| 100% | NOIRS | 5 | Gritty films, informally |
| 66% | NOIR | 4 | Gritty films |
| 66% | NOIR | 4 | Gritty film |
| 66% | PIX | 3 | Films, informally |
| 65% | PIC | 3 | Film, informally |
| 64% | NOIR | 4 | Gritty film genre |
| 64% | NEONOIR | 7 | Gritty film genre |
| 61% | NOIRS | 5 | Dark films, informally |
| 61% | DOCS | 4 | Nonfiction films, informally |
| 61% | CAM | 3 | Filming device, informally |
| 61% | FLOPS | 5 | Film failures, informally |
| 61% | DOC | 3 | Nonfiction film, informally |
| 61% | OPDOC | 5 | Film portmanteau, informally |
| 58% | NOIRS | 5 | Gritty crime films |
| 55% | OATERS | 6 | Many John Wayne films, informally |
| 55% | INDIE | 5 | Film company sans studio, informally |
| 54% | OATERS | 6 | Cowboy films, informally (anagram of "orates") |
| 53% | OATER | 5 | Many a John Wayne film, informally |
| 53% | BIOPIC | 6 | Film about a real person, informally |
| 53% | DEVELOPMENTHELL | 15 | Long gestation for a film, informally |
| 53% | NOIR | 4 | Dark film genre, informally |
| 52% | NAM | 3 | Subject of three Oliver Stone films, informally |
| 52% | ABFAB | 5 | Britcom made into a 2016 film, informally |
| 51% | ARTOO | 5 | Character in all six "Star Wars" films, informally |
| 50% | NOIR | 4 | A gritty, dark crime film genre |
| 49% | SXSW | 4 | Austin-based music and film festival, informally |
| 48% | ZOMCOMS | 7 | Genre films that blend horror and humor, informally |
| 46% | NOIR | 4 | Film ___ (dark, gritty film genre) |
| 45% | NOIR | 4 | Film ___ (gritty genre) |
| 44% | MOCAPSUIT | 9 | Attire often used in filming C.G.I. scenes, informally |