Guardian usually refers to:
Legal guardian, a person with the authority and duty to care for the interests of another
The Guardian, a British daily newspaper
(The) Guardian(s) may also refer to:
Places
Guardian, West Virginia, United States, an unincorporated community in Webster County
Guardian Nunatak, a landform on Antarctica's Dufek Coast
Guardian Rock, an islet off the Antarctic Peninsula in Bigourdan Fjord
Guardian telephone exchange, Manchester, England
Wonder Mountain's Guardian, a roller coaster at Canada's Wonderland, Vaughan, Ontario
People
GuardiaN (Ladislav Kovács; born 1991), Slovak professional video-game player
Angel Guardian (born 1998), Filipina actress and singer
Don Guardian (born 1953), mayor of Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States
Arts, entertainment, and media
Fictional entities
Guardian (comics), characters from various comics
Guardian (DC Comics), a DC Comics superhero
Guardian (Highlander), a character in the film Highlander: The Source (2007)
Guardian, a supercomputer in American science fiction thriller film Colossus: The Forbin Project (1970)
Guardians, player characters in Destiny, a 2014 first-person shooter video game
Guardians, a playable class in the game The Lord of the Rings Online
Philosopher kings, also called Guardians, a role hypothesised in Plato's Republic
The Guardian, the main and player character of The Guardian Legend, a 1988 video game
The Guardian, an alien being in the Ultima series of role-playing video games
The Guardians, a group of characters in the 1984 TV series Challenge of the GoBots
Guardians, police officers in The Handmaid's Tale (TV series)
Guardians, enemies in The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
Films
Guardian, a 2001 film directed by John Terlesky
The Guardian (1917 film), a silent film starring Montagu Love and June Elvidge
The Guardian (1990 film), a horror film directed by William Friedkin
The Guardian, a 1997 television film starring Stephanie Niznik
The Guardian (2006 film), a drama starring Kevin Costner and Ashton Kutcher
Guardians (2012 film), a German action film
Guardians (2017 film), a Russian superhero film
The Guardians (2017 film), a French film directed by Xavier Beauvois
Guardian (2021 film), a Malayalam-language film directed by Satheesh Paul
Guardian (2024 film), a Tamil-language horror film directed by Sabari and Guru Saravanan
The Guardian (2024 film), a South Korean-Philippine action drama film directed by Jeong Jang-hwan
Games
Guardian (1986 video game), a 1986 beat 'em up for arcades
Guardians (card game), a collectible card game published in 1995/96
Guardian (video game), a 1994 3D shoot 'em up for the Amiga CD32 games console
Guardians (video game), a 1995 coin-operated arcade game
Literature
Guardians (play), a 2005 off-Broadway stage play by Peter Morris
The Guardian (novel), a 2003 novel by Nicholas Sparks
The Guardian (play), a 1633 Caroline era stage play by Philip Massinger, reworked 1642 by A. Cowley
The Guardians (Christopher novel), a 1970 novel by John Christopher
The Guardians (Abbey novel), a 1982 novel by Lynn Abbe
The Guardians (Grisham novel), a 2019 legal thriller novel by John Grisham
The Guardians, a series of military science fiction novels by Richard Austin
The Guardians, a novel by Ana Castillo
Music
Guardian (band), an American Christian hard rock/metal band
Guardians (The Crimson Armada album), 2009
Guardians (August Burns Red album), 2020
"Guardian" (song), a 2012 song by Alanis Morissette from her album Havoc and Bright Lights
"Guardian", a song by Fates Warning from their 1986 album Awaken the Guardian