Turning Point

A turning point, or climax, is the point of highest tension in a narrative work.

Turning Point or Turning Points may refer to:

Film

• The Turning Point, a 1914 silent film starring Caroline Cooke
• The Turning Point (1920 film), an American film starring Katherine MacDonald
• The Turning Point (1945 film), a Soviet film by Fridrikh Markovitch Ermler
• The Turning Point (1952 film), a crime drama starring Edmond O'Brien
• Turning Point (1960 film), an Australian TV play
• The Turning Point (1977 film), a drama starring Shirley MacLaine and Anne Bancroft
• The Turning Point (1978 film), a Soviet drama film directed by Vadim Abdrashitov
• The Turning Point (1983 film), an East German film by Frank Beyer
• Turning Point (2009 Hong Kong film), a spin-off to the 2009 Hong Kong television drama series E.U.
• Turning Point (2009 American film), a documentary film on the travels of Michelle Yeoh
• Turning Point (2012 film), a 2012 drama film by Niyi Towolawi
• The Turning Point (2022 film), an Italian film

Literature

• The Turning Point (book), a 1982 nonfiction book by Fritjof Capra
• Batman: Turning Points, a 5-issue limited series of comics
• The Turning Point, a 1942 autobiography by Klaus Mann
• The Turning Point, a 1988 short story by Isaac Asimov

Music

• Turning Point (American band), an American straight-edge hardcore band
• Turning Point (UK band), a late 1970s UK fusion band

Albums

• Turning Point (Benny Golson album) (1962)
• Turning Point (Mario album) (2004)
• The Turning Point (John Mayall album) (1969)
• The Turning Point (McCoy Tyner album) (1992)
• Turning Point (Lonnie Smith album) (1969)
• Turning Point (Pink Lady album) (1980)
• Turning Point (Chuck Wicks album) (2016)
• Turning Point (Paul Bley album)
• Turning Point, a 1995 album by Rory Block
• Turning Point (Dr SID album) (2010)

Songs

• "Turning Point" (song), by Tyrone Davis, 1976
• "Turning Point", a song by Buckwheat Zydeco
• "Turning Point", a 2013 song by Killswitch Engage from Disarm the Descent
• "Turning Point", a song by Mighty Joe Young
• "Turning Point", a 1967 song by Nina Simone from Silk & Soul
• "The Turning Point", a song by Toto from Tambu

Organizations

• Turning Point (institute), a training and counseling institute in Ireland
• Turning Point (charity), a social care organisation in the United Kingdom
• Turning Point Alcohol and Drug Centre, in Melbourne, Australia
• Turning Point USA, an American conservative, right-wing organization
  • Turning Point UK, an off-shoot of Turning Point USA

Television

• Turning Point (ministry), carried on TBN, broadcast from San Diego County, United States
• Turning Point, an American dramatic anthology series broadcast on NBC from April to October 1958 consisting of two unsold pilots and reruns from other series
• Turning Point (1991 TV series), an Indian science magazine TV series
• Turning Point (TV program) (1994–1999), an American news program
• Turning Points of History, a History Television series
• Impact Wrestling Turning Point, a professional wrestling pay-per-view event and episode of Impact Wrestling
  • Turning Point (2004 wrestling), the first event in the series
  • Turning Point (2005 wrestling), a professional wrestling pay-per-view event
  • Turning Point (2006 wrestling), a professional wrestling pay-per-view event
  • Turning Point (2007 wrestling), a professional wrestling pay-per-view event
  • Turning Point (2008 wrestling), a professional wrestling pay-per-view event
  • Turning Point (2009 wrestling), a professional wrestling pay-per-view event
  • Turning Point (2010 wrestling), a professional wrestling pay-per-view event
  • Turning Point (2011 wrestling), a professional wrestling pay-per-view event
  • Turning Point (2012 wrestling), a professional wrestling pay-per-view event
  • Turning Point (2013 wrestling), a professional wrestling episode of Impact Wrestling
  • Turning Point (January 2015 wrestling), a professional wrestling pay-per-view event as part of the One Night Only series
  • Turning Point (August 2015 wrestling), a professional wrestling episode of Impact Wrestling
  • Turning Point (2016 wrestling), a professional wrestling episode of Impact Wrestling
  • Turning Point (2019 wrestling), a professional wrestling exclusive event on Impact Plus
• "Turning Point" (Amphibia), an episode of Amphibia
• "Turning Point" (Planetes episode)
• "Turning Point" (Spider-Man), an episode of the 1994 animated series
• "The Turning Point" (The Vampire Diaries), a 2009 episode of The Vampire Diaries
• Turning Point: 9/11 and the War on Terror, a 2021 American five-part docuseries
• Turning Point: The Bomb And The Cold War, a 2024 American nine-part docuseries

Other uses

• Turning Point: Fall of Liberty, a 2008 first-person shooter video game
• Turning point, in mathematics: a stationary point at which the derivative changes sign

See also

• Cursus (classical)
• Turning (disambiguation)