Chicago Illinois Movies
- 2017

The Honest Struggle
The Honest Struggle02017HD
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....
![The Honest Struggle]()
- 1898

Chicago Fire Department Runs
Chicago Fire Department Runs41898HD
Footage of the Chicago fire department in the 1890s.
![Chicago Fire Department Runs]()
- 2012

Benji
Benji7.82012HD
Documentary about Ben Wilson, a good-natured and beloved teenage basketball phenom from Chicago's South Side whose life was tragically cut short by...
![Benji]()
- 1999

The BLVD
The BLVD61999HD
An experimental documentary about the street drag racing scene on Chicago’s Near West Side. This is a rambling, textured film about obsession....
![The BLVD]()
- 1964

Nightsong
Nightsong01964HD
A portrait of the Chicago Near-North nightlife scene in the mid-1960s, centering around the struggles and romantic desires of an African American...
![Nightsong]()
- 2023

Cottage Grove
Cottage Grove92023HD
A young gay man struggles to communicate with his stroke-afflicted father, and at the same time, stay true to himself.
![Cottage Grove]()
- 2025

Dean's Last Ride
Dean's Last Ride02025HD
A veteran Taxi driver struggles to find passengers in San Francisco and wages a spiritual war against his new self driving competitor, Waymo.
![Dean's Last Ride]()
- 1979

Ed Kelly and the Fighting 47th
Ed Kelly and the Fighting 47th01979HD
An investigative documentary that focuses on political activities in the 47th Ward of Chicago and on the relationship between party politics and the...
![Ed Kelly and the Fighting 47th]()
- 2018

Rendezvous in Chicago
Rendezvous in Chicago4.72018HD
A short comedic feature film comprised of three vignettes corresponding to the beginning, middle and end stages of a relationship.
![Rendezvous in Chicago]()
- 1988

Precious Memories: Strolling 47th Street
Precious Memories: Strolling 47th Street01988HD
Musicians and nightclub owners reminisce about the heyday of music and dance places on Chicago's South Side during the 1930s through '50s. Swingers...
![Precious Memories: Strolling 47th Street]()
- 2025

Marshall Field's
Marshall Field's02025HD
Discover the rise and fall of the legendary department store Marshall Field’s.
![Marshall Field's]()
- 2025

Becoming a Rose
Becoming a Rose02025HD
This Rose will forever be Chicago Red.
![Becoming a Rose]()
- 2023

Designer’s Game
Designer’s Game02023HD
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...
![Designer’s Game]()
- 2007

The Adventures of Miss Girl
The Adventures of Miss Girl02007HD
Miss Girl moves to Chicago with her boyfriend and discovers a new world and a new identity.
![The Adventures of Miss Girl]()
- 1995

Remembering Chicago Again
Remembering Chicago Again01995HD
Memories and home movies of numerous Chicagoans bring the 1940s and '50s alive, from early Chicago television to the patriotic spirit of the war...
![Remembering Chicago Again]()
- 2023

Disappeared: The Bradley Sisters
Disappeared: The Bradley Sisters4.52023HD
In 2001, sisters Diamond and Tionda Bradley vanish from their Chicago apartment. Twenty-two years later, Detective Pam Childs gains access to the...
![Disappeared: The Bradley Sisters]()
- 2017

Caged Men: Tales from Chicago's SRO Hotels
Caged Men: Tales from Chicago's SRO Hotels02017HD
Caged. Invisible. Shamed. Trapped. These words mark the tenants, clerks and even the owners of Chicago's last remaining Singe Room Occupancy (SRO)...
![Caged Men: Tales from Chicago's SRO Hotels]()
- 1984

Rapturous
Rapturous01984HD
An ecstatic exploration of a Chicago parking garage
![Rapturous]()
- 2010

Soaring Over America
Soaring Over America02010HD
Created from public television's popular Over series, this is a tour unlike any other! Fly above landscapes and landmarks in Alaska; the Pacific...
![Soaring Over America]()
- 1970

8 Flags for 99¢
8 Flags for 99¢5.61970HD
A short documentary that explores a blue-collar community’s growing unease with the Vietnam War. It was produced in response to President...
![8 Flags for 99¢]()

















