| 100% | SEATTLE | 7 | Setting of a Ryan-Hanks film |
| 61% | SELMA | 5 | Alabama setting of a namesake 2014 film |
| 60% | MILE | 4 | "The Green ___" (Tom Hanks film set in a prison) |
| 57% | EXTRA | 5 | Member of the crowd, on a film set |
| 56% | WOMAN | 5 | "Scent of a ___," 1992 film starring Al Pacino that is set around Thanksgiving |
| 56% | BIGSTINKS | 9 | Critic's negative review of a 1988 Hanks film? |
| 55% | CREW | 4 | Group of workers on a ship or a film set |
| 54% | PVT | 3 | Ryan's rank in a Tom Hanks film: Abbr. |
| 54% | ARSON | 5 | Setting of a fire maliciously |
| 54% | BABEL | 5 | Setting of a biblical tower |
| 54% | YALTA | 5 | Setting of a 1945 conference |
| 54% | ROAD | 4 | Setting of a fork, perhaps |
| 53% | IRAN | 4 | Setting of the Oscar-winning film “A Separation” |
| 53% | COPA | 4 | Setting of a Barry Manilow hit |
| 53% | POKERFLAT | 9 | Setting of a Bret Harte tale |
| 53% | SAIGON | 6 | Setting of a 1991 Broadway musical |
| 53% | AMITYVILLE | 10 | Setting of a 1979 horror flick |
| 53% | CRITERIONCLOSET | 15 | Setting for a video series in which celebrities select physical copies of their favorite films |
| 52% | MASTERPLANET | 12 | Setting of a sci-fi slave story? |
| 52% | CAIRO | 5 | Setting of a trilogy by Naguib Mahfouz |
| 52% | IWOJIMA | 7 | Setting of a famous flag-raising photo |
| 52% | TOYLAND | 7 | Setting of a 1903 Victor Herbert operetta |
| 52% | YOUVEGOTMAIL | 12 | Tom Hanks/Meg Ryan film with a Thanksgiving scene in a supermarket (3 wds.) |
| 52% | MALL | 4 | Setting for much of a 1995 Kevin Smith film starring Shannen Doherty |
| 51% | COPA | 4 | Setting of a top 10 Barry Manilow hit |
| 51% | RENO | 4 | Setting of a 2000s Comedy Central police show |
| 51% | IWO | 3 | Setting of a 1945 Pulitzer-winning photo, briefly |
| 51% | YALTA | 5 | Crimean setting of a 1945 conference |
| 51% | SARA | 4 | Title sister of a 1970 film |
| 51% | BALTO | 5 | Sled dog of a 1995 film |