| 100% | RICH | 4 | "Get ___ or Die Tryin," movie based on 50 Cent's life |
| 45% | BIOPIC | 6 | Movie based on someone's life, informally |
| 44% | MILE | 4 | "8 ___," movie based on Eminem's life |
| 41% | WAYNESWORLD | 11 | 1992 movie based on an "S.N.L." sketch ... or, diverged: Modus vivendi |
| 41% | CENT | 4 | "Get Rich or Die Tryin'" rapper 50 ___ |
| 40% | GIA | 3 | Angelina Jolie movie based on a supermodel's life |
| 40% | FILMADAPTATION | 14 | Movie based on a book or video game |
| 37% | OLLIE | 5 | "Stan & ___," 2018 comedy movie based on the lives of Laurel and Hardy |
| 36% | AMYFISHER | 9 | Role played by Drew Barrymore in a 1993 TV movie based on real life |
| 36% | LAST | 4 | "Valentino: The ___ Emperor," movie based on the life of the eponymous designer from Italy |
| 34% | GREENZONE | 9 | 2010 Matt Damon movie based on the nonfiction book "Imperial Life in the Emerald City": 2 wds. |
| 34% | BABE | 4 | Movie based on the children's book "The Sheep-Pig" |
| 34% | ITSPAT | 6 | 1994 movie based on an "S.N.L." character |
| 33% | WILLARD | 7 | 1971 hit movie based on the novel "Ratman's Notebooks" |
| 33% | ARGO | 4 | 2012 movie based on the CIA's "Canadian Caper" |
| 32% | SHESTHEMAN | 10 | 2006 Amanda Bynes movie based on Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night": 3 wds. |
| 32% | CLUE | 4 | Movie based on a board game |
| 32% | NASH | 4 | John ___, renowned mathematician on whose life the movie "A Beautiful Mind" is based |
| 32% | WESTSIDESTORY | 13 | 1961 Natalie Wood movie based on Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet": 3 wds. |
| 32% | MAGICMIKE | 9 | 2012 movie based on Channing Tatum's experiences as a stripper |
| 32% | STOCKHOLDER | 11 | Certain investor ... and, based on the word hidden in each, what 17-, 26-, 37- or 50-Across is? |
| 32% | DIE | 3 | "Get Rich or ___ Tryin'" (2005 movie) |
| 31% | PERSUASION | 10 | 2022 Netflix movie based on 18-Across's last completed novel |
| 31% | YENTL | 5 | Movie based on an Isaac Bashevis Singer story |
| 31% | FUNNYGIRL | 9 | Musical based on Fanny Brice's life |
| 31% | TANGLED | 7 | 2010 Disney movie based on Rapunzel |
| 31% | STEWINDIES | 10 | Film festival movies based on "Ratatouille"? |
| 31% | KISSMEKATE | 10 | 1953 Kathryn Grayson movie based on Shakespeare's "The Taming of the Shrew": 3 wds. |
| 31% | PREMISE | 7 | What a movie or an argument is based on |
| 30% | CLUE | 4 | 1985 movie based on a board game |