Top Chicago Movies & TV Shows

Cast

Sandra Bullock

Bill Pullman

Peter Gallagher

Peter Boyle

While You Were Sleeping (1995)

7.0 2.0K votes

Genre: Comedy, Romance

Country: United States of America

Duration: 103 min.

Audience: PG

Story: A transit worker pulls commuter Peter off railway tracks after he's mugged, but—while he's in a coma—his family mistakenly thinks she's Peter's fiancée, and she doesn't correct them. Things get more complicated when she falls for his brother, who's not quite sure that she's who she claims to be.

Plot: chicago, illinois, coma, sibling relationship, love of one's life, holiday, brother, subway, ...

Chicago Justice (2017) TV Show

6.8 178 votes

Genre: Crime, Drama

Country: United States of America

Seasons: 1

Episodes: 13

Audience: TV-14

Story: The State's Attorney's dedicated team of prosecutors and investigators navigates heated city politics and controversy head-on, while fearlessly pursuing justice.

Plot: chicago, illinois, investigator, spin off, prosecutor, police investigation, forensic, procedural, ...

Cast

Catherine Hicks

Chris Sarandon

Alex Vincent

Brad Dourif

Child's Play (1988)

6.8 3.4K votes

Genre: Horror

Country: United States of America

Duration: 87 min.

Audience: R

Story: After being shot in a toy store, a serial killer transfers his soul into a Good Guy doll. A mother then gifts it to her 6-year old son Andy, which unleashes terror upon the city.

Plot: chicago, illinois, birthday, gun, voodoo, stalker, evil doll, murder, ...

Family Matters (1989) TV Show

6.7 358 votes

Genre: Comedy, Family

Country: United States of America

Seasons: 9

Episodes: 215

Audience: TV-G

Story: A long-running dramedy centering on the Winslow family, a middle-class African American family living in Chicago, and their pesky next-door neighbor, ultra-nerd Steve Urkel. A spin-off of Perfect Strangers.

Plot: chicago, illinois, middle class, spin off, sitcom, familiar

Cast

Joel Edgerton

Rebecca Hall

Jason Bateman

Tim Griffin

The Gift (2015)

6.7 3.5K votes

Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller

Country: Australia, United States of America

Duration: 108 min.

Audience: R

Story: Simon and Robyn are a young married couple whose life is going as planned until a chance run-in with Simon's high school acquaintance sends their world into a tailspin.

Style: tense

Plot: chicago, illinois, husband wife relationship, married couple, phobia, psychological thriller, los angeles, california, ...

Cast

Angela Bassett

Rick Fox

Lance Gross

Chlu00f6e Bailey

Meet the Browns (2008)

6.7 112 votes

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance

Country: United States of America

Duration: 101 min.

Audience: PG-13

Story: A single mother living in inner city Chicago, Brenda has been struggling for years to make ends meet and keep her three kids off the street. When she's laid off with no warning, she starts losing hope for the first time - until a letter arrives announcing the death of a father she's never met. Desperate for any kind of help, Brenda takes her family to Georgia for the funeral, but nothing could have prepared her for the Browns, her father's fun-loving, crass Southern clan. In a small-town world full of long afternoons and country fairs, Brenda struggles to get to know the family she never knew existed... and finds a brand new romance that just might change her life.

Plot: chicago, illinois, small town, strong woman, funeral, georgia, death of father, sequel, ...

Mike & Molly (2010) TV Show

6.7 267 votes

Genre: Comedy, Drama

Country: United States of America

Seasons: 6

Episodes: 127

Audience: TV-14

Story: A comedy about a working class Chicago couple who find love at an Overeaters Anonymous meeting.

Plot: chicago, illinois, overweight, dating, sitcom, straight relationship

Cast

Austin Butler

Jodie Comer

Tom Hardy

Michael Shannon

The Bikeriders (2024)

6.7 1.2K votes

Genre: Crime, Drama

Country: United States of America

Duration: 116 min.

Audience: R

Story: After a chance encounter, headstrong Kathy is drawn to Benny, member of Midwestern motorcycle club the Vandals. As the club transforms into a dangerous underworld of violence, Benny must choose between Kathy and his loyalty to the club.

Plot: chicago, illinois, based on novel or book, photographer, gangster, interview, biker, outlaw, ...

Time: 1970s, 1960s

Sirens (2014) TV Show

6.6 74 votes

Genre: Comedy

Country: United States of America

Seasons: 2

Episodes: 23

Audience: TV-14

Story: A comedy that follows three Chicago EMTs who despite their narcissistic and self-destructive personalities are uniquely qualified to save lives.

Plot: chicago, illinois, ambulance, paramedic, workplace comedy

Cast

Viola Davis

Chadwick Boseman

Colman Domingo

Glynn Turman

Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (2020)

6.6 1.3K votes

Genre: Drama, Music

Country: United States of America

Duration: 93 min.

Audience: R

Story: Tensions rise when the trailblazing Mother of the Blues and her band gather at a Chicago recording studio in 1927. Adapted from August Wilson's play.

Plot: chicago, illinois, recording studio, based on play or musical, singer, lesbian relationship, lgbt, blues music, ...

Time: 1920s

Cast

Tom Cruise

Rebecca De Mornay

Joe Pantoliano

Richard Masur

Risky Business (1983)

6.6 1.5K votes

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance

Country: United States of America

Duration: 98 min.

