| 100% | OCEANS | 6 | With 35-Across, 2001 heist movie remake that featured Don Cheadle |
| 36% | STAND | 5 | With 35-Across, 1961 solo hit by Ben E. King featured in a 1986 movie |
| 34% | SPIRITED | 8 | With 17-Across, 2001 animated film from Japan that won the Oscar for Best Animated Feature |
| 33% | BEOUR | 5 | With 35-Across, Oscar-nominated song from Disney's "Beauty and the Beast" that lost to that movie's title song: 2 wds. |
| 31% | ALI | 3 | 2001 movie that features the Rumble in the Jungle fight |
| 30% | RAT | 3 | With 35 Across, grind |
| 30% | CHAINEDTO | 9 | With 35-Across, 2017 Katy Perry hit featuring Skip Marley: 2 wds. |
| 29% | HAM | 3 | With 35 Across, common lunchbox contents |
| 29% | PRINCESS | 8 | "The ___ Diaries," 2001 movie that has an iconic makeover scene featuring Anne Hathaway |
| 29% | CAROLINA | 8 | With 35-Across, NFL team that shares its name with Florida's NHL team |
| 29% | BAD | 3 | With 35-Across, Taylor Swift hit that won the 2016 Best Music Video Grammy |
| 28% | THETORTURED | 11 | With 35-Across, 2024 album that led to a new era in the Eras Tour |
| 28% | JENNIFER | 8 | With 35-Across, actress who starred in both the "Hunger Games" and "X-Men" movie franchises |
| 27% | ICE | 3 | With 43-Across, animated movie featuring a mammoth named Manny |
| 27% | THESHOEISONTHE | 14 | With 35 Across, "I've turned the tables on you" |
| 27% | SIXTEEN | 7 | With 35-Across, 1984 movie, written by John Hughes, whose title refers to a mostly forgotten birthday |
| 27% | WHITE | 5 | With 27 Across, 2022 film whose plot features an Ohio train derailment that released hazardous chemicals |
| 27% | DUMBMONEY | 9 | 2023 film about the GameStop short squeeze that featured 35-Across: 2 wds. |
| 27% | YELLOWSTONE | 11 | First national park in the U.S. with parts in Wyoming that was featured in the movie "2012" |
| 27% | ADO | 3 | "Much ___ About Nothing," Shakespeare play that features Don Pedro |
| 27% | PAW | 3 | "___ Patrol," Canadian animated TV series with animals as the main characters that was made into a feature movie |
| 27% | SILVER | 6 | With 32-Across, 1976 movie that starred 18-Across and Richard Pryor |
| 27% | ZOOLANDER | 9 | 2001 movie with Frat Packers Ben Stiller, Owen Wilson, Vince Vaughn, and Will Ferrell that's set in the modeling world |
| 26% | FUNNYGIRL | 9 | Film musical that featured Don't Rain on My Parade |
| 26% | ARIANA | 6 | With 35-Across, "Problem" singer featured on three songs in Billboard's top 10 during a week in 2014 |
| 26% | CALLMEBY | 8 | With 35-Across, subtitle of 15-Across that is also the title of a 2017 romance film: 3 wds. |
| 26% | CANTWALKAND | 11 | With 35 and 56 Across, is quite uncoordinated |
| 26% | SONOFAGUN | 9 | 2014 heist movie with Ewan McGregor |
| 26% | CAROLINA | 8 | With 35-Across, 1969 song about homesickness that's on James Taylor's "Greatest Hits" album |
| 26% | TRUEGRIT | 8 | John Wayne movie remade with Hailee Steinfeld |