| 100% | YOUVEGOTMAIL | 12 | Tom Hanks/Meg Ryan film with a Thanksgiving scene in a supermarket (3 wds.) |
| 45% | THEBLINDSIDE | 12 | Sandra Bullock film with a moving Thanksgiving dinner scene (3 wds.) |
| 42% | PVT | 3 | Ryan's rank in a Tom Hanks film: Abbr. |
| 40% | GOTMAIL | 7 | "You've ___," 1998 romantic comedy film starring Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan: 2 wds. |
| 40% | SEATTLE | 7 | "Sleepless in ___," Tom Hanks movie starring Meg Ryan which released in 1993: 2 wds. |
| 40% | OTTO | 4 | "A Man Called ___," Tom Hanks film with a palindromic name in its title |
| 40% | SEATTLE | 7 | "Sleepless in ___," 1993 romantic comedy film starring Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan |
| 39% | MAIL | 4 | Postal delivery ... or with 24a, a 1998 romcom starring Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan |
| 38% | TOPGUNMAVERICK | 14 | 2022 action film sequel starring Tom Cruise, with a score co-composed by Hans Zimmer: 3 wds. |
| 37% | FORRESTGUMP | 11 | Tom Hanks' 1994 drama film based on a Winston Groom novel of the same name in which 20a plays his love interest: 2 wds. |
| 37% | MUCHADOABOUT | 12 | "___ Nothing," a 1993 film based on a Shakespeare play, in which Keanu Reeves starred with the likes of Denzel Washington: 3 wds. |
| 37% | THEGREENMILE | 12 | 1999 film starring Tom Hanks as a prison guard (3 wds.) |
| 36% | TOPGUN | 6 | Tom Cruise film with a "Maverick" sequel: 2 wds. |
| 36% | BRIDGEOFSPIES | 13 | 2015 film starring Tom Hanks which is about a lawyer who negotiates the release of a U.S. pilot: 3 wds. |
| 36% | SAVINGPRIVATE | 13 | "___ Ryan," Tom Hanks movie directed by Steven Spielberg which released in 1998: 2 wds. |
| 36% | AQUIETPLACE | 11 | 2018 postapocalyptic horror film with a 2024 prequel subtitled "Day One": 3 wds. |
| 36% | MAIL | 4 | Meg Ryan and Tom Hanks got this in the 1998 romcom |
| 35% | JAMESBDONOVAN | 13 | Actor Tom Hanks's character in 2005 historical drama "Bridge of Spies" which was inspired by a real-life lawyer named ___: 3 wds. |
| 35% | TOPGUN | 6 | 1986 Tom Cruise film with a 2022 sequel: 2 wds. |
| 35% | INTOTHEWOODS | 12 | Film musical in which James Corden plays a baker: 3 wds. |
| 35% | YOUVEGOTMAIL | 12 | Tom Hanks/Meg Ryan rom-com that features owners of two very different bookstores (3 wds.) |
| 35% | WALTONGOGGINS | 13 | "Fallout" actor with a featured role in "The White Lotus" season 3: 2 wds. |
| 35% | THEGREATWALL | 12 | 2016 monster movie with Willem Dafoe as a European adventurer in China: 3 wds. |
| 34% | PVT | 3 | Ryan's rank in a Tom Hanks movie, for short |
| 34% | BIG | 3 | Film in which Tom Hanks plays a 12-year-old |
| 34% | TOYSRUS | 7 | Retailer with a backwards letter in its logo (3 wds.) |
| 34% | BIG | 3 | What Tom Hanks was, in a 1988 film |
| 34% | YOUVEGOTMAIL | 12 | 1998 movie where Tom Hanks played the owner of a bookstore chain called Fox Books: 3 wds. |
| 34% | STELMOSFIRE | 11 | 1985 Emilio Estevez coming-of-age film with a possessive title: 3 wds. |
| 34% | SLEEPLESS | 9 | With 45-Across, 1993 Tom Hanks/Meg Ryan movie |