| 100% | INFERNO | 7 | The Towering __, 70s movie with Newman and McQueen |
| 44% | TOYSTORY | 8 | Movie with the repeated line "To infinity, and beyond!" |
| 43% | MATRIX | 6 | 1999 movie with Neo and Morpheus, The __ |
| 42% | GREMLINS | 8 | 1984 comedy horror movie with the characters Gizmo and Stripe |
| 42% | ROEPER | 6 | "At the Movies with Ebert and ___" |
| 41% | GREASE | 6 | Movie with the Pink Ladies starring John Travolta ... and a homophone of Athens' country |
| 41% | GREASE | 6 | Movie with the Pink Ladies starring John Travolta... and a homophone of Athens' country |
| 41% | TATTOO | 6 | The Girl with the Dragon __, a book and a movie |
| 41% | GOONIES | 7 | The __, Spielberg's movie with kids and pirates |
| 40% | ESCAPE | 6 | The Great __, POW movie with Steve McQueen |
| 40% | MISFITS | 7 | The __, movie with Marilyn Monroe and Clark Gable |
| 40% | TAKEN | 5 | 2008 movie with the line "I will find you, and I will kill you" |
| 40% | HUSTLER | 7 | The __, movie with Paul Newman as a pool player |
| 39% | INFERNO | 7 | "The Towering " 1974 McQueen, Newman thriller, |
| 39% | ELKE | 4 | Actress Sommer who co-starred with Newman and Robinson in "The Prize" |
| 38% | EASYRIDER | 9 | 1960s movie with the tagline "A man went looking for America. And couldn't find it anywhere" |
| 38% | JENNIFER | 8 | With 35-Across, actress who starred in both the "Hunger Games" and "X-Men" movie franchises |
| 37% | HARDYBOYSSERIES | 15 | Mysteries starting with "The Tower Treasure" and "The House on the Cliff" |
| 37% | ANA | 3 | Movie released on January 3 this year with Andy García and Dafne Keen in the title role |
| 37% | HUSTLER | 7 | Paul Newman movie, with "The" |
| 36% | POST | 4 | "The ___" (2017 movie with Meryl Streep and Tom Hanks) |
| 36% | WHATWEVEGOT | 11 | With 37- and 52-Across, #11 on the American Film Institute's "100 Years ... 100 Movie Quotes" list |
| 36% | ANNIE | 5 | Movie with the song "Tomorrow" |
| 36% | WAYNESWORLD | 11 | Movie with the catchword "Not!" |
| 36% | ZOOLANDER | 9 | 2001 movie with Frat Packers Ben Stiller, Owen Wilson, Vince Vaughn, and Will Ferrell that's set in the modeling world |
| 35% | DRAMA | 5 | Movie with tension and gravitas, say |
| 35% | ANNIEHALL | 9 | Movie with the character Alvy Singer |
| 35% | TRON | 4 | Movie with the quote "Greetings, programs" |
| 35% | FROZEN | 6 | Movie with the song "In Summer" |
| 35% | JUMP | 4 | Word with "time" to indicate the plot for time travel movies like "Back to the Future" and "Interstellar" |