| 100% | STEPS | 5 | "The 39 ___," 1935 spy thriller directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starring Robert Donat |
| 58% | NORTH | 5 | "___ By Northwest," 1959 spy thriller directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starring Cary Grant |
| 43% | ARGO | 4 | 2012 spy thriller directed by and starring Ben Affleck, based on a true story |
| 38% | PSYCHO | 6 | 1960 American thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock based on a 1959 novel of the same name |
| 37% | BIRDS | 5 | The —, 1963 Alfred Hitchcock film thriller starring Rod Taylor and Tippi Hedren |
| 36% | ARGO | 4 | 2012 film thriller directed by and starring Ben Affleck |
| 36% | PLAYMISTYFORME | 14 | 1971 thriller directed by and starring Clint Eastwood: 4 wds. |
| 36% | PLAY | 4 | & 7D 1971 film thriller directed by and starring Clint Eastwood |
| 36% | DEAD | 4 | & 12D 1991 film thriller directed by and starring Kenneth Branagh |
| 36% | APOSTLE | 7 | The —, 1997 film drama written, directed by and starring Robert Duvall |
| 34% | WRATHOFMAN | 10 | 2021 action thriller directed by 17-Across and starring 26-Across (3 wds.) |
| 34% | SPELLBOUND | 10 | 1945 Alfred Hitchcock film thriller starring Ingrid Bergman and Gregory Peck |
| 34% | ICONFESS | 8 | 1953 Alfred Hitchcock film thriller starring Montgomery Clift and Anne Baxter |
| 34% | SUSPICION | 9 | 1941 Alfred Hitchcock film thriller starring Cary Grant and Joan Fontaine |
| 34% | PSYCHO | 6 | 1960 Alfred Hitchcock film thriller starring Anthony Perkins and Vera Miles |
| 34% | MURDER | 6 | 1930 Alfred Hitchcock film thriller starring Herbert Marshall and Norah Baring |
| 33% | SHADOWOFA | 9 | & 13A 1943 Alfred Hitchcock film thriller starring Teresa Wright and Joseph Cotten |
| 33% | NORTH | 5 | & 7D 1959 Alfred Hitchcock film thriller starring Cary Grant and Eva Marie Saint |
| 33% | ADASTRA | 7 | Space thriller directed by James Gray starring 1-Down/50-Down, 6-Down, and Liv Tyler (2 wds.) |
| 33% | STEPS | 5 | "The 39 ___" (Hitchcock film starring Robert Donat) |
| 33% | ROPE | 4 | 1948 Alfred Hitchcock thriller starring John Dall and Farley Granger as dinner party hosts |
| 33% | OFA | 3 | "Shadow ___ Doubt," 1943 Alfred Hitchcock thriller starring Teresa Wright and Joseph Cotten: 2 wds. |
| 33% | REBECCA | 7 | 1940 Alfred Hitchcock thriller starring Laurence Olivier and Joan Fontaine as a married couple |