| 67% | TRUE | 4 | Based on a ___ story |
| 66% | ATRUE | 5 | Based on ___ story |
| 64% | TRUE | 4 | Based on a ___ story; factual |
| 59% | CABARET | 7 | It's based on "The Berlin Stories" |
| 58% | YENTL | 5 | Movie based on an Isaac Bashevis Singer story |
| 58% | HONDO | 5 | Western based on a Louis L'Amour story |
| 58% | LILI | 4 | Popular musical based on a Paul Gallico story |
| 58% | ANASTASIA | 9 | Film based on a Russian Grand Duchess' story |
| 58% | SPAMALOT | 8 | Stage musical based on a Monty Python story |
| 58% | SHE | 3 | “___ Said” (2022 drama based on a true story) |
| 57% | IGOR | 4 | 2008 animated movie loosely based on the Frankenstein story |
| 57% | FAIRYTALEENCODING | 17 | Writing a computer program based on a Grimm story? |
| 57% | MEMOIR | 6 | Story based on personal knowledge or experience |
| 56% | THELITTLEPRINCE | 15 | "Royal" film based on a classic children's story, 1974 |
| 56% | SLEEPYHOLLOW | 12 | Fox drama based on a Washington Irving story: 2 wds. |
| 56% | HONDO | 5 | John Wayne film based on a Louis L'Amour story |
| 56% | LOOSELY | 7 | How a movie might be based on a true story |
| 56% | SOLDIERSTHREE | 13 | 1951 film based on Kipling stories |
| 56% | TRUE | 4 | "This movie is based on a ___ story" |
| 55% | RELUCTANTDRAGON | 15 | 1941 Disney film based on a Kenneth Grahame story, with "The" |
| 55% | ADELE | 5 | ___ Hugo, 1975 Isabelle Adjani role based on a real-life story |
| 55% | IRONGIANT | 9 | 1999 animated tearjerker based on a Ted Hughes story, with The |
| 54% | TRUE | 4 | "Based on a ___ story" |
| 54% | TRUE | 4 | "Based on a ___ story..." |
| 54% | IROBOT | 6 | Will Smith film based on an Isaac Asimov story collection (2 wds.) |
| 54% | GAMBLER | 7 | The —,Prokofiev opera first performed in 1929 based on a Dostoevsky story |
| 54% | STAND | 5 | "___ by Me" (Rob Reiner film based on a Stephen King short story) |
| 54% | SULLY | 5 | 2016 Tom Hanks movie based on the true story of a pilot |
| 54% | EVE | 3 | "The Three Faces of ___" (classic noir film based on a true story) |
| 54% | AWAYFROMHER | 11 | *2007 movie based on a New Yorker short story by Alice Munro |