| 100% | GREMLINS | 8 | 1984 comedy horror film that contributed to the creation of the PG-13 rating |
| 49% | REDDAWN | 7 | 1984 Patrick Swayze film that was the first to be released with a PG-13 rating |
| 46% | THEELEPHANTMAN | 14 | 1980 film that led to the creation of the Academy Award for Best Makeup |
| 38% | MAPQUEST | 8 | Website that contributed to the decline of road atlases |
| 38% | ABEAUTIFULMIND | 14 | 2001 biopic starring Russell Crowe that's one of six PG-13 films to win a Best Picture Oscar in the 21st century (3 wds.) |
| 38% | GREENBOOK | 9 | 2018 drama starring Mahershala Ali that's one of six PG-13 films to win a Best Picture Oscar in the 21st century (2 wds.) |
| 37% | THEARTIST | 9 | 2011 mostly silent drama starring Jean Dujardin that's one of six PG-13 films to win a Best Picture Oscar in the 21st century (2 wds.) |
| 36% | REDDAWN | 7 | 1984 Patrick Swayze film, the first movie released with a PG-13 rating |
| 35% | ALIENS | 6 | 80's sci-fi thriller film starring Sigourney Weaver that is a sequel to a horror film of the same name |
| 34% | BAGGY | 5 | ___ pants, oversized trousers that contribute to the comical appearance of your "Clown" Halloween costume |
| 33% | SHAUN | 5 | "___ of the Dead," horror comedy film starring Simon Pegg |
| 33% | GREMLINS | 8 | 1984 comedy horror film whose sequel was subtitled "The New Batch" |
| 33% | EXPOSURE | 8 | The amount of light that gets to a piece of film |
| 33% | REDS | 4 | Film that lost the Best Picture Oscar to "Chariots of Fire" |
| 32% | VIDEONASTY | 10 | Any of several graphic horror films that sparked a moral panic in the U.K. in the eighties, colloquially |
| 32% | ANTES | 5 | Contributes to the start of the poker pot |
| 32% | ARTE | 4 | Johnson of the 1979 comedy horror film "Love at First Bite" |
| 32% | NERDS | 5 | "Revenge of the ___," 1984 comedy film starring Robert Carradine and Anthony Edwards |
| 32% | EYES | 4 | "___ Without a Face," 1960 French horror film that inspired Billy Idol's song of the same name |
| 31% | THISISSPINALTAP | 15 | 1984 comedy with an IMDb rating out of eleven stars instead of the usual ten |
| 31% | BATTLE | 6 | "___ of the Sexes," sports comedy film starring Steve Carell that is based on 38a |
| 31% | RADON | 5 | Hazardous household gas that is an anagram of the answer to 13-Across |
| 31% | THISISLANDEARTH | 15 | 1955 sci-fi film that was one of the first to use Technicolor |
| 31% | NEONOIR | 7 | Genre that pays homage to dark crime films of the '40s and '50s |
| 31% | PLANTAR | 7 | Word that relates to the sole of the foot |
| 31% | GREMLINS | 8 | 1984 comedy horror film featuring little monsters |
| 31% | OSCARBAIT | 9 | Films that pander to the Academy, collectively |
| 31% | DEAD | 4 | "Shaun of the ___" (zombie comedy that's the first film in the "Cornetto Trilogy") |
| 31% | WOLF | 4 | "Brotherhood of the ___," supernatural horror film starring Samuel le Bihan that has gothic elements |
| 31% | ASPIRATE | 8 | Remake of the 2019 film "Parasite" that teaches people how to make "H" sounds? |