79 Films & TV Shows Set In Wisconsin
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Irresistible
Wisconsin District of ColumbiaSend in the clowns. — A Democratic political consultant helps a retired Marine colonel run for mayor in a small, conservative Wisconsin town.
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Feel the Beat
Wisconsin New York New JerseyTake your chance. Make your move. — After failing to make it on Broadway, April returns to her hometown and reluctantly begins training a misfit group of young dancers for a competition.
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Give Me Liberty
WisconsinWhen a riot breaks out in Milwaukee, America's most segregated city, medical transport driver Vic is torn between his promise to get a group of elderly Russians to a funeral and his desire to help Tracy, a young black woman with ALS.
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The Domestics
WisconsinIn the end, defend. — A young husband and wife must fight to return home in a post-apocalyptic mid-western landscape ravaged by gangs.
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The Lover in the Attic: A True Story
California Wisconsin The 1930s The 1920sThis is the lurid, true story about femme fatale Dolly, her murdered husband, and her lover, Otto -- the man in the attic. In the 1930s, Dolly met and seduced her repairman Otto... but she was already married to successful business man Fred.
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Breaking In
Wisconsin CaliforniaPayback is a mother. — Shaun Russell takes her son and daughter on a weekend getaway to her late father's secluded, high-tech vacation home in the countryside. The family soon gets an unwelcome surprise when four men break into the house to find hidden money. After managing to escape, Shaun must now figure out a way to turn the tables on the desperate thieves and save her captive children.
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30 Miles from Nowhere
WisconsinThe fight for survival begins — When five college pals return to rural Wisconsin for their estranged friend's funeral, what begins as an uneasy reunion becomes a terrifying fight for survival.
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The Bye Bye Man
Wisconsin The 1960sDon't think it. Don't say it. — When three college students move into an old house off campus, they unwittingly unleash a supernatural entity known as The Bye Bye Man, who comes to prey upon them once they discover his name. The friends must try to save each other, all the while keeping The Bye Bye Man's existence a secret to save others from the same deadly fate.
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White Right: Meeting the Enemy
Wisconsin Michigan Virginia TennesseeEmmy award-winning filmmaker Deeyah Khan joins the frontline of the race wars in America, sitting down face-to-face with Neo-Nazis and fascists.
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Space Cop
Wisconsin The Moon The 2000s The 2010s The 2050sHe's a cop. From the future. The future of space. — Space Cop is the story of a cop from the future of space who travels back in time to the present and is teamed up with a cop from the past who is unfrozen in the present. Together, they must defeat evil aliens with a sinister plan. Out of time and out of place, these two unwitting heroes must work together to save the world from a group of renegade aliens and the re-animated brain of a mad scientist bent on global extinction.
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Making a Murderer: Specials
Wisconsin The 2000sFilmed over 10 years, this real-life thriller follows a DNA exoneree who, while exposing police corruption, becomes a suspect in a grisly new crime.
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Uncle John
Wisconsin IllinoisIn this tale of small town intrigue, an urbanite returns to his quiet hometown on an impromptu trip as his Uncle, widely respected in town, struggles to evade suspicion of a murder.
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Making a Murderer: Part 1
Wisconsin The 2000s The 2010sFilmed over 10 years, this real-life thriller follows a DNA exoneree who, while exposing police corruption, becomes a suspect in a grisly new crime.
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Fort McCoy
Wisconsin The 1940sUnable to serve in World War II because of a heart condition, a barber moves his family adjacent to a Wisconsin army base and prisoner-of-war camp to provide his services. But even in rural America -- far from the frontline -- the war finds victims.
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A Merry Friggin' Christmas
Wisconsin IllinoisSpend it with the ones you loathe — Boyd Mitchler and his family must spend Christmas with his estranged family of misfits. Upon realizing that he left all his son's gifts at home, he hits the road with his dad in an attempt to make the 8-hour round trip before sunrise.
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Oconomowoc
WisconsinOCONOMOWOC is an absurd comedy about Lonnie Washington, a confused adult who moves back in with his boozing mother and reluctantly teams up with his friend's mishandled t-shirt business in hopes of finding a little direction.
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Thin Ice
WisconsinGreetings from Kenosha, WI! Where Ordinary Folks Can Make a Killing — A dishonest insurance salesman's life quickly disintegrates during a Wisconsin winter when he teams up with a psychopath to steal a rare violin at the home of a reclusive farmer.
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The Company You Keep
Wisconsin Michigan New YorkThe greatest manhunt in history. — A former Weather Underground activist goes on the run from a journalist who discovers his identity.
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Silent Night
Wisconsin The 2010sHe knows who's been naughty. — The police force of a remote Midwestern town search for a killer Santa Claus who is picking off citizens on Christmas Eve.
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Bridesmaids
Wisconsin Illinois Wyoming The 2010sSave the date. — Annie's life is a mess. But when she finds out her lifetime best friend is engaged, she simply must serve as Lillian's maid of honor. Though lovelorn and broke, Annie bluffs her way through the expensive and bizarre rituals. With one chance to get it perfect, she’ll show Lillian and her bridesmaids just how far you’ll go for someone you love.
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Feed the Fish
WisconsinFollows the journey of Joe Peterson, a burned out children's book writer who's approaching a midlife crisis.
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Madison County
WisconsinA group of college kids travel to a small, mountain town called Madison County to interview the author of a tell-all book on the accounts of several grisly murders that happened there. But when the kids get to Madison County, the author is no where to be found and the towns people act like they haven't seen him in years. They also say that the killer never existed and the murders never happened. However, when the kids start digging around to get their own answers, they find out that the stories maybe more real than the townspeople are letting on!
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Louis C.K.: Hilarious
Wisconsin The 2000sIn this unique and dynamic live concert experience, Louis C.K.'s exploration of life after 40 destroys politically correct images of modern life with thoughts we have all had...but would rarely admit to.
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The Incubus
WisconsinThings are starting to change when a group of mysterious teens move into the small town of Spoon River. All of a sudden, people in the neighborhood are starting to come down with an unexplained disease. In spite of this, one girl is intrigued by the spirits that embraces the newcomers. Will her curiosity be the death of her?
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Public Enemies
Wisconsin Indiana Illinois South Dakota The 1930sAmerica's Most Wanted. — Depression-era bank robber John Dillinger's charm and audacity endear him to much of America's downtrodden public, but he's also a thorn in the side of J. Edgar Hoover and the fledgling FBI. Desperate to capture the elusive outlaw, Hoover makes Dillinger his first Public Enemy Number One and assigns his top agent, Melvin Purvis, the task of bringing him in dead or alive.
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