| 100% | GOONIES | 7 | "The ___," 1985 adventure comedy film starring Sean Astin, Josh Brolin, and an ensemble cast as a group of kids living in the "Goon Docks" |
| 47% | GOONIES | 7 | "The ___," 1985 adventure comedy film starring Sean Astin and Josh Brolin |
| 43% | GOONIES | 7 | The —, 1985 adventure film starring Sean Astin and Josh Brolin |
| 41% | GOONIES | 7 | 1985 adventure film starring a young Sean Astin and Josh Brolin, with "The" |
| 33% | CLUB | 4 | "The Breakfast ___," 1985 coming-of-age film starring Emilio Estevez, Paul Gleason and an ensemble cast |
| 31% | HAIL | 4 | "___, Caesar!" a 2016 comedy film written by the Coen brothers and starring Josh Brolin and George Clooney |
| 31% | HES | 3 | "___ Just Not That into You," a 2009 romantic comedy featuring an ensemble cast with the likes of Ben Affleck and Jennifer Aniston |
| 31% | STEEL | 5 | "___ Magnolias," 1989 Julia Roberts film about a group of women in a small town, starring a female ensemble cast |
| 31% | STEEL | 5 | "___ Magnolias," 1989 film with an ensemble cast that is about a group of women in a small, Southern community |
| 30% | TIMES | 5 | "Fast ___ at Ridgemont High," 1982 film starring Sean Penn that chronicles a year in the lives of high school students |
| 30% | LORD | 4 | "___ of the Flies," adventure film where a group of schoolboys get lost on an island and slowly descend into savagery |
| 30% | THEAWFULTRUTH | 13 | 1937 comedy starring Cary Grant and Irene Dunne as a couple in the midst of divorce proceedings: 3 wds. |
| 29% | JONATHAN | 8 | & 4D BBC TV comedy-drama series starring Alan Davies in the title role as an inventor of magical tricks and investigator of mysteries |
| 29% | CITY | 4 | "The Lost ___ of Z," adventure film starring Charlie Hunnam as an explorer on a jungle expedition |
| 28% | COMMUNITY | 9 | A group of people living in the same place |
| 28% | DARKEST | 7 | "The ___ Hour," 2011 film starring Emile Hirsch about a group of people caught in an alien invasion |
| 28% | MICHAELKEATON | 13 | Actor who shared SAG Awards for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Motion Picture with the casts of 18-Across and 33-Across (2 wds.) |
| 28% | DEADWOOD | 8 | National Historic Landmark District in South Dakota that is the setting and title of an HBO series and a 2019 film starring Timothy Olyphant and Ian McShane |
| 28% | EDGEWISE | 8 | One way to get a word in ... and an aural hint to a feature of the starred clues' answers |
| 27% | EWOK | 4 | One of a number of small creatures in the Star Wars film series who live on the moon of Endor |
| 27% | THEGRADUATE | 11 | 1967 romantic comedy film starring Dustin Hoffman and Anne Bancroft based on a Charles Webb novel of the same name: 2 wds. |
| 27% | DUMB | 4 | Adjective in the title of a 1994 comedy starring Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels |
| 27% | THEBEATLES | 10 | Pop group who starred in the films A Hard Day's Night and Help! |
| 27% | AHARDDAYS | 9 | "___ Night," a musical comedy film starring the Beatles that won 31-Across an Academy Award for scoring of music: 3 wds. |
| 27% | PITCH | 5 | "___ Perfect," 2012 Anna Kendrick film about an a cappella group starring a female ensemble cast |
| 27% | HAIL | 4 | "___, Caesar!" 2016 mystery film starring Josh Brolin about a fixer working in the film industry |
| 26% | TRAINSPOTTING | 13 | 1996 Danny Boyle film starring Ewan McGregor as one of a group of addicts in Edinburgh |
| 26% | ALVIN | 5 | "___ and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip," 2015 animated film starring Jennifer Coolidge in a cameo as Ms. Price |