In early 90s Boston, an African-American District Attorney comes in from Brooklyn advocating change and forms an unlikely alliance with a corrupt yet venerated FBI veteran invested in maintaining the status quo. Together they take on a family of armored car robbers from Charlestown in a case that grows to encompass and eventually upend Boston’s city-wide criminal justice system.

City on a Hill poster

City on a Hill (2019)

Boston, 1993. No one gets away clean.

★ 7.3/10 June 16, 2019 3 seasons

CrimeDrama

Creator: Chuck MacLean

In early 90s Boston, an African-American District Attorney comes in from Brooklyn advocating change and forms an unlikely alliance with a corrupt yet venerated FBI veteran invested in maintaining the status quo. Together they take on a family of armored car robbers from Charlestown in a case that grows to encompass and eventually upend Boston’s city-wide criminal justice system.

Where to watch

Amazon Video Amazon Video Apple TV Store Apple TV Store Google Play Movies Google Play Movies Fandango At Home Fandango At Home

Trailer

Creators

Chuck MacLean Chuck MacLean

Cast

Kevin Bacon Kevin Bacon Jackie Rohr Aldis Hodge Aldis Hodge Decourcy Ward Jill Hennessy Jill Hennessy Jenny Rohr Lauren E. Banks Lauren E. Banks Siobhan Quays Matthew Del Negro Matthew Del Negro Chris Caysen Catherine Ashmore Bradley Catherine Ashmore Bradley Julietta Caysen

User Reviews (2)

mazal
mazal May 20, 2021
★ 7/10

Wow. Really disappointing. I was excited for this series for two promised attractions: "The Boston Miracle" of 1990s fame; and Kevin Bacon. There is nothing at all related to the Harvard based research and problem-oriented policing project (also known as Operation Ceasefire or Boston Gun Project) that reduced group youth related gun homicides by as much as 40% in large cities across America in the 1990s—and cleaning up corruption. While I can never completely hate Kevin Bacon, his wit and talent are wasted in **_City on a Hill_**—although not completely unwatchable. The Jackie Rohr role has Bacon riding the anti-hero wave of so-called "golden age of television," ushered in by **_Breaking Bad's_** Walter White (Bryan Cranston). Yet most characters in _**City**_ are witless rehashes of old era television stereotypes, making Bacon's charmingly charmless Rohr comes off merely as an _*…

mazal
mazal May 30, 2021
★ 7/10

_**Not "The Boston Miracle"**_ Wow. Really disappointing. I was excited for this series for two promised attractions: "The Boston Miracle" of 1990s fame; and Kevin Bacon. There is nothing at all related to the Harvard based research and problem-oriented policing project, also known as Operation Ceasefire or Boston Gun Project, that reduced group youth related gun homicides by as much as 40% in large cities across America in the 1990s-and cleaning up corruption. While I can never completely hate Kevin Bacon, in City on a Hill his wit and talent are wasted, although not completely unwatchable. The Jackie Rohr role has Bacon riding the anti-hero wave of so-called "golden age of television" ushered in by Breaking Bad's Walter White (Bryan Cranston). Yet most characters in City are witless rehashes of old era television stereotypes, making Bacon's charmingly charmless Rohr comes off mer…