| 100% | GETSHORTY | 9 | 1995 comedy film starring 17-Across and 30-Across based on an Elmore Leonard novel (2 wds.) |
| 56% | THEGRADUATE | 11 | 1967 romantic comedy film starring Dustin Hoffman and Anne Bancroft based on a Charles Webb novel of the same name: 2 wds. |
| 54% | MARYPOPPINS | 11 | 1964 film starring 17-Across and 30-Across based on children's books by P.L. Travers about a magical nanny (2 wds.) |
| 54% | GETSHORTY | 9 | 1995 film based on an Elmore Leonard novel |
| 50% | 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. |
| 49% | GET | 3 | "___ Shorty" (1995 John Travolta film based on an Elmore Leonard novel) |
| 49% | LITTLEWOMEN | 11 | 2019 Greta Gerwig film starring Emma Watson, 17-Across, and 28-Across based on a Louisa May Alcott novel (2 wds.) |
| 48% | GETSHORTY | 9 | 1995 crime film based on an Elmore Leonard novel |
| 48% | GETSHORTY | 9 | 1995 crime caper based on an Elmore Leonard novel |
| 48% | LESMISERABLES | 13 | 2012 musical film starring 18-Across as 43-Across based on an 1862 Victor Hugo novel (2 wds.) |
| 48% | ELLAENCHANTED | 13 | Fantasy comedy film starring Hugh Dancy and 44-Across as characters based on a fairy tale (2 wds.) |
| 47% | EASYA | 5 | Teen comedy film starring Emma Stone that was based on the novel "The Scarlet Letter": 2 wds. |
| 45% | DEEPWATER | 9 | 2022 psychological thriller film starring Ben Affleck and Ana de Armas, based on Patricia Highsmith's eponymous novel: 2 wds. |
| 44% | BREAKINGPOINT | 13 | "The ___," a 1950 film noir starring John Garfield and Patricia Neal, based on Ernest Hemingway's novel "TO Have and Have Not": 2 wds. |
| 43% | MONSTERSINC | 11 | Pixar film starring 17-Across and 30-Across adapted as a Disney+ series (2 wds.) |
| 43% | THENOTEBOOK | 11 | 2004 romantic drama starring 13-Across and based on a Nicholas Sparks novel: 2 wds. |
| 43% | JOHNNYMNEMONIC | 14 | 1995 film starring Keanu Reeves, based on a short story by 44-Across: 2 wds. |
| 42% | HIGHFIDELITY | 12 | Film based on a Nick Hornby novel set in a record shop starring John Cusack and Joan Cusack (2 wds.) |
| 42% | LOSINGISAIAH | 12 | 1995 film drama starring Jessica Lange and Halle Berry based on a novel by Seth Margolis |
| 42% | PIECESOFHER | 11 | Netflix series starring 17-Across, 29-Across, and Bella Heathcote based on a novel by Karin Slaughter (3 wds.) |
| 42% | GETSHORTY | 9 | 1995 Travolta film based on Elmore Leonard novel |
| 42% | BOYSCLUB | 8 | "Billionaire ___," crime drama film starring Ansel Elgort and Emma Roberts based on a real life Ponzi scheme: 2 wds. |
| 42% | RUNAWAYJURY | 11 | 2003 legal thriller film starring Dustin Hoffman (birthday today) and John Cusack, based on the John Grisham novel of the same name: 2 wds. |
| 42% | MEANGIRLS | 9 | 2024 musical teen comedy written by Tina Fey starring 17-Across and 30-Across (2 wds.) |
| 42% | GONEGIRL | 8 | 2014 film starring 36-Across based on a 2012 Gillian Flynn novel (2 wds.) |
| 41% | ANTEBELLUM | 10 | 2020 horror film starring 17-Across and 29-Across set on an Underground Railroad route |
| 41% | MYFRIENDIRMA | 12 | 1949 comedy film starring 17-Across and 39-Across together for the first time (3 wds.) |
| 41% | LESMISERABLES | 13 | Hugh Jackman and 49-Across film based on a Victor Hugo novel (2 wds.) |
| 41% | 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.) |
| 41% | THESENTINEL | 11 | A 2006 crime thriller based on Gerald Petievich's novel, starring 18a and Michael Douglas: 2 wds. |