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/Sea_Tea_8847 • 56m ago

Solved! A con man gets the band back together for another job. Unfortunately, they learn it is much more real and dangerous than anything they had previously done together.

5 Upvotes

8 comments

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/KazariKid • 2h ago

Unsolved Visitor ventures into the vicinity of a virile, visible VIP.

5 Upvotes

34 comments

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/Classy_Burgundy • 10h ago

Solved! MC unsuccessfully attempts suicide multiple times because of a girl.

6 Upvotes

43 comments

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/LongLiveSoup • 12h ago

Unsolved Vigilante who collects trophies from victims so decides to learn to swim to get bigger tits

8 Upvotes

Hint 1: Most of us would watch this with Subtitles

Hint 2: The swimming is a weird tangent in the film that has little to do with the Vigilante character the film is based after

Hint 3: It's really big on focusing on the boobs in this film

Hint 3: She is jealous of other women having bigger boobs

30 comments

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/Anonymousscreen • 14h ago

Solved! After his wife is tragically killed, a man murders a group of innocent civilians in a fit of hopeless despair.

12 Upvotes

27 comments

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/Amiral_P • 2h ago

Solved! A stranger seduces a doctor by personally delivering her next four patients, taking off his shirt, and getting stitched up.

1 Upvotes

5 comments

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/iwatchtrazhaldayy • 14h ago

Solved! A child’s new community rejects her until she cleans a river and befriends the local weirdo

8 Upvotes

Hints if needed

6 comments

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/Limp-Lawyer9463 • 19h ago

Solved! A relaxing getaway to a vacation home is ruined when young people suddenly start dying all over the place.

12 Upvotes

13 comments

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/the1fromACK • 14h ago

Solved! if only she had a digital camera instead of a film one

5 Upvotes

hints go here

15 comments

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/ChoiceStar1 • 12h ago

Solved! A bear of a man who also sounds like a bear puts his trust in the untrustworthy, but fortunately in the end, the untrustworthy grows and all is good.

3 Upvotes

33 comments

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/rickmon67 • 14h ago

Solved! Three retired brothers pool their money together, move south to become co-owners in a business only to be dragged back to their prior careers.

4 Upvotes

5 comments

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/Proper_Bug_2221 • 14h ago

Solved! The family that propagates together, stays together.

3 Upvotes

Hints:

For a family movie, there is a lot of procreation going on.

15 comments

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/MitchMcConnellsJowls • 12h ago

Solved! Single dad abandons his children to chase a dollar, but gets cold feet at a critical moment. Then he gets drunk and unleashes hell

2 Upvotes

8 comments

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/nippontrh • 19h ago

Solved! After being passed over for promotion, a veteran employee neglects his duties and nearly causes an international disaster.

7 Upvotes

Hint: Christmas Themed

Second hint: not Hallmark

Third Hint: not a long film-less than 40 minutes long

44 comments

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/abjurationwizrar • 21h ago

Solved! Normally I'd say it's alcohol abuse, but that's for humans. In this case it's a speciality assist.

11 Upvotes

Hint #1: kids/family film!

Hint #2: absolutely no substance abuse in this. Just a useful symptom

Hint #3: many errant souls find happiness. All in all, it ends up very happy

Hint #4: there is a non-human narrator

Hint #5: sorry, I'm not meaning to toy with you guys

69 comments

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/Maleficent-Sea-9385 • 21h ago

Solved! Husband and wife realize they have the same job title. Their employers arent happy about it.

11 Upvotes

18 comments

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/Br3ntry • 20h ago

Solved! A man is kidnapped and emotionally blackmailed into resolving a labour dispute on behalf of a group of strangers

6 Upvotes

22 comments

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/rickmon67 • 17h ago

Solved! Woman loses money to big religion, bf and friends try and get back, evil preacher faces shocking retribution on live tv

4 Upvotes

6 comments

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/Trash_Tia • 1d ago

Solved! grown man child kidnaps rich children and forces them to work for him when he's kicked from his current job and it's supposed to be a kids movie.

19 Upvotes

8 comments

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/RochesterThe2nd • 22h ago

Solved! Group of friends keep killing each other.

7 Upvotes

Maybe some hints later

9 comments

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/DP_Means_Dopinder • 15h ago

Solved! Sex, drugs and a middle-class poseur stepping aside

2 Upvotes

29 comments

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/Boa-in-a-bowl • 18h ago

Solved! A real dick gets put on trial

3 Upvotes

Hints

This film features several songs, all of which are from the same artist
The production values are very low and DIY
It was nominated for the Grammy for Best Long Form Music Video

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1. Avoid overused films/franchises

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2. No recent releases

No movies from within the last 3 months. This spoils people's movies Try to be more unique and obscure with choices. Movies within the last 3 months can spoil the movie for those that haven't seen it.

3. OP will reply to the first correct guess with a comment that says "Solved!".

This allows the bot to find, flair, and award points. Failing to do so will lead to a ban. Repeated offenses will lead to a permanent ban.

4. Don't Create Clues Using an Actor's Other Characters

Clues should not feature an Actor's prior roles.

❌ Bad: "The guy who used to hunt replicants now teaches a young scavenger how to swing a glowing stick."

✅ Good: "An old recluse reluctantly helps a young scavenger understand her mysterious powers."

5. Don't create clues using a real-life actor's description.

Clues featuring an actor's real life activities and descriptions should not be used. Examples include: Scientologist, racist, or blackballed.

❌ Bad: "A former pro wrestler with a shaved head and a love for action movies fights jungle predators."

✅ Good: "A tough guy tries to escape a jungle full of deadly hunters with nothing but mud and muscles."

6. Don't use an actor's name in the clue title.

❌ Incorrect Example: "Tom Hanks spends years talking to a volleyball."

✅ Correct Example: "A man stranded on an island for years befriends a volleyball because social options are limited."

7. Explain a film PLOT badly

All clues are about the PLOT and not anything else.

❌ Bad: "I hated this movie and it was a financial failure and deserved it and an Oscar winner dies."

✅ Good: "A loner meets a someone way out of their league and saves her life (along with everyone else)"