- In Aloha, Bobby and Rose, the protagonists drive past a poster advertising Let's Get It On.
- CODA (2021): The choir Ruby joins in high school sings "Let's Get it On" at practice one day. Ruby and Miles also perform "You're All I Need to Get By" (a song Gaye did with Tammi Terrell) for a talent show, and we see them rehearse it.
- In The Commitments, when Steven is playing Procol Harum's "A Whiter Shade of Pale" on a church organ, Jimmy says the band stole the tune from Marvin Gaye (Steven points out Gaye stole it from Bach).
- In Dog Days (2018), Dax describes the beginning of the song his band is rehearsing as having a Marvin Gaye vibe.
- High Fidelity: Rob is upset Laura is a fan of both Marvin Gaye and Art Garfunkel, and compares it to rooting for both the Israelis and the Palestinians. He's also upset because he considers "Let's Get it On" the song that got them together. This becomes a Brick Joke later, when Rob reluctantly allows Barry and his band to play at the party celebrating his return as a DJ, and to his and Laura's astonishment, they lead off with "Let's Get it On."
- Queens Logic: When Al comes home late for his and Carla's anniversary, he tries to lighten the mood by putting on "Let's Get it On" and dancing with her. It doesn't work; she sucker punches him, takes their daughters, and leaves.
- When Captain America is trying to catch up on culture he missed in Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Sam (AKA The Falcon) recommends "Trouble Man".
- When it's brought up again in The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, Bucky doesn't like it, but Baron Zemo thinks it captures the African-American experience.
Live-Action TV
- In the Forever (2014) episode "Dead Men Tell Long Tales," Detective Jo Martinez has accepted an offer of dinner with former suspect Isaac Monroe, which he is hosting in his apartment. Jo asks him if he's going to "make a move" on a first date, which he denies with mock indignity — until Marvin Gaye comes up next on his playlist, at which point he admits he is thinking of making a move. Later, after realizing the episode's killer is coming after Isaac, Henry and Det. Hanson rush to his apartment. Upon hearing Marvin Gaye through the apartment door, Hanson remarks with dismay about the likelihood that they will be…interrupting something. Both times call out Marvin Gaye by name.
Music
- The Velvet Underground lifted the main riff of "There She Goes Again" from "Hitch Hike." Johnny Marr also based The Smiths' "There Is a Light That Never Goes Out" around the same riff.
