Brotherhood or The Brotherhood may refer to:

Family, relationships, and organizations

Fraternity (philosophy) In philosophy, fraternity or brotherhood is a kind of ethics, ethical relationship between people, which is based on love and solidarity. Fraternity is mentioned in the national motto of France, (), and a slogan of the League of Communists ...

or brotherhood, an ethical relationship between people, which is based on love and solidarity *

Fraternity A fraternity (; whence, "wikt:brotherhood, brotherhood") or fraternal organization is an organization, society, club (organization), club or fraternal order traditionally of men but also women associated together for various religious or secular ...

or brotherhood, a male social organization *

Brother A brother (: brothers or brethren) is a man or boy who shares one or more parents with another; a male sibling. The female counterpart is a sister. Although the term typically refers to a family, familial relationship, it is sometimes used ende ...

, a male sibling *

Brother (Christian) A religious brother (abbreviated Br. or Bro. as a title) is a lay male member of a religious institute or religious order who commits himself to following Christ in consecrated life, usually by the vows of poverty, chastity and obedience. Equiv ...

, the title used for a monk in certain monastic orders **

Lay brother Lay brother is a largely extinct term referring to religious brothers, particularly in the Catholic Church, who focused upon manual service and secular matters, and were distinguished from choir monks or friars in that they did not pray in choi ...

, a monk primarily focused on secular work rather than prayer and worship ** Orthodox brotherhood, also ''Bratstva'', members of an urban Eastern Orthodox community in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth * Brotherhood (Order of the Arrow), a membership level in the Boy Scouts of America honor society * The Brotherhood, a video game company whose publications include the 2015 horror adventure game '' Stasis''

Film

* ''The Brotherhood'' (1968 film), an American crime drama directed by Martin Ritt, starring Kirk Douglas * ''The Brotherhood'' (2001 film), a homoerotic horror film by David Decoteau, the first in a series * ''The Brotherhood'' (2017 film), a 2017 Indian documentary film *

The Brotherhood (film series) ''The Brotherhood'' is a series of homoerotic horror films directed by David DeCoteau. The first film in the series is also known as ''I've Been Watching You'' in the United Kingdom. In 2005 DeCoteau released ''The Sisterhood'', a horror film tha ...

, a series of homoerotic horror films * Brotherhood, a 1986 film directed by Stephen Shin * '' Brotherhood: Taegukgi'', a 2004 South Korean film * ''Brotherhood'' (2009 film) (), a Danish drama * ''Brotherhood'' (2010 film), an American thriller directed by Will Canon * ''Brotherhood'' (2016 film), a British drama film and third and final installment to Noel Clarke's Kidulthood Trilogy * ''Brotherhood'' (2018 film), a Canadian short film directed by Meryam Joobeur * ''Brotherhood'' (2019 film), a Canadian drama film directed by Richard Bell * ''Brotherhood'' (2022 film), a Nigerian film directed by Loukman Ali

Music

* ''Brotherhood'' (3T album), 1995 * ''Brotherhood'' (B'z album), 1999 * ''Brotherhood'' (The Chemical Brothers album), 2008 * ''Brotherhood'' (The Doobie Brothers album), 1991 * ''Brotherhood'' (New Order album), 1986 * ''The Brotherhood'' (Lynch Mob album), 2017 * ''The Brotherhood'' (Running Wild album), 2002 *

The Brotherhood (rap group) The Brotherhood were a pioneering UK hip-hop group with a solid following across the UK from the early 1990s.''Brotherhood'' (2002 TV series), a 2002 Singaporean-Chinese drama series * ''Brotherhood'' (American TV series), a 2006–2008 American crime drama series * ''Brotherhood'' (British TV series), a 2015 British sitcom * ''Brotherhood'' (Brazilian TV series), a 2019 Brazilian crime drama web television series * "Brotherhood" (''Arrow''), an episode of ''Arrow'' * "Brotherhood" (''Person of Interest''), an episode of ''Person of Interest'' * "The Brotherhood" (''Stargate Atlantis''), an episode of ''Stargate Atlantis'' *'' Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood'', the second anime version of the manga ''Fullmetal Alchemist'' *''

The Love School ''The Love School'' (broadcast in the U.S. as ''The Brotherhood'') is a BBC television drama series originally broadcast in 1975 about the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, written by John Hale, Ray Lawler, Robin Chapman and John Prebble. It was di ...

'', a 1975 British series also known as ''The Brotherhood'' * '' Brotherhood: Final Fantasy XV'', an original net animation series supplementing ''Final Fantasy XV''

Fiction

* ''The Brotherhood'' (comics), a Marvel series featuring a version of the Brotherhood of Mutants * The Brotherhood, an organization based on the Communist party in Ralph Ellison's novel ''

Invisible Man ''Invisible Man'' is Ralph Ellison's first novel, and the only one published during his lifetime. It was first published by the British magazine Horizon in 1947, and addresses many of the social and intellectual issues faced by African American ...

'' *

The Brotherhood (Nineteen Eighty-Four) Emmanuel Goldstein is a fictional character and the principal enemy of the state of Oceania in George Orwell's 1949 dystopian novel ''Nineteen Eighty-Four''. The political propaganda of The Party portrays Goldstein as the leader of The Br ...

, a fictitious organization in George Orwell's novel ''Nineteen-Eighty Four''

Video games

* '' Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood'', a 2010 video game * The Brotherhood, a fictional gang in the 2008 video game ''

Saints Row 2 ''Saints Row 2'' is a 2008 action-adventure game developed by Volition and published by THQ. It is the sequel to 2006's '' Saints Row'' and the second installment in the ''Saints Row'' series. The game was released in October 2008 for the Pla ...

Other uses

* The Brotherhood, a professional wrestling tag team composed of Cody and Dustin Rhodes *

Brotherhood (Ukrainian political party) The Brotherhood, Fraternity () is a Ukrainian political party led by Dmytro Korchynsky. The party represents itself: "Party of Jesus Christ, National Christian Network - a revolutionary Christian community". Korchynskyi himself calls "Brotherho ...

, a Ukrainian national Christian anarchist political party * ''The Brotherhood,'' a 1984 expose of Freemasonry by Stephen Knight * The Brotherhood, an alternative name for the Brodhull, an assembly for representatives of the

Cinque Ports The confederation of Cinque Ports ( ) is a historic group of coastal towns in south-east England – predominantly in Kent and Sussex, with one outlier (Brightlingsea) in Essex. The name is Old French, meaning "five harbours", and alludes to ...