| 100% | VFX | 3 | Heavily used in sci-fi movies: Abbr. |
| 64% | ETS | 3 | Visitors in sci-fi movies, often: Abbr. |
| 57% | CGI | 3 | Tech used in making sci-fi movies |
| 55% | UFO | 3 | Spacecraft in a sci-fi movie, sometimes: Abbr. |
| 55% | STARWARS | 8 | Mega sci fi movie franchise began in 1977 |
| 54% | UFO | 3 | Flying saucer in a sci-fi movie, perhaps: Abbr. |
| 52% | LAME | 4 | Fabric used in sci-fi costumes |
| 52% | UFO | 3 | Craft used in an invasion of Earth, in sci-fi: Abbr. |
| 51% | CGI | 3 | Visual effects used in movies, generated using computers: Abbr. |
| 51% | LASER | 5 | Beam in sci-fi movies |
| 50% | POD | 3 | Escape craft, in sci-fi movies |
| 50% | LASER | 5 | Concentrated light-beam used in surgeries or weaponized in sci-fi flicks: Abbr. |
| 49% | UFOS | 4 | Saucers in sci-fi: Abbr. |
| 49% | ESCAPEPOD | 9 | Getaway capsule in sci-fi movies: 2 wds. |
| 49% | CGI | 3 | Big line item in sci-fi movie budgets |
| 49% | UFO | 3 | Sci-fi movie vehicle, often: Abbr. |
| 48% | PORTAL | 6 | Entrance to another dimension in sci-fi movies, say |
| 48% | NEO | 3 | Thomas Anderson's alter ego, in sci-fi movies |
| 46% | CGI | 3 | Tool used in many a sci-fi film |
| 45% | CGI | 3 | Process of generating images using advanced software tools in movies or games : Abbr. |
| 45% | CGI | 3 | Tech used in many sci-fi films, for short |
| 45% | CGI | 3 | Technology used to create monsters in movies: Abbr. |
| 45% | LASER | 5 | Concentrated light-beam that is used in non-intrusive surgeries and sci-fi films: Abbr. |
| 45% | EFFECTS | 7 | Special ___, heavily used in films |
| 45% | WARP | 4 | Time ___ (a word for "bending", the term is often seen in sci-fi movies) |
| 44% | UFO | 3 | Ship in a sci-fi story: Abbr. |
| 44% | ALIENS | 6 | Invaders in some sci-fi movies |
| 44% | ALIEN | 5 | Creature in many sci-fi movies |
| 44% | UFOS | 4 | Vehicles in many sci-fi movies |
| 44% | UFO | 3 | Craft in a sci-fi movie |