| 100% | FTROOP | 6 | Sitcom set during the 1860s |
| 71% | MASH | 4 | 1970s-1980s sitcom set during the Korean War |
| 67% | FTROOP | 6 | 1960s sitcom set in the 1860s |
| 59% | KOREAN | 6 | War during which the sitcom MASH was set |
| 54% | MASH | 4 | Medical sitcom set during wartime |
| 53% | MISSSAIGON | 10 | *Musical set during the Vietnam War |
| 52% | AJAX | 4 | Sophocles play set during the Trojan War |
| 52% | APASSAGETOINDIA | 15 | 1924 novel set during the British Raj |
| 52% | ILIAD | 5 | Homeric epic set during the Trojan War |
| 52% | ATTILA | 6 | Verdi opera set during the fifth century |
| 52% | TOSCA | 5 | Puccini opera set during the Napoleonic era |
| 52% | ICEAGE | 6 | 2002 animated film set during the Pleistocene |
| 52% | APOCALYPSENOW | 13 | 1979 film set during the Vietnam War |
| 52% | MASH | 4 | TV series set during the Korean War |
| 51% | SWEENEYTODD | 11 | 1979 Broadway hit set during the Industrial Revolution |
| 51% | TURN | 4 | 2014 AMC drama set during the Revolutionary War |
| 51% | MASH | 4 | 1970s CBS comedy set during the Korean War |
| 51% | MASH | 4 | Classic TV series set during the Korean War |
| 51% | MASH | 4 | Popular 1970s show set during the Korean War |
| 51% | ARGO | 4 | Best Picture winner set during the Carter era |
| 51% | MASH | 4 | Classic TV show set during the Korean War |
| 50% | COCO | 4 | Pixar film set during the Day of the Dead |
| 50% | ARGO | 4 | Best Picture winner set during the Iran hostage crisis |
| 50% | ARGO | 4 | Ben Affleck film set during the Iran hostage crisis |
| 50% | BATTLEHYMN | 10 | 1957 Rock Hudson film set during the Korean War |
| 50% | ARGO | 4 | Best Picture winner set during the Iranian hostage crisis |
| 50% | AFAREWELLTOARMS | 15 | Ernest Hemingway novel set during the First World War |
| 50% | ZAPATAWESTERN | 13 | Film subgenre featuring plots set during the Mexican Revolution |
| 50% | ALLOALLO | 8 | 1982-92 BBC TV sitcom set during World War II |