| 100% | CINERAMA | 8 | Fifties film format revived for the 2012 short “In the Picture” |
| 45% | ETS | 3 | Predators in the "Predator" films, for short |
| 44% | ETS | 3 | Figures in the 2016 film "Arrival," for short |
| 44% | BERG | 4 | Ice chunk in the film "Titanic," for short |
| 44% | ESP | 3 | Gift in the 2000 film "The Gift," for short |
| 43% | AIR | 3 | "Up in the ___" (2009 film nominated for the Best Picture Oscar) |
| 42% | ARGO | 4 | Film about a fake CIA mission that received the Best Picture Oscar for 2012 |
| 42% | INDY | 4 | Main character in the upcoming film "The Dial of Destiny," for short |
| 41% | VICTOR | 6 | Winner synonym ... or role for Jennifer Lawrence in the 2012 film "The Hunger Games" |
| 41% | EEAAO | 5 | A24 film that won Best Picture in 2023, for short |
| 41% | PAT | 3 | Member of the losing Super Bowl team in 2012, for short |
| 41% | ASL | 3 | Communication method in much of the 2021 film "CODA," for short |
| 40% | LIST | 4 | "Schindler's ___," historical drama film that won an Academy Award for Best Picture in the '90s |
| 40% | HEIGL | 5 | Katherine —, actress who starred as Stephanie Plum in 2012 action-comedy film One for the Money |
| 40% | WIDOW | 5 | Husband's heir, perhaps ... or role for Jennifer Lawrence in the 2012 film "Silver Linings Playbook" |
| 40% | ARGO | 4 | Ben Affleck film that won the Oscar for Best Picture of 2012 |
| 40% | CODA | 4 | Siân Heder film that won the Oscar for Best Picture in 2022 |
| 40% | CODA | 4 | Marlee Matlin film that won the Oscar for Best Picture in 2022 |
| 40% | LAMBS | 5 | "The Silence of the ___," psychological horror film that won an Academy Award for Best Picture in the '90s |
| 40% | ANA | 3 | Woman in the "Fifty Shades" series, for short |
| 40% | CODA | 4 | 2021 Emilia Jones film which won the Oscar for Best Picture in 2022 |
| 39% | THEDEPARTED | 11 | Martin Scorsese film that won the Oscar for Best Picture in 2007 (2 wds.) |
| 39% | STING | 5 | "The ___," heist film starring Paul Newman which won the Academy Award for Best Picture in 1974 |
| 39% | GODFATHER | 9 | "The ___," crime film starring Marlon Brando which won the Academy Award for Best Picture in 1973 |
| 39% | IRAN | 4 | Setting for the 2012 film "Argo" |
| 38% | YETI | 4 | The character Everest in the film “Abominable,” for one |
| 38% | BERGS | 5 | Short word for floating ice pieces in the sea |
| 38% | WINGS | 5 | 1927 film starring Clara Bow that won the first Academy Award for Best Picture in 1929 |
| 38% | OPS | 3 | Short term for "operations" used in the military |
| 38% | ROCKY | 5 | American sports drama film starring Sylvester Stallone which won the Academy Award for Best Picture in 1977 |