| 100% | PSYCHO | 6 | #1 film on AFI's "100 Years...100 Thrills" list |
| 87% | PSYCHO | 6 | No. 1 film on A.F.I.’s “100 Years . . . 100 Thrills” list |
| 66% | ROSEBUD | 7 | The highest-rated one-word quote on AFI's "100 Years ... 100 Movie Quotes" list |
| 60% | YOADRIAN | 8 | #80 on AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movie Quotes |
| 60% | WHATWEVEGOT | 11 | With 37- and 52-Across, #11 on the American Film Institute's "100 Years ... 100 Movie Quotes" list |
| 58% | PLAYITSAM | 9 | Start of #28 on AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movie Quotes |
| 58% | HAL | 3 | Villain #13 on AFI's "100 Years... 100 Heroes & Villains" |
| 53% | SHANE | 5 | Western on A.F.I.'s "100 Years ... 100 Movies" list |
| 47% | AFI | 3 | Movie org. whose "100 Years ... 100 Thrills" list has 106-Down at #2 |
| 45% | CHARPLIEN | 9 | Director with three films on A.F.I.'s list of 100 greatest movies, all of them silent |
| 43% | GODSPLAN | 8 | Drake song that was #1 on Billboard's 2018 Year-End Hot 100: 2 wds. |
| 43% | STEVENSPIELBERG | 15 | Besides Charlie Chaplin, only film director on Time's list of the 100 most influential people of the 20th century |
| 42% | SINGININTHERAIN | 15 | #1 on the American Film Institute's "Greatest Movie Musicals" list |
| 42% | MARLENE | 7 | #9 name on AFI's best actresses list |
| 41% | ANIMALHOUSE | 11 | #1 on Bravo's all-time "100 Funniest Movies" list |
| 40% | LITEBRITE | 9 | Rhyming toy on Time's "All-Time 100 Greatest Toys" list |
| 39% | WORK | 4 | Rihanna hit on Billboard's 2016 year-end Hot 100 ... or labor |
| 39% | SAD | 3 | XXXTentacion hit on Billboard's 2018 year-end Hot 100 ... or unhappy |
| 39% | RHETTBUTLER | 11 | Speaker of the #1 quote on A.F.I.'s list of the 100 greatest movie quotes |
| 39% | SORRY | 5 | Justin Bieber hit on Billboard's 2016 year-end Hot 100 ... or apologetic |
| 39% | HELLO | 5 | Adele hit on Billboard's 2015 year-end Hot 100 ... or a greeting |
| 39% | JEALOUS | 7 | Nick Jonas hit on Billboard's 2015 year-end Hot 100 ... or envious |
| 39% | HUMBLE | 6 | Kendrick Lamar hit on Billboard's 2017 year-end Hot 100 ... or modest |
| 39% | ISSUES | 6 | Julia Michaels hit on Billboard's 2017 year-end Hot 100 ... or problems |
| 39% | PERFECT | 7 | Ed Sheeran hit on Billboard's 2018 year-end Hot 100 ... or ideal |
| 39% | MINE | 4 | Bazzi hit on Billboard's 2018 year-end Hot 100 ... or not yours |
| 39% | GOODBYES | 8 | Post Malone hit on Billboard's 2019 year-end Hot 100 ... or farewells |
| 38% | ROSES | 5 | Chainsmokers hit on Billboard's 2016 year-end Hot 100 ... or flowers with thorns |
| 38% | STITCHES | 8 | Shawn Mendes hit on Billboard's 2015 year-end Hot 100 ... or surgical threads |
| 38% | STYLE | 5 | Taylor Swift hit on Billboard's 2015 year-end Hot 100 ... or fashion sense |