Movies and television

• Dirty Work (1933 film), a 1933 American comedy short starring comic duo Laurel and Hardy
• Dirty Work (1934 film), a 1934 British feature length farce
• Dirty Work (film), a 1998 American comedy
• Dirty Work (TV programme), a 2000 British police spoof

Music

• "Dirty Work", a song by Steely Dan which first appeared on their 1972 debut album Can't Buy a Thrill
• Dirty Work (album), a 1986 Rolling Stones album

Novels

• Dirty Work (New Zealand novel), a 1987 novel by Nigel Cox
• Dirty Work (novel), a 1989 novel by Larry Brown
• Dirty Work, a 2003 novel by Stuart Woods

American operations

• Dirty Work (military operation), United States Army military operation in Panama City, Panama in 1987
• Dirty Work: The CIA in Western Europe and Dirty Work: The CIA in Africa, a two-volume exposé on the role of the CIA in Europe and Africa by Philip Agee

Other

• Dirty Work, short manga by Yoshiyuki Sadamoto
• Dirty work is another name for chore division, a part of the theory of fair division