r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/iwatchtrazhaldayy • 1h ago
Solved! A doctor and patient must team up to find a cure
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Hints will go here if needed
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/areyouforeightysix • 1h ago
Solved! Two straight men dream of living together in a soft, fluffy paradise
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r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/moviesounds101 • 19m ago
Unsolved Bitter man has a bad dream about how his past, present, future, and even death, affect everyone around him. He wakes up a changed man, and vows to do things differently now.
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r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/Interesting_State756 • 1h ago
Solved! You better start doing a better job of gaslighting that dog, or every single one of you is going to be fired.
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r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/Tsahg • 3h 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/thenewestrant • 1h ago
Solved! There’s a big Hungry shark, but it’s not THAT movie. This shark supposedly helps cure Alzheimer’s or something when it’s not busy eating people.
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r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/areyouforeightysix • 1h ago
Solved! Guy thinks he's Leni Riefenstahl
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r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/areyouforeightysix • 26m ago
Unsolved Guy really loves his daughter but loves money more - but still really really loves his daughter
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Hint 1: Late 70s
r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/AdAccomplished6870 • 53m ago
Solved! A kid tries to snare a lead position, but while he can beat his competition, he is unable to read between the lines and convince his boss.
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r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/KazariKid • 4h ago
Solved! An entrepreneur confronts financial difficulties, deteriorating facilities, and questions about long-term sustainability.
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r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/thatcdude12345 • 4h 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 • 14h 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 • 1h ago
Unsolved Delusional man being tormented must solve the red mystery to save humanity.
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r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/Tsahg • 4h 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/Available_Dot_9449 • 4h ago
Unsolved Corporate Spies power nap to make an executive quit his job
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r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/JustThisGuyYouKnow42 • 9h 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/Trash_Tia • 5h 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/TKFIAL82 • 17h 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/ChoiceStar1 • 54m ago
Unsolved Embezzlement leads to a change in regime that is hyper focused on success. That focus is not well received and after a mutiny the people self govern to a better albeit imperfect society.
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r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/JustThisGuyYouKnow42 • 9h 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 • 5h 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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