* ''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 headquarter.
* ''Prayer of the Rollerboys'' (1991): "Head Like a Hole" can be heard playing at a party.
* ''The Crow'' (1994): Cover of Joy Division's "[[Dead Souls]]" from their album ''Still,'' played as Eric Draven runs across rooftops, and the track appears on the soundtrack.* ''[[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 ''Natural Born Killers'' soundtrack, which Reznor produced.
* ''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."
* ''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)]]".
*''Joe's Apartment'' (1996): The main character is seen wearing a ''[[Closer To God (halo)|Closer To God]]'' shirt.
* ''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]].