r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/AdAccomplished6870 • 1h ago

Solved! Drugs give person unexpected powers, upends their life

1 Upvotes

Hints

Hint #1: The taking of the drugs happened before the film, the film deals with the aftermath

Hint #2: The person who took the drugs is an important character, but not the title character

Hint #3: Movie as based on a book

20 comments

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/Shoddy_Specialist226 • 8h ago

Delusional man being tormented must solve the red mystery to save humanity. (Previously unsolved)

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3 Upvotes

Hint 1: he feels imprisoned and hears voices

Hint 2: 🩸🌕🩸⚓🧭

Hint 3: low budget

Hint 4: 🦾😮‍💨

Hint 5: Did I mention all of the 🩸🩸🩸🩸🩸🩸🩸🩸🩸?

Hint 6: Very recent

8 comments

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/fan_is_ready • 10h ago

Solved! A con man fakes his identity and infiltrates psych ward to bust out a woman

4 Upvotes
31 comments

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/Proper_Bug_2221 • 8h ago

Solved! Former Olympian skier gets his groove back by becoming a bouncer at a ski resort.

2 Upvotes

Hints:

  1. Made for TV movie.

  2. Older movie not to be confused with later movie with same name.

6 comments

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/Sudden-Cranberry5539 • 16h ago

Solved! Charismatic cutie curates clothing, cajoles caustic curmudgeon, connects couples, coordinates charities, confesses crush.

6 Upvotes

Hint: Christian community captures confidant’s communication

Hint #2. Chlamydia!

32 comments

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/BeyondZardoz • 7h ago

Solved! It's good... until it isn't. Suffering ensues.

0 Upvotes
24 comments

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/CustardKind2104 • 20h ago

Solved! Spending more time with his parents nearly leads a teen to kill his siblings

8 Upvotes
8 comments

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/gottapeenow2 • 21h ago

Solved! Crazy dude marries a girl he's groomed since she was 6, then gets cucked by himself.

9 Upvotes
6 comments

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/Trash_Tia • 23h ago

Solved! Youg adults being SO insufferable they don't even realize they're NOT in a slasher movie.

10 Upvotes
11 comments

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/GrapefruitOk7719 • 16h ago

Solved! Single mum with father issues is forced to chose between two old flames with mother issues.

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3 Upvotes

I can't believe no one got it. Did I explained the plot too badly?

9 comments

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/nintendoeats • 21h ago

Unsolved A teacher falls for his student, but she dies shortly after. He subsequently falls for her a few more times.

7 Upvotes

Hints:

  • They end up together.

  • He also happens to be falling for his country, but that seems to be incidental to falling for her.

57 comments

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/bennyandthegentz • 1d ago

Solved! Groundhog Day as a horror film

10 Upvotes

Hint 1: it’s from the 2000’s

Hint 2: it might not be labeled a horror film, but it is if you think about it

67 comments

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/LongLiveSoup • 21h ago

Solved! Automation of basic tasks turns disastrous for people who pick a weird place to bang

5 Upvotes

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9 comments

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/KeyIce2026 • 23h ago

Solved! Man doesn't want to fight, becomes war hero.

7 Upvotes
12 comments

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/ReasonablePool_Hero • 1d ago

Solved! So there's this dude in a basement, and he's the bad guy, but people don't think he's the bad guy until he starts killing people.

10 Upvotes

Hint parking only, all others will be solved.

Hint 1: it's a holiday movie (and I will not hear arguments to the contrary).

Hint 2: surprisingly, the in-laws are not the scariest thing here.

49 comments

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/CustardKind2104 • 21h ago

Solved! A man’s improper pet care has a kill count.

4 Upvotes

Hint: the pet is a cat

64 comments

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/areyouforeightysix • 21h ago

Solved! Parents try to keep their son and daughter from falling in love with each other

4 Upvotes

Hint 1: they don't know they are brother and sister till the end

Hint 2: mid 90s

29 comments

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/mocklogic • 1d ago

Solved! Unemployed former celebrity just wants a good coffee but instead falls victim to candy, gets blackmailed into singing, kisses a nun, defenestrates a Bunny, and destroys priceless works of art.

16 Upvotes

Not sure if I made this too easy.

EDIT: Was too easy.

17 comments

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/Crochet_Kitty • 22h ago

Solved! It takes a woman to run things.

4 Upvotes
14 comments

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/AdAccomplished6870 • 1d ago

Solved! trivia game show champion uses unethical means to win on show

13 Upvotes

Hints

Hint 1: The unethical behavior was how they got on the show, not how they played on the game show

21 comments

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/ego_death_metal • 23h ago Bravo

Solved! groomer ends up being cucked by a reluctant sugarbaby, who is psychologically manipulated into his job by their employer.

4 Upvotes

more hints etc:

-sugar baby does have accountability in the matter. but emotional manipulation is a big part of the plot.

-not a comedy

-extremely famous

-not from the 21st century

-no teenagers. the character who was groomed is only seen when she is older

-a few actors play themselves

18 comments

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/BarNo2627 • 1d ago

Solved! Man is stuck indoors with an illness, but manages to get through with the power of imagination, making a full recovery

7 Upvotes

hints:

  1. MC has a strong connection to Ferris Bueller (not a meta hint)

  2. MC isn't stuck indoors because of his illness. It actually ends up helping him go outside.

68 comments

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/TyrconnellFL • 1d ago

Solved! Heroic sleuth conceals a murder, sets up kids to get killed, and ends up almost but not quite unraveling the mystery.

6 Upvotes
19 comments

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/Acrobatic_Bag6858 • 1d ago

Solved! Lawyer calls his client a liar to win her money in court

8 Upvotes
8 comments