Panic is a sudden, overwhelming fear.

Panic may also refer to:

Arts and entertainment

Films

  • Panic (1928 film), a German film directed by Harry Piel
  • Panic (1946 film), also known as Panique, 1946 French film by Julien Duvivier
  • Panic (1963 film), a British crime film
  • Panic (1977 film), also known as Panique, 1977 Canadian film by Jean-Claude Lord
  • Panic (1983 film), an Italian-Spanish film directed by Tonino Ricci
  • Panic (2000 film), a film starring William H. Macy
  • PANICS, a 2005 machinima film

Music

Performers

  • Black Flag (band), originally named Panic, a punk rock group
  • The Panics, a rock band from Australia
  • A common abbreviation for Panic! at the Disco, an alternative rock band from the United States
  • Panic, rock band formed in 1981, the first band of Dave Mustaine, later of Metallica and Megadeth
  • Panic, a Korean ballad duo fronted by Lee Juck

Albums

  • The Panics (EP 1), a 2002 EP by The Panics
  • The Panics (EP 2), a 2002 EP by The Panics
  • Panic (MxPx album), a 2005 album by MxPx
  • Panic (Circle album), a 2007 album by the Finnish rock band Circle
  • Panic (Caravan Palace album), a 2012 Caravan Palace album
  • Panic (From Ashes to New album), a 2020 album by From Ashes to New

Songs

  • "Panic", a song by Anthrax from the 1984 album Fistful of Metal
  • "Panic/Tainted Love", a 1985 single by Coil, from the album Scatology
  • "Panic" (The Smiths song), a 1986 song by The Smiths
  • "Panic", a song by No Doubt from the 2003 album Everything in Time
  • "Panic", a song by Backstreet Boys from the 2007 album Unbreakable
  • "Panic" (Sublime with Rome song), a 2011 song by Sublime with Rome from Yours Truly
  • "Panic" (From Ashes to New song), a 2020 song by From Ashes to New

Classical

  • "Panic", 1995 concertante work for alto saxophone, jazz drum kit, woodwinds, brass and percussion by Harrison Birtwistle

Other arts and entertainment

  • Panic (play), a 1935 play by Archibald MacLeish
  • Panic (comics), a 1950s EC Comic
  • Panic! (video game), a 1993 video game for Sega CD
  • Panic (novel), a 2005 thriller by Jeff Abbott
  • Panic: The Story of Modern Financial Insanity, a non-fiction book by Michael Lewis
  • "Panic" (Dead Zone), an episode of the TV series Dead Zone
  • Panic (TV series), a teen drama television series
  • Panic! (TV series), a 1950s TV anthology series
  • Panic, a character in the Disney film Hercules (1997) and the associated TV series

Computing

  • Panic Inc., an American Mac software and video game company based in Portland, Oregon.
  • Kernel panic, a fatal error condition associated with Unix-like computer operating systems
  • Panic (demo), a 1992 PC demo by Future Crew

Politics, psychology, and sociology

  • Bank run, when a large number of bank customers withdraw their deposits because they believe the bank is, or might become, insolvent
  • Financial crisis, a variety of situations in which some financial institutions or assets suddenly lose a large part of their value
  • Mass hysteria, the manifestation of the same or similar hysterical symptoms by more than one person
  • Moral panic
  • PANIC (Prevent AIDS Now Initiative Committee), the activist group behind the 1986 initiative statute California Proposition 64 (1986)

Surname

  • Horst Panic (1938–2025), Polish football player and manager

Other uses

  • Panic, Pennsylvania, a community in the United States
  • Panic, a village in Hereclean Commune, Sălaj County, Romania
  • Panić, an ethnic Serbian surname