Passion

Passion, passions, the Passion or the Passions may refer to:

• Passion (emotion), a very strong feeling about a person or thing

Philosophy and religion

• Passion of Jesus, the suffering of Jesus leading up to and during the crucifixion
  • Passion (music), musical setting of the texts describing these events
  • Passion Play, dramatic representation of these events
  • Passion Sunday, the second Sunday before Easter
  • Passion Conferences, Christian organization
• Passions (philosophy), emotional states as used in philosophical discussions
• Stoic passions, various forms of emotional suffering in Stoicism

Arts and entertainment

Books

• "The Passion" (Milton), 17th-century poem by John Milton
• The Passions an 18th-century poem by William Collins
• The Passions (novel), 1811 novel by Charlotte Dacre
• Passion, (in Italian, Fosca), 1869 novel by Iginio Ugo Tarchetti
• Passion Play (play) or Passion, 1981 play by Peter Nichols
• Passion: An Essay on Personality, 1984 book by Roberto Unger
• The Passion (novel), 1987 novel by Jeanette Winterson
• Passion (manga), 2004 Japanese yaoi manga series
• Passion (novel), 2011 young adult fantasy novel by Lauren Kate

Film

• Passion (1919 film), US title for Ernst Lubitsch's silent film Madame Dubarry
• Passion (1925 film), directed by Richard Eichberg
• Passion (1932 film), directed by Hiroshi Shimizu
• Passion (1940 film), a German drama film
• Passion (1951 film), a French drama film directed by Georges Lampin
• Passion (1954 film), American film directed by Allan Dwan
• En passion or The Passion of Anna, 1969, written and directed by Ingmar Bergman
• Passion (1982 film), directed by Jean-Luc Godard
• Passions (1984 film), starring Lindsay Wagner
• Passion (1986 film), a Hong Kong film directed by and starring Sylvia Chang
• Passions (1994 film), directed by Kira Muratova
• Passion (1996 film), a filmed staging of the original Broadway cast of the musical by Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine
• Ishq (1997 film), or Passion, a 1997 Indian film by Indra Kumar
• Passion (1998 film), directed by György Fehér
• Passion (1999 film), about pianist and composer Percy Grainger
• The Passion of the Christ, 2004 film directed by Mel Gibson
• Passion (2005 film), by director Mohammad Malas
• Passion (2009 film), a Turkish LGBT film by Emre Yalgı
• Passion (2012 film), a film by Brian De Palma

Television

• "Passion" (Buffy the Vampire Slayer), 1998 episode of the fantasy-horror series
• The Passion (TV series), 1999 British TV drama series about an amateur production of a passion play
• Passions, 1999–2008 American soap opera
• Pasión (TV series), 2007–2008, period Mexican telenovela
• The Passion (TV serial), 2008 British serial about the last days of Christ
• "Passion" (Law & Order: Criminal Intent), 2009 episode of the American police procedural
• The Passion (franchise), a huge passion play, held around Easter on the streets of a particular city, initially Netherlands
  • The Passion (Netherlands), a Dutch adaptation that has aired yearly since 2011
  • The Passion: New Orleans, an American 2016 TV special adaptation held in New Orleans

Music

• Passion 107.9, former name for a radio station in Oxfordshire, England, now called Hits Radio Oxfordshire
• Passion Radio, radio station in Sussex, England

Classical compositions

• Passions (Bach), five settings of the Passion by Johann Sebastian Bach
  • St John Passion, a 1724 setting of the Passion by J. S. Bach
  • St Matthew Passion, 1727 setting of the Passion by Johann Sebastian Bach
• Passions (C. P. E. Bach), 21 settings of the Passion by C.P.E. Bach
• The Passion (Haydn) or Symphony No. 49, by Joseph Haydn
• The Passions, by William Hayes
• Passion (musical), 1994 musical by Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine
  • Passion (original Broadway cast recording), 1994 album containing a recording of the musical made by its original Broadway cast
• Passions (Telemann), series of compositions by Georg Philipp Telemann

Bands and performers

• Passion (New York band), short-lived disco and post-disco music band
• Passion (worship band), related to Passion Conferences
• Passion (rapper), former rapper from Oakland, California
• The Passions (American band), 1960s
• The Passions (British band), 1978–1983

Albums

• Passion (Robin Trower album), 1986
• Passion (Jennifer Rush album), 1988
• Passion (Peter Gabriel album), 1989
• Passion – Sources, by Peter Gabriel, 1989
• Passion (Steve Laury album), 1991
• Passion (Regina Belle album), 1993
• Passion (Sammi Cheng album), 1996
• Passion (Lady Saw album), 1997
• Passion (Murray Head album), 2002
• Passion (J. C. Schütz album), 2004
• Passion (Lee Jung-hyun album), 2004
• Passion (Geri Halliwell album), 2005
• Pasión (Fernando Lima album), 2008
• Passion (Kreesha Turner album), 2008
• Passion (In-Grid album), 2010
• Passion (Anaal Nathrakh album), 2011
• Passion (Pendragon album), 2011
• Pasión (Roberto Alagna album), 2011
• Passione (Andrea Bocelli album), 2013
• The Passions (album), an album by Les Baxter featuring Bas Sheva

Songs

• "Passion" (Gat Decor song), 1992
• "Passion" (Rod Stewart song), 1980
• "Passion" (The Flirts song), 1982
• "Passion" (Hikaru Utada song), 2005
• "P.A.S.S.I.O.N.", by Rythm Syndicate, 1991
• "Pasión" (song), by Sarah Brightman and Fernando Lima, 2008
• "La Passion", by Gigi D'Agostino, 1999
• "Passion" (PinkPantheress song), 2021
• "Passion", by Amen! UK, 1995
• "Passion", by Andrea and Otilia featuring Shaggy, 2015
• "Passion", by 1 Giant Leap from 1 Giant Leap, 2002
• "The Passion", by Jaden Smith from Syre, 2017
• "The Passions", by Owen Pallett from In Conflict, 2014
• "Passion", by All That Remains from This Darkened Heart, 2004

Other uses

• Passion fruit
• Passion Richardson (born 1975), American former sprint athlete
• The Nexus One, an Android smartphone developed by HTC and Google, codename passion
• Hero Passion, a motorcycle produced by Hero MotoCorp of India
• Voyah Passion, a Chinese battery electric full-size sedan

See also

• Pasion, ancient Greek slave and banker
• Pasyon, 1852 Filipino narrative of the passion of Christ
• Passione (disambiguation)
• Pasiones (disambiguation)
• All pages with titles beginning with Passion
• All pages with titles beginning with The Passion
• All pages with titles containing Passion
• All pages with titles containing Passions