| 100% | PARTV | 5 | Tag for the "Friday the 13th" film subtitled "A New Beginning" |
| 49% | END | 3 | It lays the foundation for a new beginning, sometimes |
| 46% | STARTINGPOINT | 13 | Remake of the 1996 film "Trainspotting" with a new beginning? |
| 45% | ALIENROMULUS | 12 | New sci-fi horror movie that's the seventh film in a franchise that began in 1979: 2 wds. |
| 45% | RENATA | 6 | ___ Adler, who was a NYT film critic and reporter for the New Yorker |
| 41% | TET | 3 | Vietnamese holiday for a new beginning |
| 40% | PARTIII | 7 | Subtitle for the final Godfather film |
| 40% | DAWNED | 6 | Began a new day, the sunrise came |
| 39% | HENRYCAVILL | 11 | Actor known for playing a DC superhero who will be seen in the new "Mission: Impossible" film: 2 wds. |
| 39% | TOPSTORY | 8 | The feature at the beginning of a news program |
| 39% | IRAN | 4 | Setting for the 2011 Oscar-winning film A Separation |
| 39% | JASON | 5 | Killer in the "Friday the 13th" films |
| 39% | KAEL | 4 | Longtime film critic for The New Yorker |
| 39% | MONSTERHIT | 10 | Good news for the horror film producer? |
| 38% | ANEWHOPE | 8 | Subtitle added for the 1981 rerelease of a 1977 blockbuster |
| 37% | FOOTAGE | 7 | The raw, unedited material for a film |
| 37% | SCENTOFAWOMAN | 13 | Film about a blind man for which the lead won Best Actor |
| 37% | USHERIN | 7 | Mark the beginning of, as a new era (2 wds.) |
| 37% | OUTTAKE | 7 | Scene not used for the final version of a film |
| 37% | PSALM | 5 | "O, sing to the Lord a new song," for one |
| 37% | LEAF | 4 | "Turn over a new ___" (change your behavior for the better) |
| 37% | GAFFER | 6 | ___ tape, named for the head electrician in a film crew |
| 37% | PARTVI | 6 | "Friday the 13th" sequel subtitled "Jason Lives" |
| 37% | SLASHER | 7 | "Friday the 13th," for one |
| 36% | EPISODEI | 8 | Ironically, designation for the fourth film release in a classic sequence |
| 36% | CAMP | 4 | Setting for "Friday the 13th" |
| 36% | ARGO | 4 | Film about a fake CIA mission that received the Best Picture Oscar for 2012 |
| 36% | KIWI | 4 | Name of a fruit and the informal term for a New Zealander |
| 36% | ANORA | 5 | 2024 film for which the author of Modern Whore was a consultant |
| 36% | DURANDURAN | 10 | They sang the theme for the 1985 James Bond film "A View to a Kill": 2 wds. |