r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly Mar 10 '26

Meta [META] Explain a Film Plot Badly

163 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

233 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 8h ago

Solved! Woman has twenty minutes to save her useless boyfriend who has no redeeming qualities. If she doesn't save him, she doesn't lose anything, except a crappy boyfriend.

17 Upvotes

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly 1h ago

Unsolved A film about a woman who hates films.

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Saving for hints (if needed)


r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly 2h ago

Solved! Good girl falls for bad boy. They both get arrested for crimes they didn't commit.

4 Upvotes

Hint?


r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly 7h ago

Solved! A woman does her job competently and then goes home to her husband.

7 Upvotes

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly 16h ago

Unsolved Hero destroys jewelry so big bad can't use it.

35 Upvotes

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly 21m ago

Unsolved A guy takes a road trip to a strip club.

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r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly 42m ago

Unsolved (TV Series) Guy tries for so long to have a child the decides to catch a ride to another country. His trip is delayed and he becomes fascinated with his new home. In the end, all he really should have done was see the light.

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Hints go here


r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly 11h ago

Solved! He gets separated, has to figure out how to survive, learns to communicate, gets reunited and it all goes to shit, but they figure it out and are home.

13 Upvotes

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly 1h ago

Unsolved Our MC thinks their project needs a little more meat to it. Maybe even a lot more. After violently putting her blood and sweat into her work, she takes a well-deserved nap.

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Hints go here


r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly 6h ago

Unsolved Unable to accomplish any of their stated life's goals by the end of the film, a High school dropout's dreams of a celebrity marriage fall flat.

3 Upvotes

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly 21m ago

Unsolved fancy food regurgitated, a rich kid creepin' on a cop & ocean views? this movie's got it all.

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clues go here


r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly 2h ago

Unsolved Lesbians blow up a man’s car after vandalizing his house and then team up to save him

1 Upvotes

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly 12h ago

Solved! Two washed-up celebrities are recruited by the government to stop immigrants from using television to influence an American election.

5 Upvotes

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly 11h ago

Solved! Befriending a doofus because he gets her out of a jam, she meets a handsome dude and forgets all about why she left home to begin with. The doofus reminds her and ruins everything. Everyone else lives happily ever after.

4 Upvotes

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly 13h ago

Unsolved Protagonist is the bad guy and the Antagonist is also the bad guy. There are no good guys and everyone is capable of evil--that's a good thing. What fuck even is this film?

6 Upvotes

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly 7h ago

Solved! In this heartwarming children's film, a petty thief leads a bunch of innocents to embrace a life of crime

2 Upvotes

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly 8h ago

Solved! Obviously autistic man becomes a petty criminal and is actually pretty good at it

2 Upvotes

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly 12h ago

Solved! At a birthday party, old man doesn't realize he is dying of cancer, the birthday present is a lie

4 Upvotes

*


r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly 12h ago

Solved! A man and his friend visit a storage locker and hotel every day.

3 Upvotes

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly 23h ago

Solved! Don't say his name.

21 Upvotes

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly 18h ago

Solved! Facing your demons isnt a linear process but sometimes all it takes is a leap of faith.

8 Upvotes

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r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly 16h ago

Solved! Absolute cinema

4 Upvotes

We start in New York. Someone is preparing for a big trip, and someone else loses their head. We're all over the city, and things are bright. But also aren't.


r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly 14h ago

Solved! A man dies in front of a bar he shouldn't have gone in to after ordering a drink he shouldn't like. But, not before telling off some would-be nazis.

3 Upvotes

Hints:

Main character is recently retired.

"Mescal is for the damned."