| 100% | ARGO | 4 | Best Picture based on a hostage crisis |
| 59% | ARGO | 4 | 2012 thriller based on a Carter-era hostage crisis |
| 56% | NOMADLAND | 9 | Best Picture winner based on a 2017 book |
| 52% | GIGI | 4 | 1958 Best Picture winner based on a Colette novel |
| 50% | NOMADLAND | 9 | Best Picture winner based on a book with the subtitle Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century |
| 50% | HUGO | 4 | Best Picture-nominated 2011 film based on a children's book |
| 49% | GIGI | 4 | 1958 Best Picture-winning musical based on a Colette novella |
| 48% | WHERETHEWILDTHINGS | 18 | 2009 fantasy film based on a best-selling book |
| 48% | RAISETHETITANIC | 15 | 1980 film based on a Clive Cussler best seller |
| 48% | ARGO | 4 | Best Picture winner for 2012 that was based on a CIA operation |
| 47% | ARRIVAL | 7 | 2017 Best Picture Oscar nominee based on a Ted Chiang novella about aliens and linguistics |
| 47% | ARGO | 4 | Best Picture winner set during the Iran hostage crisis |
| 47% | ARGO | 4 | Best Picture winner based on events of 1979-80 |
| 46% | SELMA | 5 | 2014 Best Picture nominee based on historical events |
| 45% | DUNE | 4 | 2022 Best Picture nominee set on a desert planet |
| 45% | THEGOLDFINCH | 12 | 2019 film based on a 2013 best-selling novel by Donna Tartt: 2 wds. |
| 44% | HOWSTELLAGOT | 12 | With 32-Across, 1998 Angela Bassett film based on a best-selling book: 3 wds. |
| 44% | TIMEWARP | 8 | 1970s novelty dance based on a song in "The Rocky Horror Picture Show": 2 wds. |
| 42% | ECOWARRIORS | 11 | Based on a common feature of their names, what 17-, 23-, 36- and 51-Across are well-suited to be? |
| 41% | TRUE | 4 | Based on a ___ story |
| 41% | OLIVER | 6 | 1968 musical based on an 18-/41-Across novel, winner of the Oscar for Best Picture |
| 41% | TRUE | 4 | Based on a ___ story; factual |
| 39% | ALOHASTATE | 10 | Nickname based on a salutation |
| 39% | LEO | 3 | Sign based on a Herculean labor |
| 39% | NINE | 4 | Musical based on a Fellini film |
| 39% | AIDA | 4 | Musical based on a Verdi opera |
| 39% | LEGOLAND | 8 | Theme park based on a toy |
| 39% | ANNIE | 5 | Musical based on a comic strip |
| 39% | FLATTAXES | 9 | Levies based on a single percentage |
| 39% | GMT | 3 | Time based on a Lon. borough |