Lifeboat may refer to: Lifeboat (shipboard), a small craft aboard a ship to allow for emergency escape Lifeboat (rescue), a boat designed for sea rescues (predominantly used in the United Kingdom and Ireland) Airborne lifeboat, an air-dropped boat used to save downed airmen Lifeboat (film), a 1944 movie directed by Alfred Hitchcock "Lifeboat" (Stargate SG-1), television episode from season 7 Lifeboat ethics, proposed by Garret Hardin based on the metaphor of a lifeboat Lifeboat sketch, a sketch… (More on Lifeboat)