| 100% | NOD | 3 | Oscar ___ (Academy Award nomination, informally) |
| 97% | NOD | 3 | Academy Award nomination, informally |
| 93% | OSCARNOD | 8 | Academy Awards nomination, informally: 2 wds. |
| 75% | NOD | 3 | Oscar ___ (Academy Award nomination) |
| 74% | OSCARNOD | 8 | Academy Award nomination |
| 72% | OSCARNOD | 8 | Academy Award nomination: 2 wds. |
| 70% | OSCARNOMS | 9 | Academy Award recognitions, informally |
| 66% | STREEP | 6 | Meryl with a record 21 Academy Award nominations |
| 66% | MERYL | 5 | Actress Streep who has 21 Academy Award nominations |
| 64% | NOD | 3 | Oscar nomination, informally |
| 64% | NODS | 4 | Oscar nominations, informally |
| 64% | OTOOLE | 6 | Peter with eight Academy Award nominations (and, sadly, zero wins) |
| 63% | MERIT | 5 | Academy Award of ___ (official name for an Oscar) |
| 59% | GRAVITY | 7 | Sci-fi film starring Sandra Bullock for which she earned an Academy Award nomination |
| 59% | BIRDMAN | 7 | 2014 black comedy film starring Edward Norton that earned him an Academy Award nomination |
| 58% | PRIDE | 5 | "___ & Prejudice," 2005 romance film starring Keira Knightley for which she earned an Academy Award nomination |
| 58% | JODIE | 5 | ___ Foster, actress who received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress as a teen |
| 58% | GIANT | 5 | 1956 epic Western film starring James Dean which earned him a posthumous Academy Award nomination |
| 58% | EDEN | 4 | "East of ___," 1955 film starring James Dean which earned him a posthumous Academy Award nomination |
| 57% | DEAN | 4 | First person to receive a posthumous Academy Award for Best Actor nomination |
| 56% | GAME | 4 | "The Imitation ___," 2014 historical drama film starring Keira Knightley for which she earned an Academy Award nomination |
| 56% | AMERICAN | 8 | "___ Hustle," 2013 film starring Amy Adams as Sydney Prosser for which she earned an Academy Award nomination |
| 56% | IMPOSSIBLE | 10 | "The ___," 2012 drama film starring Naomi Watts which earned her an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress |
| 56% | LOCUST | 6 | "The Day of the ___," 1975 film starring Burgess Meredith for which he earned an Academy Award nomination |
| 56% | BESTACTOR | 9 | Academy Award category in which 15-Across received a nomination for 36-Across: 2 wds. |
| 55% | PULP | 4 | "___ Fiction," a 1994 dark comedy film for which Samuel L. Jackson (birthday today) received an Academy Award nomination |
| 55% | EDDIEREDMAYNE | 13 | British actor who received an Academy Award nomination for playing Lili Elbe in "The Danish Girl": 2 wds. |
| 55% | VICE | 4 | 2018 comedy-drama film starring Amy Adams as Lynne Cheney for which she earned an Academy Award nomination |
| 54% | FANTASTIC | 9 | "Captain ___," a 2016 comedy-drama for which Viggo Mortensen - whose birthday it is today - received an Academy Award nomination |
| 54% | ROCKY | 5 | 1976 sports drama film starring Burgess Meredith as a boxing trainer, for which he earned an Academy Award nomination |