Kurt Loder (b. May 5, 1945) is an American film critic, author, and television personality. He served as editor at Rolling Stone magazine. Prior to Rolling Stone, Loder had worked for Circus magazine, and before that, he had served three years in the United States Army.

He joined MTV in 1988 as the host of their flagship music news program, The Week in Rock, which was later expanded and renamed to MTV News, where he was an anchor and correspondent. He also appeared on MTV's sister channel VH1. Loder was one of the first to break the news of Kurt Cobain's suicide; he interrupted regular programming to inform viewers that Cobain was "the apparent victim of a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head." He was also the author of Bat Chain Puller (a collection of his work for Rolling Stone) and co-author of singer Tina Turner's autobiography I, Tina.

Loder was born in Ocean City, New Jersey and has lived the rest of his life in New York City. He graduated in 1963 from Ocean City High School in Ocean City.

Loder was highly critical of Michael Moore's documentary Sicko, saying it was "heavily doctored." Loder has described himself as a libertarian.