| 100% | PETERRABBIT | 11 | New movie about a bunny, based on stories written in early 1900s England: 2 wds. |
| 39% | MEANGIRLS | 9 | 2018 Broadway musical about a high school clique, based on a 2004 Lindsay Lohan movie: 2 wds. |
| 36% | THEAERONAUTS | 12 | 2019 adventure film based on a true story about a historic gas balloon flight (2 wds.) |
| 36% | QUEENSUGAR | 10 | OWN series based on a Natalie Baszile novel about a family farm in Louisiana (2 wds.) |
| 35% | TENDERMERCIES | 13 | 1983 movie about a washed-up country singer who finds new love: 2 wds. |
| 35% | SLEEPYHOLLOW | 12 | Fox drama based on a Washington Irving story: 2 wds. |
| 35% | CLARKSTORY | 10 | "The Ron ___," 2006 film starring Matthew Perry based on a real life educator who leaves his hometown to teach in a New York City public school: 2 wds. |
| 35% | INTHEHEIGHTS | 12 | New movie based on a Tony-winning Lin-Manuel Miranda musical: 3 wds. |
| 34% | TEENWOLF | 8 | Current MTV drama based on a Michael J. Fox movie: 2 wds. |
| 34% | JOHNNYMNEMONIC | 14 | 1995 film starring Keanu Reeves, based on a short story by 44-Across: 2 wds. |
| 34% | TIMEWARP | 8 | 1970s novelty dance based on a song in "The Rocky Horror Picture Show": 2 wds. |
| 34% | AMERICANGIGOLO | 14 | 2022 Showtime drama based on a 1980 film about a sex worker: 2 wds. |
| 34% | MINORITYREPORT | 14 | 2002 Tom Cruise thriller based on a Philip K. Dick short story: 2 wds. |
| 33% | HILLBILLYELEGY | 14 | 2020 drama based on a true story with Amy Adams as a troubled mother: 2 wds. |
| 33% | TOTALRECALL | 11 | 1990 Arnold Schwarzenegger sci-fi film based on a Philip K. Dick short story: 2 wds. |
| 33% | MEANGIRLS | 9 | 2018 Broadway musical, based on a 2004 teen comedy, readapted into a 2024 movie musical: 2 wds. |
| 33% | YOURHONOR | 9 | Showtime drama about a judge trying to protect his son from mobsters in New Orleans: 2 wds. |
| 32% | THEPRODUCERS | 12 | 2001 Broadway musical, based on a 1967 Mel Brooks movie, readapted into a 2005 movie musical: 2 wds. |
| 32% | AWAYFROMHER | 11 | *2007 movie based on a New Yorker short story by Alice Munro |
| 32% | THESWIMMER | 10 | *1968 movie based on a New Yorker short story by John Cheever |
| 32% | MENATALIE | 9 | 1969 movie about a woman who falls in love with an aspiring painter in Greenwich Village that marked Al Pacino's debut: 2 wds. |
| 32% | TRAININGDAY | 11 | 2017 TV series that's based on a Denzel Washington movie and stars Bill Paxton as a cop: 2 wds. |
| 32% | ONEMORE | 7 | "___ Time," 2023 movie about a person stuck in the same day ... which is also a hint for 18a, 30a, 35a, 4d, and 39d: 2 wds. |
| 32% | MEETMEINSTLOUIS | 15 | *1944 movie based on a series of New Yorker short stories by Sally Benson |
| 31% | LESMIZ | 6 | 2012 movie musical based on a Victor Hugo novel, familiarly: 2 wds. |
| 31% | MRSDALLOWAY | 11 | Virginia Woolf's novel about a day in the life of a woman in England post World War I: 2 wds. |
| 31% | FERRISBUELLER | 13 | Sitcom based on the 1986 film starring Matthew Broderick about a high-school slacker's day off from school: 2 wds. |
| 31% | SWEETMAGNOLIAS | 14 | Netflix series based on Sherryl Woods novels about three friends in South Carolina (2 wds.) |
| 31% | HENRYV | 6 | 1989 Emma Thompson movie based on a Shakespeare play: 2 wds. |
| 31% | RUNAWAYBRIDE | 12 | 1999 movie starring Richard Gere as a news columnist doing a story on Julia Roberts' character: 2 wds. |