r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly Mar 10 '26

Meta [META] Explain a Film Plot Badly

161 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

227 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 4h ago

Solved! In this movie, big stuff happens Under the Sea. Singing, dancing and classic tunes UNDER THE SEA! The protagonist is a fish out of water and yearns to go back to their world. When it's time to Kiss the Girl, they get foiled! Boy, does this protagonist have daddy issues and is also famously little.

39 Upvotes

The protagonist really gets from point A to point B in a unique way. At the end, all the protagonist wants is to end up at a large body of water with their love interest.


r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly 4h ago

Solved! Siblings are uprooted due To WW2 discover a magical world and meet a half man half goat, and have an adventure

11 Upvotes

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly 2h ago

Solved! Losing your virginity might save your life

7 Upvotes

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly 2h ago

Solved! You know what, I'm not getting out of bed today. Then I wont have to deal with all the crazy shit that comes later.

5 Upvotes

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly 5h ago

Solved! This guy just really liked Oreo’s

8 Upvotes

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly 5h ago

Solved! It's a tale about sisters, and one of them is far colder and feistier.

8 Upvotes

Couldn't resist.

This makes my day at work, all.

Hint #1: there is a murder involved

Hint #2: I honestly couldn't think of a harder place to fit in

Hint #3: not a horror film


r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly 1h ago

Unsolved Want to unleash some monsters? Step 1: get so wet (that's it).

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Double Nopes: it is not any Meg, any Descent, any Alien, any Predator, or Underwater

Hint #1: I never said anything about an ocean

Hint #1.5: this movie is certainly not under water

Hint #2: one of the genres for this film IS horror

Hint #2.5: and the other is sci-fi

Hint #3: this movie is part of a series

Hint #3.5: and wetness was NOT a factor in them

Last Hint (for now): not on Earth


r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly 56m ago

Solved! Ugh, leftover meatloaf AGAIN?

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r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly 2h ago

Solved! A rich man tries using experimental technology instead of hiring an actor. It ends badly.

3 Upvotes

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly 16h ago

Solved! A lone, barefoot hero takes on an army of bad guys floor by floor inside a towering skyscraper.

43 Upvotes

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly 20m ago

Solved! Best way to solve a love triangle? Frame one point for murder.

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Hint?


r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly 7h ago

Solved! Run? Die. Vote? Die. Do nothing? Die. Only 1 will survive.

7 Upvotes

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly 7h ago

Solved! Reckless wild ride turns into safer, profitable wild ride!

6 Upvotes

Hint #1: this film is a comedy

Hint #2: it's also a family film (and it's bad, lol)

Hint #3: their ride was so wild, they thought others would like to experience it too!


r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly 5h ago

Solved! A horny, depressed, child soldier simultaneously dooms and saves humanity

4 Upvotes

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly 2h ago

Solved! A struggling restaurant finds the perfect local ingredient

2 Upvotes

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly 4h ago

Solved! Notably punctual group gets lost in Midwest Backrooms

3 Upvotes

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly 7h ago

Solved! War, politics and hope for something better tear them appart. A child almost brings them together but not for long.

5 Upvotes

Hint 1 - he is wounded in the war

Hint 2 - she wants to be free, but her past keeps following her

Hint 3 - his wounds and actions get him military honours

Hint 4 - he makes a fishing buddy in the war


r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly 4h ago

Solved! White guy who wishes he was Asian wants to rule the dumpiest city you’ve ever seen

3 Upvotes

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly 5h ago

Solved! Protagonist be damned, because others should have translated that Latin a LOT faster!

3 Upvotes

Hint #1: yes, of course this is horror

Hint #2: to whittle down a little, from the last decade

Hint #3: he also shouldn't have broken that ward, either

Hint #4: there's a LOT of people seeing him read those words!

Hint #5: found footage


r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly 11h ago

Solved! Professional women from competing orgs form a working group to support each other and solve a common problem.

9 Upvotes

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly 3h ago

Solved! Let me tell you, if you are looking for some unchained action, this is the movie for you. After it’s unchained, it’s ON! I’m talking violence, death, and the protagonist will stop at nothing to get his lady out of a jam. Unchained!

1 Upvotes

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly 9m ago

Unsolved Prude "big man" is upset everyone in town is not a prude like he is

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Saved for hints


r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly 6h ago

Unsolved Two cops try to find an unidentified criminal, but all they get for their trouble is a dead lover

3 Upvotes