| 100% | DOUBLE | 6 | "___ Indemnity," Barbara Stanwyck starrer based on James M. Cain's novel |
| 55% | NURSE | 5 | "Night ___," Barbara Stanwyck starrer based on the eponymous novel by Dora Macy |
| 51% | DALLAS | 6 | "Stella ___," Barbara Stanwyck starrer that is based on an Olive Higgins Prouty novel |
| 46% | LEISURE | 7 | "Ladies of ___," Barbara Stanwyck starrer based on the Broadway play "Ladies of the Evening" |
| 46% | INDEMNITY | 9 | James M Cain novel and Stanwyck film Double __ |
| 40% | SHOGUN | 6 | 1980 miniseries based on a James Clavell novel, starring Richard Chamberlain and Toshiro Mifune |
| 39% | NORTHANDSOUTH | 13 | 1985 miniseries based on a John Jakes novel, starring Patrick Swayze and James Read: 3 wds. |
| 34% | NAKEDLUNCH | 10 | *1991 cult film based on a William S. Burroughs novel |
| 34% | EYRE | 4 | "Jane ___," a 2011 romantic drama based on Charlotte Bronte's novel, starring Mia Wasikowska and Michael Fassbender |
| 34% | THESENTINEL | 11 | A 2006 crime thriller based on Gerald Petievich's novel, starring 18a and Michael Douglas: 2 wds. |
| 34% | MISERY | 6 | Psychological thriller based on a S. King's novel |
| 33% | RUMBLEFISH | 10 | Matt Dillon film based on an S. E. Hinton novel |
| 33% | GOLDFINGER | 10 | 1964 British spy film which is based on Ian Fleming's novel of the same name, starring Sean Connery |
| 33% | RED | 3 | "The Thin ___ Line," 1998 movie based on James Jones' novel about the WWII battle of Guadalcanal |
| 32% | CAME | 4 | "Along ___ a Spider" (Morgan Freeman film based on a James Patterson novel) |
| 32% | BEALE | 5 | “If ___ Street Could Talk” (2018 film based on a James Baldwin novel) |
| 32% | BEALE | 5 | "If ___ Street Could Talk" (Barry Jenkins film based on a James Baldwin novel) |
| 31% | DOUBTFIRE | 9 | "Mrs. ___," comedy-drama film based on a novel by Anne Fine starring Robin Williams |
| 31% | ONLYLIVETWICE | 13 | "You ___" 1967 British spy film which is loosely based on Ian Fleming's novel of the same name, starring Sean Connery: 3 wds. |
| 31% | ROSE | 4 | "The Name of the ___" 1986 historical drama film which is based on Umberto Eco's novel of the same name, starring Sean Connery |
| 31% | HEIGHTS | 7 | Wuthering __, 1939 film based on Bronte's novel |
| 31% | MASADA | 6 | 1981 miniseries based on an Ernest Gann novel, starring Peter O'Toole and Peter Strauss |
| 31% | DBCOOPER | 8 | Missing criminal who inspired James M. Cain's "Rainbow's End" |
| 30% | GODFATHER | 9 | Blockbuster based on Mario Puzo's novel |
| 30% | BLOOM | 5 | 2003 Irish film directed by Sean Walsh which is based on a novel by James Joyce |
| 30% | ULYSSES | 7 | 1967 film directed by Joseph Strick which is loosely based on a novel by James Joyce |
| 30% | JUDE | 4 | 1996 period drama film based on a Thomas Hardy novel starring Kate Winslet and Christopher Eccleston |
| 30% | THETHORNBIRDS | 13 | 1983 miniseries based on a Colleen McCullough novel, starring Richard Chamberlain and Rachel Ward: 3 wds. |