| 100% | AWET | 4 | "Séance on ___ Afternoon" (1964 suspense thriller) |
| 55% | SEANCE | 6 | "___ on a Wet Afternoon," 1964 film |
| 48% | WET | 3 | Richard Attenborough's "Seance on a ___ Afternoon" |
| 46% | TICKINGTIMEBOMB | 15 | Plot device in some suspense thrillers |
| 42% | MARNIE | 6 | 1964 Hitchcock thriller |
| 41% | MATINEES | 8 | Afternoon performances on stage |
| 40% | STEP | 4 | "___ on a Crack" (James Patterson thriller) |
| 40% | III | 3 | Afternoon hour on a sundial |
| 40% | JAWS | 4 | Thriller set on Amity Island |
| 38% | FAILSAFE | 8 | 1964 Cold War thriller starring Henry Fonda |
| 38% | PARTTIME | 8 | On a job just mornings or afternoons |
| 38% | IIII | 4 | Late afternoon on a sundial |
| 38% | TEATIME | 7 | Spot on an afternoon schedule? |
| 38% | NILE | 4 | "Death on the ___" mystery thriller |
| 37% | FAILSAFE | 8 | 1964 Cold War thriller; backup that limits harm |
| 37% | ONEPM | 5 | Two bells on the afternoon watch |
| 37% | SCANDAL | 7 | Kerry Washington political thriller on ABC |
| 37% | REKHA | 5 | Malayalam-language thriller film on Netflix |
| 37% | HESS | 4 | Name on toy vehicles since 1964 |
| 37% | MAN | 3 | "___ on a Ledge" (2012 thriller) |
| 37% | WAITUNTILDARK | 13 | 1967 suspense thriller starring Alan Arkin and 44-Across (3 wds.) |
| 36% | TARGETS | 7 | Thriller about a war veteran on a killing spree |
| 36% | ASSAULT | 7 | Action thriller from 2005, __ on Precinct 13 |
| 36% | JAWS | 4 | Spielberg thriller based on a Benchley novel |
| 35% | SHADOWS | 7 | They grow longer as the afternoon goes on |
| 35% | NFLGAME | 7 | Sports bar showing on many a Sunday afternoon |
| 35% | DILATEANOTHERDAY | 16 | Request to an ophthalmologist on a busy afternoon? |
| 35% | JAWS | 4 | 1975 thriller that takes place on Amity Island |
| 35% | RUNAWAYJURY | 11 | John Cusack thriller based on a Grisham novel |
| 35% | GIRL | 4 | "The ___ on the Train" (2016 Emily Blunt thriller) |