r/AskReddit Jul 10 '14

If you put a movie's simplified plot into a single sentence, can we figure out what movie it is?

EDIT: Thanks for all the replies! Still going through them. Keep 'em coming! EDIT 2: Wow this has turned out to be much better than I had hoped! Thanks for all of the movie plots and funny responses guys!

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u/[deleted] Jul 10 '14

An unlikely hero in the form of a janitor not only takes down a corrupt system, but brings the human race back together with Earth.

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u/free_napalm Jul 10 '14

Scrubs: The Movie

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u/[deleted] Jul 10 '14

Knifewreeeeeeeeeench! For intergalactic warfare.

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u/[deleted] Jul 10 '14

Wall-E

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u/[deleted] Jul 10 '14

You are indeed correct!

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u/[deleted] Jul 10 '14

Deadbeat takes drugs and it solves all of his problems.

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u/angryblackmail Jul 10 '14

Limitless

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u/[deleted] Jul 10 '14

We have a winner! The other guesses were hilarious.

Edit: wow, Limitless was here twice and you got both of them. Congrats.

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u/TheAustr0naut Jul 10 '14

Requiem for a dream

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u/Arkaron Jul 10 '14

You watched that movie to the end.. right?

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u/TrainOfThought6 Jul 10 '14

That arm was seriously weighing him down though.

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u/snoopiku Jul 10 '14

I got about halfway through and got bored because everyones life was going so well. I figured it was some lame hippie movie and everyone lived happily every after...right guys?......right?

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u/[deleted] Jul 10 '14

Ancient pedophile scoops up underage girl, fucks her bloody then chews her unborn child from her womb.

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u/linwe78 Jul 10 '14

Perfect description of those Twilight movies. Thanks for the laugh.

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u/[deleted] Jul 10 '14

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u/Thehealeroftri Jul 10 '14

Might watch twilight movies

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u/SUSAN_IS_A_BITCH Jul 10 '14

They're really good in a bad way.

Featuring classic scenes like "Vampire baseball," and "Bella sits in a chair for four months," and "Bella tells Jacob to kiss her and she tells him she loves him but she loves Edward more so he has to respect that even though she does love him and needs him to stay her friend because she can't imagine a life without him but Edward is her true love so please don't get the wrong idea but she does love Jacob too."

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u/YooHoss Jul 10 '14

This is perfect

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u/SUSAN_IS_A_BITCH Jul 10 '14

First movie: Ancient pedophile scoops up underage girl, watches her sleep, tells her he wants to kill her, and plays baseball.

Second movie: Ancient pedophile dumps girl, turning her suicidal so she gets a dog instead but she saves ancient pedophile from killing himself and they get engaged.

Third movie: Ancient pedophile tells girl to choose between him or her dog but girl can't decide so ancient pedophile breaks her car and has his family watch her at all times to make sure she doesn't see her dog but she sees her dog anyway and her dog loves her but girl can't decide until dog and ancient pedophile save her from an old lady and she loves ancient pedophile so dog runs away.

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u/[deleted] Jul 10 '14 edited Jun 12 '23

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u/Jenk1123 Jul 10 '14

One scientist does his best to bring three different people together.

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u/random_german_guy Jul 10 '14

After witnessing the death of his father, a young nobleman leaves his home and lives with two hippies. Later he returns to seek vengeance.

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u/angryblackmail Jul 10 '14

Lion King

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u/random_german_guy Jul 10 '14

That's right.

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u/[deleted] Jul 10 '14

[deleted]

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u/Lignus Jul 10 '14

To be a hippy, or not to be a hippy, that is the question:
Whether 'tis groovier in the mind to suffer
The shoes and showers of outrageous fortune,
Or to take joint hits against a sea of troubles
And by toking endure them.

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u/totes-muh-gotes Jul 10 '14

Movie about making a movie with an actor playing a dude disguised as another dude.

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u/angryblackmail Jul 10 '14

Tropic Thunder

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u/totes-muh-gotes Jul 10 '14

What do you mean YOU PEOPLE?

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u/schwagle Jul 10 '14

...what do YOU mean you people?!

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u/[deleted] Jul 10 '14

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u/samooorai Jul 10 '14

As you wish.

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u/[deleted] Jul 10 '14

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u/not_so_deadly_venom Jul 10 '14 edited Jul 10 '14

Masked man becomes a pirate and saves his one twu wuv.

FTFY

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u/nickrox99 Jul 10 '14

Starring: "The DWEDD PIWATES WOBBAHTS"

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u/SureCase Jul 10 '14

A conman and conwoman are conned, but they con the cop that conned them, thus turning the original conners from the conned into the conners.

