Cruel Intentions: A young man wagers his car for the chance to fuck his sister.
Lethal Weapon A police detective gets a new partner.
Some of these (Buffy the series, and Karate Kid, for instance, seem to hit the point exactly. I wonder if this makes them bad summaries or bad films :D)
Men in Black Black cop transfers to immigration and is amazed at the extent of the problem, although finally discovers size doesn’t matter.
Men in Black 2 He goes to great lengths to get his job back.
Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery A cryogenically frozen British secret agent from the 1960s is brought out of his frozen state in the 1990s to face his arch enemy.
Our college newspaper just gave a description of the new movie Boat Trip as: Man finds love after accidentally setting sail on gay cruise.
I haven’t seen it, but judging from the previews I think that qualifies as missing the point.
Animal Farm: Some animals take control of a farm.
Anthem: A street sweeper invents things, then runs away.
The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe: Four children get lost in a wardrobe and meet a lion and a witch.
Fahrenheit 451: A fireman decides he likes books.
The Truman Show: A man quits career in television.
Office Space: Disgruntled employee accidentally embezzles too much money.
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back: Two stoners travel to Hollywood.
Dogma: Alanis Morisette gets put into a coma.
Paradise Lost: A couple enjoys a picnic lunch.
“The Rime of the Ancient Mariner”: A man attends a wedding and learns a valuable lesson about being kind to animals.
Romeo and Juliet: Teenagers discover that disobeying their parents leads to bad consequences. (Sadly, my ninth-grade English teacher thought this WAS the point. Really.)
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: Knight wears lingerie.
Hero: Disgruntled Chinese military officer lies to his old boss to get revenge, recants.
Urusei Yatsura: Young man wins over the heart of green-haired barbie.
To Kill A Mockingbird: Teenage girl fantasizes about the boy next door.
Almost anything by Philip K. Dick: Bitter man thinks he’s outwitted a conspiracy against him, but deranged woman destroys his chances at peace and happiness.
(If we’re allowed videogames…)Popful Mail: The Japanese make silly Americans spend several hours trying to time a jump right so they can see their '94 pop culture icons and president mocked. (Actually, this is a better description than the plot…)
Final Fantasy 6: A witch comes to terms with her father’s disappearence from her life and becomes a normal girl.
Starcraft: Abused woman at a penal colony screws everyone repeatedly.
Maybe she was reading Arthur Brooke’s version? 
One from a composite-text Shakespeare movie (even if I’ve already done the plays it’s based on) –
Chimes at Midnight: Older man is devastated when a younger man dumps him.
Alternate version of Chimes, suggested to me by a friend: Young monarch loses 400 pounds.
Chicago: a young woman realises her long-held dream to dance in a jazz show.
The Empire Strikes Back: after travelling a long way, a young man is finally reunited with his father.
Magnolia: a surprising rain storm hits Magnolia Ave, Los Angeles.
I’ll stop now. 
Ooh! I wanna play!
** Dark City**: A man wants to visit the beach.
** Strange Days**: Ex-cop finds true love on New Years’ Eve.
** E.T.**: A child developes a strange illness, but gets better.
** The Quiet Earth**: A man experiments with cross-dressing.
** Dogma**: Shit-monster attacks stoners.
** Silverado**: English immigrant learns how to survive in the old west.
** Breaker Morant**: Trial of a war criminal.
** Deathtrap**: Two writers have a disagreement over a plot point.
** Requiem for a Dream**: Soon-to-be game show contestant gets a new TV.
Oh, ick. I’d better stop now.
Well, if you MUST stop, okay. But please come back and add more. The ones you both posted were GREAT! Made my morning!
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Sorry for the typo. I meant Darth Nader.
Some more of Dick Francis:
“For Kicks” Australian horse breeder visits Britian.
“In The Frame” English painter visits Australia.“Smokescreen” English actor visits South Africa.
“Second Wind” English meterologist visits various locations in North America.
“Wild Horses” Blacksmith leaves library to movie director.
“Break In” Steeplechase jockey meets girl.
“Bolt” Steeplechase jockey almost loses girl.
The Mummy A beautiful Egyptologist and a handsome rugged French Foreign Legion soldier travel to Egypt and fall in love.
Star Trek: The Motion Picture
Spock mind-melds with an alien probe, which turns out to be from Earth but gives him hallucinations.
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
Spock mind-melds with McCoy, then sacrifices himself in a painful manner.
Star Trek III: The Search for Spock
McCoy starts acting like Spock, who is later reincarnated and takes his mind back.
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
Spock time travels to 20th century San Francisco, dresses like a hippy, and mind-melds with a whale.
Star Trek V: The Final Frontier
Spock runs into his insane half-brother, who tries to mind-meld with God.
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
Spock mind-melds erotically with a traitorous Vulcan woman, while her Klingon co-conspirator quotes Shakespeare.
Okay, FairyDust, ya talked me into it
The Bounty Mel Gibson has trouble putting his jacket on.
Foul Play Wannabe disco stud meets the wrong girl.
Time Bandits A young lad takes pictures of short people.
Clockwise Headmaster kidnaps young student.
Mallrats A man tries to see one of those “Magic Eye” images.
Farenheit 451 Fireman quits his job.
Logan’s Run Refugee meets old man with many cats.
Breaking Away A used-car salesman tries to get his son to join the buisness.
Interview With a Vampire The hard life in nitty-gritty New Orleans.
Raiders of the Lost Ark A man overcomes his fear of snakes.
Outland Some stupid cop messes things up for the company.
Just about every Dick Francis novel Former jockey, probably hurt at some point, with some well-connected friend, gets in trouble, goes somewhere, gets beat up, redeems himself.
(sorry, Isaac…)
No Mans Land- The difficulty of language barriers.
The Matrix- Never accept strange pills from strangers. They may cause you danger.
Panic Room- Installing cameras in your house helps in communicating with would-be thieves.
Home Alone- Grand larceny for dummies.
Love story. women dies and realizes she not sorry.
The Book of Genesis: A mad scientist creates life out of nothing, but it turns on him and he has to destroy it.
The Book of Revelations: Whatever you do, don’t pet the horses.