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* A scene in ''Film/{{Sneakers}}'' has a Chinese man sing a karaoke rendition of Music/JimCroce's "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown" in Mandarin.
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* Although ''Series/TheBrothersSun'' has an entirely Asian cast, the soundtrack is mostly from the West. One (half) exception is a Mandarin cover by Bo Wang of Music/CatStevens' "The First Cut is the Deepest".
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* ''Series/{{Acapulco}}'': The pool singers, Augusto and Adriana, are frequently singing Spanish-language covers of popular songs. Justified, as they're entertaining wealthy English-speaking tourists at a Mexican resort.
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* ''Film/ChungkingExpress'' features a lovely Cantonese cover of Music/TheCranberries' "Dreams" by Faye Wong.
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* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kbIAGbdVCg This ad]] for Corona beer, celebrating Latin American heritage, uses a Spanish-language cover of Music/JohnDenver's "Take Me Home, Country Roads".
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* ''Film/LoveInTheVilla'': This American film uses the occasional Italian cover of English songs to set the Verona mood. For example, Italian covers of Music/SmashMouth's "I'm A Believer" and Music/NancySinatra's "Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)" play over the prank war.
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* A Panda Express ad used a Chinese cover of Music/JohnnyCash's "Ring of Fire."

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