| 100% | MIAMIVICE | 9 | 1980s cop show made into a 2006 film starring Colin Farrell: 2 wds. |
| 64% | THEATEAM | 8 | 1980s action show made into a 2010 film starring Liam Neeson: 2 wds. |
| 54% | THEDUKES | 8 | With 47-Across, 1980s action-comedy show made into a 2005 film starring Johnny Knoxville: 2 wds. |
| 42% | MORTALKOMBAT | 12 | Video game franchise made into a 1995 film starring Linden Ashby (2 wds.) |
| 41% | THEROAD | 7 | 2006 Cormac McCarthy novel, later made into a Viggo Mortensen film: 2 wds. |
| 41% | MYSTICRIVER | 11 | Dennis Lehane novel made into a film starring Sean Penn and Tim Robbins (2 wds.) |
| 41% | SHUTTERISLAND | 13 | Dennis Lehane novel made into a film starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Mark Ruffalo (2 wds.) |
| 41% | SAFEHAVEN | 9 | Nicholas Sparks novel made into a film starring Josh Duhamel and Julianne Hough (2 wds.) |
| 41% | THECHOICE | 9 | Nicholas Sparks novel made into a film starring Benjamin Walker and Teresa Palmer (2 wds.) |
| 41% | THENOTEBOOK | 11 | Nicholas Sparks novel made into a film starring Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams (2 wds.) |
| 40% | STREETFIGHTER | 13 | Video game franchise made into a 1994 film starring Jean-Claude Van Damme (2 wds.) |
| 39% | THEHOURS | 8 | 1998 Michael Cunningham novel, later made into a Nicole Kidman film: 2 wds. |
| 38% | TORTILLAFLAT | 12 | Novel by 32-Across made into a 1942 film starring Spencer Tracy and Hedy Lamarr (2 wds.) |
| 38% | LIVEBYNIGHT | 11 | Dennis Lehane novel made into a film starring Ben Affleck and Elle Fanning (3 wds.) |
| 38% | THEBESTOFME | 11 | Nicholas Sparks novel made into a film starring James Marsden and Michelle Monaghan (4 wds.) |
| 38% | STRIPTEASE | 10 | Novel by 44-Across that was made into a movie starring Demi Moore: 2 wds. |
| 38% | DAVINCI | 7 | "The ___ Code," 2003 novel by Dan Brown that was made into a film: 2 wds. |
| 38% | RESIDENTEVIL | 12 | Video game franchise made into a series of films starring Milla Jovovich (2 wds.) |
| 37% | THEBOOKTHIEF | 12 | Award-winning Markus Zusak novel made into a film starring 3-Down and 10-Down (3 wds.) |
| 37% | THEHATEUGIVE | 12 | 2017 bestselling novel by 39-Across made into a film starring Amandla Stenberg and Regina Hall (4 wds.) |
| 37% | THEHATEUGIVE | 12 | 2017 bestselling novel by Angie Thomas made into a film starring Amandla Stenberg and Regina Hall (4 wds.) |
| 37% | DREAMGIRLS | 10 | Hit 1981 Broadway musical made into a 2006 film |
| 37% | DENNISLEHANE | 12 | Author of the 2001 novel "Mystic River" that was made into a 2003 Sean Penn film: 2 wds. |
| 35% | SHUTTERISLAND | 13 | Novel by 44-Across made into a film directed by Martin Scorsese (2 wds.) |
| 35% | WOLFMCQUADE | 11 | "Lone ___" 1983 action film starring Chuck Norris (birthday today) and David Carradine that made Norris a household name: 2 wds. |
| 34% | OFMICEANDMEN | 12 | Novella by 32-Across made into a 1939 film starring Lon Chaney Jr. and Burgess Meredith (4 wds.) |
| 34% | APAINTEDHOUSE | 13 | Novel by John Grisham which was made into a television film starring Scott Glenn in 2003: 3 wds. |
| 33% | CLARKSTORY | 10 | "The Ron ___," 2006 film starring Matthew Perry based on a real life educator who leaves his hometown to teach in a New York City public school: 2 wds. |
| 33% | THEORIENT | 9 | "Murder on ___ Express," Agatha Christie's detective novel published in 1934, which was adapted into a film starring Kenneth Branagh in 2017: 2 wds. |
| 33% | BRIDGETJ1SSDIARY | 16 | 1996 Helen Fielding book made into a film starring Renée Zellweger |