Encounter or Encounters may refer to:
Film
*''Encounter'', a 1997 Indian film by
Nimmala Shankar
Nimmala Shankar is an Indian film director, known for his works in Telugu cinema. He is known for directing blockbuster films like '' Jayam Manade Raa''. In 2011, he directed '' Jai Bolo Telangana'', which won five Nandi Awards and was screened ...
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''Encounter'' (2013 film), a Bengali film
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''Encounter'' (2018 film), an American sci-fi film
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''Encounter'' (2021 film), a British sci-fi film
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Encounters, a section of the Berlin International Film Festival
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''Encounters'' (film), a 1993 Australian thriller
Music
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Encounter!'', a 1968 album by Pepper Adams
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Coleman Hawkins Encounters Ben Webster
''Coleman Hawkins Encounters Ben Webster'' is a studio album recorded on October 16, 1957, by Coleman Hawkins and Ben Webster, accompanied by a rhythm section led by Oscar Peterson.
In the United Kingdom, the album was released with the title ' ...
'' or ''Encounters'', an album by Coleman Hawkins and Ben Webster
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''Encounter'' (Mark Holden album) (1977)
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''Encounter'' (Michael Stearns album) (1988)
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''Place Vendôme'' (Swingle Singers with MJQ album) or ''Encounter''
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''Encounter'' (Trio 3 album) (2000)
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''Encounters'' (album), a 1984 album by Mal Waldron
*''Encounters'', an album by
Sylvan
*"Encounter", a 2016 song by Chris Quilala from ''
Split the Sky''
* Encounter, a song in the video game
Metal Gear Solid
is a series of techno-thriller stealth games created by Hideo Kojima. Developed and published by Konami, the first game, ''Metal Gear'', was released in 1987 for MSX home computers. The player often takes control of a special forces opera ...
Ships
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HMS ''Encounter'' (1846)
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HMS ''Encounter'' (1873), a wooden-screw corvette
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HMS ''Encounter'' (H10), an E-class destroyer launched in 1934
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HMAS ''Encounter'' (1902), a ''Challenger''-class protected cruiser
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HMAS ''Encounter'' (naval base), a former naval depot in South Australia
Television
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''Encounter'' (1958 TV series), a 1958 CBC/ABC anthology television series
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''Encounter'' (1960 TV program), a Canadian talk show television program
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''Encounter'' (1970 TV program), a Canadian political affairs television program
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''Encounters'' (TV series), a 1994 American television series
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''Encounter'' (Indian TV series) (2014)
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''Encounter'' (South Korean TV series) (2018)
Other uses
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Encounter (psychology) The term "encounter", in the context of existential-humanism (like existential therapy), has the specific meaning of an authentic, congruent meeting between individuals.
Examples
Some uses of the concept of encountering:
* Jacob L. Moreno ''Invi ...
, an authentic, congruent meeting between individuals
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''Encounter'' (magazine), a literary magazine
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Encounter Books
Encounter Books is a book publisher in the United States known for publishing conservative authors. It was named for ''Encounter'', the now defunct literary magazine founded by Irving Kristol and Stephen Spender. , a book publisher in the United States, named after the magazine
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Encounter (game)
Encounter is an international network of active urban games. Also known as "Схватка" (reads as 'skhvatka') (translated "Combat" from Russian) – the game that gave birth to this project.
Project history
The game rules applied today we ...
, an international network of active urban games
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''Encounter'' (video game), a 1983 game by Novagen
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''Encounters'' (anthology), a 2004 anthology of speculative fiction
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''Encounter'' (sculpture), an bronze sculpture by Bruce Beasley
See also
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Close encounter
In ufology, a close encounter is an event in which a person witnesses an unidentified flying object. This terminology and the system of classification behind it were first suggested in astronomer and UFO researcher J. Allen Hynek's 1972 book ''T ...
, a claimed UFO sighting
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The Encounter (disambiguation)
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Encounter Bay (disambiguation)
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Police encounter
A shootout, also called a firefight or gunfight, is a fight between armed combatants using firearms. The term can be used to describe any such fight, though it is typically used to describe those that do not involve military forces or only invo ...
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Encounter killings by police
Encounter killing is a term used in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka since the late 20th century to describe extrajudicial killings by the police or the armed forces, supposedly in self-defence, when they encounter suspected gangsters or ...
, killing in a gun fight with the police in the Indian subcontinent, sometimes an extrajudicial killing
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HMS ''Encounter'', a list of ships
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