| 100% | TOM | 3 | "Peeping ___," 1960 horror film that was referenced in Wes Craven's "Scream 4" |
| 40% | EVIL | 4 | "The ___ Within," 2017 horror film that was in production for 15 years |
| 39% | ACTIVITY | 8 | "Paranormal ___," 2007 supernatural horror film that is centered around camera footages in a haunted house |
| 37% | BLOOD | 5 | "___ and Black Lace," 1964 Italian horror film that has been referenced by filmmaker Martin Scorsese |
| 37% | SUNDAY | 6 | "Black ___," 1960 horror film that inspired Tim Burton's "Sleepy Hollow" |
| 36% | SCREAM | 6 | Wes Craven's series of horror/slasher films |
| 36% | IKNOWWHATYOU | 12 | With 30-Across, Lois Duncan horror novel that was turned into a film in 1997: 4 wds. |
| 35% | HOUSE | 5 | "The Last ___ on the Left," 1972 horror film directed by Wes Craven that is set in the woods |
| 34% | ELMST | 5 | Location in a Wes Craven horror film (2 wds.) |
| 34% | SAW | 3 | Horror film that starts in a lavatory |
| 33% | ELM | 3 | Street name in some Wes Craven horror films |
| 33% | SAW | 3 | Horror film that starts in a filthy lavatory |
| 33% | ELMST | 5 | Location in a Wes Craven horror film, for short (2 wds.) |
| 32% | IAGO | 4 | Fictional scarlet macaw that was first seen in Walt Disney's animated film "Aladdin" |
| 32% | LASSIE | 6 | Famous Collie that's been in film, TV and radio |
| 31% | THEFOGOFWAR | 11 | Documentary film based on Robert S. McNamara that won the Oscar for Best Documentary Feature in 2003: 4 wds. |
| 31% | THEBIRDS | 8 | 1963 film that was a 1991 Horror Hall of Fame inductee |
| 31% | MAN | 3 | "Spider-___," superhero movie that was referenced in an upside-down kiss that Shrek and Fiona share |
| 31% | TITANIC | 7 | Film that was rereleased in 3-D nearly fifteen years after its initial première |
| 31% | REDDESERT | 9 | 1964 Antonioni film that was his first to be shot in color |
| 31% | ILLGOSEE | 8 | Horror film line that usually gets its speaker in trouble |
| 30% | CSIMIAMI | 8 | CBS spinoff that was filmed mostly in California |
| 30% | MOANA | 5 | 2016 Disney animated film that will have a live-action remake in 2025 |
| 30% | DODGEBALL | 9 | Sport that was in Vince Vaughn, Ben Stiller film |
| 30% | GAME | 4 | "The Dating ___," reality TV show that was referenced by the Magic Mirror in "Shrek" |
| 30% | BLOOD | 5 | "___ Tea and Red String," 2006 animated film that was in production for 13 years |
| 29% | WATER | 5 | "Avatar: The Way of ___," 2022 sci-fi film that was in production for 12 years |
| 29% | THEROBE | 7 | 1953 Biblical epic that was the first film released in CinemaScope |
| 29% | ROSE | 4 | Flower that is also a popular character in the film "Titanic" |
| 29% | ELMO | 4 | Patron saint of sailors who is referenced in the title of a 1985 Brat Pack film |