| 100% | GARDEN | 6 | With 1-Down, 2004 Zach Braff film set in New Jersey |
| 63% | STATE | 5 | "Garden ___" (Zach Braff film set in New Jersey) |
| 46% | STATE | 5 | "Garden ___" (movie starring Zach Braff set in New Jersey) |
| 40% | GARDEN | 6 | 2004 Zach Braff film "___ State" |
| 37% | TAXI | 4 | "___ Driver" (Robert DeNiro film set in New York City) |
| 37% | KINGCREOLE | 10 | 1958 Elvis Presley film set in New Orleans: 2 wds. |
| 37% | WESTSIDESTORY | 13 | Natalie Wood film set in New York City (3 wds.) |
| 37% | WALLSTREET | 10 | Michael Douglas film set in New York City (2 wds.) |
| 37% | TAXI | 4 | "___ Driver" (Robert De Niro film set in New York City) |
| 37% | SHIRLEY | 7 | With 1 Down, first Black woman in congress |
| 36% | TAXIDRIVER | 10 | Robert De Niro film set in New York City (2 wds.) |
| 36% | HOTELR | 6 | 2004 Don Cheadle film set in Africa |
| 36% | YUMA | 4 | "3:10 to ___" (Russell Crowe film set in New Mexico and Arizona) |
| 36% | GEMS | 4 | "Uncut ___" (Adam Sandler film set in New York City's Diamond District) |
| 35% | ROSEMARYSBABY | 13 | 1968 horror film set in a New York City apartment |
| 35% | TIMECOP | 7 | Jean-Claude Van Damme film set in 1994 and 2004 |
| 34% | KEAN | 4 | New Jersey public university with a campus in China |
| 34% | STATE | 5 | "Garden ___" (2004 Zach Braff film) |
| 32% | THESEARCHERS | 12 | 1956 John Ford film set in Texas and New Mexico starring John Wayne (2 wds.) |
| 32% | FINAL | 5 | With 1-Down, ultimatum in a negotiation |
| 32% | THINMAN | 7 | Classic 1934 novel set in Prohibition-era New York City, with "The" |
| 31% | HUSTLER | 7 | With "The," Paul Newman film set in a pool hall |
| 31% | THE | 3 | With 1-Down, 1982 Richard Pryor/Jackie Gleason film |
| 31% | THE | 3 | With 1-Down, 1951 horror classic remade in 1982 |
| 31% | FLIP | 4 | With 1-Down, tough bit of footwear to run in |
| 31% | BEER | 4 | With 1-Down, bit of litter in a man cave |
| 30% | NCIS | 4 | Franchise with a series set in New Orleans |
| 30% | ERIC | 4 | With 1-Down, player of the Hulk in 2003's "Hulk" |
| 30% | FLYING | 6 | With 36-Down, creature voiced by Zach Braff in "Oz the Great and Powerful" |
| 30% | ART | 3 | With 1 Down, retro style |