Rival (disambiguation) explained

A rivalry is the opposition between two competing parties (rivals). Someone's main rival is an archrival.

Rivalry, rival, The Rivals, or arch rival may also refer to:

Film

• Rivals (1923 film), a silent German film by Harry Piel
• Rivals (1925 film), a film starring Oliver Hardy
• The Rivals (1926 film), a Swedish silent comedy film directed by Gustaf Edgren
• The Rival (film), a 1956 Italian-French melodrama
• Rivals (1972 film), an American film
• Rivals (1985 film), a Soviet Union film
• Rivals (2008 film), a French film
• Rivalry (film), a 1953 Italian film
• The Stalking of Laurie Show or Rivals, a 2000 TV film
• The Rivals, a 1938 TV film starring Eric Portman

Gaming

• Arch Rivals, a 1989 basketball arcade video game
• Marvel Rivals, a 2024 video game
• Sonic Rivals, a 2006 video game
• Need for Speed Rivals, a 2013 racing video game
• Rivalry, a 2015 sword fighting video game
• Rivals of Aether, a 2017 fighting video game
  • Rivals of Aether II, the 2024 direct sequel
• , a 2018 mobile phone game

Literature and theatre

• The Rivals (1664 play), a play by William Davenant
• The Rivals, a 1775 play by Richard Brinsley Sheridan
• Rivals (novel), a 1988 novel by Jilly Cooper
• The Rival, a 1997 novel by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
• Rival (comics), a Reverse-Flash comic book villain

Music

• The Rivals (band), an English punk band
• The Rivals, a one-off group formed for the song "2nd Best to None" by Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus

Albums

• Rivals (album), a 2015 album by Coal Chamber
• The Rivalry (album), a 1998 album by Running Wild
• Rivals, a 2013 classical album by David Hansen
• A Rival, a 1997 album by Alannah Myles

Songs

• "Rival" (song), a 2011 song by Romeo Santos
• "Rivals" (song), a 2016 song by Usher
• "Rival", a 2000 song by Pearl Jam from Binaural
• "Rival", a Pokémon Pocket Monsters theme song

Places

• The Rivals, the English name of Welsh mountain Yr Eifl
• Rivals, Kentucky, U.S.

Ships

• Rival (sternwheeler), a steamboat
• USS Rival, the name of two U.S. Navy ships

Television and radio

• The Rivals (TV play) (1961)
• , season 21 of the MTV reality game show
• , a British talent show
• "Rivals" (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine), an episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
• "Rivalry", an episode of Code Lyoko: Evolution
• "Rivals", an episode of Frasier
• "The Rival", an episode of The Amazing World of Gumball
• "The Rivals", an episode of The O.C.
• "Rivalries", an episode of Undergrads
• The Rivals, a 2011 BBC radio drama series with lead character Inspector Lestrade
• Rivals, a 2024 British TV adaptation of the 1988 Jilly Cooper novel Rivals

Other uses

• Rivalry (economics), a characteristic of consumption of goods
• Rivals.com, a sports recruiting website
• Aeros Rival, a Ukrainian competition paraglider
• Rival (consumer products company), an American company founded in 1932
• Rival (software company), an American software company founded in 2003

See also

• Binocular rivalry
• College rivalry
• List of sports rivalries
• Monocular rivalry
• The Rivalry (disambiguation)
• Sibling rivalry