There are few more intimidating notions in all crime than that of a dirty cop. On paper, police officers are chosen to uphold the law, meaning that they are bestowed with formidable powers to do so. Accordingly, the bad apples who abuse their power and position through malfeasance and corruption present a notably unsettling prospect; purported servants of justice who have impunity to bend or even break the law to advance their nefarious agendas.
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It’s a disturbing premise, one that several movies and television shows have sought to highlight and simultaneously take advantage of through an array of fictional corrupt cops. Whether they’re framing you for their own participation in an elaborate jewel heist, passing insider information to criminal gangs, or straight-up murdering you to secure your silence, popular culture has played host to a number of unscrupulous police officers that we would never want working our cases.
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Melanie Hawkins
Brooklyn Nine-Nine (2013-2021)
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Brooklyn Nine-Nine
TV-14
Comedy
Crime
8/10
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9/10
Release Date
2013 – 2021-00-00
Network
FOX, NBC
Showrunner
Michael Schur, Dan Goor
Writers
Michael Schur, Dan Goor
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Stephanie Beatriz
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Melissa Fumero
From the creative minds of Dan Goor and Michael Schur comes Brooklyn Nine-Nine, a police comedy series set in the NYPD’s fictional 99th precinct. Headed by the comedically serious Captain Raymond Holt and protagonist Jake Peralta, the detectives of the 99 deal with burglaries, drug deals, and oddities in New York City, occasionally steering into real-world issues surrounding police perception and social concerns in the 2010s and earlier. Each detective has their own unique personality that makes them stand out, creating endearing dynamics that helped the show thrive for eight seasons.
Seasons
8
Story By
Michael Schur
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On the surface, everything about Brooklyn Nine-Nine’s Melanie Hawkins would indicate that you’d want her to work your case. A highly-decorated lieutenant in the NYPD brought to life by Gina Gershon, Hawkins’ reputation is the stuff of legend. Unsurprisingly for a huge Die Hard fan and motorcycle enthusiast, who has also been buried alive three times and has a bullet permanently lodged in her jaw, Hawkins is initially idolized by Jake and Rosa.
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Regrettably, it all turns out to be an elaborate subterfuge, as Gershon’s charge and her task force are duly revealed to be none other than the Golden Gang, a notorious group of bank robbers terrorizing New York. It gets worse from there, as she tricks Jake and Rosa into getting framed for their latest robbery, leading to their incarceration at the beginning of Season 5. Holt and Co. eventually clear the pair’s name and send Hawkins down for her wicked ways, but Gershon’s Machiavellian cop remains one of the acclaimed police procedural’s most prevalent bad apples.
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Ian Buckells
Line Of Duty (2012-Present)
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Line of Duty
TV-14
Crime
Drama
Mystery
Release Date
2012 – 2020
Directors
David Caffrey, Douglas Mackinnon, Daniel Nettheim, Michael Keillor, John Strickland, Jed Mercurio, Sue Tully, Gareth Bryn, Jennie Darnell
Writers
Jed Mercurio
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Lennie James
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Martin Compston
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Vicky McClure
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Keeley Hawes
The story in each season deals with a conflict within a police department between the regular forces and the internal affairs or “anti-corruption” unit. Thematically, it is concerned with the moral ambiguities that arise when policemen investigate their own.
Main Genre
Drama
Seasons
6
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While the jury remains out on whether Season 7 of Line of Duty will ever happen, the discussion over the identity of the police mole known as “H” ignited one of the fiercest debates in British television history. While “H” was ultimately revealed to represent four individuals rather than one, popular culture has latched onto Nigel Boyle’s Ian Buckells, the fourth and final person unveiled as a high-ranking corrupt member of the Central Police in the show’s sixth and most recent installment to date.
While some argue that his personality is proof that Line of Duty was intentionally misleading its viewers into who “H” actually is, Buckells’ bumbling and incompetent nature takes on a truly sinister aura if he really is the show’s notorious mole. An individual capable of rising to the top of the police force without arousing a shred of suspicion is a chilling prospect, a state of affairs that is only amplified in light of his previous reputation as a bit of a buffoon.
