- In Bicentennial Man, Galatea plays Aretha Franklin's "Respect" while walking home from the market. She plays "Since You've Been Gone", another Franklin song, while Andrew is talking to Rupert.
- In the 1991 version of Cape Fear, when Max calls up Danielle, pretending to be her drama teacher, "Do Right Woman, Do Right Man" plays in the background, and Max quotes from the song.
- In I'm Your Woman, Jean sings "Natural Woman" to baby Harry because the "ah-ooh"s make him laugh.
- In Mystic Pizza, as Jojo, Daisy and Kat are driving Bill's truck (which they stole), they sing along to "Respect".
- John from Beautiful Music for Ugly Children keeps his Aretha Franklin records in a box labeled "BEST SOUL SINGERS OF ALL TIME."
- The Love Boat:
- In "April's Return," Julie asks the crew to guess who the singer for this cruise will be. Isaac says, "Aretha Franklin?"
- In "Letters to Babycakes," a man tells a woman, "Putting makeup on that pretty face is like overdubbing Aretha Franklin."
Music
- The Queen song "Somebody to Love" was written as a homage to Franklin's style; songwriter Freddie Mercury was a huge fan of her work.
- Mentioned on "Hey Nineteen", by Steely Dan."Hey Nineteen! That's 'Retha Franklin / She don't remember / Queen of Soul..."
