| 100% | CTE | 3 | A degenerative brain disease found primarily in athletes and was the focus of the 2015 film "Concussion": Abbr. |
| 33% | HIDDENFIGURES | 13 | Oscar-nominated film about NASA mathematicians, and a description of the countdown found in this puzzle? |
| 33% | HUCKLEBERRY | 11 | ___ Finn, a fictional character who first appeared in 51a and is a friend of the protagonist |
| 33% | ODES | 4 | Beauty and a nightingale were the focus of two |
| 32% | PURPLE | 6 | "Harold and the ___ Crayon," film adaptation of a children's book, whose release date is in 2023 |
| 32% | OLIVERREED | 10 | Actor whose first name is the title of a Best Picture he co-starred in, and whose last name is that film's director |
| 32% | VHS | 3 | VCR format that was a popular mode of watching 19a in the 1980s and 1990s: Abbr. |
| 32% | ROCKIGUANA | 10 | The Jamaican ___, a lizard that is one of the rarest creatures, and was declared extinct before being found again in 1970: 2 wds. |
| 31% | WMD | 3 | Big bombs that were a focus of the Iraq War: Abbr. |
| 31% | THELIONKING | 11 | Animated film released in 1994 which was influenced by Shakespeare's "Hamlet" and tells the story of a character named Simba: 3 wds. |
| 31% | REMAKE | 6 | 101 Dalmatians in 1996 is a __ of the 1961 film |
| 31% | WONDERWOMAN | 11 | Fictional superhero appearing in comic books who is a founding member of the Justice League and an ambassador of the Amazon people: 2 wds. |
| 31% | REMAKE | 6 | Pete's Dragon in 2016 is a __ of the 1977 film |
| 31% | LOS | 3 | ___ Angeles is a city in California famed as the center of the nation's film industry |
| 31% | BOOK | 4 | What you find in a library, or a word which can be used at the start of 20a, 25a, 35a, 48a, 55a, 31d, and 45d |
| 31% | MINNIE | 6 | ___ Mouse, mouse who sports a pink polka-dotted dress and can be found in the 1950 short film "Crazy Over Daisy" |
| 30% | HER | 3 | 2013 film in which Scarlett Johansson was the voice of a virtual assistant |
| 30% | HER | 3 | 2013 film in which Scarlett Johansson is the voice of a virtual assistant |
| 30% | DEADWOOD | 8 | National Historic Landmark District in South Dakota that is the setting and title of an HBO series and a 2019 film starring Timothy Olyphant and Ian McShane |
| 30% | CARLI | 5 | Soccer great Lloyd who was FIFA Player of the Year in 2015 and 2016 |
| 30% | STALEMATERIAL | 13 | Dated jokes ... and what the ends of four Across answers are, in a way |
| 30% | ASL | 3 | What might be seen in the corner of a TV screen: Abbr. |
| 30% | BURNT | 5 | The 2015 film in which Bradley Cooper is on a mission to earn his former culinary glory |
| 30% | BOGGLE | 6 | Flummox ... or a classic word game represented by the central grid of shaded squares, in which 15-, 17- and 55-Across can be found |
| 30% | AIMECESAIRE | 11 | Poet and intellectual who was a founder of the Négritude movement |
| 30% | ATM | 3 | It might be found in the corner of a corner store |
| 30% | CAT | 3 | "The ___ in the Hat," 2003 film with a feline pet as the main character which can be found in the movies at 33a, 43a, 46a, 4d, and 8d |
| 29% | ONTHELINE | 9 | In jeopardy ... and where the first words of the answers to starred clues can be found |
| 29% | SAWIV | 5 | 2007 horror installment that begins with a microcassette being found in the stomach of the villain |
| 29% | ECARTE | 6 | In ballet, a position in which one arm and the same leg are extended at the side of the body |