| 100% | JOSIE | 5 | "___ and the Pussycats" (2001 movie based on a cartoon) |
| 72% | JOSIE | 5 | ___ and the Pussycats (classic Hanna-Barbera cartoon made into a 2001 movie) |
| 62% | JOSIE | 5 | "___ and the Pussycats," 2001 live-action film starring Rachael Leigh Cook based on the comic book series of the same name |
| 61% | BEN | 3 | "___ 10: Alien Swarm," 2009 movie based on a cartoon series |
| 60% | CLUE | 4 | 1985 movie based on a murder mystery board game of the same name where players identify the killer, their weapon, and the scene of crime |
| 60% | CUJO | 4 | 1983 horror movie based on a Stephen King book and featuring a rabid dog that was set largely in one location, the Trenton family home |
| 59% | JEM | 3 | "___ and the Holograms" (2015 film based on a 1980s cartoon) |
| 59% | JEM | 3 | "___ and the Holograms" (musical film based on a 1980s cartoon) |
| 58% | TRUE | 4 | "Based on a ___ story" (like the movies at 44a, 50a, 52a, and 5d) |
| 57% | ROUGE | 5 | "Moulin ___!" (Broadway musical based on a 2001 movie) |
| 57% | JOSIE | 5 | "___ and the Pussycats" (2001 movie) |
| 56% | PRISCILLA | 9 | 2023 movie based on the memoir Elvis and Me |
| 55% | CLUE | 4 | 1985 mystery comedy movie based on a board game, starring Michael McKean and Eileen Brennan |
| 55% | NEEDFOR | 7 | "___ Speed," Dominic Cooper movie based on a video game of the same name: 2 wds. |
| 54% | OLLIE | 5 | "Stan & ___," 2018 comedy movie based on the lives of Laurel and Hardy |
| 54% | SULLY | 5 | 2016 Tom Hanks movie based on the true story of a pilot |
| 54% | TOMB | 4 | "Lara Croft: ___ Raider" (2001 movie based on a video game) |
| 54% | MULAN | 5 | 1998 Disney animated movie based on a Chinese folk story depicted in the eponymous 6th-century ballad |
| 53% | RIORITA | 7 | Abbott and Costello movie based on a Ziegfeld musical |
| 53% | FLASHGORDON | 11 | Movie based on a comic character starring Sam J. Jones, for which the band "Queen" composed the musical score: 2 wds. |
| 53% | EPIC | 4 | 2013 animated movie based on the book "The Leaf Men and the Brave Good Bugs" |
| 52% | HUSTLE | 6 | 1970s novelty dance based on a song by Van McCoy and the Soul City Symphony |
| 52% | INTO | 4 | "___ the Woods" (2014 movie based on a Stephen Sondheim musical) |
| 52% | JOSIE | 5 | "___ and the Pussycats" (cartoon featuring a pop band) |
| 51% | SISTERACT | 9 | Movie and stage show about a nun on the run |
| 51% | CLUE | 4 | Movie based on a board game |
| 50% | MODOK | 5 | 2021 animated series based on a Marvel Comics character and featuring the voices of Aimee Garcia and Ben Schwartz |
| 50% | ADDAMS | 6 | "The ___ Family," multimedia franchise based on a Gothic cartoon family that took over cereal boxes in the '90s |
| 50% | FILMADAPTATION | 14 | Movie based on a book or video game |
| 50% | JUMANJI | 7 | 1995 movie based on a board game of the same name where horrors of the jungle are released until the players finish the game |