| 100% | FALCON | 6 | "The Maltese ___," film noir by John Huston where Humphrey Bogart plays a private investigator |
| 65% | SLEEP | 5 | "The Big ___," film noir by Howard Hawks where Humphrey Bogart plays a private detective |
| 62% | SIERRA | 6 | "The Treasure of ___ Madre," film by John Huston where Humphrey Bogart plays a drifter |
| 52% | LONELY | 6 | "In a ___ Place," film noir by Nicholas Ray where Humphrey Bogart plays a Hollywood screenwriter |
| 46% | CAINE | 5 | "The ___ Mutiny," film by Edward Dmytryk where Humphrey Bogart plays a Lieutenant Commander |
| 42% | BAREFOOT | 8 | "The ___ Contessa," film by Joseph L. Mankiewicz where Humphrey Bogart plays a movie director |
| 31% | SPADE | 5 | Detective Sam played by Humphrey Bogart in "The Maltese Falcon" |
| 30% | DEAD | 4 | "The ___," 1987 film directed by John Huston which is based on a short story by James Joyce |
| 30% | MIKEHAMMER | 10 | Private investigator created by Mickey Spillane played by 43-Across in the 1980s and 1990s (2 wds.) |
| 28% | DRX | 3 | 1939 film in which Bogart plays a creepy lab assistant, The Return of ___ |
| 28% | CAMERONDIAZ | 11 | "The Mask" actress who played a private investigator named Natalie in "Charlie's Angels": 2 wds. |
| 28% | THEFIRM | 7 | American legal thriller film based on a John Grisham novel by the same name: 2 wds. |
| 27% | PRETTYINPINK | 12 | 1986 John Hughes film in which Annie Potts played the manager of a record store: 3 wds. |
| 27% | SHAFT | 5 | Private investigator played by Richard Roundtree |
| 27% | FALCON | 6 | The Maltese __ with Humphrey Bogart and Mary Astor |
| 27% | HEX | 3 | "Jonah ___," a 2010 western film based on the DC comics character of the same name, played by Josh Brolin |
| 27% | TONY | 4 | ___ Stark, character played by Robert Downey Jr. in the "Iron Man" film series who sports a distinctive iconic goatee |
| 27% | PATCH | 5 | ___ Adams, character based on a real-life doctor who was played by Robin Williams in the eponymous 1998 film |
| 26% | TOMMY | 5 | Fantasy film adapted from the eponymous album by The Who that features a cover of "Pinball Wizard" by Elton John |
| 26% | REACHER | 7 | Private investigator Jack created by the novelist Lee Child |
| 26% | SHAFT | 5 | Fictional private investigator played by Richard Roundtree |
| 26% | STAGECOACH | 10 | 1939 Western film directed by John Ford about a group of strangers riding through the Apache territory, that won two Oscars |
| 26% | DREWBARRYMORE | 13 | "50 First Dates" actress who played a private investigator named Dylan in "Charlie's Angels": 2 wds. |
| 26% | REACHER | 7 | Lee Child private investigator Jack played by Tom Cruise |
| 25% | COURT | 5 | A Tennis ___, where the sport is played |
| 25% | LEGENDOFZORRO | 13 | "The ___," the second film about a great swordsman, who was played by Antonio Banderas: 3 wds. |
| 25% | DANNY | 5 | ___ Zuko, main character played by John Travolta in the 1978 film "Grease" |
| 25% | ADAM | 4 | Driver who played a bus driver in the film "Paterson" |
| 25% | AMELIE | 6 | Film where Audrey Tautou plays a quirky Parisienne |
| 25% | LYDIA | 5 | Played by Winona Ryder in the film Beetlejuice |