* ''Resident Evil'' (2002): While Alice battles the mutated dogs, "[[Fist Fuck]]" soundtracks the assault.
* ''Saw'' (2003 short film): Intro has a clip from "[[Screaming Slave]]".
* ''The Machinist'' (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 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)|a downward spiral]]".
* ''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 credits. This is most likely a tribute to Reznor's work on the ''Quake'' and ''Doom III'' sound effects and music mentioned below.