We all love movies, and this is just a simple fact. Some films have even become household names in American culture. We've all seen them, and in a way, we all appreciate them. In your lifetime, I bet you've watched these videos at least three times with family and friends.

For fun, I decided to ask my friends to participate in a challenge. I asked them to write short blurbs accurately describing popular movies in oversimplified ways. For instance, Home Alone could easily be described by saying, "Kid angers criminals by taking a stay-cation."

After gathering a list of some beloved American films, I made polls to receive responses. The movies ranged from Star Wars and Harry Potter to Finding Nemo and the Hunger Games. I tried to make the array as diverse and as intriguing as possible, and the responses were both comical and completely accurate.

I hope you find some joy and humor in their descriptions, just as I have. Please note that these are the exact responses that were submitted to me, and the participants were asked to write responses in as few words as possible. Here are the best answers I received!

Matilda

• "Danny Devito as the world's worst father."
• "Young girl with unusual talents terrorizes evil principal and toxic parents."
• "Girl goes to extensive lengths to get adopted."

The Blind Side

• "High school football player is up for adoption."
• "Breaking expectations in white suburbia."

The Hunger Games

• "Teenager with a bow takes down the government."
• "Girl finds herself in a love triangle with her 'cousin' and a boy who bakes bread."
• "Children fight to the death for the country's entertainment."

Jumanji

• "Video game (or board game) gone wrong."
• "Board game antics get a bit animalistic."
• "Board game destroys local town and the lives of the people within it."
• "A game you would choose homework over playing."

Star Wars

• "Angsty man who never got to grow up attempts to destroy his own children."

The Greatest Showman

• "Singing wolverine exploits disability for profit."
• "Opportunistic dad makes millions by exposing people's insecurities."
• "Zendaya kisses Zac Efron."
• "Money-hungry man profits from society's outcasts."
• "Family man inspires the world to follow their dreams."

Ghostbusters

• "Four men fight spooky demons after fearful phone call."
• "They ain't' afraid of no ghost...or maybe they are?"

The Sandlot

• "Underdog baseball team meets real dog."
• "Baseball, baseball, and even more baseball."

The Matrix

• "The world is not real, or is it?"
• "People take magic pills and everything changes."

Mean Girls

• "African girl proves that American girls are mean."
• "Girl from Africa becomes a bully after pushing the other bully into a school bus."

Harry Potter

• "12-year-old boy needs to use newfound magic powers to defeat noseless man who killed his parents."
• "Old man holds grudge on the baby with a scar."
• "Abused boy who lives under the stairs expected to save the world."
• "Orphan becomes wizard. Hated by man without nose."
• "Boy talks to his evil counterpart via a scar. Then kills him."

The Princess Diaries

• "Teenager must decide between a crown and teenagerhood."
• "When things go wrong, apologize with M&Ms."
• "California houses teenage royalty."
• "Grandmother comes for tea and spills the family secret."

The Parent Trap

• "Two girls with the same face attend summer camp."
• "Identical twins discover each other and plan a coup to expose the people who tore them apart."
• "Parents care about their own self interests; tears family apart."

Freaky Friday

• "Mother and daughter walk a mile in someone else's shoes, don't like it."
• "A fortune cookie changes everything."

Finding Nemo

• "Little orange boy trapped by dentist and father must use unprecedented methods to save him."
• "Boy kidnapped for touching the butt."
• "Man takes a trip with a crazy woman to find his son."
• "With the help of a mentally unstable woman, man travels across the country to find his kidnapped son."

National Treasure

• "Nicolas Cage steals the Declaration of Independence."
• "It's just one big scavenger hunt."
• "The Founding Fathers hid National Treasures, and people tried to find them."

Pitch Perfect

• "Groups singing with no instruments."
• "Apparently a capella is cool now?"
• "College girls sing for redemption following throw-up incident."
• "Every college student has an obsession with a capella."