| 100% | CLEAR | 5 | "___ and Present Danger" (Harrison Ford film based on a Tom Clancy novel) |
| 63% | HUNT | 4 | "The ___ for Red October" (1990 film based on a Tom Clancy novel) |
| 63% | SUM | 3 | "The ___ of All Fears" (spy film based on a Tom Clancy novel) |
| 62% | SUM | 3 | "The ___ of All Fears" (2002 spy film based on a Tom Clancy novel) |
| 62% | FEARS | 5 | "The Sum of All ___" (Ben Affleck film based on a Tom Clancy novel) |
| 54% | SUM | 3 | "The ___ of All Fears" (2002 movie based on a Tom Clancy novel) |
| 49% | BLADERUNNER | 11 | 1982 Harrison Ford sci-fi film based on a Philip K. Dick novel: 2 wds. |
| 47% | REDOCTOBER | 10 | Fictional submarine captained by Sean Connery as Marko Ramius in a film based on a Tom Clancy novel (2 wds.) |
| 45% | HIGHFIDELITY | 12 | Film based on a Nick Hornby novel set in a record shop starring John Cusack and Joan Cusack (2 wds.) |
| 44% | MILE | 4 | "The Green ___" (Tom Hanks film based on a Stephen King serial novel) |
| 44% | PRIDE | 5 | "___ and Prejudice" (2005 Keira Knightley film based on a Jane Austen novel) |
| 43% | LOLITA | 6 | Kubrick film based on a Nabokov novel |
| 43% | JUDE | 4 | 1996 period drama film based on a Thomas Hardy novel starring Kate Winslet and Christopher Eccleston |
| 43% | HOLES | 5 | 2003 Shia LaBeouf film based on a Louis Sachar young adult novel |
| 43% | SOLARIS | 7 | 2002 Soderbergh film based on a 1961 sci-fi novel |
| 43% | TSOTSI | 6 | Oscar-winning foreign language film based on a Fugard novel |
| 43% | DUNE | 4 | 2021 film based on a Frank Herbert sci-fi novel |
| 43% | EYRE | 4 | "Jane ___" (2011 film based on a Brontë novel) |
| 43% | SIN | 3 | "___ City" (2005 film based on a graphic novel) |
| 43% | THEDANISHGIRL | 13 | Alicia Vikander and 49-Across film based on a David Ebershoff novel (3 wds.) |
| 43% | LESMISERABLES | 13 | Hugh Jackman and 49-Across film based on a Victor Hugo novel (2 wds.) |
| 43% | THERIGHTSTUFF | 13 | Oscar-winning space-age film based on a Tom Wolfe book (3 wds.) |
| 43% | OTTO | 4 | "A Man Called __": Tom Hanks film based on a Fredrik Backman novel |
| 43% | MALTESE | 7 | "The ___ Falcon" (Bogart film based on a Hammett novel) |
| 43% | ANNA | 4 | "___ Karenina" (Keira Knightley film based on a Tolstoy novel) |
| 43% | SIN | 3 | "___ City" (Jessica Alba film based on a graphic novel) |
| 43% | BELAMI | 6 | 2012 Robert Pattinson film based on a Maupassant novel |
| 42% | GIANT | 5 | "James and the ___ Peach" (1996 film based on a Roald Dahl novel) |
| 42% | EDEN | 4 | "East of ___" (James Dean film based on a Steinbeck novel) |
| 42% | NAKEDLUNCH | 10 | *1991 cult film based on a William S. Burroughs novel |