| 100% | LOLITA | 6 | 1962 dramedy based on a Nabokov novel, in which Peter Sellers' character assumes several disguises |
| 34% | FORREST | 7 | "___ Gump," Tom Hanks movie based on a novel by Winston Groom which released in 1994 |
| 34% | LOLITA | 6 | Kubrick film based on a Nabokov novel |
| 32% | LOVEYOU | 7 | "P.S. I ___," film based on a novel which shares its title with a 1962 song by The Beatles: 2 wds. |
| 32% | LIFESUPPORT | 11 | A 2007 movie in which Queen Latifah's (birthday today) character was based on Ana Wallace: 2 wds. |
| 31% | LOLITA | 6 | 1997 film starring Jeremy Irons and Melanie Griffith that is based on a Nabokov novel |
| 31% | 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. |
| 31% | MONEYBALL | 9 | Brad Pitt's 2011 sports drama film based on a Michael Lewis novel of the same name in which 20a plays his ex-wife |
| 31% | JAWS | 4 | 1975 thriller based on a Peter Benchley novel |
| 30% | FOURTHESTATE | 12 | "The ___," a novel by Jeffrey Archer in which a character was based on media mogul Rupert Murdoch (birthday today): 2 wds. |
| 29% | THEPINK | 7 | With 50-Across, comedy film series in which Peter Sellers originated the role of a bumbling detective: 2 wds. |
| 28% | QUEENSUGAR | 10 | OWN series based on a Natalie Baszile novel about a family farm in Louisiana (2 wds.) |
| 28% | ASTROBOY | 8 | Animated superhero film based on a manga character known as Mighty Atom in Japan (2 wds.) |
| 28% | LAD | 3 | "__: a Dog": 1962 film based on a 1919 novel |
| 28% | MIMI | 4 | "Rent" character based on a seamstress in "La Bohème" |
| 28% | SMILLA | 6 | Title character in a Peter Hoeg best seller |
| 27% | HIGHFIDELITY | 12 | Film based on a Nick Hornby novel set in a record shop starring John Cusack and Joan Cusack (2 wds.) |
| 27% | FLASHGORDON | 11 | Movie based on a comic character starring Sam J. Jones, for which the band "Queen" composed the musical score: 2 wds. |
| 27% | FAIRLADY | 8 | Musical based on a novel by George Bernard Shaw, "My ___" was the longest-running Broadway show between 1956 - 1962: 2 wds. |
| 26% | UGLYBETTY | 9 | Popular TV dramedy based on a Colombian telenovela |
| 26% | ALTEREDCARBON | 13 | Netflix series, based on a cyberpunk novel, set more than 300 years in the future: 2 wds. |
| 26% | MIND | 4 | "A Beautiful ___" biographical drama based on a novel by Sylvia Nasar which is about a Nobel laureate John Nash |
| 25% | HER | 3 | "In ___ Shoes" (Cameron Diaz film based on a Jennifer Weiner novel) |
| 25% | THELOSTWORLD | 12 | Novel by Michael Crichton on which the sequel to 26a which was released in 1997 was based: 3 wds. |
| 25% | ELMO | 4 | Love2Learn ___ (toy based on a "Sesame Street" character) |
| 25% | CAMELOT | 7 | Musical based on a T. H. White novel |
| 25% | WARHORSE | 8 | 2011 movie based on a Michael Morpurgo novel |
| 25% | PRIDE&PREJUDICE | 15 | 2005 film based on a Jane Austen novel |
| 25% | DUNE | 4 | 2021 epic based on a Frank Herbert novel |
| 25% | FORRESTGUMP | 11 | 1994 movie based on a Winston Groom novel |