Chicago Illinois Movies

After over 25 years of incarceration, a Muslim convert re-enters society in the Southside of Chicago to face the same streets that ruined his life....

Footage of the Chicago fire department in the 1890s.

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

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

A portrait of the Chicago Near-North nightlife scene in the mid-1960s, centering around the struggles and romantic desires of an African American...

A young gay man struggles to communicate with his stroke-afflicted father, and at the same time, stay true to himself.

A veteran Taxi driver struggles to find passengers in San Francisco and wages a spiritual war against his new self driving competitor, Waymo.

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

A short comedic feature film comprised of three vignettes corresponding to the beginning, middle and end stages of a relationship.

Musicians and nightclub owners reminisce about the heyday of music and dance places on Chicago's South Side during the 1930s through '50s. Swingers...

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

This Rose will forever be Chicago Red.

Designer’s Game is a crime drama short film that follows a young broke graphic designer into the descent of a life of crime working in the deep...

Miss Girl moves to Chicago with her boyfriend and discovers a new world and a new identity.

Memories and home movies of numerous Chicagoans bring the 1940s and '50s alive, from early Chicago television to the patriotic spirit of the war...

In 2001, sisters Diamond and Tionda Bradley vanish from their Chicago apartment. Twenty-two years later, Detective Pam Childs gains access to the...

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

An ecstatic exploration of a Chicago parking garage

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

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