title: Inner circle
text: # Inner circle
  
  Inner circle may refer to:
  
  ## Society
  
  * Friendship networks, where "inner circle" may describe the closest of friends
  * Esoteric teaching, knowledge that is confined to an inner group
  * Inner–outer directions, a method of labeling direction of travel for geographic loops
  * Inner Circle (addiction recovery), inner-most circle of three circles in addiction recovery diagram
  * Inner circle (psychoanalysis) or Freud's inner circle
  * Cabal, a group of people united in some close design together, usually to promote their private views or interests
  * One of Kachru's Three Circles of English; see World Englishes
  
  ## Organizations
  
  * Inner Circle of Advocates, trial lawyer group
  * Inner Circle (parody group), a New York parody group
  * The Inner Circle (dating site), an invitation-only online dating service for affluent, professional singles
  
  ## Transport
  
  * Birmingham Inner Circle, a circular bus route following Birmingham's inner ring road in the West Midlands County of England
  * Inner Circle (London Underground), an early name for the central circuit route of the London Underground that is now known as the Circle Line
  * Inner Circle railway line, Melbourne, a former railway line in Melbourne, Australia
  
  ## Literature
  
  * The Inner Circle (Boyle novel), a 2004 novel by T. C. Boyle about Alfred Kinsey
  * The Inner Circle (Meltzer novel), a 2011 novel by Brad Meltzer
  
  ## Film and television
  
  * The Inner Circle (1912 film), a film directed by D. W. Griffith
  * The Inner Circle (1946 film), an American film directed by Philip Ford
  * The Inner Circle (1991 film), a film about KGB officer Ivan Sanchin
  * "The Inner Circle" (The Office), a 2011 episode of The Office
  
  ## Music
  
  * Inner Circle (band), a Jamaican reggae group
  * The Inner Circle (album), a 2004 album by Evergrey
  * The Black Metal Inner Circle from the early Norwegian black metal scene
  
  ## Other
  
  * Inner Circle (board game), a Milton Bradley board game from 1981
  * Inner Circle Rum, a brand of rum made and sold in Australia
  * Inner Circle, a fictional terrorist group in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3
  * The Inner Circle (professional wrestling), professional wrestling stable in All Elite Wrestling led by Chris Jericho
  