| 100% | WAROFTHEWORDS | 13 | Tom Cruise action thriller about a nasty argument? |
| 41% | TOPGUN | 6 | Tom Cruise starred in this 1986 film about a pilot |
| 40% | VALKYRIE | 8 | 2008 Tom Cruise movie about a plot to assassinate Hitler |
| 38% | MINORITYREPORT | 14 | 2002 Tom Cruise thriller based on a Philip K. Dick short story: 2 wds. |
| 35% | THEFAN | 6 | 1981 thriller about a stalker |
| 35% | WISH | 4 | "Death ___," 2018 action thriller film starring Bruce Willis and Elisabeth Shue about a surgeon who turns into a vigilante |
| 35% | ITSALIVE | 8 | 1974 thriller about a murderous baby |
| 35% | THEFIRM | 7 | Tom Cruise legal thriller |
| 34% | COCKTAIL | 8 | 1988 romantic drama film starring Elisabeth Shue and Tom Cruise about a New York City student working as a bartender |
| 34% | TARGETS | 7 | Thriller about a war veteran on a killing spree |
| 34% | JAWS | 4 | Classic thriller about a man-eating shark |
| 33% | JAWS | 4 | Spielberg thriller about a terror at the beach |
| 33% | GONEGIRL | 8 | Gillian Flynn's thriller about a missing wife |
| 33% | VANILLASKY | 10 | 2001 Tom Cruise thriller |
| 33% | PANICROOM | 9 | 2002 thriller about a woman trapped in her home |
| 33% | TOPGUN | 6 | Tom Cruise film with a "Maverick" sequel |
| 33% | JACK | 4 | "___ Reacher" (2012 Tom Cruise thriller) |
| 32% | REINDEERGAMS | 12 | 2000 action thriller about Comet and Cupid's shapely legs? |
| 32% | COPSHELPDOGBITEVICTIM | 21 | Ambiguous headline about a police action |
| 32% | TOPGUN | 6 | Tom Cruise plays a fighter pilot in this film |
| 32% | TOPGUN | 6 | Tom Cruise film with a "Maverick" sequel: 2 wds. |
| 32% | TOPGUN | 6 | 1986 Tom Cruise/Val Kilmer action film |
| 31% | PSYCHOBABBLE | 12 | Pretentious chatter about a 1960 Hitchcock thriller? |
| 31% | THEFIRM | 7 | 1993 Tom Cruise legal thriller |
| 31% | LAWSUIT | 7 | Action in a legal thriller |
| 31% | TARIFF | 6 | Argument about a Republican tax |
| 31% | YOU | 3 | Netflix psychological thriller about a bookstore manager who develops a toxic obsession |
| 31% | DROP | 4 | 2025 thriller about a date interrupted by threatening messages from a stranger |
| 31% | MEG | 3 | Sci-fi thriller about a seventy-foot shark (with “The”) (August, 2018) |
| 31% | NIGHT | 5 | "Into the ___," 1985 comedy thriller about a jewel smuggler starring Jeff Goldblum |