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A ritual is the scripted performance of ceremonial action, usually for a perceived supernatural purpose.

Contents

• Film and television
• Literature
• Music
• Bands
• Albums
• Songs
• Other uses
• See also

Ritual(s) or The Ritual may also refer to:

Film and television

• Ritual (2000 film) or Shiki-Jitsu, a Japanese film directed by Hideaki Anno
• Ritual (2002 film), a Tales from the Crypt film
• Ritual (2012 film), an Indonesian horror thriller film
• Ritual (2013 film), an American horror film
• Ghatashraddha , a 1977 Kannada-language Indian film released as The Ritual internationally
• The Ritual (2009 film), an American horror film
• The Ritual (2017 film), a British horror film
• The Ritual (2025 film), a horror film starring Al Pacino
• Rituals (film), a 1977 Canadian horror/thriller film directed by Peter Carter
• Ritual (TV play), a 1970 Australian teleplay by Alan Hopgood
• Rituals (TV series), a 1984–1985 American soap opera

Literature

• Ritual (Pinner novel), a 1967 novel by David Pinner; basis for the 1973 film The Wicker Man
• Ritual, a 2008 novel by Mo Hayder
• The Ritual (novel), a 2011 novel by Adam Nevill
• Rituals (novel), a 1980 novel by Cees Nooteboom
• Roman Ritual , a Catholic book containing liturgies for certain services
• The Ritual, a fictitious act in the Artemis Fowl series

Music

Other uses

• Ritual Entertainment, a computer game software developer

See also

• Rite (disambiguation)
• Ritualization

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