| 100% | THELAST | 7 | With 15-Across, Oscar film for '87 (with Peter O'Toole) |
| 85% | LAWRENCE | 8 | With 61-Across Oscar film for '62 (with Peter O'Toole) |
| 53% | THESILENCE | 10 | With 57-Across, Oscar film for '91 (with Jodie Foster) |
| 53% | THELOST | 7 | With 54-Across, Oscar film for '45 (with Ray Milland) |
| 53% | THEGREAT | 8 | With 43-Across, Oscar film for '36 (with William Powell) |
| 53% | THELIFEOF | 9 | With 46-Across, Oscar film for '37 (with Paul Muni) |
| 53% | MIRACLEWORKER | 13 | With "The," 1962 film for which 15-Across won an Oscar for portraying Helen Keller: 2 wds. |
| 52% | NOCOUNTRY | 9 | With 43-Across, Oscar film for '07 (with Tommy Lee Jones) |
| 51% | GOODBYE | 7 | With 35-Across, 1969 film where Peter O'Toole played a stodgy Latin teacher |
| 50% | LAWRENCE | 8 | With 50-Across, 1962 film where Peter O'Toole played a World War I soldier |
| 49% | GOINGGRAND | 10 | With 65-Across, Oscar films for '44 and '32 (with Bing Crosby, Greta Garbo) |
| 47% | EXIT | 4 | With 15 Across, graduation requirement for some |
| 46% | BUTTONS | 7 | With 43 Across, Oscar song for 1947 |
| 45% | BLINDSIDE | 9 | With "The," 2009 film for which 34-Across won an Oscar: 2 wds. |
| 45% | OLIVIA | 6 | With 33-Across, Best Actress Oscar winner for the 2018 film "The Favourite" |
| 45% | STAR | 4 | With 59-Across, 1977 film for which 46-Across won a Grammy, an Oscar, and a Golden Globe |
| 44% | TRON | 4 | Sci-fi film recognized with an Oscar for Technical Achievement 15 years after it was released |
| 44% | LILIESOF | 8 | With 64-Across, film for which 47-Across won an Oscar for Best Actor |
| 44% | PLAYOFF | 7 | With 15 Across, growth for many a player pursuing the Stanley Cup |
| 44% | MICHAEL | 7 | With 32-Across, 2007 film for which Tilda Swinton won an Oscar for her portrayal of lawyer Karen Crowder |
| 43% | REVENGEOF | 9 | With 15 Across, what today marks for some Star Wars aficionados |
| 43% | GUESSWHOSCOMING | 15 | With 28 Across, a Kate Oscar film |
| 43% | LILIESOF | 8 | With 44-Across, film for which 30-Across won the Oscar for Best Actor: 2 wds. |
| 43% | WINTERSBONE | 11 | 2010 film for which 15-Across/45-Across received her first Oscar nomination (2 wds.) |
| 42% | DIANE | 5 | Warren with 15 Oscar nominations for songwriting |
| 42% | SPIRITED | 8 | With 17-Across, 2001 animated film from Japan that won the Oscar for Best Animated Feature |
| 42% | LAWRENCEOF | 10 | & 12A 1962 film drama starring the late Peter O'Toole in the title role; 1963 Best Picture Oscar winner |
| 40% | LINCOLN | 7 | Film with most nominations for the Oscars in 2013 |
| 39% | SALTWATER | 9 | With 15-Across, sites for some corals |
| 39% | ULEESGOLD | 9 | 1997 film that earned Peter Fonda his only Oscar nomination for acting |