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

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

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 coproduced 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

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