A trial is the presentation of information in a formal setting, usually a court.
(The) Trial or Trials may also refer to:
Film and television Films The Trial (1948 film), an Austrian film directed by Georg Wilhelm Pabst and based on the Tiszaeszlár affair Trial (film), a 1955 American film The Trial (1962 film), a French-Italian-German film directed by Orson Welles and starring Anthony Perkins, based on the Kafka novel The Trial (1993 film), a British film directed by David Hugh Jones and starring Kyle MacLachlan and Anthony Hopkins The Trial (2006 film), a Peruvian film directed by Judith Vélez The Trial (2009 film), an Irish documentary on the trial of Kosovo's former prime minister Ramush Haradinaj for war crimes The Trial (2010 film), an American film directed by Gary Wheeler and based on the novel by Robert Whitlow The Trial (2014 film), a Filipino film directed by Chito S. Rono The Trial: The State of Russia vs Oleg Sentsov, a Polish-Czech-Estonian documentary film by Askold Kurov The Trial (2023 film), an Indian Telugu-language thriller film
TV Series Trial (British TV series), a 1971 British TV series, starring Godfrey James The Trial (Italian TV series), a 2019 Italian TV series The Trial (Indian TV series), a 2023 Indian TV series The Trial (2025 film), a British television drama film directed by Michael Samuels from a screenplay by Mark Burt Goliath (TV series), a 2015 Amazon Prime television series that was originally titled "Trial" but later renamed Episodes "Trial" (Batman: The Animated Series), 1995 "The Trial" (Angel), 2000 "The Trial" (The Colbys), 1986 "The Trial" (Dilbert), 1999 "The Trial" (Dynasty 1984) "The Trial" (Dynasty 1986) "The Trial" (Dynasty 1988) "The Trial" (My Name Is Earl), 2007 "The Trial" (Recess), 1997 "The Trial" (Rugrats), 1991 "The Trial" (Steven Universe), 2017 "The Trial", an episode of Strange Experiences, 1956 The Trial (What We Do in the Shadows) "The Trial", an episode of Zero One 1963 "The Trial", an unproduced episode of Invader Zim
Literature The Trial, a 1925 novel by Franz Kafka Trial, a 1955 novel by Don Mankiewicz
Music Bands and musicians The Trial (Czech band), a 1990s synthpop band from the Czech Republic The Trial (German band), a German-Turkish-Swiss alternative/experimental band Trials (musician) (born 1983), Australian rapper and producer Trial (San Francisco Bay Area band), a post-punk band Trial (Seattle band), a political straight-edge hardcore band Trials (band), an American heavy metal band Trial (Swedish band), heavy metal band signed to Metal Blade Records
Albums Trial (album), a 2012 album by the Pillows
Songs "The Trial" (song), a song from the 1979 Pink Floyd album The Wall "Trials", a song by Starset from the 2019 album Divisions
People Trials (musician) (born 1983), Australian rapper and producer Antoine Trial (1737–1795), French tenor
Theatre An Triail, Irish-language play by Máiréad Ní Ghráda, unrelated to the Kafka novel "Trial", scene 2 from the first act of Einstein on the Beach, composed by Philip Glass Der Prozeß (opera), a 1953 production with music by Gottfried von Einem and a libretto by Boris Blacher The Trial (2014 opera), a 2014 production with music by Philip Glass and a libretto by Christopher Hampton
Other uses Clinical trial, an experimental study in a medical context Time trial, a form of competition in racing sports, often used as a preliminary qualification round Trials (journal), an online open-access medical journal Trial (grammatical number), a grammatical number referring to 'three items' The Trial (painting), a 1947 painting by Sidney Nolan Trial (ship), several ships Trials (series), a platform racing video game series and the first game in the series
See also Bisha'a, trial by ordeal among the Bedouin Evaluation Mistrial (disambiguation) Trial by fire (disambiguation) Trial Run (disambiguation) Try (disambiguation) Tryall, a ship which was wrecked in 1622