| OCTOPUSSY | 1983 film in which the title character is played by Maud Adams (9) |
| EMMA | 1815 classic whose title character is played by Anya Taylor-Joy in a 2020 film |
| HITMAN | What type of character is played by Jean Reno in Leon? (3,3) |
| STARTMEUP | Rolling Stones hit in which the title is followed in the lyrics by "I'll never stop" |
| FINDINGNEMO | 2003 computer-animated adventure film in which the title character is a young clownfish (7,4) |
| LOCALHERO | 1983 film in which a Texas oilman goes to Scotland to buy up a village to build a refinery (5,4) |
| ROADMOVIE | A genre of film in which the main character is travelling in search of, or to escape, something (4,5) |
| CHICKENLITTLE | Disney film in which the title character thinks the sky is falling (7,6) |
| ANNIEHALL | 1977 film in which the lead character is Alvy Singer, a divorced Jewish comedian (5,4) |
| OTHELLO | Shakespeare play in which the title character is betrayed by Iago (7) |
| EPONYMOUS | Mouse scuttling round small horse, from which the title is derived (9) |
| OHGOD | Film in which the title character says "I don't permit the suffering-you do" |
| MALKOVICH | Being John ___: 1999 film in which the titular actor appears as a version of himself (9) |
| BETTERMAN | 2025 film in which the singer Robbie Williams is a CGI chimpanzee |
| DICKWHITTINGTON | Pantomime in which the title character is made Lord Mayor of London after Tommy the cat catches King |
| WAITINGFORGODOT | Play in which the title character is never seen |
| AUNTDAISY | On-air name used by Maud Ruby Basham, NZ radio broadcaster from 1930 to 1963 (4,5) |
| ELF | 2003 film in which the title character exclaims "Son of a nutcracker!" |
| SONOFAGUN | *2014 film in which the criminal Brendan Lynch commits armed robbery with his younger protege JR |
| INSIDEOUT | Pixar film in which the main characters are emotions |
