| 100% | REDOCTOBER | 10 | Fictional submarine captained by Sean Connery as Marko Ramius in a film based on a Tom Clancy novel (2 wds.) |
| 40% | 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. |
| 37% | HUNT | 4 | "The ___ for Red October" 1990 American submarine spy-thriller film which is based on Tom Clancy's novel of the same name, starring Sean Connery |
| 37% | THEFIRM | 7 | American legal thriller film based on a John Grisham novel by the same name: 2 wds. |
| 36% | THEGOLDFINCH | 12 | 2019 film based on a 2013 best-selling novel by Donna Tartt: 2 wds. |
| 36% | HUNT | 4 | "The ___ for Red October" (1990 film based on a Tom Clancy novel) |
| 36% | CLEAR | 5 | "___ and Present Danger" (Harrison Ford film based on a Tom Clancy novel) |
| 36% | SUM | 3 | "The ___ of All Fears" (spy film based on a Tom Clancy novel) |
| 36% | SUM | 3 | "The ___ of All Fears" (2002 spy film based on a Tom Clancy novel) |
| 36% | FEARS | 5 | "The Sum of All ___" (Ben Affleck film based on a Tom Clancy novel) |
| 35% | HIGHFIDELITY | 12 | Film based on a Nick Hornby novel set in a record shop starring John Cusack and Joan Cusack (2 wds.) |
| 35% | ANNAKARENINA | 12 | Keira Knightley film based on a novel by Leo Tolstoy (2 wds.) |
| 35% | THEAFTERMATH | 12 | Keira Knightley film based on a novel by Rhidian Brook (2 wds.) |
| 35% | LOVEYOU | 7 | "P.S. I ___," film based on a novel which shares its title with a 1962 song by The Beatles: 2 wds. |
| 34% | THEDAVINCICODE | 14 | Tom Hanks and Ian McKellen star in this movie which is based on a Dan Brown novel and is directed by Ron Howard: 4 wds. |
| 34% | USSENTERPRISE | 13 | Fictional spaceship captained by William Shatner as James T. Kirk in early "Star Trek" films (2 wds.) |
| 34% | CHARLOTTESWEB | 13 | Julia Roberts/Dakota Fanning film based on a novel by E.B. White (2 wds.) |
| 34% | ABRIDGETOOFAR | 13 | Sean Connery's 1977 war film based on a book by Cornelius Ryan which also stars Michael Caine: 4 wds. |
| 34% | SILENTHILL | 10 | Sean Bean/Laurie Holden horror film based on a video game franchise set in a monster-filled town (2 wds.) |
| 34% | ASTROBOY | 8 | Animated superhero film based on a manga character known as Mighty Atom in Japan (2 wds.) |
| 34% | BLACKPEARL | 10 | Fictional pirate ship captained by Johnny Depp as Jack Sparrow in the "Pirates of the Caribbean" films (2 wds.) |
| 33% | AMANINFULL | 10 | 2024 Netflix show created by David E. Kelley, based on a Tom Wolfe novel: 4 wds. |
| 33% | NORMADESMOND | 12 | Character portrayed by actress Patti LuPone in the musical "Sunset Boulevard" which was based on a 1950 film of the same title: 2 wds. |
| 33% | LESMISERABLES | 13 | Hugh Jackman and 49-Across film based on a Victor Hugo novel (2 wds.) |
| 33% | THEWIZARDOFOZ | 13 | 1939 film based on a novel by L. Frank Baum (4 wds.) |
| 33% | NEVERLETMEGO | 12 | Keira Knightley film based on a novel by Kazuo Ishiguro (4 wds.) |
| 33% | SCHINDLERSLIST | 14 | Steven Spielberg film based on a 1982 Thomas Keneally novel: 2 wds. |
| 33% | FOURTHESTATE | 12 | "The ___," a novel by Jeffrey Archer in which a character was based on media mogul Rupert Murdoch (birthday today): 2 wds. |
| 33% | LINDSAYLOHAN | 12 | Actress who starred as both the twins in 29a, a 1998 hit based on the novel "Lottie and Lisa": 2 wds. |
| 32% | BLADERUNNER | 11 | 1982 Harrison Ford sci-fi film based on a Philip K. Dick novel: 2 wds. |