| 100% | WILLIAMAWELLMAN | 15 | Director of “Wings,” the first Best Picture winner [1896] |
| 60% | WINGS | 5 | 1927 drama starring Clara Bow; the first Best Picture Oscar winner |
| 60% | WINGS | 5 | 1927 film drama starring Clara Bow; the first Best Picture Oscar winner |
| 60% | RAINMAN | 7 | Best Picture winner based on the life of Kim Peek |
| 59% | ARGO | 4 | Best Picture winner based on the memoir "The Master of Disguise" |
| 59% | ARGO | 4 | Best Picture winner about the rescue of American diplomats in Iran |
| 58% | ARGO | 4 | Best Picture winner at the 2013 Oscars, or a brand of cornstarch |
| 57% | CAPRA | 5 | Director of the first film to win all five top Oscars (Best Picture, Director, Actor, Actress and Screenplay) |
| 57% | GRETAGERWIG | 11 | Director of two Best Picture-nominated films of the 2010s |
| 57% | FORMAN | 6 | Best Director winner of the 1980s |
| 57% | THEFRENCHCONNECTION | 19 | Best Picture winner of the 1970s, or what five of this puzzle's answers have |
| 56% | GALADRIEL | 9 | Role for Cate Blanchett in a Best Picture winner of the two-thousands |
| 56% | RAINMAN | 7 | Best Picture Oscar winner inspired by the life of Kim Peek |
| 56% | CRASH | 5 | Winner of the 2005 Best Picture Oscar |
| 56% | PARASITE | 8 | Winner of the 2020 Best Picture Oscar |
| 55% | EVITA | 5 | First British winner of the Best Musical Tony |
| 55% | BONGJOONHO | 10 | Winner of the 2020 Academy Award for best director |
| 54% | DUNE | 4 | First winner of the Nebula Award for Best Novel, 1965 |
| 54% | RENEE | 5 | First name of the alphabetically last Best Actress Oscar winner |
| 53% | NOLAN | 5 | Winner of the 2024 Best Director Oscar |
| 53% | IDA | 3 | First Polish winner of the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film (2015) |
| 53% | DUNE | 4 | First winner of the Nebula Award for best science fiction novel (1965) |
| 53% | WISE | 4 | Robert —, Best Director Oscar winner for The Sound of Music |
| 53% | SHREK | 5 | Ogre protagonist of the first Best Animated Feature Oscar winner |
| 52% | DEMME | 5 | Jonathan —, Best Director Oscar winner for The Silence of the Lambs |
| 52% | NICHOLSON | 9 | Actor in the Best Picture winners of 1975, 1983 and 2006 |
| 52% | ARGO | 4 | Best Picture winner of 2012 |
| 52% | XXXXX | 5 | Best Picture winner of 2024 |
| 52% | MOONLIGHT | 9 | Best Picture winner of 2017 |
| 51% | HUSTON | 6 | John —, Best Director Oscar winner for The Treasure of the Sierra Madre |