| 100% | RAIN | 4 | Best Picture between "The Last Emperor" and "Driving Miss Daisy" |
| 57% | ASIA | 4 | Setting for the Best Picture winners "The Last Emperor" and "Parasite" |
| 54% | ASIA | 4 | Setting for Best Picture winners "The Last Emperor" and "Parasite" |
| 52% | MORGANFREEMAN | 13 | Actor in the Best Picture Oscar films "Driving Miss Daisy," "Unforgiven," and "Million Dollar Baby": 2 wds. |
| 49% | RAINMAN | 7 | Best Picture after "The Last Emperor" |
| 47% | ANNIEHALL | 9 | Best Picture between "Rocky" and "The Deer Hunter" |
| 43% | ARGO | 4 | Best Picture Oscar winner between "The Artist" and "12 Years a Slave" |
| 41% | CODA | 4 | Best Picture between "Nomadland" and "Everything Everywhere All at Once" |
| 40% | JESSICATANDY | 12 | "Driving Miss Daisy" star who is the oldest winner of the Academy Award for Best Actress (2 wds.) |
| 39% | BIRDMAN | 7 | Best Picture winner between "12 Years a Slave" and "Spotlight" |
| 38% | RRATED | 6 | Like eight of the last ten Best Picture winners |
| 38% | RATEDR | 6 | Like eight of the last ten Best Picture winners |
| 38% | CODA | 4 | Best Picture Oscar winner between "Nomadland" and "Everything Everywhere All at Once" |
| 37% | JUDITHKRANTZ | 12 | Late author of the novels Princess Daisy and Scruples |
| 36% | BETTER | 6 | The word between the sequence good and best |
| 36% | GEN | 3 | ___ Z (people born between the mid- to late-1990s and the early 2010s) |
| 36% | MOBILE | 6 | Where the driver is driving Miss Daisy |
| 35% | UHRY | 4 | Driving Miss Daisy writer |
| 34% | UHRY | 4 | Driving Miss Daisy playwright Alfred |
| 34% | HIDDENFIGURES | 13 | 2016 Best Picture nominee ... or a hint to the circled letters in 20-, 25- and 43-Across |
| 34% | ERINBROCKOVICH | 14 | Best Picture Oscar nominee starring 19-Across as lawyer Ed Masry and 42-Across as the title activist (2 wds.) |
| 33% | LALALAND | 8 | 2016 Best Picture (no, wait; it wasn't!) ... and a fitting place for the answers to starred clues? |
| 33% | NICHOLAS | 8 | The last emperor of Russia, Tsar __ Romanov |
| 33% | LAWRENCEOF | 10 | & 12A 1962 film drama starring the late Peter O'Toole in the title role; 1963 Best Picture Oscar winner |
| 32% | FRANCISII | 9 | The last Holy Roman emperor |
| 32% | DEEN | 4 | Last name of the chef whose TV cooking shows have included "Paula's Party" and "Paula's Best Dishes" |
| 31% | ROMULUS | 7 | The last Western Roman Emperor, __ Augustulus |
| 31% | NICHOLSON | 9 | Actor in the Best Picture winners of 1975, 1983 and 2006 |
| 31% | ARGO | 4 | Best Picture winner at the 2013 Oscars |
| 31% | CHARIOTSOFFIRE | 14 | Best Picture Oscar film on the Olympics |