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…

GRAVESEND...a short synopsis...

A roller coaster ride worthy of Coney Island… A crime novel and thriller set against the backdrop of Gravesend, part small town and part urban jungle in the Borough of Churches.  Brooklyn.  New York.