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===Songs used===
* ''Class of 1999'' (1990): During the scene featuring a phone conversation between Cody and Hector, "[[Head Like A Hole (song)|Head Like A Hole]]" plays on the radio in Razorhead's headquarterheadquarters.
* ''Prayer of the Rollerboys'' (1991): "Head Like a Hole" can be heard playing at a party.
* ''Banter'' (1994): Snippets of "[[Wish (song)|Wish]]" and "[[Help Me I Am In Hell]]" are used in this short film by Johnny Depp.
* ''[[Natural Born Killers Soundtrack|Natural Born Killers]]'' (1994): "Something I Can Never Have" (edited and extended), "[[Burn (song)|Burn]]", and "[[A Warm Place]]" are used in the film and appear on the soundtrack, which Reznor produced.
* ''The Doom Generation'' (1995): The film opens in a nightclub playing "[[Heresy]]".
* ''Se7en'' (1995): The opening sequence features the "Closer" remix "[[Closer#Closer_.28Precursor.29|Closer (Precursor)]]"remix.
* ''The Fan'' (1996): "[[Mr. Self Destruct|The Art Of Self Destruction, Part One]]", "[[Closer#Closer_.28Further_Away.29|Closer (Further Away)]]", and "Closer To God" are all featured.
* ''[[Lost Highway Soundtrack|Lost Highway]]'' (1997): Reznor wrote "The Perfect Drug" specifically for this film, with limited production time. He was also the producer for the film's soundtrack, and wrote/performed "[[Driver Down]]" and "[[Videodrones; Questions]]" along with [[Peter Christopherson]].
* ''Saw'' (2003 short film): Intro and end credits have clips from the ''[[Fixed]]'' remix of "[[Happiness In Slavery (song)|Happiness In Slavery]]".
* ''Man on Fire'' (2004): Clips of "The Art Of Self Destruction, Part One," "[[Mr. Self Destruct|Self Destruction, Part Two]]," and "[[The Downward Spiral (The Bottom)]]" from ''[[Further Down The Spiral]]''; "The Mark Has Been Made" and "[[The Great Below]]" from ''[[The Fragile (halo)|The Fragile]]''; and "[[The Wretched|The Wretched (Version)]]" from ''[[Things Falling Apart]]''. Reznor received a "Music Consultant" credit for the film.
* ''Doom'' (2005): Clint Mansell's remix of "[[You Know What You Are?]]" starts the ending end credits. This is most likely a tribute to Reznor's work on the ''[[Quake Soundtrack|Quake]]'' and ''Doom 3'' sound effects and music.
* ''Underworld: Evolution'' (2006): One of the TV spots features "[[The Hand That Feeds (song)|The Hand That Feeds]]".
* ''300'' (2007): Trailers feature "[[Just Like You Imagined]]".
*''Red Riding Hood'' (2011): "The Hand That Feeds" is used in the trailer.
*''The Avengers'' (2012): "[[We're In This Together (song)|We're In This Together]]" is used in a trailer.
*''The Cabin in the Woods'' (2012): "[[Last]]" is used in the end credits.
*''Hansel And Gretel: Witch Hunters'' (2013): "The Wretched (Version)" is used in the trailer.
*''The Unbelievers'' (2013): "[[Complication]]" is used during the first sequence of scenes in the film.
*''Guardians of the Galaxy'' (2014): "[[Love Is Not Enough]]" is used in the trailer.
*''300: Rise of An Empire'' (2014): "[[Eraser]]" is used in the trailer.
*''The Raid 2'' (2014): "[[13 Ghosts II]]" and "[[14 Ghosts II]]" are used in the film's final scene and end credits.
*''Mourning Son'' (2015): Contains an extended version of "[[1 Ghosts I]]".
*''The Beekeeper'' (2024): A cinematic remix of "Head Like A Hole" is used in the trailer.
===References to NIN===
*''Sliver'' (1993): A poster for ''[[Broken]]'' is visible in the background of one scene.
* ''Clueless'' (1995): Travis Birkenstock says, "so how I feel about The Rolling Stones, is how my kids are going to feel about Nine Inch Nails."
*''Joe's Apartment'' (1996): The main character is seen wearing a ''[[Closer To God (halo)|Closer To God]]'' shirt.
* ''School of Rock'' (2003): A NIN sticker can be seen among the band stickers in Dewey's bedroom.
* ''The Machinist'' (2004): Writer Scott Kosar is a fan of Nine Inch Nails, and named Christian Bale's character Trevor Reznik in tribute to Reznor. His original script had NIN lyrics on the first page, the promotional poster for the film has a backwards 'N' (as in the [[Logo History|NIN logo]]), and early press articles described Reznik as going through "[[The Downward Spiral (halo)|a downward spiral]]."
*''She's The Man'' (2006): A poster for ''[[With Teeth (halo)|With Teeth]]'' is visible in the background of one scene.
*''[[The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo Soundtrack|The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo]]'' (2011): In addition to featuring a score by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, Lisbeth gains information from a man wearing a "NIN" shirt at one point during the film.
*''Captain Marvel'' (2019): In the film, which is set in the 90's, Captain Marvel (played by Brie Larson) dons civilian clothing, including a white NIN logo t-shirt.
*''[[The Killer (Original Score)|The Killer]]'' (2023): In addition to featuring a score by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, the band's name is somewhat referenced in the film when the main character says "nine gauge nails."
*''The Marvels'' (2023): Echoing 2019's ''Captain Marvel'', a character is this movie wears a NIN logo shirt.
*''Beetlejuice Beetlejuice'' (2024): A vinyl copy of ''[[Broken]]'' is visible in one scene.
*''[[Tron: Ares (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)|Tron: Ares]]'' (2025): In addition to featuring a score by Nine Inch Nails, Reznor and Ross have cameo roles in the film as the two fighter pilots.
*On ''Dancing with the Stars'', Season 34, Episode 4, the in-house dance troupe performed a routine to "[[As Alive as You Need Me To Be (song)|As Alive as You Need Me To Be]]".
*The season 2 finale of ''Gen V'' uses "The Hand That Feeds" in the final scene and end credits.
*NIN's cover of "[[Get Down Make Love]]" is used in an episode of ''9-1-1''.
===References to NIN===
*The UK game show ''Celebrity Mastermind'' featured comedian Ignacio Lopez doing a special NIN trivia segment.
*A NIN poster can be seen in the background on an episode of ''Home Improvement''.
*Trent Reznor and Nine Inch Nails have been answers in ''Jeopardy!'' multiple times over the years.
*Trent Reznor is mentioned in Season 6, Episode 1 of ''Community''.
==Literature and Comics==
*The game ''Divinity: Original Sin'' features an implement referred to as Nine Inch Nails. The item's description reads, "A handful of sharp iron nails. Closer examination reveals it would be a sin to waste them." If you make them into a nail bomb and throw it, the screen reads, "Looks like you're on a downward spiral..."
*The game ''Lost Records: Bloom & Rage'' contains a reference to "Closer", in the form of graffiti that says, "you get me closer to God."
*In Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty, there is a main job (i.e. mission) named "Somewhat Damaged" in reference to the Nine Inch Nails song, additionally there is another job named "[[The Space In Between]]" in reference to the [[How To Destroy Angels]] song.
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