| 100% | MCKAY | 5 | Adam who directed "Vice" and "The Big Short" |
| 79% | ADAM | 4 | McKay who directed "Vice" and "The Big Short" |
| 73% | MCKAY | 5 | Adam who directed "The Big Short" |
| 55% | MCKAY | 5 | Adam who wrote and directed "Don't Look Up" and "Vice" |
| 50% | CARPENTER | 9 | John who directed The Thing and Halloween |
| 50% | CAMERON | 7 | James, who directed The Abyss and Aliens |
| 49% | WES | 3 | ___ Craven who directed "The Serpent and the Rainbow" |
| 48% | NEWELL | 6 | Mike who directed "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire" |
| 48% | ALFONSO | 7 | Cuaron who directed "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban" |
| 48% | KAZAN | 5 | Elia who directed "On the Waterfront" and "East of Eden" |
| 48% | ALANALDA | 8 | Actor who directed the TV finale "Goodbye, Farewell, and Amen" |
| 48% | MCKAY | 5 | "The Big Short" director Adam |
| 47% | SAM | 3 | ___ Mendes, English director who directed the Bond movies "Skyfall" and "Spectre" |
| 47% | RAIMI | 5 | Sam who directed the March 2013 film "Oz: The Great and Powerful" |
| 47% | ORSONWELLES | 11 | Actor who directed 17-Across and played the title character: 2 wds. |
| 46% | STEVECARELL | 11 | "The Big Short" actor who played the title boy's father in "Beautiful Boy": 2 wds. |
| 46% | GLEN | 4 | John ___, English director who directed the Bond movies "Octopussy" and "Licence To Kill" |
| 46% | OTTO | 4 | Preminger who directed the classic crime movies “Laura” and “Anatomy of a Murder” |
| 46% | VANOUTEN | 8 | Denise —, television presenter whose credits include The Big Breakfast and Who Dares, Sings! |
| 46% | ELI | 3 | Roth who wrote and directed the horror movie "Hostel" |
| 45% | KENNETHBRANAGH | 14 | Actor who directed and played the title character in 1996's "Hamlet": 2 wds. |
| 45% | WEIR | 4 | Peter who directed "Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World" |
| 45% | EDGAR | 5 | Wright who directed "Shaun of the Dead" and "Baby Driver" |
| 45% | BEN | 3 | Affleck who directed "Argo" and "The Town" |
| 45% | NIA | 3 | DaCosta who directed "Candyman" and "The Marvels" |
| 45% | BAD | 3 | The Big ___ Wolf, cunning literary character who "huffs and puffs" down houses in "The Three Little Pigs" |
| 44% | MELTORME | 8 | Big band singer and composer nicknamed The Velvet Fog who died in 1999 |
| 44% | LIN | 3 | Justin who directed four of the "Fast and the Furious" films |
| 44% | SAGET | 5 | Bob who wrote and directed the mockumentary Farce of the Penguins |
| 44% | GUNN | 4 | James who wrote and directed both "Guardians of the Galaxy" films |