Not Quite the Obvious movie trivia puzzle
Opening puzzle…
Not Quite the Obvious
You know the face. You remember the scene. Now find where every movie fits.
Medium · 6 movies · 6 parts · 3 checks
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Tootsie
5 Centimeters per Second
Beverly Hills Cop II
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind
The Wailing
Cinema Paradiso
The six parts
- With Eddie Murphy
- Directed by Hayao Miyazaki
- Animation
- Released in the 2010s
- Released in the 1980s
- An actor adopts a female identity to get work
Choose a movie or a category first.
One movie can fit more than one part.
Inside this movie puzzle
Play Not Quite the Obvious: 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. Medium 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 Tootsie, 5 Centimeters per Second, Beverly Hills Cop II, Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, The Wailing, Cinema Paradiso. Its movie data spans Comedy, Romance, Animation, Drama. Read all six clues before committing to the first match. You can move movies and undo placements without spending a check.
Medium · Estimated difficulty. Six movies. Six categories. Use every movie once.
- Tootsie
- 5 Centimeters per Second
- Beverly Hills Cop II
- Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind
- The Wailing
- Cinema Paradiso
The categories
- With Eddie Murphy
- Directed by Hayao Miyazaki
- Animation
- Released in the 2010s
- Released in the 1980s
- An actor adopts a female identity to get work
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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. 2 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.
- With Eddie Murphy — Eddie Murphy is in the cast of Beverly Hills Cop II (1987). Source
- Directed by Hayao Miyazaki — Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984) was directed by Hayao Miyazaki. Source
- Animation — 5 Centimeters per Second (2007) is listed under Animation. Also fits: Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind. Source
- Released in the 2010s — The Wailing was released in 2016, in the 2010s. Source
- Released in the 1980s — Cinema Paradiso was released in 1988, in the 1980s. Also fits: Tootsie, Beverly Hills Cop II and Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind. Source
- An actor adopts a female identity to get work — An unemployed actor auditions under a female identity and wins a part in a daytime television drama. Source