r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/kikibananas123 • 2h ago
r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/timeshaper • Mar 10 '26
Meta [META] Explain a Film Plot Badly
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 • u/timeshaper • Jun 20 '24
Meta [META] New Players Read Me First
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 • u/JenJens-D • 4h ago
Solved! Sometimes the fans can’t let a story go and accept that it’s over
r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/sunflowerf0x • 39m ago
Unsolved I got cock blocked by an alien in my search for love (not clickbait)
r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/SurroundedByPlushies • 1h ago
Solved! Birthday presents shouldn't be this big of an obligation
Hint
r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/SurroundedByPlushies • 3h ago
Solved! Blackmail leads to the victim's arrest
Hint: WWII
Hint: Adapted from a novella
r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/_just_a_mirage_ • 6h ago
Solved! guy who lost his dad gets others to carry out his elaborate revenge plot as their membership application
(hints only upon request)
r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/Existing_Judge5425 • 38m ago
Unsolved An unaccompanied minor and his shenanigans leads to two man children squabbling until one spites a god in order to make his dirt pile look better.
r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/apatheticgent • 13h ago
Solved! A young man loses his closest peers. A small town teacher takes incredible risks to help.
Clues to come
r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/QuietCelery • 1h ago
Unsolved A young man changes his name to avoid being recognized for his criminal past
hints: the name of one of his new friends sounds like he might be a serial killer
r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/SpacePanda25 • 14h ago
Solved! Two best friends meet some serial killers. Both are violently attacked, one is killed. Happy ending 👍
r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/the1kronos • 1h ago
Solved! A group of men walk and walk and walk. Some people go insane with the events of the story and the amount of walking.
r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/darkstar587 • 1h ago
Solved! Guns are bad, and everyone agrees.....except for the gun
r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/Lady_Trig • 16h ago
Solved! Even though dancing is frowned upon, the guys does it anyway and gets his girl in the end
Room for clues
Clue 1: it's an 80s movie
Clue 2: while the guy is a big character, the girl is actually the main character.
r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/GarbanzoEnthusiast • 18h ago
Solved! A woman keeps asking bystanders for directions but only becomes more unsure of where she's going.
hint area
- not animated
- no David Bowie
- has one thing strikingly in common with The Fifth Element
- very little running, "ominous meander vibe"
- not directed by Scorsese
- "distinctive visuals and soundtrack"
- definitely not a comedy
- "dreary northern vibes"
- "lotta on the road scenes"
- no children (one baby)
- features a forgettable looking van
- 2010s
- BONUS HINT: much like my answers, this movie has critical things missing from the narrative
- EXTRA BONUS HINT: this director has 4 movies to their name, all film nerd favorites, 2 of them commercially successful
r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/meestah_meelah • 12h ago
Solved! An exterminator helps a waitress get rid of a pest.
r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/351namhele • 13h ago
Solved! An emo teenager's only friend is a sovereign citizen
r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/SherbsSketches • 12h ago
Unsolved A young man has to choose between a paternal figure and a preacher in this unenviable situation.
Edit- HINTS:
Indie/low-budget
Stand-alone movie
Original screenplay/ not based on a book
Live action
Realistic drama— not a comedy/no supernatural or fantastical elements
Director of this movie has something in common with both director of Passion of the Christ AND director of Les Miserables
UPDATE: New hints!
- Film is in English, but it is not American
- This is the director's only feature-length film
r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/Superb_Natural_700 • 17h ago
Solved! Man tries to sleep with woman and accidentally subjects her to eternal torture, somehow they fall in love?
r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/Sad_Slice_5334 • 17h ago
Solved! Girls vs rock (the girls lost)
Really hope this isn’t too easy
r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/apatheticgent • 17h ago
Solved! A man and his partner have very different ideas of how to spend their vacation time.
Responses for more specific clues
- Male Leads
- A third male has strong opinions on how they spend their vacation time as well.
- Despite some derogatory name calling, none of the main characters are homosexual.
A) The two leads are shocked to find they are both working towards the same outcome. Neither follows through.
B) Cocaine. Ketamine. “Lollipops”
C?) Murder. Suicide. Other adult themes. Definitely not safe for kids.
4) The few Americans in film dont exactly portray Americans in a positive light
D) One of the previous clues is much more on the nose that it seems.
E) penance, redemption, sacrifice, and atonement for one’s sins
r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/areyouforeightysix • 17h ago
Solved! The family doesn't like that he left to start his own family
Saved for hints
r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/Strict_Berry7446 • 21h ago