| Best of the movies | 18 |
| Best of the stage | 17 |
| Best of the theater | 19 |
| Best of theater | 15 |
| Best of times | 13 |
| Best of __ worlds | 17 |
| Best of ___ | 11 |
| Best of ___ worlds | 18 |
| Best on a chessboard | 20 |
| Best on stage | 13 |
| Best on stage, say | 18 |
| Best on the balance beam, maybe | 31 |
| Best on the balance beam, perhaps | 33 |
| Best one | 8 |
| Best ones | 9 |
| Best or Ferber | 14 |
| Best or inner | 13 |
| Best or Millay | 14 |
| Best or O'Brien | 19 |
| Best or Townshend | 17 |
| Best or worst | 13 |
| Best Original Screenplay Oscar winner of 1961 | 45 |
| Best Original Screenplay winner for "American Beauty" | 63 |
| Best Original Song Oscar winner from ... Disney's "Pocahontas" | 76 |
| Best Original ___ (award for the film with [circled letters]) | 61 |
| Best outcome | 12 |
| Best pair | 9 |
| Best pal in a 1950s sitcom | 26 |
| Best part | 9 |
| Best part of Ivanisevic's game | 34 |
| Best part of life | 17 |
| Best part of the cake, to many | 30 |
| Best part of the cake, to some | 30 |
| Best part of the lobster | 24 |
| Best part, in Paris | 19 |
| Best parts of a film? | 21 |
| Best parts of the tennis racket, in Uppsala? | 44 |
| Best people | 11 |
| Best performance ever | 21 |
| Best performances: Abbr. | 24 |
| Best Picture 1988 | 18 |
| Best Picture after "Chariots of Fire" | 47 |
| Best Picture also-ran to "Kramer vs. Kramer" | 54 |
| Best Picture and Best Song of 1958 | 34 |
| Best Picture before "12 Years a Slave" | 48 |
| Best Picture between "The Artist" and "12 Years a Slave" | 76 |
| Best Picture directed by Hitchcock | 34 |
| Best Picture inspired by a Pulitzer-winning series of newspaper articles | 72 |
| Best Picture loser to "Chariots of Fire" | 50 |
| Best Picture nominee in 2011 | 28 |
| Best Picture nominee of 1953 | 28 |
| Best Picture nominee of 1963 | 28 |
| Best Picture nominee of 1970 | 28 |
| Best Picture nominee of 1975 | 28 |
| Best Picture nominee of 1981 | 28 |
| Best Picture nominee of 1989 | 28 |
| Best Picture nominee of 1995 | 28 |
| Best Picture nominee of 1996 | 28 |
| Best Picture nominee of 2004 | 28 |
| Best Picture nominee starring Jamie Foxx | 40 |
| Best Picture nominee that lost to "My Fair Lady" | 58 |
| Best Picture of '58 | 23 |
| Best Picture of 1932 | 20 |
| Best Picture of 1932-33 | 23 |
| Best Picture of 1948 | 20 |
| Best picture of 1949 | 20 |
| Best Picture of 1950 | 20 |
| Best Picture of 1951, with "An" | 41 |
| Best Picture of 1954 | 20 |
| Best Picture of 1955 | 20 |
| Best Picture of 1958 | 20 |
| Best Picture of 1958, and a hint to this puzzle's theme | 59 |
| Best Picture of 1960, with "The" | 42 |
| Best Picture of 1963 | 20 |
| Best Picture of 1968 | 20 |
| Best Picture of 1970 | 20 |
| Best Picture of 1971, with "The" | 42 |
| Best Picture of 1976 | 20 |
| Best Picture of 1977 | 20 |
| Best Picture of 1981 | 20 |
| Best Picture of 1982 | 20 |
| Best Picture of 1984 | 20 |
| Best Picture of 1987 | 20 |
| Best Picture of 1988 | 20 |
| Best Picture of 1989 | 20 |
| Best Picture of 1995 | 20 |
| Best Picture of 1996, with "The" | 42 |
| Best Picture of 1997 | 20 |
| Best Picture of 1999 | 20 |
| Best Picture of 2000 | 20 |
| Best Picture of 2002 | 20 |
| Best Picture of 2005 | 20 |
| Best Picture of 2012 | 20 |
| Best Picture of 2013 | 20 |
| Best Picture or Broadway musical | 32 |
| Best Picture Oscar film for 2012 | 32 |
| Best Picture Oscar nominee of 2010 | 34 |
| Best picture Oscar winner with The | 38 |
| Best Picture Oscar winner for '79 | 37 |
| Best Picture Oscar winner, 1996 | 31 |