| 100% | WHAT | 4 | "___ Women Want?" 2000 romantic comedy starring Mel Gibson and Helen Hunt, with a question in the title |
| 98% | SCIFI | 5 | Genre of many a film with "star" in its title (Hyph.) |
| 97% | TWISTER | 7 | 1996 disaster film starring Philip Seymour Hoffman and Helen Hunt |
| 93% | SPYS | 4 | 1974 film with three stars in its title |
| 91% | STOPMAKINGSENSE | 15 | No longer be comprehensible ... and, with its first word divided in three parts, a hint to how to read this puzzle's title |
| 90% | AIRPLANE | 8 | 1980 disaster comedy film with an exclamation point in its title |
| 90% | THUNDERSTRUCK | 13 | 1990 AC/DC song with a weather word in the title |
| 89% | WINDOFCHANGE | 12 | 1991 Scorpions song with a weather word in the title (3 wds.) |
| 89% | THECROW | 7 | 1994 film with a bird in its title |
| 88% | NOVEMBERRAIN | 12 | 1992 Guns N' Roses song with a weather word in the title (2 wds.) |
| 88% | OTTO | 4 | "A Man Called ___," Tom Hanks film with a palindromic name in its title |
| 87% | BETELGEUSE | 10 | Star in Orion that lent its name to a 1988 film "bio-exorcist" |
| 87% | STAR | 4 | "A ___ Is Born," romantic film with a celestial object in its title |
| 87% | CANDLES | 7 | "Sixteen ___," 1984 comedy film with a "sweet" number in its title |
| 86% | TWISTER | 7 | 1996 action film starring Helen Hunt and Bill Paxton |
| 86% | FOUR | 4 | "Fantastic ___," 2005 superhero film with a quartet's number in its title |
| 85% | ROCK | 4 | "30 ___," TV show starring Tina Fey whose title refers to a famous landmark in New York City |
| 85% | STORM | 5 | "___ in a teacup," weather related idiom that refers to excessive worry about something trivial |
| 85% | MAN | 3 | Word that follows each starred answer to complete a film title |
| 85% | AREA | 4 | "___ 51," 2015 sci-fi horror film with the number of a famous, highly classified Air Force facility in its title |
| 84% | DUKE | 4 | "The ___," 2020 film starring Jim Broadbent that has a royal designation in its title |
| 84% | ANGRY | 5 | "12 ___ Men," 1957 legal drama film with a dozen's number in its title |
| 84% | WIVES | 5 | "A Letter to Three ___," 1949 Academy Award-winning romantic drama with a trio's number in its title |
| 83% | PRINCESS | 8 | "The ___ Bride," 1987 film starring Mandy Patinkin that has a royal designation in its title |
| 83% | DUCHESS | 7 | "The ___ and the Dirtwater Fox," 1976 film starring Goldie Hawn that has a royal designation in its title |
| 83% | KING | 4 | "The ___ and I," 1956 film starring Deborah Kerr that has a royal designation in its title |
| 82% | RAINBOW | 7 | "Over the ___," Judy Garland song that has a weather phenomenon with seven colors in its title |
| 82% | CRASH | 5 | 2004 Oscar-winning film starring Sandra Bullock that shares its name with a 1996 erotic thriller film |
| 80% | EARL | 4 | "Me and ___ and the Dying Girl," 2015 film starring RJ Cyler that has a royal designation in its title |
| 79% | GOLD | 4 | "Woman in ___," 2015 film starring Helen Mirren which is about a young lawyer's fight to reclaim an iconic painting of his client's aunt |