| 100% | ASTARISBORN | 11 | 1954 film remake with Judy Garland as an aspiring actress married to a struggling alcoholic: 4 wds. |
| 42% | THEWIZARDOFOZ | 13 | 1939 film with Judy Garland as a Kansas farm girl swept away to a magical land: 4 wds. |
| 32% | SUMMERSTOCK | 11 | 1950 film with Judy Garland as a farmer who finds love when her barn is used as a theater: 2 wds. |
| 28% | THEWIZARDOFOZ | 13 | Judy Garland movie that AFI lists as the #1 fantasy film of all time: 4 wds. |
| 28% | ANOFFICERAND | 12 | With 41-Across, a film starring Richard Gere as an aspiring pilot, Zack Mayo: 3 wds. |
| 27% | LALALAND | 8 | 2016 musical film starring Emma Stone as an aspiring actress (3 wds.) |
| 25% | HARLANCOBEN | 11 | Mystery writer who signed a five-year deal with Netflix to develop 14 of his novels as miniseries and films (2 wds.) |
| 24% | SEVENDAYSINMAY | 14 | 1964 film with Ava Gardner as the former mistress of a general who is plotting to oust the president: 4 wds. |
| 24% | WEBOUGHTAZOO | 12 | 2011 Matt Damon family film with Elle Fanning as an animal expert's cousin: 4 wds. |
| 23% | THELIONKING | 11 | 2019 animated film remake starring Donald Glover, with a score by Hans Zimmer: 3 wds. |
| 23% | 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.) |
| 23% | TROPICTHUNDER | 13 | 2008 comedy starring Jack Black as an actor forced to survive in a jungle: 2 wds. |
| 23% | INACAST | 7 | Like an arm with a fracture that needs to heal: 3 wds. |
| 23% | ICES | 4 | Applies a frozen pack to, as someone with an ankle sprain might |
| 22% | DAVIDPETRAEUS | 13 | An affair with 1-/19-Across led to this general's resignation as CIA director: 2 wds. |
| 22% | THEBURIEDGIANT | 14 | 2015 novel by 41-Across featuring a married couple struggling with memory (3 wds.) |
| 22% | HAPPYGILMORE | 12 | Sports comedy film starring Adam Sandler as a former hockey player who turns to golf (2 wds.) |
| 22% | ARMAGEDDON | 10 | 1998 film starring Ben Affleck as part of a crew trying to destroy an asteroid |
| 21% | LUPITANYONGO | 12 | Actress who won an Oscar for her first feature film role, in "12 Years a Slave": 2 wds. |
| 21% | ATLANTICCITY | 12 | 1980 film featuring Burt Lancaster as a former gangster mixed up with cocaine sellers: 2 wds. |
| 21% | LASHANALYNCH | 12 | "No Time to Die" actress honored with a BAFTA Rising Star Award in 2022 (2 wds.) |
| 21% | THESHAPE | 8 | With 19-Across, 2017 fantasy film featuring Octavia Spencer as a worker at a secret government lab: 2 wds. |
| 21% | DEAREVANHANSEN | 14 | 2021 Broadway film adaptation with Amy Adams as a grieving mom: 3 wds. |
| 21% | MRANDMRS | 8 | Titles on an envelope to a married couple, sometimes: 3 wds. |
| 21% | SWEARSIN | 8 | Administers an oath to, as a new officeholder: 2 wds. |
| 21% | NICOLEKIDMAN | 12 | Oscar-winning actress married to 17-Across: 2 wds. |
| 21% | FREEWILLY | 9 | 1993 film about a boy who tries to rescue a killer whale from an unscrupulous aquarium: 2 wds. |
| 21% | KURTVONNEGUT | 12 | "Slaughterhouse-Five" writer who had a cameo as himself in the 1986 film "Back to School" (2 wds.) |
| 21% | BATMANBEGINS | 12 | 2005 film with Morgan Freeman as a Wayne Enterprises employee: 2 wds. |
| 21% | ANGELABASSETT | 13 | Actress who played rock star Tina Turner in the 1993 film "What's Love Got to Do With It": 2 wds. |