Movies Set in Illinois

Kinora's catalogue lists 29 films set in Illinois, spanning 1959–2025. 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

  Chicago · Rockford · Racine · Cooperstown — 1940s · 1980s
  Urban · Ruraldir. Penny Marshall
• 1980

  Airplane!

  Los Angeles · Chicago — 1980s
  dir. Jim Abrahams
• 2011

  Bridesmaids

  Milwaukee · Chicago — 2010s
  Urbandir. Paul Feig
• 1978

  Days of Heaven

  Chicago · Texas — 1910s
  Ruraldir. Terrence Malick
• 1986

  Ferris Bueller's Day Off

  Chicago — 1980s
  Urban · Suburbandir. John Hughes
• 1978

  Halloween

  Illinois — 1970s
  Suburbandir. John Carpenter
• 1990

  Home Alone

  Chicago · Paris — 1990s
  Suburbandir. Chris Columbus
• 2013

  Inside Llewyn Davis

  New York City · Chicago — 1960s
  Urbandir. Joel Coen
• 2021

  Judas and the Black Messiah

  Chicago — 1960s
  Urbandir. Shaka King
• 1959

  North by Northwest

  New York City · Chicago — 1950s
  Urban · Ruraldir. Alfred Hitchcock
• 1980

  Ordinary People

  Chicago — 1980s
  Suburbandir. Robert Redford
• 1996

  Primal Fear

  Chicago — 1990s
  Urbandir. Gregory Hoblit
• 2009

  Public Enemies

  Chicago · Indiana · Wisconsin — 1930s
  Urban · Ruraldir. Michael Mann
• 1993

  Rudy

  Illinois · Indiana — 1960s · 1970s
  Urbandir. David Anspaugh
• 2025

  Sinners

  Mississippi · Chicago — 1930s · 1990s
  Ruraldir. Ryan Coogler
• 1959

  Some Like It Hot

  Chicago · Miami — 1920s
  Urban · Coastal Seadir. Billy Wilder
• 2011

  Source Code

  Chicago — 2010s
  Urbandir. Duncan Jones
• 1999

  Stir of Echoes

  Chicago — 1990s
  Urbandir. David Koepp
• 2017

  The Big Sick

  Chicago · New York City — 2010s
  Urbandir. Michael Showalter
• 2024

  The Bikeriders

  Chicago — 1960s · 1970s
  Urbandir. Jeff Nichols
• 1980

  The Blues Brothers

  Chicago — 1980s
  Urbandir. John Landis
• 1985

  The Breakfast Club

  Illinois — 1980s
  Suburbandir. John Hughes
• 2016

  The Founder

  Illinois · California — 1950s · 1960s
  Suburbandir. John Lee Hancock
• 1993

  The Fugitive

  Chicago — 1990s
  Urbandir. Andrew Davis
• 1973

  The Sting

  Chicago — 1930s
  Urbandir. George Roy Hill
• 2020

  The Trial of the Chicago 7

  Chicago — 1960s
  Urbandir. Aaron Sorkin
• 1987

  The Untouchables

  Chicago — 1930s
  Urbandir. Brian De Palma
• 1981

  Thief

  Chicago · Los Angeles — 1980s
  Urbandir. Michael Mann
• 2018

  Widows

  Chicago — 2010s
  Urbandir. Steve McQueen