Red dawn may refer to:
- Red Dawn, a 1984 film by John Milius
- Red Dawn (X-Men episode), an episode from second season of X-Men animated series.
- Rojo amanecer, for the 1989 Mexican film of the same name.
- Red Dawn (Doctor Who audio), a Big Finish Productions audio drama
- Red Dawn (alert), a code word used to alert Israeli civilians about the impending Qassam rocket attack from the Palestinians
- Operation Red Dawn, a military operation conducted by the United States armed forces resulting in the capture of Saddam Hussein
- Dawn Primarolo, the Labour MP for Bristol South, who is nicknamed Red Dawn.
- Red Dawn (Band), an English Power Metal band ([1])
- "Red Dawn (herbal mood enhancer), GNC supplement that has sent several persons to the emergency room
- "Red Dawn", the sixth movement of Mike Oldfield's Tubular Bells II

