| 100% | THEBOXER | 8 | 1997 drama featuring Daniel Day-Lewis as an Irish prizefighter: 2 wds. |
| 36% | THEAGE | 6 | Daniel Day-Lewis starrer "___ of Innocence": 2 wds. |
| 36% | HIDDENFIGURES | 13 | 2016 biographical drama featuring Octavia Spencer as NASA mathematician Dorothy Vaughan: 2 wds. |
| 35% | THEHELP | 7 | 2011 drama featuring Octavia Spencer as a maid in civil rights-era Mississippi: 2 wds. |
| 35% | PHANTOMTHREAD | 13 | 2017 Paul Thomas Anderson film starring Daniel Day-Lewis as a dressmaker: 2 wds. |
| 35% | THEWIRE | 7 | HBO crime drama featuring Michael B. Jordan as Wallace: 2 wds. |
| 33% | LOLITA | 6 | 1997 drama featuring Dominique Swain as the title role |
| 32% | THECROWN | 8 | Netflix historical drama featuring an Emmy-winning performance by 37-Across as Queen Elizabeth II (2 wds.) |
| 32% | TWINPEAKS | 9 | Former ABC show featuring Kyle MacLachlan as an FBI agent: 2 wds. |
| 32% | TWINPEAKS | 9 | Drama featuring the Double R Diner: 2 wds. |
| 31% | BUTTONUP | 8 | Fasten, as an Oxford shirt: 2 wds. |
| 31% | INUSE | 5 | Occupied, as an airplane lavatory: 2 wds. |
| 31% | DREAMUP | 7 | Concoct, as an idea: 2 wds. |
| 31% | GETON | 5 | Board, as an airplane: 2 wds. |
| 31% | REVUP | 5 | Gun, as an engine: 2 wds. |
| 31% | REVUP | 5 | Accelerate, as an engine: 2 wds. |
| 31% | REPLYTO | 7 | Answer, as an email: 2 wds. |
| 31% | GANGSOFNEWYORK | 14 | 2002 drama starring Daniel Day-Lewis that did not win any Oscars despite 10 nominations: 4 wds. |
| 30% | AMPUP | 5 | Increase, as an electric guitar's sound: 2 wds. |
| 30% | ONCUE | 5 | Properly timed, as an actor's entrance: 2 wds. |
| 30% | ICEUP | 5 | Freeze over, as an airplane's wings: 2 wds. |
| 30% | SHRUGOFF | 8 | Brush aside, as an unimportant problem: 2 wds. |
| 30% | ADDUP | 5 | Make sense, as an explanation: 2 wds. |
| 30% | THECROWN | 8 | Netflix historical drama featuring 47-Across as Camilla Parker Bowles (2 wds.) |
| 30% | CALLTHEMIDWIFE | 14 | BBC historical drama featuring 47-Across as nurse Patsy Mount (3 wds.) |
| 30% | TOTEBAG | 7 | Canvas carrier often offered as an incentive during pledge drives: 2 wds. |
| 30% | IRRATIONALMAN | 13 | 2015 Woody Allen mystery drama featuring Emma Stone: 2 wds. |
| 30% | SITSIN | 6 | Joins a meeting as an observer: 2 wds. |
| 29% | BOXER | 5 | The —, 1997 film drama starring Daniel Day-Lewis and Emily Watson |
| 29% | DEXTERNEWBLOOD | 14 | Showtime drama featuring 45-Across as a serial killer (3 wds.) |