Roxanne (1987)

Plotzle Original · O84 · June 4, 2026 · Comedy / Romance

Six plot descriptions for Roxanne (1987). One is the real plot. Five are convincing fakes. Read them and guess which is real.

1. A grieving woman adopts her late sister's energetic rescue dog named Roxanne but the pet keeps running away to find its original owner and she follows it through town.
2. A shy librarian creates an elaborate fictional life online to impress someone she met and her bold coworker volunteers to impersonate her at the eventual real-world meeting planned for Saturday.
3. A wedding photographer in Charleston falls for a bride's single aunt while documenting their destination ceremony and decides to sabotage the reception slideshow as a grand romantic gesture.
4. An aspiring actress legally changes her name to match a famous Hollywood star and watches auditions get easier while her personal relationships become increasingly confused and strained by the deception.
5. A witty fire chief in a small Pacific Northwest town helps his shy, handsome subordinate woo the woman he himself loves by secretly providing romantic words, since his enormous nose makes him too self-conscious.
6. Two retired ballroom dancers reconnect at a reunion in Miami and decide to open a dance studio together but disagree constantly over music selection and teaching philosophy while secretly reigniting attraction.