| 100% | PRETAPE | 7 | SNL sketch that's filmed in advance |
| 46% | PRECAST | 7 | Like concrete that's shaped in advance |
| 42% | OATS | 4 | Overnight ___ (breakfast that's made in advance) |
| 40% | IMAX | 4 | Film format that's sometimes in 3-D |
| 40% | URN | 3 | Supreme-branded vessel in SNL's "Gen Z Hospital" sketch |
| 40% | LEGO | 4 | Building toy brand that's set to "star" in a 2014 film |
| 40% | SNL | 3 | Sketch comedy show that's in its 40th season: Abbr. |
| 40% | THEFOGOFWAR | 11 | Documentary film based on Robert S. McNamara that won the Oscar for Best Documentary Feature in 2003: 4 wds. |
| 39% | ARGO | 4 | Oscar-winning film that's largely set in Tehran |
| 38% | ANIME | 5 | Film style that originated in Japan |
| 38% | ROPE | 4 | Hitchcock film that's also a weapon in the board game Clue |
| 37% | LASSIE | 6 | Famous Collie that's been in film, TV and radio |
| 37% | SNL | 3 | Sketch show that debuted in 1975: Abbr. |
| 37% | ANORA | 5 | Film that won Best Picture in 2024 |
| 37% | RUBYSLIPPERS | 12 | Pair that clicked in film |
| 37% | BOTTOM | 6 | "Ma Rainey's Black ___," film starring Viola Davis that won two Oscars in 2021 |
| 37% | IAGO | 4 | Fictional scarlet macaw that was first seen in Walt Disney's animated film "Aladdin" |
| 37% | SNL | 3 | Sketch show that launched 40-Across's career, in short |
| 37% | PORNO | 5 | Film that might have "XXX" in its title |
| 37% | BARBIE | 6 | Film starring Margot Robbie as a children's doll that you probably watched in theaters in 2023 |
| 36% | COCO | 4 | Pixar film that premiered in Mexico |
| 36% | CREW | 4 | Team that works in film production |
| 36% | PLURAL | 6 | Word that ends in S, often |
| 36% | WHEREARTTHOU | 12 | Question that follows "O Brother" in film ... and a hint to this puzzle's theme |
| 36% | ALMOSTFAMO | 10 | 2000 film that fictionalized Cameron Crowe's stint at Rolling Stone which culminated in [SPOILER] |
| 36% | YESTERDAY | 9 | 2019 film in which nearly everyone forgets that the Beatles existed |
| 36% | IMAX | 4 | Film format that many action movies are released in |
| 36% | JAWS | 4 | Steven Spielberg's film starring Roy Scheider that was partially shot in the harsh conditions of Atlantic ocean |
| 36% | ANIME | 5 | Animated film style that originated in Japan |
| 36% | SAW | 3 | Horror film that starts in a lavatory |