| 100% | FENCES | 6 | 2016 movie adaptation of a 1983 August Wilson play |
| 65% | FENCES | 6 | August Wilson play with a 2016 movie adaptation starring Viola Davis |
| 48% | MARAINEY | 8 | Title blues singer of a 1982 August Wilson play |
| 37% | SULLY | 5 | 2016 movie where Tom Hanks played a pilot |
| 37% | SCENE | 5 | Portion of a play or movie |
| 37% | SCENE | 5 | Section of a play or a movie |
| 37% | SCENE | 5 | Part of a play or a movie |
| 37% | MOANA | 5 | Title heroine of a 2016 animated movie |
| 37% | MOANA | 5 | Polynesian heroine of a 2016 Disney movie |
| 36% | SCRIPT | 6 | The written text of a play or movie |
| 36% | SCRIPT | 6 | The written dialog of a play or movie |
| 36% | CALIFORNIASUIT | 14 | Movie adaptation of "L.A. Law"? |
| 35% | NATE | 4 | Parker who directed the 2016 movie "The Birth of a Nation" |
| 35% | KEANU | 5 | Cat in the title of a 2016 movie starring Key & Peele |
| 35% | YOU | 3 | "Me before ___" (movie adaptation of a Jojo Moyes novel) |
| 34% | FROSTNIXON | 10 | Play and movie about a noted 1977 series of interviews |
| 33% | COMEDYCLUB | 10 | Venue for a 64-/65-Across movie of 2016 |
| 33% | MOANA | 5 | Titular crewmate of Maui in a 2016 Disney movie |
| 33% | MISERY | 6 | Movie in which Kathy Bates played a deranged fan of an author |
| 33% | BATMANFOREVER | 13 | Comic book adaptation of the 1995 movie based on a DC Comics character: 2 wds. |
| 33% | YENTL | 5 | 1983 movie where Barbra Streisand plays a young woman who attends a yeshiva |
| 32% | GRACE | 5 | "___ of My Heart," movie in which Ileana Douglas plays a singer-songwriter |
| 32% | SINGLE | 6 | Type of man Colin Firth plays in a Tom Ford movie |
| 32% | ACTOR | 5 | Member of the cast of a movie or play |
| 32% | LEAP | 4 | 2016 animated dance movie about an orphan girl who dreams of becoming a ballerina |
| 32% | XXXXXX | 6 | 1985 August Wilson play |
| 31% | FENCES | 6 | 1987 Pulitzer Prize-winning August Wilson play |
| 31% | ANGRY | 5 | ___ Birds, mobile game that inspired a 2016 animated comedy movie of the same name |
| 31% | THEROMANTICS | 12 | 2010 Katie Holmes movie in which she played a maid of honor: 2 wds. |
| 31% | FLASHDANCE | 10 | 1983 drama film in which Jennifer Beals plays a nightclub performer who dreams of becoming a ballerina |