List of fictional portrayals of the NYPD
The New York City Police Department has been the subject of many fictional or fictionalized portrayals in popular culture.
In fiction
The following novels, plays, poems, and works of short fiction feature the NYPD:- Shafer City Stories by Jesse Aaron
- Darkhouse by Alex Barclay
- Ellie Hatcher novels by Alafair Burke
- Heat Wave, Naked Heat, and Heat Rises by Richard Castle
- One Police Plaza, Suspects, Black Sand, Exceptional Clearance, Cleopatra Gold, Pigtown, Chains of Command written by William Caunitz, who retired at the rank of Lieutenant from the NYPD and commanded a detective squad while serving in the department
- A Spirit of Evil by Lisa Cotoggio
- To Kill a Cop by Robert Daley
- Lincoln Rhyme novels by Jeffery Deaver
- Precinct by Michael Grant
- The Leavenworth Case by Anna Katharine Green
- The Cop and the Anthem, a well-known short story by O. Henry
- Mad Bull 34 manga by Kazuo Koike. Also adapted into a four episode OVA and spawned a sequel manga, Mad Bull 2000
- Detective First Grade by Dan Mahoney
- Fort Freak, a mosaic novel edited by George R. R. Martin
- -FAKE- manga by Sanami Matoh
- 87th Precinct novels by Ed McBain ; though the city is fictional, McBain's world is all but in name that of Manhattan's finest
- Perfect Pawn, Queen's Gambit, Small Town Secrets, Bishop's Gate, Little Boy Lost, NYPD Cold Case - Katherine White Murder, Knight Fall, Brooklyn Bounce, NYPD Cold Case - The Rosary Bead Murders, Glass Castle, by Andrew G. Nelson
- Kate Mallory novels by Carol O'Connell
- The Michael Bennett series by James Patterson and Michael Ledwidge
- McKee of Centre Street by Helen Reilly
- In Death series by J.D. Robb )
Film
- 1408
- 16 Blocks
- A Stranger Among Us
- The Amazing Spider-Man
- The Amazing Spider-Man 2
- The Avengers
- Across 110th Street
- American Gangster
- Arbitrage
- Around the World in 80 Days
- Bad Lieutenant
- Big Business
- Black Rain
- Blue Steel
- The Bone Collector
- Brooklyn's Finest
- City by the Sea
- Clockers
- The Corruptor
- Cop Land
- Cop Out
- Cotton Comes to Harlem
- Dead Presidents
- Deadly Hero
- Death Wish
- Death Wish 3
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- The Devil's Own
- Die Hard
- Die Hard with a Vengeance
- Do The Right Thing
- Dog Day Afternoon
- End of Days
- FeardotCom
- The Fifth Element
- The French Connection and sequel French Connection II
- The Forgotten
- Fort Apache, The Bronx
- Frequency
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- Fritz the Cat
- Gangs of New York
- Ghost
- Godzilla
- The Godfather
- The Hard Way
- '
- Inside Man
- Iron Man 2
- It Could Happen To You
- Jungle Fever
- King of New York
- Léon, also known as 'The Professional'
- Live Free or Die Hard
- Little Nicky
- Malcolm X
- Maniac Cop
- Maniac Cop 2
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- Mistrial
- Money Train
- The Naked City
- New Jack City
- The Odd Couple
- One Good Cop
- One Tough Cop
- Once Upon A Time In America
- The Other Guys
- Pay or Die
- Pride and Glory
- The Public Eye
- Q&A
- Ragtime
- Ransom
- '
- Report to the Commissioner
- Righteous Kill
- Rumble in the Bronx
- Safe
- Salt
- See No Evil, Hear No Evil
- Serpico biopic about New York Police Officer Frank Serpico
- Titanic
- The Seven-Ups
- Sgt. Kabukiman N.Y.P.D.
- Shakedown
- Shaft and its sequels and
- Spider-Man
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- Shaft
- Spider-Man
- Summer of Sam
- The Super Cops
- Super Fly
- Taxi
- Taxi Driver
- The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
- The Taking of Pelham 123
- West Side Story
- We Own the Night
- Who's the Man?
- The Wolf of Wall Street
- World Trade Center
Music videos
- "Breathe" by Fabolous
- "Dick in a Box" by Justin Timberlake and Andy Samberg
- "Fairytale of New York" by The Pogues
- "Hate It or Love It" by The Game and 50 Cent
- "Locked Up" by Akon
- "Nookie" by Limp Bizkit
- "One Mic" by Nas
- "If I Were a Boy" by Beyoncé
Television programs
- 24
- Barney Miller
- Beauty & the Beast
- Big Apple
- Blue Bloods
- Brooklyn Nine-Nine
- Brooklyn South
- Cagney & Lacey
- Car 54, Where Are You?
- Castle
- Copper
- '
- Daredevil
- Eischied
- Elementary
- Ellery Queen
- Everybody Hates Chris
- Everybody Loves Raymond
- Fish
- Flatbush
- Forever
- Golden Boy
- Jessica Jones
- The Job
- Joe Bash
- Katts and Dog
- Kojak
- Law & Order
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- Life on Mars
- Manifest
- McCloud
- Naked City
- New Amsterdam
- New York Undercover
- NYC 22
- N.Y.P.D.
- NYPD Blue
- Person of Interest
- Shades of Blue
- Swift Justice
- Taxi Brooklyn
- The Mysteries of Laura
- The Odd Couple
- The Unusuals
- Third Watch
- To Kill a Cop
- True Blue
- Unforgettable
Video games
- Battlefield 3, in which the protagonists use a stolen NYPD police car to chase down a terrorist.
- Battle Arena Toshinden, which features NYPD Officer Tracy
- ' by Reflections Interactive
- Fahrenheit by Quantic Dream
- The following Grand Theft Auto games feature the Liberty City Police Department, which is based on the NYPD:
- *Grand Theft Auto III
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- *Grand Theft Auto IV
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- ' by Cing
- Max Payne by Remedy Entertainment/Rockstar Games
- ' by Remedy Entertainment/Rockstar Games
- ' by Konami
- Parasite Eve by Square Enix
- PAYDAY 2 by Overkill Software
- The following Spider-Man games:
- *Spider-Man by Activision
- *Spider-Man 2 by Activision
- *Ultimate Spider-Man by Activision
- *Spider-Man 3 by Activision
- *Spider-Man by Insomniac Games
- The Warriors by Rockstar Games
- ' by Electronic Arts
- Tom Clancy's The Division by Ubisoft
- ' by Activision
Anime
- JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Battle Tendency