A crisis is a traumatic or stressful change for a person, or an unstable and dangerous situation for a society.
Crisis may also refer to:
Arts, entertainment, and media Comics Crisis (Fleetway), a British comic Crisis on Infinite Earths, by DC Comics, often called in-universe as just "The Crisis"
Films Crisis (1939 film), a documentary about the 1938 Sudeten Crisis Crisis (1946 film), a film directed by Ingmar Bergman Crisis (1950 film), a film directed by Richard Brooks Crisis (1972 film), a film directed by Robert Bruning Crisis: Behind a Presidential Commitment, a 1963 documentary directed by Robert Drew Crisis (2021 film), a film directed by Nicholas Jarecki
Music Groups and labels Crisis (metal band), American avant-garde metal band Crisis (punk band), British punk band
Albums Crisis (Alexisonfire album), a 2006 album by Alexisonfire Crisis (Ornette Coleman album), a 1969 album by Ornette Coleman Crisis? What Crisis?, a 1975 album by Supertramp
Songs "Crisis", a 1961 song by Freddie Hubbard from Mosaic (Art Blakey album) and from Ready for Freddie "Crisis", a 1978 song by Bob Marley & The Wailers from the album Kaya "Crisis", a 1992 song by Fear Factory from Soul of a New Machine "Crisis", a 2016 song by Anohni from Hopelessness (album) "Crisis", a 2020 song by In Hearts Wake from Kaliyuga
Periodicals Crisis Magazine, a publication of Sophia Institute Press The Crisis (newspaper), a newspaper published during the first half of the American Civil War by Samuel Medary The Crisis, the official magazine of the NAACP
Television "Crisis" (M*A*S*H), a 1974 episode of the CBS television series Crisis (TV series), 2014 television series produced for NBC Crisis, the alternate title for Kraft Suspense Theatre in syndicated reruns "Crisis", episode 3 of the 1964 Doctor Who serial Planet of Giants; may also refer to the original recorded version that never aired
Literature Crisis (Boye novel), a 1934 autobiographical novel by Karin Boye Crisis (Cook novel), a 2006 novel in the Jack Stapleton and Laurie Montgomery series by Robin Cook Crisis (Majfud novel), a 2012 novel by Jorge Majfud
Games
Crisis (game), a play-by-mail wargame
Economics Crisis theory, a theory generally associated with Marxian economics Financial crisis, a variety of situations in which some financial institutions or assets suddenly lose a large part of their value
Psychology Existential crisis, when a person doubts if his or her existence has a purpose Identity crisis (psychology) Midlife crisis, several issues that confront some people aged from 40 to 55 Quarter-life crisis, a recently coined similar term for 20- to 30-year-olds Suicidal crisis
Other uses Crisis (charity) (formerly Crisis at Christmas), a British charity Crisis (dynamical systems), the sudden appearance or disappearance of a strange attractor as the parameters of a dynamical system are varied Chinese translation of crisis, popular misconception that "crisis" is translated "danger"+"opportunity"
See also climax (disambiguation) Critical (disambiguation) Crysis, a video game series Khrysis, American music producer Emergency The Crisis (disambiguation) Crises (disambiguation)