Obsession

Obsession may refer to:

Psychology

• Obsession (psychology), a persistent attachment to an object or idea
• Obsessive–compulsive disorder, a mental disorder triggering obsessive thoughts
• Fixation (psychology), persistence of anachronistic sexual traits
• Idée fixe (psychology), a preoccupation of mind believed to be firmly resistant to any attempt to modify it
• Obsessive love, attempts to possess or control an individual and inability to accept disinterest or rejection
• Celebrity worship syndrome, obsessive addictive disorder to a celebrity's personal and professional life

Arts, entertainment, and media

Films

• Obsession (1949 film), a British thriller also released as The Hidden Room
• Obsession (1954 film), a French-language crime drama
• Obsession (1976 film), a psychological thriller/mystery directed by Brian De Palma
• Obsession (1997 film), a Franco-German drama starring Daniel Craig
• Obsession (2008 film), a Russian film starring Denis Matrosov
• Obsession (2011 film), a film by Cameroonian director Achille Brice
• Obsession (2015 film), the American title of Dutch film Rendez-Vous starring Loes Haverkort
• Obsession (2022 film), a Nigerian drama
• Obsession (2025 film), an American horror film
• Obsess (2026 film), an Indian thriller film
• Ossessione ("Obsession"), a 1943 Italian crime drama
• Junoon (1978 film) ("The Obsession"), a 1979 Indian drama film by Shyam Benegal
• Circle of Two, 1981 Canadian drama also distributed as Obsession
• Obsession: Radical Islam's War Against the West, 2005 documentary

Games

• Obsession (video game), a pinball game for the Atari STe and Amiga computers

Literature

• Obsession (book), 1998 nonfiction book by John E. Douglas and Mark Olshaker
• Obsession (novel), 2007 Alex Delaware novel by Jonathan Kellerman
• Obsession (novella), 1992 novella by Filipino writer, F. Sionil José
• Obsession, 2009 novel by Gloria Vanderbilt
• Obsession, 1962 novel by Lionel White

Music

Performers

• Obsesión (Cuban band), Cuban hip-hop duo
• Obsession (band), a metal band

Albums

• Obsession (Lionel Loueke album), with Céline Rudolph, 2017
• Obsession (Atomic Forest album), 2011
• Obsession (Blue System album), 1990
• Obsession (Bob James album), 1986
• Obsession (Boyfriend EP), 2014
• Obsession (Dive EP), 1995
• Obsession (Eighteen Visions album), 2004
• Obsession (Exo album), 2019
• Obsession (Rachelle Ann Go album), 2007
• Obsession (Shayne Ward album), 2010
• Obsession (UFO album), 1978
• Obsession (Wallace Roney album), 1991
• Obsesiones, 1992 album by Mexican singer Yuri
• Obsession, 1994 album by Éric Lapointe

Songs

• "Obsesión" (Aventura song), a 2002 song by Aventura
• "Obsession (I Love You)", a 2003 song by Amiel Daemion on the album Audio Out
• "Obsession" (Michael Des Barres & Holly Knight song), 1983 covered by Animotion, 1984
• "Obsession" (Army of Lovers song), 1991
• "Obsession" (Exo song), 2019
• "Obsession" (Nudimension song), 1984
• "Obsession" (Shayne Ward song), 2011
• "Obsession" (Sky Ferreira song), 2010
• "Obsession" (Tich song), 2013
• "Obsession" (Tiësto song), 2002
• "Obsessions", by Suede, 2002
• "Obsessions" (Marina and the Diamonds song), 2009
• "Obsession", by Delirious? on the album Cutting Edge Fore
• "Obsession", by G-Dragon on the album GD & TOP
• "Obsession", by Kylie Minogue from Body Language
• "Obsession", by OK Go on the album Hungry Ghosts
• "Obsession", by Scorpions on the album Eye II Eye
• "Obsession", by See-Saw, the opening theme of the series .hack//Sign
• "Obsession", by Shinee on the album Lucifer
• "Obsession", by Siouxsie & The Banshees on the album A Kiss in the Dreamhouse
• "Obsession", by Sukha and Tegi Pannu, 2023
• "Obsession", by Cabaret Voltaire on The Voice of America
• "Obsession", by Xymox
• "Obsession", by Minnie on the extended play Her, 2025

Television

• Obsession (2014 TV series), a 2014 Filipino medical drama
• Obsession (2023 TV series), based on the novel Damage by Josephine Hart

Episodes

• "Obsession" (CSI: NY), 2007
• "Obsession" (NCIS), 2010
• "Obsession" (Sliders), 1996
• "Obsession" (Smallville), 2004
• "Obsession" (Star Trek: The Original Series), 1967
• "Obsession" (Superman: The Animated Series), 1998
• "Obsession" (Third Watch), 2004
• "Obsession" (X-Men: The Animated Series), 1994

Other uses

• Obsession (perfume) by Calvin Klein
• Obsession (Spiritism), interference of a subjugating spirit with a weaker spirit in Spiritism
• Obsession Telescopes, an American telescope manufacturer

See also

• Fixation (disambiguation)
• Obsessed (disambiguation)
• Obsesión (disambiguation)
• All pages with titles containing Obsession