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
True-story survival against the natural world
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Each film dramatizes a documented expedition or accident in which weather, distance, hunger, or the sea becomes the main opponent.
medium
Union politics drive the conflict
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Organizing, strikes, corruption, and battles over who controls a union determine what happens to the workers and their leaders.
hard
Art forgery drives the plot
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A convincing fake painting creates the crime, the opportunity, or the career at the center of each story.
tricky
High finance threatens a company's survival
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Buyouts, market pressure, an IPO, or a predatory investor turns a corporation into the battleground and a career into collateral.