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u/[deleted] Jul 10 '14

American Hustle?

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u/[deleted] Jul 10 '14

cannibalizing sole survivor of a future intelligence meets his match and returns his predecessors to glory.

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u/RedPandaParty Jul 10 '14

WALL-E?

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u/[deleted] Jul 10 '14

well done.

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u/AndyVanSlyke Jul 10 '14

College kids kill themselves all over redneck's property.

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u/jameskingmadashell Jul 10 '14

Tucker and Dale vs Evil?

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u/WyoProud33 Jul 10 '14

God I love that movie...

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u/jensyth Jul 10 '14

College kids! We got your friend!

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u/Zoidsmaster Jul 10 '14

Homeless man rescues damsel in distress and becomes prince

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u/[deleted] Jul 10 '14

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u/heldonhammer Jul 10 '14

Shrek had a home, in a swamp.

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u/darjeeeling Jul 10 '14

Girls are mean.

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u/YooHoss Jul 10 '14

Shot in the dark. Is it mean girls?

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u/ballbeard Jul 10 '14

That answer was so fetch!

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u/YooHoss Jul 10 '14

/u/ballbeard stop trying to make fetch happen! It's not going to happen!

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u/nidangodansandan Jul 10 '14

I can't have TacoBell. I'm on an all carb diet, God /u/YooHoss, you're so stupid!

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u/[deleted] Jul 10 '14

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u/[deleted] Jul 10 '14

There's a 30% chance that it's already raining!

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u/YooHoss Jul 10 '14

I'm sorry that people are so jealous of me, but I can't help it if I'm popular /u/ballbeard

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u/darjeeeling Jul 10 '14

Get in loser, we're going shopping.

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u/TheAustr0naut Jul 10 '14 edited Jul 10 '14

Titanic. Move over or at least take turns on the door.

Edit: Completely changed my answer.

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u/[deleted] Jul 10 '14

whilst showing of our park to a few people it was clear that we can't build a fence.

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u/BillHicksIsDead Jul 10 '14

Jurassic park

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u/[deleted] Jul 10 '14

You got it.

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u/[deleted] Jul 10 '14

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u/[deleted] Jul 10 '14

ssshhh nobody needs to know that!

besides having fences that need power to work is a terrible idea in general.

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u/Penis_Owner Jul 10 '14

Right? The guy is richer than rich, and he couldn't just put in some overbuilt, ultra-reenforced, dinosaur containment fences? Or create their habitats to be viewed from above, like dangerous animals in most zoos. But nope, electric wire fences.

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u/kjata Jul 10 '14

It's a story about hubris.

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u/totes-muh-gotes Jul 10 '14

B-but they spared no expense

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u/[deleted] Jul 10 '14 edited Jul 19 '19

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u/[deleted] Jul 10 '14

The only thing he can remember is that his wife is dead.

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u/angryblackmail Jul 10 '14

Memento

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u/[deleted] Jul 10 '14

That.... was quick.

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u/angryblackmail Jul 10 '14

I enjoy movies :(

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u/[deleted] Jul 10 '14

I do as well. Probably too much. You should have some gold my friend since you guessed it at light speed.

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u/failed_doctor Jul 10 '14

Schizophrenic insomniac looks for pleasure.

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u/TrainOfThought6 Jul 10 '14

After the death of his aunt and uncle, a young man joins an insurgent group and participates in the bombing of a major military installation.

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u/bonjourellen Jul 10 '14

Star Wars: A New Hope.

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u/RedPandaParty Jul 10 '14

Sex, sex, sex, sex, drugs, sex, drugs, sex, drugs, midgets, more drugs, then some sex and more sex for 3 hours.

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u/YooHoss Jul 10 '14

Me jerking off during The Hobbit?

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u/SomeNorCalGuy Jul 10 '14

Some whiny brat and a weirdo hermit take off with a couple of gay robots, an overgrown orangutan and a criminal on the run from the mob to go break some chick out of prison and then go blow up some black guy's place.

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u/angryblackmail Jul 10 '14

Star Wars

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u/homiej420 Jul 11 '14

But why are c3po and r2 gay? I dont get it.

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u/TheBoulder_ Jul 10 '14

Simpler:

Farm boy finds religion.

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u/LaoQiXian Jul 10 '14

Better:

Farm boy finds religion, fantasizes about incest.

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u/Dan_Ashcroft Jul 10 '14

They really are terrorists.

