| 100% | READYPLAYERONE | 14 | Movie based on a 2011 Ernest Cline book: 3 wds. |
| 73% | READYPLAYERONE | 14 | Steven Spielberg film based on a 2011 Ernest Cline novel: 3 wds. |
| 53% | THEJUNGLEBOOK | 13 | 2016 movie based on a Rudyard Kipling classic: 3 wds. |
| 52% | INTHEHEIGHTS | 12 | New movie based on a Tony-winning Lin-Manuel Miranda musical: 3 wds. |
| 50% | LAFEMMENIKITA | 13 | 1997-2001 USA action/drama series based on a Jean Reno movie: 3 wds. |
| 50% | GAMEOFTHRONES | 13 | HBO show based on a series of George R.R. Martin books: 3 wds. |
| 49% | HOWSTELLAGOT | 12 | With 32-Across, 1998 Angela Bassett film based on a best-selling book: 3 wds. |
| 48% | OUTOFAFRICA | 11 | 1985 romantic drama starring 12-Across and based on a book written by 41-Across: 3 wds. |
| 47% | FILMADAPTATION | 14 | Movie based on a book or video game |
| 46% | HEX | 3 | "Jonah ___" (2010 movie based on a comic book) |
| 46% | THERIGHTSTUFF | 13 | Oscar-winning space-age film based on a Tom Wolfe book (3 wds.) |
| 46% | STARDUST | 8 | 2007 summer movie based on a Neil Gaiman book |
| 45% | THEBLINDSIDE | 12 | 2009 biographical sports drama based on a book which is about the story of Michael Lewis featuring Michael Oher of NFL: 3 wds. |
| 45% | 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. |
| 45% | ELLA | 4 | "___ Enchanted" (2004 Anne Hathaway movie based on a kids' book) |
| 45% | WARHORSE | 8 | 2011 movie based on a Michael Morpurgo novel |
| 45% | READYPLAYERONE | 14 | Science fiction novel by Ernest Cline that released in 2011 and became a NYT Bestseller again in 2018: 3 wds. |
| 45% | HENRYV | 6 | 1989 Emma Thompson movie based on a Shakespeare play: 2 wds. |
| 44% | WITHTHEKRANKS | 13 | "Christmas ___," a 2004 movie based on a John Grisham novel titled "Skipping Christmas": 3 wds. |
| 43% | NEEDFOR | 7 | "___ Speed," Dominic Cooper movie based on a video game of the same name: 2 wds. |
| 42% | BATMANFOREVER | 13 | Comic book adaptation of the 1995 movie based on a DC Comics character: 2 wds. |
| 42% | SHESTHEMAN | 10 | 2006 Amanda Bynes movie based on Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night": 3 wds. |
| 42% | TEENWOLF | 8 | Current MTV drama based on a Michael J. Fox movie: 2 wds. |
| 42% | TRUEBLOOD | 9 | HBO show based on a series of Charlaine Harris books: 2 wds. |
| 42% | JANETHEVIRGIN | 13 | Comedy-drama, based on a telenovela, that premiered 10/13/14: 3 wds. |
| 42% | ARGYLLE | 7 | 2024 movie based on a book by Elly Conway (which some claim is a pseudonym for Taylor Swift) |
| 41% | BIGMIRACLE | 10 | 2012 Drew Barrymore movie based on the nonfiction book "Freeing the Whales": 2 wds. |
| 41% | LIFEOFPI | 8 | Book and movie about a boy on a boat with a tiger: 3 wds. |
| 41% | GIJOE | 5 | Sci-fi film based on a toy franchise, "___: The Rise of Cobra": 3 wds. |
| 41% | FLASHGORDON | 11 | Movie based on a comic character starring Sam J. Jones, for which the band "Queen" composed the musical score: 2 wds. |