| 100% | SMITHEE | 7 | Alan —, alias used by film directors when they disown a project, as Dennis Hopper did with 1990’s Catchfire |
| 24% | SUMMERSTOCK | 11 | 1950 film with Judy Garland as a farmer who finds love when her barn is used as a theater: 2 wds. |
| 23% | CHARPLIEN | 9 | Director with three films on A.F.I.'s list of 100 greatest movies, all of them silent |
| 23% | GOODFELLAS | 10 | 1990 crime film with Joe Pesci as a Mafia gangster |
| 22% | SHIRLEY | 7 | "___: Visions of Reality," 2013 film by Gustav Deutsch that uses a 3-D reconstruction of Edward Hopper's paintings |
| 22% | EYE | 3 | "___ in the Sky," song by the Alan Parsons Project with a rhyming title |
| 21% | PRESUMED | 8 | With 46-Across, 1990 film in which Harrison Ford stars as a prosecutor accused of murder |
| 21% | MUGS | 4 | (1/7) "Show off your coffee ___ (holders) by using them as a unique decorative piece!" |
| 21% | HEIGHHO | 7 | Catchy song from Disney's 1937 film "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs", sung by the dwarves as they work at a mine: Hyph. |
| 21% | HIGHCHAIR | 9 | Seat with a tray used by babies when eating |
| 21% | LAUREL | 6 | Wreath used as a symbol by film festivals |
| 21% | BABYDRIVER | 10 | 2017 action film with Jamie Foxx as "Bats," a henchman being chauffeured by Ansel Elgort: 2 wds. |
| 20% | CATCHFIRE | 9 | 1990 film thriller starring Dennis Hopper and Jodie Foster, also known as Backtrack |
| 20% | RAN | 3 | Projected, as a film |
| 20% | EARTHQUAKE | 10 | 1974 film with Ava Gardner as a woman in a crumbling marriage when a disaster strikes Los Angeles |
| 20% | ROMANS | 6 | When in Rome, it's said you should do as they do |
| 20% | HER | 3 | 2013 film with a similar premise as 2019's "Jexi" |
| 20% | BOOKS | 5 | (3/7) "Show off your collection of paperback and hardcover ___ (novels) by using them as a unique decorative piece!" |
| 20% | SMITHEE | 7 | Alan ___ (pseudonym once used by directors who hated the final cuts of their films) |
| 20% | LIAR | 4 | When doubled it's a 1997 film starring Jim Carrey as a lawyer |
| 20% | AGAVE | 5 | Succulent with leathery leaves that's used as a natural sweetener |
| 20% | HAPPYGILMORE | 12 | Adam Sandler sports comedy featuring a cameo by director Dennis Dugan as commissioner of the pro golf tour (2 wds.) |
| 20% | MARSATTACKS | 11 | 1996 sci-fi film directed by Tim Burton, with Jack Nicholson as a president facing an alien invasion: 2 wds. |
| 20% | SERGES | 6 | Twilled or woolen fabrics as used in a film's costuming dept. |
| 20% | END | 3 | "The World's ___," science fiction film with a cameo by Pierce Brosnan |
| 20% | THINNER | 7 | "Stephen King's ___," 1996 horror film with a cameo by Stephen King |
| 19% | ELIROTH | 7 | Film director with a co-starring role in "Inglourious Basterds" |
| 19% | ANG | 3 | Film director who shares a last name with 62-Across |
| 19% | SLEW | 4 | Did away with, as a dragon |
| 19% | ANTZ | 4 | Film with Aykroyd as a wasp |