Inheritance (disambiguation)

Inheritance is the transferring of property and debt upon a death to a beneficiary.

Inheritance, or The Inheritance, may also refer to:

Computer science

• Inheritance (genetic algorithm)
• Inheritance (object-oriented programming)

Films

• The Inheritance, American title of the 1947 British film Uncle Silas
• The Inheritance (1964 film), an hourlong documentary about American garment workers produced by the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America, written by Millard Lampell, directed by Harold Mayer. Its theme song was sung by Pete Seeger and Judy Collins.
• The Inheritance (1976 film), an Italian drama by Mauro Bolognini
• The Inheritance or Fuckoffguysgoodday, a 1992 Czech comedy film by Věra Chytilová
• The Inheritance (1997 film), an American television film starring Meredith Baxter and Tom Conti
• Inheritance (2001 film), an Argentine drama by Paula Hernández
• The Inheritance (2003 film), also known as Arven in Danish, by Per Fly
• Inheritance (2006 film), documentary by James Moll about the daughter of a concentration camp commandant
• The Inheritance (2007 film), a Scottish road film
• Inheritance (2012 film), by Hiam Abbass
• The Inheritance (2014 film), a documentary about Huntington's disease
• Inheritance (2017 thriller film)
• Inheritance (2017 drama film)
• Inheritance (2020 film), by Vaughn Stein
• The Inheritance (2020 film), by Ephraim Asili
• Inheritance (2024 film), by Sylwester Jakimow
• The Inheritance (2024 horror film), by Alejandro Brugués

Music

Albums

• Inheritance (Hobbs' Angel of Death album), 1995
• Inheritance, a 2013 album by The Last Bison
• Inheritance (Audrey Assad album), 2016

Songs

• “Inheritance”, by Scorpions from Lonesome Crow, later covered by Iron Christ
• “Inheritance”, by Talk Talk from Spirit of Eden, later covered by Recoil
• “Inheritance”, by New Model Army from Thunder and Consolation
• “Inheritance”, by Prong from the Airheads soundtrack
• “Inheritance”, by John van Tongeren from Poltergeist: The Legacy
• “Inheritance”, by Katatonia from Night Is the New Day
• “The Inheritance (Green)”, by The Dear Hunter from The Color Spectrum

Literature

Science fiction and fantasy

• The Inheritance (novel), 2001, in the Dragonlance Dungeon & Dragons setting
• The Inheritance Cycle, a series of young-adult novels by Christopher Paolini
  • Inheritance (Paolini novel), 2011
• Inheritance (Savile novel), 2006, set in the Warhammer 40,000 universe
• "Inheritance" (short story), a 1947 supernatural sci-fi story by Arthur C. Clarke

Plays

• Inheritance (play), 2003, by Hannie Rayson, set in Australia
• The Inheritance (play), 2018, by Matthew López

Other books

• Inheritance (memoir), autobiography of American novelist Dani Shapiro
• The Inheritance, 1849 (first published 1997), Louisa May Alcott novel
• Inheritance, a 1932 novel by Phyllis Bentley
• The Inheritance, a 2005 translation of a novel by Palestinian writer Sahar Khalifeh
• The Inheritance, a 2010 novel by Simon Tolkien

Television

• Inheritance (TV series), a 1967 British TV series
• The Inheritance (TV series), a 2023 British TV series
• "Inheritance" (Arrow), a 2019 episode
• "Inheritance" (Star Trek: The Next Generation), episode first aired in 1993
• "Inheritance" (Lassie), a 1954 premiere
• "The Inheritance" (Mad Men), a 2008 television episode
• "The Inheritance" (Grimm), 2014 TV episode

Visual arts

• Inheritance (Munch), a painting by Edvard Munch

See also

• All pages with titles containing Inheritance
• Biological inheritance
• Heritability
• Inheritor (disambiguation)
• Herencia (disambiguation)