| 100% | PAPERCHASE | 10 | 1973 movie set at Harvard, with "The" |
| 53% | DEARWHITEPEOPLE | 15 | 2014 Justin Simien movie set at the fictional Winchester University |
| 52% | ONENIGHTINMIAMI | 15 | 2020 movie set at the Hampton House on Feb. 25, 1964 |
| 46% | FORK | 4 | With 15-Across, utensil usually at the far left in a place setting |
| 45% | POPPET | 6 | Valve with a disc at the end of a vertically set stem |
| 45% | LSD | 3 | Drug that sangria at a party is laced with, in the movie Climax |
| 44% | QUIETMAN | 8 | John Wayne movie set in Ireland, with "The" |
| 44% | ONEL | 4 | 1977 memoir set at Harvard |
| 44% | ONEL | 4 | Turow book set at Harvard |
| 44% | ONEL | 4 | Turow novel set at Harvard |
| 44% | ROEPER | 6 | "At the Movies with Ebert and ___" |
| 44% | RAMA | 4 | "Rendezvous with ___," 1973 novel by Arthur C. Clarke that is set in the 2130s |
| 43% | ONEL | 4 | Scott Turow work set at Harvard |
| 43% | ONEL | 4 | Scott Turow book set at Harvard |
| 43% | REPS | 4 | Set at the gym |
| 43% | GMT | 3 | Setting at the BBC |
| 43% | MENU | 4 | "The ___" (2022 Ralph Fiennes horror movie set at a restaurant) |
| 43% | THISIS | 6 | With 32-Across, 2013 movie about actors trapped at James Franco's house during the apocalypse: 2 wds. |
| 43% | IRON | 4 | "___ Man 3" (Marvel movie set at Christmastime) |
| 43% | YENTL | 5 | Barbra Streisand movie set at a yeshiva |
| 43% | EBERT | 5 | He cohosted "At the Movies" with Siskel |
| 42% | CONTENTED | 9 | With the mind at ease |
| 42% | ALIBI | 5 | "I couldn't have robbed the bank-I was at the movies with my mother," for example |
| 42% | PASSENGERS | 10 | Movie set aboard the starship Avalon |
| 42% | GMT | 3 | Setting at the Royal Observatory: abbr. |
| 42% | GONE | 4 | "___ with the Wind" (1939 movie) |
| 41% | RUSHMORE | 8 | 1998 Wes Anderson movie set at a private school |
| 41% | MOANA | 5 | Movie set on the island of Motunui |
| 41% | GMT | 3 | Setting at the prime meridian, for short |
| 41% | TARA | 4 | "Gone With the Wind" setting |