| 100% | ALIENROMULUS | 12 | New sci-fi horror movie that's the seventh film in a franchise that began in 1979: 2 wds. |
| 50% | HALLOWEENKILLS | 14 | Twelfth installment in the horror franchise featuring 26-Across that began with a 1978 film starring 12-Across (2 wds.) |
| 43% | THEMATRIX | 9 | 1999 sci-fi action movie added to the National Film Registry in 2012: 2 wds |
| 41% | STARWARS | 8 | 1977 movie that launched a huge sci-fi franchise: 2 wds. |
| 41% | STARWARS | 8 | 1977 George Lucas film that launched a sci-fi franchise: 2 wds. |
| 41% | BARTONFINK | 10 | John Turturro movie that won the top prize at the Cannes Film Festival in 1991: 2 wds. |
| 41% | TAXIDRIVER | 10 | Robert De Niro movie that won the top prize at the Cannes Film Festival in 1976: 2 wds. |
| 40% | DRNO | 4 | Villain with the title role in a 1962 movie that introduced 007: 2 wds. |
| 40% | THELIBRARIANS | 13 | New spin-off of a TNT film franchise that starred Noah Wyle: 2 wds. |
| 39% | THEMATRIX | 9 | A 1999 Sci-Fi film in which Keanu Reeves - whose birthday it is today - portrays the main character, named "Neo": 2 wds. |
| 38% | TEDDYBEAR | 9 | Stuffed animal that Seth MacFarlane provided the voice for in a hit 2012 movie: 2 wds. |
| 38% | ELM | 3 | Type of tree that appears in the title of a horror movie franchise |
| 38% | THING | 5 | "The ___," 1982 sci-fi horror film starring Kurt Russell that got a nostalgic nod in "Stranger Things" |
| 37% | ALTEREDSTATES | 13 | 1980 science-fiction horror movie that was the film debut of both 27-Across and Drew Barrymore (2 wds.) |
| 37% | JURASSICWORLD | 13 | 2015 sci-fi adventure film about a theme park of cloned dinosaurs, that is the fifth highest-grossing film of all time: 2 wds. |
| 37% | STATEWARRIORS | 13 | "Golden ___," American professional basketball team based in Oakland that was recognised as the seventh highest valued sports franchise: 2 wds. |
| 37% | HENRYCAVILL | 11 | Actor known for playing a DC superhero who will be seen in the new "Mission: Impossible" film: 2 wds. |
| 37% | AMERICANGODS | 12 | A 2017 TV series that premiered on Starz, in which Gillian Anderson plays the new goddess Media: 2 wds. |
| 37% | KIRSTENDUNST | 12 | "The Power of the Dog" actress who plays a journalist in the new movie "Civil War": 2 wds. |
| 36% | LOUISVUITTON | 12 | Fashion house that collaborated with the Final Fantasy XIII video game franchise in 2016 to create a new look for the heroine Lightning (2 wds.) |
| 36% | STARTREK | 8 | Sci-fi franchise with a "Strange New Worlds" spin-off: 2 wds. |
| 36% | ALIEN | 5 | 1979 Sigourney Weaver film that launched a sci-fi franchise |
| 36% | THEPREDATOR | 11 | 2018 sci-fi horror movie in which Olivia Munn plays an evolutionary biologist: 2 wds. |
| 36% | THETERMINATOR | 13 | 1984 movie about a cyborg from the future that launched a franchise including a 2024 Netflix anime series: 2 wds. |
| 36% | HUNGERGAMES | 11 | "The ___," 2012 sci-fi film starring Jennifer Lawrence for which she won a People's Choice Award: 2 wds. |
| 36% | TARBABY | 7 | 1981 novel by 43-Across about a love affair that begins in the Caribbean (2 wds.) |
| 36% | STARWARS | 8 | Sci-fi franchise with the new spin-off TV series, 38-Across: 2 wds. |
| 35% | ALIENS | 6 | 80's sci-fi thriller film starring Sigourney Weaver that is a sequel to a horror film of the same name |
| 35% | THEGOOD | 7 | "___ Place," a new fantasy-comedy NBC series about a girl in the afterlife, that started premiering on September 19: 2 wds. |
| 35% | MISSIONTO | 9 | "___ Mars," American sci-fi film from 2000 about a manned exploration mission to Mars that goes wrong: 2 wds. |