| 100% | APARTMENT | 9 | The __, Wilder, Lemmon and MacLaine classic film |
| 61% | APARTMENT | 9 | The __, film with Shirley MacLaine and Jack Lemmon |
| 47% | CRITERION | 9 | The ___ Channel (streaming service focused on classic and independent films) |
| 46% | THEAPARTMENT | 12 | 1960 Billy Wilder-directed film starring Jack Lemmon and Shirley MacLaine: 2 wds. |
| 45% | APARTMENT | 9 | The —, 1960 comedy-drama film starring Jack Lemmon and Shirley MacLaine |
| 45% | EVENING | 7 | & 5D The —, 1996 comedy-drama film starring Shirley MacLaine and Bill Paxton |
| 44% | APARTMENT | 9 | The __, Oscar-winner with Lemmon and MacLaine |
| 43% | BANDIT | 6 | "Smokey and the ___" (classic Burt Reynolds film) |
| 43% | TWOFORTHESEESAW | 15 | 1962 Robert Mitchum/Shirley MacLaine film ... or the outcome of 17- and 40-Across? |
| 43% | WILLY | 5 | "___ Wonka and the Chocolate Factory," 1971 Gene Wilder film that celebrates a grandson-grandfather relationship |
| 42% | HUNTSMAN | 8 | "Snow White and the ___," fantasy film with a "cold" title based on a classic fairytale |
| 42% | INTO | 4 | "___ the Wild" (2007 film) |
| 42% | INTO | 4 | "___ the Wild," 2007 film |
| 41% | INVASIONOFTHE | 13 | With 44-Across, classic 1956 film ... and why the answers to starred clues aren't quite themselves? |
| 41% | INTO | 4 | "___ the Wild" (Kristen Stewart film) |
| 41% | THEFRONTPAGE | 12 | Billy Wilder film starring Walter Matthau as a newspaper editor and Jack Lemmon as a reporter (3 wds.) |
| 40% | ESSEX | 5 | David —, singer and actor who starred as Jim MacLaine in 1973 film drama That’ll Be the Day |
| 40% | THEBIGLEBOWSKI | 14 | Cult classic film starring 19-Across, 46-Across, and Steve Buscemi that premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January 1998 (3 wds.) |
| 40% | PECKINPAH | 9 | Sam —, director of films The Wild Bunch and Straw Dogs |
| 40% | TOCATCHATHIEF | 13 | Classic film with Cary Grant and Grace Kelly |
| 40% | EASYRIDER | 9 | Classic film with the role of Captain America |
| 40% | LADOLCEVITA | 11 | Classic film that gave us the term "paparazzi" |
| 39% | INTO | 4 | "___ the Wild," a film starring Emile Hirsch |
| 39% | ENTER | 5 | Bruce Lee classic film "___ the Dragon" |
| 39% | SEVENTH | 7 | Ingmar Bergman classic film, The __ Seal |
| 39% | BACKTOTHEFUTURE | 15 | Classic film series that anticipated the invention of hoverboards |
| 38% | WHERE | 5 | "___ the Wild Things Are" (Maurice Sendak children's classic) |
| 38% | NHL | 3 | Grp. featuring the Wild, Panthers, Predators and Sharks |
| 38% | PRINCESS | 8 | "The ___ and the Frog" (2009 Disney film) |