Inner circle may refer to:

Society

Friendship networks A social network is a social structure made up of a set of social actors (such as individuals or organizations), sets of dyadic ties, and other social interactions between actors. The social network perspective provides a set of methods for a ...

, where "inner circle" may describe the closest of friends *

Esoteric Western esotericism, also known as esotericism, esoterism, and sometimes the Western mystery tradition, is a term scholars use to categorise a wide range of loosely related ideas and movements that developed within Western society. These ideas a ...

teaching, knowledge that is confined to an inner group *

Inner–outer directions Inner–outer directions are labels that identify the direction of travel on opposing lanes of traffic on certain ring roads or beltways. They can be used to sign individual routes that encircle a city or metropolitan area, where east–west an ...

, a method of labeling direction of travel for geographic loops * Inner Circle (addiction recovery), inner-most circle of three circles in addiction recovery diagram * Inner circle (psychoanalysis) or Freud's inner circle *

Cabal A cabal is a group of people who are united in some close design, usually to promote their private views or interests in an ideology, a state, or another community, often by intrigue and usually unbeknownst to those who are outside their group. Th ...

, a group of people united in some close design together, usually to promote their private views or interests * One of Kachru's Three Circles of English; see

World Englishes World Englishes is a term for emerging localised or indigenised varieties of English, especially varieties that have developed in territories influenced by the United Kingdom or the United States. The study of World Englishes consists of ident ...

Organizations

* Inner Circle of Advocates, trial lawyer group *

Inner Circle (parody group) The Inner Circle is an American parody group made up of seasoned reporters, bloggers, web journalists, and television and radio personalities. It hosts an event every year in March at the New York Hilton, and each year the show has a different them ...

, a New York parody group * The Inner Circle (dating site), an invitation-only online dating service for affluent, professional singles

Transport

* Birmingham Inner Circle, a circular bus route following Birmingham's inner ring road in the West Midlands County of England *

Inner Circle (London Underground) The Circle line is a spiral-shaped London Underground line, running from Hammersmith in the west to Edgware Road and then looping around central London back to Edgware Road. The railway is below ground in the central section and on the loop e ...

, an early name for the central circuit route of the London Underground that is now known as the Circle Line *

Inner Circle railway line, Melbourne The Inner Circle Line was a steam era suburban railway line (later electrified) in Melbourne, Australia. It served the inner-northern suburbs of Parkville, Carlton North, Fitzroy North, and Fitzroy. At its closure, it ran from Royal Par ...

, a former railway line in Melbourne, Australia

Literature

* ''The Inner Circle'' (T. C. Boyle novel), a 2004 novel by T. C. Boyle about Alfred Kinsey * ''The Inner Circle'' (Brad Meltzer novel), a 2011 novel by Brad Meltzer

Film and television

* ''The Inner Circle'' (1912 film), a film directed by D. W. Griffith * ''The Inner Circle'' (1946 film), an American film directed by Philip Ford * ''The Inner Circle'' (1991 film), a film about KGB officer Ivan Sanchin * "The Inner Circle" (''The Office''), a 2011 episode of ''The Office''

Music

Inner Circle (band) Inner Circle, also known as The Inner Circle Band or The Bad Boys of Reggae, are a Jamaican reggae band formed in Kingston in 1968. The band first backed The Chosen Few in the early 1970s before joining with successful solo artist Jacob Mille ...

, a Jamaican reggae group * ''The Inner Circle'' (album), a 2004 album by Evergrey * The

Black Metal Inner Circle The early Norwegian black metal scene of the 1990s is credited with creating the modern black metal genre and produced some of the most acclaimed and influential artists in extreme metal. It attracted massive media attention when it was revealed ...

from the early Norwegian black metal scene

Other

Inner Circle (board game) Inner Circle is a board game for two to four players, first published in 1981 by Milton Bradley and designed by Virginia Charves and Wayne J. Yee. Inner Circle uses a modular, four-level board design. Each level is hexagonal, with holes (referred t ...

, a Milton Bradley board game from 1981 *

Inner Circle Rum Inner Circle Rum is a dark rum produced in Australia. The ''Inner Circle Rum'' brand name was sold to Vok Beverages, a subsidiary of Adelaide based beverage company Bickford's Australia. As of 2011 the brand is still owned by the 100% Australia ...

, a brand of rum made and sold in Australia * Inner Circle, a fictional terrorist group in '' Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3'' *

The Inner Circle (professional wrestling) The Inner Circle was an American professional wrestling stable formed in American professional wrestling promotion All Elite Wrestling (AEW), created and led by Chris Jericho. It also consisted of original members Sammy Guevara, Jake Hager, Santa ...

, professional wrestling stable in All Elite Wrestling led by Chris Jericho {{disambiguation