| 100% | WEES | 4 | Jackass: The Movie's "___ Man" & Terry Pratchett's fun book, The ___ Free Men |
| 35% | EPIC | 4 | 2013 animated movie based on the book "The Leaf Men and the Brave Good Bugs" |
| 34% | NORA | 4 | Myrna's role in the "Thin Man" movies |
| 32% | DISC | 4 | Planet's shape in a book series by Terry Pratchett |
| 32% | BABE | 4 | Movie based on the children's book "The Sheep-Pig" |
| 32% | ORA | 3 | Singer Rita who's in the movie "Fifty Shades Freed" |
| 31% | SHE | 3 | "___'s the Man" (Amanda Bynes gender-bending movie) |
| 31% | EBERT | 5 | "Questions for the Movie Answer Man" author |
| 30% | COSSACKS | 8 | Free men of the Russian army |
| 30% | IRON | 4 | "___ Man 2," movie which features Queen's "Another One Bites the Dust" |
| 30% | GERIATRIX | 9 | The old man of the Asterix books |
| 30% | HOBO | 4 | The Shaggy Man of the Oz books |
| 30% | ITINA | 5 | Book that's the basis for the movie "What's Love Got to Do With It" |
| 29% | ELSA | 4 | Lioness from the movie Born Free |
| 29% | CARL | 4 | Old man from the movie "Up" |
| 29% | ILOSTIT | 7 | Pauline Kael book, ___ at the Movies |
| 29% | DUSTINHOFFMAN | 13 | Actor who played 43-Across in the movie "All the President's Men": 2 wds. |
| 29% | JUNGLE | 6 | The __ Book, 2016 movie |
| 29% | KNOXVILLE | 9 | Johnny —, star of 2002 film comedy Jackass: The Movie |
| 29% | SCHNAUZER | 9 | Asta in the book "The Thin Man," e.g. |
| 28% | SHES | 4 | "___ the Man" (2006 movie) |
| 28% | NORA | 4 | Myrna's role in "The Thin Man" movies |
| 28% | THEWIZARDOFOZ | 13 | 1939 fantasy movie that's based on the same books as 18-Across: 4 wds. |
| 27% | OLGA | 4 | Tokarczuk who won the 2018 Man Booker International Prize |
| 27% | STORM | 5 | Halle Berry's role in the X-Men movies |
| 27% | NED | 3 | Jacob Batalon's role in the Spider-Man movies |
| 27% | BIGMIRACLE | 10 | 2012 Drew Barrymore movie based on the nonfiction book "Freeing the Whales": 2 wds. |
| 27% | ROBERT | 6 | Actor ___ Downey Jr., Marvel's Iron Man who was introduced in the titular movie |
| 27% | ALL | 3 | "__ the President's Men" |
| 27% | ROMA | 4 | Movie that lost the Academy Award for Best Picture to Green Book |