Modesty Blaise; a fictional character in a comic strip of the same name and a series of books created by Peter O'Donnell – In 1945 a nameless girl escaped from a displaced person (DP) camp in Karylos, Greece. She took control of a criminal gang in Tangier and expanded it to international status as "The Network". After dissolving The Network and moving to England she maintained a house on a hillside above Tangier and many scenes in the books and comic strips are located here.
Carpenter's World Travels: From Tangier to Tripoli – a Frank G. Carpenter travel guide (1927)
The Crossroads of the Mediterranean by Hendrik de Leeuw chronicles the author's journey through Morocco and Tunisia in the early 1950s and includes many pages describing Tangier, notably the Petit Socco as a food market with mountain dwellers (the jebli) selling their produce and 'the street of male harlots', where they ply 'their shameful trade'.
The Innocents Abroad by Mark Twain includes a mixed bag of comments on his visit to Tangier, ending with: "I would seriously recommend to the Government of the United States that when a man commits a crime so heinous that the law provides no adequate punishment for it, they make him Consul-General to Tangier."
Seed by Mustafa Mutabaruka – An African-American dancer struggling with the death of his father meets an enigmatic young woman and her companion in Tangier.
Au grand socco by Joseph Kessel – A Moroccan Tangerine boy shares his adventures in the Grand Socco.
A Dead Man in Tangier by Michael Pearce – Sandor Seymour, an officer of Scotland Yard's Special Branch, is sent to investigate a murdered diplomat in Tangier, during the era immediately preceding World War I.
Tangier by William Bayer – a novel of expatriate life set in Tangier in the 1970s, featuring a Moroccan detective who watches the foreign colony and a host of writers, painters and socialites believed to have been based on real Tangier personalities.
The Drifters by James A Michener – a novel which follows six young characters from diverse backgrounds and various countries as their paths meet and they travel together through parts of Spain, Portugal, Morocco and Mozambique.
Tangier Incident (1953) – an American agent posing as a black market operator, is in Tangier on a mission to stop the plans of three atomic scientists who are there to pool their secrets and sell them in a package to the Communists.
Prick Up Your Ears (1987) – Joe Orton (Gary Oldman) and Kenneth Halliwell (Alfred Molina) visit Tangier, the scene represents the 88-day holiday that Joe Orton took after the failure of his play Loot
The Sheltering Sky, starring John Malkovich and Debra Winger. Bernardo Bertolucci's adaptation of the novel by Paul Bowles. Married American artists Port and Kit Moresby travel aimlessly through North Africa, searching for new experiences that could give sense to their relationship. But the flight to distant regions only leads both deeper into despair. – 1990
Casino (1995), a movie directed by Martin Scorsese depicts the mainstay casino as 'Tangiers' . The movie stars Joe Pesci and Robert De Niro
The Bourne Ultimatum, an espionage movie featuring Matt Damon – Jason Bourne tracks a man through the city who has information on his (Bourne's) past. – 2007
Agent Vinod (2012 film), an Indian spy action film by Sriram Raghavan. Set in Tangier and other locations in Morocco.
Archer – the title character Sterling Archer is revealed to have been born in Tangier, where his valet and caretaker Woodhouse once owned a bar; season 4 episode 10, Un Chien Tangerine (March 2013), takes place in Tangier.
In 2016, in the penultimate episode of Downton Abbey, it is revealed that Bertie Hexham's cousin, the Marquess of Hexham, died in Tangiers, leaving Bertie to be the new Marquess of Hexham.
Vagabond (Korean: 배가본드; RR: Baegabondeu), South Korean television series, has scenes set in Tangier – 2019 (filming began in June 2018)
In 2021, in the first episode of the rebooted The Equalizer series, the title character (played by Queen Latifah) plans around a rescue tactic that she and her CIA contact utilized in Tangier.
"If You See Her, Say Hello" by Bob Dylan on his Blood On The Tracks album – The song's opening line is, "If you see her say 'hello', she might be in Tangier."
Sartori in Tangier by King Crimson – derives its title from Beat generation influences including the Jack Kerouac novel Satori in Paris, and the city of Tangier, where a number of Beat writers resided and which they often used as a setting for their writing.
Idaho by Josh Ritter – "I got your letter in Tangier".
Guantanamo by OutlandishOr we can lounge in Tangier – Not the one in Vegas, naah the one in Maroc
Tangiers by Billy Thorpe – a concept album about Tangier, inspired by Thorpe's several visits there.
Night Train by Looptroop – a song about travelling by night train and noticing diffidences caused by time, place and circumstances; Promoe's singing about his trip around Morocco "I'm on the night train from Tangier to Marrakesh"
Hacker by Death Grips – First line of the song is "Going back to Tangier, with some Jordans and a Spear"
"Intrigue in Tangiers" English band featuring Roger Hill & Mel Jones. Since 2008 "Intrigue in Tangiers" have released 9 studio albums, 2 live albums and a "best of".
Style by Taylor Swift – the popular tourist attraction Caves of Hercules, located in Tangier, is shown on the music video of the 2015 hit song by Taylor Swift.
Shock Treatment, the title song from the Richard O'Brien musical of the same name - "I'm not a loco with motive to suture myself/I've been a cynic for too many years/Playing doctor and nurse, it can be good for your health/I've seen clinics with those gimmicks in Tangiers."
Paintings
HMS Mary Rose and pirates by Willem van de Velde (a painting ascribed to Willem van de Velde, taken from the book: William Laird Clowes (ed.): The Royal Navy. A History From the Earliest Times to the Present, Vol. 2, London 1898)
