| 100% | ELIA | 4 | He directed Marlon |
| 83% | ELIA | 4 | He directed Celeste and Marlon to Oscars |
| 58% | AKIRA | 5 | He directed Toshiro in "Rashomon" |
| 57% | MEL | 3 | He directed Gene in “Blazing Saddles” |
| 55% | ORSON | 5 | He directed Charlton in “Touch of Evil” |
| 54% | ANG | 3 | He directed Jake and Heath in "Brokeback Mountain" |
| 52% | EDWOOD | 6 | He directed Bela Lugosi in "Bride of the Monster" |
| 50% | ELIA | 4 | Kazan who directed Marlon in his first Oscar role |
| 50% | KAZAN | 5 | "The Last Tycoon" was the last film he directed |
| 48% | JAMESCAAN | 9 | He was Sonny to Marlon Brando's Vito |
| 47% | SALMINEO | 8 | Otto Preminger directed him in "Exodus" |
| 46% | RYANCOOGLER | 11 | He directed Michael B. Jordan in "Fruitvale Station," "Creed," and "Black Panther": 2 wds. |
| 45% | MELBROOKS | 9 | He played Yogurt in "Spaceballs" (and also directed): 2 wds. |
| 44% | MEL | 3 | Gibson who won two Oscars in 1996 for the second movie he directed |
| 44% | FRANKCAPRA | 10 | Born May 18, 1897, he directed all the films named in this puzzle |
| 44% | ONEEYEDJACKS | 12 | 1961 film Western directed by and starring Marlon Brando |
| 42% | MARTINSCORSESE | 14 | He directed Leonardo DiCaprio in "The Departed," "Shutter Island," and "The Wolf of Wall Street": 2 wds. |
| 42% | WESANDERSON | 11 | He directed Bill Murray in "Moonrise Kingdom," "The Grand Budapest Hotel," and "Isle of Dogs": 2 wds. |
| 41% | REBECCA | 7 | 1940 Hitchcock film that was only one he directed to win a Best Picture Oscar |
| 41% | SUSPICION | 9 | 1941 Hitchcock film that was the only one he directed to win an acting Oscar |
| 38% | TIRADES | 7 | Something TV Judge Joe Brown often had, directed at those he deemed guilty |
| 33% | VITO | 4 | Role for Marlon |
| 33% | BADE | 4 | Directed |
| 33% | LED | 3 | Directed |
| 33% | BOSSED | 6 | Directed |
| 33% | OVERSEEN | 8 | Directed |
| 33% | STEERED | 7 | Directed |
| 33% | SENT | 4 | Directed |
| 33% | RAN | 3 | Directed |
| 33% | MANAGED | 7 | Directed |