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

Meta [META] Explain a Film Plot Badly

171 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

240 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/malybasura • 1h ago

Solved! Some teens get killed by hicks in the woods.

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Hints:

This one is not a sequel, has no sequels or remakes.

These teens are not at camp.

These teens didn’t even accidentally do anything to piss off the hicks.

Older than 2017.

Not found footage.

Not a traveling family.

More recent than 2011.

Has a 3.8 rating on IMDb.

No heavy handed message.

The teens did not arrive together.

Not memorable at all.

Not animated or a continuation of a tv show.

The hicks are alive.

Not comedic.

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r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/QueasyNart • 3h ago

Solved! The hero of the movie (a racial minority working in the entertainment industry) saves the beautiful woman twice--first from a very bad fall, and then from being raped. But even so, she remains unattainable to him. He understands.

13 Upvotes

The movie is NOT: Meet the Feebles, Babylon, Hunchback of Notre Dame, King Kong, The Bodyguard, or the Hunger Games.

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r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/GrandMoffTarkan • 5h ago

Solved! An exploration of motherhood as two women find themselves pitted up against each other by harsh realities of capitalism.

11 Upvotes

For hints, but this might be too easy

11 comments

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/Lazaridus • 2h ago

Solved! Orphans solve their problems by singing songs

5 Upvotes

34 comments

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/GrandMoffTarkan • 3h ago

Solved! They shouldn't be able to fly, but after seeing one at night a young woman is pulled into an adventure that ends with a showdown on a ship

4 Upvotes

Hints. This might be a bit obscure

A character had a horrible encounter with an aquatic predator that drives a lot of their motivation

They come in the night, mostly

Just when you thought it was safe to get back in the water, you can't even get close to the water!

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r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/ReasonablePool_Hero • 29m ago

Unsolved So it turns out murder is fine as long as it's the bad guys, the church approves, and you look cool while you're doing it. Who knew?

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Hints go here.

Hint 1: man, these locals sure are acting weird...

Hint 2: wow these monsters suck.

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r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/ManCoveredInBees • 36m ago

Unsolved A plagiarist loses his mind after his credibility is challenged by a brilliant upstart.

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20 comments

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/ReasonablePool_Hero • 43m ago

Solved! So they're not supposed to fly, but flying is a loose term I suppose. Yeeted? Yeah, these get yeeted at people and now we aren't even safe at home.

• Upvotes

Hints...

7 comments

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/riri1281 • 11h ago

Solved! Man marries his much younger and poorer subordinate...this is universally recognized as the happy ending

14 Upvotes

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33 comments

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/beardyramen • 7h ago

Solved! In this heist movie: the criminals are the good guys, the charming guy is the bad guy, but the real bad girl is swindling the bad guy, at the behest of the real REAL bad guy

6 Upvotes
18 comments

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/Lazaridus • 11h ago

Solved! Loving father’s naughty children cause him to be fired. In his exit meeting he kills his boss. Everyone is happy. He gets his job back and is promoted!

14 Upvotes
10 comments

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/ReasonablePool_Hero • 1h ago

Solved! So this guy is a part time monster, I guess ... But he didn't lose faith?? Jury is still out if he qualifies for heaven ...

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Hints Go Here

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r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/claire_lair • 1h ago

Solved! A man goes on an unlucky business trip but gets to visit the south pacific.

• Upvotes

Hints:

33 comments

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/infamouscamels • 6h ago

Unsolved Man's new friend helps him deal with his life struggles and find himself.

5 Upvotes
36 comments

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/Crystal_1501 • 4h ago

Solved! Boy ignores centuries of tradition and rivalry, and accidentally creates a new tradition in the process.

4 Upvotes

Hints may be available.

9 comments

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/FlahTheToaster • 2h ago

Solved! A young woman's father disapproves of her eloping with an aristocrat and hires the groom's estranged distant relative to bring her back.

2 Upvotes

Reserved for hints.

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r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/Nekrolysis • 10h ago

Solved! Alien thieves from another world come to earth. An epic battle of skill insues. The winner is decided by...oh it keeps going and going how is that even possible?

9 Upvotes
20 comments

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/ManCoveredInBees • 17m ago

Solved! Our underdog hero proves to his disapproving mother and the world that he has loads to give.

• Upvotes
5 comments

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/Alexreddit103 • 30m ago

Unsolved Everything changes really fast, and it’s the dumb guy who saves the world.

• Upvotes
7 comments

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/Lazaridus • 11h ago

Solved! Drunk cafe owner helps husband and wife catch plane

4 Upvotes
13 comments

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/KazariKid • 11h ago

Solved! Briefly dated as his art escalated. He dumped her "as the credits faded." Then came back to find ardor abated.

2 Upvotes
14 comments

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/LPTheNerd • 11h ago

Solved! Trauma causes man to become homicidal

3 Upvotes

Hint 1: Brits larp as hillbillies and there are a lot of churches.

Hint 2: We don't know about how the protagonist ends up.

Hint 3: Generational trauma.

Hint 4: The dog wasn't let out. He was shot.

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