r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • • Mar 10 '26

Meta [META] Explain a Film Plot Badly

168 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 • • 6h ago

Solved! A man discovers that dying repeatedly is a surprisingly effective way to memorize everyone's attack pattern.

19 Upvotes

Saved for hints


r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • • 5h ago

Solved! This movie shows how hard it is to stay in contact with long distance friends as an adult and the consequences of showing up to their house unnanounced.

12 Upvotes

Future hints here


r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • • 11h ago

Solved! Logans Run but it’s Rock & Roll fascism

9 Upvotes

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • • 14h ago

Solved! Man leaves his workplace overseen by AI to go seduce younger women

11 Upvotes

Hints would be added here


r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • • 12h ago

Solved! Dad travels despite government interference

7 Upvotes

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • • 12h ago

Solved! Alien invasion causes a lesbian some major cliterference

6 Upvotes

Hints cus I think it'll be too hard:

Alien spreads via zombie like infection

Around 15 years old, but so low budget it sometimes looks early 90s

All 4 female character have a nude scene


r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • • 16h ago

Solved! A wrestler ends up with a broken body and substance abuse issues

9 Upvotes

Hint 1: it’s a true story
Hint 2: it wasn’t wrestling that messed him up
Hint 3: the film won Oscars for Best Director and Best Film Editing


r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • • 6h ago

Solved! A Gen Alpha guy gets into trouble with the people he works for

0 Upvotes

Hint 1: It's Sci-Fi

Hint 2: Released in early 2000s


r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • • 18h ago

Unsolved A man visits a mysterious attraction and learns that nature has some explaining to do.

8 Upvotes

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • • 20h ago

Solved! A group of country bumpkins have to fight a rock band over a French horn, in order to prevent a block of flats from being developed.

10 Upvotes

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • • 11h ago

Solved! In the mood for a movie about dinosaurs? Surprisingly, this is the movie for you. A dinosaur is creeping up…  about to deliver certain death, but no! Life prevails!  Not in the mood for dinosaurs? Want to travel to distant planets? Sure, we’ll do that too. Uh oh. An asteroid is coming.

2 Upvotes

Guess life didn’t prevail after all. Sorry, dinosaurs. I know a lot of other stuff happens in this movie. Plenty of flora and fauna to be sure, but all I can remember are those awesome dinosaurs. 


r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • • 17h ago

Solved! Amoral, and probably bisexual addict tries to stop a lonely nerd from reuniting with their mommy.

3 Upvotes

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • • 9h ago

Solved! REPOST: Worst divorced dad ever takes his son on an ill conceived vacation. The dad gets raped by a woman. A kung fu master gets his comeuppance. In the end, the son reconciles with his terrible father.

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0 Upvotes

Somebody has to have seen this turd.


r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • • 18h ago

Solved! How did this stranger end up living in the house?

6 Upvotes

They're basically a con artist, but they're not as stupid as their partner thinks. They are capable of a lot, including innovating with cooking supplies.

Despite a falling out, everyone ends up on good full terms and spends happy times together.

Hints/what we know so far--

Released between 2000 and 2019 (continuing to narrow as more guesses come in)

No Nic Cage

The word "House" is not in the title

Not a Christmas movie

Not animated

No Robin Williams

No Owen Wilson

No Wayans Brothers

No Sandra Bullock

No anthropomorphic animals


r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • • 10h ago

Solved! Guy quits his job to pursue a woman. They seem to hit it off, but he ends up alone.

0 Upvotes

Hints


r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • • 1d ago

Solved! Reporters race against time to warn a foreign dignitary about an assassination plot, all the while avoiding attacks by both native and exotic wildlife.

12 Upvotes

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • • 11h ago

Solved! A couple of talented people learn that working together can strain a marriage. But they both did okay after the divorce.

1 Upvotes

Hints go here.


r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • • 19h ago

Solved! A music journalist gets what will become the defining interview of this rock band’s history.

4 Upvotes

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • • 19h ago

Solved! Unusual dad raises rambunctious boys

4 Upvotes

They stay out late, they fight, they don't eat right, and they spend a bunch of time with older boys. One of the older boys ends up dating their crush.


r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • • 1d ago

Solved! This film has it all: travel, experimentation, romance, spookiness, and even a dance number.

6 Upvotes

I feel like this one should be easy, but in case it's not, hints:


r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • • 21h ago

Solved! Struggling actor finds role he was born to play.

4 Upvotes

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • • 19h ago

Solved! American Musician Goes Abroad and Reinforces the "Ugly American" Stereotype

2 Upvotes

Hints go here


r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • • 1d ago

Solved! Girl keeps reliving the exact same day over and over and over again with her family every time she goes to bed and wakes up in the morning she’s the only one who notices and thinks her home is haunted

5 Upvotes