| 100% | PRISCILLA | 9 | 2023 movie based on the memoir Elvis and Me |
| 55% | OCTOBERSKY | 10 | Movie based on the memoir "Rocket Boys" (and an anagram of "Rocket Boys") |
| 47% | OLLIE | 5 | "Stan & ___," 2018 comedy movie based on the lives of Laurel and Hardy |
| 46% | EPIC | 4 | 2013 animated movie based on the book "The Leaf Men and the Brave Good Bugs" |
| 44% | SOFIACOPPOLA | 12 | "Lost in Translation" writer/director who adapted the memoir "Elvis and Me" into the 2023 film "Priscilla" (2 wds.) |
| 41% | MEANGIRLS | 9 | 2004 Lindsay Lohan movie based partly on the nonfiction book "Queen Bees and Wannabes": 2 wds. |
| 41% | BABE | 4 | Movie based on the children's book "The Sheep-Pig" |
| 41% | ALADDIN | 7 | 2019 Disney movie based on the Arabian Nights |
| 41% | SERENITY | 8 | 2005 movie based on the TV series "Firefly" |
| 40% | BLADERUNNER | 11 | Movie based on the book "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" |
| 40% | BABE | 4 | 1995 movie based on the novel "The Sheep-Pig" |
| 40% | ARGO | 4 | 2012 movie based on the CIA's "Canadian Caper" |
| 40% | WILLARD | 7 | 1971 hit movie based on the novel "Ratman's Notebooks" |
| 39% | ARGO | 4 | Best Picture winner based on the memoir "The Master of Disguise" |
| 39% | JOSIE | 5 | "___ and the Pussycats" (2001 movie based on a cartoon) |
| 39% | ILLINOISE | 9 | 2023 musical based on the music of Sufjan Stevens |
| 39% | CLUE | 4 | 1985 movie based on a murder mystery board game of the same name where players identify the killer, their weapon, and the scene of crime |
| 39% | CUJO | 4 | 1983 horror movie based on a Stephen King book and featuring a rabid dog that was set largely in one location, the Trenton family home |
| 39% | ADAPTATION | 10 | 2002 Meryl Streep movie based on the nonfiction book "The Orchid Thief" |
| 39% | ARGO | 4 | 2012 movie based on the Tony Mendez book "The Master of Disguise" |
| 39% | SULLY | 5 | 2016 Tom Hanks movie based on the true story of a pilot |
| 38% | TAICHI | 6 | Discipline based on the principles of yin and yang |
| 38% | BIGMIRACLE | 10 | 2012 Drew Barrymore movie based on the nonfiction book "Freeing the Whales": 2 wds. |
| 38% | TRUE | 4 | "Based on a ___ story" (like the movies at 44a, 50a, 52a, and 5d) |
| 37% | HADESTOWN | 9 | Broadway musical based on the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice |
| 37% | RICH | 4 | "Richie ___," 1994 Macaulay Culkin movie based on the Harvey Comics character of the same name |
| 37% | AMADEUS | 7 | Peter Shaffer play based on the lives of Mozart and Salieri |
| 36% | GREENZONE | 9 | 2010 Matt Damon movie based on the nonfiction book "Imperial Life in the Emerald City": 2 wds. |
| 36% | SUE | 3 | Name on the cover of ''Kinsey and Me'' |
| 36% | STAR | 4 | "___ Wars: Rebellion," 2016 board game based on the eponymous sci-fi movie series |