| 100% | HANSOLO | 7 | Film character introduced in 1977, who died in a 2015 sequel |
| 46% | KEN | 3 | Character in a hit 2023 film who sings "Is it my destiny to live and die a life of blonde fragility?" |
| 46% | SCAR | 4 | "The Lion King" character who dies in a hyena attack |
| 43% | NEMO | 4 | Film character who becomes trapped in a dentist's office |
| 43% | {FIN}IAN | 8 | Character who goes to Rainbow Valley in a 1968 film musical |
| 43% | TED | 3 | Bear in a 2012 film and its 2015 sequel |
| 42% | HARRY | 5 | Film character who "met" 8-Across in a classic 1989 rom-com |
| 42% | MADEA | 5 | Film character who debuted in "Diary of a Mad Black Woman" (2005) |
| 42% | NALA | 4 | Character who throws the hyena Shenzi off Pride Rock, in a 2019 film |
| 42% | MADEA | 5 | Tyler Perry character who had a "Homecoming" in a 2022 film |
| 41% | JAMESMCAVOY | 11 | "X-Men: Apocalypse" star who played the title character of 28-Across in a 2015 movie: 2 wds. |
| 41% | MISSDAISY | 9 | Title character whom 15-Across chauffeured around in a 1989 film: 2 wds. |
| 40% | NEMO | 4 | Film character who spends most of the movie in the waiting room of a dentist's office |
| 40% | BUTCHCASSIDY | 12 | Title character in a classic western film who asks, "Who are those guys?" (2 wds.) |
| 39% | ILSA | 4 | Character who says “Kiss me as if it were the last time” to Rick, in a 1942 film |
| 39% | ROOM | 4 | 2015 drama film in which Brie Larson played a woman who has been held captive for seven years |
| 39% | VALENS | 6 | Singer Ritchie who died in a plane crash |
| 38% | ASTA | 4 | Character in a 1934 film who does nothing when told to lie down and sits when told to stand up |
| 38% | HAN | 3 | Character who dies in "The Force Awakens" |
| 38% | EBERT | 5 | Film critic Roger who died in 2013 |
| 38% | GENE | 4 | Film critic Siskel who died in 1999 |
| 38% | CINDERELLA | 10 | Character who rode in a pumpkin coach |
| 38% | OMAR | 4 | Actor Sharif who died in 2015 |
| 38% | ULTRON | 6 | Supervillain in a 2015 "Avengers" sequel |
| 37% | BARA | 4 | Theda —, US film actress nicknamed The Vamp who died in 1955 |
| 37% | THEDA | 5 | & 2D US film actress nicknamed The Vamp who died in 1955 |
| 37% | THEDA | 5 | & 20D US film actress nicknamed The Vamp who died in 1955 |
| 37% | HAMILTON | 8 | US Founding Father who died in 1804; 2015 musical |
| 37% | SPONGEBOB | 9 | Character who lives in a pineapple under the sea |