| 100% | SHES | 4 | "___ the One" (1996 comedy) |
| 89% | SHES | 4 | "the One" 1996 Aniston, Diaz comedy, ___ |
| 89% | SHES | 4 | "the One" 1996 Aniston, Burns comedy, ___ |
| 78% | SHES | 4 | "__ the One": 1996 Aniston/Diaz movie |
| 72% | HAPPYGILMORE | 12 | 1996 comedy film starring Adam Sandler in the title role |
| 69% | SHES | 4 | "___ the One" (1996 movie) |
| 68% | THATTHINGYOUDO | 14 | 1996 comedy about a fictional 1960s one-hit wonder pop band: 4 wds. |
| 67% | JERRY | 5 | & 8A 1996 comedy-drama film starring Tom Cruise in the title role |
| 66% | BIRDCAGE | 8 | The —, 1996 film comedy starring Robin Williams and Gene Hackman |
| 66% | AYKROYD | 7 | Dan __, comedy actor, one of the Blues Brothers |
| 65% | EXILE | 5 | Dante was one when he wrote the Divine Comedy |
| 65% | BURTON | 6 | Director of the 1996 sci-fi comedy Mars Attacks |
| 62% | HAPPYGILMORE | 12 | 1996 sports comedy in which 29-Across played the title role: 2 wds. |
| 62% | MEME | 4 | 1996's "Dancing Baby" might have been the first one to go viral |
| 62% | COCONUTCREAMPIE | 15 | Object one might take in the face in a slapstick comedy |
| 60% | BIRDCAGE | 8 | 1996 Robin Williams comedy, with "The" |
| 60% | SOFTIE | 6 | One who's liable to cry at the end of a romantic comedy, e.g. |
| 60% | EPIC | 4 | "The Divine Comedy," for one |
| 60% | MORAN | 5 | Dylan —, 1996 winner of the Perrier Comedy Award at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe |
| 59% | KEVINCOSTNER | 12 | Rene Russo's costar in the 1996 romantic comedy "Tin Cup": 2 wds. |
| 59% | SOULMATE | 8 | The one |
| 59% | CANTO | 5 | One of 100 in "The Divine Comedy" |
| 58% | FARCE | 5 | "The Comedy of Errors," for one |
| 58% | VAN | 3 | The —, 1996 comedy-drama film starring Colm Meaney and Donal O'Kelly |
| 58% | FRIGHTENERS | 11 | The —, 1996 comedy-horror film starring Michael J Fox and Trini Alvarado |
| 58% | THIS | 4 | The one here |
| 58% | NEXT | 4 | The one after |
| 58% | PREDECESSOR | 11 | The one before |
| 58% | THAT | 4 | The one there |