* ''[[Resident Evil (film)|Resident Evil]]'' ([[2002 in film|2002]]): While Alice battles the mutated dogs, "[[Fixed (album)|Fist Fuck]]" soundtracks the assault.
* ''[[Saw (2003 film)|Saw short film]]'' ([[2003 in film|2003]]): Intro has a clip from "[[Screaming Slave]]".
* ''[[The Machinist]]'' ([[2004 in film|2004]]): Writer [[Scott Kossar]] 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 [[:Image:The Machinist poster.JPG|promotional poster for the film]] has a backwards 'N' (as in the NIИ logo), and early press articles described Reznik as going through a "[[The Downward Spiral(halo)|downward spiral]]".
* ''[[Man on Fire (2004 film)|Man on Fire]]'' (2004): Clips of "The Art of Self Destruction, Part One", "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 (Version)" from ''[[Things Falling Apart]]''. Reznor received a "Music Consultant" credit for the film.
* ''[[Doom (film)|Doom]]'' ([[2005 in film|2005]]): [[Clint Mansell]]'s remix of "[[With Teeth|You Know What You Are?]]" starts the ending credits. This is most likely a tribute to Reznor's work on the ''[[Quake]]'' and ''[[Doom III]]'' sound effects and music mentioned below.