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An Alternate Arrangement

You know the face. You remember the scene. Now find where every movie fits.

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Hard · 6 movies · 6 parts · 3 checks

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  • West Side Story
  • A Very Long Engagement
  • WarGames
  • Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance
  • Das Boot
  • Tron

The six parts

  • Animation
  • Released in the 2000s
  • Released in the 1980s
  • Romance
  • With Jeff Bridges
  • A teenage hacker risks starting a nuclear war

Inside this movie puzzle

Play An Alternate Arrangement: six movies, overlapping clues and three optional hints. Find the full lineup in this free Double Take movie puzzle.

Part of Surely You Know This One, a 15-puzzle pack. Hard is an estimated difficulty, based on this lineup and its clues. Every movie must fit a different category; one tempting match can leave another film without a place.

This cast includes West Side Story, A Very Long Engagement, WarGames, Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance, Das Boot, Tron. Its movie data spans Crime, Drama, Romance, War. Read all six clues before committing to the first match. You can move movies and undo placements without spending a check.

Hard · Estimated difficulty. Six movies. Six categories. Use every movie once.

  • West Side Story
  • A Very Long Engagement
  • WarGames
  • Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance
  • Das Boot
  • Tron

The categories

  • Animation
  • Released in the 2000s
  • Released in the 1980s
  • Romance
  • With Jeff Bridges
  • A teenage hacker risks starting a nuclear war

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How the cast came together

Spoilers: the full lineup. Open after you play.

This library puzzle has an optional answer discussion. 3 of the six categories fit more than one film. The lineup below is the only way to give all six movies a part. Facts come from the puzzle’s verified movie data.

  1. Animation — Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance (2009) is listed under Animation. Source
  2. Released in the 2000s — A Very Long Engagement was released in 2004, in the 2000s. Also fits: Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance. Source
  3. Released in the 1980s — Das Boot was released in 1981, in the 1980s. Also fits: WarGames and Tron. Source
  4. Romance — West Side Story (1961) is listed under Romance. Also fits: A Very Long Engagement. Source
  5. With Jeff Bridges — Jeff Bridges is in the cast of Tron (1982). Source
  6. A teenage hacker risks starting a nuclear war — A teenager mistakes a military computer for a game system and inadvertently triggers a potential nuclear confrontation. Source

How to play.

Step 1 of 4

First, try two clicks.

Click or tap Toy Story, then Animated. You can also choose the category first.

Animated

Try it: choose Toy Story or Animated first.

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Keyboard controls

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A–F
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An Alternate Arrangement

Puzzle No. 1261

Play An Alternate Arrangement: six movies, overlapping clues and three optional hints. Find the full lineup in this free Double Take movie puzzle.

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