| 100% | MARTIAN | 7 | "The ___," 2011 novel by Andy Weir with a film adaptation starring Matt Damon |
| 50% | DUNE | 4 | 1965 novel by Frank Herbert with a film adaptation starring Timothee Chalamet |
| 49% | CARRIE | 6 | 1974 debut novel by Stephen King with a film adaptation starring Sissy Spacek |
| 48% | TOWER | 5 | "The Dark ___," series of novels by Stephen King with a film adaptation starring Idris Elba |
| 47% | SEMATARY | 8 | "Pet ___," 1983 novel by Stephen King with a film adaptation starring Jason Clarke |
| 43% | SHINING | 7 | "The ___," 1977 novel by Stephen King with a film adaptation directed by Stanley Kubrick |
| 40% | THERAINMAKER | 12 | 1997 Francis Ford Coppola film starring Matt Damon adapted from a novel by John Grisham (2 wds.) |
| 40% | CARRIE | 6 | 1974 Stephen King novel with a film adaptation starring Sissy Spacek |
| 40% | GAME | 4 | "Ender's ___," 1985 novel by Orson Scott Card with a film adaptation starring Asa Butterfield |
| 39% | HOUSEOFMIRTH | 12 | 1905 novel by 39-Across adapted as a film starring Gillian Anderson as socialite Lily Bart, with "The" (3 wds.) |
| 39% | TIME | 4 | "A Wrinkle in ___," 1962 novel by Madeleine L'Engle with a film adaptation starring Storm Reid |
| 38% | FIGHTCLUB | 9 | 1996 novel by Chuck Palahniuk featuring an unnamed protagonist, with a film adaptation starring Brad Pitt and Edward Norton: 2 wds. |
| 36% | ZOO | 3 | We Bought a __, 2011 film starring Matt Damon |
| 35% | IROBOT | 6 | 1950 sci-fi fixup novel by Isaac Asimov that shares its title with a 2004 film starring Will Smith: 2 wds. |
| 35% | ETHANFROME | 10 | 1911 novel by 39-Across adapted as a film starring Liam Neeson as the title farmer in an unhappy marriage (2 wds.) |
| 35% | INTERVIEW | 9 | "___ with the Vampire," 1976 gothic horror novel by Anne Rice that was adapted into a film starring Brad Pitt |
| 34% | DOLPHINTALE | 11 | 2011 American drama film starring Nathan Gamble which was inspired by the true rescue story of a marine animal named Winter: 2 wds. |
| 34% | TINKERTAILOR | 12 | "___ Soldier, Spy," a 2011 spy film starring Tom Hardy along with the likes of Benedict Cumberbatch and Colin Firth: 2 wds. |
| 34% | LALALANDING | 11 | Film adaptation with ... a choir arriving at the airport? (2016) |
| 33% | THESEAOFGRASS | 13 | 1947 Western drama film directed by Elia Kazan based on a 1936 novel of the same name, starring Katharine Hepburn: 4 wds. |
| 33% | MARTIAN | 7 | 2015 sci-fi film starring Matt Damon, with "The" |
| 33% | GERMAN | 6 | I'm in Love With a __ Film Star, sang the Passions |
| 33% | THERAINMAKER | 12 | 1997 legal drama film starring Matt Damon which is based on John Grisham's novel of the same name: 2 wds. |
| 33% | HELP | 4 | "The ___," 2011 Emma Stone film starring a female ensemble cast that is based on a Kathryn Stockett novel |
| 33% | GOOD | 4 | "___ Will Hunting," drama starring Matt Damon that's one of the highest-grossing independent films |
| 32% | BOUGHTAZOO | 10 | "We ___," a 2011 film starring Matt Damon and Scarlett Johansson - whose birthday it is today: 3 wds. |
| 32% | NOBODYSFOOL | 11 | Novel by 28-Across adapted as a 1994 film starring Paul Newman (2 wds.) |
| 31% | SOPHIESCHOICE | 13 | 1979 novel by 47-Across adapted into a film starring 30-Across (2 wds.) |
| 31% | THERIVERKING | 12 | 2000 novel by 46-Across adapted as a film starring Edward Burns (3 wds.) |