| 100% | OSAGE | 5 | August: ___ County (Meryl Streep film based on a Tracy Letts play) |
| 93% | OSAGE | 5 | "August: ___ County" (Meryl Streep film based on a Tracy Letts play) |
| 70% | OSAGE | 5 | "August: ___ County" (Meryl Streep film based on a Pulitzer-winning play) |
| 46% | ASOLDIERSSTORY | 14 | 1984 film based on a Fuller play |
| 45% | TITUS | 5 | 1999 Anthony Hopkins film based on a Shakespeare play |
| 43% | SIDE | 4 | "West ___ Story" (Spielberg film based on a Sondheim musical based on a Shakespeare play) |
| 40% | BAND | 4 | "The Boys in the ___" (2020 film based on a Tony-winning play) |
| 40% | BOPHA | 5 | 1993 Danny Glover film based on a Percy Mtwa play |
| 40% | OSAGE | 5 | Tony-winning Tracy Letts play, “August: ___ County” |
| 39% | OSAGE | 5 | "August: __ County": Meryl Streep film |
| 38% | PATCH | 5 | ___ Adams, character based on a real-life doctor who was played by Robin Williams in the eponymous 1998 film |
| 38% | ANASTASIA | 9 | Film based on a Russian Grand Duchess' story |
| 38% | 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. |
| 38% | MONEYBALL | 9 | Brad Pitt's 2011 sports drama film based on a Michael Lewis novel of the same name in which 20a plays his ex-wife |
| 38% | ROSALIE | 7 | 1937 film based on a Gershwin musical |
| 38% | LOLITA | 6 | Kubrick film based on a Nabokov novel |
| 38% | MULAN | 5 | Disney film based on a Chinese legend |
| 37% | OKLAHOMA | 8 | __!, film based on a musical named after a state |
| 37% | ACHRISTMASSTORY | 15 | 1983 film based on a Jean Shepherd book |
| 37% | MULAN | 5 | 1998 film based on a Chinese folk tale |
| 37% | EYRE | 4 | "Jane ___" (2011 film based on a Brontë novel) |
| 37% | SIN | 3 | "___ City" (2005 film based on a graphic novel) |
| 37% | CLIENT | 6 | Schumacher film based on a Grisham book, The __ |
| 37% | BLACKPANTHER | 12 | 2018 blockbuster film based on a Marvel comic |
| 37% | PRIDE&PREJUDICE | 15 | 2005 film based on a Jane Austen novel |
| 37% | TWILIGHTZONE | 12 | Anthology film based on a Rod Serling series |
| 37% | CLUE | 4 | 1985 mystery film based on a board game |
| 37% | MALTESE | 7 | "The ___ Falcon" (Bogart film based on a Hammett novel) |
| 37% | LEANONME | 8 | 1989 high-school film based on a song title |
| 37% | WHERETHEWILDTHINGS | 18 | 2009 fantasy film based on a best-selling book |