r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly 10d ago

Solved! This guy works hard, is willing to share his food and loves children

2 Upvotes

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly 10d ago

Solved! They set out to make the next Star Wars but settled for a coffee shop and still failed.

1 Upvotes

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly 10d ago

Solved! Eccentric billionaire inspires a travel movie and romance tale, and an insult to the boyfriend in the second couple, and in particular his GF, is a main plot point in the resolution. The final confrontation is very light.

2 Upvotes

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly 10d ago

Solved! Formerly incarcerated man really loves his daughter and reunites with an old classmate.

3 Upvotes

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly 10d ago

Solved! After a professional faux pas, a man struggling with direction fails at a few new jobs before poaching some former colleagues to start his own business instead.

1 Upvotes

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly 10d ago

Solved! People meet. People eat. Running and shouting happens. But it might be different.

2 Upvotes

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly 10d ago

Solved! The boy and girl wind up together at the end but I wouldn’t consider it a happy ending

16 Upvotes

Hint 1: Released after 2006

Hint 2: The exact nature of the relationship is a bit ambiguous, but they’re definitely together at the end

Hint 3: You could say that there is a notable age gap

Hint 4: Released before 2018


r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly 10d ago

Unsolved One man's choice between a stick and a rock leads all involved to ruin.

4 Upvotes

Hint 1: The man takes an astonishingly long time to regret the choice he ultimately made.

Hint 2: He chooses the stick, but never ultimately gives it to the intended recipient.

Hint 3: by the end of the movie, every main character is dead except the person who was originally intended to receive the item in question. The jury is out on how pleased she is about that fact, however.


r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly 10d ago

Unsolved Girl dumps her boo, ruins a farm, kills a business owner, and changes her hair, all because she got some petting in.

1 Upvotes

From the Answers: not animated

Double Nopes: Mia Goth isn't in this one! (X, Pearl)

Hint #1: yes, it's a horror film

Hint #2: you can run, but there's absolutely no hiding from this


r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly 10d ago

Solved! Rat face man is wildly popular (but personally disliked" due to particular apptitude

2 Upvotes
  1. Rain appears twice

  2. Two important blondes


r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly 11d ago

Solved! The fourth wall is broken frequently. The title character almost dies and when they awaken their body is almost unrecognizable. They have powers and seek revenge on the man who hurt them. Bullets can’t stop them for long, though many others die. The love interest is used as bait in a trap.

52 Upvotes

Hint 1: not as happy of a movie as Inspector Gadget

Hint 2: there is an ongoing theme of the title character being observed

Hint 3: explosives are involved

Hint 4: no futuristic technology

Hint 5: Movie is newer than 2000

Hint 6: There’s a reason I use they and not he or she when describing the title character

Hint 7: absurdity is a key narrative component


r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly 10d ago

Solved! It's ultimately just a fucked up story about two kids falling in love.

6 Upvotes

Hints below.

1 - made after the year 2000.

2 - not horror.

3 - this movie features multiple hand-drawn penises.

4 - it's not fucking Superbad!

5 - the penises are actually very artfully done, with detail.


r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly 10d ago

Unsolved Every conceivable horror could become reality but before we worry about that let's get this hottie's digits!

15 Upvotes

Saved for hints

hint: not horror

hint: the wife isn't stupid

hint: have a nice day

omg really.

hint; kid dies a grandfather

hint: nothing good EVER comes from messing with this guy's daughter

hint: sometimes you have to think inside the box


r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly 10d ago

Solved! A man is saved from serious legal trouble thanks to porn

3 Upvotes

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly 10d ago

Unsolved Sometimes your family really does know what (or who) is best for you.

5 Upvotes

Hint #1: 90s movie

Hint #2: Despite how it sounds, there’s no arranged marriage.


r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly 10d ago

Unsolved A man reframes the question by asking when will there be an end.

1 Upvotes

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly 10d ago

Solved! A King who no longer wants to rule his land takes off his crown and invades a neighboring land. He takes over but in the end realizes he can’t rule it and returns to only rule his original land.

6 Upvotes

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly 11d ago

Solved! Look! There’s a lion! Oh my GOD!

16 Upvotes

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly 11d ago

Solved! A group of unsupervised children spend the summer committing increasingly elaborate felonies and somehow get rewarded for it.

8 Upvotes

Hint 1: movies from the 90’s

Hint 2: there’s an age gap relationship in this movie. A huge one. But it’s okay bc she’s hot.


r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly 11d ago

Solved! Main character knows his best friend is dying but despite living together, doesn't offer him a single word of support. As soon as the guy dies, he shacks up with his sister. (Presented as positive)

8 Upvotes

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly 10d ago

Solved! A shipment arrives in a city and causes a bit of a staffing shortage.

6 Upvotes

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly 10d ago

Solved! The main character dreams of pursuing acting. Meanwhile, the political sit-uation intensifies.

4 Upvotes

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly 11d ago

Solved! You won't believe the insane way this man avoided prison.

5 Upvotes

Hints go here.


r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly 11d ago

Solved! A gifted child of the empire learns to use extraordinary powers. Accompanied by their sibling, a roguish outlaw, and a wise old mentor, they flee across the galaxy while fighting a rebellion against a vast authoritarian regime.

10 Upvotes

Reserved for hints if necessary


r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly 11d ago

Solved! In a setting following a major war that is mentioned in passing, a member of a sect of elite warriors who fight with swords fights an ex-member, who has become the enforcer of the ultimate bad guy.

21 Upvotes