| 100% | RISKY | 5 | Like Joel Goodson's business, in a 1983 film |
| 45% | ZELIG | 5 | Title role in a 1983 black-and-white film |
| 42% | DIRECTOR | 8 | Decision-maker in a business; film maker |
| 42% | RISKY | 5 | "___ Business," 1983 teen comedy film starring Tom Cruise that got a nostalgic nod in "Stranger Things" |
| 42% | YENTL | 5 | 1983 film in which Barbra Streisand dresses as a man |
| 41% | ZELIG | 5 | 1983 Woody Allen film shot mostly in black-and-white, about a chameleon-like guy |
| 41% | UNDEVELOPED | 11 | Like film in a camera |
| 39% | THERIGHTSTUFF | 13 | 1983 film in which astronaut John Glenn (1921-2016) was a character: 3 wds. |
| 39% | LOLA | 4 | In a Kinks hit s/he "walked like a woman and talked like a man" |
| 38% | MOTEL | 5 | Bates's business, in film |
| 38% | ATTHEOPERA | 10 | Like the Marx Brothers in a 1935 film |
| 37% | FOGUP | 5 | Get covered in a light film, like a windshield: 2 wds. |
| 37% | WALLE | 5 | EVE's companion, in a 2008 Pixar film |
| 37% | ROLE | 4 | Actress's part in a film |
| 37% | SALON | 5 | Business in a dyeing industry? |
| 36% | CABARETS | 8 | Businesses like the Kit Kat Klub in a hit musical |
| 36% | MILO | 4 | Title cat in a 1980's cartoon film |
| 36% | PLACINGENDTOEND | 15 | Putting in a row, like Sampras's rackets? |
| 36% | NEO | 3 | Trinity's love in a film trilogy |
| 36% | MEGANMULLALLY | 13 | "Will & Grace" actress who appeared in a 1983 McDonald's commercial: 2 wds. |
| 36% | COEQUALLY | 9 | In a way that's like people of the same rank |
| 36% | LANA | 4 | Joel’s business partner in “Risky Business” |
| 36% | THEWASP | 7 | Ant-Man’s partner in a 2018 superhero film |
| 36% | NEMO | 4 | Clownfish who's "found" in a 2003 Pixar film |
| 36% | APES | 4 | Heston's jailors, in a sci-fi film |
| 36% | PVT | 3 | Ryan's rank in a Spielberg war film |
| 36% | LANA | 4 | Joel's seducer in "Risky Business" |
| 36% | ONTAP | 5 | Like beer that's not in a bottle |
| 36% | HOT | 3 | Like a flatiron that's in use |
| 36% | HINTON | 6 | S. E. ___, "The Outsiders" author who made a guest appearance in the book's film adaptation |