| 100% | CRYIN | 5 | "A ____ the Dark" (1988 film) |
| 88% | ACRY | 4 | "__ in the Dark": 1988 Neill/Streep film |
| 78% | RAINMAN | 7 | 1988 film in which Dustin Hoffman plays the autistic heir to a fortune: 2 wds. |
| 77% | ACRY | 4 | “— in the Dark” (1988 Meryl Streep film) |
| 76% | THOR | 4 | "___: The Dark World," 2013 superhero film based on a Marvel Comics character that stars Natalie Portman |
| 75% | ACRY | 4 | "___ in the Dark" (1988 Meryl Streep film) (2 wds.) |
| 70% | PELLE | 5 | 1988 film, ___ the Conqueror |
| 70% | CAULDRON | 8 | The Black __ is a 1985 dark fantasy adventure film |
| 68% | ACRY | 4 | "___in the Dark" (Streep film) |
| 68% | ACRY | 4 | "_ ___ in the Dark" (Streep film) |
| 67% | EIGHTMENOUT | 11 | 1988 film about the Black Sox scandal |
| 66% | ACRY | 4 | “— in the Dark” (Meryl Streep film) |
| 65% | ATAFUNERAL | 10 | "Death ___," dark comedy starring Peter Dinklage based on a British film of the same name by Dean Craig: 3 wds. |
| 65% | COMINGTOAMERICA | 15 | 1988 film that precipitated the Buchwald v. Paramount lawsuit |
| 64% | TOWER | 5 | "The Dark ___," series of novels by Stephen King with a film adaptation starring Idris Elba |
| 63% | BEETLEJUICE | 11 | 1988 film comedy starring Michael Keaton in the title role |
| 63% | ELVIRA | 6 | “Mistress of the Dark” of TV and film |
| 63% | JAMAICANRUM | 11 | The "dark" in a Dark and Stormy, perhaps |
| 63% | RUM | 3 | The "dark" part of a Dark 'n' Stormy |
| 62% | CLARASHEART | 11 | 1988 film in which Whoopi Goldberg plays a nanny: 2 wds. |
| 62% | CAULDRON | 8 | The Black __, 1985 dark fantasy Disney film |
| 62% | ROGER | 5 | "Awake in the Dark" film critic Ebert |
| 62% | CHILDSPLAY | 10 | 1988 horror film with a homicidal doll |
| 62% | COPS | 4 | The good guys, in a chase film |
| 62% | SCUM | 4 | Film on the surface of a liquid |
| 62% | NARRATOR | 8 | The storyteller of a book or film |
| 62% | FOOTAGE | 7 | The raw, unedited material for a film |
| 62% | XANADU | 6 | The "everlasting world" in a 1980 film |
| 61% | WORKINGGIRL | 11 | 1988 film in which Sigourney Weaver plays a scheming executive: 2 wds. |
| 61% | BRIDE | 5 | "___ of Chucky," 1988 film based on the iconic horror doll |