| 100% | HIGHFIDELITY | 12 | Film based on a Nick Hornby novel set in a record shop starring John Cusack and Joan Cusack (2 wds.) |
| 44% | BREAKINGPOINT | 13 | "The ___," a 1950 film noir starring John Garfield and Patricia Neal, based on Ernest Hemingway's novel "TO Have and Have Not": 2 wds. |
| 42% | RUNAWAYJURY | 11 | 2003 legal thriller film starring Dustin Hoffman (birthday today) and John Cusack, based on the John Grisham novel of the same name: 2 wds. |
| 42% | ABOUTABOY | 9 | 2002 Hugh Grant film based on a Nick Hornby novel (3 wds.) |
| 42% | FIDELITY | 8 | "High ___" (John Cusack film based on a Nick Hornby novel) |
| 40% | MARTIANCHILD | 12 | Film starring John Cusack and Joan Cusack as a brother and sister taking care of a boy who believes he's from space (2 wds.) |
| 39% | THEFIRM | 7 | American legal thriller film based on a John Grisham novel by the same name: 2 wds. |
| 39% | LINDSAYLOHAN | 12 | Actress who starred as both the twins in 29a, a 1998 hit based on the novel "Lottie and Lisa": 2 wds. |
| 38% | THEGRADUATE | 11 | 1967 romantic comedy film starring Dustin Hoffman and Anne Bancroft based on a Charles Webb novel of the same name: 2 wds. |
| 38% | SILENTHILL | 10 | Sean Bean/Laurie Holden horror film based on a video game franchise set in a monster-filled town (2 wds.) |
| 38% | ABOUTABOY | 9 | Hugh Grant film based on a Nick Hornby novel |
| 38% | OUR | 3 | "The Fault in ___ Stars" (2014 film based on a John Green novel) |
| 38% | ABOUT | 5 | "___ a Boy" (Hugh Grant film based on a Nick Hornby novel) |
| 38% | ABOUTABOY | 9 | 2002 Hugh Grant film based on a Nick Hornby novel |
| 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% | BOY | 3 | "About a ___" (Hugh Grant film based on a Nick Hornby novel) |
| 38% | NAKED | 5 | "Juliet, ___" (2018 Ethan Hawke film based on a Nick Hornby novel) |
| 38% | NORTHANDSOUTH | 13 | 1985 miniseries based on a John Jakes novel, starring Patrick Swayze and James Read: 3 wds. |
| 37% | LITTLEWOMEN | 11 | 2019 Greta Gerwig film starring Emma Watson, 17-Across, and 28-Across based on a Louisa May Alcott novel (2 wds.) |
| 37% | LESMISERABLES | 13 | Hugh Jackman and 49-Across film based on a Victor Hugo novel (2 wds.) |
| 37% | SENSEAND | 8 | "___ Sensibility," 1995 period drama film based on the Jane Austen novel of the same name starring Kate Winslet and Emma Thompson: 2 wds. |
| 37% | HIGH | 4 | "___ Fidelity" (John Cusack movie based on a Nick Hornby novel) |
| 37% | THESENTINEL | 11 | A 2006 crime thriller based on Gerald Petievich's novel, starring 18a and Michael Douglas: 2 wds. |
| 37% | ALTEREDCARBON | 13 | Netflix series, based on a cyberpunk novel, set more than 300 years in the future: 2 wds. |
| 37% | THENOTEBOOK | 11 | 2004 romantic drama starring 13-Across and based on a Nicholas Sparks novel: 2 wds. |
| 36% | GONEGIRL | 8 | Feature film starring 36-Across based on a Gillian Flynn novel (2 wds.) |
| 35% | JURASSICPARK | 12 | Steven Spielberg's hit sci-fi film which celebrates its 25th anniversary this year and was based on a Michael Crichton novel: 2 wds. |
| 35% | DEATHONTHENILE | 14 | Novel by 19-Across set in Egypt adapted into a 2022 film starring and directed by 33-Across (4 wds.) |
| 35% | 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. |
| 35% | INTOTHEWILD | 11 | 2007 film starring Emile Hirsch based on a book of the same name by Jon Krakauer set in the Alaskan wilderness: 3 wds. |