* ''Class of 1999'' (1990): During the scene featuring a phone conversation between Cody and Hector, "[[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.
* ''[[Natural Born Killers]]'' (1994): "[[Something I Can Never Have]]" (edited and extended), "[[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 a remix of "Closer (precursor)".
* ''The Fan'' (1996): A clip of "[[Mr. Self Destruct|The Art Of Self Destruction, Part One]]".