| 100% | ANNIE | 5 | Nineteen-seventies musical about an optimistic orphan |
| 61% | ANNIE | 5 | Musical about an orphan |
| 58% | ANNIE | 5 | Musical about an orphan adopted by Daddy Warbucks |
| 58% | ANNIE | 5 | Musical about an orphan that features the song "Tomorrow" |
| 54% | PETESDRAGON | 11 | 1977 animated musical about an orphan and his reptilian friend, Elliott |
| 54% | OLIVER | 6 | Broadway musical about an orphan based on a novel by Charles Dickens |
| 52% | ANNIE | 5 | 1982 film adaptation of the 1977 Broadway musical about an orphan girl starring Aileen Quinn |
| 45% | ANNIE | 5 | Musical about a plucky, redheaded orphan |
| 45% | BULLDURHAM | 10 | 1988 film about an optimistic broker? |
| 45% | ELISABETH | 9 | Viennese musical about an Austrian empress |
| 43% | ANNIE | 5 | Musical about a red-headed orphan |
| 43% | EVITA | 5 | Andrew Lloyd Webber musical about an Argentinian first lady |
| 43% | ANNIE | 5 | Musical about a redheaded orphan |
| 42% | KIM | 3 | Kipling novel about an orphan boy |
| 42% | BABE | 4 | 1995 movie about an orphaned piglet |
| 42% | BABE | 4 | 1995 movie about an orphaned pig |
| 38% | HEIDI | 5 | Children's classic novel about an orphan girl in the Alps |
| 37% | ANNEOFG | 7 | Classic novel about an orphan girl mistakenly sent to Prince Edward Island |
| 37% | VIA | 3 | "___ Galactica," 1972 rock musical about futuristic social outcasts living on an asteroid |
| 37% | EYRE | 4 | Jane ___, novel by Charlotte Bronte about an orphan raised by a resentful aunt |
| 36% | ANNIE | 5 | "You Won't Be an Orphan for Long" musical |
| 36% | LEAP | 4 | 2016 animated dance movie about an orphan girl who dreams of becoming a ballerina |
| 36% | ANNIE | 5 | Musical with the song "You Won't Be an Orphan for Long" |
| 35% | EYRE | 4 | "Jane ___," Charlotte Bronte's novel about an orphan, published under her pen name "Currer Bell" |
| 34% | WESTSIDESTORY | 13 | 1961 movie musical about rival street gangs that won an Oscar for Best Picture: 3 wds. |
| 34% | GOINGMYWAY | 10 | 1944 movie musical about a young parish priest that won an Oscar for Best Picture: 3 wds. |
| 34% | MYFAIRLADY | 10 | 1964 movie musical about a Cockney flower girl that won an Oscar for Best Picture: 3 wds. |
| 32% | NEXTTONORMAL | 12 | Musical about bipolar disorder |
| 32% | EVITA | 5 | Musical about the Peróns |
| 32% | EVITA | 5 | Musical about Ms. Peron |