Why is this puzzle linear? Because it's...
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Because it's...
... a straight 10, Jack, Queen, King, Ace.
More specifically
The five items are films whose directors are written on the "cards" and whose release years are written diagonally in the number grid. The titles include the card names.
The full answers being
10 Blake Edwards (1979)
Jack Frost Troy Miller (1998)
Queen Vikas Bahl (2013)
King Arthur Antoine Fuqua (2004)
Ace Ventura: Pet Detective Tom Shadyac (1994)
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$\begingroup$ @Prim3numbah is there a reason to put the rot13(Qvntbany) element in the puzzle? Seems like an arbitrary factor that is a bit out of place $\endgroup$ Sep 11 at 15:23
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1$\begingroup$ @CatProgrammer It was just there to make the years a bit harder to detect $\endgroup$ Sep 11 at 17:55
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1$\begingroup$ Can you check the number for Miller in your answer? It looks one off. $\endgroup$ Sep 12 at 3:33
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$\begingroup$ @AndrewSavinykh rot13(Vg'f pbeerpg nppbeqvat gb VZQO naq gur dhrfgvba. Abgr gung gurer vf n svyz sebz n lrne rneyvre bs gur fnzr anzr, ohg abg qverpgrq ol Gebl Zvyyre.) $\endgroup$– Daniel SSep 12 at 6:27