| 100% | BEASTS | 6 | "___ of the Southern Wild" (Oscar-nominated film of 2012) |
| 59% | MOON | 4 | "Killers of the Flower ___" (Martin Scorsese film nominated for 10 Oscars) |
| 59% | ARGO | 4 | Ben Affleck film that won the Oscar for Best Picture of 2012 |
| 55% | AMOUR | 5 | 2012 Michael Haneke film drama starring Jean-Louis Trintignant; 2013 Best Foreign Language Film of the Year Oscar winner |
| 55% | BAYOU | 5 | Marshy setting of "Beasts of the Southern Wild" |
| 55% | BOAR | 4 | Beast imagined in "Beasts of the Southern Wild" |
| 55% | ARGO | 4 | Cornstarch brand that's also the title of a 2012 film that won the Best Picture Oscar |
| 54% | AVIATOR | 7 | The __, most nominated film of 77th Academy Awards |
| 54% | TODDFIELD | 9 | Director of Oscar nominated film Tar |
| 53% | HIDDENFIGURES | 13 | Oscar-nominated film about NASA mathematicians, and a description of the countdown found in this puzzle? |
| 52% | REDS | 4 | Film that lost the Best Picture Oscar to "Chariots of Fire" |
| 52% | TIDES | 5 | "The Prince of ___" (Barbra Streisand film nominated for seven Oscars) |
| 52% | WRATH | 5 | "___ of the Titans," 2012 film starring Rosamund Pike |
| 51% | CHER | 4 | Oscar-winning star of the film "Moonstruck" |
| 51% | IRAN | 4 | Setting of the Oscar-winning film “A Separation” |
| 51% | IRAN | 4 | Setting of the 2012 film "Argo" |
| 50% | MARS | 4 | Setting of the 2012 film "John Carter" |
| 50% | ADELE | 5 | Singer of the 2012 Bond film theme |
| 49% | ALFIE | 5 | 1966 film nominated for the Best Picture Oscar |
| 49% | AVA | 3 | Director of the oscar nominated movie "Selma", ___ DuVernay |
| 49% | URI | 3 | Director Barbash of Oscar nominated "Beyond the Walls" |
| 49% | TED | 3 | 2012 film about a living teddy bear of the same name |
| 49% | ILPOSTINO | 9 | 1994 Italian film nominated for the Best Picture Oscar |
| 48% | DAVIDMITCHELL | 13 | Author of the novel that was adapted into the 2012 film 7-/49-Across |
| 47% | AIR | 3 | "Up in the ___" (2009 film nominated for the Best Picture Oscar) |
| 47% | SING | 4 | Winner of the 2017 Oscar for Best Live Action Short Film |
| 47% | ROMA | 4 | Mexican winner of the 2018 Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film |
| 47% | ARGO | 4 | Film about a fake CIA mission that received the Best Picture Oscar for 2012 |
| 47% | THEAVENGERS | 11 | 2012 production that became the third highest-grossing film of all time: 2 wds. |
| 47% | REMAINS | 7 | “The ___ of the Day” (Oscar-nominated film based on a Kazuo Ishiguro novel) |