| 100% | ESCAPEPOD | 9 | Getaway capsule in sci-fi movies: 2 wds. |
| 49% | STARWARS | 8 | Mega sci fi movie franchise began in 1977 |
| 46% | THEMATRIX | 9 | 1999 sci-fi action movie added to the National Film Registry in 2012: 2 wds |
| 46% | THEPREDATOR | 11 | 2018 sci-fi horror movie in which Olivia Munn plays an evolutionary biologist: 2 wds. |
| 46% | STARWARS | 8 | Sci-fi movie scored by John Williams: 2 wds. |
| 46% | THEMATRIX | 9 | Sci-fi movie franchise starring Keanu Reeves: 2 wds. |
| 46% | IAM | 3 | "___ Number Four" (2011 sci-fi movie): 2 wds. |
| 45% | LASER | 5 | Beam in sci-fi movies |
| 44% | POD | 3 | Escape craft, in sci-fi movies |
| 44% | ETS | 3 | Visitors in sci-fi movies, often: Abbr. |
| 44% | VFX | 3 | Heavily used in sci-fi movies: Abbr. |
| 43% | IAM | 3 | "___ Legend" (2007 Will Smith sci-fi movie): 2 wds. |
| 43% | CGI | 3 | Big line item in sci-fi movie budgets |
| 42% | PORTAL | 6 | Entrance to another dimension in sci-fi movies, say |
| 42% | NEO | 3 | Thomas Anderson's alter ego, in sci-fi movies |
| 42% | STARWARS | 8 | George Lucas sci-fi film series that debuted in 1977 (2 wds.) |
| 42% | MINORITYREPORT | 14 | 2002 Tom Cruise sci-fi movie costarring Samantha Morton: 2 wds. |
| 42% | DOCTORWHO | 9 | BBC sci-fi series that debuted in 1963: 2 wds. |
| 42% | MOONBASE | 8 | Lunar outpost in a sci-fi story: 2 wds. |
| 41% | ALIENROMULUS | 12 | New sci-fi horror movie that's the seventh film in a franchise that began in 1979: 2 wds. |
| 40% | JETLI | 5 | Martial artist in the "Expendables" movies: 2 wds. |
| 40% | THEMANDALORIAN | 14 | Sci-fi series starring Pedro Pascal nominated for an Outstanding Drama Series Emmy Award in 2021 (2 wds.) |
| 39% | LEADROLES | 9 | Main characters in a movie: 2 wds. |
| 39% | WARP | 4 | Time ___ (a word for "bending", the term is often seen in sci-fi movies) |
| 39% | BLADERUNNER | 11 | 1982 sci-fi film set in dystopian 2019 Los Angeles: 2 wds. |
| 39% | THETRENCH | 9 | 2023 sci-fi movie about a huge shark, Meg 2: __ |
| 39% | SEANCONNERY | 11 | First James Bond in the movies: 2 wds. |
| 39% | ALIENS | 6 | Invaders in some sci-fi movies |
| 39% | ALIEN | 5 | Creature in many sci-fi movies |
| 39% | UFOS | 4 | Vehicles in many sci-fi movies |