Courtroom Dramas Set in Cities

Kinora's catalogue lists 36 films built around a courtroom case and set in cities, spanning 1928–2023. Each is tagged by where and when it takes place — filter by real-world setting, era, and environment, or open any film for its full tagged world.

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1979
...And Justice for All
Baltimore — 1970s
Urbandir. Norman Jewison
1957
12 Angry Men
New York City — 1950s
Urbandir. Sidney Lumet
1998
A Civil Action
Massachusetts — 1980s
Urban · Suburbandir. Steven Zaillian
1992
A Few Good Men
Cuba · Washington, D.C. — 1990s
Urbandir. Rob Reiner
2011
A Separation
Tehran — 2010s
Urbandir. Asghar Farhadi
1949
Adam's Rib
New York City — 1940s
Urbandir. George Cukor
1997
Amistad
Connecticut · Cuba · Sierra Leone — 1800s
Coastal Sea · Urbandir. Steven Spielberg
2022
Argentina 1985
Argentina — 1980s
Urbandir. Santiago Mitre
2015
Bridge of Spies
New York City · Berlin — 1950s · 1960s
Urbandir. Steven Spielberg
2018
Capernaum
Beirut — 2010s
Urbandir. Nadine Labaki
1990
Close-Up
Tehran — 1980s
Urbandir. Abbas Kiarostami
1959
Compulsion
Chicago — 1920s
Urbandir. Richard Fleischer
2019
Dark Waters
Cincinnati · West Virginia — 1990s · 2000s · 2010s
Urban · Ruraldir. Todd Haynes
2000
Erin Brockovich
Los Angeles · Hinkley — 1990s
Urban · Suburbandir. Steven Soderbergh
1958
I Want to Live!
California — 1950s
Urbandir. Robert Wise
1993
In the Name of the Father
Belfast · London — 1970s · 1980s
Urbandir. Jim Sheridan
1991
JFK
New Orleans · Dallas · Washington, D.C. — 1960s
Urbandir. Oliver Stone
1961
Judgment at Nuremberg
Nuremberg — 1940s
Urbandir. Stanley Kramer
1979
Kramer vs. Kramer
New York City — 1970s
Urbandir. Robert Benton
2019
Marriage Story
New York City · Los Angeles — 2010s
Urbandir. Noah Baumbach
1947
Miracle on 34th Street
New York City — 1940s
Urbandir. George Seaton
2023
Oppenheimer
Los Alamos · Princeton — 1930s · 1940s · 1950s
Desert · Urbandir. Christopher Nolan
1993
Philadelphia
Philadelphia — 1990s
Urbandir. Jonathan Demme
1996
Primal Fear
Chicago — 1990s
Urbandir. Gregory Hoblit
1990
Reversal of Fortune
1980s
Urbandir. Barbet Schroeder
1996
Sleepers
New York City — 1960s · 1980s
Urbandir. Barry Levinson
1988
The Accused
Washington (state) — 1980s
Urbandir. Jonathan Kaplan
1997
The Devil's Advocate
New York City — 1990s
Urbandir. Taylor Hackford
2021
The Last Duel
Paris — Medieval
Rural · Urbandir. Ridley Scott
1928
The Passion of Joan of Arc
Rouen — Medieval
Urbandir. Carl Theodor Dreyer
1996
The People vs. Larry Flynt
Cincinnati · Los Angeles — 1970s · 1980s
Urbandir. Miloš Forman
1997
The Rainmaker
Memphis — 1990s
Urbandir. Francis Ford Coppola
2020
The Trial of the Chicago 7
Chicago — 1960s
Urbandir. Aaron Sorkin
1982
The Verdict
Boston — 1980s
Urbandir. Sidney Lumet
1988
Tucker: The Man and His Dream
Ypsilanti · Chicago — 1940s
Urban · Suburbandir. Francis Ford Coppola
1957
Witness for the Prosecution
1950s
Urbandir. Billy Wilder

Frequently asked

How many movies are built around a courtroom case and set in cities?

Kinora's catalogue lists 36 films built around a courtroom case and set in cities, spanning 1928–2023.

What are some movies built around a courtroom case and set in cities?

Films built around a courtroom case and set in cities in our catalogue include ...And Justice for All (1979), 12 Angry Men (1957), A Civil Action (1998), A Few Good Men (1992), and A Separation (2011).

What is the oldest movie built around a courtroom case and set in cities?

The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928) is the earliest film built around a courtroom case and set in cities in our catalogue; the most recent is Oppenheimer (2023).