Keith Richards and Mick Jagger performed in the East Penthouse on the 45th floor of the Hilton New York on October 28, 1965. The piano they used still sits in that room today.[32]
John Lennon and Yoko Ono honeymooned in the presidential suite at the Hilton Amsterdam where they hosted their famous "Bed-In" for a full week in 1969. In 1971, Diamonds Are Forever was filmed at the Flamingo Hilton.
On April 3, 1973, Dr. Martin Cooper made the world's very first cell-phone call in front of the New York Hilton. A mass press-conference would later be held at the hotel the same day to mark the milestone. The Bodyguard with Whitney Houston and Kevin Costner was filmed at the Fontainebleau Hilton in Miami in 1992.
In 1995, the James Bond movie Goldeneye was filmed at the Langham Hilton. The Insider filmed in 1999 at the Seelbach Hilton. In 2006, six movies including Spiderman III, Michael Clayton and American Gangster were filmed at the New York Hilton.[33]
The 671-room Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, CA is home to the Golden Globe Awards
Conrad Hilton (played by actor Chelcie Ross) features as a major character in the third season of Mad Men as lead character Don Draper creates a series of ad campaigns for Hilton Hotels. The Drapers travel during one episode to the Cavalieri Hilton in Rome, though the scenes were actually shot at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles.
At the rotating wheel space station in Stanley Kubrick's film 2001: A Space Odyssey, visitors can stay at a Hilton hotel. Hilton's logo appears prominently in the space station's lounge.
Many actual Hilton hotel properties around the world have also been featured in various Hollywood films.
The popular Hilton HHonors guest loyalty program was featured in the 2009 film Up in the Air, as a means of product placement in which various characters present their branded Hilton HHonors membership cards to check into Hilton hotels throughout the film.