| 100% | MADMAXFURYROAD | 14 | 2015 Charlize Theron action movie set in a postapocalyptic wasteland: 4 wds. |
| 36% | DIEHARD | 7 | 1988 action movie set in an LA skyscraper: 2 wds. |
| 35% | THETREEOFLIFE | 13 | 2011 Brad Pitt movie set in 1950s Texas: 4 wds. |
| 34% | INSIDEOUT | 9 | 2015 Pixar movie set in the mind of a young girl |
| 33% | TELLMEASTORY | 12 | CBS All Access series set in a dark, modern-day world based on classic fairy tales: 4 wds. |
| 33% | MYSTICRIVER | 11 | 2003 movie set in Boston, for which Sean Penn and Tim Robbins each won a 1-Across: 2 wds. |
| 31% | SANANDREAS | 10 | 2015 movie named after a fault line in California: 2 wds. |
| 31% | JAMESMCAVOY | 11 | "X-Men: Apocalypse" star who played the title character of 28-Across in a 2015 movie: 2 wds. |
| 30% | TOYS | 4 | 1992 Robin Williams movie set in a factory that makes playthings |
| 30% | STALAG | 6 | Frequent setting in a W.W. II movie |
| 29% | APBIO | 5 | Patton Oswalt sitcom set in a high-school science class (3 wds.) |
| 29% | THENICKELBOYS | 13 | 2019 Colson Whitehead novel set in a Florida reform school (3 wds.) |
| 29% | THEMAGICIANS | 12 | Lev Grossman novel set in a school for aspiring sorcerers (2 wds.) |
| 29% | ARLO | 4 | Dinosaur in a 2015 Pixar movie |
| 29% | ROOM | 4 | 2015 thriller movie about escaping captivity that was set largely in one location, a shed that the protagonists needed to escape from |
| 29% | THENICKELBOYS | 13 | Colson Whitehead novel set in a Florida reform school (3 wds.) |
| 29% | LEADROLES | 9 | Main characters in a movie: 2 wds. |
| 29% | ARLO | 4 | "Good" apatosaurus in a 2015 Pixar movie |
| 28% | FURIOSA | 7 | Charlize Theron's role in 2015's "Mad Max" reboot |
| 28% | DIEHARD | 7 | Action film set in the fictional Nakatomi Plaza: 2 wds. |
| 28% | MINION | 6 | Bob, Kevin, or Stuart in a 2015 movie |
| 28% | SOUTHPARK | 9 | Animated Comedy Central series set in a small town in Colorado: 2 wds. |
| 28% | LIGHT | 5 | "Empire of ___" (2022 Olivia Colman/Micheal Ward film set in a movie theater) |
| 28% | CREWCUT | 7 | Charlize Theron's hairstyle in "Mad Max: Fury Road" (2 wds.) |
| 28% | HORACEANDPETE | 13 | Web series set in a Brooklyn bar that costarred Edie Falco: 3 wds. |
| 28% | NURSEJACKIE | 11 | Showtime comedy-drama set in a hospital that ended this summer: 2 wds. |
| 28% | VIRGINRIVER | 11 | Romance series by Robyn Carr set in a California mountain town (2 wds.) |
| 28% | GRACEVALLEY | 11 | Romance trilogy by Robyn Carr set in a California mountain town (2 wds.) |
| 28% | AMERICANRUST | 12 | Novel by 31-Across set in a declining Pennsylvania steel town (2 wds.) |
| 28% | PLAYMONEY | 9 | Cash in a Monopoly set, for example: 2 wds. |