| ANNAKARENINA | Keira Knightley starred in this 2012 retelling of Leo Tolstoy's famous novel (4,8) |
| LOVE | Anna K: A ___ Story 2020 novel by Jenny Lee that is a modern retelling of Leo Tolstoy's Anna Karenina |
| KARENINA | National Ballet of Canada's current 2025 production based on Leo Tolstoy's famous story, Anna ___ |
| ARGO | Ben Affleck directed and starred in this 2012 political thriller (4) |
| FRANCES | Greta Gerwig wrote and starred in this 2012 indie film, - Ha (7) |
| EXPECTATIONS | They were Great in this 2012 Dickensian delivery (12) |
| NEINTNAYTFOR | A no vote in German + 1 letter + a no vote in English + 1 letter + in favor of = a famous novel |
| MOLLFLANDERS | 'The Fortunes and Misfortunes of the famous -', novel by Daniel Defoe (4,8) |
| LINCOLN | Sally Field played Mary Todd in this 2012 bio-drama |
| HOTELTRANSYLVANIA | David Spade voiced an invisible man in this 2012 movie |
| DJANGO | He was unchained in the title of this 2012 Tarantino release (6) |
| WARANDPEACE | Leo Tolstoy's blockbuster account of Russia in the time of Napoleon's expansion through Europe (3,3, |
| KAHAANI | This 2012 movie stars Vidya Balan as Vidya Bagchi, a pregnant woman searching for her missing husband in Kolkata |
| NONILLION | A great many will see the end of Capricorn in the rise and fall of Leo (9) |
| GOLD | The shoe material for the third night of the ball, in the Grimms' retelling of the Cinderella tale (4) |
| LONGEST | Epic retelling of the Allied invasion of Normandy during WWII, The ... Day |
| ONCE | "___ on This Island" (Caribbean retelling of "The Little Mermaid") |
| THOUSAND | A ___ Ships 2019 novel by Natalie Haynes that is a modern retelling of the Trojan War mythology |
| ASH | Malinda lo novel described as a "lesbian retelling of Cinderella" |
| SIX | 2017 musical retelling of the stories of Henry VIII's wives |