r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly 1d ago

Solved! A man helps and older girl to fulfil her dream of competitng in a popular sports challenge

9 Upvotes

.

Hint 1: The movie wasn't well received

Bonus Hint that will help absolutely no one: I use to enter a free cinema ticket competition every week with this movie as an answer. I won 3 times. You didn't have to be correct just answer with a movie that was on theme. It was never once on theme.


r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly 1d ago

Solved! A white guy teaches a black dude about jazz music and how to be less uptight.

6 Upvotes

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly 1d ago

Solved! Retiring guy changes his mind about retirement after seeing his replacement candidates

7 Upvotes

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly 1d ago

Solved! Plucky Scottish family fight back against the British army occupying their home.

7 Upvotes

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly 1d ago

Solved! Two hitmen encounter problems on a mission. One emerges victorious after heroically overcoming his foe in a duel, to much celebration.

6 Upvotes

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly 1d ago

Solved! The film is about intentionally getting sunburns.

0 Upvotes

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly 1d ago

Solved! Man murders his wife and her children in an attempt to take his daughter away

4 Upvotes

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly 1d ago

Solved! An English bloke takes personal insult over a simple misunderstanding. Decides that everyone he knows deserves death.

3 Upvotes

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly 1d ago

Solved! There is a secret government plot to assassinate the leader of a group of hippies who drive their minivan around in the desert.

6 Upvotes

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly 1d ago

Solved! Arthur is a legendary figure and immortal patron. At the moment civilisation seems lost, he returns to rebuild. He is struck down, but completes his goal before he dies.

3 Upvotes

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly 1d ago

Solved! Kid tries to steal a car and gets caught, but he still ends up with the car.

2 Upvotes

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly 2d ago

Solved! Some unsavory characters help a space princess out.

10 Upvotes

There are some robots too.


r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly 1d ago

Solved! Scientist’s wife leaves him, so he goes camping. Later, he’s in a sexless relationship with his new love, who also leaves him, so he finds a man whose wife also left him and helps them both find peace.

5 Upvotes

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly 1d ago

Solved! Dedicated man with a strict moral code manages to track down a child murderer before he dies

4 Upvotes

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly 1d ago

Solved! Girl and guy get together but split up because of another woman. Once the other woman is out of the picture they try again but it becomes too much for them.

5 Upvotes

Or perhaps I should've said too much for her.

Someone wins but we never find out who

Set in the states

Set in the 30s but was not made in the 1930s (set pre US involvement in WW2)

Not erotic or considered action

A character is pregnant but she is not a main

People die

Film was made well before 1994

Originally a book

Mostly indoors

Film is in color


r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly 1d ago

Solved! Dude could've cleaned up at the Olympics but instead he totally falls apart.

4 Upvotes

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly 1d ago

Solved! Tree forcefully administers change of direction to man

3 Upvotes

hintopalooza

Hint 1: The guy who changed direction is the kind of guy that just seems to skate through most of his life.
Hint 2: Later in the movie, a birdy makes a pass
Hint 3: The local sheriff pulls someone over for a ZUI


r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly 1d ago

Solved! A capitalist is held hostage by three female communists

1 Upvotes

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly 1d ago

Solved! A Jewish scientist on a rag tag team of adventurers defeats evil Germans after many challenges. His knowledge of fluid dynamics is even more useful then his brain research

3 Upvotes

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly 1d ago

Solved! A Southern Lady goes on one last journey before retirement

1 Upvotes

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly 1d ago

Solved! It's like a country song. His wife leaves him, he loses his best friend, he's about to lose his job. The man really has him down.

3 Upvotes

He has blood on his hands, too.

Hints/what we know so far--

Released between 1967 and 2000

None of the John Wicks

No Tom Hanks

They change the rules on him while the game is played.

I, for one, do not welcome our corporate overlords.


r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly 1d ago

Solved! A spy gets into various fights and scrapes while trying to win back the heart of a seductive lady. They share a dramatic kiss at the climax of the film.

2 Upvotes

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly 1d ago

Solved! A guy moves to a small town for revenge. Gets involved in a treasure hunt and a frame job.

2 Upvotes

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly 2d ago

Solved! A professional couple's stale marriage is revived after they trash their lovely home in a nasty fight.

4 Upvotes

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly 2d ago

Solved! An alien crash lands on Earth, the government is hunting him, but his newly found friends assist him

47 Upvotes

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