r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • • Mar 10 '26

Meta [META] Explain a Film Plot Badly

173 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

241 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 • • 3h ago

Solved! Bitter asshole takes it out on everyone else because he suffers from ill-fitting clothing and chronic medical conditions.

13 Upvotes

Hints go here


r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • • 6h ago

Solved! I see dead people.

21 Upvotes

Hint 1: the protagonist is helped by a guide with insight into their affliction

Hint 2: medical science is paired with the supernatural

Hint 3: the protagonist ends up right back where she started. Full circle


r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • • 37m ago

Solved! A mangled police officer is reborn as a cybernetic supercop.

• Upvotes

Hints.


r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • • 4h ago

Solved! A star signals the birth of a special baby

9 Upvotes

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • • 6h ago

Solved! Guy decides he's not ready for any of life's detours like butt stuff or brain damage, so he terrorizes a little girl.

13 Upvotes

Hint #1: sci-fi thriller


r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • • 2h ago

Solved! Man returns home after years away. He becomes interested in and is spurned by a woman who isn’t yet related to him

6 Upvotes

Hint: we don’t find out about their relationship in this particular film


r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • • 2h ago

Solved! Man peer pressures himself into doing every drug. He eventually even buys some!

4 Upvotes

Hints go here


r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • • 2h ago

Solved! They try to inject some forced drama and heart into this film, but 90% of this movie is just guys beating off.

6 Upvotes

Hints go here


r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • • 46m ago

Solved! It's a dream inside a dream inside a dream inside a dream, and the ending will elaborate on nothing whatsoever.

• Upvotes

Hints

This is a terribly obscure film. Arguably unfairly obscure.


r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • • 55m ago

Solved! Guy meets a girl totally out of his league. He thinks they're hitting it off, but she's just using him to score some green. They eventually promote much healthier choices.

• Upvotes

Hints go here


r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • • 1h ago

Solved! This guy was either misunderstood or difficult to work with/deal with or both.

• Upvotes

Hints:

1) He was a real person.

2) He was born in the 20th century. 3) He wasn't an office worker (at least not during the movie's timeframe)


r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • • 2h ago

Solved! No matter how much of a success you think you are, you can always rely on your sister to bring you back down to earth but she can be a doll sometimes.

3 Upvotes

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r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • • 6h ago

Solved! A bunch of grown men drag a teenage girl to a secret island while trying replenish a supply of a special dust they rely on

6 Upvotes

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • • 2h ago

Solved! A home invasion goes right for the family involved as they manage to kill all the invaders.

3 Upvotes

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • • 51m ago

Unsolved Girl shares her environmental science homework with her boyfriend and gets him and his bestfriend killed

• Upvotes

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • • 4h ago

Solved! A babies laughter sets off a chain reaction that almost destroys the seasons.

3 Upvotes

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • • 6h ago

Unsolved Dad lets a new housekeeper in and she slowly starts killing everyone until she loses her head.

4 Upvotes

Hint #1: dad's hand is forced, he gives in and lets her in

Hint #2: his daughter is quite rebellious

Hint #3: her transformation is almost unbelievable!

Hint #4: this film is a comedy!

Hint #5: even when her head comes off, there's still a bunch of dudes in her


r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • • 3h ago

Unsolved Group of friends on a road trip find a girl and take her back to her house. Bad move.

2 Upvotes

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • • 5h ago

Solved! Member of an elusive gang of troublemakers singles out a lonely child, terrorizes her family and stalks her into adulthood

3 Upvotes

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • • 7h ago

Solved! Thirsty couple becomes engaged in one sticky situation.

3 Upvotes

Hints go here


r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • • 9m ago

Unsolved Like a TARDIS, it's a lot bigger on the inside.

• Upvotes

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • • 3h ago

Solved! MC is abducted by group of people who introduce him to the shocker and a new way to jack it. Everyone is impressed by his new techniques and he's essentially worshiped long enough he develops a Messiah complex.

2 Upvotes

Hints go here


r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • • 4h ago

Solved! Chasing the dragon costs a man his life, and most members of his family theirs as well.

2 Upvotes

Hint: It has a sequel.