| ELAINEMAY | Writer and director of the 1987 film Ishtar that stars Warren Beatty and Dustin Hoffman |
| FREARS | Stephen, director of the 1987 film Prick Up Your Ears (6) |
| BEATTY | "Dick Tracy" (1990) star Warren |
| SAPP | Grid star Warren |
| LEVINSON | Barry, director of the 1987 film Good Morning, Vietnam (8) |
| STANLEYKUBRICK | Director of the 1987 movie, Full Metal Jacket (7,7) |
| ISHTAR | 1987 comedy adventure film starring Warren Beatty and Dustin Hoffman (6) |
| AHA | Pop group who performed the title song of the 1987 film The Living Daylights (1-2) |
| CLIVEBARKER | Director and screenwriter of the 1987 film Hellraiser (5.6) |
| GLAD | Brand on the poster of the 1987 film "Million Dollar Mystery" |
| ROSE | The Name of the ----, 1987 film (4) |
| BIKO | Real-life subject of the 1987 film Cry Freedom, Steve ---- (4) |
| FULLER | Samuel ___, writer and director of films The Naked Kiss and The Big Red One (6) |
| ERICSYKES | Writer and director of the 1967 slapstick film The Plank (4,5) |
| PETERGREENAWAY | Writer and director of The Cook, the Thief, His Wife and Her Lover |
| TOMWOLFE | US writer of the 1987 satirical novel The Bonfire of the Vanities (3,5) |
| SHYAMALAN | Writer and director of the 1999 supernatural thriller film The Sixth Sense (last name only) |
| ADAM | American writer and director of the films The Big Short, Vice and Don't Look Up (4,5) |
| MCKAY | American writer and director of the films The Big Short, Vice and Don't Look Up (4,5) |
| REDS | 1981 movie starring Warren Beatty and based on the writings of John Reed (4) |
