| 100% | SHANE | 5 | Title film character who's idolized by a boy named Joey |
| 48% | INDIANA | 7 | ___ Jones, film character played by Harrison Ford who shares his name with a U.S. state |
| 39% | TOTO | 4 | Male film character played by a female terrier named Terry |
| 39% | MRPIM | 5 | A.A. Milne's play "___ Passes By" starring a title character with the first name of Carraway |
| 38% | MONTANA | 7 | Hannah ___, Disney character played by Miley Cyrus who shares her name with a U.S. state |
| 37% | ULEE | 4 | Peter Fonda's title character who is a beekeeper by profession |
| 36% | MISSDAISY | 9 | Title character whom 15-Across chauffeured around in a 1989 film: 2 wds. |
| 36% | ROCKY | 5 | Title film character who declares "Nobody owes nobody nothing" |
| 36% | NEMO | 4 | Film character who becomes trapped in a dentist's office |
| 36% | BUTCHCASSIDY | 12 | Title character in a classic western film who asks, "Who are those guys?" (2 wds.) |
| 35% | MADEA | 5 | Title film character played by Tyler Perry |
| 35% | LORAX | 5 | Dr. Seuss title character voiced by Danny DeVito in a 2012 film, with "The" |
| 35% | THELIONKING | 11 | Animated film released in 1994 which was influenced by Shakespeare's "Hamlet" and tells the story of a character named Simba: 3 wds. |
| 35% | SHREK | 5 | Title film character who says "Donkey, two things, O.K.? Shut ... up!" |
| 35% | SIMONSAYS | 9 | Playground game with a boy's name in the title |
| 35% | KUMAR | 5 | Title film character whose last name is Patel |
| 35% | PINOCCHIO | 9 | 1940 animated film in which the title character is swallowed by a whale named Monstro |
| 35% | NEMO | 4 | Film character who spends most of the movie in the waiting room of a dentist's office |
| 35% | EMMA | 4 | 1815 classic whose title character is played by Anya Taylor-Joy in a 2020 film |
| 35% | DOLLARS | 7 | Spoken name of a 1971 heist film whose title is a single non-alphabetic character |
| 34% | OSLO | 4 | "Money Heist" character who shares a name with Norway's capital |
| 34% | FRANFINE | 8 | Title character of 15-Across, whose first name is shared by actress Drescher who plays her: 2 wds. |
| 34% | ALF | 3 | 1980s sitcom title character who also went by the name Gordon Shumway |
| 34% | RENO | 4 | Final Fantasy character who shares his name with a U.S. city |
| 34% | SILK | 4 | Spider-Man character who shares her name with a spider’s product |
| 34% | JERRYMAGUIRE | 12 | 1996 film in which Renée Zellweger plays a single mom who falls for Tom Cruise's title character: 2 wds. |
| 34% | SOLO | 4 | Han who's the title role of a 2018 film |
| 34% | DRNO | 4 | 1962 title film character played by Joseph Wiseman |
| 34% | MULAN | 5 | 1998 animated film based on a Chinese legend whose title character is voiced by Ming-Na Wen |
| 34% | JEDGARHOOVER | 12 | Real-life FBI director and title character played by Leonardo DiCaprio in a 2011 film: 3 wds. |