| 100% | SEA | 3 | "Manchester by the ___" (2016 film nominated for Best Picture) |
| 71% | LALA | 4 | "___ Land" (2016 film nominated for Best Picture): 2 wds. |
| 71% | ALFIE | 5 | 1966 film nominated for the Best Picture Oscar |
| 71% | LADYBIRD | 8 | 2017 film nominated for Best Picture ... or a hint to the answers to the eight starred clues |
| 70% | ILPOSTINO | 9 | 1994 Italian film nominated for the Best Picture Oscar |
| 66% | FROSTNIXON | 10 | *2008 film nominated for Best Picture |
| 66% | HER | 3 | 2013 film nominated for Best Picture |
| 66% | XXXXX | 5 | 2014 film nominated for Best Picture |
| 66% | LADY | 4 | With 5-Down, 2017 film nominated for Best Picture |
| 66% | PAST | 4 | "___ Lives," 2023 film nominated for Best Picture |
| 66% | BLACKPANTHER | 12 | First superhero film nominated for Best Picture |
| 63% | CALL | 4 | "___ Me by Your Name" (2017 film nominated for Best Picture) |
| 62% | PASTLIVES | 9 | Celine Song film that was nominated for Best Picture at the 2024 Oscars |
| 61% | AIR | 3 | "Up in the ___" (2009 film nominated for the Best Picture Oscar) |
| 60% | JFK | 3 | 1991 film nominated for a Best Picture Oscar |
| 58% | ROMA | 4 | Netflix film nominated for a Best Picture Oscar this year |
| 58% | JUNO | 4 | Elliot Page's 2007 teen movie which was nominated for Best Picture at the Oscars |
| 58% | SEA | 3 | Manchester by the ___ (2016 drama film) |
| 57% | LALALAND | 8 | 2016 film mistakenly announced as the Best Picture winner |
| 56% | SEA | 3 | "Manchester by the ___," 2016 film starring Casey Affleck |
| 55% | SEA | 3 | "Manchester by the ___" (2016 Oscar-nominated film) |
| 54% | TORI | 4 | ___ Kelly (singer who was nominated for the 2016 Best New Artist Grammy) |
| 52% | LALALAND | 8 | 2016 film starring 20-Across that was mistakenly announced as the Best Picture Oscar winner (3 wds.) |
| 51% | PASTLIVES | 9 | 2023 film in Korean and English nominated for Best Picture |
| 51% | DUNE | 4 | 2021 sci-fi epic nominated for Best Picture |
| 51% | ELEPHANTMAN | 11 | 1980 black-and-white film that was nominated for Best Picture, with "The" |
| 50% | SEA | 3 | "Manchester by the ___" (2016 drama film) |
| 50% | LALALAND | 8 | Film mistakenly announced as Best Picture at the 2016 Oscars |
| 50% | GRETAGERWIG | 11 | Director of two Best Picture-nominated films of the 2010s |
| 50% | HEYMAMA | 7 | 2004 song by the Black Eyed Peas that was nominated for a Grammy for Best Rap Song: 2 wds. |