Ordeal may refer to:
Trial by ordeal, a religious judicial practice to determine "the will of God"
Books
Ordeal (autobiography), a 1980 autobiography of Linda Lovelace
Ordeal (trilogy), 1918–1941 novel trilogy by Aleksey Nikolayevich Tolstoy
Ordeal, the American title of What Happened to the Corbetts, a 1939 novel by Nevil Shute
Film and television
The Ordeal (film), a 1922 American silent drama
"Ordeal" (UFO), a 1971 episode of the TV series UFO
Ordeal, a 1973 American television film for American Broadcasting Company
Calvaire (film), also known as The Ordeal, a 2004 psychological horror film
"The Ordeal", an episode of Doctor Who, see The Daleks
Other uses
Ordeal (album), by Skepticism
Ordeal (horse) (born 1957), New Zealand Standardbred racemare
Ordeal (level of OA membership), the first degree of membership in the Order of the Arrow, an organization within the Boy Scouts of America