The Common Thread movie trivia puzzle
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The Common Thread
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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The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
The Last Emperor
Malena
My Hero Academia: Heroes Rising
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!
The six parts
- A family Christmas hinges on a missing bonus
- Released in the 2000s
- With Leslie Nielsen
- Released in the 2010s
- Released in the 1980s
- Animation
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One movie can fit more than one part.
Inside this movie puzzle
Play The Common Thread: six movies, overlapping clues and three optional hints. Find the full lineup in this free Double Take movie puzzle.
Part of Waterfront Seats, a 10-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 The Girl Who Leapt Through Time, The Last Emperor, Malena, My Hero Academia: Heroes Rising, National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation, The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!. Its movie data spans Fantasy, Animation, Drama, Science Fiction. 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.
- The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
- The Last Emperor
- Malena
- My Hero Academia: Heroes Rising
- National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
- The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!
The categories
- A family Christmas hinges on a missing bonus
- Released in the 2000s
- With Leslie Nielsen
- Released in the 2010s
- Released in the 1980s
- Animation
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How the cast came together
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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.
- A family Christmas hinges on a missing bonus — A father presses ahead with a chaotic family Christmas while counting on his expected holiday bonus. Source
- Released in the 2000s — Malena was released in 2000, in the 2000s. Also fits: The Girl Who Leapt Through Time. Source
- With Leslie Nielsen — Leslie Nielsen is in the cast of The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (1988). Source
- Released in the 2010s — My Hero Academia: Heroes Rising was released in 2019, in the 2010s. Source
- Released in the 1980s — The Last Emperor was released in 1987, in the 1980s. Also fits: National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation and The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!. Source
- Animation — The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (2006) is listed under Animation. Also fits: My Hero Academia: Heroes Rising. Source