| 100% | BIKO | 4 | Steven ___, real-life subject of the 1987 film "Cry Freedom" |
| 46% | RACISM | 6 | Subject of the film "42" |
| 46% | ORCAS | 5 | Subjects of the film "Blackfish" |
| 45% | CLINE | 5 | Subject of the film "Sweet Dreams" |
| 45% | DRUGWARS | 8 | Subject of the 2015 film "Sicario" |
| 45% | DDAY | 4 | Subject of the 1975 film "Overlord" |
| 45% | DEMENTIA | 8 | Subject of the 2020 film “The Father” |
| 45% | NADER | 5 | Subject of the film "An Unreasonable Man" |
| 45% | ORCA | 4 | Subject of the 2013 documentary film "Blackfish" |
| 45% | DIANA | 5 | Subject of the 2021 historical film "Spencer" |
| 45% | RFK | 3 | Subject of the 2006 film "Bobby," familiarly |
| 44% | LUGOSI | 6 | Subject of the film biography "The Immortal Count" |
| 44% | ALAMO | 5 | Subject of the 1955 film "The Last Command" |
| 44% | ASSANGE | 7 | Subject of the 2013 film "The Fifth Estate" |
| 44% | PROUST | 6 | Subject of the 1999 film "Le Temps Retrouvé" |
| 44% | LIMITS | 6 | "Without ___," 1998 biographical sports drama film based on the life of distance runner Steven Prefontaine |
| 44% | BARNUM | 6 | Subject of the 2017 musical film "The Greatest Showman" |
| 44% | COHAN | 5 | Subject of the 1942 film musical "Yankee Doodle Dandy" |
| 44% | BARFLY | 6 | 1987 comedy-drama film starring Mickey Rourke and Faye Dunaway based on the life of poet Charles Bukowski |
| 43% | BIKO | 4 | Steven ___, subject of "Cry Freedom" |
| 43% | DIRTYDANCING | 12 | 1987 film featuring the Oscar-winning song "(I've Had) The Time of My Life" by Bill Medley and Jennifer Warnes: 2 wds. |
| 43% | ANITAODAY | 9 | Subject of the documentary The Life of a Jazz Singer |
| 43% | ARK | 3 | Subject of the quest in the first Indiana Jones film |
| 43% | DIRTYDANCING | 12 | "(I've Had) The Time of My Life" musical film that debuted August 21, 1987 (2 wds.) |
| 42% | MONGKUT | 7 | Thai monarch, subject of The King and I film |
| 42% | SLUM | 4 | Subject of "How the Other Half Lives" |
| 42% | BIKO | 4 | Steve of South Africa (and the subject of Cry Freedom) |
| 42% | WAR | 3 | "___ of the Worlds" (2005 Steven Spielberg film) |
| 41% | DIRTY | 5 | "___ Dancing," 1987 romantic film starring Patrick Swayze which featured the hit song "(I've Had) The Time of My Life" |
| 40% | THIRD | 5 | "Close Encounters of the ___ Kind" (1977 Steven Spielberg film) |