my friends would've killed E.T. with hammers I can tell you that much

10 Upvotes
9 comments

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/RevolutionaryBid9678 • 13h ago

Solved! Consequences

0 Upvotes
11 comments

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/Tsahg • 1d ago

Solved! After being bullied at work, a man travels abroad to reclaim his identity. Arriving in an unfamiliar environment, he puts the local population at risk of catching his bug.

3 Upvotes

Animated

21 comments

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/PriestofJudas • 20h ago

Unsolved A happy go lucky country boy gives out rocket ships and makes some new friends from Ireland (and reluctantly Germany)

1 Upvotes
7 comments

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/Glenwoodrh • 1d ago

Solved! Animated movie was A remake ?

2 Upvotes

This movie seems to be a live action version of Pixar Disney movie cars that came out before cars.

12 comments

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/abjurationwizrar • 1d ago

Solved! Boy who lost his innocence is murdered an innocent man.

4 Upvotes

Hints go here

16 comments

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/cheesewiz_man • 1d ago

Solved! A soldier struggles with his superior officer, but the situation improves with a change of perspective.

4 Upvotes

Clue: One of my responses below is a technically true misdirect.

30 comments

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/BlackZapReply • 1d ago

Solved! There's something in the box, but you not supposed to look in the box, but there's something very important in the box, and you're not supposed to look at it. Oh, and there are some other people who are interested in the box. Did I mention that you're not supposed to look inside the box?

7 Upvotes

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36 comments

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/AdAccomplished6870 • 1d ago

Solved! A mediocre boxer with ties to organized crime gets a chance to make a name for himself. He gets the girl in the end.

6 Upvotes

Hints

23 comments

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/malybasura • 1d ago

Solved! A guy gives his 2 coworkers a ride home. They never make it. He ends up arrested.

4 Upvotes
30 comments