| 100% | WHATSUP | 7 | ["Give me 'The Academy' for $600"] This was only the second animated film to be nominated for Best Picture, after "Beauty and the Beast" |
| 38% | ELEPHANTMAN | 11 | 1980 black-and-white film that was nominated for Best Picture, with "The" |
| 38% | PASTLIVES | 9 | Celine Song film that was nominated for Best Picture at the 2024 Oscars |
| 36% | GLADIATOR | 9 | Russell Crowe film that won Best Picture at the 73rd Academy Awards and was the second-highest grossing film of 2000 |
| 35% | ALL | 3 | "...And Justice for ___," 1979 film starring Al Pacino for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor |
| 34% | LADYBIRD | 8 | 2017 film nominated for Best Picture ... or a hint to the answers to the eight starred clues |
| 34% | LETO | 4 | Jared ___, I'm the frontman of 30 Seconds to Mars and a film star born the day after Christmas. Who am I? |
| 34% | SHORT | 5 | "The Big ___" (2015 film that was nominated for a Best Picture Oscar) |
| 34% | ETHELHHO/WATERS | 15 | The second African-American, after Hattie McDaniel, to be nominated for an Oscar |
| 33% | CLEO | 4 | British singer Laine who is the only woman to be nominated for Grammys in the jazz, popular, and classical music categories |
| 33% | RAMBLINGROSE | 12 | 1991 drama starring 16-Across and 39-Across that is the only film to have a mother and daughter both nominated for an Oscar for the same film (2 wds.) |
| 33% | FIELD | 5 | "Love ___," 1992 drama film starring Michelle Pfeiffer for which she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress |
| 33% | ROMA | 4 | Alfonso Cuarón film that was the first Netflix production nominated for the Best Picture Oscar |
| 32% | DOGDAY | 6 | "___ Afternoon," 1975 film starring Al Pacino for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor: 2 wds. |
| 32% | ROSS | 4 | "Glengarry Glen ___," 1992 film starring Al Pacino for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor |
| 32% | RUNNING | 7 | "___ on Empty," 1988 drama film starring River Phoenix for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor |
| 32% | CALL | 4 | "___ Me by Your Name" (2017 film nominated for Best Picture) |
| 32% | SEA | 3 | "Manchester by the ___" (2016 film nominated for Best Picture) |
| 31% | PASTLIVES | 9 | 2023 film in Korean and English nominated for Best Picture |
| 31% | JUNO | 4 | Elliot Page's 2007 teen movie which was nominated for Best Picture at the Oscars |
| 31% | CHLOEZHAO | 9 | *Asian American who became only the second woman to win the Oscar for Best Director |
| 31% | THESALESMAN | 11 | 2016 drama about a married couple performing in an Arthur Miller play that was the second Iranian film to win an Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film (2 wds.) |
| 31% | HOWARD | 6 | ___ Ashman, lyricist for the 1991 film "Beauty and the Beast," for which he posthumously won an Academy Award |
| 31% | FRANKSINATRA | 12 | Actor in the Best Picture winner "From Here to Eternity" who was nominated for seven Album of the Year Grammys: 2 wds. |
| 30% | SEE | 3 | "I ___ The Light," song from "Tangled" that was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song in 2011 |
| 30% | XXXXXXX | 7 | Only Hitchcock film to win the Best Picture Oscar |
| 30% | ALFIE | 5 | 1966 film nominated for the Best Picture Oscar |
| 30% | SIDNEYPOITIER | 13 | 15-Across, 30-Across, and "Lilies of the Field" star who was the first Black man to win an Academy Award for Best Actor (2 wds.) |
| 29% | ILPOSTINO | 9 | 1994 Italian film nominated for the Best Picture Oscar |
| 29% | THEARTIST | 9 | Only French-produced film to win an Oscar for Best Picture (2011) |