Enigma

An enigma or riddle is something that is mysterious or puzzling.

Enigma may also refer to:

Arts and entertainment

Film

• Enigma (1982 film), a film starring Martin Sheen and Sam Neill
• Enigma (2001 film), a film adapted from the Robert Harris novel
• Enigma (2009 film), a short film by the Shumway Brothers
• Enigma (2025 film), a documentary directed by Zackary Drucker

Literature

Comics and graphic novels

• Enigma (DC Comics), character
• Enigma (Marvel Comics), character
• Enigma (Vertigo), a title published by DC's imprint Vertigo
• Enigma Cipher, a series from Boom! Studios
• The Riddler, DC comics character whose full name abbreviates to E. Nigma
• Enigma (manga), 2010, published in Weekly Shōnen Jump

Other literature

• Enigma (novel), 1995, by Robert Harris
• Enigma (book), a 2008 children's book by Graeme Base
• Enigma, a novel in The Trigon Disunity series by Michael P. Kube-McDowell
• "Enigma" and "An Enigma", two poems by Edgar Allan Poe
• The Enigma, a monthly publication of the National Puzzlers' League
• Enigma, mathematical puzzles published in New Scientist 1979–2013

Music

Albums

• Enigma (Ill Niño album) (2008)
• Enigma, 2009 Jim Allchin album
• Enigma (Tak Matsumoto album) (2016)
• Enigma (Keith Murray album) (1996)
• Enigma (Aeon Zen album) (2013)

Songs

• "Enigma (Give a Bit of Mmh to Me)", 1978, by Amanda Lear
• "Enigma", 2007, by Amorphis from Silent Waters
• "Enigma", 2002, by Trapt from Trapt
• "Enigma", 2014, by Within the Ruins from Phenomena
  • "Enigma II", 2024, sequel track from Phenomena II
• "Enigma", 2020, by Lady Gaga from Chromatica

Other uses in music

• Enigma (German band), an electronic music project founded by Michael Cretu
• Enigma (British band), a 1980s band
• Enigma Records, an American rock and alternative record label in the 1980s
• Enigma Variations, 14 variations composed by Edward Elgar

Television

• Enigma (Derren Brown), a televised tour show
• Enigma (Canadian TV series), a Biography Channel TV series
• Enigma (Thai TV series), a television drama series
• "Enigma" (NCIS), an episode of NCIS
• "Enigma" (Stargate SG-1), an episode of Stargate SG-1
• Enigma, a character from Nip/Tuck

Video games

• Enigma (1998 video game)
• Enigma (2002 video game)
• Enigma, a 2000 video game, clone of XOR
• Enigma: Rising Tide, a 2003 video game
• Enigma, a character from Dota 2
• Enigma, a character from Jet Moto 2
• "The Enigma", an episode of the video game Batman: The Enemy Within

Other uses in arts and entertainment

• The Enigma (Doré), a 1871 painting by Gustave Doré
• The Enigma (performer), American
• Enigma (roller coaster), Pleasurewood Hills, Suffolk, England

Places

• Enigma, Georgia
• Enigma, Tennessee
• Enigma Peak, a mountain in Palmer Land, Antarctica
• Copenhagen Post & Tele Museum (Enigma - Museum for Post, Tele og Kommunikation), the national Danish postal museum

Science and technology

• ENIGMA, a class of gene in the LIM domain
• Enigma (company), a New York–based data-technology startup
• Enigma machine, a family of German electro-mechanical encryption machines
• Red Hat Linux 7.2 (codename "Enigma")
• Enigma (DVB), the second generation of Enigma software

Transport

• Enigma (yacht), a private superyacht
• Enigma Motorsport, a British motor-racing team

Other uses

• The Enigma (diamond), the world's largest cut diamond
• Copenhagen Post & Tele Museum (Enigma - Museum for Post, Tele og Kommunikation), the national Danish postal museum

See also

• Ænigma (disambiguation)
• Enigmata (disambiguation)
• Enigmatic (disambiguation)
• Lady Gaga Enigma, a concert residency
• Publius Enigma, an unsolved Internet puzzle
• 23 enigma, a belief in the significance of number 23
• All pages with titles containing Enigma