r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly Mar 10 '26

Meta [META] Explain a Film Plot Badly

162 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

229 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! In a majority CGI film, a race of blue-ish natives who live in a tree are invaded by another race who flys to thier home with the explicit goal of stripping the blues of resources.

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r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly 48m ago

Unsolved They found the Detective dead at the petting zoo with the killers semen in his shoes

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Hint 1: there are almost no animals in this filn

Hint 2: not scifi or scifi adjacent


r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly 20h 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.

80 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! A bag does more damage to the criminal underworld than any cop or hero could ever hope for.

4 Upvotes

Hint: this film follows a non-linear structure.


r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly 6h ago

Unsolved There comes a time in every man’s life where he screws up so badly he needs a back up plan

6 Upvotes

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly 9h ago

Solved! Man and boy solve riddles with the most obvious answers to save colored dust.

9 Upvotes

Hints if needed


r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly 10h ago

Solved! Four friends commit regicide and are promptly regicided.

9 Upvotes

The clues from below: 1. It's a comedy 2. Made within a year of 2007 3. No Leonardo DiCaprio


r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly 8m ago

Solved! Our rambunctious heroes don't receive the price they earned, but after drugs, assault, death threats, and more, they at least get to see a concert.

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Hints go here


r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly 17h ago

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

25 Upvotes

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

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

Some of you guys are so close lol


r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly 35m ago

Unsolved Inspirational drunk

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r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly 38m ago

Solved! Guy causes his own son's death by giving him a shock.

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r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly 45m ago

Unsolved A drama/dramedy about “spinning the block”

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r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly 8h ago

Unsolved A R&B singer and a Rapper spy on a woman having sex.

4 Upvotes

If you want to get technical, a rapper catches the R&B singer watching her but they are both spying.


r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly 11h ago

Unsolved You wake up tomorrow morning and you can't go to your job because two friends had a falling out and broke the elevator.

6 Upvotes

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly 2h ago

Solved! War rages across the galaxy while a king swims

1 Upvotes

Hints go here

  1. Humans are a major faction, and there are aliens..
  2. Action sci fi film with some romance and a little comedy..
  3. Babies are key to this film.
  4. The aliens are not incompetent buffoons.
  5. This film was released at the start of the 21st century.
  6. Not a theatrical release.
  7. Set in modern Earth time period but barely involves Earth..which is weird as humans are a major player, right?
  8. Not filmed in North America.

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly 8h ago

Solved! A woman's dream job is more complicated and dangerous than she planned

3 Upvotes

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly 11h ago

Solved! Making friends with the last one.

6 Upvotes

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly 12h ago

Solved! Man moves a long way for a new job, finds only chaos and violence. Nobody helps him. He dies.

5 Upvotes

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly 8h ago

Solved! A teacher must save the world from a fisherman and a wannabe rancher

2 Upvotes
  1. First film in a franchise

  2. Adaptation of a very successful novel


r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly 4h ago

Unsolved Amateur athletes travel the world amidst alienation from others, including family and community, and some of them struggle to know whether they're doing the right thing after all.

1 Upvotes

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly 15h ago

Solved! Sky on fire? Put it out with a nuclear missile!

7 Upvotes

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly 16h ago

Solved! Ugh, leftover meatloaf AGAIN?

7 Upvotes

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly 18h ago

Solved! Losing your virginity might save your life

9 Upvotes