 '''Awakening''' or '''The Awakening''' may refer to:  * Wakefulness, the state of being conscious * Spiritual awakening, a religious experience involving a realization of a sacred dimension of reality * Awakening (religious movement), a Lutheran movement in Finland * Bodhi (''awakening''), a form of Buddhist spiritual enlightenment * Great Awakening, several periods of Anglo-American Christian revival * National awakening, or national revival, several nationalist political movements * Sons of Iraq, or The Sunni awakening movements in Iraq, an ad-hoc armed force for security  ==Film== * ''The Awakening'' (1928 film), a film directed by Victor Fleming * ''The Awakening'' (1980 film), a horror film starring Charlton Heston * ''Awakenings'', a 1990 film starring Robin Williams and Robert DeNiro, based on the book by Oliver Sacks (see below) * ''Awakening'' (1981 film), a Chinese film starring Joan Chen * ''Awakening'' (1994 film), a Hong Kong film starring Anthony Wong Chau Sang * ''The Awakening'' (1913 film), a film starring Charlotte Burton * ''The Awakening'' (1914 film), a film directed by William Desmond Taylor * ''The Awakening'' (1995 film), a film starring Sheila McCarthy * ''The Awakening'' (2006 film), a documentary short starring and produced by Ajay Devgan * ''The Awakening'', a 1999 adult film starring Inari Vachs * ''Awakening'', a 2008 Danish film starring Allan Hyde * ''Mary from Beijing'' or ''Awakening'', a 1992 Hong Kong film  ==Literature== * ''The Awakening'' (novel), a novel by Kate Chopin * ''The Awakening'' (Armstrong novel), a  novel by Kelley Armstrong * ''The Awakening'' (Carroll novel) or ''The Quantum Prophecy'', a novel by Michael Carroll * &quot;The Awakening&quot; (short story), a story by Arthur C. Clarke * ''Awakenings'' (book), a non-fiction book by Oliver Sacks * ''Awakening'', a novella by Judith Berman * ''Awakening'', a novel by Cate Tiernan * ''Awakening'', the U.S. title of ''Les Mal Partis'', a novel by Sébastien Japrisot * Awakening (comics), a number of titles  ==Music== * The Awakening (band), a formerly South African rock band based in the United States as of 2008  ===Albums=== * ''Awakening'' (Narnia album), or the title song, &quot;The Awakening&quot; * ''Awakening'' (Iris album) * ''The Awakening'' (Caliban album), or the title song * ''The Awakening'' (Lord Finesse album) * ''The Awakening'' (Melissa Etheridge album), or the three-song title work * ''The Awakening'' (Merciless album), or the title song * ''The Awakening'' (The Pharaohs album) * ''The Awakening'' (PMD album), or the title song * ''The Awakening'' (Send More Paramedics album) * ''Passion: Awakening'', recorded live at Passion Conferences 2010 * ''Awakening'', by Color Me Badd * ''The Awakening'', by The Reddings, or the title song  ===Songs=== * &quot;Awakening&quot; (song), by Switchfoot * &quot;Awakening&quot;, by The Absence from ''Riders of the Plague'' * &quot;The Awakening&quot;, by Hawkwind from ''Space Ritual'' * &quot;The Awakening&quot;, a piece of library music composed by Johnny Pearson and used as theme music by ITV * &quot;Awakenings&quot;, by Symphony X from ''The Odyssey''  ==Television== * &quot;Awakening&quot; (''Angel''), an episode * &quot;Awakening&quot; (''The Outer Limits''), an episode * &quot;Awakening&quot; (''Star Trek: Enterprise''), an episode * ''The Awakening'' (Singapore TV), a 1984 two-part drama series * ''The Awakening'' (Doctor Who), a ''Doctor Who'' serial * &quot;The Awakening&quot; (''Spider-Man''), an episode of ''Spider-Man: The Animated Series'' * &quot;The Awakening&quot;, an episode of ''Avatar: The Last Airbender'' * &quot;The Awakening&quot;, an episode of ''Masters of Science Fiction'' * &quot;The Awakening&quot;, an episode of ''Platform''  ==Other media== * ''The Awakening'' (sculpture), a sculpture by J. Seward Johnson * ''Dragon Age: Origins – Awakening'', a video game * ''Mage: The Awakening'', a role-playing game  