| 100% | ABSOLUTEPOWER | 13 | 1997 political thriller starring Gene Hackman as U.S. President Alan Richmond (2 wds.) |
| 59% | ABSOLUTEPOWER | 13 | 1997 thriller with Gene Hackman as a US president gone bad: 2 wds. |
| 38% | UNCOMMONVALOR | 13 | 1983 Vietnam War film starring Gene Hackman as Colonel Jason Rhodes (2 wds.) |
| 35% | ABRIDGETOOFAR | 13 | 1977 WWII film starring Gene Hackman as Major General Stanislaw Sosabowski (4 wds.) |
| 34% | CRIMSONTIDE | 11 | 1995 Gene Hackman submarine thriller: 2 wds. |
| 34% | RUNAWAYJURY | 11 | 2003 Gene Hackman legal thriller: 2 wds. |
| 33% | THEROYAL | 8 | With 21-Across, 2001 Wes Anderson film starring Gene Hackman: 2 wds. |
| 32% | ABRIDGETOOFAR | 13 | 1977 WWII film starring Gene Hackman (born 1/30/1930) as Major General Stanisław Sosabowski (4 wds.) |
| 31% | WHITEHOUSEDOWN | 14 | 2013 political thriller starring Jamie Foxx, where Channing Tatum played US Capitol Police Officer John Cale: 3 wds. |
| 31% | LYNDONJOHNSON | 13 | U.S. president who was awarded the Silver Star in WWII by General MacArthur (2 wds.) |
| 30% | BLOODDIAMOND | 12 | Political thriller film starring Leonardo DiCaprio for which he received an Oscar nomination for best actor: 2 wds. |
| 30% | REDDRAGON | 9 | 2002 thriller starring Anthony Hopkins as serial killer Hannibal Lecter: 2 wds. |
| 30% | NIGHTMOVES | 10 | 1975 film thriller starring Gene Hackman and Jennifer Warren |
| 30% | EUREKA | 6 | 1983 film drama starring Gene Hackman as Jack McCann |
| 30% | BARACKOBAMA | 11 | Former U.S. President who served as State Senator and U.S. Senator of 48-Across (2 wds.) |
| 29% | THEPRESTIGE | 11 | Thriller starring Hugh Jackman and Christian Bale as competing magicians (2 wds.) |
| 29% | THEPELICAN | 10 | "___ Brief," a 1993 political thriller film starring Julia Roberts - whose birthday it is today - alongside Denzel Washington: 2 wds. |
| 29% | PRESIDENTSMEN | 13 | "All the ___," 1976 political thriller film starring Dustin Hoffman and Robert Redford which is about the Watergate scandal: 2 wds. |
| 29% | AIRFORCEONE | 11 | 1997 film in which Harrison Ford stars as a president whose plane is hijacked by terrorists: 3 wds. |
| 28% | HOUSEOFCARDS | 12 | Netflix political thriller starring Kevin Spacey: 3 wds. |
| 28% | ARGO | 4 | 2012 political thriller starring Ben Affleck and Alan Arkin |
| 27% | JACKAL | 6 | "The ___," 1997 political thriller film starring Richard Gere and Bruce Willis |
| 27% | PANICROOM | 9 | 2002 thriller starring Jodie Foster: 2 wds. |
| 27% | GONEGIRL | 8 | 2014 thriller starring Rosamund Pike: 2 wds. |
| 27% | BILLCLINTON | 11 | U.S. president who was inaugurated in 1993 (2 wds.) |
| 27% | INSIDEMAN | 9 | 2006 crime thriller starring Jodie Foster: 2 wds. |
| 27% | THENET | 6 | 1995 cyber thriller starring Sandra Bullock: 2 wds. |
| 26% | GIJANE | 6 | 1997 film starring 3-Down as a specialized Navy trainee (2 wds.) |
| 26% | INRED | 5 | 1984 film "The Woman ___" starring Gene Wilder: 2 wds. |