580 Films & TV Shows Set In Illinois
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Passing
Illinois The 1920sNothing is black and white. — In 1920s New York City, a Black woman finds her world upended when her life becomes intertwined with a former childhood friend who's passing as white.
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Candyman
Illinois The 1970s The 1990s The 2010sDare to say his name. — Anthony and his partner move into a loft in the now gentrified Cabrini-Green, and after a chance encounter with an old-timer exposes Anthony to the true story behind Candyman, he unknowingly opens a door to a complex past that unravels his own sanity and unleashes a terrifying wave of violence.
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Judas and the Black Messiah
Illinois The 1960sYou can kill a revolutionary but you can't kill the revolution. — Bill O'Neal infiltrates the Black Panthers on the orders of FBI Agent Mitchell and J. Edgar Hoover. As Black Panther Chairman Fred Hampton ascends—falling for a fellow revolutionary en route—a battle wages for O’Neal’s soul.
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Escape Room: Tournament of Champions
New York Illinois The 2000s The 2020sWinning was just the beginning. — Six people unwittingly find themselves locked in another series of escape rooms, slowly uncovering what they have in common to survive as they discover all the games that they've played before.
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Halloween Kills
Illinois The 1970s The 2010sEvil dies tonight. — Minutes after Laurie Strode, her daughter Karen and granddaughter Allyson leave the masked monster Michael Myers caged and burning in Laurie's basement, Laurie is rushed to the hospital with fatal injuries, believing she has finally killed her algorithm. But when Michael manages to free himself from Laurie's trap, his bloodbath ritual begins again. As Laurie fights her pain and prepares to defend against it, she inspires everyone in Haddonfield to rise up against her unstoppable monster. But when a group of other survivors of Michael's first wave of violence decide to take matters into their own hands, a mob of vigilantes gathers to hunt Michael down.
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Thunder Force
Illinois The 1980s The 2020sNewly super. Almost heroes. — In a world where supervillains are commonplace, two estranged childhood best friends reunite after one devises a treatment that gives them powers to protect their city.
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The Marksman
🇲🇽 Mexico Illinois Arizona TexasJustice comes down to him. — Jim Hanson’s quiet life is suddenly disturbed by two people crossing the US/Mexico border – a woman and her young son – desperate to flee a Mexican cartel. After a shootout leaves the mother dead, Jim becomes the boy’s reluctant defender. He embraces his role as Miguel’s protector and will stop at nothing to get him to safety, as they go on the run from the relentless assassins. Stars...Liam Neeson
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Home Sweet Home Alone
IllinoisNo parents. No problem. — After being left at home by himself for the holidays, 10-year-old Max Mercer must work to defend his home from a married couple who tries to steal back a valuable heirloom.
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Broadcast Signal Intrusion
Illinois The 1990sFollow the tapes. — In the late 90s, a video archivist unearths a series of sinister pirate broadcasts and becomes obsessed with uncovering the dark conspiracy behind them.
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The Trial of the Chicago 7
Illinois The 1960sIn 1968, democracy refused to back down. — What was supposed to be a peaceful protest turned into a violent clash with the police. What followed was one of the most notorious trials in history.
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My Spy
Illinois Virginia District of Columbia 🇫🇷 France 🇩🇪 Germany 🇺🇦 Ukraine The 2020sAlmost Totally in Control — A hardened CIA operative finds himself at the mercy of a precocious 9-year-old girl, having been sent undercover to surveil her family.
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Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
Illinois The 1920sIt would be an empty world without the blues. — 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.
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I'll Meet You There
IllinoisA Muslim cop goes undercover at his estranged father's mosque while his daughter hides her passion for a forbidden dance, uncovering a shocking family secret.
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A Most Beautiful Thing
IllinoisStay strong. Be true. Go the distance. — A chronicle of the first African American high school rowing team in America made up of young men, many of whom were in rival gangs from the West Side of Chicago, coming together to row in the same boat.
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Dangerous Lies
IllinoisAfter losing her waitressing job, Katie Franklin takes a job as a caretaker to a wealthy elderly man in his sprawling, empty Chicago estate. The two grow close, but when he unexpectedly passes away and names Katie as his sole heir, she and her husband Adam are pulled into a complex web of lies, deception, and murder. If she's going to survive, Katie will have to question everyone's motives — even the people she loves.
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The Last Dance: Miniseries
Illinois The 1990sA 10-part documentary chronicling the untold story of Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls dynasty with rare, never-before-seen footage and sound from the 1997-98 championship season – plus over 100 interviews with famous figures and basketball’s biggest names.
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Lovecraft Country: Season 1
Illinois The 1950sThe anthology horror series follows 25-year-old Atticus Freeman, who joins up with his friend Letitia and his Uncle George to embark on a road trip across 1950s Jim Crow America to find his missing father. They must survive and overcome both the racist terrors of white America and the malevolent spirits that could be ripped from a Lovecraft paperback.
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Let It Snow
Illinois The 2010sLet love take you by storm — When a huge blizzard (that doesn't show signs of stopping) hits, Gracetown is completely snowed in. But even though it's cold outside, things are heating up inside, proving that Christmas is magical when it comes to love.
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Captive State
Illinois The 2010s The 2020sThis is no longer our planet — Nearly a decade after occupation by an extraterrestrial force, the lives of a Chicago neighborhood on both sides of the conflict are explored. In a working-class Chicago neighborhood occupied by an alien force for nine years, increased surveillance and the restriction of civil rights have given rise to an authoritarian system -- and dissent among the populace.
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Jay and Silent Bob Reboot
New Jersey California Illinois Arizona LouisianaWeed love to tell you a story... — Jay and Silent Bob embark on a cross-country mission to stop Hollywood from rebooting a film based on their comic book characters Bluntman and Chronic.
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Ask for Jane
Illinois The 1970sIf society won't help them, they're just going to do it themselves. — A group of college students develop an underground network that helps women get abortions in the pre-Roe vs. Wade Chicago.
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The Last Summer
Illinois The 2010sYour real life is about to begin — Standing on the precipice of adulthood, a group of friends navigate new relationships, while reexamining others, during their final summer before college.
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Native Son
IllinoisA young African-American man named Bigger Thomas takes a job working for a highly influential Chicago family, a decision that will change the course of his life forever.
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Haunt
IllinoisSome Monsters Are Real — On Halloween, a group of friends encounter an "extreme" haunted house that promises to feed on their darkest fears. The night turns deadly as they come to the horrifying realization that some nightmares are real.
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Escape Room
IllinoisFind The Clues Or Die — Six strangers find themselves in circumstances beyond their control, and must use their wits to survive.
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