List of Fiction Set in Chicago - Films

Films

• About Last Night... (1986)
• Above the Law (1988)
• Adventures in Babysitting (1987)
• The Adventures of Lucky Pierre (1961)
• Ali (2001)
• Allah Tantou (1989)
• American Reel (1999)
• Angel Eyes (2001)
• Anything's Possible (1999)
• The Babe (1992)
• Baby's Day Out (1994)
• Backdraft (1991)
• Bad Boys (1983)
• Barbershop (2002)
• Barbershop 2: Back in Business (2004)
• Betrayed (1988)
• Big Shots (1987)
• Blankman (1994)
• Blind (1994)
• The Blues Brothers (1980)
• Blues Brothers 2000 (1998)
• Brannigan (1975)
• The Break-Up (2006)
• Breed of Men (1919)
• Bridesmaids (2011) (partly in Chicago)
• The Brute (1920)
• Bugsy Malone (1976)
• Call Northside 777 (1948)
• Candyman (1992) - based on a book originally set in London
• Casino (1995) - scenes labeled as "Back Home" are in Chicago
• Category 6: Day of Destruction (2004) (partly in Chicago)
• Chain Reaction (1996)
• Cheaper By The Dozen (2003)
• Chicago (1927)
• Chicago (2002)
• Child's Play (1988)
• Child's Play 2 (1990)
• Class (1983)
• Code of Silence (1985)
• The Company (2003)
• Continental Divide (1981)
• Cooley High (1975)
• Curly Sue (1991)
• Damien: Omen II (1978)
• Danger Lights (1930) (partly in Chicago)
• Death of a President (2006)
• The Dilemna (2011)
• Derailed (2005)
• Dick Tracy (1990)
• Dragonfly (2002)
• The Dumb Girl of Portici (1916)
• Eagle Eye (2008)
• Eight Men Out (1988)
• The Express (2009)
• Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986)
• Flatliners (1990)
• The Fugitive (1993)
• The Fury (1978)
• Girls Just Want To Have Fun (1985)
• Go Fish (1994)
• Hardball (2001)
• Harry and Tonto (1974)
• Heaven is a Playground (1991)
• Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer (1986) (partly in Chicago)
• Hero (1992)
• High Fidelity (2000) - based on a book originally set in London
• His New Job (1915)
• Home Alone (1990)
• Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992) (partly in Chicago)
• Home Alone 3 (1997)
• The Homesteader (1919)
• Hope Floats (1998) (partly in Chicago)
• Hoodlum (1997)
• The Hunter (1980) (partly in Chicago)
• The Great Ziegfeld (1936)
• I Love Trouble (1994)
• In the Depth of Our Hearts (1920)
• I, Robot (2004)
• It's the Rage (1999)
• I Want Someone to Eat Cheese With (2007)
• Judgment Night (1993)
• King of the Rodeo (1929)
• Kissing A Fool (1998)
• The Lake House (2006)
• A League of Their Own (1992)
• Light It Up (1999)
• Little Fockers (2010)
• Looking for Mr. Goodbar (1977)
• Love and Action in Chicago (1999)
• Love Jones (1997)
• Lucas (1986)
• Mean Girls (2004)
• Medium Cool (1969)
• Meet the Parents (2000) (partly set in Chicago)
• Mercury Rising (1998)
• Message in a Bottle (partly set in Chicago)
• Michael (1996) (partly in Chicago)
• Mickey One (1965)
• Midnight Run (1988) (partly in Chicago)
• Miracle on 34th Street (1994) (partly in Chicago)
• Mo' Money (1992)
• Monkey Hustle (1976)
• Music Box (1989)
• My Best Friend's Wedding (1997)
• My Big Fat Greek Wedding (2002)
• My Bodyguard (1980)
• National Lampoon's Vacation (1983) (partly in Chicago)
• National Lampoon's European Vacation (1985-starts in Chicago)
• National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989)
• Natural Born Killers (1994) (partly in Chicago)
• The Negotiator (1998)
• Never Been Kissed (1999)
• Next of Kin (1989) (set in Chicago and Kentucky)
• A Night in the Life of Jimmy Reardon (1988)
• Nothing in Common (1986) (partly in Chicago)
• Only the Lonely (1991) -- with John Candy
• On the Line (2001)
• Opportunity Knocks (1990)
• Ordinary People(1980)
• The Package (1989)
• Poltergeist III (1988)
• Planes, Trains & Automobiles (1987)
• Prelude to a Kiss (1992)
• Primal Fear (1996)
• Proof (2005)
• Public Enemies (2009)
• Raisin in the Sun (1961)
• Random Encounter (1998)
• Rapid Fire (1992)
• The Man with the Golden Arm (1955)
• Red Heat (1988)
• The Relic (1997) - based on a book originally set in New York City
• Return to Me (2000)
• Ri¢hie Ri¢h (1994) - Scenes filmed in Chicago
• Risky Business (1983)
• Road to Perdition (2001)
• Robin and the 7 Hoods (1964)
• Roll Bounce (2005)
• Rookie of the Year (1993)
• Running Scared (1986)
• Save the Last Dance (2001)
• Shall We Dance? (2004)
• Sheba, Baby (1975) (partly in Chicago)
• She's Having a Baby (1988)
• Silver Streak (1976) (partly in Chicago)
• Sleepless In Seattle (1993) (partly in Chicago)
• Slim (1937) (partly in Chicago)
• Some Like It Hot (1959) (partly in Chicago)
• Somewhere in Time (1980) (partly in Chicago)
• Soul Food (1997)
• A Sound of Thunder (2005)
• Source Code (2011)
• The Sting (1973) (partly in Chicago)
• Stir of Echoes (1999)
• Stolen Summer (2001)
• Straight Talk (1992)
• Stranger than Fiction (2006)
• Strawberry Fields (1997)
• Streets of Fire (1984)
• Surviving Christmas (2003)
• That Royale Girl (1925)
• Thief (1981)
• Tommy Boy (1995) (partly in Chicago)
• Three To Tango (1999)
• The Unborn (2009)
• Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011)
• Uncle Buck (1989)
• Ultraviolet (2006)
• The Untouchables (1987)
• U.S. Marshals (1998) (partly in Chicago)
• Vegas Vacation (1997-starts in Chicago)
• V.I. Warshawski (1991)
• Wanted (2008)
• The Watcher (2000)
• Wayne's World (1992) (partly in Chicago)
• Wayne's World 2 (1993) (partly in Chicago)
• The Weather Man (2005)
• A Wedding (1978)
• What Women Want (2000)
• When Harry Met Sally (1989) (partly in Chicago)
• While You Were Sleeping (1995)
• The Whole Nine Yards (2000)
• Wicker Park (2004)
• Wildcats (1986)
• Within Our Gates (1920)

Although not set in the city's limits, the John Hughes films Sixteen Candles, The Breakfast Club, Pretty in Pink, and Weird Science take place in the fictional town of Shermer, Illinois, which is loosely based on Northbrook, Illinois. In The Matrix, the subway sets were based on the CTA. One of the trains is clearly a Brown Line train, which in reality never goes underground.