| 100% | SELMA | 5 | 2014 Best Picture nominee based on historical events |
| 54% | ARGO | 4 | Best Picture winner based on events of 1979-80 |
| 47% | SELMA | 5 | 2014 Best Picture nominee depicting a famous march |
| 44% | NOMADLAND | 9 | Best Picture winner based on a 2017 book |
| 43% | RAINMAN | 7 | Best Picture winner based on the life of Kim Peek |
| 43% | ARRIVAL | 7 | 2017 Best Picture Oscar nominee based on a Ted Chiang novella about aliens and linguistics |
| 43% | ARGO | 4 | Best Picture winner based on the memoir "The Master of Disguise" |
| 42% | ARGO | 4 | Best Picture based on a hostage crisis |
| 41% | DUNE | 4 | 2022 Best Picture nominee set on a desert planet |
| 41% | GIGI | 4 | 1958 Best Picture winner based on a Colette novel |
| 40% | HUGO | 4 | Best Picture-nominated 2011 film based on a children's book |
| 40% | ARGO | 4 | Best Picture winner for 2012 that was based on a CIA operation |
| 39% | GIGI | 4 | 1958 Best Picture-winning musical based on a Colette novella |
| 39% | CIMARRON | 8 | 1931's Best Picture, based on an Edna Ferber novel |
| 39% | NOMADLAND | 9 | Best Picture winner based on a book with the subtitle Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century |
| 38% | CHICAGO | 7 | Only Best Picture Oscar winner based on a Broadway musical since the 1960s |
| 37% | BIRDMAN | 7 | 2014 Best Picture |
| 36% | OLIVER | 6 | 1968 musical based on an 18-/41-Across novel, winner of the Oscar for Best Picture |
| 36% | CITIZENFOUR | 11 | Documentary film based on Edward Snowden that won the Oscar for Best Documentary Feature in 2014 |
| 36% | TESS | 4 | Best Picture nominee in 1981 |
| 36% | THECRYINGGAME | 13 | Best Picture nominee of 1992 |
| 36% | FARGO | 5 | Best Picture nominee of 1996 |
| 36% | DOGDAYAFTERNOON | 15 | Best Picture nominee of 1975 |
| 36% | TOURIST | 7 | "The Accidental ___" (Best Picture Oscar nominee based on an Anne Tyler novel) |
| 35% | SELMA | 5 | Best Picture nominee for Ava DuVernay |
| 35% | JAWS | 4 | Best Picture nominee with three sequels |
| 35% | BABE | 4 | Best Picture nominee about a pig |
| 35% | CHOCOLAT | 8 | Best Picture nominee starring Juliette Binoche |
| 35% | STENCHOFAWOMAN | 14 | 1992 Best Picture nominee |
| 35% | ILLINOISPOSTINO | 15 | 1995 Best Picture nominee |