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
Directed by Bong Joon-ho
Memories of Murder · The Host · Mother · Okja
medium
Scores by Jonny Greenwood
You Were Never Really Here · Spencer · The Master · The Power of the Dog
hard
A missing-person case becomes an obsession
Blow-Up · Burning · Under the Silver Lake · The Vanishing
Each film begins with somebody missing, then slides into something stranger: a portrait of the person doing the searching. The case matters, but the real engine is fixation, projection, and the way the hunt changes the hunter.
tricky
Titles that are women's first names
Carrie · Frida · Wanda · Shirley
The click is almost too plain once you see it. Each title is just a woman's first name, with nothing else there to distract you.