| 100% | INDEMNITY | 9 | James M Cain novel and Stanwyck film Double __ |
| 42% | NOIR | 4 | Genre for James M. Cain and Dashiell Hammett |
| 42% | CAIN | 4 | James M —, author of novels Serenade and Mildred Pierce |
| 41% | CAIN | 4 | James M —, author of the novels Serenade and Mildred Pierce |
| 38% | DOUBLE | 6 | "___ Indemnity," Barbara Stanwyck starrer based on James M. Cain's novel |
| 36% | SERENADE | 8 | 1937 novel by James M Cain narrated by the character John Howard Sharp |
| 35% | TWICE | 5 | "The Postman Always Rings ___" (James M. Cain noir novel) |
| 35% | BUTTERFLY | 9 | The —, 1947 novel by James M Cain |
| 35% | THEBESTOFME | 11 | Nicholas Sparks novel made into a film starring James Marsden and Michelle Monaghan (4 wds.) |
| 32% | GALORE | 6 | Whisky __, Compton Mackenzie novel and film |
| 32% | GIANT | 5 | "James and the ___ Peach" (1996 film based on a Roald Dahl novel) |
| 31% | LUCKCLUB | 8 | Amy Tan novel and film, The Joy __ |
| 31% | ABOUTABOY | 9 | Nick Hornby novel and Hugh Grant film |
| 31% | LOLITA | 6 | Nabokov novel and Kubrick film |
| 31% | DOUBLE | 6 | & 24A James M Cain novella first published in book form in 1943 |
| 31% | CHOCOLATE | 9 | Best selling novel and film: "Like Water for __" |
| 31% | GONEGIRL | 8 | Gillian Flynn novel and film with Rosamund Pike |
| 31% | EASTOFEDEN | 10 | Novel inspired by Cain and Abel |
| 31% | DBCOOPER | 8 | Missing criminal who inspired James M. Cain's "Rainbow's End" |
| 30% | THIRDMAN | 8 | The __, Graham Greene novel and film set in Vienna |
| 30% | LOVESTORY | 9 | Popular 70s romance novel and film by Erich Segal |
| 30% | AMNESIA | 7 | Memory malady in the "Jason Bourne" novels and films |
| 30% | BABE | 4 | Film starring James Cromwell and a pig |
| 30% | STAND | 5 | "___ and Deliver" (Edward James Olmos film) |
| 30% | AGEE | 4 | Writer and film critic James |
| 30% | DRNO | 4 | Sixth novel and first movie featuring James Bond (2 wds.) |
| 30% | PIPPA | 5 | "The Private Lives of ___ Lee" (Rebecca Miller novel and film) |
| 30% | ODDTHOMAS | 9 | Film and Koontz novel about a clairvoyant cook |
| 30% | STAND | 5 | "___ and Deliver" (1988 Edward James Olmos film) |