| 100% | RIGOLETTO | 9 | Verdi's opera based on a Victor Hugo play |
| 88% | ERNANI | 6 | 1844 Verdi opera based on a Victor Hugo play |
| 62% | OTELLO | 6 | Verdi opera based on a Shakespeare play |
| 62% | OTELLO | 6 | Verdi opera based on a Shakespearean play |
| 54% | LESMIZ | 6 | 2012 movie musical based on a Victor Hugo novel, familiarly: 2 wds. |
| 53% | BARBEROFSEVILLE | 15 | Opera based on a play by Pierre Beaumarchais, with "The" |
| 53% | ATTILA | 6 | Verdi opera based on a historic invader |
| 53% | OTELLO | 6 | Verdi opera based on a Shakespeare tragedy |
| 53% | LESMISERABLES | 13 | Hugh Jackman and 49-Across film based on a Victor Hugo novel (2 wds.) |
| 52% | AIDA | 4 | Musical based on a Verdi opera |
| 51% | AIDA | 4 | Elton John musical based on a Verdi opera |
| 50% | AIDA | 4 | Elton John Broadway musical based on a Verdi opera |
| 50% | AIDA | 4 | Elton John/Tim Rice musical based on a Verdi opera |
| 46% | ATTILA | 6 | Historical figure on whom a Verdi opera is based |
| 46% | LATOSCA | 7 | 1887 play on which a 1900 opera is based |
| 44% | SAPHO | 5 | Massenet opera based on a Daudet novel |
| 44% | ELEKTRA | 7 | Strauss opera based on a Sophocles tragedy |
| 44% | WERTHER | 7 | Massenet opera based on a work of Goethe |
| 44% | LULU | 4 | Opera based on two Wedekind plays |
| 43% | RIENZI | 6 | Wagner opera based on a 14th-century Italian patriot |
| 43% | TITUS | 5 | 1999 Anthony Hopkins film based on a Shakespeare play |
| 42% | SIDE | 4 | "West ___ Story" (Sondheim musical based on a Shakespeare play) |
| 42% | OTELLO | 6 | Verdi opera based on Shakespeare |
| 42% | ASOLDIERSSTORY | 14 | 1984 film based on a Fuller play |
| 41% | VERDI | 5 | He wrote several operas based on Shakespeare plays |
| 41% | RAIN | 4 | Play based on a Maugham tale |
| 41% | AIDA | 4 | Elton John musical based on a work by Verdi |
| 41% | MISERY | 6 | Psychological thriller based on a S. King's novel |
| 41% | THEMATINGOFTHESHREW | 19 | Play based on a "Wild Kingdom" episode? |