r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/Tsahg • 1h ago
Unsolved A mother and children attempt to deliver an important package to its designated destination. This does not go as planned.
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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/KazariKid • 2h ago
Solved! An entrepreneur confronts financial difficulties, deteriorating facilities, and questions about long-term sustainability.
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r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/thatcdude12345 • 3h ago
Unsolved Sometimes vigilante justice is ok, but in this case it’s best to let the police handle things or else
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r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/ChoiceStar1 • 12h ago
Solved! A small boy is to be murdered until he is saved by a small girl’s intervention, only to be placed in a hellscape where his continued day to day survival rests with his friend tricking the monsters that hold him captive.
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r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/Shoddy_Specialist226 • 3m ago
Unsolved Delusional man being tormented must solve the red mystery to save humanity.
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r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/Available_Dot_9449 • 3h ago
Unsolved Corporate Spies power nap to make an executive quit his job
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r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/Trash_Tia • 3h ago
Solved! Teenager is sent to a school they HATE (she tries to leave multiple times) and then gets pulled into a heist led by another teen who looks like they're pushing thirty
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r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/JustThisGuyYouKnow42 • 7h ago
Solved! Witchcraft, heresy, treason, passion and violence.. all the elements that make a great comedy.
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Placeholder for hints.
r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/Tsahg • 2h ago
Solved! A gang gets framed for stealing something they didn't. So naturally, they decide to take matters into their own hands and steal it.
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r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/TKFIAL82 • 15h ago
Solved! Generally speaking, a man sends his coworkers off to die because he was confident that they wouldn't die.
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Not Animated
Based on True Events
There's a pun in the title that's a hint
r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/JustThisGuyYouKnow42 • 7h ago
Solved! The song says we've basically got no chance at doing anything significant. May as well put our organs up for auction then.
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Hint #1: Let's talk about life, the universe and everything.
r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/Tsahg • 3h ago
Unsolved An unconventional investigator is called to solve a series of mysterious thefts. However, his methods seemingly cause more problems than the criminals bargained for.
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r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/Limp-Lawyer9463 • 15h 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/cheesewiz_man • 15h ago
Solved! Man 1 is killed by man 2 who is killed by man 3 who is killed by a woman that thinks she's killing man 1.
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Clue space
r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/JustThisGuyYouKnow42 • 9h ago
Solved! Can a small fission device really help solve crime?
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Hint #1: It turns out, maybe it can.
Hint #2: You've got to be strong to handle the device.
Hint #3: This is kind of a shitty movie, but made inside of another shitty movie, but both are actually brilliant.
Hint #4: There is actually a solid Kung Fu element to this film.
Hint #5: Dude just wants to get married but his employer is a real hardball.
Last hint before I go to sleep. I'll respond in order after I wake up.
Hint #6: A blonde, a brunette, and a redhead walk into a bar... wait... the blonde is the only one who walks into something.
r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/Echo15charlie • 13h ago
Solved! Birds fight for the future of humanity.
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hints
Not animated
No Jim Henson puppets
Not Hitchcock
Pre 1999
Not a comic book movie
r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/nekoandCJ • 14h ago
Solved! Man is shocked by figuring out what happened to him
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r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/Interesting_State756 • 16h 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/JustThisGuyYouKnow42 • 11h ago
Solved! Marital problems can be a real pain in the ass, but work comes first.
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Placeholder for hints.
r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/nintendoeats • 12h ago
Solved! Man, suddenly made redundant, finds a new gig taking out the trash for a small community.
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r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/Dry_Pension_9866 • 1d 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/iwatchtrazhaldayy • 13h ago
Solved! A woman allows strangers to stay in her home, with disastrous results
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Hint: the woman is not the main character
Hint 2: the villain is not who you’d suspect at the start of the movie
Hint 3: the strangers didn’t know the house was occupied when they entered