| 100% | LES | 3 | "___ Misérables" (movie based on a stage musical) |
| 83% | LES | 3 | "___ Misérables" (2012 movie based on a musical) |
| 78% | ANNIE | 5 | 2014 movie based on a Broadway musical |
| 74% | INTO | 4 | "___ the Woods" (2014 movie based on a Stephen Sondheim musical) |
| 72% | INTHEHEIGHTS | 12 | New movie based on a Tony-winning Lin-Manuel Miranda musical: 3 wds. |
| 70% | RIORITA | 7 | Abbott and Costello movie based on a Ziegfeld musical |
| 69% | SPAMALOT | 8 | Stage musical based on a Monty Python story |
| 67% | FLASHGORDON | 11 | Movie based on a comic character starring Sam J. Jones, for which the band "Queen" composed the musical score: 2 wds. |
| 65% | CLUE | 4 | Movie based on a board game |
| 64% | FILMADAPTATION | 14 | Movie based on a book or video game |
| 64% | INTHEHEIGHTS | 12 | 2021 movie musical based on the stage musical by 14-Across: 3 wds. |
| 63% | NEWSIES | 7 | Tony-nominated musical based on a 1992 Disney movie |
| 63% | CLUE | 4 | 1985 movie based on a board game |
| 62% | LESMIZ | 6 | 2012 movie musical based on a Victor Hugo novel, familiarly: 2 wds. |
| 62% | READYPLAYERONE | 14 | Movie based on a 2011 Ernest Cline book: 3 wds. |
| 62% | EYRE | 4 | "Jane ___" (2011 movie based on a classic novel) |
| 62% | HEX | 3 | "Jonah ___" (2010 movie based on a comic book) |
| 62% | WARHORSE | 8 | 2011 movie based on a Michael Morpurgo novel |
| 62% | MULAN | 5 | Disney movie based on a Chinese folk tale |
| 62% | FORRESTGUMP | 11 | 1994 movie based on a Winston Groom novel |
| 62% | MISERY | 6 | 1990 movie based on a Stephen King novel |
| 62% | EMMA | 4 | 2020 movie based on a Jane Austen novel |
| 61% | ROUGE | 5 | "Moulin ___!" (Broadway musical based on a 2001 movie) |
| 61% | MOTHERNIGHT | 11 | Nick Nolte movie based on a Kurt Vonnegut novel |
| 61% | JOSIE | 5 | "___ and the Pussycats" (2001 movie based on a cartoon) |
| 61% | SEMATARY | 8 | Pet __, 2019 movie based on a Stephen King novel |
| 61% | DICKTRACY | 9 | Madonna/Warren Beatty movie based on a comic strip |
| 61% | GIA | 3 | Angelina Jolie movie based on a supermodel's life |
| 61% | STARDUST | 8 | 2007 summer movie based on a Neil Gaiman book |
| 61% | ODE | 3 | "___ to Billy Joe" (1976 movie based on a song) |