Spoilers ahead: for the puzzle and the movies/games
This page reveals all categories and answers for this puzzle. It also discusses plot details, story endings, and other spoilers for some of the movies/games shown.
easy
James Bond films
Dr. No · Goldfinger · GoldenEye · Skyfall
medium
Distributed by A24
Ex Machina · Moonlight · Lady Bird · Hereditary
hard
Neo-noir films
Chinatown · Blade Runner · Zodiac · Drive
All four are neo-noirs (morally compromised protagonists, corrupt institutions, cities that punish you for looking too closely) set long after the classic era. None of them call themselves noir.
tricky
Title ends with a question mark
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? · Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? · What's Up, Doc? · What's Eating Gilbert Grape?
Each film's official title ends with a question mark, spanning wildly different genres. The shared punctuation is the last thing a player would notice.