The Lover may refer to:

• The Lover (1986 film), an Israeli film based on the A. B. Yehoshua novel (see below)
• The Lover (1992 film), a film based on the Marguerite Duras novel (see below)
• The Lover (2002 film), a Russian film directed by Valery Todorovsky
• The Lover (TV series), a 2015 South Korean television series
• "The Lover" (The Office), a 2009 television episode

• The Lover (play), a 1962 play by Harold Pinter
• The Lover (Duras novel), a 1984 novel by Marguerite Duras
• The Lover (Kanafani novel), a 1987 collection of three unfinished novels by Ghassan Kanafani
• The Lover (Wilson novel), a 2004 novel by Laura Wilson
• The Lover (Yehoshua novel), a 1977 novel by A. B. Yehoshua

• The Lover (Sibelius) or Rakastava, Op. 14, a 1912 suite by Jean Sibelius

• The Lovers (disambiguation)
• Lover (disambiguation)