# Witness (disambiguation)

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

* 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

* 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

* 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
### Groups

* 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

* 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

* "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

* 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

* Witness (play), a 1968 play by Terrence McNally
* Witness: Five Plays from the Gospel of Luke, a series of BBC Radio plays

## Television
### Series

* 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

* "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

* Witnessing or evangelism, a name for proselytising in Christianity
** Jehovah's Witnesses, a restorationist Christian denomination whose name references the above

## Other uses

* 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