| 100% | HENRYV | 6 | 1989 Emma Thompson movie based on a Shakespeare play: 2 wds. |
| 52% | ADO | 3 | "Much ___ About Nothing" (2013 movie based on a Shakespeare play) |
| 47% | PRIMARYCOLORS | 13 | 1998 Emma Thompson movie about a presidential campaign: 2 wds. |
| 47% | NEEDFOR | 7 | "___ Speed," Dominic Cooper movie based on a video game of the same name: 2 wds. |
| 47% | BATMANFOREVER | 13 | Comic book adaptation of the 1995 movie based on a DC Comics character: 2 wds. |
| 46% | TEENWOLF | 8 | Current MTV drama based on a Michael J. Fox movie: 2 wds. |
| 45% | FLASHGORDON | 11 | Movie based on a comic character starring Sam J. Jones, for which the band "Queen" composed the musical score: 2 wds. |
| 44% | OTELLO | 6 | Verdi opera based on a Shakespeare play |
| 44% | MEANGIRLS | 9 | 2018 Broadway musical, based on a 2004 teen comedy, readapted into a 2024 movie musical: 2 wds. |
| 43% | SIDE | 4 | "West ___ Story" (Sondheim musical based on a Shakespeare play) |
| 43% | TITUS | 5 | 1999 Anthony Hopkins film based on a Shakespeare play |
| 43% | THEPRODUCERS | 12 | 2001 Broadway musical, based on a 1967 Mel Brooks movie, readapted into a 2005 movie musical: 2 wds. |
| 43% | TRAININGDAY | 11 | 2017 TV series that's based on a Denzel Washington movie and stars Bill Paxton as a cop: 2 wds. |
| 42% | LESMIZ | 6 | 2012 movie musical based on a Victor Hugo novel, familiarly: 2 wds. |
| 42% | READYPLAYERONE | 14 | Movie based on a 2011 Ernest Cline book: 3 wds. |
| 41% | THEJUNGLEBOOK | 13 | 2016 movie based on a Rudyard Kipling classic: 3 wds. |
| 41% | 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. |
| 40% | INTHEHEIGHTS | 12 | New movie based on a Tony-winning Lin-Manuel Miranda musical: 3 wds. |
| 40% | ELECTRICSLIDE | 13 | 1970s novelty dance based on a Marcia Griffiths song: 2 wds. |
| 40% | SENSEAND | 8 | "___ Sensibility," 1995 period drama film based on the Jane Austen novel of the same name starring Kate Winslet and Emma Thompson: 2 wds. |
| 39% | SOFTA | 5 | "Upon so ___ subject as myself!" (Juliet's line in a Shakespeare play): 2 wds. |
| 39% | SLEEPYHOLLOW | 12 | Fox drama based on a Washington Irving story: 2 wds. |
| 39% | NOSIR | 5 | Denial on a military base: 2 wds. |
| 38% | SHESTHEMAN | 10 | 2006 Amanda Bynes movie based on Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night": 3 wds. |
| 38% | TRUEBLOOD | 9 | HBO show based on a series of Charlaine Harris books: 2 wds. |
| 38% | CHICKENLITTLE | 13 | 2005 film based on a folktale of the same name: 2 wds. |
| 38% | SCHINDLERSLIST | 14 | Steven Spielberg film based on a 1982 Thomas Keneally novel: 2 wds. |
| 38% | ANANT | 5 | "As industrious as ___" (simile based on a hill-dwelling insect): 2 wds. |
| 38% | WESTSIDESTORY | 13 | 1961 Natalie Wood movie based on Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet": 3 wds. |
| 38% | MUCHADOABOUT | 12 | "___ Nothing," a 1993 film based on a Shakespeare play, in which Keanu Reeves starred with the likes of Denzel Washington: 3 wds. |