Downfall may refer to:

Books

  • The Downfall (novel), an 1892 book by Émile Zola
  • Downfall: The End of the Imperial Japanese Empire, a 1999 book by Richard B. Frank about the last days of World War II
  • Downfall, a 2001 Dragonlance novel by Jean Rabe
  • Downfall, a 2007 novel in the LEGO Bionicle Legends series
  • Downfall (McCombes book), a 2011 book about the political career of Tommy Sheridan
  • Downfall (Dorries book), a 2024 book by Nadine Dorries
  • Downfall (manga), a 2017 manga series by Inio Asano

Film and television

  • Downfall (1923 film), a 1923 German silent film
  • The Downfall (1961 film) (), a Greek film
  • Downfall (1964 film), a British film
  • The Downfall (1990 film), an Egyptian film starring Madiha Kamel
  • Downfall (1997 film), a 1997 Korean film starring Shin Eun-gyeong
  • "Downfall" (RahXephon episode), of the 2002 Japanese anime television series
  • Downfall (2004 film) (), a 2004 German film about the final days of Nazi Germany as well as the final days of the life of its leader, Adolf Hitler
  • Dead Space: Downfall, a 2008 animated science fiction film
  • Downfall (game show), a 2010 American game show hosted by Chris Jericho
  • Downfall: The Case Against Boeing, a 2022 documentary film about two fatal crashes of the Boeing 737 MAX and the subsequent investigations

Music

  • Downfall (band), a Californian punk rock band

Albums

  • Downfall (Solitude Aeturnus album), 1996
  • Downfall (The Gathering album), 2001
  • "Downfall", a 2015 EP by From Ashes to New
  • My Downfall (Original Soundtrack), a 2007 album by breakcore artist Venetian Snares

Songs

  • "Downfall" (Children of Bodom song), 1998
  • "Downfall" (Matchbox Twenty song), 2004
  • "Downfall" (Trust Company song), 2002
  • "Downfall", a song by Architects from their 2016 album All Our Gods Have Abandoned Us
  • "Downfall", a song by Dir En Grey from their 2018 album The Insulated World
  • "Downfall", a song by Exodus from their 2010 album Exhibit B: The Human Condition
  • "Downfall", a song by From Ashes to New from their 2016 album Day One
  • "Downfall", a song by Issues from their 2019 album Beautiful Oblivion
  • "Downfall", a song by Lacuna Coil from their 2016 album Delirium
  • "The Downfall", a song by Gardenian from their 1997 album Two Feet Stand

Other uses

  • Downfall (game), a two-player strategy game from Milton Bradley Company
  • The Downfall (mountain), in Antarctica
  • Operation Downfall, the Allied plan for the invasion of Japan at the end of World War II
  • Downfall (security vulnerability), a computer security vulnerability in Intel processors

See also