| 100% | REDSHOES | 8 | Ballet movie of 1948, with "The" |
| 59% | GLEAM | 5 | Sparkle with the radiance of a movie star's teeth |
| 59% | ELF | 3 | Movie with the line "Son of a nutcracker!" |
| 57% | TOWERINGINFERNO | 15 | Hot movie of 1974, with "The"? |
| 57% | LMAANDLOUISE | 12 | Hit movie of 1991, with "The" |
| 56% | SHANGCHI | 8 | The protagonist of Marvel's first movie with an Asian lead |
| 55% | ANTZ | 4 | 1998 movie with the voice of Woody Allen |
| 54% | ELF | 3 | Christmas movie with the quote "Son of a nutcracker!" |
| 54% | EMPIRESTRIKESBACK | 17 | Highest grossing movie of 1980, with "The" |
| 54% | GREASE | 6 | Movie with the Pink Ladies starring John Travolta ... and a homophone of Athens' country |
| 54% | GREASE | 6 | Movie with the Pink Ladies starring John Travolta... and a homophone of Athens' country |
| 53% | EBERT | 5 | Only movie critic with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame |
| 53% | STAR | 4 | With 56-Down, series that's the source of the movie line in the circles |
| 52% | MASK | 4 | 1985 movie starring 15-Across as the mother of a teen with craniodiaphyseal dysplasia |
| 52% | PUSSINBOOTS | 11 | 2011 animated movie with Salma Hayek as the voice of Kitty Softpaws: 3 wds. |
| 52% | DRAKE | 5 | Nathan ___, lead character of the movie "Uncharted" who shares his name with a bird |
| 51% | MISFITS | 7 | Final movie of Marilyn Monroe and Clark Gable, with "The" |
| 51% | MADRE | 5 | "The Treasure of the Sierra ___" (1948 movie) |
| 51% | CINDERELLA | 10 | 2015 movie version of a classic fairy tale, with 15-Across as the title character |
| 51% | HOOD | 4 | Robin ___, lead character of the many eponymous movies who shares his name with a bird |
| 51% | MULAN | 5 | 1998 movie with the song "I'll Make a Man Out of You" |
| 51% | APEN | 4 | With the stroke of ____ |
| 51% | VIA | 3 | With the help of |
| 51% | USING | 5 | With the help of |
| 51% | SAVE | 4 | With the exception of |
| 51% | EASE | 4 | With the greatest of ___ |
| 51% | MINUS | 5 | With the subtraction of |
| 51% | BUT | 3 | With the exception of |
| 50% | EAGLE | 5 | Bird whose call is often dubbed over with the call of a red-tailed hawk, on TV and in movies |
| 50% | BULLDURHAM | 10 | Sports movie with the line "I believe in the Church of Baseball" (2 wds.) |