| 100% | THEDANISHGIRL | 13 | Alicia Vikander and 49-Across film based on a David Ebershoff novel (3 wds.) |
| 59% | LESMISERABLES | 13 | Hugh Jackman and 49-Across film based on a Victor Hugo novel (2 wds.) |
| 50% | READYPLAYERONE | 14 | Steven Spielberg film based on a 2011 Ernest Cline novel: 3 wds. |
| 50% | THECOLORPURPLE | 14 | Steven Spielberg film based on a 1982 Alice Walker novel: 3 wds. |
| 47% | HIGHFIDELITY | 12 | Film based on a Nick Hornby novel set in a record shop starring John Cusack and Joan Cusack (2 wds.) |
| 45% | ABOUTABOY | 9 | 2002 Hugh Grant film based on a Nick Hornby novel (3 wds.) |
| 44% | NORTHANDSOUTH | 13 | 1985 miniseries based on a John Jakes novel, starring Patrick Swayze and James Read: 3 wds. |
| 44% | THETHORNBIRDS | 13 | 1983 miniseries based on a Colleen McCullough novel, starring Richard Chamberlain and Rachel Ward: 3 wds. |
| 43% | THEGOLDFINCH | 12 | 2019 film based on a 2013 best-selling novel by Donna Tartt: 2 wds. |
| 43% | GIJOE | 5 | Sci-fi film based on a toy franchise, "___: The Rise of Cobra": 3 wds. |
| 43% | SCHINDLERSLIST | 14 | Steven Spielberg film based on a 1982 Thomas Keneally novel: 2 wds. |
| 43% | THEWIZARDOFOZ | 13 | 1939 film based on a novel by L. Frank Baum (4 wds.) |
| 43% | ANNAKARENINA | 12 | Keira Knightley film based on a novel by Leo Tolstoy (2 wds.) |
| 43% | NEVERLETMEGO | 12 | Keira Knightley film based on a novel by Kazuo Ishiguro (4 wds.) |
| 43% | THEAFTERMATH | 12 | Keira Knightley film based on a novel by Rhidian Brook (2 wds.) |
| 43% | JEMANDTHE | 9 | With 34-Across, October 2015 fantasy film based on a line of toys: 3 wds. |
| 43% | HOWSTELLAGOT | 12 | With 32-Across, 1998 Angela Bassett film based on a best-selling book: 3 wds. |
| 43% | THELEGOMOVIE | 12 | 2014 animated film based on a line of toys: 3 wds. |
| 42% | BLADERUNNER | 11 | 1982 Harrison Ford sci-fi film based on a Philip K. Dick novel: 2 wds. |
| 42% | CHARLOTTESWEB | 13 | Julia Roberts/Dakota Fanning film based on a novel by E.B. White (2 wds.) |
| 42% | TOMBRAIDER | 10 | Alicia Vikander/Dominic West action-adventure film based on a video game franchise featuring an archaeologist (2 wds.) |
| 41% | CURIOUSGEORGE | 13 | Will Ferrell film based on a story series by H.A. Rey and Margret Rey (2 wds.) |
| 41% | BADNEWSBEARS | 12 | Sports comedy, directed by Richard Linklater, based on an alcoholic baseball player and is also a reboot of 1976 film of the same name: 3 wds. |
| 41% | OFWALLSTREET | 12 | "The Wolf ___" biographical dark comedy crime film based on a memoir of former stockbroker Jordan Belfort: 3 wds. |
| 40% | BIGLITTLELIES | 13 | 2017 HBO miniseries based on a Liane Moriarty novel: 3 wds. |
| 40% | THEREVENANT | 11 | Leonardo DiCaprio drama based on a novel by Michael Punke and a 1915 poem (2 wds.) |
| 40% | GAMEOFTHRONES | 13 | Current HBO series based on a series of George R.R. Martin fantasy novels: 3 wds. |
| 40% | ROOM | 4 | Brie Larson Oscar-winning film based on a novel by 29-Across |
| 40% | LOVEYOU | 7 | "P.S. I ___," film based on a novel which shares its title with a 1962 song by The Beatles: 2 wds. |
| 39% | THEPHANTOMOF | 12 | Musical based on a French novel, "___ the Opera" is the longest-running show on Broadway: 3 wds. |