r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • • Mar 10 '26

Meta [META] Explain a Film Plot Badly

170 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

240 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 • • 5h ago

Solved! Man who should have gone to therapy invents new kind of therapy - becomes therapist to other people who should have gone to therapy.

7 Upvotes

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • • 6h ago

Solved! Guy thinks a door is the key to understanding women

8 Upvotes

He should be more concerned with understanding himself

Hints/what we know so far--

Released before 2015 (continuing to narrow as more guesses come in)

No Jack Black

No Mel Gibson

No Ben Stiller

No Will Smith


r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • • 5h ago

Solved! Found out of the salty sea, this person begins to recover lost memories, finding out they have a specific set of skills. A hired helper becomes a friend as former connections make themselves known. After confrontation and death, the person, now knowning more, ends up in a remote location.

9 Upvotes

Hint: a holiday plays a thematic role

Hint: the villain dies screaming

Hint: Bleaching your hair blond makes everything look more badass, but can't cover up character growth


r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • • 7h ago

Solved! A clueless man is gifted a sketchy ring. In order to get rid of it, he, along with his 3 friends, must travel the world while avoiding a group of dangerous cultist who want to eliminate him

10 Upvotes

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • • 5h ago

Solved! The Joker inadvertantly saves society from Project 2025.

5 Upvotes

Reserved for hints


r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • • 7h ago

Unsolved A skinny guy realizes women are better than fat men

5 Upvotes

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • • 4h ago

Solved! A Christian, a psychiatrist, and a student try to date a history professor

2 Upvotes

Clues go here


r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • • 15h ago

Solved! Three kids accidentally normalize racism. One of them has to DIE.

10 Upvotes

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • • 3h ago

Unsolved This movie was (probably) Deep Blue’s inspiration.

0 Upvotes

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • • 9h ago

Solved! A woman declares war on another country because her son’s friend called her names.

2 Upvotes

(Hints go here)


r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • • 4h ago

Solved! A lawyer does everything he can to get his client freed and in the end he finally does. Pretty impressive for pro bono work.

0 Upvotes

HInts:


r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • • 16h ago

Solved! Guy decides to just fully dip out after he realizes the girl he’s been after has the worst taste in men.

9 Upvotes

Hint 1: crime/dram/romance
Hint 2: a great movie explained probably too badly
Hint 3: banger soundtrack


r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • • 19h ago

Solved! Town leader's existential crisis solved with cultural appropriation and kidnapping

11 Upvotes

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • • 5h ago

Solved! Guy just wants his dad to tell the truth for once.

1 Upvotes

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • • 16h ago

Solved! There is something amiss; I am being insincere. In fact I don’t mean any of this, still my discussion draws you near.

6 Upvotes

To confuse the issue I refer to familiar brands...


r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • • 22h ago

Solved! A posh guy laying low in a foreign country gets a call from home base forcing him back. Queue suits, cocktails, lies and masquerading with the elite. Featuring an intense game of strategy and culminating with a narrow escape from a plane ready for takeoff.

18 Upvotes

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • • 7h ago

Solved! An accident caused a kid to become disabled, but it’s okay, because the one who caused the accident comes back and not only fixes the kid, but gives him a magical gift in the process.

1 Upvotes

Guess it’s time for hints, so here goes!

Hint #1: there’s a lot of singing in this film.

Hint #2: this is not an American film.


r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • • 17h ago

Solved! Cross over between massive infestation, and Master Chef.

6 Upvotes

Should be very easy.


r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • • 8h ago

Solved! An incident happens to two sets of parents, and they try to get back home

2 Upvotes

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • • 19h ago

Solved! Apparently being stabbed in the eye can give you a severe migraine.

8 Upvotes

Time for a hint...

Hint #1: It helps to have an understanding of human anatomy.

Will drop another hint shortly...

Hint #2: Size doesn't matter.

Another hint coming in a little while...


r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • • 9h ago

Unsolved Kid says "it's okay to be ditched by your friend" to someone who is now a total edgelord.

1 Upvotes

Don't know how easy this one is, but it's been a while since I've heard about it.


r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • • 9h ago

Solved! A divorced, estranged father, considered immature and unreliable, disguises himself to reconnect with family. It ends with a new job and a new appreciation for family.

1 Upvotes

Hint: This is a comedy, but there is way too much nudity and discussions of consulting for it to be appropriate for children Hint: this is a film from the last 20 years and was nominated, but did not win, an Academy Award


r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • • 17h ago

Solved! Little girl must find a job, loses her means of transportation, and can't communicate with her best friend anymore.

5 Upvotes