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
Acclaimed non-English classics
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medium
Strange creatures become family
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A robot, a dragon, a fish girl, and an alien all arrive as disruptions. The films turn that disruption into family, which is much better than calling animal control or space police.
hard
Criminal professionals with codes
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These films are full of people doing dangerous work by private rules. Spycraft, theft, assassination, and samurai discipline all become a kind of workplace ethic, except the severance package is usually a bullet.
tricky
Sci-fi titles that name the threat
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The title tells you what kind of nightmare has entered the room: monkeys, RoboCop, apes, the Terminator. It is sci-fi naming with the subtlety of a warning siren.