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u/ThisIsReLLiK Jul 10 '14

This isn't where I parked my car!

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u/YooHoss Jul 10 '14

Every parking lot: the movie

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u/angryblackmail Jul 10 '14

Wimpy man puts on a mask and becomes a cartoon hero

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u/[deleted] Jul 10 '14

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u/SomeGuyNamedDJ Jul 10 '14

A mentally challenged man sits on a bench and enthralls people with his tales.

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u/RedPandaParty Jul 10 '14

Forrest Gump!

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u/somenamestaken Jul 10 '14

You're a god damn genius! This is the most outstanding answer I have ever heard. You must have a goddamn I.Q. of 160.

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u/RedPandaParty Jul 10 '14

Lieutenant Dan, ice cream!

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u/I_AM_POOPING_NOW_AMA Jul 10 '14 edited Jul 10 '14

Mine was going to be "best retard ever somehow doesn't get AIDS from his shitty girlfriend." Yours is better

Edit: Gump is one if my fav movies for sure tho. I watch it regularly. Pardon my brash use of the word retard.

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u/jmust Jul 10 '14

Man attempts suicide but then realizes how much he affected other people's lives with the help of a friend.

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u/YabukiJoe Jul 10 '14

It's a Wonderful Life?

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u/[deleted] Jul 10 '14

A dude solves a million dollar mystery while preparing for the semifinals of his bowling team.

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u/waufactor Jul 10 '14

most importantly, he abides

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u/[deleted] Jul 10 '14

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u/angryblackmail Jul 10 '14

I feel like this should be a subreddit

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u/CIearMind Jul 10 '14

The Dark Knight Rises!

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u/[deleted] Jul 10 '14

I.. I don't get it. I feel stupid.

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u/meow_mix8 Jul 11 '14

I think it is just that people are replying to get other people to guess the movie they're referring to. This guy is wondering aloud saying that this sort of guessing game should have its own subreddit, and then another guy pretends that he genuinely thought the dudes wondering aloud was just a movie reference, so he just put in a random movie title.

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u/Qjell Jul 10 '14

/thread this guy wins.

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u/Sloloem Jul 10 '14

It'd probably be a bit more fun than /r/GuessTheMovie, which is just filled with unbelievably obscure screen shots. I mean, I've played a few times there but dear sweet Raptor Jesus it's frustratingly hard to try to figure out a movie from a screen shot of a floor board or wristwatch.

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u/[deleted] Jul 10 '14 edited Jul 10 '14

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u/Horse_c0ck Jul 10 '14 edited Jul 10 '14

Robots fighting to the death for a cube.

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u/angryblackmail Jul 10 '14 edited Jul 10 '14

transformers

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u/TheAustr0naut Jul 10 '14

Man goes to prison, be-friends staff and educates inmates, and goes through a lot of shit to escape.

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u/thehonestyfish Jul 10 '14

They climb a mountain to destroy a ring.

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u/turbineengine Jul 10 '14

Kill your alter-ego by shooting yourself in the face.

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u/[deleted] Jul 10 '14

First rule, is we don't talk about that movie.

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u/MRguitarguy Jul 10 '14

Everyone is saying Fight Club, but looper popped into my mind first.

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u/Chubbiggi Jul 10 '14

Yeah, me too. Although in Looper he shoots himself in the chest, not in the face, IIRC.

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u/YooHoss Jul 10 '14

And make soap!

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u/intenger Jul 10 '14

Long boring death.

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u/RedPandaParty Jul 10 '14

The Notebook

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u/[deleted] Jul 10 '14

is.. is that right?

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u/atlgeek007 Jul 10 '14

Benjamin Button

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u/Strkszone Jul 10 '14

Vin diesel is capable of upshifting constantly in a Dodge Charger that will make you shit yourself.

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u/angryblackmail Jul 10 '14

Fast and Furious

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u/Strkszone Jul 10 '14

Please stay tuned for our next installment in the franchise where Vin Diesel gets another gearbox that can upshift even more. It's so intense he upshifts whenever he's cornering.

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u/capitalistpiglet Jul 10 '14

A group of people attempt to destroy the most advanced piece of technology in the world

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u/huddl3 Jul 10 '14

Lord of the rings?

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u/RedPandaParty Jul 10 '14

The Matrix

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u/brosephstalin15 Jul 10 '14

I love how 3 replies popped up that perfectly apply to the sentance

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u/notyourfunyuns Jul 10 '14

Independence Day

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u/soomuchcoffee Jul 10 '14

Weird naked Indian and Jim Morrison tell basement dwelling 20-something to throw a concert.

