| 100% | IGOR | 4 | 2008 animated movie loosely based on the Frankenstein story |
| 51% | TANGLED | 7 | 2010 animated movie loosely based on Rapunzel starring Mandy Moore |
| 50% | MULAN | 5 | 1998 Disney animated movie based on a Chinese folk story depicted in the eponymous 6th-century ballad |
| 46% | TROY | 4 | Brad Pitt movie loosely based on "The Iliad" |
| 43% | BARBIE | 6 | "___ in the 12 Dancing Princesses," animated dance movie loosely based on a Grimm fairytale |
| 41% | SULLY | 5 | 2016 Tom Hanks movie based on the true story of a pilot |
| 41% | TROY | 4 | 2004 historical film loosely based on the Iliad |
| 40% | LEGO | 4 | "The ___ Movie," animated film franchise based on the iconic construction toys |
| 40% | RENT | 4 | Broadway musical loosely based on the opera "La Bohème" |
| 40% | RENT | 4 | 1990s musical loosely based on the opera "La Bohème" |
| 40% | RENT | 4 | Musical that was loosely based on the opera "La Bohème" |
| 40% | BADA | 4 | ___ Bing! (television hangout loosely based on the strip club Wiggles) |
| 40% | WESTEROS | 8 | “Game of Thrones” region loosely based on the British Isles |
| 39% | EPIC | 4 | 2013 animated movie based on the book "The Leaf Men and the Brave Good Bugs" |
| 39% | DOANDROIDSDREAM | 15 | With 20-Across, story by 42-Across on which the movie "Blade Runner" is based |
| 39% | WECANREMEMBERIT | 15 | With 59-Across, story by 42-Across on which the movie "Total Recall" is based |
| 39% | IRONGIANT | 9 | 1999 animated tearjerker based on a Ted Hughes story, with The |
| 39% | GANG | 4 | "Gridiron ___," 2006 biographical sports film loosely based on the team Kilpatrick Mustangs |
| 38% | SATYAGRAHA | 10 | 1979 opera by Philip Glass loosely based on the life of Mahatma Gandhi |
| 38% | TRUE | 4 | "Based on a ___ story" (like the movies at 44a, 50a, 52a, and 5d) |
| 37% | TROY | 4 | Brad Pitt's epic period war film loosely based on the decade-long Trojan War |
| 37% | ANTZ | 4 | 1998 animated film loosely based on "Brave New World" |
| 36% | KUNGFU | 6 | "___ Panda," 2008 animated movie featuring the voice of Jack Black: 2 wds. |
| 36% | BABE | 4 | Movie based on the children's book "The Sheep-Pig" |
| 36% | MARLEYANDME | 11 | Movie starring Owen Wilson that is based on the true story of writer John Grogan's dog: 3 wds. |
| 36% | BEFORE | 6 | "The Nightmare ___ Christmas," 1993 animated movie based on a poem by Tim Burton |
| 36% | STAR | 4 | "___ Wars: Rebellion," 2016 board game based on the eponymous sci-fi movie series |
| 36% | BLADERUNNER | 11 | Movie based on the book "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" |
| 36% | WOODY | 5 | Animated cowboy character from the Pixar movie "Toy Story" |
| 36% | TRUE | 4 | "This movie is based on a ___ story" |