# Nightfall

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**Nightfall** or **night fall** may refer to:

## Time of day

- [Sunset](/source/Sunset) or sundown, the daily disappearance of the Sun below the western half of the horizon
- [Twilight](/source/Twilight), the period during which the Sun is at most 18° below the horizon and when the sky is illuminated by indirect sunlight scattered in the upper atmosphere
- [Dusk](/source/Dusk), the last stage of twilight in the evening before night

## Film

- [*Nightfall* (1956 film)](/source/Nightfall_(1956_film)), an American film noir by Jacques Tourneur
- [*Nightfall* (1988 film)](/source/Nightfall_(1988_film)), a film starring David Birney
- [*Nightfall* (1999 film)](/source/Nightfall_(1999_film)), a film starring [Jeff Rector](/source/Jeff_Rector)
- [*Nightfall* (1999 German film)](/source/Nightfall_(1999_German_film)), a film by [Fred Kelemen](/source/Fred_Kelemen)
- [*Nightfall* (2000 film)](/source/Nightfall_(2000_film)), a film starring Ashish Vidyarthi
- [*Nightfall* (2012 film)](/source/Nightfall_(2012_film)), a Hong Kong crime thriller by Chow Hin-yeung

## Gaming

- [*Nightfall* (video game)](/source/Nightfall_(video_game)), the first real-time 3D adventure game, released in 1998
- [Nightfall Games](/source/Nightfall_Games), a UK role-playing game publishing company
- *[Guild Wars Nightfall](/source/Guild_Wars_Nightfall)*, a 2006 computer game in the *Guild Wars* series
- *Nightfall*, a deck-building card game by [Alderac Entertainment Group](/source/Alderac_Entertainment_Group)
- *[Nightfall: Escape](/source/Nightfall:_Escape)*, a first-person survival horror game by Zeenoh, released in 2016
- *Nightfall*, a cancelled video game by [Maxis South](/source/Maxis_South)

## Literature

### Stories and novels

- ["Nightfall" (Asimov novelette and novel)](/source/Nightfall_(Asimov_novelette_and_novel)), a 1941 science fiction story by Isaac Asimov, and a 1990 adapted novel by Asimov and Robert Silverberg - *[Nightfall and Other Stories](/source/Nightfall_and_Other_Stories)*, a 1969 collection of short stories by Asimov
- [*Night Fall* (novel)](/source/Night_Fall_(novel)), a 2004 novel by Nelson DeMille
- *Nightfall*, a novel by [Will Elliott](/source/Will_Elliott)
- *Nightfall*, a 1947 novel by [David Goodis](/source/David_Goodis)
- *Nightfall*, a 2017 fantasy book in the *[Keeper of the Lost Cities](/source/Keeper_of_the_Lost_Cities)* series by Shannon Messenger
- *Nightfall*, a two-novel fantasy series by [Mickey Zucker Reichert](/source/Mickey_Zucker_Reichert)
- *The Return: Nightfall*, a 2009 novel by [L. J. Smith](/source/L._J._Smith_(author))
- ["Nightfall" (Clarke story)](/source/Nightfall_(Clarke_story)), or "The Curse", a 1947 short story by Arthur C. Clarke
- "Nightfall", a 2003 short story incorporated into the 2005 Manfred Macx novel *[Accelerando](/source/Accelerando_(novel))* by Charles Stross

### Comics

- [Nightfall (comics)](/source/Nightfall_(comics)), a DC Comics supervillain
- *Nightfall*, a graphic novel by [Scott O. Brown](/source/Scott_O._Brown)

## Music

- [Nightfall (band)](/source/Nightfall_(band)), a Greek heavy metal band
- [*Nightfall* (Candlemass album)](/source/Nightfall_(Candlemass_album)), 1987
- [*Nightfall* (Louis Hayes album)](/source/Nightfall_(Louis_Hayes_album)), 1991
- [*Nightfall* (Charlie Haden album)](/source/Nightfall_(Charlie_Haden_album)), 2004
- [*Nightfall* (Little Big Town album)](/source/Nightfall_(Little_Big_Town_album)), 2020
- "Nightfall", a song by Amorphis from *[Tuonela](/source/Tuonela_(album))*
- "Nightfall", a song by Blind Guardian from *[Nightfall in Middle-Earth](/source/Nightfall_in_Middle-Earth)*
- "Nightfall", a song by Circle of Dust from *[Circle of Dust](/source/Circle_of_Dust_(album))*
- "Nightfall", a song by The Devil Wears Prada from *[ZII](/source/ZII_(EP))*
- "Nightfall", a song by the Incredible String Band from *[The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter](/source/The_Hangman's_Beautiful_Daughter)*
- "Nightfall", a song by Norther from *[Death Unlimited](/source/Death_Unlimited)*
- "Nightfall", a song by Stratovarius from *[Fourth Dimension](/source/Fourth_Dimension_(Stratovarius_album))*
- "Nightfall", a song by Warkings from *[Armageddon](/source/Armageddon_(Warkings_album))*
- "Nightfall", a song by Xandria from *[Sacrificium](/source/Sacrificium_(Xandria_album))*
- "Nightfall" (Interlude), a song by Tinashe from *[Aquarius](/source/Aquarius_(Tinashe_album))*
- "[Nightfalls](/source/Nightfalls)", a song by Keith Urban

## Radio and television

- [*Nightfall* (radio series)](/source/Nightfall_(radio_series)), a 1980–1983 Canadian supernatural/horror series
- ["Night Fall" (*Yin-Yang-Yo!*)](/source/Night_Fall_(Yin-Yang-Yo!)), an episode of the TV series *Yin-Yang-Yo!*
- "Nightfall", an [episode of the radio program *Dimension X*](/source/List_of_Dimension_X_episodes), based on the Isaac Asimov story (see above)
- Operation Nightfall, a fictional operation in the [first season of the TV series *24*](/source/24_(season_1))
- [Halo: Nightfall](/source/Halo_(series)#Nightfall_.282014.29), a 2014 series set in the Halo universe

## Other

- Nightfall meteorite, the colloquial name for the [El Ali meteorite](/source/El_Ali_meteorite)
- [Nocturnal emission](/source/Nocturnal_emission), a spontaneous orgasm during sleep that includes ejaculation for a male, or vaginal wetness or an orgasm (or both) for a female.
- [Nightfall (missile)](/source/Nightfall_(missile)), a British short-range ballistic missile

## See also

- *[The Fall of Night](/source/The_Fall_of_Night)* (TV episode) 1995 episode of *Babylon 5*
- *[Against the Fall of Night](/source/Against_the_Fall_of_Night)* (novel) 1948 novel by Arthur C. Clarke - *[The City and the Stars](/source/The_City_and_the_Stars)* (novel) 1956 novel by Arthur C. Clarke, sometimes referred to as some variation of "fall of night"
- *[Beyond the Fall of Night](/source/Beyond_the_Fall_of_Night)* (novel) 1990 novel by Gregory Benford, based on the work of Arthur C. Clakre
- [Knightfall (disambiguation)](/source/Knightfall_(disambiguation))

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