| 100% | OUTOFAFRICA | 11 | Oscar-winning film directed by Sydney Pollack based on a memoir by 42-Across (3 wds.) |
| 67% | BABETTESFEAST | 13 | Oscar-winning film directed by Gabriel Axel based on a short story by 42-Across (2 wds.) |
| 46% | THEDARKCRYSTAL | 14 | 1982 fantasy film, directed by 15-Across, with a 2019 prequel series on Netflix: 3 wds. |
| 45% | BADNEWSBEARS | 12 | Sports comedy, directed by Richard Linklater, based on an alcoholic baseball player and is also a reboot of 1976 film of the same name: 3 wds. |
| 45% | THESEAOFGRASS | 13 | 1947 Western drama film directed by Elia Kazan based on a 1936 novel of the same name, starring Katharine Hepburn: 4 wds. |
| 44% | ROOM | 4 | Brie Larson Oscar-winning film based on a novel by 29-Across |
| 43% | THERIGHTSTUFF | 13 | Oscar-winning space-age film based on a Tom Wolfe book (3 wds.) |
| 43% | OFWALLSTREET | 12 | "The Wolf ___" biographical dark comedy crime film based on a memoir of former stockbroker Jordan Belfort: 3 wds. |
| 42% | THESECRETLIFE | 13 | "___ of Bees," a 2008 drama film with Queen Latifah and was based on a novel by Sue Monk Kidd: 3 wds. |
| 41% | 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. |
| 41% | CASTLE | 6 | "Howl's Moving ___," fantasy film directed by Hayao Miyazaki based on a novel by British author Diana Wynne Jones |
| 41% | JEMANDTHE | 9 | With 34-Across, October 2015 fantasy film based on a line of toys: 3 wds. |
| 41% | GOAL | 4 | "Next ___ Wins," sports comedy film directed by Taika Waititi that is based on a 2014 documentary of the same name |
| 41% | ATAFUNERAL | 10 | "Death ___," dark comedy starring Peter Dinklage based on a British film of the same name by Dean Craig: 3 wds. |
| 40% | ANNAKARENINA | 12 | Keira Knightley film based on a novel by Leo Tolstoy (2 wds.) |
| 40% | NEVERLETMEGO | 12 | Keira Knightley film based on a novel by Kazuo Ishiguro (4 wds.) |
| 40% | THEAFTERMATH | 12 | Keira Knightley film based on a novel by Rhidian Brook (2 wds.) |
| 40% | PSYCHO | 6 | 1960 American thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock based on a 1959 novel of the same name |
| 40% | JOHNNYMNEMONIC | 14 | 1995 film starring Keanu Reeves, based on a short story by 44-Across: 2 wds. |
| 40% | THEJUNGLEBOOK | 13 | Jon Favreau film based on a story collection by Rudyard Kipling (3 wds.) |
| 40% | 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. |
| 39% | HOWSTELLAGOT | 12 | With 32-Across, 1998 Angela Bassett film based on a best-selling book: 3 wds. |
| 39% | THELEGOMOVIE | 12 | 2014 animated film based on a line of toys: 3 wds. |
| 39% | GETOUT | 6 | Oscar-winning film directed by Jordan Peele that premiered at 48-Across in 2017 (2 wds.) |
| 39% | READYPLAYERONE | 14 | Steven Spielberg film based on a 2011 Ernest Cline novel: 3 wds. |
| 39% | THECOLORPURPLE | 14 | Steven Spielberg film based on a 1982 Alice Walker novel: 3 wds. |
| 39% | THEWIZARDOFOZ | 13 | 1939 film based on a novel by L. Frank Baum (4 wds.) |
| 39% | PIECESOFHER | 11 | Netflix series starring 17-Across, 29-Across, and Bella Heathcote based on a novel by Karin Slaughter (3 wds.) |
| 39% | BIGLITTLELIES | 13 | HBO murder-mystery miniseries starring 15-Across and Reese Witherspoon based on a novel by 32-Across (3 wds.) |
| 39% | OUTOFAFRICA | 11 | 1985 romantic drama starring 12-Across and based on a book written by 41-Across: 3 wds. |