| 100% | READY | 5 | "___ Player One" (Steven Spielberg film based on an Ernest Cline novel) |
| 73% | READYPLAYERONE | 14 | Steven Spielberg film based on a 2011 Ernest Cline novel: 3 wds. |
| 56% | SCHINDLERSLIST | 14 | Steven Spielberg film based on a 1982 Thomas Keneally novel: 2 wds. |
| 56% | THECOLORPURPLE | 14 | Steven Spielberg film based on a 1982 Alice Walker novel: 3 wds. |
| 48% | ALSO | 4 | "The Sun ___ Rises" (Ava Gardner film based on an Ernest Hemingway novel) |
| 47% | BAMBI | 5 | Disney film based on an Austrian novel |
| 46% | END | 3 | "Howards ___" (Emma Thompson film based on an E.M. Forster novel) |
| 46% | EMMA | 4 | 2020 film based on an 1815 Jane Austen novel |
| 46% | RUMBLEFISH | 10 | Matt Dillon film based on an S. E. Hinton novel |
| 45% | AND | 3 | "Sense ___ Sensibility" (Emma Thompson/Kate Winslet film based on an Austen novel) |
| 44% | GETSHORTY | 9 | 1995 film based on an Elmore Leonard novel |
| 44% | SAND | 4 | "House of ___ and Fog" (2003 film based on an Andre Dubus III novel) |
| 44% | ROOM | 4 | "A ___ with a View" (Maggie Smith film based on an E.M. Forster novel) |
| 43% | GETSHORTY | 9 | 1995 crime film based on an Elmore Leonard novel |
| 43% | ATONEMENT | 9 | Keira Knightley film based on an Ian McEwan novel |
| 41% | MASADA | 6 | 1981 miniseries based on an Ernest Gann novel, starring Peter O'Toole and Peter Strauss |
| 41% | READY | 5 | "___ Player One" (Steven Spielberg film featuring many video-game gags) |
| 40% | PRECIOUS | 8 | 2009 drama film based on the novel "Push" that stars Paula Patton as an alternative-school teacher |
| 39% | TOURIST | 7 | "The Accidental ___" (William Hurt film based on an Anne Tyler novel) |
| 39% | THENAMEOFTHEROSE | 16 | "Floral" film of 1986 based on an Umberto Eco novel |
| 38% | GET | 3 | "___ Shorty" (1995 John Travolta film based on an Elmore Leonard novel) |
| 38% | ROOM | 4 | 2015 film based on an Emma Donoghue bestseller |
| 38% | FABELMANS | 9 | The __, 2022 Spielberg film based on his own life |
| 38% | ITSPAT | 6 | 1994 film based on an "S.N.L." skit |
| 38% | ROOM | 4 | Brie Larson film based on an Emma Donoghue bestseller |
| 38% | THEOLDMAN | 9 | "___ and the Sea," a 1999 Academy award-winning animated short film based on Ernest Hemingway's novel by the same name: 3 wds. |
| 37% | AEON | 4 | "___ Flux" (Charlize Theron film based on an MTV animated series) |
| 37% | ITSPAT | 6 | 1994 film based on an androgynous "SNL" character (2 wds.) |
| 37% | HEIGHTS | 7 | Wuthering __, 1939 film based on Bronte's novel |
| 37% | FIELDOFDREAMS | 13 | Film based on the novel "Shoeless Joe" (#32) |