In the 2000 comedy High Fidelity two co-workers played by Jack Black and Todd Louiso are creating a playlist of their top five songs about death. Jack Black's character suggests adding the Rolling Stones song "You Can't Always Get What You Want," when Louiso's character reminds him that the song must be immediately disqualified because of its involvement with The Big Chill. Black's character responds, "Oh God, you're right!"

The popular web comedy 30-Second Bunnies Theatre has a funny parody of The Big Chill online utilizing their signature animated bunnies. The parody can be found on the website www.angryalien.com.

When actor Kevin Kline hosted Saturday Night Live in 1988 he appeared in a parody of The Big Chill in which a fictional "alternate ending" is depicted. Cast member Jan Hooks portrays Glenn Close's character Sarah from the film, Victoria Jackson plays Mary Kay Place's character Meg, and Kevin Kline reprises his role as Harold. The parody sees Sarah slowly going crazy at the thought of her husband and friend trying to make a baby together, culminating when Sarah turns into a parody of Glenn Close's character in Fatal Attraction (1987) and proceeds to boil a (fake) rabbit and hurl it at Kline and Jackson.

In 1998 The Big Chill was re-released into movie theaters to celebrate its 15th anniversary. A celebration screening took place at the famed Cinerama Dome in Los Angeles that reunited most of the cast.

In 2007 Variety ran an item announcing that a remake of The Big Chill would go into production with an all African-American cast and a "contemporized" storyline. Actress Regina King was attached to both star and produce. To date, the film has not been completed.

by Andrea Passafiume