• Awakening (religious movement), a Lutheran movement in Finland
• Great Awakening, several periods of Anglo-American Christian revival
• Bodhi (awakening), a form of Buddhist spiritual enlightenment
• Spiritual awakening, a religious experience

• National awakening (disambiguation)

Film

• The Awakening (1913 film), starring Charlotte Burton
• The Awakening (1914 film), directed by William Desmond Taylor
• The Awakening (1928 film), directed by Victor Fleming
• The Awakening (1954 film), starring Buster Keaton, based on Gogol's short story "The Overcoat"
• Awakening (1959 film), starring Josef Kemr
• The Awakening (1980 film), starring Charlton Heston
• Awakening (1981 film), starring Joan Chen
• Awakenings, a 1990 film starring Robin Williams and Robert De Niro, based on the book by Oliver Sacks (see below)
• Awakening (1992 film) or Mary from Beijing, a Hong Kong film
• Awakening (1994 film), a Hong Kong film starring Anthony Wong
• The Awakening (1995 film), a 1995 TV movie starring Sheila McCarthy
• The Awakening, a 1999 adult film starring Inari Vachs
• The Awakening (2006 film), a Bollywood documentary
• Species: The Awakening, a 2007 science fiction thriller film
• The Awakening (2011 film), a horror film starring Rebecca Hall
• Awakening (2013 film), a Nigerian thriller

Television

• The Awakening (TV series), a 1984 two-part Singaporean drama series
• The Awakening (Doctor Who), a 1984 Doctor Who serial
• "Awakening" (Angel)
• "Awakening" (The Outer Limits)
• "Awakening" (Sanctuary)
• "Awakening" (Star Trek: Enterprise)
• "Awakening" (Stargate Universe)
• "The Awakening" (Avatar: The Last Airbender)
• "The Awakening" (Masters of Science Fiction)
• "The Awakening" (Spider-Man)

• The Awakening (Armstrong novel), a 2009 Darkest Powers novel by Kelley Armstrong
• The Awakening (Carroll novel) or The Quantum Prophecy, a novel by Michael Carroll
• The Awakening (Chopin novel), an 1899 novel by Kate Chopin
• The Awakening (Smith novel), a novel in the Vampire Diaries series by L. J. Smith
• "The Awakening" (short story), a 1942 story by Arthur C. Clarke
• Awakenings (book), a 1990 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

• The Awakening (band), a musical project of Ashton Nyte
• Awakening Records, a label specializing in Islamic music

Classical

• "Awakening", by Lars Jansson (born 1936)
• "Awakening", for harp by Barry Conyngham (born 1944)
• "Awakening", by Behzad Ranjbaran (born 1955)

Albums

• Awakening (Jackie Evancho album), 2014
• Awakening (Nicole Mitchell album), 2011
• Awakening (Promise album), 2011
• Awakening (Blessthefall album), or the title song, 2011
• Awakening (Narnia album), or the title song, "The Awakening"
• Awakening (Iris album), 2003
• Awakening (Narada Michael Walden album), 1979
• Awakening (Sonny Fortune album), 1975
• Awakening!! Jimmy Woods album, 1962
• The Awakening (Ahmad Jamal album), or the title song, 1970
• The Awakening (Caliban album), or the title song, 2007
• The Awakening (James Morrison album), or the title song, 2011
• The Awakening (Lord Finesse album), 1996
• The Awakening (Melissa Etheridge album), or the three-song title work, 2007
• The Awakening (Merciless album), or the title song
• The Awakening (The Pharaohs album), 1972
• The Awakening (PMD album), or the title song, 2003
• The Awakening (P.O.D. album), or the title song
• The Awakening (The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus album), 2018
• The Awakening (Send More Paramedics album), 2006
• The Awakening (EP), 2017
• Passion: Awakening, recorded live at Passion Conferences 2010, or the title song
• Awakening, by Color Me Badd
• The Awakening, by The Reddings, or the title song

Songs

• "Awakening" (song), by Switchfoot, 2007
• "Awakening", by The Absence from Riders of the Plague, 2007
• "Awakening", from the Final Fantasy XI video game soundtrack, 2002
• "The Awakening", by Alice Cooper from Welcome to My Nightmare, 1975
• "The Awakening", by Godsmack from Fac