| 100% | MOUNTRUSHMORE | 13 | National Memorial in South Dakota where "North by Northwest" was filmed (2 wds.) |
| 53% | BADLANDS | 8 | National Park in South Dakota where "Dances with Wolves" was partially filmed |
| 40% | CARYGRANT | 9 | "North by Northwest" actor who became an American citizen in 1942: 2 wds. |
| 37% | MOUNT | 5 | ___ Rushmore, national memorial in the Black Hills region of South Dakota |
| 35% | MOVIESET | 8 | Where a film is shot in a studio: 2 wds. |
| 34% | DEADWOOD | 8 | National Historic Landmark District in South Dakota that is the setting and title of an HBO series and a 2019 film starring Timothy Olyphant and Ian McShane |
| 33% | FARGO | 5 | Film by the Coen brothers set almost entirely in Minnesota (not North Dakota) |
| 33% | MOUNTRUSHMORE | 13 | Iconic site in South Dakota, that features the heads of four U.S. presidents carved into the mountain: 2 wds. |
| 33% | EASTSIDE | 8 | Where the United Nations is in Manhattan: 2 wds. |
| 33% | WINDCAVE | 8 | National park in South Dakota |
| 31% | SOUTHKOREA | 10 | Asian nation where 47-Across was filmed: 2 wds. |
| 31% | FELLFOR | 7 | Was taken in by (2 wds) |
| 31% | OOHLALA | 7 | Song by Britney Spears in "Smurfs 2" which can also be used an exclamation: 3 wds. |
| 31% | MOUNT | 5 | South Dakota's ___ Rushmore National Memorial |
| 31% | YES | 3 | 2004 film by Sally Potter where virtually the complete dialogue is in iambic pentameter and usually rhyming |
| 31% | ASIA | 4 | Where North and South Korea are |
| 30% | APAINTEDHOUSE | 13 | Novel by John Grisham which was made into a television film starring Scott Glenn in 2003: 3 wds. |
| 30% | AIRFORCEONE | 11 | 1997 film in which Harrison Ford stars as a president whose plane is hijacked by terrorists: 3 wds. |
| 30% | EASTERNCOUGAR | 13 | A subspecies of puma from North America which was formally declared extinct by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in 2018: 2 wds. |
| 30% | ONCAMERA | 8 | Being filmed (2 wds.) |
| 29% | BADLANDS | 8 | South Dakota national park featured in "Dances with Wolves" |
| 29% | ARAGORN | 7 | Ranger of the North and heir of Isildur who is portrayed by Viggo Mortensen in "The Lord of the Rings" films |
| 29% | COMPASS | 7 | Tool to pinpoint where north and south are |
| 29% | THEBAND | 7 | Canadian rock group whose last concert was filmed by Martin Scorsese for a 1978 documentary (2 wds.) |
| 29% | DOCTORSTRANGE | 13 | Marvel superhero who was played by Benedict Cumberbatch in the titular 2016 film: 2 wds. |
| 29% | THEPOWEROFLOVE | 14 | No. 1 hit by Huey Lewis and the News that was featured in the 1985 film "Back to the Future" (4 wds.) |
| 28% | ATA | 3 | "I am ___ point in my life where...": 2 wds. |
| 28% | LOUISEERDRICH | 13 | "The Round House" author whose stories are usually set in North Dakota: 2 wds. |
| 28% | THELIONKING | 11 | Animated film released in 1994 which was influenced by Shakespeare's "Hamlet" and tells the story of a character named Simba: 3 wds. |
| 28% | LOVEONTOP | 9 | Song by Beyonce - whose birthday it is today - which was inspired by her performance as Etta James in the film "Cadillac Records": 3 wds. |