A nutcracker is a tool for cracking nuts.

Nutcracker or The Nutcracker may also refer to:

• "The Nutcracker and the Mouse King", an 1816 story by E.T.A. Hoffmann
  • List of productions of The Nutcracker, other versions and revisions of Hoffman's story
• The Nutcracker (Histoire d'un casse-noisette, 1844): a revision of Hoffman's story by Alexandre Dumas
• The Nutcracker, an 1892 ballet by Tchaikovsky
• The Nutcracker (Willam Christensen), a 1944 version of the ballet
• The Nutcracker (Balanchine), a 1954 stage production of the ballet
• The Nutcracker, International Television Contest for Young Musicians, a Russian annual music competition
• The Nut Cracker, a 1920 novel by Frederic S. Isham

• The Nutcracker (1926 film), a 1926 American silent film directed by Lloyd Ingraham
• The Nutcracker (1967 film), a 1967 Polish film directed by Halina Bielińska
• The Nutcracker (1973 film), a 1973 Soviet animation directed by Boris Stepantsev
• Nutcracker (film), a 1982 British drama film
• Pacific Northwest Ballet's Nutcraker, a 1986 film directed by Carroll Ballard
• The Nutcracker Prince, a 1990 Canadian-American animated film.
• The Nutcracker (1993 film), a 1993 American Christmas musical directed by Emile Ardolino
• The Nutcracker in 3D (released on DVD as The Nutcracker: The Untold Story), a 2009 British-Hungarian 3D film
• The Nutcracker and the Four Realms, a 2018 American film
• Nutcrackers (film), a 2024 American film

• Nutcracker (Excelan), a networking analyzer by Excelan
• NuTCRACKER, a software suite that included the MKS Toolkit

• Nutcracker (bird), a genus of birds
• Nutcracker, a tow gripper needed on some ski tows
• Nutcracker doll, a German decorative figurine
• Nutcracker (drink), a type of alcoholic drink illicitly sold in New York City
• Nutcracker syndrome, a medical condition involving a crushed vein