| 100% | FATHER | 6 | Play based on a Clarence Day novel: Life With __ |
| 48% | WIZ | 3 | 1974 musical based on a 1900 novel, with "The" |
| 48% | BARBEROFSEVILLE | 15 | Opera based on a play by Pierre Beaumarchais, with "The" |
| 45% | BFG | 3 | 2016 film based on a Roald Dahl novel, with "The" |
| 44% | RAIN | 4 | Play based on a Maugham tale |
| 44% | THEMATINGOFTHESHREW | 19 | Play based on a "Wild Kingdom" episode? |
| 43% | RAIN | 4 | Classic play based on a Maugham tale |
| 42% | LOVEYOU | 7 | "P.S. I ___," film based on a novel which shares its title with a 1962 song by The Beatles: 2 wds. |
| 42% | GYNT | 4 | “Peer ___” (Ibsen play based on a Norwegian folktale) |
| 41% | ROOTS | 5 | Miniseries based on a Haley novel |
| 40% | WHITE | 5 | & 3D The —, Mikhail Bulgakov novel on which stage play The Days of the Turbins was based |
| 40% | SAPHO | 5 | Massenet opera based on a Daudet novel |
| 40% | LOLITA | 6 | Kubrick film based on a Nabokov novel |
| 40% | LES | 3 | "___ Misérables" (musical based on a French novel) |
| 40% | JAWS | 4 | Spielberg thriller based on a Benchley novel |
| 40% | ASOLDIERSSTORY | 14 | 1984 film based on a Fuller play |
| 40% | OTELLO | 6 | Verdi opera based on a Shakespeare play |
| 40% | OTELLO | 6 | Verdi opera based on a Shakespearean play |
| 40% | ITENDS | 6 | With 13-Across, 2024 movie based on a Colleen Hoover novel |
| 40% | LAZARUS | 7 | The __ effect, based on a return to life |
| 40% | DONQUIXOTE | 10 | Ballet based on a 1605 novel, by George |
| 40% | EYRE | 4 | "Jane ___" (2011 film based on a Brontë novel) |
| 40% | EYRE | 4 | "Jane ___" (2011 movie based on a classic novel) |
| 40% | CAMELOT | 7 | Musical based on a T. H. White novel |
| 40% | RUNAWAYJURY | 11 | John Cusack thriller based on a Grisham novel |
| 40% | SIN | 3 | "___ City" (2005 film based on a graphic novel) |
| 40% | PVALLEY | 7 | Starz series based on a Katori Hall play |
| 39% | CHARLOTTESWEB | 13 | 2006 Julia Roberts kids' movie, based on an E.B. White novel, whose title begins with a woman's name: 2 wds. |
| 39% | PHANTOM | 7 | "__ of the Opera" play based on the French novel |