| 100% | DAHLIA | 6 | "The Black ___" (2006 Brian De Palma crime thriller) |
| 77% | DAHLIA | 6 | "The Black ___" (Brian De Palma crime thriller) |
| 44% | MARS | 4 | Brian De Palma’s “Mission to ___” (2000) |
| 43% | CARLITO | 7 | "___'s Way" (1993 Brian De Palma film) |
| 41% | DAHLIA | 6 | The Black __, 1987 James Ellroy crime novel |
| 40% | BLACKLIST | 9 | Crime thriller starring James Spader as Red: The __ |
| 40% | OCHO | 4 | The black ball in el juego de billar |
| 40% | LIMEHOUSE | 9 | Victorian Britain crime thriller The __ Golem |
| 40% | REDACTED | 8 | Brian De Palma 2007 war drama film featuring Izzy Diaz and Patrick Carroll |
| 39% | RONIN | 5 | 1998 De Niro crime thriller |
| 39% | PARADE | 6 | "Welcome to the Black ___," 2006 song by My Chemical Romance |
| 38% | SCARFACE | 8 | 1983 Brian De Palma film starring 46-Across as Miami drug lord Tony Montana |
| 37% | INSIDEMAN | 9 | 2006 crime thriller starring Jodie Foster: 2 wds. |
| 36% | SAM | 3 | "Summer of ___," 1999 crime thriller film featuring the ABBA song "Dancing Queen" |
| 36% | GOODGERMAN | 10 | The —, 2006 film thriller starring George Clooney and Cate Blanchett |
| 35% | THELIFEOF | 9 | & 2D 2003 crime thriller; the last film directed by the late Alan Parker |
| 35% | PALMA | 5 | "The Untouchables" director Brian De ___ |
| 34% | INSIDEMAN | 9 | 2006 crime thriller starring Denzel Washington and directed by Spike Lee: 2 wds. |
| 33% | COUNTRY | 7 | "No ___ for Old Men," 2007 American neo-Western crime thriller film directed by the Coen brothers |
| 32% | DAHLIA | 6 | "The Black ___" (1987 crime fiction best seller) |
| 32% | MATILDA | 7 | ___ De Angelis, actress who plays Elena Alves in the American thriller miniseries "The Undoing" |
| 32% | LAKE | 4 | "Shimmer ___," 2017 crime thriller starring Benjamin Walker that uses reverse chronology as a central part of the narrative |
| 32% | TRACYMORGAN | 11 | Brian Fellow portrayer on "SNL" who wrote the memoir "I Am the New Black": 2 wds. |
| 31% | THEPRESTIGE | 11 | 2006 psychological thriller directed by Christopher Nolan that follows the story of rival magicians: 2 wds. |
| 31% | PEREIRO | 7 | Oscar —, 2006 winner of the Tour de France following the disqualification of Floyd Landis |
| 31% | ESCAPIST | 8 | The —, 2008 crime film starring Brian Cox, Damian Lewis and Joseph Fiennes |
| 31% | EDWARD | 6 | The Black Prince |
| 31% | OIL | 3 | The black gold |
| 31% | EYED | 4 | The Black ___ Peas |
| 31% | PEAS | 4 | The Black Eyed ____ |