| 100% | CASTAWAY | 8 | Tom Hanks and a volleyball stranded on an island |
| 64% | CASTAWAY | 8 | 2000 movie where Tom Hanks played a man stranded on an island: 2 wds. |
| 51% | CASTAWAY | 8 | 2000 movie starring Tom Hanks and a volleyball: 2 wds. |
| 48% | SOS | 3 | "I'm stranded on an island and all I have are rocks!" |
| 44% | LEI | 3 | Strand on an island? |
| 44% | MAROON | 6 | Strand on an island |
| 41% | SOS | 3 | Message from one stranded on an island |
| 40% | THEDAVINCICODE | 14 | Tom Hanks and Ian McKellen star in this movie which is based on a Dan Brown novel and is directed by Ron Howard: 4 wds. |
| 40% | FIJI | 4 | I'm an island country in the South Pacific Ocean with a white dove and lion on my flag |
| 39% | MAROONED | 8 | Stranded on a desert island |
| 39% | MAROON | 6 | Strand on a desert island |
| 39% | MAROONING | 9 | Stranding on a deserted island |
| 38% | SOS | 3 | Letters formed by someone stranded on a deserted island |
| 37% | CASTAWAYS | 9 | People stranded on a desert island |
| 37% | MAROONED | 8 | Stranded, typically on an island |
| 36% | BIG | 3 | Tom Hanks movie about a boy suddenly becoming an adult |
| 36% | CASTAWAY | 8 | Movie where Tom Hanks talks to a volleyball |
| 35% | CASTAWAY | 8 | 2000 Tom Hanks movie featuring a volleyball named Wilson: 2 wds. |
| 34% | SULLY | 5 | 2016 Tom Hanks movie based on the true story of a pilot |
| 34% | THEWILDROBOT | 12 | 2024 animated film featuring the voices of Pedro Pascal, 14-Across, and 31-Across about an automaton who befriends animals on a remote island (3 wds.) |
| 34% | AERY | 4 | Dwelling on an elevated and secluded position, like a nest of an eagle |
| 33% | THREAVE | 7 | & 12A 14th-century stronghold on an island in the River Dee west of Castle Douglas, Dumfries and Galloway |
| 33% | INSULAR | 7 | On an island |
| 33% | LISBON | 6 | Only European capital on both a river and an ocean |
| 33% | FORREST | 7 | "___ Gump," Tom Hanks movie based on a novel by Winston Groom which released in 1994 |
| 33% | OTTO | 4 | "A Man Called __": Tom Hanks film based on a Fredrik Backman novel |
| 33% | CLEAR | 5 | "___ and Present Danger" (Harrison Ford film based on a Tom Clancy novel) |
| 32% | OFMAN | 5 | Isle ___, island on a sea between England and Ireland: 2 wds. |
| 32% | STEADYDIET | 10 | Coconuts, to a maroon on an island, maybe |