| 100% | JUNGLE | 6 | "The ___ Book," Oscar-winning 2016 film where Lupita Nyong'o voiced Raksha |
| 37% | FORCE | 5 | "Star Wars: The ___ Awakens," Oscar-nominated 2015 film featuring Lupita Nyong'o and Harrison Ford |
| 35% | YEARS | 5 | "12 ___ a Slave," Oscar-winning 2013 film starring Lupita Nyong'o and Chiwetel Ejiofor |
| 34% | MADEINAMERICA | 13 | "O.J.:___," documentary series, based on the life of O. J. Simpson, that won the Oscar for Best Documentary Feature in 2016: 3 wds. |
| 34% | SOPHIESCHOICE | 13 | 1982 film starring Meryl Streep, where she plays a Polish immigrant, a role that won her the Oscar for Best Actress: 2 wds. |
| 34% | MOONLIGHT | 9 | 2016 film for which 47-Across won a Best Supporting Actor Oscar |
| 34% | IRAN | 4 | Setting for the 2016 Oscar-winning Shahab Hosseini film "The Salesman" |
| 34% | KENYA | 5 | African country where Lupita Nyong'o was raised |
| 34% | ARGO | 4 | Oscar-winning film based partly on the book "The Master of Disguise" |
| 33% | ONTHEWATERFRONT | 15 | Oscar-winning Marlon Brando film, or where the last words of 18-, 23-, 49-, and 57-Across can literally be found |
| 33% | YALE | 4 | University where Lupita Nyong'o earned an MFA in acting |
| 33% | SING | 4 | 2016 animated movie where Reese Witherspoon voices the pig Rosita |
| 33% | LALALAND | 8 | Film mistakenly announced as Best Picture at the 2016 Oscars |
| 33% | SIMPSON | 7 | The People v. O.J. __ won 9 Emmys in 2016 |
| 33% | MARTY | 5 | 1955 film that won the Best Picture Oscar |
| 33% | ROMA | 4 | 2018 film that won the Foreign Language Oscar |
| 33% | SPOTLIGHT | 9 | 2015 film that won the Best Picture Oscar |
| 33% | CODA | 4 | 2021 film that won the “Best Picture” Oscar |
| 33% | VIVIENLEIGH | 11 | Actress who played Scarlett O'Hara in the film "Gone With the Wind" and also won an Oscar for her work in the film: 2 wds. |
| 32% | YALE | 4 | Ivy League school where Lupita Nyong'o earned her MFA degree |
| 32% | MIGHTYAPHRODITE | 15 | Film for which Mira Sorvino won the Best Supporting Actress Oscar |
| 32% | DEPARTED | 8 | The —, 2006 Martin Scorsese film that won a Best Picture Oscar |
| 32% | THESALESMAN | 11 | 2016 drama about a married couple performing in an Arthur Miller play that was the second Iranian film to win an Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film (2 wds.) |
| 32% | FORREST | 7 | "___ Gump" (1994 film that won the Best Picture Oscar) |
| 32% | RAINMAN | 7 | Barry Levinson film that won the Best Picture Oscar |
| 32% | FROZEN | 6 | 2013 film that won the Best Animated Feature Oscar |
| 32% | SOUL | 4 | 2020 film that won the Best Animated Feature Oscar |
| 32% | XXXXXXX | 7 | Only Hitchcock film to win the Best Picture Oscar |
| 32% | LALA | 4 | "___ Land," 2016 film that won Emma Stone an Oscar for Best Actress: 2 wds. |
| 32% | BEEMOVIE | 8 | 2007 animated film where Jerry Seinfeld provided the voice of an insect: 2 wds. |