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Vin Makazian
The Sopranos (1999-2007)
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The Sopranos
TV-MA
Crime
Drama
10/10
43
9/10
Release Date
1999 – 2007-00-00
Network
HBO Max
Showrunner
David Chase
Writers
David Chase
Cast
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James Gandolfini
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Lorraine Bracco
Considered to be a quintessential drama series to watch, The Sopranos is a crime-drama series that follows Tony Soprano, who tries to manage the expectations of an Italian-American patriarch while acting as the head of a prolific New Jersey crime family. Burdened by the stress of the expectations thrust upon him, Tony regularly visits a therapist throughout the series run. This helps give context to Tony’s actions as a ruthless boss with violent tendencies.
Seasons
6
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Portrayed by the late John Heard, Vin Makazian was an amoral New Jersey police officer on Tony Soprano’s payroll, appearing in five episodes of The Sopranos. Heard’s charge only features briefly on the acclaimed crime-drama, but still manages to make an impression as a cop that you decidedly wouldn’t want pulling you over in the middle of nowhere. Just ask Jennifer Melfi’s unfortunate date, who finds himself dragged from the car and beaten by Vin under the impression that she is a girlfriend cheating on Tony.
John Heard was also known for his role as Kevin’s father in 1990’s Christmas classic, Home Alone.
Underlining his seedy reputation by also taking nude pictures of Lorraine Bracco’s charge from outside her home, Heard’s charge eventually disappeared after attempting to frame Salvator Bonpensiero as an informant. It was later revealed that the morally devoid police officer had committed suicide after he was kicked off the force, arrested for various crimes after being caught with both his literal and metaphorical pants down in a brothel.
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Dudley Smith
L.A. Confidential (1997)
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L.A. Confidential
R
Crime
Mystery
Thriller
9.3/10
Release Date
September 19, 1997
Runtime
138 Minutes
Director
Curtis Hanson
Writers
Brian Helgeland, Curtis Hanson
Cast
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Russell Crowe
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Guy Pearce
L.A. Confidential is a film adaptation of James Ellroy’s novel, directed by Curtis Hanson. Set in 1950s Los Angeles, it follows three detectives played by Russell Crowe, Guy Pearce, and Kevin Spacey, as they investigate a series of murders linked to corruption within the police force. The film explores themes of morality, power, and the seedy underbelly of the city. Kim Basinger and Danny DeVito also star.
Main Genre
Crime
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Police corruption is the central premise of 1993’s standout L.A. Confidential, with James Cromwell’s Captain Dudley Smith serving as the living embodiment of that notion. On paper, Smith is the perfect police officer, a universally admired and respected high-ranking officer in the LAPD, but there’s a sinister secret lurking behind his polished smile. The captain is a wolf in sheep’s clothing, a ruthless killer wiling to stop at nothing to take over Mickey Cohen’s heroin racket following the latter’s arrest.
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Murdering Kevin Spacey’s Jack Vincennes to ensure his silence, the vast majority of the murder, bloodshed, and general wickedness depicted within the classic movie can ultimately be traced back to the insidious Smith. He would have had the last laugh too, were it not for L.A. Confidential’s notorious “Rollo Tomassi” twist: Vincennes’ dying words were known only to Guy Pearce’s Exley, initially arousing his suspicions when Dudley casually asks him what the name means to him.
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Norman Stansfield
Léon: The Professional (1994)
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Léon: The Professional
pg-13
Action
Drama
Crime
12
8.3/10
Release Date
September 14, 1994
Runtime
110 Minutes
Director
Luc Besson
Writers
Luc Besson
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Jean Reno
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Natalie Portman
Directed by Luc Besson, the 1994 thriller Leon: The Professional tells the story of professional hitman Leon (Jean Reno), who forms a bond with young girl Mathilda (Natalie Portman) after taking her as a protégée after corrupt DEA agent Norman Stansfield (Gary Oldman) kills her family.
