| 100% | AWAYFROMHER | 11 | *2007 movie based on a New Yorker short story by Alice Munro |
| 75% | THESWIMMER | 10 | *1968 movie based on a New Yorker short story by John Cheever |
| 60% | MEETMEINSTLOUIS | 15 | *1944 movie based on a series of New Yorker short stories by Sally Benson |
| 52% | INCOLDBLOOD | 11 | *1967 movie based on a series of New Yorker articles by Truman Capote |
| 42% | SHOUT | 5 | The —, 1978 horror film starring Alan Bates based on a short story by Robert Graves |
| 42% | JOHNNYMNEMONIC | 14 | 1995 film starring Keanu Reeves, based on a short story by 44-Across: 2 wds. |
| 42% | MIST | 4 | "The ___," 2007 movie starring Thomas Jane based on a story by Stephen King |
| 41% | NIGHTOFTHE | 10 | & 18D 1957 horror starring Dana Andrews and Peggy Cummins based on a short story by M R James |
| 41% | RAIN | 4 | 1932 film drama starring Joan Crawford as Sadie Thompson based on a short story by W Somerset Maugham |
| 38% | STAND | 5 | "___ by Me" (Rob Reiner film based on a Stephen King short story) |
| 38% | BEFORE | 6 | "The Nightmare ___ Christmas," 1993 animated movie based on a poem by Tim Burton |
| 37% | STARDUST | 8 | 2007 summer movie based on a Neil Gaiman book |
| 37% | FORREST | 7 | "___ Gump," Tom Hanks movie based on a novel by Winston Groom which released in 1994 |
| 37% | INTHEHEIGHTS | 12 | New movie based on a Tony-winning Lin-Manuel Miranda musical: 3 wds. |
| 37% | BAMBI | 5 | 1942 Walt Disney animation based on a story by Felix Salten |
| 36% | SULLY | 5 | 2016 Tom Hanks movie based on the true story of a pilot |
| 36% | BAMBI | 5 | 1942 Walt Disney film animation based on a story by Felix Salten |
| 36% | MULAN | 5 | 1998 Disney animated movie based on a Chinese folk story depicted in the eponymous 6th-century ballad |
| 36% | THEJUNGLEBOOK | 13 | Jon Favreau film based on a story collection by Rudyard Kipling (3 wds.) |
| 36% | ARGYLLE | 7 | 2024 movie based on a book by Elly Conway (which some claim is a pseudonym for Taylor Swift) |
| 35% | PETERRABBIT | 11 | New movie about a bunny, based on stories written in early 1900s England: 2 wds. |
| 35% | MINORITYREPORT | 14 | 2002 Tom Cruise thriller based on a Philip K. Dick short story: 2 wds. |
| 35% | IMPOSTOR | 8 | Gary Sinise/Madeleine Stowe sci-fi film based on a Philip K. Dick short story |
| 35% | TOTALRECALL | 11 | 1990 Arnold Schwarzenegger sci-fi film based on a Philip K. Dick short story: 2 wds. |
| 35% | SECRETLIFEOF | 12 | , 12A & 19A The —, 1947 comedy film starring Danny Kaye based on a story by James Thurber |
| 34% | TRUE | 4 | "This movie is based on a ___ story" |
| 34% | CURIOUSGEORGE | 13 | Will Ferrell film based on a story series by H.A. Rey and Margret Rey (2 wds.) |