Retribution may refer to:

  • Punishment
  • Retributive justice, a theory of justice
  • Divine retribution, retributive justice in a religious context
  • Revenge, a harmful action against a person or group in response to a grievance

Film and television

Films

  • Retribution (1921 film), an Australian silent film by Armand Lionello
  • Retribution (1969 film), a Soviet drama film by Aleksandr Stolper
  • Retribution (1987 film), an American horror film by Guy Magar
  • Retribution (2000 film) or Complicity, a UK film based on a novel by Iain Banks
  • Retribution (2001 film), a British television film in the Hornblower series
  • Retribution (2006 film), a Japanese horror film by Kiyoshi Kurosawa
  • Retribution (2015 film), a Spanish thriller film by Dani de la Torre
  • Retribution (2023 film), an American thriller film by Nimród Antal
  • Resident Evil: Retribution, a 2012 film, the fifth in the Resident Evil series

Television

  • Retribution (TV series), or One of Us, a 2016 British drama miniseries
  • "Retribution" (Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future), a 1988 two-part episode
  • "Retribution" (Juliet Bravo), a 1983 episode
  • "Retribution", a 1994 episode of BattleTech: The Animated Series

Literature

  • Retribution (Hoffman novel), a 2004 novel by Jilliane Hoffman
  • Retribution (play), an 1818 play by John Dillon
  • Retribution (Southworth novel), an 1849 novel by E. D. E. N. Southworth
  • "Retribution", an 1846 poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow; see Mills of God
  • Retribution, a 2007 novel in the Warhammer Von Carstein trilogy by Steven Savile
  • Retribution, a 2007 Dreamland novel by Jim DeFelice and Dale Brown
  • Mass Effect: Retribution, a 2010 novel by Drew Karpyshyn
  • Retribution: Donald Trump and the Campaign That Changed America, a 2025 book by Jonathan Karl

Music

Albums

  • Retribution (Malevolent Creation album), 1992
  • Retribution (Nightingale album), 2014
  • Retribution (Obscura album), 2006
  • Retribution (Shadows Fall album), 2009
  • Retribution (Tanya Tagaq album) or the title song, 2016
  • Retribution, by Ektomorf, 2014

Songs

  • "Retribution", by Fantom Warior, 2012
  • "Retribution", by Thunder from Bang!, 2008

Video games

  • Retribution (video game), a 1994 first-person shooter computer game
  • Eve Online: Retribution, a 2012 expansion of the MMO Eve Online
  • Resistance: Retribution, a PSP game in the Resistance series
  • StarCraft: Retribution, a 1998 authorised add-on for the game StarCraft
  • Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II – Retribution, a 2011 stand-alone expansion pack for the game Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II

Other uses

  • Retribution (professional wrestling), a professional wrestling stable

See also

  • Avenger (disambiguation)
  • Reprisal, in warfare, a permissible act of retaliation
  • Reprisal (novel), a novel in The Adversary Cycle by F. Paul Wilson
  • Retaliation (disambiguation)
  • Retorsion, in international law, an act of retaliation by one nation upon another
  • Revenge (disambiguation)
  • Vengeance (disambiguation)