The lists below include films from selected novelists and playwrights. In most cases, the films are adaptations of their novels or plays. In some cases, the authors wrote the screenplays for the films.
| Rank | Title | Year | Director(s) | Overall Rank |
| 1 | Double Indemnity | 1944 | Billy Wilder | 51 |
| 2 | Mildred Pierce | 1945 | Michael Curtiz | 454 |
| 3 | Out of the Past | 1947 | Jacques Tourneur | 461 |
| 4 | The Postman Always Rings Twice | 1946 | Tay Garnett | 1112 |
| 5 | Ossessione | 1943 | Luchino Visconti | 1731 |
| Rank | Title | Year | Director(s) | Overall Rank |
| 1 | Double Indemnity | 1944 | Billy Wilder | 51 |
| 2 | The Big Sleep | 1946 | Howard Hawks | 215 |
| 3 | Strangers on a Train | 1951 | Alfred Hitchcock | 286 |
| 4 | The Long Goodbye | 1973 | Robert Altman | 538 |
| 5 | Murder, My Sweet | 1944 | Edward Dmytryk | 1855 |
| Rank | Title | Year | Director(s) | Overall Rank |
| 1 | Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory | 1971 | Mel Stuart | 364 |
| 2 | Fantastic Mr. Fox | 2009 | Wes Anderson | 564 |
| 3 | Matilda | 1996 | Danny DeVito | 1495 |
| 4 | Chitty Chitty Bang Bang | 1968 | Ken Hughes | 1853 |
| 5 | The Witches | 1990 | Nicolas Roeg | 1890 |
| 6 | James and the Giant Peach | 1996 | Henry Selick | 1955 |
| 7 | Charlie and the Chocolate Factory | 2005 | Tim Burton | 2354 |
| Rank | Title | Year | Director(s) | Overall Rank |
| 1 | Great Expectations | 1946 | David Lean | 539 |
| 2 | Oliver! | 1968 | Carol Reed | 1029 |
| 3 | The Muppet Christmas Carol | 1992 | Brian Henson | 1933 |
| 4 | Scrooge | 1951 | Brian Desmond Hurst | 2178 |
| 5 | Oliver Twist | 1948 | David Lean | 2579 |
| 6 | David Copperfield | 1935 | George Cukor | 2664 |
| Rank | Title | Year | Director(s) | Overall Rank |
| 1 | The Big Sleep | 1946 | Howard Hawks | 215 |
| 2 | Mildred Pierce | 1945 | Michael Curtiz | 454 |
| 3 | To Have and Have Not | 1944 | Howard Hawks | 907 |
| 4 | Gunga Din | 1939 | George Stevens | 1598 |
| 5 | Burning | 2018 | Lee Chang-dong | 1750 |
| Rank | Title | Year | Director(s) | Overall Rank |
| 1 | Goldfinger | 1964 | Guy Hamilton | 246 |
| 2 | Casino Royale | 2006 | Martin Campbell | 358 |
| 3 | Skyfall | 2012 | Sam Mendes | 703 |
| 4 | Dr. No | 1962 | Terence Young | 781 |
| 5 | From Russia with Love | 1963 | Terence Young | 889 |
| 6 | GoldenEye | 1995 | Martin Campbell | 1635 |
| 7 | The Spy Who Loved Me | 1977 | Lewis Gilbert | 1660 |
| 8 | Chitty Chitty Bang Bang | 1968 | Ken Hughes | 1853 |
| 9 | On Her Majesty's Secret Service | 1969 | Peter R. Hunt | 2015 |
| 10 | Thunderball | 1965 | Terence Young | 2181 |
| Rank | Title | Year | Director(s) | Overall Rank |
| 1 | The Third Man | 1949 | Carol Reed | 42 |
| 2 | The Fallen Idol | 1948 | Carol Reed | 1722 |
| 3 | Went the Day Well? | 1942 | Alberto Cavalcanti | 1895 |
| 4 | Brighton Rock | 1948 | John Boulting | 2048 |
| 5 | The Quiet American | 2002 | Phillip Noyce | 2857 |
