| 100% | WAITUNTILDARK | 13 | 1967 suspense thriller starring Alan Arkin and 44-Across (3 wds.) |
| 69% | WAITUNTILDARK | 13 | 1967 thriller starring 15-Across and Alan Arkin: 3 wds. |
| 48% | WAITUNTIL | 9 | & 21D 1967 film thriller starring Audrey Hepburn and Alan Arkin |
| 42% | EYESWIDESHUT | 12 | 1999 erotic thriller starring 30-Across and Tom Cruise: 3 wds. |
| 41% | THEWONDERYEARS | 14 | Classic dramedy starring Fred Savage and 44-Across (3 wds.) |
| 41% | CHAOSWALKING | 12 | Sci-fi thriller starring Daisy Ridley, Tom Holland, and 44-Across (2 wds.) |
| 40% | WAITUNTILDARK | 13 | 1967 psychological thriller starring Audrey Hepburn as Susy Hendrix, a blind housewife: 3 wds. |
| 40% | THEGOODMOTHER | 13 | 2023 crime thriller starring 18-Across and 43-Across (3 wds.) |
| 39% | HARRYCONNICKJR | 14 | 19-Across and 44-Across singer-songwriter born September 11, 1967 (3 wds.) |
| 39% | ARGO | 4 | 2012 political thriller starring Ben Affleck and Alan Arkin |
| 38% | BASICINSTINCT | 13 | 1992 erotic thriller starring 18-Across and Michael Douglas: 2 wds. |
| 38% | ATOMICBLONDE | 12 | 2017 spy thriller starring 49-Across and James McAvoy (2 wds.) |
| 37% | INDIANSUMMER | 12 | 1993 comedy-drama film starring Alan Arkin and Matt Craven |
| 37% | ELDORADO | 8 | 1967 Western starring 44-Across: 2 wds. |
| 36% | DEMOLITIONMAN | 13 | Futuristic thriller starring Sylvester Stallone and 49-Across (2 wds.) |
| 36% | PANICROOM | 9 | Psychological thriller starring Kristen Stewart and 28-Across (2 wds.) |
| 36% | INSIDEMAN | 9 | Heist thriller starring Denzel Washington and 28-Across (2 wds.) |
| 34% | CHARADE | 7 | 1963 thriller comedy starring Cary Grant and 44-Across |
| 34% | WRATHOFMAN | 10 | 2021 action thriller directed by 17-Across and starring 26-Across (3 wds.) |
| 34% | THEGETAWAY | 10 | 1972 heist thriller starring 16-Across and 25-Across (2 wds.) |
| 34% | HOUSEOFCARDS | 12 | Netflix political thriller starring Kevin Spacey: 3 wds. |
| 33% | SKINILIVE | 9 | "The ___ In," a Spanish psychological thriller starring Antonio Banderas: 3 wds. |
| 33% | PLAYMISTYFORME | 14 | 1971 thriller starring 18-Across and 41-Across, directed by 18-Across in his directorial debut (4 wds.) |
| 32% | THEPRESTIGE | 11 | Thriller starring Hugh Jackman and Christian Bale as competing magicians (2 wds.) |
| 31% | IAMLEGEND | 9 | Post-apocalyptic thriller starring Will Smith and his daughter Willow Smith (3 wds.) |
| 31% | THEGOODSON | 10 | A 1993 psychological thriller starring Macaulay Culkin as a psychopathic child: 3 wds |
| 31% | SPEAKNOEVIL | 11 | 2024 horror-thriller starring 19-Across and 34-Across about a family visiting friends at their British estate (3 wds.) |
| 31% | ABSOLUTEPOWER | 13 | 1997 political thriller starring Gene Hackman as U.S. President Alan Richmond (2 wds.) |
| 31% | PLAYMISTYFORME | 14 | 1971 thriller directed by and starring Clint Eastwood: 4 wds. |