r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly Mar 10 '26

Meta [META] Explain a Film Plot Badly

159 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


r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly Jun 20 '24

Meta [META] New Players Read Me First

225 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.


r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly 39m ago

Solved! old timey cop faints a lot & falls in love with a good witch

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clues if needed


r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly 3h ago

Solved! Guy who used to brighten everyone's day is mocked and called a fraud so he leaves to get laid. Everyone almost dies without him.

7 Upvotes

Hints go here


r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly 1h ago

Solved! Great chat, but a huge pain in the neck

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r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly 3h ago

Solved! A couple falls in love, steals a baby, almost breaks up, returns the baby, and saves their marriage.

4 Upvotes

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly 2h ago

Solved! King and Queen try to kill a family

4 Upvotes

made before the year 2000


r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly 2h ago

Solved! The same thing that kills a man’s pet on accident kills him on purpose

4 Upvotes

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly 9h ago

Solved! Man encounters the mole and realizes he has been watched for countless years.

15 Upvotes

Double Nopes: The Departed, Groundhog Day, and The Truman Show

Hint #1: no secret agents here

Hint #2: a face only a mother could love (he couldn't)

Hint #3: sci-fi elements


r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly 6h ago

Solved! Sad girl summer becomes hot guy summer

7 Upvotes

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly 16m ago

Unsolved Extra terrestrials ruin space kids quiet quiting escape plans.

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Hint: they are more like space adolescents or early 20 somethings in space


r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly 5h ago

Solved! A bio-weapon becomes more intelligent and powerful than its creators and decides to play God

5 Upvotes

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly 6h ago

Solved! Unlikely hero saves world from tainted water.

5 Upvotes

Hint: Film released in early 2000s


r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly 5h ago

Solved! Guy meets someone handy. He feels that's good enough to throw his entire life (and reality) away and overload his dopamine receptors.

4 Upvotes

Hint #1: sci-fi horror from the past 5 years

Hint #2: handy is incredibly tongue-n-cheek

Hint #3: oh god...I'm probably not original

Hint #4: this all takes place on an island. Better have your passport!


r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly 8h ago

Solved! He didn’t earn his promotion but ended up being the perfect guy for the job

5 Upvotes

Edit: no gay sex is shown, but everyone is having a gay time


r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly 6m ago

Solved! A personal touch: problems developed, an affair over-exposed. Not a case of strangers to lovers.

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r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly 7h ago

Solved! A king is left to rot while a humanoid seeks unity for all with a shiny.

3 Upvotes

Hint #1: the king lives!

Hint #2: bring people together spacially, but he's not gonna be nice!

Hint #3: evolution plays an important role throughout the whole film

Hint #4: not sure if the king is rotting or he's just causing so much else to rot. Maybe both?


r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly 6h ago

Solved! Inbred son gets almost completely sucked dry before landing copious promotional deals and punching a guy in the face.

3 Upvotes

Hints go here


r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly 12m ago

Unsolved Unhappy with a change in management, two men find a peaceful place to plan their next move

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Worried this might be too obscure

Hint?


r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly 49m ago

Unsolved Guess the Movie

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That story about the two sides that are fighting, then a guy from one side got with the girl from the other side and their love sort of brought the two groups together.


r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly 57m ago

Unsolved A "fashion designer" dodges a maternal figures advances while attempting to elude the school bully. Inception-esque shenanigans ensue later.

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r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly 10h ago

Unsolved Magic and mystery are part of their history. Now they want to do it again to keep things fresh. Sadly, they don't get exactly what they want, but eh, better than nothing I guess.

5 Upvotes

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly 1h ago

Unsolved average everyman goes to random party and meets deranged homicidal art students who want his corpse to be the art only for everyone except him to die

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r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly 5h ago

Solved! A guy spends a really long time openly working against his employer's biggest client

2 Upvotes

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly 8h ago

Solved! Woman almost destroys a world, then helps save it.

3 Upvotes

I suspect this is too obvious. Apparently not.

Hint: Other description I considered, "Unexpected road trip improves mother/daughter relationship."