| 100% | RAIN | 4 | Play based on a Maugham tale |
| 94% | RAIN | 4 | Classic play based on a Maugham tale |
| 62% | THEMATINGOFTHESHREW | 19 | Play based on a "Wild Kingdom" episode? |
| 60% | FATHER | 6 | Play based on a Clarence Day novel: Life With __ |
| 59% | GYNT | 4 | “Peer ___” (Ibsen play based on a Norwegian folktale) |
| 57% | ASOLDIERSSTORY | 14 | 1984 film based on a Fuller play |
| 57% | OTELLO | 6 | Verdi opera based on a Shakespeare play |
| 57% | OTELLO | 6 | Verdi opera based on a Shakespearean play |
| 56% | MULAN | 5 | 1998 film based on a Chinese folk tale |
| 56% | MULAN | 5 | Disney movie based on a Chinese folk tale |
| 56% | PVALLEY | 7 | Starz series based on a Katori Hall play |
| 56% | SIDE | 4 | "West ___ Story" (Sondheim musical based on a Shakespeare play) |
| 56% | RIGOLETTO | 9 | Verdi's opera based on a Victor Hugo play |
| 56% | ODD | 3 | "The ___ Couple" (sitcom based on a Neil Simon play) |
| 56% | ERNANI | 6 | 1844 Verdi opera based on a Victor Hugo play |
| 56% | TITUS | 5 | 1999 Anthony Hopkins film based on a Shakespeare play |
| 55% | BOPHA | 5 | 1993 Danny Glover film based on a Percy Mtwa play |
| 55% | BARBEROFSEVILLE | 15 | Opera based on a play by Pierre Beaumarchais, with "The" |
| 55% | ADO | 3 | "Much ___ About Nothing" (2013 movie based on a Shakespeare play) |
| 55% | ODD | 3 | "The ___ Couple" (classic sitcom based on a Neil Simon play) |
| 54% | VEIL | 4 | "The Painted ___" (2006 film based on a W. Somerset Maugham novel) |
| 54% | HENRYV | 6 | 1989 Emma Thompson movie based on a Shakespeare play: 2 wds. |
| 54% | OSAGE | 5 | "August: ___ County" (Meryl Streep film based on a Pulitzer-winning play) |
| 54% | OSAGE | 5 | "August: ___ County" (Meryl Streep film based on a Tracy Letts play) |
| 54% | OSAGE | 5 | August: ___ County (Meryl Streep film based on a Tracy Letts play) |
| 53% | BAND | 4 | "The Boys in the ___" (2020 film based on a Tony-winning play) |
| 53% | ROPE | 4 | 1948 Alfred Hitchcock film thriller based on a stage play by Patrick Hamilton |
| 52% | SIDE | 4 | "West ___ Story" (Spielberg film based on a Sondheim musical based on a Shakespeare play) |
| 52% | BEAST | 5 | "Beauty and the ___," an animated musical romantic film based on a French fairy tale |