| 100% | PELICAN | 7 | "The ___ Brief," a 1993 thriller starring Denzel Washington and Julia Roberts |
| 67% | THEPELICAN | 10 | "___ Brief," a 1993 political thriller film starring Julia Roberts - whose birthday it is today - alongside Denzel Washington: 2 wds. |
| 47% | INSIDEMAN | 9 | Heist thriller starring Denzel Washington and 28-Across (2 wds.) |
| 46% | INSIDEMAN | 9 | 2006 crime thriller starring Denzel Washington and directed by Spike Lee: 2 wds. |
| 44% | FLATLINERS | 10 | 1990 thriller starring Kiefer Sutherland and Julia Roberts |
| 44% | MUCHADOABOUT | 12 | "___ Nothing," a 1993 film based on a Shakespeare play, in which Keanu Reeves starred with the likes of Denzel Washington: 3 wds. |
| 42% | FLATLINERS | 10 | 1990 film thriller starring Kiefer Sutherland and Julia Roberts |
| 39% | ELI | 3 | "The Book of ___" (movie starring Denzel Washington and Gary Oldman) |
| 37% | THESIEGE | 8 | 1998 action film starring Denzel Washington and Annette Bening |
| 37% | TRAININGDAY | 11 | 2001 crime film starring Denzel Washington and Ethan Hawke |
| 37% | RICOCHET | 8 | 1991 action film starring Denzel Washington and John Lithgow |
| 37% | UNSTOPPABLE | 11 | 2010 action film starring Denzel Washington and Chris Pine |
| 37% | DEJAVU | 6 | 2006 action film starring Denzel Washington and Paula Patton |
| 37% | OUTOF | 5 | 2003 crime film starring Denzel Washington and Eva Mendes |
| 37% | MASALA | 6 | “Mississippi ___” (1991 film starring Denzel Washington and Sarita Choudhury) |
| 37% | COURAGEUNDER | 12 | & 20D 1996 film drama starring Denzel Washington and Meg Ryan |
| 37% | ELI | 3 | The Book of ___, a movie starring Denzel Washington |
| 36% | HEGOTGAME | 9 | 1998 basketball movie starring Denzel Washington and Ray Allen: 3 wds. |
| 36% | OSAGE | 5 | Meryl Streep and Julia Roberts starrer "August: ___ County" |
| 35% | HURRICANE | 9 | "The ___," 1999 American legal drama starring Denzel Washington as a boxer, that features a trial |
| 35% | HEGOTGAME | 9 | 1998 basketball drama starring Denzel Washington and directed by Spike Lee: 3 wds. |
| 35% | MOBETTERBLUES | 13 | 1990 musical drama starring Denzel Washington and directed by Spike Lee: 3 wds. |
| 35% | GREATDEBATERS | 13 | "The ___," a 2007 biography directed by and starring Denzel Washington, based on an article about the Wiley College debate team: 2 wds. |
| 35% | TAXIDRIVER | 10 | Martin Scorsese's 1976 neo-noir thriller starring Robert DeNiro as a veteran who plots the assassination of a presidential candidate: 2 wds. |
| 35% | JOHNQ | 5 | 2002 film drama starring Denzel Washington in the title role |
| 35% | THEHURRICANE | 12 | 1999 film starring Denzel Washington as a boxer (2 wds.) |
| 35% | RUNAWAY | 7 | Julia Roberts and Richard Gere star in __ Bride |
| 34% | RUNAWAYBRIDE | 12 | Rom-com starring Julia Roberts, and a feature of 20-, 32-, and 41-Across? |
| 34% | SON | 3 | "The Good ___," 1993 psychological thriller directed by Joseph Ruben that follows the story of a 12-year-old and his psychopathic cousin |
| 34% | DUPLICITY | 9 | 2009 comedy-thriller starring Julia Roberts and Clive Owen |