| SHAWSHANK | The _ Redemption, 1994 film adapted from a story by Stephen King (9) |
| CAVALLERIARUSTICANA | Mascagni opera adapted from a story by Giovanni Verga (10,9) |
| ISABELLA | -, or the Pot of Basil; John Keats poem written in ottava rima, adapted from a story in Boccaccio's The Decameron (8) |
| ITGIRL | Term that derived from a story by Rudyard Kipling for a stylish, upwardlymobile female socialite (2,4) |
| LAWNMOWER | 'The -- Man', 1992 film based on a story by Stephen King (9) |
| STANDBYME | Coming-of-age film based on a story by Stephen King |
| YOLATENGO | Band whose name comes from a story about a shouting outfielder |
| EXORCIST | The ___ 1973 supernatural horror film adapted from a novel of the same name about the demonic possession of a 12 year old girl |
| PETSEMATARY | 2019 horror film adapted from a 1983 Stephen King novel, directed by Kevin Kolsch and Dennis Widmyer (3,8) |
| DOCTORSLEEP | 2019 horror film adapted from a Stephen King novel, starring Ewan McGregor and Rebecca Ferguson (6,5) |
| AFRICAN | The ____ Queen, 1952 adventure film adapted from a novel by C. S. Forester (7) |
| INTO | _ the Woods, 2014 fantasy film adapted from a Stephen Sondheim musical (4) |
| COMPASS | The Golden _, 2007 fantasy film adapted from a novel by Philip Pullman (7) |
| SEED | The Bad _, 1956 horror film adapted from a novel by US writer William March (4) |
| TINTIN | Hero of a Spielberg film adapted from a comic |
| LINCOLN | Matthew Mcconaughey legal thriller film adapted from a Michael Connelly novel, The _ Lawyer (7) |
| UNITED | The Damned _, 2009 sports drama film adapted from a David Peace novel (6) |
| DRAMATISATION | Play or film adapted from a novel or depicting a particular incident (13) |
| VERTIGO | 1958 Alfred Hitchcock film adapted from a 1954 French novel (D'entre les morts) by Boileau-Narcejac (7) |
| DUMBO | 2019 live-action Tim Burton film adapted from a 1941 Disney animation (5) |
