Film

• In the movie "The Blood Oranges", two western couples, one with children, come together in the fictional Mediterranean village of Ilyria. The film was adapted from the novel by John Hawkes.
• The movie "Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice" (1969) is the American comedy classic that captures the sexual revolution of the late 1960s in the United States. It was nominated for four Academy Awards; Best Actor in a Supporting Role, Best Actress in a Supporting Role, Best Cinematography, and Best Original Screenplay.
• The movie "Eating Raoul" is a comic send-up of swinging stereotypes.
• The random partner swapping "key party" depicted in Ang Lee's film "The Ice Storm" (adapted from the novel by Rick Moody) has been reported by someone who attended such parties in the Midwest (Indiana) in the 1950s. Key parties, according to this source, were small (3 to 12) couple events where everyone knew everyone else, so all combinations of partners were pleased to spend an evening with each other.
• The documentary movie "The Lifestyle: Swinging in America", a 2000 film by director David Schisgall, took an in-depth look at several true-life swinging couples.
• The recent Bollywood film by Rajat Kapoor called "Mixed Doubles" has tried to portray a humorous outlook to this concept on the Indian scene.
• "PlayCouples", a 2003 feature-length documentary directed by Michael A. Bloom, has been called "the most complete and honest explanation of The Lifestyle I have yet to see" by Dr. Robert McGinley, founder of The Lifestyle Organization.
• The movie "The Sex Monster" is a comedy about a couple who begin a ménage à trois with another woman.
• The Dutch movie "Swingers" tells the story of a thirty-something couple and their first experiments with the swinging lifestyle.
• The movie "Zebra Lounge" talks about swinging and its effects on the lives of a married couple with kids who seek some sexual adventures.

Literature

• In John Irving's novel "The 158-Pound Marriage", two New England college professors and their wives enter a ménage à quatre with disastrous consequences.

Music

• The music video for "Beautiful", by Moby, revolves around a swinger party where all the participants are dressed up in fursuits.

Television

• Episode #97, "Swap Meet", of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, is about the investigation of the murder of a woman who had attended a "swinging party". Some of the key rules of the lifestyle are presented during the episode.
• Two episodes of "Cold Squad" revolved around obtaining evidence for an investigation from members of a swingers' group. The character Harper (whose marriage was struggling at the time) was interested and attracted, and tried to get his wife involved.
• The FX series "Nip/Tuck" features Christian Troy and Kimberly Henry attend a selective swingers' party in the 7th episode of the first season.
• The FOX series "The O.C.", Sandy and Kirsten attend a swinger party in the 14th episode of the first season.
• The NBC seres "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" features an episode in which the detectives question swingers.
• In Season 2 of the British drama "Sugar Rush", the main character's parents become involved in swinging after a neighbour's copy of a swinging magazine is mistakenly delivered to their home.
• The CW series "Hidden Palms" features a swinging couple who have a threesome with a laborer in the first episode. Their neighbor is revolted by their lifestyle, as is plotting to force them out of their neighborhood.
• An episode of "That '70s Show" found the character Red breaking off a relationship with a fellow veteran when he was unknowingly invited to a key party, (swingers party).
• The CBS television pilot "Swingtown" features swinging in the 1970s.
• In Britain, the action drama "Life on Mars" (TV series) (set in 1973) focused on 1970s British "wife swaps" in episode 4 of the second series which was screened on BBC1 on Tuesday, 13th March 2007.
• The BBC2 interviewer and documentary maker Louis Theroux investigated an American Swingers group in an episode of his "Louis Theroux's Weird Weekends" series.