An amateur is a person who pursues an activity or field of study independently from their source of income.

Amateurs or The Amateur may also refer to:

Film The Amateur (1981 film), a Canadian crime/thriller film Amateur (1994 film), a comedy crime drama film written and directed by Hal Hartley The Amateur (1999 film), an Argentine drama film The Amateurs, an American comedy film Amateur (2018 film), an American sports drama The Amateur (2025 film), an American espionage action/thriller film

Literature The Amateur, a 1916 novel by Charles Gilman Norris An Amateur, a 1925 collection by W. B. Maxwell "The Amateurs", a 1955 short story by Alan Cogan, first published in the July 1955 issue of Galaxy Science Fiction Amateurs, a 1976 collection by Donald Barthelme The Amateur, a 1981 novel by Robert Littell, basis for the 1981 and 2025 films The Amateurs, a 2009 novel by John Niven The Amateurs, a 2016 novel by Sara Shepard The Amateur: Barack Obama in the White House, a 2012 book by American author, tabloid writer, and gossip columnist Edward Klein Amateur (book), a 2018 non-fiction book by Thomas Page McBee

Television "Amateurs", Peanuts episode 25b (2016) "The Amateur", Mission: Impossible season 5, episode 9 (1970) "The Amateur", NBC Matinee Theater season 1, episode 62 (1956) "The Amateurs", GE True episode 13 (1962) "The Amateurs", Maigret (1960) series 3, episode 13 (1962) "The Amateurs", Motive season 3, episode 11 (2015) "The Amateurs", Z-Cars series 7, episode 88 (1972) Other uses Amateur (album), a 2025 album by Molly Nilsson The Amateurs (band), an indie rock band The Amateur Championship, a golf tournament in the United Kingdom Dromore Amateurs F.C., a football club from Northern Ireland, UK

See also

Professional amateur (disambiguation)

Armature (disambiguation)