# Turning Point

A turning point, or climax, is the point of highest tension in a narrative work.
Turning Point or Turning Points may refer to:

## Film

* The Turning Point, a 1914 silent film starring Caroline Cooke
* The Turning Point (1920 film), an American film starring Katherine MacDonald
* The Turning Point (1945 film), a Soviet film by Fridrikh Markovitch Ermler
* The Turning Point (1952 film), a crime drama starring Edmond O'Brien
* Turning Point (1960 film), an Australian TV play
* The Turning Point (1977 film), a drama starring Shirley MacLaine and Anne Bancroft
* The Turning Point (1978 film), a Soviet drama film directed by Vadim Abdrashitov
* The Turning Point (1983 film), an East German film by Frank Beyer
* Turning Point (2009 Hong Kong film), a spin-off to the 2009 Hong Kong television drama series E.U.
* Turning Point (2009 American film), a documentary film on the travels of Michelle Yeoh
* Turning Point (2012 film), a 2012 drama film by Niyi Towolawi
* The Turning Point (2022 film), an Italian film

## Literature

* The Turning Point (book), a 1982 nonfiction book by Fritjof Capra
* Batman: Turning Points, a 5-issue limited series of comics
* The Turning Point, a 1942 autobiography by Klaus Mann
* The Turning Point, a 1988 short story by Isaac Asimov

## Music

* Turning Point (American band), an American straight-edge hardcore band
* Turning Point (UK band), a late 1970s UK fusion band

### Albums

* Turning Point (Benny Golson album) (1962)
* Turning Point (Mario album) (2004)
* The Turning Point (John Mayall album) (1969)
* The Turning Point (McCoy Tyner album) (1992)
* Turning Point (Lonnie Smith album) (1969)
* Turning Point (Pink Lady album) (1980)
* Turning Point (Chuck Wicks album) (2016)
* Turning Point (Paul Bley album)
* Turning Point, a 1995 album by Rory Block
* Turning Point (Dr SID album) (2010)

### Songs

* "Turning Point" (song), by Tyrone Davis, 1976
* "Turning Point", a song by Buckwheat Zydeco
* "Turning Point", a 2013 song by Killswitch Engage from Disarm the Descent
* "Turning Point", a song by Mighty Joe Young
* "Turning Point", a 1967 song by Nina Simone from Silk & Soul
* "The Turning Point", a song by Toto from Tambu

## Organizations

* Turning Point (institute), a training and counseling institute in Ireland
* Turning Point (charity), a social care organisation in the United Kingdom
* Turning Point Alcohol and Drug Centre, in Melbourne, Australia
* Turning Point USA, an American conservative, right-wing organization
** Turning Point UK, an off-shoot of Turning Point USA

## Television

* Turning Point (ministry), carried on TBN, broadcast from San Diego County, United States
* Turning Point, an American dramatic anthology series broadcast on NBC from April to October 1958 consisting of two unsold pilots and reruns from other series
* Turning Point (1991 TV series), an Indian science magazine TV series
* Turning Point (TV program) (1994–1999), an American news program
* Turning Points of History, a History Television series
* Impact Wrestling Turning Point, a professional wrestling pay-per-view event and episode of Impact Wrestling
** Turning Point (2004 wrestling), the first event in the series
** Turning Point (2005 wrestling), a professional wrestling pay-per-view event
** Turning Point (2006 wrestling), a professional wrestling pay-per-view event
** Turning Point (2007 wrestling), a professional wrestling pay-per-view event
** Turning Point (2008 wrestling), a professional wrestling pay-per-view event
** Turning Point (2009 wrestling), a professional wrestling pay-per-view event
** Turning Point (2010 wrestling), a professional wrestling pay-per-view event
** Turning Point (2011 wrestling), a professional wrestling pay-per-view event
** Turning Point (2012 wrestling), a professional wrestling pay-per-view event
** Turning Point (2013 wrestling), a professional wrestling episode of Impact Wrestling
** Turning Point (January 2015 wrestling), a professional wrestling pay-per-view event as part of the One Night Only series
** Turning Point (August 2015 wrestling), a professional wrestling episode of Impact Wrestling
** Turning Point (2016 wrestling), a professional wrestling episode of Impact Wrestling
** Turning Point (2019 wrestling), a professional wrestling exclusive event on Impact Plus
* "Turning Point" (Amphibia), an episode of Amphibia
* "Turning Point" (Planetes episode)
* "Turning Point" (Spider-Man), an episode of the 1994 animated series
* "The Turning Point" (The Vampire Diaries), a 2009 episode of The Vampire Diaries
* Turning Point: 9/11 and the War on Terror, a 2021 American five-part docuseries
* Turning Point: The Bomb And The Cold War, a 2024 American nine-part docuseries

## Other uses

* Turning Point: Fall of Liberty, a 2008 first-person shooter video game
* Turning point, in mathematics: a stationary point at which the derivative changes sign