Movies Set in Chicago
Kinora's catalogue lists 41 films set in Chicago, spanning 1947–2025. 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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- 1992
A League of Their Own
Urban · Ruraldir. Penny Marshall - 1980
Airplane!
dir. Jim Abrahams - 1996
Bound
Urbandir. Lilly Wachowski - 2011
Bridesmaids
Urbandir. Paul Feig - 1948
Call Northside 777
Urbandir. Henry Hathaway - 1992
Candyman
Urbandir. Bernard Rose - 1988
Child's Play
Urbandir. Tom Holland - 1978
Days of Heaven
Ruraldir. Terrence Malick - 1988
Eight Men Out
Urbandir. John Sayles - 1986
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Urban · Suburbandir. John Hughes - 1986
Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer
Urbandir. John McNaughton - 2000
High Fidelity
Urbandir. Stephen Frears - 1990
Home Alone
Suburbandir. Chris Columbus - 2013
Inside Llewyn Davis
Urbandir. Joel Coen - 2021
Judas and the Black Messiah
Urbandir. Shaka King - 1989
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
Suburbandir. Jeremiah S. Chechik - 1947
Nightmare Alley
Urban · Ruraldir. Edmund Goulding - 1959
North by Northwest
Urban · Ruraldir. Alfred Hitchcock - 1980
Ordinary People
Suburbandir. Robert Redford - 1987
Planes, Trains and Automobiles
Urban · Ruraldir. John Hughes - 1996
Primal Fear
Urbandir. Gregory Hoblit - 2009
Public Enemies
Urban · Ruraldir. Michael Mann - 1983
Risky Business
Suburbandir. Paul Brickman - 2025
Sinners
Ruraldir. Ryan Coogler - 1984
Sixteen Candles
Suburbandir. John Hughes - 1959
Some Like It Hot
Urban · Coastal Seadir. Billy Wilder - 2011
Source Code
Urbandir. Duncan Jones - 1999
Stir of Echoes
Urbandir. David Koepp - 2017
The Big Sick
Urbandir. Michael Showalter - 2024
The Bikeriders
Urbandir. Jeff Nichols - 1980
The Blues Brothers
Urbandir. John Landis - 1974
The Front Page
Urbandir. Billy Wilder - 1993
The Fugitive
Urbandir. Andrew Davis - 1955
The Man with the Golden Arm
Urbandir. Otto Preminger - 1984
The Natural
Urbandir. Barry Levinson - 1973
The Sting
Urbandir. George Roy Hill - 2020
The Trial of the Chicago 7
Urbandir. Aaron Sorkin - 1987
The Untouchables
Urbandir. Brian De Palma - 1981
Thief
Urbandir. Michael Mann - 1988
Tucker: The Man and His Dream
Urban · Suburbandir. Francis Ford Coppola - 2018
Widows
Urbandir. Steve McQueen
Frequently asked
How many movies are set in Chicago?
Kinora's catalogue lists 41 films set in Chicago, spanning 1947–2025.
What are some movies set in Chicago?
Films set in Chicago in our catalogue include A League of Their Own (1992), Airplane! (1980), Bound (1996), Bridesmaids (2011), and Call Northside 777 (1948).
What is the oldest movie set in Chicago?
Nightmare Alley (1947) is the earliest film set in Chicago in our catalogue; the most recent is Sinners (2025).