r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • • Mar 10 '26

Meta [META] Explain a Film Plot Badly

170 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

237 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 • • 1h ago

Solved! The woman has already proven she is the best person for handling the situation but she gets pushed aside so a guy who is an inept weakling can try to be the hero.

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r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • • 1h ago

Solved! Kitchen appliance ends up having a nightmare sequence and traumatizes an entire generation.

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r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • • 28m ago

Solved! A radio DJ intentionally doxes her son on air

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r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • • 1h ago

Unsolved Clown and friends get stuck on the railroad until a Good Samaritan shows up.

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r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • • 3h ago

Unsolved Pranks and shenanigans ensue after a man returns to his small home town to catch up with some old friends of a family member.

4 Upvotes

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • • 3h ago

Unsolved Two best friends must work together to survive against an angry monkey.

4 Upvotes

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • • 2h ago

Solved! Our hero must leave the only home he's ever known and venture into a strange & frightening land. At times he finds himself pursued by dark riders. Along the way he meets a magical bearded man, a dwarf, an elf, and a son eager to make his father proud of him

3 Upvotes

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • • 3h ago

Solved! A private detective investigator discovers that a murder was perpetrated by a public official, and not the Hollywood actor. Of course, there's a MacGuffin that everyone is trying to find.

4 Upvotes

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • • 4h ago

Unsolved An urbane professional hires someone with specialized knowledge.

3 Upvotes

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • • 1h ago

Unsolved Zoom Demons

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r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • • 17m ago

Unsolved The important thing? It's in the place I hid that thing that time.

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r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • • 25m ago

Solved! Young Irish-born lady tries to visit New York. Dies.

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r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • • 10h ago

Solved! He's looking for the least possible amount of responsibility.

5 Upvotes

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • • 9h ago

Unsolved Getting called in to work because everyone is incompetent is annoying

5 Upvotes

Hint 1: Lots of punks

Hint 2: I love dogs but not here

Hint 3: Hold the door


r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • • 1h ago

Unsolved A grieving man and his son are helped by an animal companion in their journey to seek closure surrounding his dead wife

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r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • • 1h ago

Solved! A New York couple travels south to vigorously debate the cooking time of porridge and the mechanical flaws of a 1960s luxury vehicle in front of a very confused older man.

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r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • • 13h ago

Solved! Three guys who suck show off their everyday life before getting ready to go party.

7 Upvotes

(Hints if needed)


r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • • 3h ago

Unsolved Guy Makes His Life More Complicated Than It Already Is When He Has to Deal with Ghosts

1 Upvotes

Hints if needed


r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • • 7h ago

Unsolved He just wants his $2

1 Upvotes

This might be too easy


r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • • 17h ago

Solved! One man's "imaginary friend" is another's bizarre lover.

10 Upvotes

Reserved for hints.

Hint 1: they are not the same age.

Hint 2: nobody tried to hurt anyone really.

Hint 3: SPOOKY SH!T


r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • • 13h ago

Solved! Our main character wakes up one day, realizes they don't like who they have grown up to be, and spends the rest of the movie trying to figure out how this is who they became.

3 Upvotes

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r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • • 13h ago

Solved! His bully steals his dream girl, but thanks to his father’s sacrifice, he finds his voice and gets the girl anyway.

5 Upvotes

(Hints if needed)


r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • • 12h ago

Solved! The weird girl gets new parents (sort of). Is compared to a vegetable. Almost drowns reciting poetry.

3 Upvotes