The release of Gravesend this month got me thinking about some of my favorite police movies set in New York City and Los Angeles...depicting both good cops and bad cops.
Here is a short list.
(Listed chronologically, with year of release and director. Some of the great novelists, non-fiction writers and screenwriters are named in parentheses.)
New York
The French Connection (1971) William Friedkin (Robin Moore)
Serpico…
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