| 100% | THEOUTSIDERS | 12 | 1983 Francis Ford Coppola film starring Rob Lowe adapted from a novel by S.E. Hinton (2 wds.) |
| 62% | THERAINMAKER | 12 | 1997 Francis Ford Coppola film starring Matt Damon adapted from a novel by John Grisham (2 wds.) |
| 62% | THEGODFATHER | 12 | 1972 Francis Ford Coppola film starring Marlon Brando adapted from a novel by Mario Puzo (2 wds.) |
| 40% | FISH | 4 | "Rumble ___," 1983 drama film by Francis Ford Coppola based on the eponymous novel by S.E. Hinton |
| 39% | OUTSIDERS | 9 | "The ___," 1983 drama film by Francis Ford Coppola that was based on the eponymous novel by S.E. Hinton |
| 36% | NOBODYSFOOL | 11 | Novel by 28-Across adapted as a 1994 film starring Paul Newman (2 wds.) |
| 36% | SOPHIESCHOICE | 13 | 1979 novel by 47-Across adapted into a film starring 30-Across (2 wds.) |
| 35% | TEX | 3 | S.E. Hinton novel adapted into a 1982 film starring Matt Dillon |
| 35% | MAGICLESSONS | 12 | 2020 novel by 46-Across that's a prequel to her 1995 novel adapted as a film starring Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman (2 wds.) |
| 33% | THERIVERKING | 12 | 2000 novel by 46-Across adapted as a film starring Edward Burns (3 wds.) |
| 33% | THENAMESAKE | 11 | Debut novel by 25-Across/27-Across that was adapted as a film starring Kal Penn and directed by Mira Nair (2 wds.) |
| 33% | THEDRY | 6 | Novel by Australian author Jane Harper that was adapted into a movie starring Eric Bana: 2 wds. |
| 33% | OLDMAN | 6 | *"The ___ and the Sea," 1952 novel by Ernest Hemingway that was adapted into a 1958 film: 2 wds. |
| 32% | ONCHESILBEACH | 13 | Booker Prize-shortlisted novel by 48-Across adapted as a 2017 film starring Saoirse Ronan (3 wds.) |
| 32% | THEGODFATHER | 12 | Francis Ford Coppola's crime film which chronicles the fictional Corleone crime family: 2 wds. |
| 32% | DEATHONTHENILE | 14 | Novel by 19-Across set in Egypt adapted into a 2022 film starring and directed by 33-Across (4 wds.) |
| 32% | WOMENTALKING | 12 | Novel by 36-Across about an isolated Mennonite community in Bolivia that was adapted by 17-Across into a film starring Frances McDormand, Claire Foy, and Rooney Mara (2 wds.) |
| 32% | LEGALLYBLONDE | 13 | 2001 American comedy film starring Reese Witherspoon (birthday today) that was adapted from an Amanda Brown novel: 2 wds. |
| 31% | IROBOT | 6 | 1950 sci-fi fixup novel by Isaac Asimov that shares its title with a 2004 film starring Will Smith: 2 wds. |
| 31% | FIGHTCLUB | 9 | 1996 novel by Chuck Palahniuk featuring an unnamed protagonist, with a film adaptation starring Brad Pitt and Edward Norton: 2 wds. |
| 31% | EMPIREFALLS | 11 | Novel by 28-Across adapted as a 2005 HBO miniseries starring Paul Newman (2 wds.) |
| 31% | APOCALYPSENOW | 13 | 1979 Vietnam War film directed by Francis Ford Coppola: 2 wds |
| 31% | DEARJOHN | 8 | Novel by Nicholas Sparks about a US Army soldier whose father suffers from Asperger's syndrome: 2 wds. |
| 31% | WHITENOISE | 10 | Novel by 44-Across that was adapted as a 2022 film by Noah Baumbach (2 wds.) |
| 30% | TORTILLAFLAT | 12 | Novel by 32-Across made into a 1942 film starring Spencer Tracy and Hedy Lamarr (2 wds.) |
| 30% | GILLIANFLYNN | 12 | Author of "Gone Girl," a novel adapted into a film starring Rosamund Pike (2 wds.) |
| 30% | STELMOSFIRE | 11 | 1985 coming-of-age film starring Rob Lowe as a former frat boy: 3 wds. |
| 30% | PAULAHAWKINS | 12 | Author of "The Girl on the Train," a novel adapted into a film starring Emily Blunt (2 wds.) |
| 29% | THERAINMAKER | 12 | 1997 Francis Ford Coppola-directed legal drama starring Matt Damon and Claire Danes: 2 wds. |
| 29% | APOCALYPSENOW | 13 | 1979 Francis Ford Coppola-directed war drama starring Marlon Brando and Robert Duvall: 2 wds. |