| 100% | JASON | 5 | "Freddy vs. ___," movie featuring an iconic showdown between two monstrous villains |
| 33% | JAWS | 4 | Movie with an iconic theme that starts with two alternating notes |
| 30% | DUEL | 4 | Showdown between two sword fighters |
| 27% | ROCKY | 5 | Movie with an iconic long shot? |
| 27% | TOM | 3 | "___ & Jerry" (2021 movie featuring an animated cat and mouse) |
| 27% | TARZAN | 6 | 1999 Disney movie featuring an ape character named Kala |
| 27% | III | 3 | "Mission: Impossible ___" (movie with an iconic villain performance by Philip Seymour Hoffman) |
| 26% | BOOK | 4 | "The Jungle ___," 1967 Disney movie featuring an orangutan character named King Louie |
| 26% | WOMAN | 5 | "Pretty ___," 1990 film starring Julia Roberts that features an iconic shopping montage |
| 25% | TERRORIST | 9 | Villain in many an action movie |
| 25% | MADEAONTHERUN | 13 | 2015 stage play featuring an iconic character created by 43-Across (4 wds.) |
| 25% | GHOST | 5 | 1990 movie that showed an iconic pottery wheel scene between characters Sam Wheat and Molly Jensen |
| 25% | EVILGRIN | 8 | Feature of many a gloating movie villain |
| 25% | SPARK | 5 | An attraction between two people |
| 25% | TERRORIST | 9 | Many an action movie villain |
| 25% | GRATE | 5 | Marilyn Monroe stood over one in an iconic movie scene |
| 24% | DRACULA | 7 | Van Helsing vs. ___, iconic showdown with a vampire in the 2004 movie "Van Helsing" |
| 24% | WOO | 3 | Director John of the "Mission: Impossible" movie featuring an eleventh-hour prevention of a pandemic |
| 24% | ELAL | 4 | Airline whose logo features an aleph, an ayin, and two lameds |
| 23% | MRS | 3 | "___ Doubtfire," 1993 family comdey that has an iconic makeover scene featuring Robin Williams |
| 23% | PRETTY | 6 | "___ Woman," 1990 romance comedy that has an iconic makeover scene featuring Julia Roberts |
| 23% | NORAH | 5 | One of two movie characters with an "infinite playlist" |
| 22% | ABE | 3 | One of two presidents between a James and an Andrew |
| 22% | DEBATED | 7 | Discussed an issue between two parties |
| 22% | ERICB | 5 | The other half of an iconic '80s hip-hop duo that featured the vocalist Rakim |
| 22% | COCO | 4 | 2017 Disney movie that won an Oscar for Best Animated Feature |
| 22% | MODEL | 5 | Feature at an auto show, in two different ways |
| 22% | GAP | 3 | An opening or space between two rocks |
| 22% | STEPS | 5 | Architectural features in an iconic "Rocky" scene |
| 22% | PRADA | 5 | "The Devil Wears ___," 2006 comedy drama that has an iconic makeover scene featuring Anne Hathaway again |