Cannoli are mentioned in a famous line from the film The Godfather by Pete Clemenza, whose wife asked him to bring home a few. A planned murder takes place during the outing, and while Clemenza and Rocco Lampone are preparing to depart the scene, he instructs: "Leave the gun. Take the cannoli."

�In the HBO series "The Sopranos", the main character, Tony Soprano, shows a regular taste for cannoli, occasionally making the dessert part of the plot.

Frank Barone of Everybody Loves Raymond is regularly accused by his family of eating up all the cannoli made by his wife Marie.