| 100% | LYNN | 4 | Subject of PBS' documentary Still a Country Girl (2016) |
| 52% | NAM | 3 | Subject of a 2017 Ken Burns PBS documentary series, briefly |
| 50% | NAM | 3 | Subject of a 10-part 2017 Ken Burns documentary on PBS, for short |
| 44% | EMPERORPENGUINS | 15 | Subjects of a hit 2005 documentary |
| 44% | BREXIT | 6 | Subject of a notable 2016 referendum |
| 44% | ALI | 3 | Subject of a 1996 Oscar-winning documentary |
| 44% | ALI | 3 | Subject of a 2021 Burns boxing documentary |
| 43% | IRAQ | 4 | Subject of the documentary My Country, My Country |
| 43% | BREXIT | 6 | Subject of a June 2016 U.K. referendum |
| 42% | NANOOK | 6 | Title subject of a classic 1922 documentary |
| 42% | EDIE | 4 | Either subject of a famous 1975 documentary |
| 42% | ANITAODAY | 9 | Subject of the documentary The Life of a Jazz Singer |
| 41% | METS | 4 | Subject of the sports documentary "Once Upon a Time in Queens" |
| 41% | EXOTIC | 6 | Joe __ is the subject of a Tiger King documentary |
| 41% | DODGEBALL | 9 | Evasive team sport, subject of a Ben Stiller film |
| 40% | NANOOK | 6 | Title subject of a 1922 documentary in the National Film Registry |
| 40% | PAMELA | 6 | Actress Anderson who was the subject of a 2023 Netflix documentary |
| 40% | BREXIT | 6 | Subject of a 2016 U.K. referendum, and a hint to five puzzle answers |
| 38% | PELE | 4 | Athlete central to the 2016 documentary Birth of a Legend |
| 38% | BREXIT | 6 | Subject of a 2016 U.K. referendum ... or a hint to 16-, 25-, 41- and 55-Across |
| 37% | CITIZEN | 7 | A legally-recognized subject of a country |
| 37% | HERBALIFE | 9 | Controversial multilevel-marketing supplement company that was the subject of the 2016 documentary Betting on Zero |
| 37% | ENO | 3 | Brian who's the subject of a documentary that's different every time it's screened |
| 37% | LEAP | 4 | 2016 animated dance movie about an orphan girl who dreams of becoming a ballerina |
| 36% | DST | 3 | Observance that was the subject of a Last Week Tonight "How Is This Still a Thing?" segment: abbr. |
| 36% | MAGNUS | 6 | 2016 documentary film about chess prodigy Carlsen who became a Grandmaster at the age of 13 |
| 36% | SAMOA | 5 | Polynesian island country that gave its name to a type of Girl Scout cookie |
| 35% | IRELAND | 7 | Country where Amanda Large Teague married the ghost of a 300-year-old Haitian pirate in 2016 |
| 35% | SNAPBACK | 8 | Adjustable baseball cap that's also the title of a 2016 Old Dominion country hit |
| 35% | ESTATE | 6 | Subject of a will |