| 100% | RING | 4 | "The Fellowship of the ___" (subtitle of a 2001 Peter Jackson epic) |
| 49% | RINGS | 5 | "The Lord of the ___" (J.R.R. Tolkien trilogy adapted as epic films by Peter Jackson) |
| 48% | SPYCATCHER | 10 | 1987 book by Peter Wright subtitled The Candid Autobiography of a Senior Intelligence Officer |
| 46% | ABBA | 4 | Source of the music for a 2001 theatrical hit |
| 46% | NEMESIS | 7 | Archenemy, or the subtitle of a 2002 "Star Trek" movie |
| 44% | RAGNAROK | 8 | Norse mythology upheaval used as the subtitle of a 2017 "Thor" film |
| 44% | RAGNAROK | 8 | *Norse mythology battle used as the subtitle of a 2017 "Thor" film |
| 44% | IRIS | 4 | Part of the eye, or a 2001 Winslet biopic |
| 42% | JOEEGG | 6 | Peter Nichols play, A Day in the Death of __ |
| 42% | ANEWHOPE | 8 | Subtitle added for the 1981 rerelease of a 1977 blockbuster |
| 42% | JOEEGG | 6 | Peter Nichols wrote A Day in the Death of him |
| 42% | ENRON | 5 | Company at the center of a 2001 scandal |
| 41% | THRILLER | 8 | Concert revue "___ - Live," a celebration of the music and life of Michael Jackson |
| 41% | AFRO | 4 | A puffy hairstyle which all of the Jackson 5 once sported |
| 41% | ENRON | 5 | Houston company at the center of a 2001 scandal |
| 41% | SELLARS | 7 | Peter —, US theatre director; a 2014 recipient of the Polar Music Prize |
| 40% | IMBAD | 5 | Repeated claim in the refrain of a Michael Jackson hit |
| 40% | EMO | 3 | Genre of the 2001 song "Understanding in a Car Crash" |
| 40% | LYRICIST | 8 | The writer of the words of a song |
| 40% | SPY | 3 | The —, 1821 James Fenimore Cooper novel subtitled A Tale of the Neutral Ground |
| 40% | HORNETSNEST | 11 | The —, 2003 book by Jimmy Carter subtitled A Novel of the Revolutionary War |
| 40% | ALI | 3 | 2001 biopic starring Will Smith in the title role of a famous boxer |
| 40% | SPUTNIK | 7 | Subject of the 2001 book subtitled "The Shock of the Century" |
| 40% | NOSTROMO | 8 | 1904 novel by Joseph Conrad subtitled A Tale of the Seaboard |
| 40% | BENHUR | 6 | 1880 novel by Lew Wallace subtitled A Tale of the Christ |
| 40% | PERIMETER | 9 | The length of the sides of a 2D shape |
| 40% | COPA | 4 | "At the ___" (subtitle of a 1978 hit) |
| 39% | CHOKE | 5 | 2001 novel by Chuck Palahniuk which follows the story of a con man, Victor |