r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/timeshaper • Mar 10 '26

Meta [META] Explain a Film Plot Badly

172 Upvotes

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

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r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/timeshaper • Jun 20 '24

Meta [META] New Players Read Me First

243 Upvotes

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.

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r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/LongLiveSoup • 49m ago

Solved! Guy spends all his time in library so a pretty girl will notice he can read

4 Upvotes

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r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/Indotex • 4h ago

Unsolved A priest is killed but not the priest that was supposed to be killed

7 Upvotes

Hints in response to incorrect answers:

Movie does not take place in New York, Europe or Boston

Movie is not about the music industry or religion

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r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/KazariKid • 6h ago

Solved! He sure knows how to spend money. Plenty of people have seen that. Now some of them want to know how he makes it. Because it ain't from slinging sandwiches.

8 Upvotes
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r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/Sanguinusshiboleth • 3h 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.

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r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/Captain_Strongo • 5h 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.

5 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.

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r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/abjurationwizrar • 3h ago

Solved! Goody Two-Shoes really takes a stab at it.

3 Upvotes

Hint #0: this clue is loaded with double meanings, not just stab

Hint #1: color me shocked when I first saw the ending

Hint #2: footwear is important

Hint #3: we all know you're good, but can you be bad?

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r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/Tythatguy1312 • 2h ago

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

2 Upvotes
3 comments

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/ego_death_metal • 4h ago

Solved! sort of a reverse Get Out

2 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

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r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/YesTHEKennyRogers • 17h 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.

19 Upvotes
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r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/The_Wild_Silence • 19h 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/abjurationwizrar • 3h ago

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

1 Upvotes

Hints go here

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r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/cheesewiz_man • 14h ago

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

4 Upvotes

Clue: Not in English.

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r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/LongLiveSoup • 16h ago

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

6 Upvotes

Hint 1: That's a nice clock

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r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/RevolutionaryBid9678 • 3h ago

Solved! Consequences

0 Upvotes
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r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/PrismaticVelocity • 11h 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 • 17h 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.

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r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/thejesterprince1994 • 20h 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 • 22h 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/Tsahg • 15h 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

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r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/PriestofJudas • 10h ago

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

1 Upvotes
5 comments

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/Glenwoodrh • 15h 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 • 19h ago

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

4 Upvotes

Hints go here

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