| 100% | AFI | 3 | Org. with a "100 Greatest Movie Quotes of All Time" list (Abbr.) |
| 68% | AFI | 3 | "100 Greatest Movie Quotes of All Time" org. |
| 54% | AFI | 3 | Movie org. that created a top-100 list from which all of this puzzle's quotes come |
| 52% | AFI | 3 | Org. with a "100 Years ... 100 Movies" list (Abbr.) |
| 49% | AFI | 3 | Org. with a "100 Years ... 100 Movies" list |
| 48% | CHARPLIEN | 9 | Director with three films on A.F.I.'s list of 100 greatest movies, all of them silent |
| 48% | AFI | 3 | Org. with a "100 Years...100 Movies" list (Abbr.) |
| 47% | AFI | 3 | Org. with many "best of" movie lists: Abbr. |
| 47% | FILM | 4 | American ___ Institute (group that compiled a list of 100 great movie quotes) |
| 46% | SOPRANOS | 8 | #1 on Rolling Stone's "100 Greatest TV Shows of All Time" list, with "The" |
| 45% | AFI | 3 | Movie group with a "100 Years ... 100 Cheers" list: Abbr. |
| 45% | HOF | 3 | List of individuals with great achievements in a domain: Abbr. |
| 41% | AFI | 3 | Org. with a 100 Years...100 Heroes & Villains list |
| 41% | RHETTBUTLER | 11 | Speaker of the #1 quote on A.F.I.'s list of the 100 greatest movie quotes |
| 40% | AFI | 3 | Assn. with a "100 Years ... 100 Movies" list |
| 39% | ALA | 3 | Org. with a "Top 100 Most Banned and Challenged Books" list |
| 38% | ACLU | 4 | Org. with a list of Supreme Court cases on its website |
| 37% | ELF | 3 | Christmas movie with the quote "Son of a nutcracker!" |
| 36% | CEO | 3 | Any on a CNBC "Best of All Time" list |
| 36% | AFI | 3 | Org. with many movie best-of lists (abbr.) |
| 36% | AKC | 3 | Org. whose website has a list of all dog breeds (Abbr.) |
| 36% | AFI | 3 | Cinematic group with a "100 Years...100 Movies" series: Abbr. |
| 35% | BREAKINGBAD | 11 | #3 on Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest TV Shows of All Time (as of 2016) ... and a hint to what the black squares are doing in four rows of this puzzle |
| 35% | NAMES | 5 | *#5 on Billboard's Best Rappers of All Time list |
| 34% | BESTEVER | 8 | Greatest of all time |
| 34% | YUGO | 4 | Car on many "worst cars of all time" lists |
| 34% | IPO | 3 | First-time listing of a company’s stock: Abbr. |
| 34% | JEANNEDIELMAN | 13 | Film voted the greatest of all time in a prominent 2022 critics’ poll, familiarly |
| 33% | OTOOLE | 6 | Actor with the #1 film performance in Premiere magazine's list of "100 Greatest Performances of All Time" |
| 33% | METALLICA | 9 | One of the greatest metal bands of all time with hits like "Enter Sandman" and "Nothing Else Matters" |