| 100% | REDDRAGON | 9 | Thomas Harris novel "Hannibal" is based on: 2 wds. |
| 60% | SCHINDLERSLIST | 14 | Steven Spielberg film based on a 1982 Thomas Keneally novel: 2 wds. |
| 59% | EASYA | 5 | Teen comedy film starring Emma Stone that was based on the novel "The Scarlet Letter": 2 wds. |
| 57% | THERAINMAKER | 12 | 1997 legal drama film starring Matt Damon which is based on John Grisham's novel of the same name: 2 wds. |
| 57% | RIPLEYSGAME | 11 | 2002 thriller drama starring Lena Headey, which is based on the novel of the same name by Patricia Highsmith: 2 wds. |
| 57% | MRSDALLOWAY | 11 | 1997 British drama film starring Lena Headey, which is based on Virginia Woolf's novel of the same name: 2 wds. |
| 56% | JURASSICPARK | 12 | 1993 sci-fi adventure film about cloned dinosaurs which was based on a Michael Crichton novel of the same name: 2 wds. |
| 56% | 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. |
| 56% | GOSSIPGIRL | 10 | TV series with Blake Lively and Leighton Meester that is based on Cecily von Ziegesar's novel of the same name: 2 wds. |
| 55% | JURASSICPARK | 12 | Steven Spielberg's hit sci-fi film which celebrates its 25th anniversary this year and was based on a Michael Crichton novel: 2 wds. |
| 55% | ALTEREDCARBON | 13 | American dystopian sci-fi TV series starring Joel Kinnaman which is based on a novel of the same name by Richard K. Morgan: 2 wds. |
| 54% | FAIRLADY | 8 | Musical based on a novel by George Bernard Shaw, "My ___" was the longest-running Broadway show between 1956 - 1962: 2 wds. |
| 53% | AMERICANGODS | 12 | Television series based on 45a's novel which is about Shadow Moon, a former convict and Mr. Wednesday, a con artist: 2 wds. |
| 53% | MARIOPUZO | 9 | Author who wrote the novel 15-Across was based on: 2 wds. |
| 53% | TRUEBLOOD | 9 | Fantasy TV series based on "The Southern Vampire Mysteries" novels by Charlaine Harris (2 wds.) |
| 52% | TOMWOLFE | 8 | Author of the 1979 book about space flight that 34-Across is based on: 2 wds. |
| 50% | BRAVENEWWORLD | 13 | 2020 Peacock sci-fi series that was based on an Aldous Huxley novel: 3 wds. |
| 49% | TRUEBLOOD | 9 | HBO show based on a series of Charlaine Harris books: 2 wds. |
| 49% | LESMIZ | 6 | 2012 movie musical based on a Victor Hugo novel, familiarly: 2 wds. |
| 49% | ROALDDAHL | 9 | Writer of the children's books that the movies directed by 14-, 20-, and 36-Across were based on: 2 wds. |
| 49% | BIGLITTLELIES | 13 | HBO drama series starring Reese Witherspoon that was based on a bestselling Liane Moriarty novel: 3 wds. |
| 48% | BLACKSWAN | 9 | 2010 psychological thriller film starring Natalie Portman which is based on an original story by Heinz: 2 wds. |
| 48% | LIFESUPPORT | 11 | A 2007 movie in which Queen Latifah's (birthday today) character was based on Ana Wallace: 2 wds. |
| 48% | OWNINGMAHOWNY | 13 | Philip Seymour Hoffman's movie which is based on a Canadian banker who embezzled money for gambling: 2 wds. |
| 48% | FARFROM | 7 | "Spider-Man: ___ Home," 2019 superhero film starring Tom Holland which is based on a Marvel Comics character: 2 wds. |
| 48% | THEMIDDLEMAN | 12 | 2008 TV series developed by Javier Grillo-Marxuach which is based on a series by Viper Comics: 2 wds. |
| 48% | BLADERUNNER | 11 | 1982 Harrison Ford sci-fi film based on a Philip K. Dick novel: 2 wds. |
| 48% | THENOTEBOOK | 11 | 2004 romantic drama starring 13-Across and based on a Nicholas Sparks novel: 2 wds. |
| 48% | ATOMICBLONDE | 12 | 2017 Charlize Theron spy thriller based on the graphic novel "The Coldest City": 2 wds. |
| 47% | ROGUETRADER | 11 | Ewan McGregor's movie which is based on a derivatives broker who caused the collapse of Barings Bank: 2 wds. |