Confession (disambiguation)

A confession is a statement made by a person acknowledging some personal fact that the person would prefer to keep hidden.

Confession may also refer to:

• Confession (law), a statement by a suspect in crime which is adverse to that person
• Confession (religion), the acknowledgment of one's sins (sinfulness) or wrongs
• Confession of faith, a statement of the shared beliefs of a religious community, also known as a creed

Religion

• Confession (Judaism)
• Confession (Lutheran Church)
• Sacrament of Penance (Catholic Church)

Literature

• The Confession (novel), a 2010 novel by John Grisham
• A Confession, an 1882 short work on religion by Leo Tolstoy
• The Confession, a 2004 novel by Olen Steinhauer
• "Confession", a 12th-century Latin poem attributed to the Archpoet

Film

• Confession (1918 film), an American drama film directed by Sidney Franklin
• Confession (1937 film), an American remake of the 1935 German film Mazurka
• Confession (1955 film), a British film by Ken Hughes
• The Confession (1964 film), a film by William Dieterle
• The Confession (1970 film), a French-Italian film by Costa-Gavras
• The Confession (1999 film), an American drama starring Ben Kingsley
• The Confession (2002 film), a Turkish drama
• The Confession (2005 film), a film by Ash
• The Confession (2006 film), a film featuring Jessy Terrero
• The Confession (2010 film), a British short film by Tanel Toom
• Confession (2014 film), a South Korean film starring Ji Sung
• Confession (2015 film), a South Korean film starring Kim Young-ho

Television/web

• Confession (TV series), a 1958–1959 American crime reality series
• Confession (miniseries), a 1998 Russian documentary miniseries
• The Confession (TV series), a 2011 web-series produced by and starring Kiefer Sutherland
• "The Confession" (Alias), an episode of Alias
• "Confession" (Law & Order), a 1991 episode of Law & Order
• "The Confession" (House), a 2011 episode of House
• The Confession (2013 film), a Hallmark Channel TV movie
• "The Confession" (The Borgias), second season finale episode of the historical drama The Borgias
• "Confession" (Death Note episode), an episode of Death Note

Music

Artists

• The Confession (band), an American heavy metal music group
• Confession (band), an Australian hardcore/metalcore band

Albums

• Confession (album), a 2003 album by Ill Niño

Songs

• "Confession", by Florida Georgia Line
• "Confession", by The Call from To Heaven and Back
• "Confession", by Collective Soul from See What You Started by Continuing
• "Confession", by Destroy All Monsters
• "Confession", by Gary Numan from Outland
• "Confession", by Samantha Fox from I Wanna Have Some Fun
• "Confession", by Uriah Heep from High and Mighty
• "The Confession", by Laura Nyro from Eli and the Thirteenth Confession
• "Confession I" and "Confession II", by Shinhwa from Winter Story

See also

• Confession album or confession book, a kind of formulaic autograph book
• Confessions (disambiguation)
• Confess (disambiguation)
• Confessor (disambiguation)
• Absolution (disambiguation)