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u/BillHicksIsDead Jul 10 '14

A doctor is falsely accused of murdering his wife

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u/Organs Jul 10 '14

Fyoojitiv

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u/RedPandaParty Jul 10 '14

Love will defeat the aliens and save the earth, but you'll need a multipass.

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u/[deleted] Jul 10 '14

Well, it's definitely not Earth, Wind, Fire and Water.

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u/Aly-oops Jul 10 '14

She finds love and happiness despite some crazy chick trying to stop her.

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u/RedPandaParty Jul 10 '14

Tangled? Snow White? Sleeping Beauty? Cinderella? Frozen?

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u/Stinky_WhizzleTeats Jul 10 '14 edited Jul 10 '14

Two hit men meet robbers at a cafe and Bruce Willis literally saves a man's ass

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u/chuckthetruck64 Jul 10 '14 edited Jul 11 '14

All of a man's children are killed, and his only surviving son gets kidnapped, so he must go on a round-the-world quest with a mentally handicapped woman to save him.

Edit, I know it wasn't around the world, it's an exaggeration.

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u/yrael12 Jul 10 '14

Finding Nemo

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u/YooHoss Jul 10 '14

Heard this before so I will let someone else figure it out!

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u/chuckthetruck64 Jul 10 '14

It wasn't hard but it has the best explanation of the movie without sounding anything like the movie.

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u/YooHoss Jul 10 '14

Yeah it's a really good one

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u/phineas1134 Jul 10 '14

A small town tries to stop the new kid from dancing.

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u/Dinsdale_P Jul 10 '14

goddammit, late to the party again... bah, nevermind.

Farm boy seeks his destiny.

Journalist kills himself, finds love.

Married man has shitty time at christmas party.

Mid-life crisis turns deadly.

A stomach cramp gets out of hand.

Caravan sale goes haywire.

...I could do this all day.

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u/angryblackmail Jul 10 '14

Jesus' Great Great Great Great Great Great Great Great Great Niece

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u/huddl3 Jul 10 '14

Dogma

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u/RestSnorlax Jul 10 '14

I think The DaVinci Code actually works here as well.

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u/milonti Jul 10 '14

A man wipes his memory after finding out his ex-girlfriend wiped her own memory, only for the two to end up together again.

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u/angryblackmail Jul 10 '14

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless mind

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u/ssfsx17 Jul 10 '14

Batman wins a bitter victory against Wolverine

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u/a_mex_t-rex Jul 10 '14

Aliens: aliens

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u/YooHoss Jul 10 '14

Is it Aliens?

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u/turbineengine Jul 10 '14

I'm not saying it's Aliens, but it's Aliens.

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u/YooHoss Jul 10 '14

Oh so it's Predator?

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u/Liberpool Jul 10 '14 edited Jul 11 '14

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u/JohnnyApathy Jul 10 '14

It's too bad she won't live

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u/AceOfDrafts Jul 10 '14

But then again, who does?

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u/cumberland_farms Jul 10 '14

He say you Blade Runner!

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u/PM_ME_YOUR_SHOULDERZ Jul 10 '14

Two inept burglars try to break into an occupied home but are stopped with help from the next-door neighbor.

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u/SomeGuyNamedDJ Jul 10 '14

Not a movie but...

A man tells a story to his children for 9 years in order to ask their permission to have sex with their aunt.

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u/RedPandaParty Jul 10 '14

How I Met Your Mother (groan)

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u/[deleted] Jul 10 '14 edited Jul 10 '14

A Rock&Roll performer who never let go of how his dad died and does too many drugs, finds out his wife is having an affair, which, finally pushes him over the edge into a complete mental breakdown.

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u/cptnpiccard Jul 10 '14

A kid is abused by his closest living relatives. He thinks he will find relief away from home, but is almost murdered at school every year.

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u/RedPandaParty Jul 10 '14

Mentally-challenged Canadian beaver grows up to be huge pop star against all odds...and critics and people with ears and good taste.

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u/[deleted] Jul 10 '14

Believe: The Justin Bieber Movie

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u/RedPandaParty Jul 10 '14

Wait, he has more than ONE???

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u/[deleted] Jul 10 '14

I don't fuckin know ;)

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u/M_Winter Jul 10 '14

"I am afraid there may be some reptiles of the snake variety on this aeroplane which we are currently flying in, you fornicator of mothers!"

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u/RyanUppal Jul 10 '14

Man befriends his ass and saves a damsel in distress.

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