| 100% | LOTR | 4 | Movie trilogy based on J.R.R. Tolkien novels, for short |
| 43% | OLD | 3 | "No Country for ___ Men" (Coen brothers movie based on a Cormac McCarthy novel) |
| 41% | HOBBIT | 6 | The —, 1937 novel by J R R Tolkien |
| 40% | FLASHGORDON | 11 | Movie based on a comic character starring Sam J. Jones, for which the band "Queen" composed the musical score: 2 wds. |
| 40% | SHADOWFAX | 9 | Horse tamed by Gandalf in J R R Tolkien novel The Lord of the Rings |
| 39% | LOTR | 4 | Tolkien's trilogy, for short |
| 39% | INIT | 4 | One of three for J. R. R. Tolkien: Abbr. |
| 38% | PFC | 3 | Person on base, for short |
| 38% | THETWOTOWERS | 12 | 1954 volume; second part of J R R Tolkien trilogy The Lord of the Rings |
| 38% | OXFORD | 6 | Alma mater for J. R. R. Tolkien and C. S. Lewis |
| 37% | CANNERYROW | 10 | Nolte movie based on two Steinbeck novels |
| 37% | CHARL | 5 | 1968 movie based on "Flowers for Algernon" |
| 37% | LESMIZ | 6 | 2012 movie musical based on a Victor Hugo novel, familiarly: 2 wds. |
| 37% | ETA | 3 | Listing that can change based on the weather, for short |
| 37% | HIRE | 4 | "Spenser: For ___" (TV series based on Robert B. Parker novels) |
| 37% | EYRE | 4 | "Jane ___" (2011 movie based on a classic novel) |
| 37% | GOT | 3 | HBO fantasy drama based on George R.R. Martin's series of fantasy novels: Abbr. |
| 36% | NEED | 4 | "___ for Speed" (2014 movie based on a video game series) |
| 36% | MOTHERNIGHT | 11 | Nick Nolte movie based on a Kurt Vonnegut novel |
| 36% | SEMATARY | 8 | Pet __, 2019 movie based on a Stephen King novel |
| 36% | BABE | 4 | 1995 movie based on the novel "The Sheep-Pig" |
| 36% | COUNTRY | 7 | No __ For Old Men, movie based on McCarthy book |
| 36% | WILLARD | 7 | 1971 hit movie based on the novel "Ratman's Notebooks" |
| 36% | HIGH | 4 | "___ Fidelity" (John Cusack movie based on a Nick Hornby novel) |
| 36% | SHOPGIRL | 8 | 2005 Steve Martin movie based on a novel he wrote |
| 36% | DUNE | 4 | 1984 sci-fi movie based on a Frank Herbert novel |
| 35% | EYRE | 4 | "Jane ___" (Charlotte Brontë novel or the 2011 movie based on it) |
| 35% | TEENWOLF | 8 | Current MTV drama based on a Michael J. Fox movie: 2 wds. |
| 35% | STARS | 5 | "The Fault in Our ___" (2014 movie based on a young-adult novel) |