Pop culture virtual backgrounds for Zoom
An updating list of backgrounds for Zoom meetings
If you’re looking for the right virtual background for your Zoom meetings, there is plenty of pop culture that has you covered. Here’s a (regularly updated) list of backgrounds from movies, television, games, comics and more:
Movies & TV
Studios & networks
Australian Broadcasting Corporation — Triple J released a set of backgrounds, including the studio as images for the Hottest 100, Like A Version and more.
CBS — There’s a lot from CBS to choose from: network shows including N.C.I.S, Young Sheldon and more.
A bunch of other CBS accounts replied on Twitter with backgrounds, including most of the N.C.I.S franchise, Magnum P.I, MacGyver, Mom, The Young and the Restless, The Bold and the Beautiful and many more.
Also backgrounds from CBS All Access shows Star Trek: Picard, Star Trek: Discovery, Why Women Kill and The Good Fight. The Star Trek on CBS All Access Twitter account then added more from Picard and Discovery.
Disney — Eight backgrounds from the Walt Disney Animation Research Library including backgrounds related to iconic scenes such as The Mad Hatter’s Tea Party, Pride Rock from The Lion King, Tony’s Restaurant from Lady and the Tramp and more.
Fox — Kick back in the living room from The Simpsons and Family Guy, or enjoy a Friday evening drink at Moe’s bar.
Legendary Films — Backgrounds from Godzilla: King of the Monsters, Kong: Skull Island, Interstellar and The Dark Knight.
Lionsgate — Four backgrounds from Lionsgate films.
Marvel — Backgrounds inspired by some of the Marvel Cinematic Universe and the Marvel comics.
NBC — The Parks and Recreation Twitter account released four backgrounds from the cult classic show.
Netflix — Four backgrounds from Netflix shows. The only one I know is Joe’s glass cage from You.
Pixar — Animate your video meetings with Pixar favorites including Toy Story, Finding Nemo, Inside Out and more.
Star Wars—Be a maverick onboard the Millennium Falcon, instill fear from the Death Star or a star destroyer, or get back to nature on Tatooine, Hoth and other planets across the galaxy.
Starz — Backgrounds from four Starz shows: American Gods, Outlander, Vida and The Spanish Princess.
Studio Ghibli — Put yourself inside some of Studio Ghibli’s best films including Spirited Away, Princess Mononoke, Howl’s Moving Castle and more.
Films & franchises
The Adams Family reboot film franchise — 17 backgrounds from the recent reboot animated film.
A Quiet Place franchise — A promotional background for A Quiet Place Part II.
The Good Place — Backgrounds from the comedy series, including the waiting room’s ‘Welcome! Everything is fine’ sign.
John Wick franchise — In reply to Lionsgate’s tweet (see below), the John Wick franchise released a set of backgrounds.
Knives Out — Also in reply to Lionsgate’s tweet (see below), Knives Out released four backgrounds from the recent whodunit flick.
La La Land — Also in reply to Lionsgate’s tweet (see below), romantic musical La La Land also released some backgrounds.
Moulin Rouge — four backgrounds inspired by the movie.
Red Dwarf: The Promised Land — The Dave Twitter account released four backgrounds from the 13th season of the cult classic sci-fi.
RuPaul’s Drag Race — Lip-sync for your life with four backgrounds from RuPaul’s Drag Race.
Schitt’s Creek — Your meeting mates won’t be saying, “Ew David” with a Schitt’s Creek background.
SpongeBob Squarepants franchise — A background from The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run.
Top Gun — Three backgrounds from the upcoming sequel Top Gun: Maverick.
Games
Bethesda Softworks — Backgrounds from their games The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim, Fallout 76 and Doom Eternal.
Capcom — It will be ‘Round 1, fight” with a retro gaming background from the classic Street Fighter II or the newer Street Fighter V.
Nintendo — Four backgrounds from Super Mario Odyssey.
Square Enix — 17 backgrounds from the Final Fantasy VII remake.
Ubisoft—Landscapes from Assassin’s Creed Odyssey, Far Cry 5 and the Rabbids franchise
Comics
DC Comics — including the Batcave , Arkham Asylum and The Daily Planet. Plus a whole set of Batman backgrounds.
Marvel — As mentioned above, Marvel released backgrounds inspired by some of the Marvel Cinematic Universe and the Marvel comics.
Other
Harvard University — make your claim you went to Harvard a little more credible with official backgrounds from the ivy league.
If you couldn’t find anything you liked from the list above, you could always try Mashable’s 9 weird, free stock images that make excellent Zoom backgrounds.
If you know about more that should be on the list, let me know about them.
