| 100% | ANNIEHALL | 9 | Best Picture between "Rocky" and "The Deer Hunter" |
| 59% | RAIN | 4 | Best Picture between "The Last Emperor" and "Driving Miss Daisy" |
| 54% | ARGO | 4 | Best Picture Oscar winner between "The Artist" and "12 Years a Slave" |
| 53% | CODA | 4 | Best Picture between "Nomadland" and "Everything Everywhere All at Once" |
| 50% | BIRDMAN | 7 | Best Picture winner between "12 Years a Slave" and "Spotlight" |
| 48% | CODA | 4 | Best Picture Oscar winner between "Nomadland" and "Everything Everywhere All at Once" |
| 48% | BETTER | 6 | The word between the sequence good and best |
| 43% | HIDDENFIGURES | 13 | 2016 Best Picture nominee ... or a hint to the circled letters in 20-, 25- and 43-Across |
| 43% | WIRRAL | 6 | Peninsula in NW England between the estuaries of the Rivers Dee and Mersey |
| 43% | CIMINO | 6 | Michael —, Best Director Oscar winner for The Deer Hunter |
| 43% | ERINBROCKOVICH | 14 | Best Picture Oscar nominee starring 19-Across as lawyer Ed Masry and 42-Across as the title activist (2 wds.) |
| 43% | LALALAND | 8 | 2016 Best Picture (no, wait; it wasn't!) ... and a fitting place for the answers to starred clues? |
| 42% | ASIA | 4 | Setting for Best Picture winners "The Last Emperor" and "Parasite" |
| 41% | ASIA | 4 | Setting for the Best Picture winners "The Last Emperor" and "Parasite" |
| 41% | NICHOLSON | 9 | Actor in the Best Picture winners of 1975, 1983 and 2006 |
| 41% | OFFASDYKE | 9 | Earthwork between England and Wales running from the Dee estuary to the River Wye |
| 41% | DANIELKALUUYA | 13 | "Judas and the Black Messiah" actor who won the 2020 Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor - Motion Picture (2 wds.) |
| 41% | GLADIATOR | 9 | Russell Crowe film that won Best Picture at the 73rd Academy Awards and was the second-highest grossing film of 2000 |
| 40% | TIM | 3 | Actor Curry of "Clue" and "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" |
| 40% | STAN | 4 | One of the deer hunters in "The Deer Hunter" |
| 39% | ARGO | 4 | Best Picture winner at the 2013 Oscars |
| 39% | ANORA | 5 | Best Picture winner at the 2025 Oscars |
| 39% | ONCE | 4 | Best Musical Tony winner between "The Book of Mormon" and "Kinky Boots" |
| 39% | MILLION | 7 | & 10D 2004 film drama directed by and starring Clint Eastwood; 2005 Best Motion Picture of the Year Oscar winner |
| 39% | NOCOUNTRYFOR | 12 | & 12A 2007 drama starring Tommy Lee Jones and Javier Bardem; 2008 Best Motion Picture of the Year Oscar winner |
| 39% | CATE | 4 | Best Actress between Jennifer and Julianne |
| 39% | NICOLE | 6 | Best Actress between Halle and Charlize |
| 39% | REESE | 5 | Best Actress between Hilary and Helen |
| 39% | RAMI | 4 | Best Actor between Gary and Joaquin |