| 100% | THEWIZARDOFOZ | 13 | 1939 fantasy movie that's based on the same books as 18-Across: 4 wds. |
| 40% | THEWIZARDOFOZ | 13 | Judy Garland movie that AFI lists as the #1 fantasy film of all time: 4 wds. |
| 39% | THEFOGOFWAR | 11 | Documentary film based on Robert S. McNamara that won the Oscar for Best Documentary Feature in 2003: 4 wds. |
| 37% | AMERICANGODS | 12 | Starz fantasy drama based on 16-Across's 2001 novel of the same name: 2 wds. |
| 36% | TRAININGDAY | 11 | 2017 TV series that's based on a Denzel Washington movie and stars Bill Paxton as a cop: 2 wds. |
| 36% | STEPHENKING | 11 | Author of "It," based on whose books movies such as "The Shining" have been also been made: 2 wds. |
| 36% | RICHIERICH | 10 | A 1994 film based on the comics of the same name, starring Macaulay Culkin (birthday today) as the world's wealthiest kid: 2 wds. |
| 35% | MARLEYANDME | 11 | Movie starring Owen Wilson that is based on the true story of writer John Grogan's dog: 3 wds. |
| 35% | THEFAULTINOUR | 13 | "___ Stars," romantic tragedy film starring Ansel Elgort based on the novel of the same name: 4 wds. |
| 35% | OSCARDELAHOYA | 13 | Mexican-American boxer whose first name is the same as a movie award: 4 wds. |
| 35% | MARYPOPPINS | 11 | Musical based on children's books by P.L. Travers and 1964 Disney film of the same name: 2 wds. |
| 34% | TOMWOLFE | 8 | Author of the 1979 book about space flight that 34-Across is based on: 2 wds. |
| 34% | BABE | 4 | Movie based on the children's book "The Sheep-Pig" |
| 33% | ANTZ | 4 | Movie that came out about the same time as "A Bug's Life" |
| 33% | ANTZ | 4 | Movie that improbably came out the same year as "A Bug's Life" |
| 33% | THEIDESOFMARCH | 14 | 2011 political drama based on the play "Farragut North," that stars Evan Rachel Wood beside George Clooney and Ryan Gosling: 4 wds. |
| 33% | BIGMIRACLE | 10 | 2012 Drew Barrymore movie based on the nonfiction book "Freeing the Whales": 2 wds. |
| 32% | ALLY | 4 | Nation that's on the same side as yours |
| 32% | SOMENIGHTS | 10 | #3 fun. hit with the same title as the album that 14-, 19- and 44-Across are on: 2 wds. |
| 32% | GREENZONE | 9 | 2010 Matt Damon movie based on the nonfiction book "Imperial Life in the Emerald City": 2 wds. |
| 32% | OTTERSJUG | 9 | "Emmet ___-Band Christmas," a TV special based on the children's story of the same name: 2 wds. |
| 32% | INTOTHEWILD | 11 | 2007 film starring Emile Hirsch based on a book of the same name by Jon Krakauer set in the Alaskan wilderness: 3 wds. |
| 31% | ALLY | 4 | Nation that's on the same side as yours in a war |
| 31% | DANCETHENIGHT | 13 | Grammy-nominated 18-Across hit that appeared on "Barbie the Album": 3 wds. |
| 30% | THEWORSTWITCH | 13 | Netflix children's fantasy based on books by 24-Across (3 wds.) |
| 30% | MANOFLAMANCHA | 13 | Broadway musical based on the Miguel de Cervantes novel "Don Quixote": 4 wds. |
| 30% | BLADERUNNER | 11 | Movie based on the book "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" |
| 30% | INTHEHEIGHTS | 12 | 2021 movie musical based on the stage musical by 14-Across: 3 wds. |
| 30% | MARY | 4 | "___ Poppins," 1964 musical fantasy film based on P. L. Travers's book series of the same name |
| 30% | THELOSTCITYOFZ | 14 | Charlie Hunnam film based on a 52-Across book subtitled "A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon" (5 wds.) |