r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly 5h ago

Unsolved People guessing movie long after the prompt was solved?

21 Upvotes

Is this only happening on my posts or on others' as well? What gives?

If it was a recently-solved prompt ( a few minutes ago), I could understand it's probably not showing as such for others yet, but days afterwards?

Any explanations?


r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly 19h ago

Solved! Government experiments escape containment and immediately turn everyone’s day into a survival horror game

13 Upvotes

Hints:

Its one in a trilogy

Mid 90s

Features terrifying creatures

Considered a low budget 'cousin' of a similar movie franchise that came out on the same decade


r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly 23h ago

Solved! Germany embarrasses America, so America responds with a coordinated auditory assault.

6 Upvotes

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly 7h ago

Solved! After the adult dies, a crew of teenagers must survive against cyborgs, 80s style gangs and betrayal from within. The movie ends when a well aimed rock destroys the BBGs master plan.

4 Upvotes

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly 21h ago

Solved! Girl turns 16 and suddenly has to pick a personality.

6 Upvotes

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly 22h ago

Solved! A world of pure imagination doesn't end well for one of our protagonists

4 Upvotes

*if NECESSARY

  • movie is aimed at kids so guesses like hook, Charlie n the choc, neverending story etc are in the neighborhood

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly 2h ago

Solved! A kid accidentally gets himself abducted, but he and his abductor decide they like the arrangement and keep it that way.

4 Upvotes

Hint: Colored attire is important to the plot.


r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly 4h ago

Solved! Poor health and safety leads a group of people to wish they'd taken more swimming lessons

5 Upvotes

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r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly 6h ago

Solved! Slut shaming, but with exuberance

3 Upvotes

I don't know, I've honestly never seen it. I'm told I'm spot on though.

Hint 1: One of the actors won a Razzie for it.


r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly 9h ago

Solved! Government release a chemical that turns people vicious and unthinking. A ragtag group of outcasts run from them and try to let the outside world know what is happening. The government tries to destroy everything with overwhelming firepower

4 Upvotes

Good luck


r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly 11h ago

Solved! Town resorts to graffiti to send a message

3 Upvotes

Hint #1 - town recently received a lot of unwelcome visitors

Hint #2 - not Sci-Fi or horror movie

Hint #3 - graffiti is an animal


r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly 12h ago

Solved! Man directs town to repaint to send a message

4 Upvotes

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r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly 19h ago

Unsolved Government employee wins again private contractor by standing perfectly still during working hours.

4 Upvotes

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly 20h ago

Solved! Military helicopter goes to see looking for a missing carrier. Hero ends up barely being able to stop a US military explosive from blowing up a US city

4 Upvotes

Typo, that should be 'goes to sea', not 'goes to see'


r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly 1h ago

Solved! An impromptu class excursion ends in bloodshed and property damage

Upvotes

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly 2h ago

Solved! He doesn’t realize he’s done this before.

3 Upvotes

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly 2h ago

Solved! Pro Al propaganda, which weirdly doesn't use a lot of Al in it

4 Upvotes

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly 8h ago

Solved! Going with plan c generates improvement for constant losers

3 Upvotes

Hint #1 - recent movie released in the last 5 years
Hint #2 - sports movie


r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly 20h ago

Solved! Man tries to use eclipse to get the property of people indigenous to a culture that he is an outsider of.

1 Upvotes

good luck

Hint 1: He eventually joins that culture, is even accused of 'going native'

Hint 2: The eclipse is in a few scenes early in the movie, then exits the film with a bang

Hint 3-The eclipse does not involve the sun or the moon


r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly 57m ago

Unsolved Spectators discuss trans issues during a public execution

Upvotes

Hint: the title is devilishly hard, I'm probably going to hell for htis one


r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly 1h ago

Solved! Man fights by not fighting.

Upvotes

Hints may go here.


r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly 9h ago

Solved! A guy gets a new job and ends up solving a labour dispute over workplace safety

2 Upvotes

Hint #1: The solution is violence.
Hint #2: It is an older (70s) movie. This might be too strong a hint.
Hint #3: It is a foreign movie.

It is interesting to me how many movies match up with this plot line.


r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly 12h ago

Solved! Manifesting

2 Upvotes

Accidental nuclear warhead, protagonist who tries too hard, and suspended animation.

Hint: parental violation...a little

Hint: a bully torments the protagonist.


r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly 13h ago

Solved! She fakes lost keys and falls for the mark, Then steals the past and vanishes at dark. She keeps a secret even as she dies, And speaks to him through someone else's eyes.

2 Upvotes

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly 13h ago

Unsolved The boss helps a lot of people

2 Upvotes