The One may refer to:

• Messiah. Can also refer to any one of Messiahs in fiction.
• The Absolute in Gnosticism
• The One, another name for The All a Hermetic version of The Absolute

Books and magazines

• The One (magazine), a video game magazine
• "The One", an ambiguous character in the Animorphs book series

Comics

• The One (comic), a comic book published by Epic Comics
• The One (manhua), a manhua by Nicky Lee

Games

• The One, a game based on the movie The One
• The Temple of the One, a recently revived monotheistic religion in the province of Cyrodiil, in the Elder Scrolls video game series
• The One (magazine), a video game magazine

Film

• The One (film), a 2001 science fiction film, starring Jet Li and directed by James Wong
• "The One", a messianic superhero in The Matrix

Music

• The One, another name for the downbeat, the first beat in the bar, especially important in Funk music
• The One (album), a 1992 album by Elton John
• The One (Frankie J album), a 2004 album by Frankie J.
• The One, an album by Chubb Rock
• "The One" (song) (disambiguation)
• The One (singer), a K-pop singer

Television

• The One (Star Trek), an evil entity who had been imprisoned in the center of the Milky Way galaxy by forces unknown, encountered by the Enterprise in The Final Frontier
• The One (TV movie), a made-for-TV movie that premiered in 2003 on ABC Family
• Making a Music Star, a reality series similar to American Idol, coming to ABC and CBC
• "The One", a term referring to each of the three heroes John Sheridan, Delenn, or Jeffrey Sinclair of the science fiction TV series Babylon 5
• "The One", a term coined by the BBC to describe the UK television channel BBC One

See also

• The Next One
• The Magnificent One
• The Great One
• The Old Ones
• The One Ring
• The Chosen One may refer to:
  • Buffy the Vampire Slayer (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
  • Anakin Skywalker (Star Wars)
  • Harry Potter (Harry Potter)