r/badmovieideas

So you know how there’s plane crash survivor movies? They’ll crash in some remote jungle and run into “primitive natives”. They’ll be attacked by them and maybe make friends with one who’ll help protect them from the rest. Then they get found by a search and rescue team at the end.

I was watching a really bad movie and thought, what if we take that and make the crash survivor an alien! And the “primitive natives” are modern humans! What an interesting idea?!

Except that is already an entire genre of movies! I reinvented E.T…

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Coming of age story concept :

A story about a thirteen year old Native American kid who's father passes away from taking his own life and his mental state and life worsens as he and his friends grow up together. Their story goes through the years of 2017 - 2026 as they grow into adults and separate into their own lives.

Teen drama, psychological drama, comedy.

(Explores drug addiction, homelessness, gang violence, mental health awareness, domestic abuse, criminality, racial struggles, trauma, philosophy, perspective, and life contemplating stories.)