Hardcore, hard core or hard-core may refer to:

Arts and media

Film

* ''Hardcore'' (1977 film), a British comedy film * ''Hardcore'' (1979 film), an American crime drama film starring George C Scott * ''Hardcore'' (2001 film), a British documentary film directed by Stephen Walker * ''Hardcore'' (2004 film), a Greek drama film directed by Dennis Iliadis * '' Hardcore Henry'', a Russian first-person action adventure/sci-fi film directed by Ilya Naishuller of the band Biting Elbows

Music

Genres

* Breakbeat hardcore * Digital hardcore, a fusion of hardcore punk and electronic dance music * Gabber * Hardcore dancing, a style of dance related to moshing, sometimes performed at hardcore punk shows * Hardcore (electronic dance music genre) ** Early hardcore ** Happy hardcore ** Mainstream hardcore * Hardcore hip hop *

Hardcore punk Hardcore punk (commonly abbreviated to hardcore or hXc) is a punk rock music genre#subtypes, subgenre and subculture that originated in the late 1970s. It is generally faster, harder, and more aggressive than other forms of punk rock. Its roots ...

** Beatdown hardcore ** harDCore, a portmanteau abbreviation for hardcore punk music in Washington, D.C. ** List of hardcore punk subgenres

Albums

* ''Hardcore'' (Daddy Freddy album), 2004 * ''Hard Core'' (Paul Dean album), 1989 * ''Hard Core'' (Lil' Kim album), 1996 * ''Hard Core'' (Lil' Kim mixtape), 2014 * '' Hardcore '81'', a 1981 album by D.O.A.

Songs

* "Hardcore" (song), a 2022 song by Tove Styrke * " This Is Hardcore", a song by Pulp

Video games

* Hardcore mode, also permadeath, a video game mechanic which does not allow a dead character to be restored * ''Hardcore'' (video game), original name of the 1994 game ''Ultracore''

Visual media

* Hardcore pornography, a form of explicit pornography * Hardcore (comics), a fictional character in the Marvel Multiverse

Wrestling

* Hardcore wrestling, a form of professional wrestling * Hardcore Holly, the ring name of American professional wrestler Robert Howard (born 1963)

Technology

* Construction aggregate, often referred to as "hardcore" * Hard core, a type of semiconductor intellectual property core * Hard-core predicate, a concept in cryptography