| 100% | AGER | 4 | Coming-of-___ (movie about growing up) |
| 79% | AHARDDAYSNIGH | 13 | Movie about the coming of difficult times? |
| 73% | AGE | 3 | Coming of ___ (growing up) |
| 73% | AGE | 3 | Come of ___ (grow up) |
| 61% | BIG | 3 | "The ___ Lebowski," 1998 Jeff Bridges movie about an avid bowler who gets caught up in a case of mistaken identity in California |
| 61% | STEPUP | 6 | Series of movies about dance and romance: 2 wds. |
| 60% | THEELEPHANTMA | 13 | Movie about one of Dumbo's parents? |
| 60% | WAYNESWORD | 10 | Movie about the memoirs of the Duke? |
| 60% | PUPFICTION | 10 | Movie about the early life of Lassie? |
| 59% | ONDECK | 6 | About to come up |
| 58% | EMERSED | 7 | Came up out of water |
| 57% | THOR | 4 | 2011 movie about the crown prince of Asgard |
| 57% | HUGO | 4 | 2011 movie about the son of a clockmaker |
| 57% | EMPEROR | 7 | The Last __, movie about a monarch of China |
| 57% | MUSIC | 5 | Julie Andrews movie about The Sound of this |
| 57% | TAROT | 5 | 2024 movie about a haunted deck of cards |
| 56% | TED | 3 | Mark Wahlberg movie about a toy coming to life |
| 56% | BREAKFAST | 9 | The __ Club, Molly Ringwald's coming of age movie |
| 56% | HEATHERS | 8 | 1980s movie about clique of girls with same name |
| 56% | COCO | 4 | 2017 Disney movie about the Day of the Dead |
| 56% | AIR | 3 | 2023 movie about the launch of a sneaker line |
| 56% | LIONCUBS | 8 | They grow up to be kings of the savanna |
| 56% | AROSE | 5 | Came up, as a topic of conversation |
| 55% | SAVINGMRBANKS | 13 | 2013 Tom Hanks movie about the lead-up to the making of the 1964 movie "Mary Poppins": 3 wds. |
| 55% | ALDERAAN | 8 | Where Princess Leia grew up in the movie Star Wars |
| 55% | FROSTNIXON | 10 | Play and movie about a noted 1977 series of interviews |
| 54% | THE | 3 | Het up about part of phrase |
| 54% | PHASE | 5 | Part of growing up |
| 54% | TED | 3 | Seth MacFarlane movie about a stuffed animal that comes to life |
| 54% | LAMINAHOUSE | 11 | Movie flop about a dwelling with layers of veneer? |