| 100% | DEEDS | 5 | "Mr. ___ Goes to Town," 1936 comedy-drama film starring Gary Cooper for which he was nominated for an Oscar |
| 69% | TOLLS | 5 | "For Whom the Bell ___," 1943 epic film starring Gary Cooper for which he was nominated for an Oscar |
| 63% | FRIENDLY | 8 | "___ Persuasion," 1956 drama film starring Gary Cooper for which he was nominated for a Golden Globe Award |
| 54% | SERGEANT | 8 | "___ York," 1941 biographical film starring Gary Cooper for which he won an Oscar |
| 53% | NOON | 4 | "High ___," 1952 Western film starring Gary Cooper for which he won an Oscar |
| 51% | SATURDAY | 8 | "___ Night Fever," 1977 dance drama film starring John Travolta, for which he was nominated for an Academy Award |
| 48% | RUNNING | 7 | "___ on Empty," 1988 drama film starring River Phoenix for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor |
| 48% | HALF | 4 | "___ Nelson," a 2006 drama starring Ryan Gosling, for which he was nominated for an Academy Award |
| 47% | CORDURA | 7 | "They Came to ___," 1959 Western film starring Gary Cooper for which he won a Laurel Award |
| 45% | PULP | 4 | "___ Fiction," 1994 crime film starring John Travolta, for which he was nominated for an Academy Award |
| 45% | BONES | 5 | "The Lovely ___," 2009 film starring Stanley Tucci, for which he was nominated for an Academy Award |
| 45% | MOZART | 6 | Role for which Hulce was nominated for an Oscar (losing to his co-star Abraham) |
| 44% | RAMBLINGROSE | 12 | 1991 drama starring 16-Across and 39-Across that is the only film to have a mother and daughter both nominated for an Oscar for the same film (2 wds.) |
| 43% | AMBULANCE | 9 | "___ Girl," 2005 TV film starring Kathy Bates for which she was nominated for an Emmy award |
| 42% | FIELD | 5 | "Love ___," 1992 drama film starring Michelle Pfeiffer for which she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress |
| 42% | LIMELIGHT | 9 | 1952 comedy-drama film starring Charlie Chaplin, for which he won his only competitive Oscar |
| 42% | TREE | 4 | "The Hanging ___," 1959 Western film starring Gary Cooper for which he won a Laurel Award |
| 42% | ALL | 3 | "...And Justice for ___," 1979 film starring Al Pacino for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor |
| 42% | DOGDAY | 6 | "___ Afternoon," 1975 film starring Al Pacino for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor: 2 wds. |
| 42% | ROSS | 4 | "Glengarry Glen ___," 1992 film starring Al Pacino for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor |
| 40% | LAW | 3 | "Harry's ___," 2011 comedy drama TV series starring Kathy Bates for which she was nominated for an Emmy Award |
| 39% | BLOODDIAMOND | 12 | Political thriller film starring Leonardo DiCaprio for which he received an Oscar nomination for best actor: 2 wds. |
| 38% | FOUNTAINHEAD | 12 | "The ___," 1949 drama film starring Gary Cooper which was based on a novel of the same name by Ayn Rand |
| 37% | ALBERTFINNEY | 12 | "Murder on the Orient Express" (1974) star who is the only actor to be nominated for an Oscar for playing Hercule Poirot (2 wds.) |
| 36% | SINISE | 6 | Gary who was nominated for an Oscar for Forrest Gump |
| 36% | ROCKY | 5 | 1976 sports drama film starring Burgess Meredith as a boxing trainer, for which he earned an Academy Award nomination |
| 36% | MIDDLEDITCH | 11 | Actor Thomas who plays Richard Hendricks in "Silicon Valley", for which he was nominated for an Emmy |
| 36% | ASINGLEMAN | 10 | 2009 drama for which 21-Across was nominated for an Oscar: 3 wds. |
| 36% | PRETTYWOMAN | 11 | 1990 romantic comedy for which Julia Roberts was nominated for an Oscar: 2 wds. |
| 35% | ETHELHHO/WATERS | 15 | The second African-American, after Hattie McDaniel, to be nominated for an Oscar |