| 100% | SHANE | 5 | 1953 film whose title character says "A gun is as good or as bad as the man using it" |
| 33% | ILSA | 4 | Film character who says "Kiss me as if it were the last time" |
| 31% | BEN | 3 | 1972 horror film starring Lee Harcourt Montgomery whose title character is a rat |
| 31% | HEN | 3 | It could be the best or worst layer |
| 30% | SHREK | 5 | Film title character who says "This is the part where you run away" |
| 30% | THEMATRIX | 9 | A 1999 Sci-Fi film in which Keanu Reeves - whose birthday it is today - portrays the main character, named "Neo": 2 wds. |
| 30% | TERMINATOR | 10 | "The ___," a 1984 film in which Arnold Schwarzenegger - whose birthday it is today - plays the titular character who is a cyborg assassin |
| 30% | ELEANOR | 7 | "The Good Place" character who said, "Whenever anyone tells me a story about their life, I always imagine all the people as being super hot" |
| 29% | FIELDER | 7 | A player whose job it is to catch or stop the ball |
| 29% | OLIVERREED | 10 | Actor whose first name is the title of a Best Picture he co-starred in, and whose last name is that film's director |
| 29% | GLADIATORS | 10 | "The Seven Magnificent ___," a film starring Lou Ferrigno - whose birthday it is today - as an ancient arena fighter |
| 29% | MULAN | 5 | 1998 animated film based on a Chinese legend whose title character is voiced by Ming-Na Wen |
| 29% | STARGAZER | 9 | Fish such as the Atlantic — or giant — whose eyes are atop its head |
| 28% | BROMANTICCOMEDY | 15 | Modern-day genre for the 1952 film whose title is suggested by a word ladder starting at 1-Across |
| 28% | BASKETBALL | 10 | "The ___ Diaries," a 1995 film starring Leonardo DiCaprio - whose birthday it is today - as a promising sportsman who develops an addiction |
| 28% | GILLETTE | 8 | Shaving brand said to be the best a man can get |
| 28% | THEMOON | 7 | "Racing With ___," drama film featuring Sean Penn as Henry Nash whose title is also a Vaughn Monroe song: 2 wds. |
| 28% | MILE | 4 | A miss is as good as one, they say |
| 28% | ELIWALLACH | 10 | Hollywood star whose memoir was titled "The Good, the Bad, and Me" |
| 28% | HAL | 3 | Film character who says menacingly "I think you know what the problem is just as well as I do" |
| 28% | ESME | 4 | Saki story whose title character is a hyena |
| 28% | ERNANI | 6 | Verdi work whose title character is a bandit |
| 27% | CUJO | 4 | 1981 thriller whose title character is a St. Bernard |
| 27% | SLAG | 4 | Something left over from the Bessemer process that could be used in fertilizer or as a cement additive |
| 27% | ILSA | 4 | Classic movie character who says "Kiss me as if it were the last time" |
| 27% | FRANKENSTEIN | 12 | Classic sci-fi novel whose title character is a mad scientist |
| 27% | CASERTA | 7 | Italian city whose Royal Palace has been used as a set in two "Star Wars" films |
| 26% | CORPSEBRIDE | 11 | 2005 animated film whose title character is voiced by Helena Bonham Carter |
| 26% | RIGOLETTO | 9 | 1851 opera by Giuseppe Verdi whose title character is a court jester |