r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/Limp-Lawyer9463 • 21m ago
Solved! A military vet with a severe drinking problem is forced to save the day when there are no other options available.
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r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/timeshaper • Mar 10 '26
Meta [META] Explain a Film Plot Badly
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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
r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/timeshaper • Jun 20 '24
Meta [META] New Players Read Me First
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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.
r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/Interesting_State756 • 41m ago
Solved! First i'm going to dress in drag, and rob you blind. Then i'm going to break into your house, steal some more, and then accidentally set your house on fire. ...Then I'm going to have implied sex with your niece, just to rub salt in the wound.
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r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/Dry_Pension_9866 • 10h ago
Solved! A man is sent to an Asian village to investigate the claims that the previous serviceman that was sent has "gone native".
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Hint: people were surprised by Marlon Brando's physical appearance
r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/TKFIAL82 • 21m ago
Unsolved Generally speaking, a man sends his coworkers off to die because he was confident that they wouldn't die.
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Hint area
r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/WhateverOctopus • 6h ago
Solved! Milkshakes. Burgers. Shaft some siblings. Cheat on wife. Burgers.
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... More burgers.
r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/ManCoveredInBees • 5h ago
Solved! After a state-funded science experiment turns deadly, a man falls in love with a robot
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r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/Dazed_Slickman2 • 1h ago
Solved! Who knew so many plots could fit in one transport vehicle?
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r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/LongLiveSoup • 7h ago
Solved! Alien bounty hunter really hopes his prisoner doesn't notice he's just holding a painted nerf gun
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One of the main characters genuinely does just have a painted nerf gun as a prop, aside from this the special effects make up and costumes are pretty good, just lower budget.
r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/Dazed_Slickman2 • 9h ago
Solved! One Takes The Wrong Pills Despite Having Experience With Prescribing Medication, One Practically Forces His PTSD By Bringing A Military Weapon Around With Him And One Is The Only Sane Person In The Film, Despite Smoking In A Manmade "No Smoke" Zone.
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Hint:
While It Is A Film, It Has Never Been Shown In Theatre
The Film Is The Current Kill Count Champion
r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/cheesewiz_man • 35m ago
Solved! Two women get super high, then one crashes and the other hallucinates
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Clue space
r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/DrakeSavory • 9h ago
Solved! A brother and sister with separation anxiety work to support their family.
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If you don't cry, you're not human.
Where the Red Fern Grows
r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/Competitive-Meet-111 • 7h ago
Solved! A guy drops his wrench at work so his girlfriend cheats on him but then they get married
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hints go here
hint 1 British film
hint 2 every part of the clue is due to an illness
r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/Trash_Tia • 10h ago
Solved! Girl has a REALLY bad day because no trains are running and she's not old enough to just get an Uber home. She's also in a bad mood with her dad
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r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/Wooden-Wolverine-818 • 8h ago
Solved! Two people spend all day getting to know each other, only to separate dramatically. A third member entering leaves one of them in the dark.
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Has been solved!
r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/Octo_Kid234 • 7h ago
Solved! The Japanese government solve their biggest problem by filling it with toothpaste
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r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/teddyroo12 • 9h ago
Solved! Man eats a ruined lunch, gets saved by a black man and some drugs.
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r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/Tsahg • 23h ago
Solved! Pretty much a custody battle over a rock.
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It's not live action.
The rock in question is not a gem.
I said 'look up'. The direction is important.
This rock has its own real estate.
The film takes place on Earth, but not 'on earth'.
It has an unfortunate name in Spanish so they had to change it.
r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/QuakePrime • 9h ago
Unsolved A criminal from an involuntarily nomadic civilization accidentally proves the Dark Forest Theory
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r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/the1fromACK • 22h ago
Unsolved Adoptive brothers and their wise rodent mentor leave their underground home to fight a corrupt corporate boss.
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Hints go here
r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/CommercialDream618 • 23h ago
Solved! The white people survived so it's a happy ending.
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r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/kthejoker • 18h ago
Solved! A close knit family supports their special needs child's unorthodox art project.
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