| 100% | THEDEPARTED | 11 | Leonardo DiCaprio crime drama based on a Hong Kong film (2 wds.) |
| 53% | THEREVENANT | 11 | Leonardo DiCaprio drama based on a novel by Michael Punke and a 1915 poem (2 wds.) |
| 52% | AMERICANGIGOLO | 14 | 2022 Showtime drama based on a 1980 film about a sex worker: 2 wds. |
| 49% | SHUTTERISLAND | 13 | Leonardo DiCaprio psychological thriller based on a novel by Dennis Lehane (2 wds.) |
| 47% | TEENWOLF | 8 | Current MTV drama based on a Michael J. Fox movie: 2 wds. |
| 46% | SLEEPYHOLLOW | 12 | Fox drama based on a Washington Irving story: 2 wds. |
| 44% | HILLBILLYELEGY | 14 | 2020 drama based on a true story with Amy Adams as a troubled mother: 2 wds. |
| 43% | BOYSCLUB | 8 | "Billionaire ___," crime drama film starring Ansel Elgort and Emma Roberts based on a real life Ponzi scheme: 2 wds. |
| 42% | CHICKENLITTLE | 13 | 2005 film based on a folktale of the same name: 2 wds. |
| 41% | SCHINDLERSLIST | 14 | Steven Spielberg film based on a 1982 Thomas Keneally 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. |
| 40% | THEGOLDFINCH | 12 | 2019 film based on a 2013 best-selling novel by Donna Tartt: 2 wds. |
| 40% | LIONKING | 8 | Musical based on a Disney film, "The ___" is Broadway's third longest-running show and the highest grossing production: 2 wds. |
| 40% | JUSTMERCY | 9 | Legal drama based on a true story starring Brie Larson, 17-Across, and 32-Across (2 wds.) |
| 40% | THEREVENANT | 11 | 2015 American semi-biographical film starring Leonardo DiCaprio based on the life of frontiersman Hugh Glass: 2 wds. |
| 39% | THEIMPOSSIBLE | 13 | A 2012 disaster drama based on a 2004 Tsunami survivor, for which Naomi Watts was nominated for an Oscar: 2 wds. |
| 39% | THESENTINEL | 11 | A 2006 crime thriller based on Gerald Petievich's novel, starring 18a and Michael Douglas: 2 wds. |
| 39% | 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. |
| 39% | SOPHIESCHOICE | 13 | 1982 Meryl Streep drama, based on a William Styron novel, whose title begins with a woman's name: 2 wds. |
| 38% | FERRISBUELLER | 13 | Sitcom based on the 1986 film starring Matthew Broderick about a high-school slacker's day off from school: 2 wds. |
| 38% | SHADOWANDBONE | 13 | Netflix teen drama based on a fantasy trilogy by Leigh Bardugo (3 wds.) |
| 38% | THEFIRM | 7 | American legal thriller film based on a John Grisham novel by the same name: 2 wds. |
| 38% | BREAKINGBAD | 11 | AMC crime drama (2008-2013) with a new Netflix sequel film: 2 wds. |
| 38% | ANNAKARENINA | 12 | Keira Knightley film based on a novel by Leo Tolstoy (2 wds.) |
| 38% | THEAFTERMATH | 12 | Keira Knightley film based on a novel by Rhidian Brook (2 wds.) |
| 38% | LESMIZ | 6 | 2012 movie musical based on a Victor Hugo novel, familiarly: 2 wds. |
| 38% | TRUEBLOOD | 9 | HBO show based on a series of Charlaine Harris books: 2 wds. |
| 37% | IMITATIONGAME | 13 | "The ___" American historical drama film from 2014 based on the life of a British mathematician, Alan Turing: 2 wds. |
| 37% | THEROOKIE | 9 | A 2002 sports film starring Dennis Quaid, based on the true story of MLB pitcher Jim Morris: 2 wds. |
| 37% | FINDMEGUILTY | 12 | Comedy drama crime film starring Peter Dinklage which is based on a true story of the longest Mafia trial in American history: 3 wds. |