| 100% | PLAYITSAM | 9 | Start of #28 on AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movie Quotes |
| 70% | YOADRIAN | 8 | #80 on AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movie Quotes |
| 66% | ROSEBUD | 7 | The highest-rated one-word quote on AFI's "100 Years ... 100 Movie Quotes" list |
| 53% | WHATWEVEGOT | 11 | With 37- and 52-Across, #11 on the American Film Institute's "100 Years ... 100 Movie Quotes" list |
| 47% | HAL | 3 | Villain #13 on AFI's "100 Years... 100 Heroes & Villains" |
| 47% | RHETTBUTLER | 11 | Speaker of the #1 quote on A.F.I.'s list of the 100 greatest movie quotes |
| 45% | SHANE | 5 | Western on A.F.I.'s "100 Years ... 100 Movies" list |
| 44% | NINETOFIVE | 10 | One of AFI's 100 Funniest Movies (1980) |
| 43% | PSYCHO | 6 | #1 film on AFI's "100 Years...100 Thrills" list |
| 43% | QUESERASERA | 11 | Subtitle of #48 in AFI's "100 Years...100 Songs" |
| 41% | ESCAPISM | 8 | Raye hit on Billboard's 2023 year-end Hot 100 ... or avoidance of reality |
| 39% | UNCHAINEDMELODY | 15 | Iconic song on AFI's 100 list (recorded 1500+ times) named for a '55 film you've likely never heard of |
| 39% | ICLIMBMOUNT | 11 | Start of a quote on how aging changes nothing |
| 39% | FIVE | 4 | (1/5) Start of a New Year's Eve countdown...or the result of 100 divided by 20 |
| 38% | THE | 3 | Start of a quote on obstinacy by James Russell Lowell |
| 37% | EASTSIDE | 8 | Benny Blanco, Halsey, and Khalid hit on Billboard's 2019 year-end Hot 100 ... or the part of Manhattan that faces Brooklyn |
| 36% | TEN | 3 | Start of a New Year's countdown |
| 36% | TEN | 3 | Start of a New Year's countdown! |
| 36% | FILM | 4 | American ___ Institute (group that compiled a list of 100 great movie quotes) |
| 36% | THEWAYWEWERE | 12 | Barbra Streisand hit that was No. 1 on Billboard's Year-End Hot 100 Singles of 1974 (4 wds.) |
| 36% | TEN | 3 | Start of a New Year's Eve countdown! |
| 36% | ETPHONEHOME | 11 | AFI's #15 movie quote (1982) |
| 35% | DANCINGMACHINE | 14 | The Jackson 5 hit that was No. 5 on Billboard's Year-End Hot 100 Singles of 1974 (2 wds.) |
| 35% | JUNGLEBOOGIE | 12 | Kool & the Gang hit that was No. 12 on Billboard's Year-End Hot 100 Singles of 1974 (2 wds.) |
| 35% | CHARPLIEN | 9 | Director with three films on A.F.I.'s list of 100 greatest movies, all of them silent |
| 35% | APRIL | 5 | Start of a year's 2nd quarter |
| 35% | ORSONWELLES | 11 | Movie legend and "War of the Worlds" radio performer born 100 years ago today: 2 wds. |
| 34% | AFI | 3 | "100 Greatest Movie Quotes of All Time" org. |
| 33% | AFI | 3 | "100 Years ... 100 Movies" grp. |
| 33% | AFI | 3 | "100 Years ... 100 Movies" org. |