| 100% | MEN | 3 | "Of Mice and ___" (Gary Sinise film based on a John Steinbeck novella) |
| 49% | EDEN | 4 | "East of ___" (movie based on a John Steinbeck novel) |
| 48% | MEN | 3 | Of Mice and ___, "Restoring Force" band whose name is inspired by a John Steinbeck novel |
| 48% | HIGHFIDELITY | 12 | Film based on a Nick Hornby novel set in a record shop starring John Cusack and Joan Cusack (2 wds.) |
| 45% | OUR | 3 | "The Fault in ___ Stars" (2014 film based on a John Green novel) |
| 45% | BLADE | 5 | Superhero film based on the Marvel comics of the same name about a character who is part-vampire and part-mortal |
| 45% | EDEN | 4 | "East of ___" (James Dean film based on a Steinbeck novel) |
| 44% | TRANSFORMERS | 12 | 2007 action film based on a line of toys |
| 44% | ALADDIN | 7 | 1992 film based on a folktale of the same name |
| 43% | MEN | 3 | "Of Mice and ___," John Steinbeck novella |
| 43% | THELEGOMOVIE | 12 | 2014 animated film based on a line of toys: 3 wds. |
| 43% | MEN | 3 | "Of Mice and ___" (classic John Steinbeck novella) |
| 43% | MEN | 3 | "Of Mice and ___" (John Steinbeck novella) |
| 43% | THEFIRM | 7 | American legal thriller film based on a John Grisham novel by the same name: 2 wds. |
| 43% | THELIONKING | 11 | Musical based on Disney animated film of 1994 with music and direction by Elton John and Julie Taymor respectively: 3 wds. |
| 43% | CHICKENLITTLE | 13 | 2005 film based on a folktale of the same name: 2 wds. |
| 42% | IMPOSTOR | 8 | Gary Sinise/Madeleine Stowe sci-fi film based on a Philip K. Dick short story |
| 42% | GIJOE | 5 | Sci-fi film based on a toy franchise, "___: The Rise of Cobra": 3 wds. |
| 42% | HONDO | 5 | John Wayne film based on a Louis L'Amour story |
| 42% | GRAPES | 6 | "The ___ of Wrath," 1940 film starring Henry Fonda as a sharecropper, based on the eponymous John Steinbeck novel |
| 42% | TRON | 4 | Arcade game based on a film of the same name |
| 41% | JEMANDTHE | 9 | With 34-Across, October 2015 fantasy film based on a line of toys: 3 wds. |
| 41% | PLAZA | 5 | "Eloise at the ___" (Disney film based on a series of Kay Thompson children's novels) |
| 41% | NORTHANDSOUTH | 13 | 1985 miniseries based on a John Jakes novel, starring Patrick Swayze and James Read: 3 wds. |
| 41% | JUDE | 4 | 1996 period drama film based on a Thomas Hardy novel starring Kate Winslet and Christopher Eccleston |
| 41% | BLACK | 5 | "The ___ Stallion," 1979 adventure film based on a 1941 children's novel of the same name |
| 40% | MICE | 4 | John Steinbeck novella "Of ___ and Men" |
| 40% | CURIOUSGEORGE | 13 | Will Ferrell film based on a story series by H.A. Rey and Margret Rey (2 wds.) |
| 40% | MAY | 3 | "What Dreams ___ Come," fantasy drama film based on a novel of the same name starring Robin Williams |
| 40% | BADNEWSBEARS | 12 | Sports comedy, directed by Richard Linklater, based on an alcoholic baseball player and is also a reboot of 1976 film of the same name: 3 wds. |