Urban Murder Mystery Movies

Kinora's catalogue lists 19 films built around a murder mystery and set in cities, spanning 1948–2023. 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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• 1957

  12 Angry Men

  New York City — 1950s
  Urbandir. Sidney Lumet
• 1966

  Blow-Up

  London — 1960s
  Urbandir. Michelangelo Antonioni
• 2018

  Burning

  Seoul — 2010s
  Urban · Ruraldir. Lee Chang-dong
• 1974

  Chinatown

  Los Angeles — 1930s
  Urbandir. Roman Polanski
• 2022

  Decision to Leave

  Busan — 2020s
  Urban · Coastal Sea · Mountaindir. Park Chan-wook
• 1996

  Fargo

  Minneapolis · North Dakota · Minnesota — 1980s
  Rural · Urbandir. Joel Coen
• 1963

  High and Low

  Yokohama — 1960s
  Urbandir. Akira Kurosawa
• 1971

  Klute

  New York City — 1970s
  Urbandir. Alan J. Pakula
• 1997

  L.A. Confidential

  Los Angeles — 1950s
  Urbandir. Curtis Hanson
• 2000

  Memento

  Los Angeles — 2000s
  Urbandir. Christopher Nolan
• 2023

  Monster

  2020s
  Urbandir. Hirokazu Kore-eda
• 2009

  Mother

  2000s
  Urbandir. Bong Joon Ho
• 2003

  Mystic River

  Boston — 2000s
  Urbandir. Clint Eastwood
• 1954

  Rear Window

  1950s
  Urbandir. Alfred Hitchcock
• 1948

  Rope

  New York City — 1940s
  Urbandir. Alfred Hitchcock
• 2009

  The Secret in Their Eyes

  Buenos Aires — 1970s · 1980s · 1990s
  Urban · Ruraldir. Juan José Campanella
• 1949

  The Third Man

  Vienna — 1940s
  Urban · Undergrounddir. Carol Reed
• 1958

  Touch of Evil

  1950s
  Urbandir. Orson Welles
• 2007

  Zodiac

  San Francisco — 1960s · 1970s · 1980s
  Urbandir. David Fincher