| 100% | BESTACTOR | 9 | Academy Award category in which 15-Across received a nomination for 36-Across: 2 wds. |
| 61% | ULEESGOLD | 9 | Victor Nunez's film in which Peter Fonda plays a beekeeper and for which he received an Academy Award nomination: 2 wds. |
| 53% | WINTERSBONE | 11 | 2010 film set in the Ozarks for which 15-/48-Across received her first Oscar nomination: 2 wds. |
| 52% | WINTERSBONE | 11 | 2010 film set in the Ozarks for which 15-/48-Across received an Oscar nomination: 2 wds. |
| 50% | EDDIEREDMAYNE | 13 | British actor who received an Academy Award nomination for playing Lili Elbe in "The Danish Girl": 2 wds. |
| 46% | GILBERTGRAPE | 12 | "What's Eating ___," film for which Leonardo DiCaprio (birthday today) received an Oscar nomination for best actor in a supporting role: 2 wds. |
| 46% | BRUCEALMIGHTY | 13 | 2003 movie in which 15-Across played a deity: 2 wds. |
| 44% | WINTERSBONE | 11 | 2010 film for which 15-Across/45-Across received her first Oscar nomination (2 wds.) |
| 43% | PHILOMENA | 9 | 2013 film for which 15-Across received a Best Actress nomination |
| 42% | KELLYPRESTON | 12 | Honolulu-born actress who received a Razzie award for her role in "Battlefield Earth": 2 wds. |
| 42% | DEBRAMESSING | 12 | Actress who played 17a in the series for which she won a Primetime Emmy Award: 2 wds. |
| 42% | MILLIONDOLLAR | 13 | "___ Baby," movie directed by Clint Eastwood which received seven Oscar nominations at the 77th Academy Awards: 2 wds. |
| 42% | PULP | 4 | "___ Fiction," a 1994 dark comedy film for which Samuel L. Jackson (birthday today) received an Academy Award nomination |
| 41% | DARKESTHOUR | 11 | A 2017 war drama film for which actor Gary Oldman (birthday today) won the Academy Award for Best Actor: 2 wds. |
| 41% | FANTASTIC | 9 | "Captain ___," a 2016 comedy-drama for which Viggo Mortensen - whose birthday it is today - received an Academy Award nomination |
| 41% | HELLODOLLY | 10 | 2017 Broadway revival for which 41-Across won a Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical (2 wds) |
| 41% | THEWRESTLER | 11 | 2008 sports drama for which 18-Across was nominated for an Academy Award: 2 wds. |
| 41% | IRIS | 4 | 2001 biopic about writer Murdoch, in which 15-Across played the title role (and received a Best Actress nomination) |
| 41% | HELLODOLLY | 10 | Broadway show for which 30-Across won the 1964 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical (2 wds.) |
| 40% | SALMA | 5 | ___ Hayek, Mexican-American actress who is known for her role in the movie "Frida" for which she received an Academy Award nomination |
| 39% | THEBANSHEES | 11 | With 42-Across, 2022 dark comedy for which Barry Keoghan received an Oscar nomination: 2 wds. |
| 39% | STILLALICE | 10 | 2014 film for which 30-Across recently won an Academy Award for Best Actress: 2 wds. |
| 39% | THETRIP | 7 | With 42-Across, 2013 play revival for which 13-Across won a Tony Award: 2 wds. |
| 39% | MYSTICRIVER | 11 | 2003 movie set in Boston, for which Sean Penn and Tim Robbins each won a 1-Across: 2 wds. |
| 39% | CHLOEZHAO | 9 | 16-Across director who won an Academy Award for Best Director in 2021, becoming the first non-white woman to win a directing Oscar (2 wds.) |
| 39% | LORETTADEVINE | 13 | Star of 15-Across who won an Emmy for a guest performance in "Grey's Anatomy": 2 wds. |
| 38% | JODIE | 5 | ___ Foster, actress who received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress as a teen |
| 38% | THEWOLFOFWALL | 13 | "___ Street," film for which Leonardo DiCaprio received a Golden Globe award for best actor: 4 wds. |
| 37% | DEAN | 4 | First person to receive a posthumous Academy Award for Best Actor nomination |
| 37% | BATMANFOREVER | 13 | Val Kilmer film in which 33-Across had a cameo: 2 wds. |