An empire is a group of states or peoples under centralized rule.

Empire may also refer to:

Buildings

• Empire (skyscraper), formerly the Imperia Tower, a complex in Moscow, Russia

• Empire, Colombo, a residential complex in Sri Lanka

• Empire State Building, a skyscraper in New York City

Places in the United States

• Empire, Alabama, an unincorporated community in Walker County, Alabama

• Empire, California, in Stanislaus County

• Empire, Colorado

• Empire, Georgia

• Empire, Kentucky

• Empire, Louisiana

• Empire, Michigan

• Empire, Minnesota

• Empire, Missouri

Empire, Nevada

• Empire, Ormsby County, Nevada

• Empire, Ohio

• Empire, Oregon

• Empire, Wisconsin

• Empire, Wyoming

Arts, entertainment, and mediaFilm,_television_and_theatre

Comics and graphic novels

• Empire (comics), a 2000 DC Comics miniseries

• Empire (graphic novel), by Samuel R. Delany and Howard Chaykin

• Empyre, a 2020 Marvel Comics miniseries

Films

• Empire (1965 film), by Andy Warhol

• Empire (1986 film), by Alexander Sokurov

• Empire (2002 film), starring John Leguizamo

• Empire (2023 film), by Frederikke Aspöck

• The Empire (film), by Bruno Dumont

• The Empire Strikes Back, a 1980 film referred to as "Empire" by the Star Wars community

Gaming

Computer and video games

• Empire (1972 video game), a 1972 4X wargame

Empire (1977 video game), a 1977–2004 series of turn-based strategy games invented by Walter Bright

• Empire: Wargame of the Century, video game developed by Walter Bright and published by Interstel Corporation in 1987

• Empire (PLATO), a 1973 space battle game for the PLATO system

• Empire, a 1980s strategy game for the BBC Micro

• Empire, or Empire: Alpha Complex, the working titles for the Xbox Live Arcade game Shadow Complex

• Empire!, a 1986 space trading and combat video game

• Empire: Total War, a 2009 strategy computer game

• Empires: Dawn of the Modern World, a 2003 computer game in the Empire Earth series

• The Empire, a video game trilogy (I: World Builders, II: Interstellar Sharks, III: Armageddon), developed by David Mullich

Other games

• Empire LRP, a large UK fest game run by Profound Decisions

• The Empire (Warhammer)

Literature

• Empire (Card novel), 2006 novel by Orson Scott Card

• Empire (Hardt and Negri book), a 2000 book about imperialism by Michael Hardt and Antonio Negri

• Empire (H. Beam Piper book), 1981 short story collection by H. Beam Piper

• Empire (Saylor novel), by Steven Saylor

• Empire (Vidal novel), a 1987 Narratives of Empire novel by Gore Vidal

• Empire (graphic novel), a 1978 graphic novel by Samuel R. Delany

• Empire, a The Legend of Sigmar book by Graham McNeill

• Empire, a Galaxy Science Fiction Novel by Clifford D. Simak

• Empire: How Britain Made the Modern World, a book by Niall Ferguson

• Empire: What Ruling the World Did to the British, a book by Jeremy Paxman

• Empire Trilogy, a fantasy series by Raymond E. Feist and Janny Wurts

• Galactic Empire series, a sci-fi series by Isaac Asimov

• The Empire (play), by DC Moore

Music

Groups

• Empire (band), a British-German metal band

• Empire (English band)

• Empire (Japanese group), a Japanese idol group

• Empire! Empire! (I Was a Lonely Estate), an emo group

• Empires (band), an American rock group

Albums

• Empire (Circle album), 2004, or the title song

• Empire (Scott Colley album), 2010

• Empire (Frankie DeCarlos album), 2011

• Empire (EP), by The Word Alive, 2009

• Empire (Kasabian album), 2006

• Empire (Madball album), 2010, or the title song

• Empire (Derek Minor album), 2015 album by American artist Derek Minor

• Empire (Queensrÿche album), 1990

• Empire (Super8 & Tab album), 2010

• Empire, from the Hood to Hollywood, 2015 album by American rapper Master P

• Empires (Animosity album), 2005, or the title song

• Empires (Hillsong United album), 2015, or the title song

• Empires (Jimi Jamison album), 1999

• Empires (VNV Nation album), 1999

• The Empire (album), by Vader, 2016

• Empire (Madball album) 2010

Songs

• "Empire" (Kasabian song), 2006

• "Empire" (Queensrÿche song), 1990

• "Empire" (Shakira song), 2014

• "Empire", a song by Asking Alexandria on the album Asking Alexandria

• "Empire", a song by August Burns Red on the album Leveler

• "Empire", a song by Bomb the Bass

• "Empire", a song by BoySetsFire on the album The Misery Index: Notes from the Plague Years

