An ambush is a military tactic.

Ambush or The Ambush may also refer to:

Music

• Ambush (band), Canadian country music band, or their album
• Ambush (album), a 2012 album by Tygers of Pan Tang
• Ambush, a song by OFB, from the album Frontstreet
• Ambush (rapper), from London, UK

Film

• Ambush (1939 film), directed by Kurt Neumann
• Ambush (1950 film), directed by Sam Wood
• The Ambush: Incident at Blood Pass, a 1970 Japanese drama film
• Ambush (1973 film), originally titled 埋伏
• Ambush (1988 film), starring Ronnie Ricketts
• Ambush (1999 film), a Finnish war film
• Al Kameen, a 2021 Emirati film released in English as The Ambush
• Ambush (2023 film), an American war film

TV episodes

• "Ambush" (CSI: Miami)
• "Ambush" (ER)
• "Ambush" (Star Wars: The Clone Wars)
• "The Ambush" (Doctor Who), fourth episode of the 1963–64 serial The Daleks

Ships

• HMS Ambush, two Royal Navy submarines
• French frigate L'Ambuscade

Other

• Ambush (G.I. Joe), a fictional character in the G.I. Joe universe
• Ambush!, a board game by Avalon Hill
• AMBUSH, a fashion brand from Korean-American designer Yoon Ahn

See also

• Ambush Bay (Antarctica)
• Ambush predator, an animal that waits for prey to approach instead of actively pursuing