Breaking Point or The Breaking Point may refer to:

General

Breaking point (psychology) In human psychology, the breaking point is a moment of Stress (medicine), stress in which a person breaks down or a situation becomes critical. The intensity of environmental stress necessary to bring this about varies from individual to individual ...

, a critical moment of personal stress *

Breaking strength Fracture is the appearance of a crack or complete separation of an object or material into two or more pieces under the action of stress. The fracture of a solid usually occurs due to the development of certain displacement discontinuity sur ...

, in engineering, the stress at which a specimen fails via fracture

Film

* ''The Breaking Point'' (1921 film), an American film by Paul Scardon * ''The Breaking Point'' (1924 film), an American film by Herbert Brenon * ''The Breaking Point'' (1950 film), an American adaptation of Ernest Hemingway's ''To Have and Have Not'' * ''The Breaking Point'' (1961 film), a British crime film by Lance Comfort * ''Breaking Point'' (1975 film), a Swedish erotic horror film by Bo Arne Vibenius * ''Breaking Point'' (1976 film), an American film by Bob Clark * ''Breaking Point'' (1989 film), an American television remake of the 1965 suspense film ''36 Hours'' * ''Breaking Point'', a 1994 film starring Gary Busey * ''Breaking Point'' (2005 film), a Canadian TV documentary about the 1995 Quebec sovereignty referendum * ''Breaking Point'' (2009 film), an American action film starring Tom Berenger * ''The Breaking Point'' (2014 film), an American action film of the 2010s * ''Breaking Point'' (2023 film), a French thriller film

Literature

* ''The Breaking Point'' (play), a 1923 play by Mary Roberts Rinehart * ''The Breaking Point'' (short story collection), a 1959 short story collection by Daphne du Maurier * ''Breaking Point'' (novel), a 2002 young adult novel by Alex Flinn * ''The Breaking Point'', a 1922 mystery novel by

Mary Roberts Rinehart Mary Roberts Rinehart (August 12, 1876September 22, 1958) was an American writer, often called the American Agatha Christie.Keating, H.R.F., ''The Bedside Companion to Crime''. New York: Mysterious Press, 1989, p. 170. Rinehart published her fi ...

Music

Breaking Point (band) Breaking Point was an American rock band from Memphis, Tennessee, formed in 1999. History Breaking Point's debut album, ''Coming of Age'', was released in 2001, with a follow-up, ''Beautiful Disorder'', released in 2005. Former band members ...

, an American hard rock/alternative rock band

Albums

* ''Breaking Point'' (Central Line album) (1982) * ''Breaking Point'' (Digital Summer album) (2012) * '' Breaking Point!'', a 1964 album by Freddie Hubbard or its title composition * ''Breaking Point'' (Lunatic Calm album) (2002) * ''

Breakin' Point ''Breakin' Point'' is the seventh album by Peter Bjorn and John Peter Bjorn and John are a Swedish indie pop/ rock band formed in Stockholm in 1999, named after the first names of the band's members: Peter Morén (vocals, guitar, harmonica), ...

'', a 2016 album by Peter Bjorn and John

Songs

* "Breaking Point" (Bullet for My Valentine song) (2013) * "Breaking Point" (Keri Hilson song) (2010) * "Breakin' Point" (song), a 2016 song by Peter Bjorn and John * "Breaking Point", a 1989 song by

The Alarm The Alarm are a Welsh rock band that formed in Rhyl, Wales in 1981. Initially formed as a punk band, the Toilets, in 1977 under lead vocalist Mike Peters, the group soon embraced arena rock and included marked influences from Welsh language ...

* "Breaking Point", a 2011 song by Amaranthe from ''

Amaranthe Amaranthe is a Swedish heavy metal band originally known as Avalanche. The band is notable for their blend of various metal genres and having three lead vocalists. History Formation, self-titled debut album and ''The Nexus'' (2008–2013 ...

'' * "The Breaking Point", a song by Bacharach & David, covered by

Normie Rowe Norman John Rowe (born 1 February 1947) is an Australian singer and songwriter. He rose to national prominence in the mid-1960s as a pop star and teen idol, backed by The Playboys. His 1965 double A-side " Que Sera Sera"/" Shakin' All Over" w ...

* "Breaking Point", a 1984 song by

Bourgie Bourgie Paul Walter Quinn (born 1959) is a Scottish musician who was the lead singer of cult 1980s band Bourgie Bourgie, and also released records with Jazzateers, Vince Clarke and Edwyn Collins and sang on an early track by the French Impressionists ...

* "Breaking Point", a 2013 song by The Browning from ''

Hypernova A hypernova is a very energetic supernova which is believed to result from an extreme core collapse scenario. In this case, a massive star (>30 solar masses) collapses to form a rotating black hole emitting twin astrophysical jets and surrounded b ...

'' * "Breaking Point", a 2011 song by Crown the Empire from '' Limitless'' * "Breaking Point", a 2017 song by Dead by April from '' Worlds Collide'' * "Breaking Point", a 1988 song by the Moody Blues from ''

Sur la Mer ''Sur la Mer'' is the thirteenth album by the Moody Blues. It was released in 1988. It features the hit single " I Know You're Out There Somewhere", a sequel to their 1986 hit " Your Wildest Dreams". Much of the music on the album would fit in ...

'' * "Breaking Point", a 2007 song by Parkway Drive from '' Horizons''

Television

Series

* ''Breaking Point'' (1963 TV series), an American medical drama * ''The Breaking Point'' (1991 TV series), a Hong Kong series * ''Breaking Point'' (2010 TV series), a Discovery Channel Canada reality/documentary series * '' Breaking Pointe'', a 2012 American reality series * ''Breaking Point'' (''Casualty''), the forty-second series of the television series ''Casualty'' (2024)

Episodes

* "Breaking Point" (''Alias'') * "The Breaking Point" (''Band of Brothers'') * "Breaking Point" (''Between the Lines'') * "Breaking Point" (''The Outer Limits'') * "Breaking Point" (''Shameless'') * UFC 81: Breaking Point, a 2008 pay-per-view event *

WWE Breaking Point WWE Breaking Point was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). It was held for wrestlers from the promotion's Raw, SmackDown, and ECW brand divisions. The event took place on September ...

, a 2009 pay-per-view event

Politics

Breaking Point (UKIP poster) ''Breaking Point'' is a poster released on 16 June 2016, during the final week of campaigning before the Brexit referendum. The poster was released by Nigel Farage of the UK Independence Party and depicted a photograph of Syrian refugees near ...

, a 2016 Brexit referendum poster by the UK Independence Party