| 100% | CRIP | 4 | “___ Camp: A Disability Revolution” (Oscar-nominated documentary of 2020) |
| 53% | CRIP | 4 | "___ Camp," 2020 Oscar-nominated documentary |
| 47% | ULEE | 4 | Oscar nominated title role of Peter Fonda as a beekeeper |
| 44% | GOODTBLE | 8 | Subtitle of a 2020 documentary about John Lewis |
| 43% | JUDITHHEUMANN | 13 | Leading disability rights activist in the 2020 documentary "Crip Camp" |
| 42% | ALI | 3 | Subject of a 1996 Oscar-winning documentary |
| 40% | SAL | 3 | Oscar-nominated actor Mineo of "Rebel Without a Cause" |
| 39% | ENYA | 4 | New Age singer nominated for an Oscar for a "Lord of the Rings" soundtrack song |
| 38% | SAL | 3 | ___ Mineo, Oscar-nominated actor of "Rebel Without a Cause" |
| 38% | MERYLSTREEP | 11 | Actress nominated for an Oscar for playing a music teacher in "Music of the Heart": 2 wds. |
| 38% | TIMOTHYHUTTON | 13 | "Ordinary People" Oscar winner who plays the father of 50-Across in a 2020 biopic (2 wds.) |
| 38% | SAL | 3 | Oscar-nominated co-star of Natalie and James in Rebel Without a Cause |
| 37% | HER | 3 | Singer nominated for Album of the Year Grammys in 2019 and 2020 (and whose name spells a pronoun) |
| 36% | OBAMA | 5 | President who was a producer of the Oscar-winning documentary, "American Factory" |
| 36% | RBG | 3 | Monogrammatic title of an Oscar-nominated 2018 documentary |
| 36% | HIDDENFIGURES | 13 | Oscar-nominated film about NASA mathematicians, and a description of the countdown found in this puzzle? |
| 35% | AXIS | 4 | Center of a revolution |
| 35% | TSAR | 4 | Victim of a revolution |
| 35% | HOUR | 4 | Period of a revolution? |
| 35% | ULEE | 4 | Peter Fonda's Oscar nominated role as a beekeeper |
| 34% | FREESOLO | 8 | Documentary featuring a climb of El Capitan |
| 34% | PACINO | 6 | Oscar winner for "Scent of a Woman" |
| 34% | HUB | 3 | Pivotal part of a revolution |
| 34% | VOICEOVER | 9 | Feature of many a documentary |
| 34% | MESS | 4 | Part of a camp schedule |
| 34% | MALI | 4 | Site of a 2020 coup |
| 34% | OBAMA | 5 | Subject of the 2020 documentary "Becoming" |
| 34% | IRAN | 4 | Site of a 70's revolution |
| 34% | SIAM | 4 | Site of a 1932 bloodless revolution |
| 34% | EMPERORPENGUINS | 15 | Subjects of a hit 2005 documentary |