Panic (disambiguation)

Panic is a sudden, overwhelming fear.

Panic may also refer to:

Arts and entertainment

Films

• Panic (1928 film), a German film directed by Harry Piel
• Panic (1946 film), also known as Panique, 1946 French film by Julien Duvivier
• Panic (1963 film), a British crime film
• Panic (1977 film), also known as Panique, 1977 Canadian film by Jean-Claude Lord
• Panic (1982 film), an Italian / Spanish film directed by Tonino Ricci
• Panic (2000 film), a film starring William H. Macy
• PANICS , a 2005 machinima film

Music

Performers

• Black Flag (band), originally named Panic, a punk rock group
• The Panics, a rock band from Australia
• A common abbreviation for Panic! at the Disco, an alternative rock band from the United States
• Panic, rock band formed in 1981, the first band of Dave Mustaine, later of Metallica and Megadeth
• Panic, a Korean ballad duo fronted by Lee Juck

Albums

• The Panics (EP 1) , a 2002 EP by The Panics
• The Panics (EP 2) , a 2002 EP by The Panics
• Panic (MxPx album), a 2005 album by MxPx
• Panic (Circle album), a 2007 album by the Finnish rock band Circle
• Panic (Caravan Palace album), a 2012 Caravan Palace album
• Panic (From Ashes to New album), a 2020 album by From Ashes to New

Songs

• "Panic", a song by Anthrax from the 1984 album Fistful of Metal
• "Panic/Tainted Love", a 1985 single by Coil, from the album Scatology
• "Panic" (The Smiths song), a 1986 song by The Smiths
• "Panic", a song by No Doubt from the 2003 album Everything in Time
• "Panic", a song by Backstreet Boys from the 2007 album Unbreakable
• "Panic" (Sublime with Rome song), a 2011 song by Sublime with Rome from Yours Truly
• "Panic" (From Ashes to New song), a 2020 song by From Ashes to New

Classical

• "Panic", 1995 concertante work for alto saxophone, jazz drum kit, woodwinds, brass and percussion by Harrison Birtwistle

Other arts and entertainment

• Panic (play), a 1935 play by Archibald MacLeish
• Panic (comics), a 1950s EC Comic
• Panic! (video game), a 1993 video game for Sega CD
• Panic (novel), a 2005 thriller by Jeff Abbott
• Panic: The Story of Modern Financial Insanity , a non-fiction book by Michael Lewis
• "Panic" (Dead Zone), an episode of the TV series Dead Zone
• Panic (TV series), a teen drama television series
• Panic! (TV series), a 1950s TV anthology series
• Panic, a character in the Disney film Hercules (1997) and the associated TV series

Computing

• Panic Inc., an American Mac software and video game company based in Portland, Oregon.
• Kernel panic, a fatal error condition associated with Unix-like computer operating systems
• Panic (demo), a 1992 PC demo by Future Crew

Politics, psychology, and sociology

• Bank run, when a large number of bank customers withdraw their deposits because they believe the bank is, or might become, insolvent
• Financial crisis, a variety of situations in which some financial institutions or assets suddenly lose a large part of their value
• Mass hysteria, the manifestation of the same or similar hysterical symptoms by more than one person
• Moral panic
• PANIC (Prevent AIDS Now Initiative Committee), the activist group behind the 1986 initiative statute California Proposition 64 (1986)

Surname

• Horst Panic (1938–2025), Polish football player and manager

Other uses

• Panic, Pennsylvania, a community in the United States
• Panic, a village in Hereclean Commune, Sălaj County, Romania
• Panić, an ethnic Serbian surname