| 100% | NORMA | 5 | With 32-Across, Best Picture nominee of 1979 |
| 63% | FIELDOFDREAMS | 13 | 1989 Best Picture nominee ... with a hint to 20-, 24-/27- and 32-/37-Across |
| 57% | THECRYINGGAME | 13 | Best Picture nominee of 1992 |
| 57% | FARGO | 5 | Best Picture nominee of 1996 |
| 57% | DOGDAYAFTERNOON | 15 | Best Picture nominee of 1975 |
| 55% | ANSEL | 5 | With 32-Across, photographer known for his pictures of Yosemite |
| 53% | JAWS | 4 | Best Picture nominee with three sequels |
| 51% | JUNO | 4 | 2007 Best Picture nominee with a mythological name |
| 50% | APARTMENT | 9 | Best Picture of 1960, with "The" |
| 50% | CODA | 4 | 2022 Best Picture nominee with a mostly deaf cast |
| 49% | HER | 3 | 2013 Best Picture nominee with a major unseen female character |
| 48% | ARGO | 4 | Best Picture winner based on events of 1979-80 |
| 48% | ZERO | 4 | *With 70-Across, 2012 Best Picture nominee |
| 48% | ILPOSTINO | 9 | 1994 Best Picture nominee about Pablo Neruda's friendship with his mailman |
| 47% | MINARI | 6 | 2021 Best Picture nominee with a title that loosely translates to "water celery" |
| 47% | ASL | 3 | Communication system featured in the Best Picture nominees Sound of Metal and Coda |
| 46% | CALLMEBY | 8 | With 37-Across, 2018 Best Picture Oscar nominee (3 wds.) |
| 46% | CAPRA | 5 | Director of seven Best Picture nominees |
| 46% | POST | 4 | Washington newspaper in a 2018 Best Picture Oscar nominee, with "The" |
| 45% | ARIANA | 6 | With 32-Across, lead singer of "Problem" |
| 45% | JANET | 5 | With 32-Across, author of "White Oleander" |
| 45% | ARIANA | 6 | With 35-Across, singer of "Bang Bang" who was a first-time Grammy nominee for Best Pop Vocal Album |
| 45% | THEFIRSTTIMEEVERI | 17 | With 127 Across, the best-selling hat song of 1972? |
| 45% | PARASITE | 8 | 2020 Best Picture nominee that begins with a son lying his way into an English-tutoring job |
| 45% | RAE | 3 | Norma ___ (1979 Best Picture nominee) |
| 45% | SHANE | 5 | With 32-Across, director of "Iron Man 3" |
| 44% | BEN | 3 | With 99-Down, Best Picture of 1959 |
| 44% | ONTHEWATERFRONT | 15 | Best Picture of 1954 [see 17-Across] |
| 44% | GERMAN | 6 | With 32-Across, study of Hesse and Mann, informally |
| 44% | NANCY | 5 | With 32-Across, teen detective in hundreds of books |