| 100% | BONGJOONHO | 10 | South Korean film director whose movies include "Okja" and "Parasite": 2 wds., hyph. |
| 61% | AKIRAKUROSAWA | 13 | Japanese film director whose movies include "Seven Samurai" and "Rashomon": 2 wds. |
| 60% | ZHANGYIMOU | 10 | Chinese film director whose movies include "Hero" and "House of Flying Daggers": 2 wds. |
| 37% | JEANLUC | 7 | French film director whose works include Alphaville and King Lear |
| 36% | WHITSTILLMAN | 12 | US director whose films include Barcelona and Metropolitan |
| 34% | BTS | 3 | South Korean boy band whose seven members include Jin, V, and Suga |
| 34% | GEORGEMILLER | 12 | Director whose birthday it is today, who directed the 1979 film "Mad Max": 2 wds. |
| 34% | LUIS | 4 | & 16D Spanish surrealist film director whose works include Viridiana and Belle de Jour |
| 34% | COX | 3 | Alex —, Liverpudlian film director whose works include Walker and Straight to Hell |
| 32% | IDRISELBA | 9 | Actor whose films include “Beasts of No Nation” and “Sonic the Hedgehog 2” |
| 32% | PARASITE | 8 | South Korean film and 2020 Best Picture winner |
| 31% | MARIOKART | 9 | Nintendo racing game series whose drivers include Luigi and Peach: 2 wds. |
| 31% | SPICEGIRLS | 10 | "Wannabe" band whose members included 17- and 31-Across: 2 wds. |
| 30% | JUSTINBIEBER | 12 | Pop star whose tattoos include a treble clef, Jesus, and Selena Gomez: 2 wds. |
| 30% | ANGELINAJOLIE | 13 | Actress whose tattoos include a Bengal tiger, a Buddhist incantation, and "Billy Bob" (since removed): 2 wds. |
| 30% | DANFOGELBERG | 12 | Yacht rock singer whose hits include "Longer" and "Same Old Lang Syne": 2 wds. |
| 30% | MADMAX | 6 | 1979 Mel Gibson film whose sequels include 2024's "Furiosa": 2 wds. |
| 29% | DAVIDBECKHAM | 12 | Soccer great whose tattoos include his jersey number, a guardian angel, and ten roses: 2 wds. |
| 29% | GERRYRAFFERTY | 13 | Yacht rock singer whose hits include "Baker Street" and "Right Down the Line": 2 wds. |
| 28% | GINOVANNELLI | 12 | Yacht rock singer whose hits include "Living Inside Myself" and "I Just Wanna Stop": 2 wds. |
| 28% | BRADBIRD | 8 | Director and writer of 2018 animated film Incredibles 2 |
| 27% | JANECAMPION | 11 | New Zealand-born director whose 1993 film "The Piano" won three Oscars: 2 wds. |
| 27% | BTS | 3 | Korean boy band whose members include Jung Kook and Suga |
| 27% | THEBODYGUARD | 12 | 1992 Whitney Houston movie whose soundtrack includes the worldwide hit "I Will Always Love You": 2 wds. |
| 27% | GARRY | 5 | & 5D Actor and writer whose roles included Senator Stern in 2010 action film Iron Man 2 |
| 27% | MARYOLIVER | 10 | Pulitzer Prize-winning poet whose poems include "The Summer Day" and "Wild Geese": 2 wds. |
| 27% | MELBROOKS | 9 | Comedy film director with a "watery" name: 2 wds. |