Main Genre
Action
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The primary antagonist of Léon: The Professional, Norman Stansfield has surprisingly little screentime in his own movie, speaking volumes to the depraved brilliance of Gary Oldman’s turn in the 1994 action thriller that his charge is frequently cited as one of cinema’s most iconic villains. The last person you would want anywhere near any outstanding matters you may or may not have with the DEA, Stansfield is an unhinged senior agent who abuses his position of power and authority ruthlessly.
…there are few movie characters in cinematic history who embody the hypocritical and terrifying nature of a corrupt police officer to such a sinister extent.
Brought to life by a relentlessly over-the-top performance from Oldman, this walking, talking, pill-popping time-bomb is essentially the living embodiment of police corruption. Making a profit off the very industry he purports to combat while murdering anybody who gets in his way, there are few movie characters in cinematic history who embody the hypocritical and terrifying nature of a corrupt police officer to such a sinister extent.
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Colin Sullivan
The Departed (2006)
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The Departed
R
Drama
Thriller
Crime
9/10
12
9.6/10
Release Date
October 6, 2006
Runtime
151 minutes
Director
Martin Scorsese
Writers
William Monahan
Producers
Brad Grey, Brad Pitt, Graham King
Cast
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Leonardo DiCaprio
Billy
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Matt Damon
Colin
The Departed, directed by Martin Scorsese, depicts the tense interplay between the police and the Irish Mafia in South Boston. As an undercover officer infiltrates the criminal underworld, a syndicate informant rises within the police force, culminating in a high-stakes struggle to uncover the dual moles within their ranks.
Main Genre
Crime
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A remake of the Hong Kong film Infernal Affairs, 2006’s The Departed is widely touted as one of legendary director Martin Scorsese’s finest movies. With police corruption forming an integral thread of the acclaimed crime drama’s narrative, it’s also notorious for featuring one of the dirtiest cops in cinematic history, an individual who takes the form of Matt Damon’s Colin Sullivan. A high-flying detective in the South Boston Police Department, Sullivan is actually a lifelong informant for Jack Nicholson’s nefarious mob boss, Frank Costello.
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Sullivan’s character is arguably one of cinema’s most unnerving examples of a corrupt police officer because he’s actually based on a real-life individual. John Conolly, the inspiration for Damon’s charge, was an FBI agent convicted of various serious charges due to his relationship with the notorious Winter Hill Gang, sinisterly highlighting that these morally devoid individuals are far from mere figments of an overly imaginative filmmaker’s imagination.
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June Stahl
Sons Of Anarchy (2008-2014)
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Sons of Anarchy
Crime
Drama
Thriller
8/10
78
9.1/10
Release Date
2008 – 2014-00-00
Network
FX
Showrunner
Kurt Sutter
Directors
Kurt Sutter
Writers
Kurt Sutter, Chris Collins
Cast
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Kim Coates
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Charlie Hunnam
Sons of Anarchy, created by Kurt Sutter, follows a notorious outlaw motorcycle club, the Sons of Anarchy, as they confront drug dealers, corporate developers, and law enforcement to protect their livelihoods and their hometown of Charming, CA. Loosely based on William Shakespeare’s “Hamlet,” Sons of Anarchy explores what happens when the seduction of money and power comes between family. The show follows the Teller and Morrow family legacies, with Jackson ‘Jax’ Teller handling his duties as the V.P. of the club while dealing with the new president – his stepfather – Clay Morrow.
Seasons
7
Story By
Kurt Sutter
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Featured on a show renowned for playing host to a veritable rogues gallery of excellent villains across seven seasons, it speaks volumes to the memorable nature of Ally Walker’s June Stahl that she’s arguably Sons of Anarchy’s most hated supporting character. A ferociously ambitious agent in the ATF who served as the show’s overarching villain for the first three seasons, the ruthless Stahl was happy to twist, bend, or even break the law if it gave her any advantage.
Stahl was killed by Ryan Hurst’s Opie Winston in Sons of Anarchy‘s third season finale.
