| 100% | QUEENOFKATWE | 12 | 2016 biopic about an African chess master starring Lupita Nyong'o and 45-Across (3 wds.) |
| 61% | AUNITEDKINGDOM | 14 | 2016 biopic about an African monarch starring Rosamund Pike and 45-Across (3 wds.) |
| 35% | QUEEN | 5 | "___ of Katwe," 2016 biopic starring Lupita Nyong'o and David Oyelowo |
| 29% | THEELEPHANTMAN | 14 | 1980 David Lynch biopic about an 1800s Londoner with physical deformities: 3 wds. |
| 28% | EMILYINPARIS | 12 | Netflix series about an American woman who moves to France starring 14-Across and 29-Across (3 wds.) |
| 27% | THEBLUESTEYE | 12 | Novel by 44-Across about an African-American girl in 1940s Ohio (3 wds.) |
| 27% | THEBLUESTEYE | 12 | Novel by 44-Across about an African American girl in 1940s Ohio (3 wds.) |
| 27% | LALALAND | 8 | 2016 movie musical starring Ryan Gosling and 43-Across (3 wds.) |
| 27% | EDDIETHEEAGLE | 13 | 2016 film about an Olympic ski-jumper (3 wds.) |
| 27% | EDDIETHEEAGLE | 13 | 2016 film about an Olympic ski jumper (3 wds.) |
| 27% | SONGOFSOLOMON | 13 | 1977 novel by 43-Across about an African-American man in 1930s-1960s Michigan (3 wds.) |
| 27% | SONGOFSOLOMON | 13 | Novel by 44-Across about an African-American man in 1930s-1960s Michigan (3 wds.) |
| 27% | SONGOFSOLOMON | 13 | Novel by 44-Across about an African American man in 1930s-1960s Michigan (3 wds.) |
| 26% | THEBLUESTEYE | 12 | 1970 novel by 43-Across about an African-American girl in 1940s Ohio (3 wds.) |
| 26% | THEWOMANKING | 12 | Historical film about an all-female warrior unit in West Africa starring Lashana Lynch, 17-Across, and 34-Across (3 wds.) |
| 26% | TREATYOUBETTER | 14 | 2016 Shawn Mendes song about an abusive relationship: 3 wds. |
| 25% | KINGRICHARD | 11 | 2021 sports biopic about two professional tennis legends starring 15-Across, 47-Across, and Will Smith (2 wds.) |
| 25% | ISAWTHELIGHT | 12 | Biopic about 18-Across, and the title of a classic gospel song he wrote: 4 wds. |
| 25% | BOREDTODEATH | 12 | HBO comedy about an unlicensed detective that starred Ted Danson: 3 wds. |
| 25% | KNIGHTRIDER | 11 | 1982 American TV series about a crime fighter and an intelligent car starring David Hasselhoff: 2 wds. |
| 25% | LITTLE | 6 | "___ Monsters," 2019 comedy film starring Lupita Nyong'o and Alexander England |
| 25% | LALALAND | 8 | 2016 romantic musical starring 13-Across and Emma Stone: 3 wds. |
| 25% | NOTINLOVE | 9 | Ali Hazelwood novel about an affair between a biotech engineer and a wealthy investor (3 wds.) |
| 24% | GENIUS | 6 | 2016 biopic starring Colin Firth and Jude Law |
| 24% | CAFESOCIETY | 11 | 2016 romantic-comedy starring Jesse Eisenberg (birthday today) and Steve Carell, about a man who falls in love, in Hollywood: 2 wds. |
| 24% | BEFORESUNRISE | 13 | 1995 Ethan Hawke starrer romantic drama film about a man and woman who spend an evening in Vienna: 2 wds. |
| 24% | THENICEGUYS | 11 | A 2016 comedy starring Crowe and Gosling: 3 wds |
| 23% | SUCKERFORPAIN | 13 | 2016 Lil Wayne/Wiz Khalifa hit about an atypical love affair: 3 wds. |
| 23% | GREATDEBATERS | 13 | "The ___," a 2007 biography directed by and starring Denzel Washington, based on an article about the Wiley College debate team: 2 wds. |
| 23% | WOMENTALKING | 12 | Novel by 36-Across about an isolated Mennonite community in Bolivia that was adapted by 17-Across into a film starring Frances McDormand, Claire Foy, and Rooney Mara (2 wds.) |