r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly Mar 10 '26

Meta [META] Explain a Film Plot Badly

164 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

232 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

Unsolved People guessing movie long after the prompt was solved?

17 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 1h ago

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

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r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly 1h ago

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

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r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly 3h ago

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

4 Upvotes

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r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly 6h 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 1h ago

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

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r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly 5h 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 17m ago

Solved! Man fights by not fighting.

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Hints may go here.


r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly 29m ago

Solved! Chekhov's piss pouch

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Hint 1: released in the 1980s


r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly 34m ago

Unsolved An impromptu class excursion ends in bloodshed and property damage

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r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly 40m ago

Unsolved An old man moves back to where he used to live and starts helping out in the neighbourhood.

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r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly 8h 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

5 Upvotes

Good luck


r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly 7h 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 1h ago

Unsolved A crippled man with a guilty conscience recruits his neurodivergent friends to try and make things right. They ultimately make things worse for themselves and others.

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r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly 9h ago

Solved! Town resorts to graffiti to send a message

2 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 3h ago

Solved! A guy turns on the man who made him, but they reconcile.

0 Upvotes

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly 3h ago

Solved! Conversion therapy for superheroes

1 Upvotes

Not a Marvel. I know the rules.


r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly 11h ago

Solved! Man directs town to repaint to send a message

4 Upvotes

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r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly 8h 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 18h ago

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

11 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 4h ago

Solved! He wants everyone to be nice to each other or else…

1 Upvotes

Hint: early 2010s

Hint 2: Comedy


r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly 2h ago

Solved! This shit is just AI slop

0 Upvotes

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly 6h ago

Solved! Two women settle a custody dispute.

1 Upvotes

Hints here if needed.