A woman who was willing to murder her own lover just to advance her own agenda, the actions of Walker’s charge led to the deaths of Donna and Half-Sack, as well as Abel’s kidnapping in the second season. The ATF agent’s complete lack of a moral compass was on display throughout her run on the show as she shamelessly attempted to blackmail and incriminate her way through life. Wayne Unser is another worthy mention from Sons of Anarchy when it comes to corrupt cops, but Stahl’s sheer wickedness pips Dayton Callie’s series mainstay to the top spot.
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The Lieutenant
Bad Lieutenant (1992)
Brought to life in a criminally underrated turn from Harvey Keitel, the unnamed cop who forms the central premise of 1992’s Bad Lieutenant is the literal antithesis of everything the police should represent. Participating in virtually every vice under the sun, the lieutenant’s existence is a blurry haze of drugs, prostitutes, and gambling, to the point that it’s remarkable he can even recall the fact that he’s actually a police officer on a day-to-day basis.
…the lieutenant’s existence is a blurry haze of drugs, prostitutes, and gambling…
However, while it’s hard to ignore his rampant substance abuse and gambling addiction, there’s an ironic argument to be made that Keitel’s supremely corrupt lieutenant is the best of a bad bunch when it comes to his peers, considering he tries to somewhat make amends for his ways by attempting to find the perpetrators behind a sexual assault on a nun. However, make no mistake; this is one of popular culture’s preeminent unscrupulous police officers.
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Alonzo Harris
Training Day (2001)
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Training Day
R
Crime
Thriller
Drama
9/10
9.7/10
Release Date
October 5, 2001
Runtime
122 minutes
Director
Antoine Fuqua
Writers
David Ayer
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Eva Mendes
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Ethan Hawke
Denzel Washington and Alonzo Harris star in Training Day, an action thriller that follows the two stars as Los Angeles narcotics officers. Jake Hoyt is prepping on his first major training day for a promotion as he spends spend a tense twenty-four hours across several L.A. crime-ridden neighborhoods as Jake sees the danger and horrors of the job.
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Portrayed in an Oscar-winning turn from Denzel Washington, Alonzo Harris is virtually synonymous with 2001’s iconic crime-thriller Training Day. A highly respected narcotics detective within the LAPD, the manipulative Harris is soon revealed to be a paragon of corruption, willing to resort to blackmail and murder to advance his own unscrupulous agenda as he uses Ethan Hawke’s rookie cop, Jake Hoyt, to cover up his despicable acts.
Simply put, if you found yourself getting arrested by Harris, you were likely in for a thoroughly miserable day. While this sinister blend of charm and utter ruthlessness is eventually dispatched by Russian mobsters by the time the movie’s thrilling conclusion rolls around, Washington’s charismatic detective still arguably stands as cinema’s most famous and celebrated example of a corrupt police officer to this day.
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Vic Mackey
The Shield (2002-2008)
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The Shield
Thriller
Drama
Crime
8.9/10
Release Date
2002 – 2008-00-00
Network
FX
Directors
Kurt Sutter
Writers
Kurt Sutter
Cast
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Walton Goggins
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Michael Jace
The Shield is a gritty police drama starring Michael Chiklis as Detective Vic Mackey, the leader of a corrupt anti-gang unit in Los Angeles who breaks the law because he thinks it’s the only way to bring criminals to justice. The series ran for seven seasons on FX and received several nominations, including Emmy and Golden Globe nods.
Seasons
7
Story By
kurt sutter
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Popular culture’s gold standard for fictional amoral police officers, The Shield’s Vic Mackey remains the quintessential example of a corrupt cop we would never want working our case. Spearheading the long-running and critically acclaimed crime drama series, Mackey’s antics put most hardened criminals to shame, with the detective committing crimes including, but not limited to, extortion, torture, and murder throughout The Shield’s seven-season run.
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Played in an exemplary performance from Michael Chiklis, this poster boy for police brutality is even more terrifying than his reputation might suggest. Mackey demonstrates that he believes his savage means justify the ends on multiple occasions, a legitimately chilling prospect considering the lengths that he is willing to go to. One of the most irredeemably evil characters that television has ever seen, just getting arrested by Vic could prove to be a death sentence.
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