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 Spike Lee
Do the Right Thing · Malcolm X · 25th Hour · BlacKkKlansman
medium
Won Best International Feature at the Oscars
Parasite · Roma · A Separation · Drive My Car
hard
Filmed in one continuous shot, or made to look like it
Birdman · 1917 · Russian Ark · Victoria
Two of these films stitch a series of long takes together so cleanly that the seams disappear. Two are the real thing. Putting them in the same group is part of the joke: the illusion is now indistinguishable from the feat.
tricky
Title contains a weather event
The Perfect Storm · Twister · Snowpiercer · The Day After Tomorrow
Storm, twister, snow, and a colloquial weatherman phrase for the next-day cataclysm. The forecast in this group is bad.