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The Missing Connection

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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  • The Man in the Iron Mask
  • The Mitchells vs. the Machines
  • The Flu
  • Veronica
  • The Skin I Live In
  • Kirikou and the Sorceress

The six parts

  • Released in the 1990s
  • A family road trip meets a robot uprising
  • With Antonio Banderas
  • With Leonardo DiCaprio
  • Horror
  • Released in the 2010s

Inside this movie puzzle

Play The Missing Connection: six movies, overlapping clues and three optional hints. Find the full lineup in this free Double Take movie puzzle.

Part of Unmasking the Machines, a 10-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 The Man in the Iron Mask, The Mitchells vs. the Machines, The Flu, Veronica, The Skin I Live In, Kirikou and the Sorceress. Its movie data spans Adventure, Action, Drama, Animation. 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.

  • The Man in the Iron Mask
  • The Mitchells vs. the Machines
  • The Flu
  • Veronica
  • The Skin I Live In
  • Kirikou and the Sorceress

The categories

  • Released in the 1990s
  • A family road trip meets a robot uprising
  • With Antonio Banderas
  • With Leonardo DiCaprio
  • Horror
  • Released in the 2010s

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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. Released in the 1990s — Kirikou and the Sorceress was released in 1998, in the 1990s. Also fits: The Man in the Iron Mask. Source
  2. A family road trip meets a robot uprising — A dysfunctional family on a road trip becomes humanity’s unlikely hope during a robot apocalypse. Source
  3. With Antonio Banderas — Antonio Banderas is in the cast of The Skin I Live In (2011). Source
  4. With Leonardo DiCaprio — Leonardo DiCaprio is in the cast of The Man in the Iron Mask (1998). Source
  5. Horror — Veronica (2017) is listed under Horror. Also fits: The Skin I Live In. Source
  6. Released in the 2010s — The Flu was released in 2013, in the 2010s. Also fits: Veronica and The Skin I Live In. 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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The Missing Connection

Puzzle No. 79

Play The Missing Connection: six movies, overlapping clues and three optional hints. Find the full lineup in this free Double Take movie puzzle.

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