| 100% | MALKOVICH | 9 | John __, US actor, subject of a 1999 fantasy film |
| 46% | LAVIDALOCA | 10 | Subject of a 1999 Ricky Martin hit |
| 44% | BRIDEYMURPHY | 12 | Subject of a 1956 film "search" |
| 44% | BILLYJOE | 8 | Subject of a 1976 film "ode" |
| 44% | TOMMY | 5 | Fantasy film adapted from the eponymous album by The Who that features a cover of "Pinball Wizard" by Elton John |
| 44% | NEMO | 4 | Title subject of a search in a 2003 film |
| 44% | OPIOID | 6 | Subject of a U.S. drug epidemic |
| 43% | BREXIT | 6 | Subject of a June 2016 U.K. referendum |
| 43% | GIRL | 4 | Title interruptee of a 1999 film |
| 43% | UFOS | 4 | Subjects of a U.S. Air Force cover-up? |
| 43% | EDWOOD | 6 | Title subject of a 1994 film bio |
| 42% | TAXES | 5 | Subject of a major bill before the U.S. Senate |
| 42% | HES | 3 | "___ All That" (2021 remake of a 1999 film) |
| 42% | TEENS | 5 | Subjects of most John Hughes films |
| 42% | WEIRDSCIENCE | 12 | Title theme song of a 1985 John Hughes film |
| 41% | FRIDA | 5 | Artist Kahlo, subject of a 2002 film starring Salma Hayek |
| 41% | XIII | 4 | Apollo mission that was the subject of a 1995 film |
| 41% | PROUST | 6 | Subject of the 1999 film "Le Temps Retrouvé" |
| 40% | ANDERSEN | 8 | Classic author who was the subject of a 1952 film musical |
| 40% | NANOOK | 6 | Title subject of a 1922 documentary in the National Film Registry |
| 40% | ADELEH | 6 | Title subject of a 1975 Truffaut film |
| 40% | BREXIT | 6 | Subject of a 2016 U.K. referendum, and a hint to five puzzle answers |
| 39% | HARBISON | 8 | John —, US composer of 1999 opera The Great Gatsby |
| 39% | FLOCKHART | 9 | Calista —, actress who played Helena in 1999 fantasy film A Midsummer Night's Dream |
| 38% | CHO | 3 | Actor John of the "Harold & Kumar" films |
| 38% | THEBLAIRWITCH | 13 | Legendary title figure of a 1999 horror film |
| 38% | NUDIE | 5 | Film whose actors get a lot of exposure? |
| 38% | BREXIT | 6 | Subject of a 2016 U.K. referendum ... or a hint to 16-, 25-, 41- and 55-Across |
| 38% | CAST | 4 | Group of actors in a film |
| 38% | CAST | 4 | Collection of actors in a film |