Obsession may refer to:
Psychology
edit- Celebrity worship syndrome, obsessive addictive disorder to a celebrity's personal and professional life
- Fixation (psychology), a persistent attachment to an object or idea
- Idée fixe (psychology), a preoccupation of mind believed to be firmly resistant to any attempt to modify it
- Obsessive love disorder, an overwhelming, obsessive desire to possess another person
- Obsessive–compulsive disorder, a mental disorder triggering obsessive thoughts
Arts, entertainment, and media
editFilms
edit- Ossessione (1943), an Italian crime drama
- Obsession (1949 film), a British thriller also released as The Hidden Room
- Obsession (1954 film), a French-language crime drama
- Obsession (1976 film), a psychological thriller/mystery directed by Brian De Palma
- Junoon (1978 film), or The Obsession, a 1979 Indian drama film by Shyam Benegal
- Obsession (1997 film), a Franco-German drama starring Daniel Craig
- Obsession (2022 film), a Nigerian drama
- Circle of Two, 1981 Canadian drama also distributed as Obsession
- Obsession: Radical Islam's War Against the West, 2005 documentary
- Obsession (2008 Russian film), starring Denis Matrosov
- Obsession, 2011 film directed by Achille Brice
- Obsession (2015 Dutch film), the USA title of Dutch & French language film Rendez-Vous starring Loes Haverkort
Games
edit- Obsession (video game), a pinball game for the Atari STe and Amiga computers
Literature
edit- Obsession (book), 1998 nonfiction book by John E. Douglas and Mark Olshaker
- Obsession (novel), 2007 Alex Delaware novel by Jonathan Kellerman
- Obsession (novella), 1992 novella by Filipino writer, F. Sionil José
- Obsession, 2009 novel by Gloria Vanderbilt
- Obsession, 1962 novel by Lionel White
Music
editPerformers
edit- Obsesión (Cuban band), Cuban hip-hop duo
- Obsession (band), a metal band
Albums
edit- Obsession (Atomic Forest album) 2011
- Obsession (Blue System album), 1990
- Obsession (Bob James album), 1986
- Obsession (Boyfriend EP), 2014
- Obsession (Dive EP), 1995
- Obsession (Eighteen Visions album), 2004
- Obsession (Exo album), 2019
- Obsession (Rachelle Ann Go album), 2007
- Obsession (Shayne Ward album), 2010
- Obsession (UFO album), 1978
- Obsession (Wallace Roney album), 1991
- Obsesiones, 1992 album by Mexican singer Yuri
- Obsession, 1994 album by Éric Lapointe
Songs
edit- "Obsesión" (Aventura song), a 2002 song by Aventura
- "Obsession (I Love You)", a 2003 song by Amiel Daemion on the album Audio Out
- "Obsession" (Animotion song), 1984
- "Obsession" (Army of Lovers song), 1991
- "Obsession" (Exo song), 2019
- "Obsession" (Nudimension song), 1984
- "Obsession" (Shayne Ward song), 2011
- "Obsession" (Sky Ferreira song), 2010
- "Obsession" (Tich song), 2013
- "Obsession" (Tiësto song), 2002
- "Obsessions", a 2002 song by Suede
- "Obsessions" (Marina and the Diamonds song), 2009
- "Obsession", a song by Delirious? on the album Cutting Edge Fore
- "Obsession", a song by G-Dragon on the album GD & TOP
- "Obsession", a song by Kylie Minogue from Body Language
- "Obsession", a song by OK Go on the album Hungry Ghosts
- "Obsession", a song by Scorpions on the album Eye II Eye
- "Obsession", a song by See-Saw, the opening theme of the series .hack//Sign
- "Obsession", a song by Shinee on the album Lucifer
- "Obsession", a song by Siouxsie & The Banshees on the album A Kiss in the Dreamhouse
- "Obsession", a song by Cabaret Voltaire on The Voice of America
- "Obsession", a song by Xymox
Television
edit- Obsession (2014 TV series), a 2014 Filipino medical drama
- Obsession (2023 TV series), based on the novel Damage by Josephine Hart
Episodes
editOther uses
edit- Obsession (perfume) by Calvin Klein
- Obsession (Spiritism), interference of a subjugating spirit with a weaker spirit in Spiritism
- Obsession Telescopes, an American telescope manufacturer