| ANGRYBIRDS | Touchscreen game franchise made into a recent movie (5,5) |
| CREED | Assassin's _, video game franchise made into a film with Michael Fassbender (5) |
| PICNIC | ___ at Hanging Rock; novel by Time Without Clocks author Joan Lindsay, adapted into a recent mini-series (6) |
| IRENE | _ Nemirovsky, author of Suite Franchise, made into a 2015 film (5) |
| LADYBIRD | Beetle considered a gardener's ally; an imprint of illustrated books for children; or, as two words, a recent movie based on a mother-daughter relationship (8) |
| ONION | "Glass ___" (Beatles song for which a recent movie was named) |
| JUMPSTREET | Road in the title of an old Johnny Depp television show and recent movie |
| PHAT | Neologistic acronym in recent movie script |
| MILITARY | Recent movie about soldiers' singing spouses (8,5) |
| WIVES | Recent movie about soldiers' singing spouses (8,5) |
| SHES | "___ Out of My League"; recent movie for Jay Baruchel |
| THE | Where ___ Crawdads Sing (recent movie) |
| COLMAN | Olivia _, star of recent movie Empire Of Light (6) |
| LUKE | Actor Evans of the recent movie Good Grief |
| LOGAN | Most recent movie with Hugh Jackman as Wolverine |
| ALDA | Alan whose most recent movie is Marriage Story |
| PIRATES | ...while actor Bill Nighy costarred with many ___ in two recent movies |
| SWIPE | To move a finger across a touchscreen on an electronic device (5) |
| SWIPED | Moved a finger across a touchscreen on an electronic device (6) |
| ICON | Touchscreen image or a widely popular figure |
