| 100% | CYRANO | 6 | “___ de Bergerac” (play on which the 1987 film “Roxanne” was based) |
| 58% | EMMA | 4 | Novel on which the film "Clueless" is based |
| 58% | EMMA | 4 | 1815 novel on which the film "Clueless" was based |
| 58% | DEAD | 4 | "The ___," 1987 film directed by John Huston which is based on a short story by James Joyce |
| 57% | ROXANNE | 7 | 1987 film loosely based on "Cyrano de Bergerac" |
| 56% | NWA | 3 | Rap group on which the film "Straight Outta Compton" is based: Abbr. |
| 56% | NICHOLASHOULT | 13 | Actor who plays the protagonist in "Jack the Giant Slayer," which is a fantasy film based on British fairy tales: 2 wds. |
| 54% | IAM | 3 | “___ a Camera” (play on which the musical “Cabaret” was based) |
| 53% | YOU | 3 | "I Heard ___ Paint Houses," 2004 non-fiction book on which the 2019 epic crime film "The Irishman" is based |
| 51% | IAMACAMERA | 10 | Play on which "Cabaret" is based |
| 50% | PYGMALION | 9 | Play on which My Fair Lady was based |
| 50% | AWAKENINGS | 10 | Robert De Niro's 1990 film which was based on British neurologist Oliver Sacks's memoir of the same name |
| 50% | THEAVENGERS | 11 | Team of superheroes created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby for Marvel Comics on which the highest-grossing film of 2018 was based: 2 wds. |
| 49% | JUSTICELEAGUE | 13 | DC Comics superhero team on which the 2017 film of the same name was based: 2 wds. |
| 49% | LABOHEME | 8 | Opera on which the musical Rent was based |
| 49% | TEN | 3 | Number on which the decimal system is based |
| 49% | EWANMCGREGOR | 12 | Actor who plays the protagonist in "Christopher Robin" which is a fantasy film based on "Winnie-the-Pooh": 2 wds. |
| 49% | BLACKANDWHITE | 13 | Film based on the story of Max Stuart in which actor Ben Mendelsohn plays media mogul Rupert Murdoch: 3 wds. |
| 49% | LATOSCA | 7 | 1887 play on which a 1900 opera is based |
| 48% | SHREK | 5 | William Steig book on which a hit 2001 film was based |
| 48% | IRONWEED | 8 | American Drama film of 1987 starring Meryl Streep which is based on William Kennedy's novel of the same name |
| 47% | PYGMALION | 9 | 1912 play on which "My Fair Lady" was based |
| 47% | ALLABOUTEVE | 11 | 1950 movie on which the musical "Applause" is based |
| 47% | SARDOU | 6 | Victorien who wrote “La Tosca,” on which the Puccini opera is based |
| 47% | LILI | 4 | Film on which "Carnival" was based |
| 47% | STEVEMARTIN | 11 | "Only Murders in the Building" actor who plays a character based on Cyrano de Bergerac in the film "Roxanne" (2 wds.) |
| 46% | ONLYLIVETWICE | 13 | "You ___" 1967 British spy film which is loosely based on Ian Fleming's novel of the same name, starring Sean Connery: 3 wds. |
| 45% | ITINA | 5 | Autobiography on which the biopic "What's Love Got to Do With It" is based |
| 45% | FORRESTGUMP | 11 | Tom Hanks' 1994 drama film based on a Winston Groom novel of the same name in which 20a plays his love interest: 2 wds. |