| 100% | GREYHOUND | 9 | 2020 war film starring Tom Hanks, 15-Across, 21-Across, and 38-Across based on the novel "The Good Shepherd" by C.S. Forester |
| 35% | BADMONKEY | 9 | 2024 Apple TV+ series starring Michelle Monaghan, 15-Across, and 26-Across based on the 2013 novel by 33-Across (2 wds.) |
| 34% | WIND | 4 | The —, 1928 film starring Lillian Gish and Lars Hanson based on a novel by Dorothy Scarborough |
| 33% | THENIGHTAGENT | 13 | Netflix action thriller series starring 18-Across and Luciane Buchanan based on the novel of the same name by 40-Across (3 wds.) |
| 33% | THEPOLAR | 8 | & 8A 2004 animated film starring Tom Hanks based on a children's book by Chris Van Allsburg |
| 32% | BIGLITTLELIES | 13 | HBO murder-mystery miniseries starring 15-Across and Reese Witherspoon based on a novel by 32-Across (3 wds.) |
| 32% | THEDAVINCICODE | 14 | Tom Hanks and Ian McKellen star in this movie which is based on a Dan Brown novel and is directed by Ron Howard: 4 wds. |
| 32% | GOODOMENS | 9 | Amazon series starring 15-Across/17-Across and 45-Across/47-Across based on a novel by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman (2 wds.) |
| 31% | FOUNDATION | 10 | Apple TV+ series about the Galactic Empire starring Lee Pace, 16-Across/18-Across and 34-Across/36-Across based on sci-fi novels by Isaac Asimov |
| 31% | POORCOW | 7 | 1967 film drama starring Carol White and Terence Stamp based on a novel by Nell Dunn |
| 31% | THEWIND | 7 | 1928 film drama starring Lillian Gish and Lars Hanson based on a novel by Dorothy Scarborough |
| 31% | LOSINGISAIAH | 12 | 1995 film drama starring Jessica Lange and Halle Berry based on a novel by Seth Margolis |
| 31% | BIG | 3 | With 60-Across, TV crime series based on the novel "The Highway" by C.J. Box |
| 31% | POOR | 4 | & 18A 1967 film drama starring Carol White and Terence Stamp based on a novel by Nell Dunn |
| 30% | MONEYBALL | 9 | 2011 sports film starring Brad Pitt and co-written by Aaron Sorkin, based on the Oakland Athletics baseball team's 2002 season |
| 30% | LIST | 4 | "Mr. Malcolm's ___," 2022 period drama film starring Freida Pinto, that is based on the eponymous novel by Suzanne Allain |
| 30% | TENTHOUSAND | 11 | "___ Saints," 2015 Ethan Hawke starrer drama film based on the novel of the same name by Eleanor Henderson: 2 wds. |
| 30% | AFAREWELL | 9 | "___ to Arms," a 1932 romance starring Gary Cooper and Helen Hayes, based on Ernest Hemingway's novel by the same name: 2 wds. |
| 30% | LADY | 4 | "___ Chatterley's Lover," 2022 period drama film starring Emma Corrin, that is based on the eponymous novel by D.H. Lawrence |
| 30% | FISH | 4 | "Rumble ___," 1983 drama film by Francis Ford Coppola based on the eponymous novel by S.E. Hinton |
| 30% | GLORIASTEINEM | 13 | Feminist journalist played by 15-Across and Alicia Vikander in a 2020 biopic based on the memoir "My Life on the Road" (2 wds.) |
| 30% | THEOLDMAN | 9 | "___ and the Sea," a 1999 Academy award-winning animated short film based on Ernest Hemingway's novel by the same name: 3 wds. |
| 30% | OUTSIDERS | 9 | "The ___," 1983 drama film by Francis Ford Coppola that was based on the eponymous novel by S.E. Hinton |
| 30% | GUN | 3 | The —, 1933 novel by C S Forester |
| 30% | SHIP | 4 | The —, 1943 novel by C S Forester |
| 30% | PIECESOFHER | 11 | Netflix series starring 17-Across, 29-Across, and Bella Heathcote based on a novel by Karin Slaughter (3 wds.) |
| 29% | HUNT | 4 | "The ___ for Red October" 1990 American submarine spy-thriller film which is based on Tom Clancy's novel of the same name, starring Sean Connery |