| 100% | EDDIE | 5 | With 47-Across, chef who narrates ABC's "Fresh Off the Boat," which is based on his memoir |
| 41% | FRESH | 5 | "___ Off the Boat" (sitcom based on chef Eddie Huang's memoir) |
| 36% | EDDIE | 5 | ___ Huang, whose "Fresh Off the Boat" memoir was turned into an ABC sitcom |
| 33% | BRIANMALARKEY | 13 | Chef who was a judge on ABC’s “The Taste” |
| 33% | ROGUETRADER | 11 | Ewan McGregor's movie which is based on a derivatives broker who caused the collapse of Barings Bank: 2 wds. |
| 33% | HUANG | 5 | Chef Eddie whose memoir inspired the ABC sitcom "Fresh off the Boat" |
| 32% | AWAKENINGS | 10 | Robert De Niro's 1990 film which was based on British neurologist Oliver Sacks's memoir of the same name |
| 32% | ERIN | 4 | "___ Brockovich," 2000 film starring Julia Roberts which is based on the story of the legal clerk who fought against PG&E |
| 31% | ONTHEROAD | 9 | Jack Kerouac's most loved novel based on his travels with his friends across the United States: 3 wds. |
| 30% | GOODFELLAS | 10 | Martin Scorsese's crime film based on the life of Henry Hill who was associated with the Lucchese crime family |
| 30% | BROADCITY | 9 | American sitcom based on Ilana Glazer and Abbi Jacobson's real life friendship which will air its ending with the final season this year (2019): 2 wds. |
| 30% | DAVID | 5 | With 47-Across, "Doctor Who" actor who plays the demon Crowley on 30-Across |
| 30% | GOLDFINGER | 10 | 1964 British spy film which is based on Ian Fleming's novel of the same name, starring Sean Connery |
| 29% | IRONWEED | 8 | American Drama film of 1987 starring Meryl Streep which is based on William Kennedy's novel of the same name |
| 29% | DIARIES | 7 | "The Motorcycle ___," a biopic based on Che Guevara's memoir in which Gael Garcia Bernal travels across South America |
| 29% | THERAINMAKER | 12 | 1997 legal drama film starring Matt Damon which is based on John Grisham's novel of the same name: 2 wds. |
| 29% | MRSDALLOWAY | 11 | 1997 British drama film starring Lena Headey, which is based on Virginia Woolf's novel of the same name: 2 wds. |
| 29% | ROBERTSEAN | 10 | With 25-Across, actor who played Dr. James Wilson (based on 47-Across) on the Fox series "House": 2 wds. |
| 29% | MARTHA | 6 | With 34-Across, Beatles song inspired by Paul's dog, on which Paul McCartney is the only credited Beatle |
| 29% | RANDALLPARK | 11 | Actor who plays 36-Across's father on "Fresh off the Boat" (2 wds.) |
| 29% | CONSTANCEWU | 11 | Actress who plays 36-Across's mother on "Fresh off the Boat" (2 wds.) |
| 29% | EDDIE | 5 | Huang who wrote "Fresh Off the Boat: A Memoir" (2013) |
| 28% | RHAPSODY | 8 | "Bohemian ___," 2018 film starring Rami Malek which is based on the life of Freddie Mercury |
| 28% | HUDSONYANG | 10 | Actor who plays 36-Across on "Fresh off the Boat" (2 wds.) |
| 28% | OHER | 4 | NFL's Michael ___ ("The Blind Side" was based on his story) |
| 28% | COLIN | 5 | ___ Powell, retired general in the U. S. Army who was honored with his second Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1993 |
| 28% | BILLIONAIRE | 11 | Ansel Elgort's "___ Boys Club" (releasing tomorrow) which is based on a Ponzi scam that happened in the 80s |
| 28% | FRASIER | 7 | Titular sitcom character who says, about an enemy, "Charm is the vicious grease with which he oils his flim-flam machine" |
| 28% | OWNINGMAHOWNY | 13 | Philip Seymour Hoffman's movie which is based on a Canadian banker who embezzled money for gambling: 2 wds. |
| 28% | RICH | 4 | Jon M. Chu's 2018 film "Crazy ___ Asians" which is based on a 2013 novel of the same name |