| 100% | SEDERS | 6 | Meals based on an Exodus chapter |
| 44% | RETREAD | 7 | Hackneyed work based on an old idea |
| 44% | AIDA | 4 | Elton John musical based on an opera |
| 43% | YENTL | 5 | Movie based on an Isaac Bashevis Singer story |
| 43% | ROOTS | 5 | TV miniseries based on an Alex Haley novel |
| 43% | ROOM | 4 | 2015 film based on an Emma Donoghue bestseller |
| 43% | AMISTAD | 7 | 1997 Spielberg drama based on an 1839 mutiny |
| 43% | ITSPAT | 6 | 1994 film based on an "S.N.L." skit |
| 43% | GETSHORTY | 9 | 1995 crime caper based on an Elmore Leonard novel |
| 43% | ATLAS | 5 | "___ Shrugged" (2011 movie based on an Ayn Rand book) |
| 43% | ITSPAT | 6 | 1994 movie based on an "S.N.L." character |
| 43% | KATO | 4 | Bruce Lee role based on an old radio character |
| 43% | BOAT | 4 | "Show ___" (Broadway musical based on an Edna Ferber novel) |
| 43% | GETSHORTY | 9 | 1995 crime film based on an Elmore Leonard novel |
| 43% | ROOTS | 5 | 1977 TV miniseries based on an Alex Haley novel |
| 42% | MILITARYCOUPLING | 16 | Fraternization on an army base? |
| 42% | RUMBLEFISH | 10 | Matt Dillon film based on an S. E. Hinton novel |
| 42% | CIMARRON | 8 | 1931 Oscar-winning Western based on an Edna Ferber novel |
| 42% | THENAMEOFTHEROSE | 16 | "Floral" film of 1986 based on an Umberto Eco novel |
| 42% | AEON | 4 | "___ Flux" (Charlize Theron film based on an MTV animated series) |
| 42% | ITSPAT | 6 | 1994 film based on an androgynous "SNL" character (2 wds.) |
| 41% | CLUELESS | 8 | 1990s ABC/UPN comedy/drama based on an Alicia Silverstone movie |
| 41% | COYOTE | 6 | Musical drama "___ Ugly" based on an actual drinking establishment in NYC |
| 41% | END | 3 | "Howards ___" (Emma Thompson film based on an E.M. Forster novel) |
| 41% | GET | 3 | "___ Shorty" (1995 John Travolta film based on an Elmore Leonard novel) |
| 40% | MESS | 4 | Meal on a military base |
| 40% | ALOUETTE | 8 | Children's song that's based on an old work song melody |
| 40% | AND | 3 | "Sense ___ Sensibility" (Emma Thompson/Kate Winslet film based on an Austen novel) |
| 40% | IROBOT | 6 | Will Smith film based on an Isaac Asimov story collection (2 wds.) |
| 40% | WAYNESWORLD | 11 | 1992 movie based on an "S.N.L." sketch ... or, diverged: Modus vivendi |