• "Empire (Let Them Sing)", a song by Bring Me the Horizon on the album Sempiternal

• "Empire", a song by David Byrne on the album Grown Backwards

• "Empire", a song by Chimaira on the album Resurrection

• "Empire", a song by Fear Factory on the album Transgression

• "Empire", a song by Ella Henderson on the album Chapter One

• "Empire", a song by Hybrid on the album Disappear Here

• "Empire", a song by In Strict Confidence on the album Face the Fear

• "Empire", a song by Mac on the album Shell Shocked

• "Empire", a song by Machinae Supremacy on the album Redeemer

• "Empire", a song by Of Monsters and Men on the album Beneath the Skin

• "Empire", a song by Pete Philly and Perquisite on the album Mystery Repeats

• "Empire", a song by Serenity on the album Lionheart

• "Empire", a song by Superheist on the album Identical Remote Controlled Reactions

• "Empire", a song by The Black Angels on the album Passover

• "Empire", a song by Trampled by Turtles on the album Duluth

• "Empire", a song by Dar Williams on the album My Better Self

• "Empires", a song by 10 Years on the album The Autumn Effect

• "Empires", a song by Chicane on the album Easy to Assemble

• "Empires", a song by the Smashing Pumpkins on the album Atum: A Rock Opera in Three Acts

• "Empires", a song by Snog

• "Empires", a song by Trenches on the album Reckoner

• "Empires (Bring Me Men)", a 2002 song by Lamya on the album Learning from Falling

• "Empires" (Alicja Szemplińska song), the Polish entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2020

Periodicals

• Empire (magazine), a British film magazine

• Empire (newspaper), an Australian newspaper

• Empire News, an 1884–1960 British newspaper

Television

• Empire (1962 TV series), a Western series

• Empire (1984 TV series), a sitcom

• Empire (2005 TV series), a historical drama series

• Empire (2006 TV series), a current-events series

• Empire (2012 TV series), a documentary series

• Empire (2015 TV series), a music industry drama series

• Empire with David Olusoga, a 2025 documentary series co-produced by the BBC and the Open University

• "Empire" (Big Love), an episode of the American TV series Big Love

• "Empire" (Law & Order), a 1999 episode of the police/legal drama series

• The Empire (Indian TV series), a 2021 historical drama centered on the Mughal Empire

• The Empire (South Korean TV series), a 2022 drama series

• "Empire", a Series E episode of the television series QI (2007)

Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media

• Empire (show), a contemporary circus show that debuted in New York City

• Galactic Empire (Star Wars), a fictional autocracy in the Star Wars franchise

• Empire (podcast), a British podcast

Brands and enterprises

Airlines

• Empire Airlines (1976–1985), a defunct American airline

• Empire Airlines, an American airline

• Empire Air Lines, an American airline that operated in the 1940s

Motor vehicles

• Empire (1901 automobile), an American automobile manufactured 1901–1902

• Empire (1910 automobile), an American automobile manufactured 1910–1919

• Dial EV Empire, a Chinese automobile

Other brands and enterprises

Empire Company, a Canadian holding company

• Empire Theatres, the second-largest movie theatre chain in Canada and a subsidiary of the above company

• Empire Distribution, an American distribution company and record label

• Empire Interactive, a video game publisher

• Empire Records (disambiguation), any of several record labels

• Empire Theatre (41st Street), a Broadway theatre that was prominent in the first half of the twentieth century

• Empire Today, an American home furnishing company, well known for its Empire TV advert jingle

Moss Empires music hall theatres, and now cinemas as well, originally including:

• O2 Shepherd's Bush Empire

Empire Cinemas, a British cinema chain, or any of its theatres

• Empire, Leicester Square, a central London cinema owned by Empire Cinemas

  Hackney Empire, London

• Liverpool Empire Theatre, Liverpool, England

Plants and animals

• Empire (apple), a cultivar of apple

• Empire (biology), a taxonomic rank of organisms

Transportation

• Empire ships, ships prefixed Empire - many ships operated by the British Government

• Short Empire, a pre-WWII flying boat

Sports

• Atlanta Empire, an American women's gridiron football team

• Empire Cricket Club, Barbados

• Empire Games, a sporting festival now known as the Commonwealth Games

• The Empire (professional wrestling), a professional wrestling stable, formed in 2020 in New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW)

Other uses

• Empire (program), a computer software for molecular orbital calculations

• Empire High School, Tucson, Arizona

• Empire silhouette, a style of women's fashion

• Empire style, a design movement

• Project EMPIRE, a design-study for a human mission to Mars

See also

• Emperor (disambiguation)

• Empire City (disambiguation)

• Empire series (disambiguation)

• Empire State (disambiguation)

• Empire Township (disambiguation)

• Inland Empire (disambiguation)

• Imperium (disambiguation)

• New Empire (disambiguation)