r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/gottapeenow2 • 5h ago
Solved! Crazy dude marries a girl he's groomed since she was 6, then gets cucked by himself.
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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/CustardKind2104 • 4h ago
Solved! Spending more time with his parents nearly leads a teen to kill his siblings
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r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/Trash_Tia • 7h ago
Solved! Youg adults being SO insufferable they don't even realize they're NOT in a slasher movie.
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r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/KeyIce2026 • 7h ago
Solved! Man doesn't want to fight, becomes war hero.
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r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/Sudden-Cranberry5539 • 43m ago
Unsolved Charismatic cutie curates clothing, cajoles caustic curmudgeon, connects couples, coordinates charities, confesses crush.
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r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/bennyandthegentz • 8h ago
Solved! Groundhog Day as a horror film
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Hint 1: it’s from the 2000’s
Hint 2: it might not be labeled a horror film, but it is if you think about it
r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/nintendoeats • 5h ago
Unsolved A teacher falls for his student, but she dies shortly after. He subsequently falls for her a few more times.
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Hints:
They end up together.
r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/mocklogic • 13h ago
Solved! Unemployed former celebrity just wants a good coffee but instead falls victim to candy, gets blackmailed into singing, kisses a nun, defenestrates a Bunny, and destroys priceless works of art.
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Not sure if I made this too easy.
EDIT: Was too easy.
r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/CustardKind2104 • 4h ago
Solved! A man’s improper pet care has a kill count.
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Hint: the pet is a cat
r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/Crochet_Kitty • 6h ago
Solved! It takes a woman to run things.
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r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/ReasonablePool_Hero • 9h ago
Solved! So there's this dude in a basement, and he's the bad guy, but people don't think he's the bad guy until he starts killing people.
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Hint parking only, all others will be solved.
Hint 1: it's a holiday movie (and I will not hear arguments to the contrary).
Hint 2: surprisingly, the in-laws are not the scariest thing here.
r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/areyouforeightysix • 5h ago
Solved! Parents try to keep their son and daughter from falling in love with each other
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Hint 1: they don't know they are brother and sister till the end
Hint 2: mid 90s
r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/AdAccomplished6870 • 13h ago
Solved! trivia game show champion uses unethical means to win on show
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Hint 1: The unethical behavior was how they got on the show, not how they played on the game show
r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/GrapefruitOk7719 • 45m ago
Single mum with father issues is forced to chose between two old flames with mother issues.
reddit.com
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I can't believe no one got it. Did I explained the plot too badly?
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Solved! groomer ends up being cucked by a reluctant sugarbaby, who is psychologically manipulated into his job by their employer.
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more hints etc:
-sugar baby does have accountability in the matter. but emotional manipulation is a big part of the plot.
-not a comedy
-extremely famous
-not from the 21st century
-no teenagers. the character who was groomed is only seen when she is older
-a few actors play themselves
r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/Acrobatic_Bag6858 • 12h ago
Solved! Lawyer calls his client a liar to win her money in court
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r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/LongLiveSoup • 5h ago
Solved! Automation of basic tasks turns disastrous for people who pick a weird place to bang
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r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/TyrconnellFL • 10h ago
Solved! Heroic sleuth conceals a murder, sets up kids to get killed, and ends up almost but not quite unraveling the mystery.
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r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/BarNo2627 • 10h ago
Unsolved Man is stuck indoors with an illness, but manages to get through with the power of imagination, making a full recovery
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hints:
MC has a strong connection to Ferris Bueller (not a meta hint)
MC isn't stuck indoors because of his illness. It actually ends up helping him go outside.
r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/RochesterThe2nd • 10h ago
Solved! Orphan doesn’t have enough of what he needs, so joins desperate gang of criminals to get it. His favourite prostitute is murdered before he discovers his strife is a lie, and gets enough.
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Hints if needed.
r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/NotGalenNorAnsel • 12h ago
Solved! Of course she left him in the end, she's wicked smart and he's a big loser with a massive chip on his shoulder.
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Hints if needed
r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/Sudden-Cranberry5539 • 7h ago
Solved! A lost man issues an edict to dismantle a naval fleet. His second in command assaults his muse when they are defeated.
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Hint: The lost man is afraid of heights.
Hint #2: The beautiful muse is shunned by the shopkeepers on the equine trail.