Bloodlands (2017)

Plotzle Expert · E8 · March 9, 2026 · Thriller / Drama

Six plot descriptions for Bloodlands (2017). One is the real plot. Five are convincing fakes. Read them and guess which is real.

1. A family in Albania faces aggression from another clan and must work together to deal with the resulting blood feud while navigating their traditional way of life and internal struggles.
2. A heroin addict in Detroit returns to her childhood farmhouse after her brother's suicide and discovers he had been blackmailing their uncle for decades over an unspecified incident.
3. An immigration officer develops an obsessive relationship with a detained asylum seeker and begins falsifying documents while his own family life deteriorates in the background unnoticed by him.
4. Two estranged siblings inherit their father's cattle ranch in Wyoming and find themselves isolated together for a harsh winter as old resentments resurface between them daily.
5. A woman's marriage dissolves after her husband's gambling debts accumulate and she takes their daughter to live in a coastal motel where they encounter a fugitive hiding nearby.
6. A prosecutor builds his entire case around testimony from a witness who later admits to lying but the defendant has already been executed and the media begins investigating.