| 100% | KIDNAP | 6 | 2017 film whose story line is "every mother's nightmare," according to star Halle Berry |
| 29% | RAY | 3 | Film whose star was 2004's Best Actor |
| 28% | CATPERSON | 9 | 2023 film starring Emilia Jones that was adapted from a viral 2017 short story |
| 27% | KATE | 4 | "Mother's Day" star Hudson whose mother is Goldie Hawn |
| 27% | THESIXTHSENSE | 13 | 1999 film whose title is a hint to this puzzle's theme |
| 27% | COCO | 4 | 2017 film whose main character is Miguel Rivera |
| 26% | CRUELLEST | 9 | According to T. S. Eliot, April is the __ month |
| 26% | LIAR | 4 | Person whose stories are hard to believe |
| 25% | BIRD | 4 | "Lady ___," 2017 film starring Saoirse Ronan about a high school senior's strained relationship with her mother |
| 25% | RUNNER | 6 | "Blade ___ 2049," 2017 sci-fi film starring Ryan Gosling and Harrison Ford, whose music was composed by Hans Zimmer and Benjamin Wallfisch |
| 25% | COW | 3 | Beast that according to the Mahabharata is to be treated with the same respect "as one's mother" |
| 25% | SIDES | 5 | Every story is said to have two |
| 25% | EDHELMS | 7 | "Father Figures" star whose real-life mother was often on set during filming: 2 wds. |
| 24% | SILVER | 6 | Every cloud is said to have this lining |
| 24% | TWO | 3 | "There are ___ sides to every story" |
| 24% | CATWOMAN | 8 | Halle Berry attended the 2005 Razzies to collect her award for this film |
| 24% | NINE | 4 | "___ Lives," 2016 comedy film starring Jennifer Garner whose husband is trapped in a feline's body |
| 24% | TAKEI | 5 | Actor whose autobiography is titled To the Stars |
| 24% | KEATON | 6 | Michael, film star made up to be Beetlejuice |
| 23% | PLOT | 4 | Film's story line |
| 23% | JLO | 3 | Star of the '24 film "This Is Me ... Now: A Love Story" |
| 23% | GOTHIKA | 7 | 2003 film thriller starring Halle Berry and Robert Downey Jr |
| 23% | CATWOMAN | 8 | 2004 action film starring Halle Berry in the title role |
| 23% | FERDINAND | 9 | 2017 animated film whose title character is a Spanish bull |
| 23% | SILVER | 6 | The kind of lining every cloud is said to have |
| 23% | MOONFALL | 8 | Halle Berry's 2022 sci-fi disaster film |
| 23% | ARTOODETOO | 10 | Film character whose lines were all bleeped out? |
| 23% | LADYBIRD | 8 | 2017 film nominated for Best Picture ... or a hint to the answers to the eight starred clues |
| 23% | WESTSIDESTORY | 13 | 1961 film whose setting, San Juan Hill, was bulldozed to make way for Lincoln Center |
| 23% | URSAMINOR | 9 | Constellation whose brightest star is pointed to by the "pointer stars" |