| 100% | HOWSTELLAGOT | 12 | With 32-Across, 1998 Angela Bassett film based on a best-selling book: 3 wds. |
| 47% | WHERETHEWILDTHINGS | 18 | 2009 fantasy film based on a best-selling book |
| 46% | JEMANDTHE | 9 | With 34-Across, October 2015 fantasy film based on a line of toys: 3 wds. |
| 43% | ALICEIN | 7 | With 20-Across, 1951 Disney animated film based on a Lewis Carroll book, or its 2010 live-action adaptation: 2 wds. |
| 42% | THEGOLDFINCH | 12 | 2019 film based on a 2013 best-selling novel by Donna Tartt: 2 wds. |
| 40% | THELOSTCITYOFZ | 14 | Charlie Hunnam film based on a 52-Across book subtitled "A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon" (5 wds.) |
| 40% | READYPLAYERONE | 14 | Steven Spielberg film based on a 2011 Ernest Cline novel: 3 wds. |
| 40% | THECOLORPURPLE | 14 | Steven Spielberg film based on a 1982 Alice Walker novel: 3 wds. |
| 39% | THELEGOMOVIE | 12 | 2014 animated film based on a line of toys: 3 wds. |
| 39% | BYEBYE | 6 | With 32-Across, 1963 musical film in which 46-Across sings "Put on a Happy Face": 2 wds. |
| 39% | GIJOE | 5 | Sci-fi film based on a toy franchise, "___: The Rise of Cobra": 3 wds. |
| 39% | THERIGHTSTUFF | 13 | Oscar-winning space-age film based on a Tom Wolfe book (3 wds.) |
| 39% | READYPLAYERONE | 14 | Movie based on a 2011 Ernest Cline book: 3 wds. |
| 38% | OFWALLSTREET | 12 | "The Wolf ___" biographical dark comedy crime film based on a memoir of former stockbroker Jordan Belfort: 3 wds. |
| 38% | GAMEOFTHRONES | 13 | HBO show based on a series of George R.R. Martin books: 3 wds. |
| 37% | MUCHADOABOUT | 12 | "___ Nothing," a 1993 film based on a Shakespeare play, in which Keanu Reeves starred with the likes of Denzel Washington: 3 wds. |
| 37% | ABRIDGETOOFAR | 13 | Sean Connery's 1977 war film based on a book by Cornelius Ryan which also stars Michael Caine: 4 wds. |
| 37% | LOVEYOU | 7 | "P.S. I ___," film based on a novel which shares its title with a 1962 song by The Beatles: 2 wds. |
| 37% | XFILES | 6 | 1998 film thriller based on a TV series, with "The" |
| 37% | OUTOFAFRICA | 11 | 1985 romantic drama starring 12-Across and based on a book written by 41-Across: 3 wds. |
| 37% | THEAVENGERS | 11 | 1998 Uma Thurman film based on an old spy show, or a 2012 superhero film: 2 wds. |
| 36% | THEJUNGLEBOOK | 13 | Jon Favreau film based on a story collection by Rudyard Kipling (3 wds.) |
| 36% | HUGO | 4 | Best Picture-nominated 2011 film based on a children's book |
| 36% | 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. |
| 35% | INTOTHEWILD | 11 | 2007 American biographical survival film based on the travels of Christopher McCandless across North America, starring Emile Hirsch: 3 wds. |
| 35% | ATAFUNERAL | 10 | "Death ___," dark comedy starring Peter Dinklage based on a British film of the same name by Dean Craig: 3 wds. |
| 35% | DARKCRIMES | 10 | Jim Carrey film based on a 52-Across essay subtitled "A Postmodern Murder Mystery" (2 wds.) |
| 35% | CLIENT | 6 | Schumacher film based on a Grisham book, The __ |
| 35% | THEBLINDSIDE | 12 | 2009 film based on a true story starring Quinton Aaron as football player Michael Oher (3 wds.) |
| 35% | RAISETHETITANIC | 15 | 1980 film based on a Clive Cussler best seller |