• The Outsider (Colin Wilson), a 1956 book by Colin Wilson
• The Outsider (Camus novel) or The Stranger (L'Étranger), a novel by Albert Camus
• The Outsider (King novel), a 2018 novel by Stephen King
• The Outsider (magazine), a 1960s literary magazine
• "The Outsider" (short story), a 1926 short story by H. P. Lovecraft
• The Outsider (Wright novel), a 1953 novel by Richard Wright
• The Outsider and Others, the first major collection of stories by Lovecraft
• The Outsider, a novel by Monica Edwards
• The Outsider, a novel by Howard Fast
• The Outsider, a novel by Elizabeth Lambert (writing as Penelope Williamson), basis for the 2002 film
• "The Ousider", a 1959 biographical essay about Iwo Jima flag-raiser Ira Hayes, by William Bradford Huie, basis for the 1961 film
• The Outsider, a character in the novel Watchers by Dean Koontz
• The Outsider, a play by Dorothy Brandon; basis for 1926, 1931 and 1939 films (see below) and other adaptations

• The Outsider (1926 film), an American film directed by Rowland V. Lee
• The Outsider (1931 film), a film starring Joan Barry
• The Outsider (1939 film), a film starring George Sanders
• The Outsider (1948 film) or The Guinea Pig, a British film starring Richard Attenborough
• The Outsider (1961 film), a film directed by Delbert Mann and starring Tony Curtis
• The Outsider, a TV film and series pilot starring Darren McGavin; became a series in the 1968-69 season
• The Outsider (1980 film), a film starring Craig Wasson
• The Outsider (Le marginal), a film starring Jean-Paul Belmondo
• The Outsider (1998 film) or Gangster World, a science fiction TV movie
• The Outsider (2002 film), a western starring Tim Daly and Naomi Watts
• The Outsider (2005 film), a 2005 documentary directed by Nicholas Jarecki, featuring Bijou Phillips and others
• The Outsider (2014 film), an action crime film starring Craig Fairbrass, James Caan and Shannon Elizabeth
• The Outsider (2018 film), an action crime film starring Jared Leto

• The Outsider Festival, a Scottish music and comedy festival

Albums

• The Outsider (CL Smooth album)
• The Outsider (DJ Shadow album), 2006

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Songs

• "The Outsider" (song), a 2003 song by A Perfect Circle
• "The Outsider", by Black C