Comics

• Either of two similarly named but otherwise unrelated comic book series, both published by Wildstorm:
  • Resistance (comics), based on the video game of the same title
  • The Resistance (WildStorm), by Justin Gray, Jimmy Palmiotti, and Juan Santacruz
• The Resistance (AWA Studios), an AWA Studios comic book meta series
• Resistance: Book One, graphic novel series by Carla Jablonski with art by Leland Purvis and published by First Second Books

Fictional characters

• Resistance (Star Wars), the primary protagonist organization in the Star Wars sequel trilogy
• The Resistance, one of two factions in Ingress

Films

• Resistance (1945 film), a 1945 French film
• Resistance (1992 film), a 1992 Australian film
• Resistance (2003 film), a 2003 war film, with Bill Paxton
• Resistance (2011 film), a 2011 war film, with Michael Sheen
• Resistance (2020 film), a 2020 war film, with Jesse Eisenberg
• The Resistance (film), a 2011 Chinese war film
• The Resistance Banker (2018), a Dutch drama film

Games

• Resistance (video game series), a series of alternate history sci-fi shooters developed for Sony video game consoles
  • Resistance: Fall of Man, a Sony PlayStation 3 game
  • Resistance 2, sequel to Resistance: Fall of Man
  • Resistance 3, the third game in the main series
  • Resistance: Retribution, a Sony PlayStation Portable game
  • Resistance: Burning Skies, a Sony PlayStation Vita game
• Operation Flashpoint: Resistance, expansion pack of video game Operation Flashpoint
• "Resistance", a map of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 multiplayer
• The Resistance (game)

Literature

• Resistance (Sheers novel), a 2007 alternative history novel by Owen Sheers
• Resistance (Star Trek), a Star Trek: The Next Generation novel set after Star Trek: Nemesis
• Resistance: The Underground War in Europe, 1939-1945, a 2022 book by Halik Kochanski
• Resistance, a 1995 novel by Anita Shreve
• The Resistance (Applegate novel), an Animorphs book

Music

Television

Other arts, entertainment, and media

• Resistance (Doctor Who audio), a Dr Who audio presentation
• Resistance: Journal of the Earth Liberation Movement, an earth liberation magazine

Botany and horticulture

• Pesticide resistance
• Plant disease resistance

Ecology

• Resistance (ecology)

Healthcare

• Disease resistance, the ability of an organism to resist diseases it is susceptible to
• Airway resistance, a concept in respiratory physiology
• Antibiotic resistance, used for bacteria resistant to antibiotics
• Drug resistance, the reduction in effectiveness of a drug
• Psychological resistance, the forces that counteract progress in psychoanalysis and psychotherapy
  • Resistance (psychoanalysis), the concept of resistance in psychoanalytic theory

Physics

• Electrical resistance, the measure of the degree to which a conductor opposes an electric current through that conductor
• Friction
  • Drag (physics) ("air resistance"), fluid or gas forces opposing motion and flow
• Geological resistance, a measure of how well minerals resist erosive factors
  • Hydraulic conductivity, the ease with which water can move through pore spaces or fractures in soil or rock
• Hardness, in materials science
• Thermal shock resistance, a measure of resistance of a material to temperature jumps.
• Thermal resistance, a measure of difficulty of heat transfer through a substance
  • Thermal conductivity, how well heat is conducted through a substance
  • Thermal resistance in electronics, heat considerations in electronics design