| 100% | EYRE | 4 | "Jane ___" (Charlotte Brontë novel or the 2011 movie based on it) |
| 49% | WARHORSE | 8 | 2011 movie based on a Michael Morpurgo novel |
| 48% | EMMA | 4 | Jane Austen novel that the movie "Clueless" is loosely based on |
| 48% | EYRE | 4 | "Jane ___" (2011 film based on a Charlotte Brontë novel) |
| 47% | EYRE | 4 | "Jane ___" (2011 movie based on a classic novel) |
| 47% | EYRE | 4 | "Jane ___" (2011 movie based on an 1847 novel) |
| 46% | EMMA | 4 | 2020 movie based on a Jane Austen novel |
| 46% | BABE | 4 | 1995 movie based on the novel "The Sheep-Pig" |
| 45% | WILLARD | 7 | 1971 hit movie based on the novel "Ratman's Notebooks" |
| 44% | EYRE | 4 | "Jane ___," a 2011 romantic drama based on Charlotte Bronte's novel, starring Mia Wasikowska and Michael Fassbender |
| 43% | CLUELESS | 8 | Alicia Silverstone film based on the Jane Austen novel "Emma" |
| 43% | TRON | 4 | 1982 arcade game, or the film it was based on |
| 42% | EMMA | 4 | Jane Austen novel upon which the movie "Clueless" is loosely based |
| 40% | RED | 3 | "The Thin ___ Line," 1998 movie based on James Jones' novel about the WWII battle of Guadalcanal |
| 40% | EYRE | 4 | "Jane ___" (2011 film based on a Brontë novel) |
| 39% | GROOM | 5 | Winston ___, author of the 1986 novel on which the movie "Forrest Gump" is based |
| 39% | FILMADAPTATION | 14 | Movie based on a book or video game |
| 38% | EYRE | 4 | "Jane ___" (Mia Wasikowska/Michael Fassbender film based on a Charlotte Brontë novel) |
| 38% | CANNERYROW | 10 | Nolte movie based on two Steinbeck novels |
| 38% | PAINTEDHOUSE | 12 | "A ___," a 2003 movie based on a John Grisham novel of the same name about a 7 year old boy named Luke Chandler: 2 wds. |
| 38% | LOVEYOU | 7 | "P.S. I ___," film based on a novel which shares its title with a 1962 song by The Beatles: 2 wds. |
| 38% | READYPLAYERONE | 14 | Movie based on a 2011 Ernest Cline book: 3 wds. |
| 38% | BABE | 4 | Movie based on the children's book "The Sheep-Pig" |
| 38% | FORRESTGUMP | 11 | 1994 movie based on a Winston Groom novel |
| 38% | MISERY | 6 | 1990 movie based on a Stephen King novel |
| 38% | ALADDIN | 7 | 2019 Disney movie based on the Arabian Nights |
| 38% | SERENITY | 8 | 2005 movie based on the TV series "Firefly" |
| 38% | RODERICKTHORP | 13 | Author who wrote "Nothing Lasts Forever," the novel on which movie in 17a was based: 2 wds. |
| 37% | STARS | 5 | "The Fault in Our ___" (2014 movie based on a young-adult novel) |
| 37% | SUM | 3 | "The ___ of All Fears" (2002 movie based on a Tom Clancy novel) |