| 100% | UNCHAINED | 9 | "Django ___," a 2012 Western directed by Quentin Tarantino, in which Jackson starred as an old racist worker |
| 35% | THEHATEFULEIGHT | 15 | Quentin Tarantino Western that began as a novel called “Django in White Hell” |
| 31% | NIGHTSHIFT | 10 | 1982 comedy directed by Ron Howard, starring Michael Keaton as a morgue worker: 2 wds. |
| 31% | AWARMDECEMBER | 13 | 1973 romance directed by and starring 43-Across as an American widow in London (3 wds.) |
| 30% | AIRFORCEONE | 11 | 1997 film in which Harrison Ford stars as a president whose plane is hijacked by terrorists: 3 wds. |
| 30% | CLOCKERS | 8 | Crime thriller directed by 49-Across featuring 49-Across in a cameo as a Con-Ed worker named Big Chucky |
| 30% | SEVERANCE | 9 | 2022-present Apple TV+ dystopian drama starring Adam Scott as a worker in an isolated office |
| 29% | DJANGO | 6 | "___ Unchained," 2012 American revisionist Western film directed by Quentin Tarantino |
| 28% | LINCOLN | 7 | 2012 historical drama directed by Steven Spielberg starring Daniel Day-Lewis which is about a U.S President |
| 28% | ETHANFROME | 10 | 1911 novel by 39-Across adapted as a film starring Liam Neeson as the title farmer in an unhappy marriage (2 wds.) |
| 28% | RESERVOIRDOGS | 13 | Independent Spirit Award-winning film directed by Quentin Tarantino that premiered at 48-Across in 1992 (2 wds.) |
| 27% | DAY | 3 | "The ___ the Earth Stood Still," 2008 sci-fi film directed by Scott Derrickson, starring Keanu Reeves in which an alien is sent to Earth to change human behaviour |
| 27% | PRECIOUS | 8 | 2009 drama film in which 42-Across costarred as a social worker |
| 26% | SONOFMAN | 8 | Magritte work in which a face is obscured by an apple, with The |
| 26% | PULPFICTION | 11 | Best Picture Oscar nominee directed by Quentin Tarantino that won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival in 1994 (2 wds.) |
| 26% | WILLOW | 6 | 1988 fantasy directed by Ron Howard, starring Warwick Davis as a farmer and conjurer |
| 26% | UNFORGIVEN | 10 | 1992 Western film directed by and starring Clint Eastwood as an aging gunslinger who takes on one last job, that won four Oscars |
| 26% | UNFORGIVEN | 10 | A 1992 Western directed by and starring Clint Eastwood and Gene Hackman, considered one of the greatest Westerns of all time |
| 26% | FICTION | 7 | Pulp __, film directed by Quentin Tarantino |
| 26% | THETHIRDMANWICH | 15 | Film in which an American, seeking an old friend in Vienna, enjoys a hearty lunch |
| 26% | RYE | 3 | “The ___” (“Seinfeld” episode in which Jerry steals a loaf of bread from an old woman) |
| 26% | HOOF | 4 | Its sound in old westerns was often simulated by a coconut |
| 25% | PRESUMED | 8 | With 46-Across, 1990 film in which Harrison Ford stars as a prosecutor accused of murder |
| 25% | INSIDIOUS | 9 | 2010 supernatural horror film directed by James Wan starring Patrick Wilson about ghosts in an astral dimension |
| 25% | SPLASH | 6 | 1984 rom-com directed by Ron Howard, starring Tom Hanks as a guy who meets a mermaid |
| 25% | WESTWORLD | 9 | 1973 western film starring Yul Brynner which features cyborgs in an amusement park |
| 25% | THRIFTSHOP | 10 | A 2012 hit by Macklemore & Ryan Lewis which has the line "only got 20 dollars in my pocket": 2 wds |
| 25% | LSEVEN | 6 | Square, in old slang, as indicated by forming a square with one's hands |