| 100% | SPOTLESSMIND | 12 | "Eternal Sunshine of the ___," cult movie in which Jim Carrey (birthday today) plays a man who undergoes a memory-erasing procedure: 2 wds. |
| 40% | JAMESMCAVOY | 11 | "X-Men: Apocalypse" star who played the title character of 28-Across in a 2015 movie: 2 wds. |
| 39% | BRUCEALMIGHTY | 13 | 2003 Jim Carrey movie where he plays a man who gains godlike powers: 2 wds. |
| 38% | KIRSTENDUNST | 12 | "The Power of the Dog" actress who plays a journalist in the new movie "Civil War": 2 wds. |
| 38% | TOMBRAIDER | 10 | 2018 action film in which Alicia Vikander (birthday today) played the role of Lara Croft: 2 wds. |
| 37% | THEFUGITIVE | 11 | Harrison Ford's 1993 movie (25th anniversary) in which he plays a man who is wrongfully convicted: 2 wds. |
| 37% | JOSHBROLIN | 10 | Actor from "No Country for Old Men," who plays the role of Cable, a mutant soldier, in "The Untitled Deadpool Sequel": 2 wds. |
| 36% | ASIMPLEPLAN | 11 | 1998 movie in which Bill Paxton played a man who finds money in a crashed plane: 3 wds. |
| 36% | JULIANNEMOORE | 13 | Actress who plays an activist aiding a pregnant woman in a dystopian retelling of the nativity story in "Children of Men" (2 wds.) |
| 35% | KARYNPARSONS | 12 | Actress who played the snobbish cousin of 17-Across in "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air," which is rumored to be getting a reunion: 2 wds. |
| 35% | THEROMANTICS | 12 | 2010 Katie Holmes movie in which she played a maid of honor: 2 wds. |
| 35% | THEGOLDEN | 9 | "___ Palace," sitcom that was a spin-off of "The Golden Girls," in which Don Cheadle (birthday today) starred as Roland Wilson: 2 wds. |
| 35% | OLIVIACOOKE | 11 | "Ready Player One" actress who plays the pregnant girlfriend of a murdered man in 31-Across (2 wds.) |
| 35% | JAMESMARSDEN | 12 | "27 Dresses" actor who has acted as Marvel superhero in "X-Men" and was also a part of the DC movie "Superman Returns": 2 wds. |
| 35% | RYANGOSLING | 11 | "First Man" actor who plays Ken in the "Barbie" movie: 2 wds. |
| 34% | ESCAPEFROMLA | 12 | Actor Kurt Russell's (birthday today) second installment of the cult sci-fi action film series in which he plays "Snake Plissken": 3 wds. |
| 34% | KELSEYGRAMMER | 13 | "Frasier" actor who plays the Tin Man in "Legends of Oz": 2 wds. |
| 34% | PATRICKSWAYZE | 13 | "Dirty Dancing" actor who played a ghost in the 1990 movie "Ghost": 2 wds. |
| 34% | ALECBALDWIN | 11 | "30 Rock" actor who played a ghost in the 1988 movie "Beetlejuice": 2 wds. |
| 34% | TOMMYLEEJONES | 13 | Actor who played Samuel Gerard, the man who leads a team of U.S. Marshals in 18a: 3 wds. |
| 34% | DEBRAMESSING | 12 | Actress who played 17a in the series for which she won a Primetime Emmy Award: 2 wds. |
| 34% | TYRESEGIBSON | 12 | "The Fate of the Furious" actor who plays Robert Epps in multiple "Transformers" movies: 2 wds. |
| 34% | EZRAMILLER | 10 | "The Perks of Being a Wallflower" actor, who plays The Flash in 31-Across: 2 wds. |
| 34% | DUSTINHOFFMAN | 13 | Actor who played 43-Across in the movie "All the President's Men": 2 wds. |
| 34% | BRUCEWILLIS | 11 | "Glass" actor who played a ghost in the 1999 movie "The Sixth Sense": 2 wds. |
| 34% | FORRESTGUMP | 11 | Tom Hanks' 1994 drama film based on a Winston Groom novel of the same name in which 20a plays his love interest: 2 wds. |
| 34% | THEMATRIX | 9 | A 1999 Sci-Fi film in which Keanu Reeves - whose birthday it is today - portrays the main character, named "Neo": 2 wds. |
| 34% | LIFESUPPORT | 11 | A 2007 movie in which Queen Latifah's (birthday today) character was based on Ana Wallace: 2 wds. |
| 34% | SUTTONFOSTER | 12 | "Younger" actress who played Princess Winnifred in the 2024 Broadway revival of "Once Upon a Mattress": 2 wds. |
| 34% | JOHNNYDEPP | 10 | "Black Mass" actor who plays a pirate in the "Pirates of the Caribbean" films: 2 wds. |