| 100% | LADY | 4 | With 5-Down, 2017 film nominated for Best Picture |
| 69% | LADYBIRD | 8 | 2017 film nominated for Best Picture ... or a hint to the answers to the eight starred clues |
| 65% | CALL | 4 | "___ Me by Your Name" (2017 film nominated for Best Picture) |
| 61% | FROSTNIXON | 10 | *2008 film nominated for Best Picture |
| 61% | HER | 3 | 2013 film nominated for Best Picture |
| 61% | XXXXX | 5 | 2014 film nominated for Best Picture |
| 60% | SEA | 3 | "Manchester by the ___" (2016 film nominated for Best Picture) |
| 60% | PAST | 4 | "___ Lives," 2023 film nominated for Best Picture |
| 60% | BLACKPANTHER | 12 | First superhero film nominated for Best Picture |
| 59% | LALA | 4 | "___ Land" (2016 film nominated for Best Picture): 2 wds. |
| 55% | ALFIE | 5 | 1966 film nominated for the Best Picture Oscar |
| 55% | JFK | 3 | 1991 film nominated for a Best Picture Oscar |
| 54% | ILPOSTINO | 9 | 1994 Italian film nominated for the Best Picture Oscar |
| 53% | ROMA | 4 | Netflix film nominated for a Best Picture Oscar this year |
| 53% | AIR | 3 | "Up in the ___" (2009 film nominated for the Best Picture Oscar) |
| 52% | ELEPHANTMAN | 11 | 1980 black-and-white film that was nominated for Best Picture, with "The" |
| 50% | CORAL | 5 | With 5-Down, good sites for snorkeling |
| 47% | PASTLIVES | 9 | 2023 film in Korean and English nominated for Best Picture |
| 47% | DUNE | 4 | 2021 sci-fi epic nominated for Best Picture |
| 47% | PASTLIVES | 9 | Celine Song film that was nominated for Best Picture at the 2024 Oscars |
| 44% | ARGO | 4 | Best Picture Oscar film for 2012 |
| 44% | SHAPE | 5 | 2017 film that won Best Picture, "The ___ of Water" |
| 43% | JUNO | 4 | Elliot Page's 2007 teen movie which was nominated for Best Picture at the Oscars |
| 41% | JFK | 3 | 1991 political thriller nominated for a Best Picture Oscar |
| 41% | BEERHUNTER | 10 | Best Picture adaptation about ... a search for the perfect brew, with "The"? |
| 40% | FEMME | 5 | With 5-Down, film noir archetype |
| 40% | SCORE | 5 | Best Original ___ (award for the film with [circled letters]) |
| 40% | CAR | 3 | With 5-Down, auto accommodations for toddlers |
| 40% | ARE | 3 | "The Kids ___ All Right" (2010 movie nominated for a Best Picture Oscar) |
| 39% | BRAIN | 5 | With 5-Down, tactic for decluttering the mind |