| LEM | Science-fiction author Stanislaw, whose novel "Solaris" was made into a Steven Soderbergh film |
| PLAYERONE | Ernest Cline novel adapted into a Steven Spielberg movie * (9) |
| STANISLAWLEM | Polish author of the 1961 Sci-fi novel Solaris |
| SOLARIS | Steven Soderbergh film that takes place on a space station |
| SEXLIESAND | Steven Soderbergh film that won the Palme d'Or at the 1989 Cannes Film Festival (3,4,3,9) |
| VIDEOTAPE | Steven Soderbergh film that won the Palme d'Or at the 1989 Cannes Film Festival (3,4,3,9) |
| OCEANS | And 12 2001 Steven Soderbergh film starring George Clooney (6,6) |
| TRAFFIC | 2000 Steven Soderbergh film starring Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones (7) |
| LIMEY | 'The ---', 1999 Steven Soderbergh film starring Terence Stamp as Wilson (5) |
| THECHRISTOPHERS | 2025 Steven Soderbergh film starring Ian McKellen and Michaela Coel (3,12) |
| LIES | "sex, ___, and videotape" (early Steven Soderbergh film) |
| SIDE | ___ Effects, 2013 Steven Soderbergh film (4) |
| CHE | 2008 Steven Soderbergh film |
| GERMAN | "The Good ___" (1940s-set Steven Soderbergh film) |
| OCEANSELEVEN | 2001 Steven Soderbergh film starring George Clooney (6,6) |
| ERIN | ___ Brockovich, Steven Soderbergh film |
| POLISH | Like the late, great Stanislaw Lem, who wrote Solaris (which was filmed twice). |
| LINCOLN | President portrayed by Daniel Day- Lewis in a Steven Spielberg film (7) |
| SCHINDLER | Oskar, central character in a Steven Spielberg film (9) |
| ETS | Aliens such as one in a Steven Spielberg movie: Abbr. |
