A turning point, or

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, is the point of highest tension in a narrative work. Turning Point or Turning Points may refer to:

Film

* ''The Turning Point'', a 1914 silent film starring Caroline Cooke * ''The Turning Point'' (1920 film), an American film starring Katherine MacDonald * ''The Turning Point'' (1945 film), a Soviet film by Fridrikh Markovitch Ermler * ''The Turning Point'' (1952 film), a crime drama starring Edmond O'Brien * ''Turning Point'' (1960 film), an Australian TV play * ''The Turning Point'' (1977 film), a drama starring Shirley MacLaine and Anne Bancroft * ''The Turning Point'' (1978 film), a Soviet drama film directed by Vadim Abdrashitov * ''The Turning Point'' (1983 film), an East German film by Frank Beyer * ''Turning Point'' (2009 Hong Kong film), a spin-off to the 2009 Hong Kong television drama series ''E.U.'' * ''Turning Point'' (2009 American film), a documentary film on the travels of Michelle Yeoh * ''Turning Point'' (2012 film), a 2012 drama film by Niyi Towolawi * ''The Turning Point'' (2022 film), an Italian film

Literature

* ''The Turning Point'' (book), a 1982 nonfiction book by Fritjof Capra * '' Batman: Turning Points'', a 5-issue limited series of comics * ''The Turning Point'', a 1942 autobiography by

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* ''The Turning Point'', a 1988 short story by

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Music

* Turning Point (American band), an American straight-edge hardcore band * Turning Point (UK band), a late 1970s UK fusion band

Albums

* ''Turning Point'' (Benny Golson album) (1962) * ''Turning Point'' (Mario album) (2004) * ''The Turning Point'' (John Mayall album) (1969) * ''The Turning Point'' (McCoy Tyner album) (1992) * ''Turning Point'' (Lonnie Smith album) (1969) * ''Turning Point'' (Pink Lady album) (1980) * ''Turning Point'' (Chuck Wicks album) (2016) * ''Turning Point'' (Paul Bley album) * ''Turning Point'', a 1995 album by

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* ''Turning Point'' (Dr SID album) (2010)

Songs

* "Turning Point" (song), by Tyrone Davis, 1976 * "Turning Point", a song by Buckwheat Zydeco * "Turning Point", a 2013 song by Killswitch Engage from ''

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'' * "Turning Point", a song by Mighty Joe Young * "Turning Point", a 1967 song by Nina Simone from '' Silk & Soul'' * "The Turning Point", a song by Toto from '' Tambu''

Organizations

* Turning Point (institute), a training and counseling institute in Ireland *

Turning Point (charity) Turning Point is a health and social care service provider that utilizes a person-centered care approach to support individuals with complex needs, which include drug and alcohol-related issues, mental health, learning, and employment-related iss ...

, a social care organisation in the United Kingdom * Turning Point Alcohol and Drug Centre, in Melbourne, Australia *

Turning Point USA Turning Point USA (TPUSA) is an American nonprofit organization that advocates for Conservatism in the United States, conservative politics on high school, college, and university campuses. It was founded in 2012 by Charlie Kirk and Bill Montgo ...

, an American conservative, right-wing organization **

Turning Point UK Turning Point UK (TPUK) is a British offshoot of the American student pressure group Turning Point USA. The UK group was set up to promote right-wing politics in UK schools, colleges and universities, with the stated aim of countering what Turni ...

, an off-shoot of Turning Point USA

Television

* Turning Point (ministry), carried on TBN, broadcast from San Diego County, United States * ''Turning Point'', an American dramatic anthology series broadcast on NBC from April to October 1958 consisting of two unsold pilots and reruns from other series * ''Turning Point'' (1991 TV series), an Indian science magazine TV series * ''Turning Point'' (TV program) (1994–1999), an American news program * '' Turning Points of History'', a History Television series * Impact Wrestling Turning Point, a professional wrestling pay-per-view event and episode of ''Impact Wrestling'' **

Turning Point (2004 wrestling) The 2004 Turning Point was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) List of TNA pay-per-view events, event produced by Impact Wrestling, Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), which took place on December 5, 2004, at the Impact Zone, TNA Impact! ...

, the first event in the series **

Turning Point (2005 wrestling) The 2005 Turning Point was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) List of TNA pay-per-view events, event produced by the Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA). It took place on December 11, 2005 at the Impact Zone, TNA Impact! Zone in Or ...

, a professional wrestling pay-per-view event ** Turning Point (2006 wrestling), a professional wrestling pay-per-view event ** Turning Point (2007 wrestling), a professional wrestling pay-per-view event **

Turning Point (2008 wrestling) The 2008 Turning Point was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by the Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) promotion, which took place on November 9, 2008 at the TNA Impact! Zone in Orlando, Florida. It was the fourth in th ...

, a professional wrestling pay-per-view event ** Turning Point (2009 wrestling), a professional wrestling pay-per-view event **

Turning Point (2010 wrestling) The 2010 Turning Point was a professional wrestling pay-per-view List of TNA pay-per-view events, event produced by Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), that took place on November 7, 2010 at the Impact Zone in Orlando, Florida. It was the seven ...

, a professional wrestling pay-per-view event **

Turning Point (2011 wrestling) The 2011 Turning Point was a professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) promotion, that took place on November 13, 2011 at the Impact Wrestling Zone in Orlando, Florida. It was the eighth event un ...

, a professional wrestling pay-per-view event ** Turning Point (2012 wrestling), a professional wrestling pay-per-view event ** Turning Point (2013 wrestling), a professional wrestling episode of ''Impact Wrestling'' ** Turning Point (January 2015 wrestling), a professional wrestling pay-per-view event as part of the One Night Only series ** Turning Point (August 2015 wrestling), a professional wrestling episode of ''Impact Wrestling'' ** Turning Point (2016 wrestling), a professional wrestling episode of ''Impact Wrestling'' **

Turning Point (2019 wrestling) The 2019 Turning Point was a professional wrestling event produced by Impact Wrestling in conjunction with Pennsylvania Premiere Wrestling. The event was streamed live on Impact Plus and took place on November 9, 2019 at the Holy Family Academy in ...

, a professional wrestling exclusive event on Impact Plus * "Turning Point" (''Amphibia''), an episode of ''Amphibia'' * "Turning Point" (''Planetes'' episode) * "Turning Point" (''Spider-Man''), an episode of the 1994 animated series * "The Turning Point" (''The Vampire Diaries''), a 2009 episode of ''The Vampire Diaries'' * '' Turning Point: 9/11 and the War on Terror'', a 2021 American five-part docuseries * '' Turning Point: The Bomb And The Cold War'', a 2024 American nine-part docuseries

Other uses

* '' Turning Point: Fall of Liberty'', a 2008 first-person shooter video game * Turning point, in mathematics: a

stationary point In mathematics, particularly in calculus, a stationary point of a differentiable function of one variable is a point on the graph of a function, graph of the function where the function's derivative is zero. Informally, it is a point where the ...

at which the derivative changes sign