| 100% | THERESSOMETHING | 15 | With 97 Across, working title of a Gore Vidal film? |
| 43% | LEBATEAU | 8 | Title of a work by 23-Across |
| 40% | GLASS | 5 | With 27 Across, 2022 film whose title was inspired by a Beatles song |
| 40% | SONICTHE | 8 | With 42-Across, speedy blue title character of a 2020 film: 2 wds. |
| 38% | MYRA | 4 | Name in a Gore Vidal title |
| 38% | STARSANDSTRIPES | 15 | Title subject of a 28-Across work |
| 37% | TOSIRWITHLOVE | 13 | Film starring 47-Across with a chart-topping title song |
| 37% | ROOM | 4 | Chamber, or the title of a 2015 Brie Larson film |
| 37% | RUDOLPHTHE | 10 | With 57 Across, a more accurate way to describe the guy who works the mother of all night jobs? |
| 37% | SCENT | 5 | Word in the title of a Pacino film |
| 37% | MINORITYLEADER | 14 | Original title of a nonfiction work by 45-Across republished as "Lead from the Outside" (2 wds.) |
| 37% | NIGHT | 5 | "A Hard Day's ___," musical comedy film starring The Beatles members with a title track of the same name |
| 37% | ELM | 3 | Tree in the title of a horror film franchise |
| 36% | TWOSISTERS | 10 | 1970 work by Gore Vidal subtitled A Novel in the Form of a Memoir |
| 36% | SCIFI | 5 | Genre of many a film with "star" in its title (Hyph.) |
| 36% | WOLF | 4 | "The ___ of Wall Street," 2013 film starring Leonardo DiCaprio with a howling canine in its title |
| 36% | TOSIR | 5 | Start of a Poitier film title |
| 36% | TORA | 4 | Part of a Balsam film title |
| 36% | CINDERELLA | 10 | 2015 movie version of a classic fairy tale, with 15-Across as the title character |
| 35% | TORA | 4 | One-third of a war film title |
| 35% | THELMA | 6 | Half of a 1991 film title duo |
| 35% | TALL | 4 | With 17 Across, whopper of a story |
| 35% | ONION | 5 | Part of a burger with "the works" |
| 35% | ANNA | 4 | Title character of literature in a love triangle with two 66-Across named Alexei |
| 35% | THE | 3 | With 68-Across, end of a Hemingway title |
| 35% | EXIT | 4 | With 107 Across, way off of a sort |
| 35% | SOMETHINGOLD | 12 | With 52 Across, start of a bridalwear rhyme |
| 35% | LECOQ | 5 | With 36-Across, French title of a Rimsky-Korsakov opera that translates to "The Golden Rooster" |
| 35% | EPIC | 4 | Film with a cast of thousands |
| 35% | PEER | 4 | With 32-Across, Henrik Ibsen play whose title character has a series of disastrous adventures |