Used in Movies/Film
- In the 1979 movie Over the Edge, the closing scene (while the prison bus drives away) is underscored by the Valerie Carter version.
- In 1991, "O-o-h Child" was featured prominently in a notable scene of the 1991 motion picture Boyz n the Hood, directed by Academy Award nominee John Singleton.
- The song is played in the 1994 film Crooklyn when the main character Troy Carmichael attends the funeral of her mother with the entire family.
- In a 2005 Episode of TV series Judging Amy entitled "You Don't Know Me" (Season 6, Episode 12).
- In the film Bridge to Terabithia, music teacher Ms. Edmunds sings the song accompanied by her class.
- In December 10, 2007, "O-o-h Child" was used in How I Met Your Mother in Season 3, episode 11, "The Platinum Rule".
- In 2011 a few lines of the song were sung in the US Sitcom Mike & Molly (Season 2 Episode 12).
- In December 5, 2011, "O-o-h Child" was covered in a cappella by Sing-Off Season 2 champion Committed and Season 3 Runner-Up Afro-Blue in the show's Sing-Off Christmas.
- In The Bernie Mac Show
- In A Tree Grows in Springfield, the sixth episode of season 24 of The Simpsons
- In "The Devil In the Dark", the third episode of season 1 of Defiance
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