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
A spouse has a secret past as a spy or assassin
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A marriage is shaken when hidden intelligence work, wartime allegiance, contract killing, or an old assassin identity comes to light.
medium
Trace their roots to newspaper comic strips
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hard
The story follows a protagonist's final day
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Each film compresses its story into the last day of a life, whether the character knows the deadline or only the audience can see it closing in.
tricky
A mannequin, doll, or dummy seems to come alive
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A human-shaped object gains a voice, body, or apparent will. Pin supplies the nastiest variation because the life comes from Leon's delusion.