64 Times People Explained Movies So Badly It Was Good

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

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Lord Of The Rings

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Titanic

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The Revenant

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Harry Potter

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Beauty And The Beast

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Star Wars: Episode V

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184points

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Forrest Gump

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Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

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Home Alone II

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Sleeping Beauty

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Harry Potter

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Shrek

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Mr. & Mrs. Smith

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The Chronicles of Narnia

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#16

Friends

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Mulan

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The Shining

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Beauty and the Beast

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#20

Batman Vs Superman

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97points

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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.

#21

The Dark Knight

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95points

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#22

Every Adam Sandler Movie

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#23

Inception

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#24

Nemo

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#25

Star Wars: Episode VI

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#26

Harry Potter And The Philosophers Stone

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#27

The Martian

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78points

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#28

Speed

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77points

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Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (1964)

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Deadpool

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#31

Nightmare On Elm Street

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Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory

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#33

Grease

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#34

Star Wars: Episode VI

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The Dark Knight

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64points

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#36

E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

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Forest Gump

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61points

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#38

Les Miserables

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56points

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Twilight

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55points

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Her

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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.

#41

Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows

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Twilight

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#43

The Human Centipede

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The Matrix

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The Maze Runner: The Death Cure

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Frozen

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#47

Mrs. Doubtfire

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#48

Skyfall

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32points

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#49

Star Wars: Episode VII

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Star Wars: Episode I

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#51

Avatar

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Taken

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#53

Babe

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#54

Spiderman

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#55

Elf

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24points

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Star Wars: Episode VII

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Mean Girls

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Aladdin

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Taken

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The Notebook

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18points

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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!

#61

Star Wars: Episode VII

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Bridge To Terabithia

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#63

Star Wars: Episode VI

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12points

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The Dark Knight

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What do you think ?

Pemberton 8 years ago

"Home Alone" is titled as "Mama, I missed the flight" in French or some other language.

4points

CatieBrandyberry 8 years ago

Love these!

2points

Jason Marin 2 years ago

Four friends travel to Earth to find a music making device that can save an old woman from a skeleton.

1point

Kent Huang 4 years ago

Some that I’ve come up with: The Wizard of Oz: Two women fight to the literal death over a pair of cute shoes. Minions: It’s about the Minions. My Little Pony: The Movie (80s version): Clovis Leechman somehow creates a ton of Muk before Pokémon was even a thing. Alice in Wonderland: A little girl somehow survives eating and drinking random things she literally finds just lying about. Thumbelina: It’s about some girl who get kidnapped by some frog with a chest literally bigger than the rest of her body (and that’s including the legs), gets called ugly by Gilbert Gottfried, And is lectured on the subject of love by Carol Channing. The Care Bears II- A New Generation: Misleadingly titled movie shows children trying to take care of a bunch of babies and doing a terrible job at it. Also has something to do about some whiny little female brat that is obsessed with winning that is somehow killed by a falling light and revived like Tinkerbell.

Andrew Sheldahl 5 years ago

Title said 65, there was only 64.... clickbait

abdelrhmanadel 8 years ago

lol

Philip Smith 10 months ago

Boy finds himself in a incestual love triangle after stealing a car from a crazy old man he was using for his gigantic guitar amp until a would-be rapist is assaulted by a bullying victim.

Duncan 1 year ago

I wrote a few of these on BP before, went to Twitter and then back to BP.

Amritkala Chota 2 years ago

love the blog many movies like war movies and best movies we also write many reviews for telugu movies and we write web stories for telugu movies also for many telugu movie reviews you can follow : www.filmify.in for updates and more.

Bijoy Biswas 4 years ago

Very good movies collection here. But you can also add Venom 2 Upcoming

Paul McGrath 4 years ago

There are only 64!

foxygamer233 8 years ago

love them

AishaIngram 8 years ago

I love the one with the crystal in it!!!!

AjdaBoksicFilipovic 8 years ago

LMFAO!!!! Awesome!

ColourMaster 8 years ago

Hilarious! Hahaha

ChrisyPotter 8 years ago

Harry Potter and The "Philosophers" Stone is not the title of the book. I should not have told you that.

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64 Times People Explained Movies So Badly It Was Good

Twilight

Lord Of The Rings

Titanic

The Revenant

Harry Potter

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 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

Les Miserables

Twilight

Her

Where Can I Find Movie Descriptions?

Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows

Twilight

The Human Centipede

The Matrix

The Maze Runner: The Death Cure

Frozen

Mrs. Doubtfire

Skyfall

Star Wars: Episode VII

Star Wars: Episode I

Avatar

Taken

Babe

Spiderman

Elf

Star Wars: Episode VII

Mean Girls

Aladdin

Taken

The Notebook

How Do You Describe the Plot of a Movie?

Star Wars: Episode VII

Bridge To Terabithia

Star Wars: Episode VI

The Dark Knight

Games

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