| 100% | WHIPLASH | 8 | 2014 film about an aspiring drummer directed by Damien Chazelle |
| 36% | HONEY | 5 | 2003 dance film about an aspiring hip-hop choreographer |
| 36% | MAN | 3 | "First ___," 2018 film based on Neil Armstrong directed by Damien Chazelle |
| 36% | AMANCALLEDHORSE | 15 | Film about an aristocrat captured by the Sioux |
| 35% | SELMA | 5 | 2014 film directed by Ava DuVernay |
| 35% | MADELINE | 8 | "Guy and ___ on a Park Bench," 2009 romantic musical directed by Damien Chazelle |
| 32% | OMEN | 4 | "The ___" (2006 remake of a horror film about an evil boy named Damien) |
| 32% | UNBROKEN | 8 | 2014 film based on a book about an Olympic athlete during WWII |
| 32% | INSIDIOUS | 9 | 2010 supernatural horror film directed by James Wan starring Patrick Wilson about ghosts in an astral dimension |
| 31% | LAND | 4 | "La La ___," Oscar-winning 2016 movie about a jazz pianist directed by Damien Chazelle |
| 30% | ABEAUTIFULMIND | 14 | 2001 film about mathematician John Nash directed by 50-Across (3 wds.) |
| 30% | LICORICEPIZZA | 13 | 2021 film about 1970s California culture written and directed by Paul Thomas Anderson (2 wds.) |
| 30% | PHANTOMTHREAD | 13 | 2017 film about a fashion designer written and directed by Paul Thomas Anderson (2 wds.) |
| 30% | DWAYNEJOHNSON | 13 | "Jumanji" actor who played Hercules in a 2014 film directed by Brett Ratner (2 wds.) |
| 29% | INTERSTELLAR | 12 | 2014 film starring Matthew McConaughey, and co-written by Christopher Nolan, about a group of astronauts and a wormhole |
| 29% | BOOGIE | 6 | With 31-Across, 1997 film about the adult film industry written and directed by Paul Thomas Anderson |
| 29% | DIRTYOLDOMEN | 12 | Film about an R-rated oracle? |
| 28% | THELOVELYBOXES | 14 | Film about an elegantly made crossword? (2009) |
| 28% | SCREEN | 6 | "Silver ___ Fiend: Learning About Life from an Addiction to Film" (memoir by Patton Oswalt) |
| 28% | SPACEOFFICE | 11 | Film about an out-of-this-world job? |
| 28% | BULLDURHAM | 10 | 1988 film about an optimistic broker? |
| 27% | DAWNOFTHE | 9 | "___ Dead," 2004 action horror film about human survivors in a zombie apocalypse directed by Zack Snyder (birthday today): 3 wds. |
| 27% | HAPPYFEET | 9 | Film about an animated penguin who loves to dance |
| 27% | SELMA | 5 | 2014 film about the voting rights march of 1965 |
| 27% | BOSSBABY | 8 | Animated film about an infant businessman: The __ |
| 27% | KNOCKEDUP | 9 | Seth Rogen film about an unplanned pregnancy |
| 27% | AFTERYANG | 9 | 2022 Colin Farrell film about an android |
| 27% | BESTINSHADOW | 12 | Mockumentary film about an eye makeup contest? |
| 27% | EMPIRE | 6 | "300: Rise of an ___," 2014 period action film co-produced by Zack Snyder starring Eva Green |
| 27% | LEFTFOOT | 8 | My __, film about an Irishman with cerebral palsy |