| Rank | Title | Year | Director(s) | Overall Rank |
| 1 | Strangers on a Train | 1951 | Alfred Hitchcock | 286 |
| 2 | Carol | 2015 | Todd Haynes | 545 |
| 3 | The Talented Mr. Ripley | 1999 | Anthony Minghella | 980 |
| 4 | The American Friend | 1977 | Wim Wenders | 1932 |
| 5 | Purple Noon | 1960 | René Clément | 2435 |
| Rank | Title | Year | Director(s) | Overall Rank |
| 1 | Lost Horizon | 1937 | Frank Capra | 1500 |
| 2 | Mrs. Miniver | 1942 | William Wyler | 1546 |
| 3 | Foreign Correspondent | 1940 | Alfred Hitchcock | 1813 |
| 4 | Goodbye Mr. Chips | 1939 | Sam Wood | 2079 |
| 5 | Camille | 1936 | George Cukor | 2264 |
| Rank | Title | Year | Director(s) | Overall Rank |
| 1 | The Shining | 1980 | Stanley Kubrick | 22 |
| 2 | The Shawshank Redemption | 1994 | Frank Darabont | 45 |
| 3 | Carrie | 1976 | Brian De Palma | 159 |
| 4 | The Green Mile | 1999 | Frank Darabont | 296 |
| 5 | Stand by Me | 1986 | Rob Reiner | 307 |
| 6 | Misery | 1990 | Rob Reiner | 585 |
| 7 | It | 2017 | Andy Muschietti | 1264 |
| 8 | The Mist | 2007 | Frank Darabont | 1480 |
| 9 | The Dead Zone | 1983 | David Cronenberg | 1990 |
| 10 | Pet Sematary | 1989 | Mary Lambert | 2495 |
| 11 | Creepshow | 1982 | George A. Romero | 2683 |
| Rank | Title | Year | Director(s) | Overall Rank |
| 1 | The Jungle Book | 1967 | Wolfgang Reitherman | 566 |
| 2 | The Man Who Would be King | 1975 | John Huston | 921 |
| 3 | Gunga Din | 1939 | George Stevens | 1598 |
| 4 | Captains Courageous | 1937 | Victor Fleming | 1799 |
| 5 | The Jungle Book | 2016 | Jon Favreau | 2379 |
| Rank | Title | Year | Director(s) | Overall Rank |
| 1 | Jackie Brown | 1997 | Quentin Tarantino | 688 |
| 2 | Out of Sight | 1998 | Steven Soderbergh | 1001 |
| 3 | 3:10 to Yuma | 2007 | James Mangold | 1195 |
| 4 | 3:10 to Yuma | 1957 | Delmer Daves | 1460 |
| 5 | The Tall T | 1957 | Budd Boetticher | 2107 |
| 6 | Get Shorty | 1995 | Barry Sonnenfeld | 2550 |
| 7 | Hombre | 1967 | Martin Ritt | 2609 |
| Rank | Title | Year | Director(s) | Overall Rank |
| 1 | The Incredible Shrinking Man | 1957 | Jack Arnold | 1145 |
| 2 | Duel | 1971 | Steven Spielberg | 1384 |
| 3 | The Devil Rides Out | 1968 | Terence Fisher | 1931 |
| 4 | I Am Legend | 2007 | Francis Lawrence | 2253 |
| 5 | The Omega Man | 1971 | Boris Sagal | 2635 |
| 6 | The Legend of Hell House | 1973 | John Hough | 2786 |
| 7 | The Pit and the Pendulum | 1961 | Roger Corman | 2864 |
| 8 | The Fall of the House of Usher | 1960 | Roger Corman | 3017 |
| Rank | Title | Year | Director(s) | Overall Rank |
| 1 | Fall of the House of Usher | 1928 | Jean Epstein | 1424 |
| 2 | The Masque of the Red Death | 1964 | Roger Corman | 1816 |
| 3 | The Black Cat | 1934 | Edgar G. Ulmer | 1930 |
| 4 | Witchfinder General | 1968 | Michael Reeves | 2383 |
| 5 | The Pit and the Pendulum | 1961 | Roger Corman | 2864 |
