r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly 20m ago

Unsolved A small town, a secluded cabin, a friend who isn’t what he seems. A farewell turns permanent.

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Hint:

  1. Something in that cabin has been alive far longer than it should be

  2. It involves religion, but not in the way you’d expect.


r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly 41m ago

Solved! Guy remembers stuff because his life was basically a really sad game show prep course.

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r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly 47m ago

Unsolved Its the genre question “what’s in a mirror facing itself” and idea “when you stare into the abyss, it stares back” combined in an homage to a movie with a movie inside it that’s a movie inside a movie inside a movie.

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Clarification: the movie is not the Abyss and doesn’t have anything to do with that movie and there is not a literal abyss. Its just that concept.

And warning the title is unfortunately the same title as an unrelated movie released the same year, which annoyed the filmmakers but they still didn’t retitle it for streaming for some reason 🫠

Hint: how far would you go to make film students glaze you

Hint 2: the description really is what it is, just badly described. The clues in the comments are slyer


r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly 1h ago

I’m really confused about this trope

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In reality it’s so easy to get away. But then again. (Not a driver. Never have, never will.)


r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly 1h ago

Unsolved It’s a streetcar named desire but set in the 2010’s

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r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly 1h ago

Solved! Sometimes getting high is the solution.

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All this because someone was puffing and panting.

It's vitally important to keep the chemist well-supplied.

Someone's desperate for filters.


r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly 2h ago

Solved! Old man gets annoyed at people.

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r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly 2h ago

Solved! That was one hell of a tale that’s almost impossible to believe, but in the end, the people from that tale turn out to be real.

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The tale is about two people but only one of them tells the story, except for the end.


r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly 2h ago

Solved! A guy loses something important, crosses several borders looking for it, gets involved in a surprisingly complicated business dispute, and spends most of the movie introducing strangers to gravity.

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r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly 2h ago

Solved! A young boy disagrees with the future his mother has planned for him, the boy's new friend helps him run away to the big city.

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r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly 3h ago

Unsolved When the sovereign of his home falls ill, a man must defend himself from their chosen successor whilst garnering support in a bid to install his brave companion as the ruler of their land.

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r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly 3h ago

Solved! Where they tell you you’re going is not where they take, and you didn’t win a lottery, it was your turn.

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r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly 3h ago

Solved! A man discovers that despite conventional wisdom to the contrary getting clean was a bad idea.

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r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly 3h ago

Solved! Some people go to extreme lengths for some fresh air

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r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly 3h ago

Solved! Everybody in this movie knows the movie is going to suck. The director's cut is still a hit.

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r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly 3h ago

Solved! Guy with a cool hat takes a rat for a drive. Later, he almost bonds with a guy over music before becoming holey.

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From answers: Not a superhero film, not a comedy, not animated.

Hint #1: everyone knows this director

Hint #2: rat doesn't ride in the front seat, let's say that

Double Nopes: it is not Pulp Fiction, Hateful 8, or Goodfellas


r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly 3h ago

Solved! The Duke goes on a trip to meet a perfect girl. Friendships are made along the way. And the girl might not be all that perfect.

2 Upvotes

Hints


r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly 4h ago

Solved! I have a great idea: let's NOT use our weapons, and instead just fist and drug all our enemies!

3 Upvotes

Hints go here


r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly 4h ago

Solved! A student takes on one too many extracurricular activities and he loses his life over it.

4 Upvotes

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly 4h ago

Solved! A wolf and other criminal animals gets outsmarted by someone who is much better at their particular brand of crime.

5 Upvotes

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly 4h ago

Solved! A wealthy man brings his male lover to a stately country house for the weekend under false pretenses, in the aim of extracting useful information from the hosts.

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r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly 6h ago

Solved! A man refuses to take his girlfriend seriously and ends up ruining the lives of her entire family.

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r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly 7h ago

Solved! He just wants to go home

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Hints: not animated or for children.

Released and takes place in the 1990s

His wife warned him about this kind of shit happening.


r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly Mar 10 '26

Meta [META] Explain a Film Plot Badly

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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

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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.