| 100% | FIELDOFDREAMS | 13 | 1989 baseball film set on a farm in Iowa, starring 18-Across: 3 wds. |
| 49% | FIELDOFDREAMS | 13 | 1989 Kevin Costner baseball film set in Iowa: 3 wds. |
| 41% | HIGHFIDELITY | 12 | Film based on a Nick Hornby novel set in a record shop starring John Cusack and Joan Cusack (2 wds.) |
| 38% | CAITLINCLARK | 12 | Iowa Hawkeyes point guard who set a new record for most career points scored in NCAA Division I basketball on March 3, 2024 (2 wds.) |
| 38% | ITCHAPTERTWO | 12 | Horror sequel starring 18-Across and 32-Across set in Derry, Maine (3 wds.) |
| 37% | SEEHOWTHEYRUN | 13 | 2022 whodunit mystery film set in 1950s London starring Saoirse Ronan, David Oyelowo, 18-Across, and 43-Across (4 wds.) |
| 37% | CHICKENRUN | 10 | Hit 2000 animated film set on a farm |
| 35% | BABE | 4 | 1995 film set on a sheep farm |
| 35% | INTOTHEWILD | 11 | 2007 film starring Emile Hirsch based on a book of the same name by Jon Krakauer set in the Alaskan wilderness: 3 wds. |
| 35% | MUCHADOABOUT | 12 | "___ Nothing," a 1993 film based on a Shakespeare play, in which Keanu Reeves starred with the likes of Denzel Washington: 3 wds. |
| 34% | THERUNNINGMAN | 13 | 1987 science fiction film set in the 21st century about a battle-to-the-death television game show: 3 wds. |
| 34% | GROUNDHOGDAY | 12 | 1993 film set on February 2 starring 19-Across, 32-Across, and Bill Murray (2 wds.) |
| 33% | XOLOMARIDUENA | 13 | "Parenthood" costar who plays 18-Across/42-Across in a 2023 film: 2 wds. |
| 33% | CLOUDATLAS | 10 | 2012 film starring 18-Across in multiple roles: 2 wds. |
| 32% | DREAMSCENARIO | 13 | 2023 film starring 18-Across, 41-Across, and Julianne Nicholson about a college professor who becomes famous when he starts appearing to random people in their sleep (2 wds.) |
| 32% | SUPERSTORE | 10 | NBC sitcom starring 18-Across and 24-Across/36-Across set in a St. Louis big-box retailer |
| 32% | ACHRISTMASSTORY | 15 | Holiday film set in Indiana: 3 wds. |
| 32% | FIELDOFDREAMS | 13 | Kevin Costner baseball film that inspired an MLB game played in Dyersville, Iowa, in 2021 (3 wds.) |
| 32% | MISSDAISY | 9 | Title character whom 15-Across chauffeured around in a 1989 film: 2 wds. |
| 32% | THENOTEBOOK | 11 | 2004 romantic drama starring 18-Across and 32-Across that was adapted as a Broadway musical in 2024 (2 wds.) |
| 31% | DEADPOETS | 9 | With 18-Across, 1989 Peter Weir film starring Robin Williams as an English teacher: 2 wds. |
| 31% | BEAUTIFULMIND | 13 | 2001 American biographical drama film starring Russell Crowe, based on the life of a Nobel Laureate in Economics, Josh Nash, "A ___": 2 wds. |
| 31% | THEBLINDSIDE | 12 | 2009 film based on a true story starring Quinton Aaron as football player Michael Oher (3 wds.) |
| 31% | THEORIENT | 9 | "Murder on ___ Express," Agatha Christie's detective novel published in 1934, which was adapted into a film starring Kenneth Branagh in 2017: 2 wds. |
| 31% | DIEANOTHERDAY | 13 | 2002 James Bond film starring 18-Across as Jinx: 3 wds. |
| 31% | ANIMALHOUSE | 11 | 1978 film about a fraternity starring 18-Across: 2 wds. |
| 31% | ANGRYMEN | 8 | "12 ___," 1957 film starring Henry Fonda which is about a jury of 12 that deliberates on the trial of an 18-year old: 2 wds. |
| 31% | ANDYSAMBERG | 11 | Former "SNL" comedian who stars on a sitcom set in an NYPD precinct: 2 wds. |
| 31% | DONOVANSREEF | 12 | 1963 John Ford film set in the South Pacific starring John Wayne (2 wds.) |
| 31% | EVESBAYOU | 9 | 1997 film set in Louisiana, starring Lynn Whitfield and Samuel L. Jackson: 2 wds. |