| 100% | CHLOEZHAO | 9 | "Songs My Brothers Taught Me" writer/director who directed the 2020 film adaptation of 45-Across by 29-Across (2 wds.) |
| 46% | GEORGECLOONEY | 13 | "Good Night, and Good Luck" director who directed the 2023 film adaptation of Daniel James Brown's nonfiction novel "The Boys in the Boat" (2 wds.) |
| 45% | SARAHPOLLEY | 11 | "Away from Her" writer/director who wrote and directed the film adaptation of 28-Across, which debuted at the Toronto Film Festival this month (2 wds.) |
| 44% | PINBALLWIZARD | 13 | Song performed by Elton John in the film adaptation of 31-Across: 2 wds. |
| 41% | SAMRAIMI | 8 | Director of 31-/48-Across who also directed the 2002-2007 "Spider-Man" films: 2 wds. |
| 41% | DIRTYDANCING | 12 | 1987 film featuring the Oscar-winning song "(I've Had) The Time of My Life" by Bill Medley and Jennifer Warnes: 2 wds. |
| 40% | IANMCSHANE | 10 | "Deadwood" actor who plays Mr. Wednesday in the Starz adaptation of 29-Across by 39-Across (2 wds.) |
| 39% | RUSSELLCROWE | 12 | "Gladiator" actor who plays Javert in the 2012 film adaptation of 32-Across (2 wds.) |
| 38% | MARKRUFFALO | 11 | "Spotlight" actor who plays an unscrupulous lawyer in the 2023 film adaptation of 27-Across's "Poor Things" (2 wds.) |
| 38% | EWANMCGREGOR | 12 | "Christopher Robin" actor who plays Dan Torrance in the 2019 film adaptation of 37-Across (2 wds.) |
| 38% | TIMOTHYHUTTON | 13 | "Ordinary People" actor who plays two roles in the 1993 film adaptation of 44-Across (2 wds.) |
| 38% | ANNEHATHAWAY | 12 | "Ocean's 8" actress who plays Fantine in the 2012 film adaptation of 32-Across (2 wds.) |
| 38% | SOFIACOPPOLA | 12 | "Lost in Translation" writer/director who adapted the memoir "Elvis and Me" into the 2023 film "Priscilla" (2 wds.) |
| 37% | MARIASCHRADER | 13 | "Unorthodox" Emmy-winning director who directed the 2022 film "She Said" (2 wds.) |
| 37% | STEPHENDALDRY | 13 | "The Inheritance" director who won the 2020 Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play (2 wds.) |
| 37% | AMERICANWOMAN | 13 | Lenny Kravitz's cover song which featured on the soundtrack of the 1999 film "Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me": 2 wds. |
| 37% | FORLIFE | 7 | "Bad Boys ___," action comedy film directed by Adil & Bilall which is one of the highest-grossing films of 2020: 2 wds. |
| 37% | KENNETHBRANAGH | 14 | "Death on the Nile" actor/director who directed the first of Marvel's "Thor" films (2 wds.) |
| 37% | MADISONCOUNTY | 13 | 1995 American romantic drama film "The Bridges of ___" directed by Clint Eastwood who also starred in the film: 2 wds. |
| 36% | WILLACATHER | 11 | American novelist who wrote the Great Plains trilogy of 15-Across, "The Song of the Lark," and 45-Across (2 wds.) |
| 36% | GEORGEMILLER | 12 | Director whose birthday it is today, who directed the 1979 film "Mad Max": 2 wds. |
| 36% | ROBREINER | 9 | Director of 33-Across who will write a foreword for the book by 15-Across: 2 wds. |
| 35% | ROALDDAHL | 9 | Writer of the children's books that the movies directed by 14-, 20-, and 36-Across were based on: 2 wds. |
| 35% | GILLIANFLYNN | 12 | Author who wrote the film adaptation of her own "Gone Girl": 2 wds. |
| 34% | NOMADLAND | 9 | Nonfiction work by 29-Across adapted as a 2020 film of the same name starring Frances McDormand directed by 15-Across |
| 34% | KEIRAKNIGHTLEY | 14 | "Anna Karenina" star who plays Elizabeth Bennet in the film adaptation of Jane Austen's "Pride & Prejudice" (2 wds.) |
| 34% | CARRIEFISHER | 12 | Author who wrote the film adaptation of her own "Postcards From the Edge": 2 wds. |
| 34% | PETERBENCHLEY | 13 | Author of "Jaws" who cameoed as a reporter in the 1975 film adaptation: 2 wds. |
| 34% | AARONSORKIN | 11 | "The Trial of the Chicago 7" writer who won the 2020 Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay - Motion Picture (2 wds.) |
| 34% | GWYNETHPALTROW | 14 | "Shakespeare in Love" star who plays Emma Woodhouse in the film adaptation of Jane Austen's "Emma" (2 wds.) |