| 100% | EXODUS | 6 | 1960 movie named after a biblical book, with Newman |
| 53% | BABEL | 5 | 2006 Brad Pitt movie named after a biblical tower |
| 42% | NOTTING | 7 | "___ Hill," 1999 movie named after a neighborhood in London |
| 40% | SANANDREAS | 10 | 2015 movie named after a fault line in California: 2 wds. |
| 40% | SHEBA | 5 | Cat food brand named after a biblical kingdom ruled by a woman |
| 40% | KEYLARGO | 8 | 1948 Humphrey Bogart movie named after a place in Florida: 2 wds. |
| 40% | RUTH | 4 | Female name of a Biblical book |
| 38% | AMOS | 4 | First Hebrew prophet to have a biblical book named for him |
| 38% | AKELA | 5 | Cub Scout leader named after a character in "The Jungle Book" |
| 38% | URANUS | 6 | Planet named after a primordial Greek deity, with 27 known moons |
| 38% | TREFOIL | 7 | Girl Scout cookie named after a shape with 120-degree rotational symmetry |
| 37% | LANCET | 6 | Medical journal named after a surgical knife, with "The" |
| 37% | SUPERMANENT | 11 | Salon job named after a comic book hero? |
| 37% | ATLAS | 5 | Reference book named after a Titan |
| 37% | CASTAWAY | 8 | Movie with a volleyball named Wilson |
| 37% | TITLE | 5 | Name of a book or movie |
| 37% | LARUE | 5 | Movie cowboy with a horse named Rush |
| 37% | STREETCAR | 9 | A __ Named Desire, movie with Marlon Brando |
| 37% | BODIEDIERIPPERS | 15 | Racy books named after a Victorian garment |
| 37% | TITLE | 5 | Name of a movie or a book |
| 37% | ELI | 3 | Biblical patriarch with a two-syllable name |
| 37% | THECOLORPURPLE | 14 | Movie with a hard-to-rhyme name |
| 37% | DRNO | 4 | Movie physician with a two-letter name |
| 36% | PSYCHO | 6 | 1960 horror movie with a famous shower scene |
| 36% | RUTH | 4 | Old Testament book named after a woman |
| 36% | SUPERBAD | 8 | 2007 movie with a character named McLovin |
| 36% | LARA | 4 | Woman with a 1960's movie theme |
| 36% | TENET | 5 | Christopher Nolan movie with a palindromic name |
| 35% | ICE | 3 | With 43-Across, animated movie featuring a mammoth named Manny |
| 35% | ICEAGE | 6 | Animated movie franchise with a weasel named Buck |