| 100% | KILLERSOF | 9 | With 24- and 28-Across, 2023 film directed by Martin Scorsese |
| 50% | THE | 3 | "___ Irishman," 2019 crime film directed by Martin Scorsese |
| 50% | FRANKENWEENIE | 13 | 2012 stop motion film directed by Tim Burton with the characters voiced by Martin Short and Winona Ryder |
| 45% | CAPE | 4 | With 28-Across, Martin Scorsese film |
| 43% | CHEMISTRY | 9 | 2023 album by 28-Across with the hit singles "Mine" and "Favorite Kind of High" |
| 42% | DONTWORRY | 9 | With 16 Across, 2022 film directed by Olivia Wilde |
| 42% | SHUTTERISLAND | 13 | Novel by 44-Across made into a film directed by Martin Scorsese (2 wds.) |
| 41% | ABRIEF | 6 | With 38 and 47 Across, best-seller written by 24/49 Across |
| 40% | WILDLIFE | 8 | 2018 film directed by 14-Across starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Carey Mulligan |
| 40% | MASK | 4 | 1985 film directed by Peter Bogdanovich starring Eric Stoltz and 49-Across |
| 40% | ELEMENTARY | 10 | With 24-Across, well-known line of literature and film |
| 40% | ALAN | 4 | With 24-Across, Emmy winner for acting, writing and directing |
| 39% | TIC | 3 | With 24- and 45-Across, game represented by this completed puzzle's grid |
| 39% | WALTZ | 5 | "The Last ___" (The Band documentary directed by Martin Scorsese) |
| 39% | STAGGERED | 9 | 1994 film comedy directed by and starring Martin Clunes |
| 39% | LITTLEMANTATE | 13 | Film directed by and starring Jodie Foster |
| 39% | SLEEPY | 6 | With 32-Across, 1999 fantasy horror film directed by Tim Burton and starring Johnny Depp |
| 38% | BREVITYIS | 9 | With 24 and 15 Across, quote from "Hamlet" |
| 37% | LASTWALTZ | 9 | The Band concert film directed by Scorsese, The __ |
| 37% | ZELIG | 5 | 1983 film directed by and starring Woody Allen |
| 37% | ARGO | 4 | 2012 film directed by and starring Ben Affleck |
| 37% | YENTL | 5 | 1983 film directed by and starring Barbra Streisand |
| 37% | AMERICANME | 10 | 1992 film directed by and starring Edward James Olmos |
| 36% | INBRUGES | 8 | 2008 comedy-drama film written and directed by Martin McDonagh |
| 36% | POSTMAN | 7 | The —, 1997 action film directed by and starring Kevin Costner |
| 36% | HONKYTONKMAN | 12 | 1982 comedy-drama film directed by and starring Clint Eastwood |
| 36% | GOINSOUTH | 9 | 1978 comedy Western film directed by and starring Jack Nicholson |
| 36% | POSSE | 5 | 1993 Western film directed by and starring Mario Van Peebles |