| 100% | TOURIST | 7 | "The Accidental ___" (William Hurt film based on an Anne Tyler novel) |
| 63% | TOURIST | 7 | "The Accidental ___" (Best Picture Oscar nominee based on an Anne Tyler novel) |
| 52% | DOUBTFIRE | 9 | "Mrs. ___," comedy-drama film based on a novel by Anne Fine starring Robin Williams |
| 50% | PRECIOUS | 8 | 2009 drama film based on the novel "Push" that stars Paula Patton as an alternative-school teacher |
| 50% | MAY | 3 | "What Dreams ___ Come," fantasy drama film based on a novel of the same name starring Robin Williams |
| 50% | BRIDE | 5 | "The Princess ___" (Rob Reiner film based on a William Goldman novel) |
| 49% | BAMBI | 5 | Disney film based on an Austrian novel |
| 48% | END | 3 | "Howards ___" (Emma Thompson film based on an E.M. Forster novel) |
| 48% | EMMA | 4 | 2020 film based on an 1815 Jane Austen novel |
| 47% | RUMBLEFISH | 10 | Matt Dillon film based on an S. E. Hinton novel |
| 47% | FIELDOFDREAMS | 13 | Film based on the novel "Shoeless Joe" (#32) |
| 47% | AGONY | 5 | "The ___ and the Ecstasy" (Charlton Heston film based on an Irving Stone novel) |
| 47% | APASSAGETOINDIA | 15 | 1984 film based on the 1924 novel |
| 46% | NILE | 4 | "Death on the ___" (Kenneth Branagh film based on an Agatha Christie novel) |
| 46% | AND | 3 | "Sense ___ Sensibility" (Emma Thompson/Kate Winslet film based on an Austen novel) |
| 46% | NAKEDLUNCH | 10 | *1991 cult film based on a William S. Burroughs novel |
| 46% | GETSHORTY | 9 | 1995 film based on an Elmore Leonard novel |
| 46% | SAND | 4 | "House of ___ and Fog" (2003 film based on an Andre Dubus III novel) |
| 46% | BABE | 4 | Film based on the 1983 children's novel "The Sheep-Pig" |
| 45% | ROOM | 4 | "A ___ with a View" (Maggie Smith film based on an E.M. Forster novel) |
| 45% | CLUELESS | 8 | Alicia Silverstone film based on the Jane Austen novel "Emma" |
| 45% | CAROL | 5 | Cate Blanchett film based on the novel "The Price of Salt" |
| 45% | GETSHORTY | 9 | 1995 crime film based on an Elmore Leonard novel |
| 45% | ATONEMENT | 9 | Keira Knightley film based on an Ian McEwan novel |
| 44% | GIA | 3 | Angelina Jolie starrer biographical film based on the life of an American supermodel |
| 43% | EMMA | 4 | Novel on which the film "Clueless" is based |
| 43% | GIVE | 4 | "The Hate U ___" (Amandla Stenberg film based on an Angie Thomas novel) |
| 43% | HATE | 4 | "The ___ U Give" (Amandla Stenberg film based on an Angie Thomas novel) |
| 43% | ALSO | 4 | "The Sun ___ Rises" (Ava Gardner film based on an Ernest Hemingway novel) |
| 42% | OLIVER | 6 | 1968 musical based on an 18-/41-Across novel, winner of the Oscar for Best Picture |