The Beginning may refer to:
Film
- The Beginning (1970 film), a 1970 Soviet film
- Missing in Action 2: The Beginning, a 1985 American action film
- Psycho IV: The Beginning, a 1990 American horror film
- Star Wars: Episode I – The Beginning, the working title for the first Star Wars prequel film The Phantom Menace
- Exorcist: The Beginning, a 2004 American horror film
- Ginger Snaps Back: The Beginning, a 2004 Canadian horror film
- The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning, a 2006 American horror film
- The Beginning (2007 film), a 2007 skateboarding film
- The Dukes of Hazzard: The Beginning, a 2007 American comedy film
- Jan Dara: The Beginning, a 2012 Thai erotic-period-drama film
- Baahubali: The Beginning, a 2015 Indian film
- Warcraft: The Beginning, the alternative title of Warcraft, a 2016 American action fantasy film based on the eponymous video game series
- Gogol. The Beginning, a 2017 Russian fantasy-horror film
- Digimon Adventure 02: The Beginning, a 2023 Japanese amine film
Literature
Novels
- The Beginning, a 1967 novel by Patrick D. Smith
- The Beginning, a 1990 novel by Julie Robitaille, a novelization of the pilot episode of Quantum Leap (1989 TV series)
- Fear Hall: The Beginning, a 1997 novel by R. L. Stine, the 46th installment in the Fear Street series and the first installment of the two-part storyline Fear Hall
- Berserkers: The Beginning, a 1998 omnibus by Fred Saberhagen, collecting the first five volumes in his Berserker novel series
- The Beginning, a 2000 novel by Marilyn Kaye, the 14th installment in the Replica series
- The Beginning (Animorphs), a 2001 novel by K. A. Applegate, the 54th installment in the Animorphs series and the final installment of the overall main series
- Exorcist: The Beginning, a novelization of the 2004 film by Steven Piziks
- Glee: The Beginning, a 2010 novel by Sophia Lowell, based on the television series Glee
- The Beginning, a 2012 e-book by Karen Kingsbury, the prequel to The Bridge
- Eskkar & Trella: The Beginning, a 2012 novel by Sam Barone, the fourth installment in the Eskkar series
Comics
- Solarman: The Beginning, the first installment of the original three-issue comic book series created by David Oliphant and Deborah Kalman
- A Nightmare on Elm Street: The Beginning, an unfinished 1992 prequel comic book limited series based on the horror film series published by Innovation Publishing
- Athena Inc.: The Beginning, a 2001 comic book written by Brian Haberlin and published by Image Comics
- Sonic the Hedgehog: The Beginning, a 2003 reprint of the original Sonic the Hedgehog limited series published by Archie Comics, with a foreword by their author Michael Gallagher
- Night of the Living Dead: The Beginning, a 2006 comic book limited series based on the 1968 film published by Avatar Press
- Harbinger: The Beginning, a 2007 collected edition of the first eight issues from the Harbinger comic book series
- The Hills Have Eyes: The Beginning, a 2007 comic book based on the 2006 film published by Fox Atomic Comics
- Dark X-Men: The Beginning, a 2009 three-issue comic book limited series published by Marvel Comics
- Atom: The Beginning, a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Tetsurō Kasahara, running since 2014
- Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur: The Beginning, a 2019 collected edition of the first fifteen issues from the eponymous Marvel comic book series
Television
Episodes
- "The Beginning", Bonanza season 4, episode 9 (1962)
- "The Beginning", Calls episode 2 (2021)
- "The Beginning", Counterstrike season 1, episode 14 (1990)
- "The Beginning", DinoSquad season 1, episode 1 (2007)
- "The Beginning", Eureka Seven episode 13 (2005)
- "The Beginning", Fallout season 1, episode 8 (2024)
- "The Beginning", Fear the Walking Dead season 6, episode 16 (2021)
- "The Beginning...", Gotham season 5, episode 12 (2019)
- "The Beginning", Grace and Frankie season 7, episode 16 (2022)
- "The Beginning", James Bond Jr. episode 1 (1991)
- "The Beginning", Jem season 1, episode 1 (1985)
- "The Beginning", Lazer Tag Academy episode 1 (1986)
- "The Beginning", Mega Man season 1, episode 1 (1994)
- "The Beginning", Raised by Wolves season 1, episode 20 (2020)
- "The Beginning", Red Dwarf series 10, episode 6 (2012)
- "The Beginning", Samurai Jack season 1, episode 1 (2001)
- "The Beginning", The Ann Sothern Show season 3, episode 25 (1961)
- "The Beginning", The Champions episode 1 (1968)
- "The Beginning", The Empire episode 8 (2021)
- "The Beginning", The Guardian season 1, episode 22 (2002)
- "The Beginning", The Morose Mononokean season 1, episode 1 (2016)
- "The Beginning", The Victorian Kitchen Garden episode 1 (1987)
- "The Beginning", The Waltons season 9, episode 14 (1981)
- "The Beginning", The X-Files season 6, episode 1 (1998)
- "The Beginning", To Have & to Hold episode 1 (2021)
- "The Beginning", Witchblade episode 1 (2006)
- "The Beginning", Without a Trace season 5, season 5, episode 24 (2007)
Series
- The Beginning (TV series), a Chinese TV drama series
- B – The Beginning, a Japanese original net animation series created by Production I.G and Kazuto Nakazawa
Music
Albums
- The Beginning (Black Eyed Peas album), 2010
- The Beginning (Broiler album), Norwegian DJ and electronic music duo Broiler
- The Beginning (Brooklyn Bounce album), German dance band Brooklyn Bounce
- The Beginning (EP), a 2004 EP by The Features
- The Beginning (Jandek album), 1999
- The Beginning (JYJ album), South Korean pop group JYJ
- The Beginning (Kevin Borg album), Maltese pop singer Kevin Borg, 2009
- The Beginning (Mercyful Fate album), 1987 compilation
- The Beginning, a 1980 album by Midnight Star
- The Beginning (Miles Davis album)
- The Beginning (Trae album), American rapper Trae
Songs
- "The Beginning" (Billy Ray Cyrus song)
- "The Beginning", song by Alicia Keys from Here
- The Beginning (Little Mix song)
- "The Beginning" (One Ok Rock song)
- The Beginning (RuPaul Song)
- "The Beginning" (Seal song), a 1991 song by Seal
- "The Beginning", a song by As I Lay Dying from the album Frail Words Collapse
- "The Beginning", a song by In This Moment from the album Mother
Other
- UFC 1: The Beginning
- The Beginning (concerts), by The Black Eyed Peas
- The Beginning: Making 'Episode I', a 2001 documentary about the production of Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace
- The Beginning, a Beanie Baby bear produced after the 1999 Beanie Baby retirement vote
- "The Beginning", an episode of the American web series The Legend of Neil
- "The Beginning", an episode of the Indian web series Ishq Aaj Kal
See also
- Begin (disambiguation)
- Beginner (disambiguation)
- Beginning (disambiguation)
- Beginnings (disambiguation)
- New Beginning (disambiguation)
- In the Beginning (disambiguation)
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