Empire (disambiguation)

An empire is a group of states or peoples under centralized rule.

Empire may also refer to:

Buildings

• Empire (skyscraper), formerly the Imperia Tower, a complex in Moscow, Russia
• Empire, Colombo, a residential complex in Sri Lanka
• Empire State Building, a skyscraper in New York City

Places in the United States

• Empire, Alabama, an unincorporated community in Walker County, Alabama
• Empire, California, in Stanislaus County
• Empire, Colorado
• Empire, Georgia
• Empire, Kentucky
• Empire, Louisiana
• Empire, Michigan
• Empire, Minnesota
• Empire, Missouri
• Empire, Nevada
  • Empire, Ormsby County, Nevada
• Empire, Ohio
• Empire, Oregon
• Empire, Wisconsin
• Empire, Wyoming

Arts, entertainment, and media

Comics and graphic novels

• Empire (comics), a 2000 DC Comics miniseries
• Empire (graphic novel), by Samuel R. Delany and Howard Chaykin
• Empyre, a 2020 Marvel Comics miniseries

Films

• Empire (1965 film), by Andy Warhol
• Empire (1986 film), by Alexander Sokurov
• Empire (2002 film), starring John Leguizamo
• Empire (2023 film), by Frederikke Aspöck
• The Empire (film), by Bruno Dumont
• The Empire Strikes Back, a 1980 film referred to as "Empire" by the Star Wars community

Gaming

Computer and video games

• Empire (1972 video game), a 1972 4X wargame
• Empire (1977 video game), a 1977–2004 series of turn-based strategy games invented by Walter Bright
  • Empire: Wargame of the Century, video game developed by Walter Bright and published by Interstel Corporation in 1987
• Empire (PLATO), a 1973 space battle game for the PLATO system
• Empire, a 1980s strategy game for the BBC Micro
• Empire, or Empire: Alpha Complex, the working titles for the Xbox Live Arcade game Shadow Complex
• Empire!, a 1986 space trading and combat video game
• Empire: Total War, a 2009 strategy computer game
• Empires: Dawn of the Modern World, a 2003 computer game in the Empire Earth series
• The Empire, a video game trilogy (I: World Builders, II: Interstellar Sharks, III: Armageddon), developed by David Mullich

Other games

• Empire LRP, a large UK fest game run by Profound Decisions
• The Empire (Warhammer)

Literature

• Empire (Card novel), 2006 novel by Orson Scott Card
• Empire (Hardt and Negri book), a 2000 book about imperialism by Michael Hardt and Antonio Negri
• Empire (H. Beam Piper book), 1981 short story collection by H. Beam Piper
• Empire (Saylor novel), by Steven Saylor
• Empire (Vidal novel), a 1987 Narratives of Empire novel by Gore Vidal
• Empire (graphic novel), a 1978 graphic novel by Samuel R. Delany
• Empire, a The Legend of Sigmar book by Graham McNeill
• Empire, a Galaxy Science Fiction Novel by Clifford D. Simak
• Empire: How Britain Made the Modern World, a book by Niall Ferguson
• Empire: What Ruling the World Did to the British, a book by Jeremy Paxman
• Empire Trilogy, a fantasy series by Raymond E. Feist and Janny Wurts
• Galactic Empire series, a sci-fi series by Isaac Asimov
• The Empire (play), by DC Moore

Music

Groups

• Empire (band), a British-German metal band
• Empire (English band)
• Empire (Japanese group), a Japanese idol group
• Empire! Empire! (I Was a Lonely Estate), an emo group
• Empires (band), an American rock group

Albums

• Empire (Circle album), 2004, or the title song
• Empire (Scott Colley album), 2010
• Empire (Frankie DeCarlos album), 2011
• Empire (EP), by The Word Alive, 2009
• Empire (Kasabian album), 2006
• Empire (Madball album), 2010, or the title song
• Empire (Derek Minor album), 2015 album by American artist Derek Minor
• Empire (Queensrÿche album), 1990
• Empire (Super8 & Tab album), 2010
• Empire, from the Hood to Hollywood, 2015 album by American rapper Master P
• Empires (Animosity album), 2005, or the title song
• Empires (Hillsong United album), 2015, or the title song
• Empires (Jimi Jamison album), 1999
• Empires (VNV Nation album), 1999
• The Empire (album), by Vader, 2016
• Empire (Madball album) 2010

