| 100% | FLY | 3 | "___ Away Home" (film starring Jeff Daniels, Anna Paquin, and a flock of geese) |
| 66% | FLY | 3 | "___ Away Home" (1996 film starring Jeff Daniels and Anna Paquin) |
| 41% | LOVE | 4 | & 12D 1990 comedy-drama film starring Jeff Daniels and Judith Ivey |
| 37% | LOOKOUT | 7 | The —, 2007 crime drama film starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Jeff Daniels |
| 35% | VEE | 3 | Flying formation for a flock of geese |
| 35% | GAGGLE | 6 | Collective noun for a flock of geese |
| 35% | GAGGLE | 6 | Collective word for a flock of geese |
| 35% | LORENZOSOIL | 11 | 1992 film starring Nick Nolte and Susan Sarandon as parents of a sick boy: 2 wds. |
| 34% | SOMETHINGWILD | 13 | "Untamed" 1986 film starring Jeff Daniels: 2 wds. |
| 34% | DUMBANDDUMBER | 13 | "Brainless" 1994 film starring Jeff Daniels: 3 wds. |
| 34% | VIENNESE | 8 | & 18D 1930 film version of a musical, starring Alexander Gray and Vivienne Segal |
| 34% | SKEIN | 5 | Collective noun for a flock of geese in flight |
| 34% | SURROUNDSOUND | 13 | Home theater feature, and a feature of the answers to the starred clues? |
| 34% | INTERSTELLAR | 12 | 2014 film starring Matthew McConaughey, and co-written by Christopher Nolan, about a group of astronauts and a wormhole |
| 33% | WAITING | 7 | 2005 comedy film starring Ryan Reynolds, Anna Faris, and Justin Long, set in a restaurant called Shenaniganz |
| 33% | HILLBILLYELEGY | 14 | Film adaptation of a J. D. Vance best-seller, starring Glenn Close and Amy Adams (November, 2020) |
| 33% | LEBOWSKI | 8 | "The Big ___," 1998 crime comedy film about a bowler starring Julianne Moore and Jeff Bridges |
| 33% | TIME | 4 | "Out of ___," 2003 thriller film about a police chief and his mistress starring Eva Mendes |
| 33% | LAST | 4 | "The ___ Picture Show," 1971 film starring Timothy Bottoms and Jeff Bridges that tells the story of two high school seniors |
| 33% | SHESALLTHAT | 11 | Teen romantic comedy film starring Paul Walker which is a modern adaptation of "My Fair Lady" and "Pygmalion": 3 wds. |
| 33% | IRAN | 4 | A Flock of Seagulls' "___ (So Far Away)" (2 wds.) |
| 33% | LOGANLUCKY | 10 | A 2017 heist comedy film in which Seth MacFarlane stars alongside Channing Tatum and Daniel Craig: 2 wds. |
| 33% | CAMEOAPPEARANCE | 15 | Small film role, and a feature of the answer to each starred clue? |
| 33% | SALT | 4 | 2010 film starring Angelina Jolie and Liev Schreiber...and what you'd use to garnish the rim of a 14a glass |
| 33% | INTOTHEBLUE | 11 | Action-thriller film starring Paul Walker and Jessica Alba about a sea plane crash off the coast of Bahamas: 3 wds. |
| 33% | GRIT | 4 | "True ___," a film starring Matt Damon and Jeff Bridges |
| 32% | THEGRADUATE | 11 | 1967 romantic comedy film starring Dustin Hoffman and Anne Bancroft based on a Charles Webb novel of the same name: 2 wds. |