| 6 | The Fall of the House of Usher | 1960 | Roger Corman | 3017 |
| Rank | Title | Year | Director(s) | Overall Rank |
| 1 | The Godfather | 1972 | Francis Ford Coppola | 2 |
| 2 | The Godfather: Part II | 1974 | Francis Ford Coppola | 23 |
| 3 | Superman | 1978 | Richard Donner | 238 |
| 4 | Superman II | 1980 | Richard Lester | 723 |
| 5 | The Godfather: Part III | 1990 | Francis Ford Coppola | 916 |
| Rank | Title | Year | Director(s) | Overall Rank |
| 1 | Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban | 2004 | Alfonso Cuarón | 305 |
| 2 | Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone | 2001 | Chris Columbus | 333 |
| 3 | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 | 2011 | David Yates | 375 |
| 4 | Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire | 2005 | Mike Newell | 534 |
| 5 | Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix | 2007 | David Yates | 635 |
| 6 | Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince | 2009 | David Yates | 653 |
| 7 | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 | 2010 | David Yates | 718 |
| 8 | Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets | 2002 | Chris Columbus | 731 |
| Rank | Title | Year | Director(s) | Overall Rank |
| 1 | Bride of Frankenstein | 1935 | James Whale | 123 |
| 2 | Frankenstein | 1931 | James Whale | 177 |
| 3 | Young Frankenstein | 1974 | Mel Brooks | 279 |
| 4 | The Curse of Frankenstein | 1957 | Terence Fisher | 2042 |
| 5 | Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein | 1948 | Charles Barton | 2220 |
| Rank | Title | Year | Director(s) | Overall Rank |
| 1 | Nosferatu | 1922 | F.W. Murnau | 107 |
| 2 | Dracula | 1931 | Tod Browning | 517 |
| 3 | Horror of Dracula | 1958 | Terence Fisher | 813 |
| 4 | Nosferatu the Vampyre | 1979 | Werner Herzog | 992 |
| 5 | Bram Stoker's Dracula | 1992 | Francis Ford Coppola | 1165 |
| 6 | Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein | 1948 | Charles Barton | 2220 |
| Rank | Title | Year | Director(s) | Overall Rank |
| 1 | Voyage to the Moon | 1902 | Georges Méliès | 377 |
| 2 | The Invisible Man | 1933 | James Whale | 627 |
| 3 | Dead of Night | 1945 | Alberto Cavalcanti, Charles Crichton, Basil Dearden, and Robert Hamer | 787 |
| 4 | The War of the Worlds | 1953 | Byron Haskin | 1053 |
| 5 | Things to Come | 1936 | William Cameron Menzies | 1325 |
| 6 | The Time Machine | 1960 | George Pal | 1375 |
| 7 | War of the Worlds | 2005 | Steven Spielberg | 1623 |
| 8 | The Invisible Man | 2020 | Leigh Whannell | 1687 |
| 9 | Island of Lost Souls | 1932 | Erle C. Kenton | 1735 |
| Rank | Title | Year | Director(s) | Overall Rank |
| 1 | A Streetcar Named Desire | 1951 | Elia Kazan | 237 |
| 2 | Senso | 1954 | Luchino Visconti | 1700 |
| 3 | Cat on a Hot Tin Roof | 1958 | Richard Brooks | 2095 |
| 4 | Baby Doll | 1956 | Elia Kazan | 2517 |
| 5 | Suddenly, Last Summer | 1959 | Joseph L. Mankiewicz | 2792 |