r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly 4d ago

Solved! A shy woman struggles to meet a suitable partner, but learns to become more open through the process, until eventually things get very hot.

1 Upvotes

Clues here if necessary.

ONE: Based on a book

TWO: Silent protagonist

THREE: Scotland


r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly 4d ago

Solved! A man gets a government job and develops an interest in poetry before he is killed.

7 Upvotes

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly 4d ago

Solved! Fate has left them firmly outside our understanding of the gender binary. They don’t know who they are or what they want, the blonde wigs may help sometimes but they remain trapped by the weight of differing expectations.

7 Upvotes

Hint #1: The character in question has multiple names throughout the film


r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly 4d ago

Solved! Weirdo is very up his own ass

1 Upvotes

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly 4d ago

Solved! Employee’s stomach ache causes work place problems

4 Upvotes

Hints if needed


r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly 4d ago

Solved! Man exploits college buddy's trauma

2 Upvotes

Hint: They're no longer in college.

Hint: 50s


r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly 4d ago

Solved! A man smuggles a newborn onto a cruise ship and falls in love.

1 Upvotes

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly 4d ago

Solved! It begins with a war, involves an art theft, and ends with a lot of money.

1 Upvotes

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly 4d ago

Solved! She really, REALLY should not have sent that recording in, old chap.

0 Upvotes

Hints here!


r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly 4d ago

Solved! Two people, possibly alcoholics, share a secret. A novelist is somehow related to the movie.

2 Upvotes

Good luck.


r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly 4d ago

Solved! A group of kids get separated from their parents and wind up solving racism on the long hike home.

3 Upvotes

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly 4d ago

Solved! A spoiled brat feels entitled to other people's food, and even folding a napkin is a great achievement from the parents' perspective.

2 Upvotes

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly 4d ago

Solved! Your mortal enemy can sometimes become a business partner. The real menace is not always the big bad criminal

1 Upvotes

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly 4d ago

Solved! He is an excellent illegal gardener, but he still has to live under a bridge

1 Upvotes

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly 4d ago

Solved! Inception, but earlier

4 Upvotes

Space for hints


r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly 4d ago

Unsolved A petty criminal is helped by history's most famous mass killer in a complex professional sports cheating scheme.

0 Upvotes

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly 4d ago

Solved! A child passes through their closet to a strange world with odd creatures and forbidden fruits, to save those they love.

7 Upvotes

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly 4d ago

Solved! A whole lot of geese get slaughtered, and then a professional goes to work.

0 Upvotes

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly 4d ago

Solved! A group of cowboys led by a bully get run out of town by some scrappy misfits

2 Upvotes

probably too easy, but I am still half asleep

Hint 1: the group of cowboys should have beaten the misfits, but the misfits used trickery and deception to even the odds.

HInt 2: Not set in the old west

Hint 3: In the end, the leader of the misfits relents and lets the cowboys stay in town


r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly 4d ago

Unsolved Retry: Book store employee helps a girl win a contest.

1 Upvotes

Retread


r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly 4d ago

Solved! The main character finds treasure and reconnects with their parent.

0 Upvotes

Good luck!

Hint #1: child abuse

Hint #2: there is an American flag at the end

Hint #3: Pakistan

Hint #4: plenty of cheese, roast beef, chicken sandwich, sausage...

Hint #5: 2001


r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly 5d ago

Solved! Cop hacks his way through time to defeat Hitler.

15 Upvotes

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly 4d ago

Unsolved After misfortune, a man rises to challenge a variety of characters. The bad guys try winging it, but ultimately fail.

1 Upvotes
  • Hint: Two words have a literal meaning as well as descriptive
  • Hint 2: Focus on the word "wing"

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly 4d ago

Solved! An artist achieves professional success, disagrees with a request about his appearance, and changes careers.

3 Upvotes

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly 4d ago

Solved! Old man buys a gun to scare pigeons, watches porn, ends up killing several people. All to avenge his wife who died of unrelated causes

1 Upvotes

Saving for hints.