Songs

• "Empire" (Kasabian song), 2006
• "Empire" (Queensrÿche song), 1990
• "Empire" (Shakira song), 2014
• "Empire", a song by Asking Alexandria on the album Asking Alexandria
• "Empire", a song by August Burns Red on the album Leveler
• "Empire", a song by Bomb the Bass
• "Empire", a song by BoySetsFire on the album The Misery Index: Notes from the Plague Years
• "Empire (Let Them Sing)", a song by Bring Me the Horizon on the album Sempiternal
• "Empire", a song by David Byrne on the album Grown Backwards
• "Empire", a song by Chimaira on the album Resurrection
• "Empire", a song by Fear Factory on the album Transgression
• "Empire", a song by Ella Henderson on the album Chapter One
• "Empire", a song by Hybrid on the album Disappear Here
• "Empire", a song by In Strict Confidence on the album Face the Fear
• "Empire", a song by Mac on the album Shell Shocked
• "Empire", a song by Machinae Supremacy on the album Redeemer
• "Empire", a song by Of Monsters and Men on the album Beneath the Skin
• "Empire", a song by Pete Philly and Perquisite on the album Mystery Repeats
• "Empire", a song by Serenity on the album Lionheart
• "Empire", a song by Superheist on the album Identical Remote Controlled Reactions
• "Empire", a song by The Black Angels on the album Passover
• "Empire", a song by Trampled by Turtles on the album Duluth
• "Empire", a song by Dar Williams on the album My Better Self
• "Empires", a song by 10 Years on the album The Autumn Effect
• "Empires", a song by Chicane on the album Easy to Assemble
• "Empires", a song by the Smashing Pumpkins on the album Atum: A Rock Opera in Three Acts
• "Empires", a song by Snog
• "Empires", a song by Trenches on the album Reckoner
• "Empires (Bring Me Men)", a 2002 song by Lamya on the album Learning from Falling
• "Empires" (Alicja Szemplińska song), the Polish entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2020

Periodicals

• Empire (magazine), a British film magazine
• Empire (newspaper), an Australian newspaper
• Empire News, an 1884–1960 British newspaper

Television

• Empire (1962 TV series), a Western series
• Empire (1984 TV series), a sitcom
• Empire (2005 TV series), a historical drama series
• Empire (2006 TV series), a current-events series
• Empire (2012 TV series), a documentary series
• Empire (2015 TV series), a music industry drama series
• Empire with David Olusoga, a 2025 documentary series co-produced by the BBC and the Open University
• "Empire" (Big Love), an episode of the American TV series Big Love
• "Empire" (Law & Order), a 1999 episode of the police/legal drama series
• The Empire (Indian TV series), a 2021 historical drama centered on the Mughal Empire
• The Empire (South Korean TV series), a 2022 drama series
• "Empire", a Series E episode of the television series QI (2007)

Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media

• Empire (show), a contemporary circus show that debuted in New York City
• Galactic Empire (Star Wars), a fictional autocracy in the Star Wars franchise
• Empire (podcast), a British podcast

Brands and enterprises

Airlines

• Empire Airlines (1976–1985), a defunct American airline
• Empire Airlines, an American airline
• Empire Air Lines, an American airline that operated in the 1940s

Motor vehicles

• Empire (1901 automobile), an American automobile manufactured 1901–1902
• Empire (1910 automobile), an American automobile manufactured 1910–1919
• Dial EV Empire, a Chinese automobile

Other brands and enterprises

• Empire Company, a Canadian holding company
  • Empire Theatres, the second-largest movie theatre chain in Canada and a subsidiary of the above company
• Empire Distribution, an American distribution company and record label
• Empire Interactive, a video game publisher
• Empire Records (disambiguation), any of several record labels
• Empire Theatre (41st Street), a Broadway theatre that was prominent in the first half of the twentieth century
• Empire Today, an American home furnishing company, well known for its Empire TV advert jingle
• Moss Empires music hall theatres, and now cinemas as well, originally including:
  • O2 Shepherd's Bush Empire
  • Empire Cinemas, a British cinema chain, or any of its theatres
    • Empire, Leicester Square, a central London cinema owned by Empire Cinemas
  • Hackney Empire, London
  • Liverpool Empire Theatre, Liverpool, England

Plants and animals

• Empire (apple), a cultivar of apple
• Empire (biology), a taxonomic rank of organisms

Transportation

• Empire ships, ships prefixed Empire - many ships operated by the British Government
• Short Empire, a pre-WWII flying boat

Sports

• Atlanta Empire, an American women's gridiron football team
• Empire Cricket Club, Barbados
• Empire Games, a sporting festival now known as the Commonwealth Games
• The Empire (professional wrestling), a professional wrestling stable, formed in 2020 in New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW)

Other uses

• Empire (program), a computer software for molecular orbital calculations
• Empire High School, Tucson, Arizona
• Empire silhouette, a style of women's fashion
• Empire style, a design movement
• Project EMPIRE, a design-study for a human mission to Mars

See also

• Emperor (disambiguation)
• Empire City (disambiguation)
• Empire series (disambiguation)
• Empire State (disambiguation)
• Empire Township (disambiguation)
• Inland Empire (disambiguation)
• Imperium (disambiguation)
• New Empire (disambiguation)