| 100% | SULLY | 5 | 2016 biopic about a heroic pilot |
| 66% | SULLY | 5 | 2016 Tom Hanks biopic about a hero pilot |
| 61% | SULLY | 5 | 2016 movie about a hero pilot |
| 45% | AMELIA | 6 | 2009 biopic about a flyer |
| 45% | STEVEJOBS | 9 | 2015 biopic about a computer visionary |
| 45% | HOFFA | 5 | 1992 biopic about a labor leader |
| 45% | ITONYA | 6 | 2017 biopic about a figure skater |
| 44% | EPIC | 4 | Book or movie about a heroic figure |
| 43% | RBG | 3 | Oscar-nominated biopic about a Supreme Court justice |
| 42% | RAGINGBULL | 10 | 1980 Robert De Niro biopic about a boxer: 2 wds. |
| 42% | BRIANSSONG | 10 | 1971 James Caan biopic about a football player: 2 wds. |
| 42% | LOVING | 6 | 2016 film about a 1967 Supreme Court case |
| 41% | AUNITEDKINGDOM | 14 | 2016 biopic about an African monarch starring Rosamund Pike and 45-Across (3 wds.) |
| 39% | TETRIS | 6 | 2023 biopic about the creation of a video game |
| 39% | QUEENOFKATWE | 12 | 2016 biopic about an African chess master starring Lupita Nyong'o and 45-Across (3 wds.) |
| 39% | SAGA | 4 | Heroic story about a gas |
| 39% | TOPGUN | 6 | Tom Cruise starred in this 1986 film about a pilot |
| 38% | SULLY | 5 | 2016 movie where Tom Hanks played a pilot |
| 38% | SING | 4 | 2016 animated movie about animals in a talent competition |
| 37% | AMELIA | 6 | Pilot Earhart played by Hilary Swank in a 2009 biopic |
| 37% | RODHAM | 6 | Curtis Sittenfeld alternative-history novel about a 2016 Presidential candidate (May, 2020) |
| 37% | TWENTYONE | 9 | __ Pilots; duo who had a 2016 hit with Heathens |
| 36% | ISAWTHELIGHT | 12 | Biopic about 18-Across, and the title of a classic gospel song he wrote: 4 wds. |
| 36% | SULLY | 5 | 2016 Tom Hanks movie based on the true story of a pilot |
| 35% | KROC | 4 | Keaton, in a 2016 biopic |
| 34% | THEACCOUNTANT | 13 | 2016 thriller about a man hunted by the Treasury Department for sanitizing the financial records of criminal organizations |
| 34% | LEAP | 4 | 2016 animated dance movie about an orphan girl who dreams of becoming a ballerina |
| 34% | NINASIMONE | 10 | Singer played by Zoe Saldaña in a 2016 musical biopic (2 wds.) |
| 34% | MOANA | 5 | 2016 animated ocean movie about a Polynesian girl |
| 33% | ACE | 3 | Heroic pilot |