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
Retail stores are the workplace
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The job, the coworkers, and most of the trouble live inside a store. Retail is less a backdrop than a daily endurance event.
medium
Witness protection becomes a comedy
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A protected witness gets a new identity and an imperfect hiding place. Organized crime is dangerous. Neighbors and improvised cover stories do most of the comic damage.
hard
The narrator dies
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Each story is told by someone who does not make it out alive. The voice-over sounds like hindsight until the film reveals just how final that hindsight is.
tricky
Narrative feature debuts by cinematographers
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