| 100% | PUNNY | 5 | Like the horror movie titles "Chopping Mall" and "Santa's Slay" |
| 42% | MADEFORTV | 9 | Like the movies "Brian's Song" and "Sharknado" |
| 39% | PUN | 3 | Title like "The Santa Clause" or "Knight and Day" |
| 38% | ATHROB | 6 | Like the heart during a horror movie |
| 37% | PGTHIRTEEN | 10 | Like the movies "10,000 B.C." and "2012" |
| 36% | ODD | 3 | Like the Adele album titles "19," "21," and "25" |
| 36% | BOXER | 5 | Athlete like the title characters in "Creed" and "Rocky" |
| 35% | REMADE | 6 | Like the movie A Star Is Born, in 1954, 1976, and 2018 |
| 35% | GREMLINS | 8 | 1984 comedy horror movie with the characters Gizmo and Stripe |
| 35% | ARGO | 4 | 2012 movie that's tied with "Gigi" and "CODA" as Best Picture with the shortest title |
| 34% | LONG | 4 | Lengthy, just like the song titles in 21a, 28a, 52a, 7d, and 43d |
| 34% | INVISIBLE | 9 | Like the man in H.G. Wells and Ralph Ellison titles |
| 34% | KIRKDOUGLAS | 11 | Hollywood's famous centenarian who has acted in movies like "Ace in the Hole" and "Spartacus": 2 wds. |
| 33% | TIDAL | 5 | Like the ocean's ebb and flow |
| 33% | GANJAANDHESS | 12 | 1973 Bill Gunn experimental horror movie, in which the title characters become vampiric lovers |
| 33% | UNCUT | 5 | Like the director's version of a movie |
| 33% | PEAGREEN | 8 | Like the Owl and the Pussycat's boat |
| 33% | ALLFEMALE | 9 | Like the Supremes and the Go-Go's |
| 33% | ATWAR | 5 | Like the U.S. and Spain in 1898 |
| 33% | PITTED | 6 | Like the moon's landscape and many olives |
| 33% | ROMAN | 5 | Like the Circus Maximus and Trajan's Market |
| 33% | CHUCKY | 6 | Red-headed doll from the horror movie franchise, "Child's Play" |
| 33% | DREW | 4 | ___ Barrymore, actress and almost every '90s teen's crush from movies like "Boys on the Side" and "Never Been Kissed" |
| 32% | NICEST | 6 | Like the top names on Santa's list, perhaps |
| 32% | PEAGREEN | 8 | Like the Owl and the Pussy-Cat's boat |
| 32% | DOMED | 5 | Like the U.S. Capitol and the Taj Mahal |
| 32% | AMORAL | 6 | Like the title character of Camus’s “The Stranger” |
| 32% | GRACEKELLY | 10 | English singer Mika's song which is titled after "The Country Girl" actress and uses dialogue from the movie: 2 wds. |
| 32% | ONEACT | 6 | Like the plays “Krapp’s Last Tape” and “No Exit” |
| 32% | NAUGHTY | 7 | Santa's lists include the nice and the __ |