| 100% | FIRE | 4 | "Chariots of ___" (1981 drama with an Oscar-winning soundtrack) |
| 56% | PUTTNAM | 7 | David —, Oscar-winning producer of 1981 drama Chariots of Fire |
| 53% | CROUCHINGTIGER | 14 | With an unseen portion of 128-Across, Oscar-winning martial arts film (2000) |
| 51% | CHARIOTS | 8 | __ of Fire, 1981 Oscar-winning Olympic-based drama |
| 49% | VANESSA | 7 | Redgrave with an Oscar, a Tony and a pair of Emmys |
| 49% | DAY | 3 | "Dog ___ Afternoon," 1975 Oscar-winning biographical crime drama starring Al Pacino with no soundtrack |
| 49% | ENYA | 4 | Singer with an Oscar-nominated song in "The Lord of the Rings" |
| 49% | TCM | 3 | Channel with an annual “31 Days of Oscar” |
| 48% | TCM | 3 | Channel with an annual "31 Days of Oscar" marathon |
| 47% | THEOMEN | 7 | Eerie 1976 movie with an Oscar-winning score |
| 47% | TYSON | 5 | Cicely with an honorary Oscar and a Presidential Medal of Freedom |
| 46% | JUNO | 4 | Movie with an Oscar-winning screenplay by Diablo Cody |
| 45% | ENYA | 4 | Singer with an Oscar nomination for "May It Be" (from the first "Lord of the Rings" film) |
| 45% | SPY | 3 | "The ___ Who Loved Me" (Bond film with an Oscar-nominated soundtrack) |
| 44% | REDS | 4 | 1981 film drama for which Warren Beatty won a Best Director Oscar |
| 44% | HITTITE | 7 | Member of an ancient people known for warfare with chariots |
| 44% | ENYA | 4 | New Age singer nominated for an Oscar for a "Lord of the Rings" soundtrack song |
| 44% | SPY | 3 | "The ___ Who Loved Me" (James Bond film with an Oscar-nominated soundtrack) |
| 43% | ZONE | 4 | Oscar-winning historical drama "The ___ of Interest" |
| 43% | WHITE | 5 | "The ___ Ribbon," 2009 German mystery drama with no soundtrack that won the 2009 Palme d'Or |
| 43% | SERIAL | 6 | Drama with an ongoing plotline |
| 43% | ASLIKELYASNOT | 13 | Odds of Alda winning an Oscar? |
| 42% | ANGELABASSETT | 13 | "What's Love Got to Do with It" Oscar nominee who earned an MFA from the Yale School of Drama in 1983 (2 wds.) |
| 42% | EMMA | 4 | Thompson with an Oscar |
| 42% | ANG | 3 | Lee with an Oscar |
| 42% | TERESA | 6 | Wright with an Oscar |
| 42% | ONEAL | 5 | Tatum with an Oscar |
| 42% | ELTON | 5 | John with an Oscar |
| 42% | ALEC | 4 | Guinness with an Oscar |
| 42% | MIRA | 4 | Sorvino with an Oscar |