| 100% | OFMICEANDMEN | 12 | Novella by 32-Across made into a 1939 film starring Lon Chaney Jr. and Burgess Meredith (4 wds.) |
| 49% | TORTILLAFLAT | 12 | Novel by 32-Across made into a 1942 film starring Spencer Tracy and Hedy Lamarr (2 wds.) |
| 43% | THEHATEUGIVE | 12 | 2017 bestselling novel by 39-Across made into a film starring Amandla Stenberg and Regina Hall (4 wds.) |
| 41% | THEHATEUGIVE | 12 | 2017 bestselling novel by Angie Thomas made into a film starring Amandla Stenberg and Regina Hall (4 wds.) |
| 39% | THEBESTOFME | 11 | Nicholas Sparks novel made into a film starring James Marsden and Michelle Monaghan (4 wds.) |
| 38% | THEWINDSOFWAR | 13 | Historical novel by 43-Across made into a TV miniseries starring Robert Mitchum and Ali MacGraw (4 wds.) |
| 36% | MYSTICRIVER | 11 | Dennis Lehane novel made into a film starring Sean Penn and Tim Robbins (2 wds.) |
| 36% | SHUTTERISLAND | 13 | Dennis Lehane novel made into a film starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Mark Ruffalo (2 wds.) |
| 36% | LIVEBYNIGHT | 11 | Dennis Lehane novel made into a film starring Ben Affleck and Elle Fanning (3 wds.) |
| 36% | SAFEHAVEN | 9 | Nicholas Sparks novel made into a film starring Josh Duhamel and Julianne Hough (2 wds.) |
| 36% | THECHOICE | 9 | Nicholas Sparks novel made into a film starring Benjamin Walker and Teresa Palmer (2 wds.) |
| 36% | THENOTEBOOK | 11 | Nicholas Sparks novel made into a film starring Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams (2 wds.) |
| 36% | THEALIENIST | 11 | 1994 crime novel by 4-Down/48-Across made into a 2018 miniseries starring 18-Across and 29-Across (2 wds.) |
| 35% | THEBOOKTHIEF | 12 | Award-winning Markus Zusak novel made into a film starring 3-Down and 10-Down (3 wds.) |
| 34% | BOYZNTHEHOOD | 12 | 1991 Oscar-nominated film starring Ice Cube and Cuba Gooding Jr. directed by 30-Across (4 wds.) |
| 34% | DEATHONTHENILE | 14 | Novel by 19-Across set in Egypt adapted into a 2022 film starring and directed by 33-Across (4 wds.) |
| 33% | GOODBYEMRCHIPS | 14 | James Hilton novella adapted into a 1969 musical film starring 19-Across and 45-Across (3 wds.) |
| 33% | APAINTEDHOUSE | 13 | Novel by John Grisham which was made into a television film starring Scott Glenn in 2003: 3 wds. |
| 32% | COMANCHEMOON | 12 | Bestselling novel by 5-Down made into a TV miniseries starring Val Kilmer and Steve Zahn (2 wds.) |
| 32% | GONEBABYGONE | 12 | Novel by 44-Across made into a film directed by Ben Affleck (3 wds.) |
| 32% | SHUTTERISLAND | 13 | Novel by 44-Across made into a film directed by Martin Scorsese (2 wds.) |
| 31% | RESIDENTEVIL | 12 | Video game franchise made into a series of films starring Milla Jovovich (2 wds.) |
| 31% | MORTALKOMBAT | 12 | Video game franchise made into a 1995 film starring Linden Ashby (2 wds.) |
| 31% | THEATEAM | 8 | 1980s action show made into a 2010 film starring Liam Neeson: 2 wds. |
| 31% | MIAMIVICE | 9 | 1980s cop show made into a 2006 film starring Colin Farrell: 2 wds. |
| 30% | PRETTYWOMAN | 11 | 1990 Garry Marshall film starring 17-Across and 28-Across whose title was inspired by a Roy Orbison song (2 wds.) |
| 30% | JURASSICPARK | 12 | 1993 Steven Speilberg film starring Sam Neill, Laura Dern, 19-Across, 32-Across, and a lot of CGI dinosaurs (2 wds.) |
| 30% | MARYPOPPINS | 11 | 1964 film starring 17-Across and 30-Across based on children's books by P.L. Travers about a magical nanny (2 wds.) |
| 30% | THEBEEKEEPER | 12 | 2024 action film starring 19-Across, 32-Across, and Emmy Raver-Lampman about a retired special operative's campaign for revenge (2 wds.) |
| 29% | SOPHIESCHOICE | 13 | 1979 novel by 47-Across adapted into a film starring 30-Across (2 wds.) |