Chicago Illinois Movies

A 1988 period piece by Casi Pacilio and L.M. Keys.

It’s the year 1990. America is on the verge of another Great Depression. A Hitler-like President puts into action his mad scheme to wipe out...

Documentary about Ben Wilson, a good-natured and beloved teenage basketball phenom from Chicago's South Side whose life was tragically cut short by...

Discover the rise and fall of the legendary department store Marshall Field’s.

A short documentary that explores a blue-collar community’s growing unease with the Vietnam War. It was produced in response to President...

An investigative documentary that focuses on political activities in the 47th Ward of Chicago and on the relationship between party politics and the...

Caged. Invisible. Shamed. Trapped. These words mark the tenants, clerks and even the owners of Chicago's last remaining Singe Room Occupancy (SRO)...

The third iteration of a continuing diary film. Five years and one roll of film distilled into three and a half minutes. The filmmaker captures a...

STRANGER is a coming-of-age short film that focuses on two neighbors reconciling before one of them goes off to college in Chicago. It is based on a...

Created from public television's popular Over series, this is a tour unlike any other! Fly above landscapes and landmarks in Alaska; the Pacific...

TMB (The Merry Band of time travelers) made their first appearance in the 2019 book The Mystery of The Patch. In the book, they assisted Captain John...

Detroit Mob Confidential explores the history of Detroit's La Cosa Nostra Family, which, in many ways, is the most successful crime family in the...

Heavy metal band Insane Albino and their Manson-like leader go on an LSD-soaked cannibal rampage in Chicago.

"Piano Dance shows the viewer a shadowy piano accompanied by the sound of piano music. The piano is then seen to be a toy, the headdress of a woman...

A bilingual documentary. Through a tapestry of interviews, BARABARA illuminates the cultural and economic significance of Swap- O- Rama, the...

An experimental documentary about the street drag racing scene on Chicago’s Near West Side. This is a rambling, textured film about obsession....

There's No Fish in Lake Michigan is a short documentary exploring salmon's surprising presence in Chicago and the communities, industries, ecology,...

The regulars of Chicago's Southside Rink show off the style and personality of the place they have called home for generations.

A gangster hires a mysterious rent-a-man for a subtle game of cat-and-mouse in the Las Vegas desert until a future-changing twist ending.

A love letter to the first three months of the Coronavirus pandemic.