| 100% | SAVINGPRIVATE | 13 | With 30-Across, 1998 Tom Hanks war movie: 2 wds. |
| 54% | SAVINGPRIVATE | 13 | "___ Ryan," Tom Hanks movie directed by Steven Spielberg which released in 1998: 2 wds. |
| 46% | CASTAWAY | 8 | 2000 Tom Hanks movie featuring a volleyball named Wilson: 2 wds. |
| 44% | SEATTLE | 7 | "Sleepless in ___," Tom Hanks movie starring Meg Ryan which released in 1993: 2 wds. |
| 43% | CASTAWAY | 8 | 2000 movie starring Tom Hanks and a volleyball: 2 wds. |
| 42% | THEODD | 6 | With 30-Across, '70s sitcom about two divorced men sharing an apartment: 2 wds. |
| 40% | CASTAWAY | 8 | 2000 movie where Tom Hanks played a man stranded on an island: 2 wds. |
| 40% | CHARLIEWILSON | 13 | Real-life congressman played by Tom Hanks in a 2007 movie: 2 wds. |
| 39% | SLEEPLESS | 9 | With 45-Across, 1993 Tom Hanks/Meg Ryan movie |
| 39% | YOUVEGOTMAIL | 12 | 1998 movie where Tom Hanks played the owner of a bookstore chain called Fox Books: 3 wds. |
| 39% | TOYSTORY | 8 | 1995 movie where Tom Hanks provided the voice of a doll named Woody: 2 wds. |
| 39% | BESTOF | 6 | With 30-Across, 1975 #1 hit by the Eagles (2 wds.) |
| 39% | FORRESTGUMP | 11 | Title role played by Tom Hanks in a 1994 Oscar-winning movie: 2 wds. |
| 38% | HOWI | 4 | Sitcom with 30 Emmy nominations, "___ Met Your Mother": 2 wds. |
| 38% | BRIDGEOFSPIES | 13 | Card player's favorite Tom Hanks movie?: 3 wds. |
| 38% | BIG | 3 | 1988 Tom Hanks movie with a giant piano keyboard |
| 38% | SEATTLE | 7 | "Sleepless in ___" Tom Hanks film with 2 Oscar nominations |
| 38% | APOCALYPSENOW | 13 | 1979 Vietnam War movie starring Marlon Brando: 2 wds. |
| 37% | WALTDISNEY | 10 | Real-life Oscar-winning animator played by Tom Hanks in a 2013 movie: 2 wds. |
| 37% | FREDROGERS | 10 | Real-life children's entertainer played by Tom Hanks in a 2019 movie: 2 wds. |
| 37% | MAIL | 4 | "You've Got ___," Tom Hanks movie which released in 1998 |
| 37% | FORRESTGUMP | 11 | Oscar-winning Tom Hanks role: 2 wds. |
| 37% | POPCORN | 7 | With 30-Across, movie theatre machines |
| 36% | OUTOF | 5 | With 35-Across, 1998 Steven Soderbergh crime film: 2 wds. |
| 36% | YOUVEGOTMAIL | 12 | Tom Hanks/Meg Ryan film with a Thanksgiving scene in a supermarket (3 wds.) |
| 36% | AOLER | 5 | What Joe Fox, AKA "NY152", is in a Tom Hanks 1998 movie |
| 36% | BOSOMBUDDIES | 12 | 1980-1982 sitcom starring Tom Hanks, before he was famous: 2 wds. |
| 36% | JIMLOVELL | 9 | Real-life astronaut played by Tom Hanks in "Apollo 13": 2 wds. |
| 36% | THEWITCHES | 10 | With 40-Across, 1987 movie starring 15-Across as a coven member: 2 wds. |
| 36% | CHARLIEWILSON | 13 | Title role played by Tom Hanks in a 2007 comedy-drama: 2 wds. |