| 100% | AANDE | 5 | Original network for the series based on the 18-Across novels by 40-Across (3 wds.) |
| 60% | THENIGHTAGENT | 13 | Netflix action thriller series starring 18-Across and Luciane Buchanan based on the novel of the same name by 40-Across (3 wds.) |
| 48% | GAMEOFTHRONES | 13 | Fantasy TV series based on the novels of George R. R. Martin: 3 wds. |
| 45% | RULEOFWOLVES | 12 | Novel by 40-Across that won the 2021 Goodreads Choice Award for Young Adult Fantasy (3 wds.) |
| 44% | BADMONKEY | 9 | 2024 Apple TV+ series starring Michelle Monaghan, 15-Across, and 26-Across based on the 2013 novel by 33-Across (2 wds.) |
| 44% | SPINNINGSILVER | 14 | 2019 Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel winner by 27-Across that's loosely based on the tale of "Rumpelstiltskin" (2 wds.) |
| 43% | BIG | 3 | With 60-Across, TV crime series based on the novel "The Highway" by C.J. Box |
| 43% | THEOLDMAN | 9 | "___ and the Sea," a 1999 Academy award-winning animated short film based on Ernest Hemingway's novel by the same name: 3 wds. |
| 43% | ICEANDFIRE | 10 | "A Song of ___," the epic fantasy novel by George R. R. Martin on which 30a is based: 3 wds. |
| 42% | EVE | 3 | "Killing ___" (Sandra Oh series based on the "Villanelle" novels by Luke Jennings) |
| 42% | SHUTITDOWN | 10 | Hit single by Pitbull, featuring Akon, the music video for which is based on intelligence agents and criminal activities : 3 wds. |
| 42% | THELOSTWORLD | 12 | Novel by Michael Crichton on which the sequel to 26a which was released in 1997 was based: 3 wds. |
| 42% | TRUEBLOOD | 9 | Fantasy TV series based on "The Southern Vampire Mysteries" novels by Charlaine Harris (2 wds.) |
| 42% | MADEINAMERICA | 13 | "O.J.:___," documentary series, based on the life of O. J. Simpson, that won the Oscar for Best Documentary Feature in 2016: 3 wds. |
| 42% | INTHEHEIGHTS | 12 | 2021 movie musical based on the stage musical by 14-Across: 3 wds. |
| 42% | BIGLITTLELIES | 13 | TV series with Reese Witherspoon and Nicole Kidman that is based on Liane Moriarty's novel of the same name: 3 wds. |
| 42% | AGENTSOFSHIELD | 14 | Marvel television series co-created for ABC by Joss Whedon based on a Marvel Comic organization: 3 wds. |
| 42% | AMERICANWOMAN | 13 | Novel by 52-Across based on the 1974 kidnapping of Patty Hearst (2 wds.) |
| 42% | PIECESOFHER | 11 | Netflix series starring 17-Across, 29-Across, and Bella Heathcote based on a novel by Karin Slaughter (3 wds.) |
| 42% | ONTHEROAD | 9 | Jack Kerouac's most loved novel based on his travels with his friends across the United States: 3 wds. |
| 41% | DAVINCICODE | 11 | "The ___," 2006 thriller film based on Dan Brown's novel of the same name whose music was composed by Hans Zimmer (birthday today): 3 wds. |
| 41% | BRUCEMILLER | 11 | Creator of the Hulu TV series "The Handmaid's Tale," based on the 1985 novel of the same name by Margaret Atwood: 2 wds. |
| 41% | OLIVER | 6 | 1968 musical based on an 18-/41-Across novel, winner of the Oscar for Best Picture |
| 41% | GLASSHOUSES | 11 | Most recent novel in the mystery series by 40-Across featuring 30-Across (2 wds.) |
| 40% | GAMEOFTHRONES | 13 | HBO series based on fantasy novels, which has won 38 Emmys: 3 wds. |
| 40% | THENEXTDAY | 10 | 2013 album by 18-Across that hit #2 on the charts: 3 wds. |
| 40% | THEWALKINGDEAD | 14 | Dystopian horror TV series that depicts the post-apocalyptic horror and is based on a comic series by Robert Kirkman: 3 wds. |
| 40% | TRIPODS | 7 | The —, 1980s BBC TV series based on novels by John Christopher |
| 40% | THEFIRM | 7 | American legal thriller film based on a John Grisham novel by the same name: 2 wds. |
| 40% | THEALIENIST | 11 | American period drama TV series starring Dakota Fanning which is based on a novel of the same name by Caleb Carr: 2 wds. |