Chicago Illinois Movies

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

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

As her 80th birthday is approaching, Vera Klement, an oil painter in Chicago, adamantly starts yet another new figure painting: a portrait of an...

When her brother disappears, Anna enlists a violent man from her past to extract the truth and drags her partner into a night of brutality that may...

When you listen to The Years, the debut studio recording from Urbanites, you're hearing a band in progress. They wanted to make The Years...

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

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

A view of the Ferris wheel from the Chicago Exposition of 1893, turning slowly.

A five-year odyssey of a South Side Chicago neighborhood, where more than 400 African-American families are being displaced by a multi-billion dollar...

An underdog basketball player from Chicago goes on a meteoric rise to become one of the best college point guards in the nation. But while he pursues...

While trying to do his taxes, Guy is forced to come into work on his day off. On his way home, he's haunted by the taxes that he's yet to complete.

A portrait of Chicagoland ICU nurse Jeanette Alvarez-Basem captured through the perspective of her son Ben Basem. Between her night shifts and...

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

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

A nagging feeling leads to a late-night walk and a conversation between two women about the Twilight Zone and marriage.

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

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

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

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

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