Movies:
* The Breakfast Club (1985): "Mad World"
* Pretty in Pink (1986): "Everybody Wants to Rule the World"
* Lost Boys (1987): "Head over Heels"
* Donnie Darko (2001): "Mad World" (re-recorded by Gary Jules)
* The Social Network (2010): "Everybody Wants to Rule the World"
* Guardians of the Galaxy (2014): "The Hurting"
* Deadpool 2 (2018): "Everybody Wants to Rule the World"
Television Shows:
* Stranger Things (Netflix): "Everybody Wants to Rule the World"
* The Walking Dead (AMC): "Pale Shelter"
* The O.C. (FOX): "Everybody Wants to Rule the World"
* Grey's Anatomy (ABC): "Head over Heels"
* The Good Wife (CBS): "Everybody Wants to Rule the World"
* Supernatural (The CW): "Everybody Wants to Rule the World"
* The Office (NBC): "Mad World"
This is just a small sampling of the many projects Tears for Fears' music has been featured in. Their songs continue to be popular and are often used to evoke a particular mood or feeling in various media.