The River may refer to:

in film:

• The River (1997) directed by Tsai Ming-liang.
• The River (1984) directed by Mark Rydell.
• The River (1951) directed by Jean Renoir.
• The River (1937) directed by Pare Lorentz.
• The River (1929) directed by Frank Borzage

in literature:

• The River is a suspense novel by Cheryl Kaye Tardif.
• The River is the name of a novel by Gary Paulsen.
• The River is the name of a novel by Eden Phillpotts.
• The River is the name of a book by Edward Hooper which documents evidence that HIV/AIDS originated from cross-species contamination during polio vaccine trials in 1950s Africa.
• "The River" is a short story by Flannery O'Connor.

in music:

• The River is the name of a 1980 album by Bruce Springsteen.
• "The River" is the name of a 1980 song by Bruce Springsteen from the same album.
• The River is the name of a 1990 album by Ali Farka Touré.
• "The River (Beautiful South)" is the name of a song by UK band The Beautiful South, featured on their Painting it Red album.
• "The River (Ken Dodd)" is the name of a 1965 song by Ken Dodd.
• The River is the name of a 2006 song by rock band Live.

Other uses include:

• The River was a 1989 British TV series starring David Essex
• The River is a name sometimes used to refer to the Girondin party during the period following the French Revolution.
• The River is the name of a radio station in Albury, New South Wales, Australia, owned by Macquarie Regional RadioWorks.
• The River is the name of a recording studio in London, England.
• The River is the nickname of WCVO, a radio station in Columbus, Ohio, U.S.A., that broadcasts at 104.9 MHz.

See also

• River (disambiguation)