Night Watch

Last updated December 11, 2025

Night Watch or Nightwatch may refer to:

Being on duty at night

The nighttime shift worked by a security guard (night watchman)
Watchman (law enforcement), organized groups of men to deter criminal activity and provide law enforcement
One of the watches stood by sailors who are watchkeeping

The Night Watch, a 1977 memoir by Central Intelligence Agency officer David Atlee Phillips

Night Watch, a 1972 play by American dramatist Lucille Fletcher, later adapted into the 1973 film)
Night Watch, a 1989 UNACO novel by Alastair MacNeill
Night Watch, a 1990 novel by American writer Robin Wayne Bailey
Night Watch (Sigurðardóttir novel), a 1992 novel by Icelandic author Fríða Á. Sigurðardóttir
The Night Watch, a 1997 novel by American-Canadian science fiction and fantasy author Sean Stewart
Night Watch (Lukyanenko novel), a 1998 fantasy novel by Russian author Sergei Lukyanenko
Nightwatch, a 1999 novel by American novelist and screenwriter Richard P. Henrick
Night Watch (Discworld), a 2002 fantasy novel by British writer Terry Pratchett
The Night Watch (Waters novel), a 2006 historical fiction novel by Sarah Waters
Night Watch, a 2012 novel by American author, attorney, and former New York City prosecutor Linda Fairstein
Night Watch (Phillips novel), a 2023 novel by American author Jayne Anne Phillips

Night's Watch, a group of characters from the A Song of Ice and Fire series of epic fantasy novels
Nightwatch (character), a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics
Raphael (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles) (also Nightwatcher), a fictional superhero
A paramilitary group in the Babylon 5 universe

The Night Watch (1925 film), a French drama film directed by Marcel Silver
The Night Watch (1926 film), a lost silent film directed by Fred Caldwell
Night Watch (1928 film), an American drama film directed by Alexander Korda
The Hole (1960 film) (also The Night Watch in the US), a French crime film directed by Jacques Becker
Night Watch (1973 film), a British-American suspense-thriller film directed by Brian G. Hutton
Nightwatch (1994 film), a Danish thriller film directed and written by Danish director Ole Bornedal
Night Watch (1995 film), an American television spy film directed by David Jackson
Nightwatch (1997 film), an American horror thriller film directed by Ole Bornedal
Night Watch (2004 film), a Russian urban fantasy supernatural thriller film directed by Timur Bekmambetov
Rond Nocturna (English: Night Watch), a 2005 film by Argentinian writer and filmmaker Edgardo Cozarinsky
Nightwatching , a 2007 film directed by Peter Greenaway
The Night Watch, a 2010 film adaptation of Sarah Waters' 2006 historical fiction novel The Night Watch

"Night Watch" (song), the eighth track from Fleetwood Mac 's 1973 album Penguin
"Night Watch", the eighth track from Tegan and Sara's 2009 album Sainthood
Nightwatch (album), the second solo album from Kenny Loggins
Nightwatch a 2003 album by Norwegian jazz vocalist and songwriter Silje Nergaard
The Night Watch (album), a live album by the English rock band King Crimson
"The Night Watch", the fourth track from King Crimson's 1974 album Starless and Bible Black
Noisia (also Nightwatch), a Dutch electronic music trio

CBS Overnight News (also CBS News Nightwatch), an American overnight news broadcast
Nightwatch with Steve Scott , a weekday late-night documentary series in the UK on ITV
Nightwatch (TV series), an unscripted television series broadcast by A&E

The Night Watch , a 1642 painting by Rembrandt van Rijn
Night Watch (video game), a tactical role-playing game developed by Russian developer Nival Interactive
Night's Watch (Green Ronin Publishing), a 2009 role-playing game
Nochnoy Dozor (group) (English: Night Watch), a group of mostly Russophone political activists living in Estonia
Operation Nightwatch, a mission undertaken by Boeing E-4 and previously by Boeing EC-135s
Gender neutral term for Nightwatchman (cricket)