| 100% | LUSTFORLIFE | 11 | 1956 movie that earned 46-Across an Oscar nomination for Best Actor: 3 wds. |
| 69% | ALLTHATJAZZ | 11 | 1979 movie musical that earned Bob Fosse an Oscar nomination for Best Director: 3 wds. |
| 45% | THEBADSEED | 10 | 1956 film that earned an Oscar nomination for 11-year-old Patty McCormack |
| 44% | CABARET | 7 | 1972 movie musical that earned Bob Fosse an Oscar for Best Director |
| 44% | DRSTRANGELOVE | 13 | 1964 comedy that earned Peter Sellers a Best Actor Oscar nomination for playing three roles: 2 wds. |
| 44% | IAMSAM | 6 | 2001 movie that earned Sean Penn an Oscar nomination |
| 43% | WESTSIDESTORY | 13 | 1961 movie musical about rival street gangs that won an Oscar for Best Picture: 3 wds. |
| 42% | GOINGMYWAY | 10 | 1944 movie musical about a young parish priest that won an Oscar for Best Picture: 3 wds. |
| 42% | MYFAIRLADY | 10 | 1964 movie musical about a Cockney flower girl that won an Oscar for Best Picture: 3 wds. |
| 41% | BLOODDIAMOND | 12 | Political thriller film starring Leonardo DiCaprio for which he received an Oscar nomination for best actor: 2 wds. |
| 41% | BEING | 5 | With 47-Across, dramedy that earned Peter Sellers a Best Actor Oscar nomination, for playing a gardener mistaken for a profound thinker |
| 41% | CLOSER | 6 | 2004 movie that earned Oscar nominations for Natalie Portman and Clive Owen |
| 40% | CHOPSUEY | 8 | 2001 song that earned 30-Across its first Grammy nomination, for Best Metal Performance: 2 wds. |
| 39% | COCO | 4 | 2017 Disney movie that won an Oscar for Best Animated Feature |
| 39% | BIG | 3 | Movie for which Tom Hanks earned his first Best Actor Oscar nomination |
| 39% | SOUNDOFMETAL | 12 | 2020 Riz Ahmed movie that won two Oscars, including Best Film Editing: 3 wds. |
| 38% | TRAININGDAY | 11 | 2001 thriller directed by Antoine Fuqua that won an Oscar for Best Actor (2 wds.) |
| 38% | LETITGO | 7 | "Frozen" song that won an Oscar for Best Original Song in 2014 (3 wds.) |
| 37% | ASTARISBORN | 11 | 1954 movie musical for which 39-Across earned a Best Actress Oscar nomination (4 wds.) |
| 37% | INTOTHEUNKNOWN | 14 | "Frozen II" song that was nominated for an Oscar for Best Original Song of 2019: 3 wds. |
| 37% | BOOGIENIGHTS | 12 | 1997 movie for which 14-Across got an Oscar nomination: 2 wds. |
| 36% | DUSTINHOFFMAN | 13 | Best Actor Oscar nominee for playing Benjamin Braddock in 28-Across (2 wds.) |
| 36% | ROBERTDENIRO | 12 | He won a Best Actor Oscar for "Raging Bull" and Best Supporting Actor for "The Godfather Part II": 3 wds. |
| 36% | WHATWASI | 8 | With 48-Across, Billie Eilish hit from "Barbie" that won an Oscar for Best Original Song: 3 wds. |
| 36% | GILBERTGRAPE | 12 | "What's Eating ___," film for which Leonardo DiCaprio (birthday today) received an Oscar nomination for best actor in a supporting role: 2 wds. |
| 36% | MILE | 4 | "8 ___," 2002 movie that earned Eminem an Oscar |
| 35% | NICOLEKIDMAN | 12 | Australian actress who received an Oscar nomination for 2016's "Lion": 2 wds. |
| 35% | THEDEERHUNTER | 13 | 1978 war film for which 18-Across earned her first Oscar nomination, for Best Supporting Actress (3 wds.) |
| 35% | NELL | 4 | 1994 movie for which Jodie Foster earned an Oscar nomination |
| 35% | CITYOFSTARS | 11 | "La La Land" song that won an Oscar for Best Original Song in 2017 (3 wds.) |