Witness (disambiguation)
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A witness is someone who has first-hand knowledge of something, such as a crime or wedding, and usually by seeing it.
Witness or The witness may also refer to:
Films
[edit]- The Witness (1969 French film), a drama film
- The Witness (1969 Hungarian film), a satirical film, also known as A tanú
- Witness (1985 film), a film directed by Peter Weir, starring Harrison Ford
- Witness (1988 film), a Malayalam film
- The Witness (1992 film), a short film starring Elijah Wood and Gary Sinise
- Witness (1995 film), an Indian film
- Witness (2022 film), a 2022 Indian Tamil-language drama film
- The Witness (2000 film), a film by James LaVeck and Jenny Stein
- Witnesses (2003 film), a Croatian film
- The Witnesses, a 2007 French film by André Téchiné
- The Witness (2012 film), a Philippine film
- The Witness (2015 Chinese film), a crime drama film
- The Witness (2015 American film), a documentary about the murder of Kitty Genovese
- The Witness (2018 film), a South Korean thriller
- Witnesses (2018 film), a historical drama by Konstantin Fam
- The Witness (2024 film), an Austrian-German crime drama film
Games
[edit]- The Witness (1983 video game), an interactive fiction computer game
- The Witness (2016 video game), an exploration-puzzle game
- The Witness, the main antagonist of Destiny's Light and Darkness saga, from Destiny to Destiny 2: The Final Shape.
Literature
[edit]- Witness (memoir), an autobiography by Whittaker Chambers
- Witness (novel), a 2001 verse novel of historical fiction by Karen Hesse
- Witness: Passing the Torch of Holocaust Memory to New Generations, a 2015 book Holocaust survivors
- Witness (character), several characters by Marvel Comics
Music
[edit]Groups
[edit]- Witness (American band), an Atlanta rock band
- Witness (gospel group), a female gospel quartet
- Witness (UK band), an English alternative rock band
- A Witness, an English post-punk band
Albums
[edit]- Witness (Benjamin Booker album), 2017
- Witness (Blessthefall album), 2009
- Witness (Dave Douglas album), 2001
- Witness (Halo James album), 1990
- Witness (Katy Perry album), 2017
- Witness (Modern Life Is War album), 2005
- Witness (Show of Hands album), 2006
- Witness (Spooky Tooth album), 1973
- Witness (Vola album), 2021
- The Witness (album), 2021 album by Suuns
Songs
[edit]- "The Witness" (song), a song by members of the American rock band Tool
- "Witness", a song by Tori Amos from The Beekeeper
- "Witness", a song by Joan as Police Woman from The Classic
- "Witness", a song by Sarah McLachlan from Surfacing
- "Witness", a song by Immanuel Wilkins from The 7th Hand (2022)
- "Witness", a song by Bo Bice from See the Light
- "Witness", a song by Red Fang from Red Fang
- "Witness", a song by Jordan Feliz
Periodicals
[edit]- Witness (magazine), a magazine published by the Black Mountain Institute
- Witness (religious newspaper) edited by Hugh Miller in the mid nineteenth century
- The Witness (newspaper), a South African daily newspaper published in Pietermaritzburg
Plays
[edit]- Witness (play), a 1968 play by Terrence McNally
- Witness: Five Plays from the Gospel of Luke, a series of BBC Radio plays
Television
[edit]Series
[edit]- Witness (2006 TV programme), a documentary programme that airs on Al Jazeera English
- Witness (TV series), a Canadian documentary television series (1992–2004)
- The Witness (TV series), a 1960-61 television show broadcast on the CBS network
- Witnesses (TV series), a 2014 French television series (Les Témoins)
Episodes
[edit]- "Witness" (Better Call Saul), a 2017 episode of the American crime drama television series Better Call Saul
- "Witness" (Person of Interest), a 2011 episode of the American drama television series Person of Interest
- "Witness" (The Secret Circle), a 2012 episode of the American television series The Secret Circle
- "The Witness" (Queen of Swords), a 2000 episode of the TV series Queen of Swords
Religion
[edit]- Witnessing or evangelism, a name for proselytising in Christianity
- Jehovah's Witnesses, a restorationist Christian denomination whose name references the above
Other uses
[edit]- Witness (mathematics), a value τ for variable x with the property that φ(τ) is true, rendering the existential statement ∃x φ(x) true as well; τ is then said to be a witness for the statement ∃x φ(x)
- Witness, a number that plays a role in a primality test
- Witness, a cast-iron sculpture by Antony Gormley
- Witness (altar), a monument in the Book of Joshua
- Witness (organization), a non-profit organization started by Peter Gabriel
- Witnesses, different documents of a single, original text in textual criticism
See also
[edit]- Eyewitness (disambiguation), various meanings
- Two witnesses
- Three Witnesses
- Eight Witnesses