| 100% | THEGOLDFINCH | 12 | 2019 film based on a 2013 best-selling novel by Donna Tartt: 2 wds. |
| 52% | THEFIRM | 7 | American legal thriller film based on a John Grisham novel by the same name: 2 wds. |
| 50% | ANNAKARENINA | 12 | Keira Knightley film based on a novel by Leo Tolstoy (2 wds.) |
| 50% | THEAFTERMATH | 12 | Keira Knightley film based on a novel by Rhidian Brook (2 wds.) |
| 50% | LOVEYOU | 7 | "P.S. I ___," film based on a novel which shares its title with a 1962 song by The Beatles: 2 wds. |
| 49% | CHARLOTTESWEB | 13 | Julia Roberts/Dakota Fanning film based on a novel by E.B. White (2 wds.) |
| 47% | THEWIZARDOFOZ | 13 | 1939 film based on a novel by L. Frank Baum (4 wds.) |
| 47% | NEVERLETMEGO | 12 | Keira Knightley film based on a novel by Kazuo Ishiguro (4 wds.) |
| 44% | LESMISERABLES | 13 | Hugh Jackman and 49-Across film based on a Victor Hugo novel (2 wds.) |
| 44% | SCHINDLERSLIST | 14 | Steven Spielberg film based on a 1982 Thomas Keneally novel: 2 wds. |
| 43% | BLADERUNNER | 11 | 1982 Harrison Ford sci-fi film based on a Philip K. Dick novel: 2 wds. |
| 43% | HOWSTELLAGOT | 12 | With 32-Across, 1998 Angela Bassett film based on a best-selling book: 3 wds. |
| 43% | 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. |
| 42% | TENTHOUSAND | 11 | "___ Saints," 2015 Ethan Hawke starrer drama film based on the novel of the same name by Eleanor Henderson: 2 wds. |
| 42% | FAIRLADY | 8 | Musical based on a novel by George Bernard Shaw, "My ___" was the longest-running Broadway show between 1956 - 1962: 2 wds. |
| 42% | CURIOUSGEORGE | 13 | Will Ferrell film based on a story series by H.A. Rey and Margret Rey (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.) |
| 41% | THEALIENIST | 11 | American period drama TV series starring Dakota Fanning which is based on a novel of the same name by Caleb Carr: 2 wds. |
| 41% | SHANE | 5 | 1953 Oscar-nominated film based on a novel by Jack Schaefer |
| 41% | THEHELP | 7 | Hit 2011 film based on a 2009 novel by Kathryn Stockett |
| 41% | THEREVENANT | 11 | Leonardo DiCaprio drama based on a novel by Michael Punke and a 1915 poem (2 wds.) |
| 41% | THEAERONAUTS | 12 | 2019 adventure film based on a true story about a historic gas balloon flight (2 wds.) |
| 41% | ALTEREDCARBON | 13 | American dystopian sci-fi TV series starring Joel Kinnaman which is based on a novel of the same name by Richard K. Morgan: 2 wds. |
| 41% | THEDANISHGIRL | 13 | Alicia Vikander and 49-Across film based on a David Ebershoff novel (3 wds.) |
| 41% | ABOUTABOY | 9 | 2002 Hugh Grant film based on a Nick Hornby novel (3 wds.) |
| 41% | TREASURE | 8 | & 1D 2002 animated film based on a novel by Robert Louis Stevenson |
| 41% | ROOM | 4 | Brie Larson Oscar-winning film based on a novel by 29-Across |
| 40% | CHICKENLITTLE | 13 | 2005 film based on a folktale of the same name: 2 wds. |
| 40% | THEJUNGLEBOOK | 13 | Jon Favreau film based on a story collection by Rudyard Kipling (3 wds.) |