Quick, describe the Narnia movie plot in just one sentence. “Kid comes out of the closet,” you say? Technically true, but let’s try this again, this time for The Wizard Of Oz and its elements of the plot. “Transported to a surreal landscape, a young girl kills the first person she meets and then teams up with three strangers to kill again.” The perfect children’s movie, right?
These funny plot summary examples were part of the Twitter trend called 'Explain a film plot badly,' and though it does no justice to the popular movies, it’s absolutely hilarious! And no, no movie is safe from these hilariously inaccurate descriptions—from Twilight to the Harry Potter saga, every flick gets its fair share.
And what started as a happy accident took the internet by storm. Scroll down below to check our compilation of the best bad movie descriptions, and if these are not enough for you, there are many more on Twitter (X now).
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Twilight
Lord Of The Rings
Titanic
The Revenant
Harry Potter
Boy learns magic, but in the end he is still the same height as he was when he first started at Hogwarts
Beauty And The Beast
Star Wars: Episode V
Forrest Gump
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Home Alone II
Sleeping Beauty
Harry Potter
Shrek
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
The Chronicles of Narnia
Friends
Mulan
The Shining
Beauty and the Beast
Batman Vs Superman
What is the Poorly Explained Movie Game?
The fun doesn’t stop here! You can explain a film plot badly and make a game of it. How? Grab a few friends, select your favorite movies, and explain to them as a bad critic would. However, you can always cheat and use other people’s bad explanations if you get stuck. Nobody will notice if you steal some of these bad movie descriptions.
The Dark Knight
Every Adam Sandler Movie
Inception
Nemo
Star Wars: Episode VI
Harry Potter And The Philosophers Stone
The Martian
Speed
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (1964)
Deadpool
Nightmare On Elm Street
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
Grease
Star Wars: Episode VI
The Dark Knight
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
Forest Gump
Ugh. I despise the term "friend zone". What the hell is so wrong with just wanting to be friends? If anyone feels that a woman "owes" you a relationship and you're upset that she doesn't want to be anything more than a friend, then that just proves that you never actually liked her to begin with. Otherwise you would value your friendship with her and you would at least be happy that she is in your life, even if you do continue to just be friends.
Les Miserables
Twilight
Her
Where Can I Find Movie Descriptions?
Twitter isn't the only location for badly explained movie plots. With so many social media sites, Reddit seems to become the gathering location of bad descriptions. Particularly the subreddit group “ExplainAFilmPlotBadly.” People from all corners of the internet go there to explain a film plot badly and get praise for it.
Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows
Twilight
The Human Centipede
The Matrix
The Maze Runner: The Death Cure
Frozen
Mrs. Doubtfire
Maybe people should learn the difference between being transgender and being in drag.
Skyfall
Star Wars: Episode VII
Star Wars: Episode I
Avatar
Taken
Babe
Spiderman
While shooting his sticky white stuff all over buildings... and the public cheers when they see it..
Elf
A grown man that's a creepy van away from being the perfectly horrible pedophile..
Star Wars: Episode VII
Mean Girls
Aladdin
Taken
The Notebook
How Do You Describe the Plot of a Movie?
Think you can do better? Don’t be shy, and join other people. Since this community knows how to explain a film plot badly—don’t be afraid to fail. It’s the whole point of the conversation! The worse you make the plot, the harder it will be to guess. So, add you own obscure or famous movie summaries in the comments!
Star Wars: Episode VII
Bridge To Terabithia
Star Wars: Episode VI
The Dark Knight
"Home Alone" is titled as "Mama, I missed the flight" in French or some other language.
haha i am so gonna find that on youtube. Italy must be one of the leading countries in the world in wrong translating the titles of the films. When i talk with friends outside Italy about 70% of the films i don't even know if i saw it or not if i don't know the original title :D lmao
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"Home Alone" is titled as "Mama, I missed the flight" in French or some other language.
haha i am so gonna find that on youtube. Italy must be one of the leading countries in the world in wrong translating the titles of the films. When i talk with friends outside Italy about 70% of the films i don't even know if i saw it or not if i don't know the original title :D lmao
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