| ONTHEWATERFRONT | American Film Institute's #8 (1954) |
| ERIN | "___ Brockovich" (another of the American Film Institute's 10 best films of 2000) |
| HANKS | American Film Institute's 2002 Lifetime Achievement Award Winner |
| NURSERATCHED | #5 of the American Film Institute's all-time top 100 movie villains |
| AVA | Once married to Frank Sinatra, this actress is one of the American Film Institute's greatest stars o |
| BOGART | American Film Institute's "greatest male star of all time" |
| SIGIITHERAI | #1 on the American Film Institute's "Greatest Movie Musicals" list |
| WHATWEVEGOT | With 37- and 52-Across, #11 on the American Film Institute's "100 Years ... 100 Movie Quotes" list |
| SOMELIKEITHOT | Film listed by the American Film Institute in 2000 as the greatest American comedy film of all time (4,4,2,3) |
| STARWARS | The American Film Institute named its soundtrack the greatest film score of all time |
| WALLE | 2008 animated movie that depicts "the broken promise of American life," per the American Film Institute |
| LIFEACHIEVEMENTAWARD | From American Film Institute (2002) |
| AFI | American Film Institute (3) |
| WELLES | British Film Institute's "greatest film director" |
| BEST | "___ in Show" (movie picked as one of 2000's top 10 by the American Film Institute) |
| BETTEDAVIS | The first woman to receive a Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Film Institute |
| GETAMOVEON | Hurry to show a film institute's banned? (3,1,4,2) |
| NOTIFICATION | Announcement of theory about film institute and American jazz fan (12) |
| THETHIRDMAN | The greatest British film of all time, according to the British Film Institute in 1999 |
| BFI | The British Film Institute (1,1,1) |