Audience: R

Story: Meet Joel Goodson, an industrious, college-bound 17-year-old and a responsible, trustworthy son. However, when his parents go away and leave him home alone in the wealthy Chicago suburbs with the Porsche at his disposal he quickly decides he has been good for too long and it is time to enjoy himself. After an unfortunate incident with the Porsche Joel must raise some cash, in a risky way.

Plot: chicago, illinois, high school, brothel, coming of age, prostitution, playful

Cast

Jason Statham

Ben Foster

Donald Sutherland

Mini Anden

The Mechanic (2011)

6.5 3.6K votes

Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller

Country: United States of America, Germany

Duration: 93 min.

Audience: R

Story: Arthur Bishop is a 'mechanic' - an elite assassin with a strict code requiring professional perfection and total detachment. One of an elite group of assassins, Bishop may be the best in the business - with a unique talent for cleanly eliminating targets. When Harry McKenna, his close friend and mentor, is murdered, Harry's son comes to him with vengeance in his heart and a desire to learn Bishop's trade, signaling the birth of a deadly partnership.

Style: suspenseful

Plot: chicago, illinois, research, martial arts, assassin, prostitute, airport, mentor, ...

Place: colombia

U.S. Marshals (1998)

6.5 1.8K votes

Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller

Country: United States of America

Duration: 131 min.

Audience: PG-13

Story: U.S. Marshal Sam Gerard is accompanying a plane load of convicts from Chicago to New York. The plane crashes spectacularly, and Mark Sheridan escapes. But when Diplomatic Security Agent John Royce is assigned to help Gerard recapture Sheridan, it becomes clear that Sheridan is more than just another murderer.

Plot: chicago, illinois, central intelligence agency (cia), escape, chase, espionage, innocence, transport of prisoners, ...

Cast

Taylor Russell

Logan Miller

Jay Ellis

Deborah Ann Woll

Escape Room (2019)

6.5 5.1K votes

Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller

Country: United States of America

Duration: 99 min.

Audience: PG-13

Story: Six strangers find themselves in circumstances beyond their control, and must use their wits to survive.

Style: tense

Plot: chicago, illinois, key, riddle, code, puzzle, game, clue, ...

APB (2017) TV Show

6.5 175 votes

Genre: Crime, Drama, Science Fiction

Country: United States of America

Seasons: 1

Episodes: 12

Audience: TV-14

Story: After a billionaire engineer witnesses his best friend’s murder, he takes charge of Chicago’s troubled 13th District and reboots it as a technically innovative police force, challenging the district to rethink everything about the way they fight crime.

Plot: chicago, illinois, technology, police, futuristic

Cowboy (1958)

6.5 74 votes

Genre: Western

Country: United States of America

Duration: 92 min.

Audience: NR

Story: Chicago hotel clerk Frank Harris dreams of life as a cowboy, and he gets his chance when, jilted by the father of the woman he loves, he joins Tom Reece and his cattle-driving outfit. Soon, though, the tenderfoot finds out life on the range is neither what he expected nor what he's been looking for...

Plot: hotel, chicago, illinois, based on novel or book, forbidden love, cattle drive, native american attack, train, ...

Place: mexico

Cast

Anthony Michael Hall

Ilan Mitchell-Smith

Kelly LeBrock

Bill Paxton

Weird Science (1985)

6.5 1.6K votes

Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance

Country: United States of America

Duration: 93 min.

Audience: PG-13

Story: Two unpopular teenagers, Gary and Wyatt, fail at all attempts to be accepted by their peers. Their desperation to be liked leads them to "create" a woman via their computer. Their living and breathing creation is a gorgeous woman, Lisa, whose purpose is to boost their confidence level by putting them into situations which require Gary and Wyatt to act like men.

Style: lighthearted, absurd, whimsical

Plot: chicago, illinois, nerd, biker, based on comic, morphing, mischievous, hilarious, ...

Widows (2018)

6.5 2.5K votes

Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller

Country: United Kingdom, United States of America

Duration: 129 min.

Audience: R

Story: A police shootout leaves four thieves dead during an explosive armed robbery attempt in Chicago. Their widows have nothing in common except a debt left behind by their spouses' criminal activities. Hoping to forge a future on their own terms, they join forces to pull off a heist.

Plot: chicago, illinois, politics, widow, feminism, politician, heist, flashback, ...

The Whole Nine Yards (2000)

6.5 2.1K votes

Genre: Comedy, Crime

Country: United States of America

Duration: 98 min.

Audience: R

Story: After a mobster agrees to cooperate with an FBI investigation in order to stay out of prison, he's relocated by the authorities to a life of suburban anonymity as part of a witness protection program. It's not long before a couple of his new neighbours figure out his true identity and come knocking to see if he'd be up for one more hit—suburban style.

Plot: chicago, illinois, hitman, gangster, new identity, dark comedy, montreal, canada, ...

Cast

Joe Mantegna

Lara Flynn Boyle

Joe Pantoliano

Brian Haley

Baby's Day Out (1994)

6.4 1.5K votes

Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Crime

Country: United States of America

Duration: 99 min.

Audience: PG

Story: Baby Bink couldn't ask for more: he has adoring (if somewhat sickly-sweet) parents, lives in a huge mansion, and he's just about to appear in the social pages of the paper. Unfortunately, not everyone in the world is as nice as Baby Bink's parents—especially the three enterprising kidnappers who pretend to be photographers from the newspaper. Successfully kidnapping Baby Bink, they have a harder time keeping hold of the rascal, who not only keeps one step ahead of them, but seems to be more than a little bit smarter than the three bumbling criminals.

Plot: chicago, illinois, baby, kidnapping, gorilla, stupidity, hoodlum, child kidnapping, ...

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