Audio dramas

• The Sandman (Doctor Who audio drama), a 2002 Doctor Who monthly adventure
• The Sandman (Audible audio drama), a 2020 adaptation of Neil Gaiman's comic books

Fictional characters

• Sandman (DC Comics), the name of many superhero characters published by DC Comics
  • Sandman (Wesley Dodds), a comic book superhero first appearing in the 1930s
  • Sandman (Sandy Hawkins), former sidekick of Wesley Dodds and current Sandman
  • Dream (Sandman), a godlike entity and personification of dreaming. Wesley Dodds is retconned as an avatar of a part of Dream during his imprisonment
• Sandman (Dungeons & Dragons), a creature in the Dungeons & Dragons series
• Sandman (Marvel Comics), a comic book super villain who can transform his body into sand
• Mr. Sandman (Punch-Out!!), a character in the video game Punch-Out!!
• Christian "The Sandman" Naylor, a villain in Death Warrant
• Klein Sandman, the leader of the protagonists from Gravion
• Sandman, a character on Bubba the Love Sponge's radio show
• Sandman, a character in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3
• Sandman, a profession in Logan's Run
• Sandman, a character in Rise of the Guardians
• Sandman, a character in The Real Ghostbusters episode "Sandman, Dream Me A Dream"
• Sandman, a character in The Santa Clause 2
• Sandmen, parasites in Dark•Matter for the roleplaying game Alternity
• The Sandman, a drug dealer in Scarface: The World Is Yours
• The Sandman, a lead character in Sleepstalker
• the title character of Nilus the Sandman, a 1990s Canadian animated series

Film and television

• Sandmann – Historien om en sosialistisk supermann (2005), a Norwegian documentary about Sandmännchen, by Jannicke Systad Jacobsen
• The Sandman (1932 film) a French drama film directed by André Hugon
• The Sandman (1991 film), a short horror stop-motion animation film
• The Sandman (2000 film), a short film by the Brothers Quay
• S&Man (2006) or Sandman, an American pseudo-documentary film on horror films
• The Sandman (2007 film), a Spanish romantic drama film
• The Sandman (2011 film), a Swiss romantic comedy
• The Sandman (2017 film), an American horror film
• The Sandman (2022 TV series), an American television series

Literature

• The Sandman (book), a 2008 children's book by Ralph Fletcher
• The Sandman (novel), a 1984 novel by Miles Gibson
• The Sandman (Vertigo), a DC comic book series by Neil Gaiman (1989 onwards)
• "The Sandman" (short story), an 1817 story by E.T.A. Hoffmann

Music

Games

• Sandman: Map of Halaal, a 1985 table-top role-playing game