The group regularly features on 1980s compilation albums and box sets; multiple OMD tracks feature on each of the three volumes of Ministry of Sound's "Anthems: Electronic 80s" series. The band's songs (and samples of their work) have featured in films such as "Urgh! A Music War" (1982), "Weird Science" (1985), "Pretty in Pink" (1986), ' (1988), "The Beach" (2000) and "Ex Machina" (2014), as well as in television shows including "Scrum V", "Ashes to Ashes", "Top Gear", "Chuck", "Cold Case", "Modern Family", "The Goldbergs" and "Castle". Cover versions of "If You Leave" have appeared in the film "Not Another Teen Movie" (2001) and the TV series "The O.C."; a episode of ' was named after the track. Additionally, every episode of the TV show "Hunters" is named after an OMD song.