| 100% | LOOKING | 7 | 2014-2015 HBO series set in San Francisco |
| 67% | IRONSIDE | 8 | 1960s-'70s detective series set in San Francisco |
| 65% | TALES | 5 | "___ of the City" (novel series set in San Francisco) |
| 55% | PETULIA | 7 | 1968 Julie Christie movie set in San Francisco |
| 55% | TREME | 5 | HBO series set in New Orleans |
| 53% | TREME | 5 | HBO series set in post-Katrina New Orleans |
| 53% | VERTIGO | 7 | Hitchcock classic set in San Francisco |
| 53% | THEWIRE | 7 | Hit HBO series set in Baltimore |
| 53% | IRONSIDE | 8 | Old TV drama set in San Francisco |
| 53% | IRONSIDE | 8 | 1960s-'70s drama set in San Francisco |
| 53% | TREME | 5 | Onetime HBO series set in New Orleans |
| 52% | TREME | 5 | 2010-2013 HBO series set in New Orleans |
| 51% | THEWHITELOTUS | 13 | Emmy-winning HBO series set in a fictional resort |
| 51% | CHANISMISSING | 13 | 1982 Wayne Wang film set in San Francisco’s Chinatown |
| 49% | CANON | 5 | "The 7th ___," 2016 legal thriller novel by Robert Dugoni set in San Francisco |
| 47% | THEGILDEDAGE | 12 | HBO series set in 1880s New York City, featuring Christine Baranski as socialite Agnes van Rhijn: 3 wds. |
| 45% | THEWIRE | 7 | HBO crime drama series set in Baltimore |
| 45% | TRUEBLOOD | 9 | HBO vampire TV series set in Louisiana |
| 45% | AGE | 3 | "The Gilded ___" (HBO series set in the 1880s) |
| 43% | NASHBRIDGES | 11 | Police procedural set in San Francisco starring 13-Across and 25-Across that began its six-year run in 1996 (2 wds.) |
| 42% | FOG | 3 | "House of Sand and ___" (Ben Kingsley film set in the San Francisco Bay Area) |
| 41% | ROOM | 4 | "___ 104" (HBO anthology series set in a motel) |
| 41% | FOG | 3 | Weather that often hinders visibility in San Francisco |
| 41% | FULLHOUSE | 9 | TV show about Tanner family in San Francisco |
| 41% | PIERS | 5 | Attractions at Fisherman's Wharf in San Francisco |
| 41% | FOG | 3 | Cloudy weather that's common in San Francisco |
| 40% | PRESIDIO | 8 | Spanish-founded fort in San Francisco |
| 40% | STREETCAR | 9 | Open-air transit in San Francisco |
| 40% | GATE | 4 | Golden in San Francisco |
| 40% | NOB | 3 | Hill in San Francisco |