| 100% | INVISIBLEMAN | 12 | 1933 James Whale sci-fi horror film, with "The" |
| 51% | AREA | 4 | "___ 51," 2015 sci-fi horror film with the number of a famous, highly classified Air Force facility in its title |
| 50% | CONJURING | 9 | Horror film with the spin-off Annabelle, The __ |
| 48% | AVATAR | 6 | James Cameron Sci-Fi film with blue beings |
| 47% | CANDYMAN | 8 | 2021 sequel to a 1992 horror film with the same name |
| 45% | JIGSAW | 6 | 2017 horror film with the tagline "We All Have a Part to Play" |
| 45% | ALIEN | 5 | 1979 horror film with a hatching egg on the poster |
| 44% | ANACONDA | 8 | 1997 horror film with the tagline "If you can't breathe, you can't scream" |
| 44% | ATTACK | 6 | 2011 sci-fi film with John Boyega, __ the Block |
| 43% | MAN | 3 | "The Invisible ___," 1933 science fiction horror film starring Gloria Stuart (birthday today), which was directed by James Whale |
| 43% | MARTIAN | 7 | 2015 sci-fi film starring Matt Damon, with "The" |
| 42% | ALIENROMULUS | 12 | New sci-fi horror movie that's the seventh film in a franchise that began in 1979: 2 wds. |
| 42% | GETOUT | 6 | 2017 horror film with the tagline "Just Because You're Invited Doesn't Mean You're Welcome" (2 wds.) |
| 42% | DARK | 4 | "The Old ___ House," 1932 comedy horror film starring Gloria Stuart, directed by James Whale |
| 41% | AVATAR | 6 | James Cameron's sci-fi film with blue characters |
| 41% | ABYSS | 5 | 1989 James Cameron sci-fi thriller, with "The" |
| 40% | BLOB | 4 | Campy 1958 sci-fi film, with "The" |
| 40% | FUTURE | 6 | "Back to the ___," 1985 sci-fi film starring Michael J. Fox with an oxymoronic title |
| 39% | AVATAR | 6 | James Cameron film franchise with a blue species called the Na'vi |
| 39% | STAR | 4 | With 56-Across, sci-fi film franchise with "The Force" |
| 39% | FIFTHELEMENT | 12 | 1997 Bruce Willis sci-fi film, with "The" |
| 39% | OMEGAMAN | 8 | 1971 Charlton Heston sci-fi film, with "The" |
| 39% | THETHING | 8 | Sci-fi horror film set in Antarctica |
| 39% | INTERVIEW | 9 | "___ with the Vampire," 1994 horror drama film in which Kirsten Dunst played the role of Claudia |
| 39% | BLOB | 4 | Oozy horror film menace, with "the" |
| 39% | ALIEN | 5 | Sci-fi film with a creature inspired by Francis Bacon's "Three Studies for Figures at the Base of a Crucifixion" |
| 38% | CRAZIES | 7 | The __, sci-fi horror about military virus |
| 38% | ALIEN | 5 | Sci-fi film set aboard the Nostromo |
| 38% | BLOB | 4 | 1950's horror film creature, with "the" |
| 38% | OMEN | 4 | 1970s-'80s horror film franchise, with "The" |