{"id":72880,"date":"2020-04-15T12:14:36","date_gmt":"2020-04-15T17:14:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/?p=72880"},"modified":"2020-06-17T11:56:37","modified_gmt":"2020-06-17T16:56:37","slug":"5-classic-movies-that-were-filmed-in-chicago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/5-classic-movies-that-were-filmed-in-chicago\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Classic Movies That Were Filmed in Chicago"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From horrors to comedies, there have been so many popular movies based and filmed in the city of Chicago. Here are the top 5 most popular!<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_72881\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-72881\" style=\"width: 960px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-72881 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/411667_441603715867202_685105596_o.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/411667_441603715867202_685105596_o.jpg 960w, https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/411667_441603715867202_685105596_o-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/411667_441603715867202_685105596_o-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/411667_441603715867202_685105596_o-370x370.jpg 370w, https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/411667_441603715867202_685105596_o-110x110.jpg 110w, https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/411667_441603715867202_685105596_o-842x842.jpg 842w, https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/411667_441603715867202_685105596_o-406x406.jpg 406w, https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/411667_441603715867202_685105596_o-500x500.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-72881\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Credit: The Breakfast Club Facebook<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>The Breakfast Club<\/h2>\n<p>This iconic &#8217;80s movie starring Judd Nelson, Molly Ringwald, Ally Sheedy, Anthony Michael Hall, and Emilio Estevez is known in most households. Director John Hughes set the scene in his fictitious Chicago Suburb of Shermer. While \u2018Shermer\u2019 remains a figment of Hughes\u2019 imagination, The Breakfast Club was filmed in Des Plaines, a suburb located just 20 miles northwest of Chicago. The gymnasium where the film\u2019s five high school students met in Saturday detention was actually Maine North High School, located at 9511 Harrison Street in Des Plaines. Oddly enough, the set of the troublemakers now acts as a district headquarters for the Illinois State Police.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_72883\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-72883\" style=\"width: 960px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-72883 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/11412112_952741741413367_6618807229291441210_o.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/11412112_952741741413367_6618807229291441210_o.jpg 960w, https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/11412112_952741741413367_6618807229291441210_o-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/11412112_952741741413367_6618807229291441210_o-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/11412112_952741741413367_6618807229291441210_o-370x370.jpg 370w, https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/11412112_952741741413367_6618807229291441210_o-110x110.jpg 110w, https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/11412112_952741741413367_6618807229291441210_o-842x842.jpg 842w, https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/11412112_952741741413367_6618807229291441210_o-406x406.jpg 406w, https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/11412112_952741741413367_6618807229291441210_o-500x500.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-72883\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Credit: Ferris Bueller&#8217;s Day Off Facebook<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>Ferris Bueller&#8217;s Day Off<\/h2>\n<p>Once again, director John Hughes brings us back to the infamous Shermer, Illinois, to live vicariously through Matthew Broderick as Ferris, a highschool teen who decides to fake being sick to have a day in the city. Inspired by the very real Shermer Road in Northbrook Illinois, Hughes draws from even more personal experience, having Ferris attend Glenbrook North High School, where John Hughes attended years before. More noteworthy landscape and architectural cameos include Ferris\u2019s dad\u2019s office on West Wacker Drive overlooking the Chicago River, the Tribune Towers, the Willis Tower, the Chicago Board of Trade, Wrigley Field, and the Art Institute of Chicago. A true teenage tourist!<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_72884\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-72884\" style=\"width: 850px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-72884 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/10416601_751117818307927_5845036509338553736_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"850\" height=\"850\" srcset=\"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/10416601_751117818307927_5845036509338553736_n.jpg 850w, https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/10416601_751117818307927_5845036509338553736_n-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/10416601_751117818307927_5845036509338553736_n-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/10416601_751117818307927_5845036509338553736_n-370x370.jpg 370w, https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/10416601_751117818307927_5845036509338553736_n-110x110.jpg 110w, https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/10416601_751117818307927_5845036509338553736_n-842x842.jpg 842w, https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/10416601_751117818307927_5845036509338553736_n-406x406.jpg 406w, https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/10416601_751117818307927_5845036509338553736_n-500x500.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-72884\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Credit: Home Alone Facebook<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>Home Alone &amp; Home Alone 2<\/h2>\n<p>A comedy of mischief, starring Kevin (Macaulay Culkin), who seems to get left behind on every family vacation. Kevin finds himself in trouble when two bandits, Marv and Harry (Joe Pesci and Daniel Stern), decide to rob the Mcallister&#8217;s home. The home that is actually located north of Chicago, at 671 Lincoln Avenue in Winnetka. As Kevin\u2019s plan to get these criminals out of his neighborhood, he makes a quick stop to see Santa, which was filmed at Station Park. Other notable landmarks include the filming of the interior of Grace Episcopal Church in Oak Park, the exterior of Trinity United Methodist Church in Wilmette, and O\u2019Hare International Airport (the airport from which the family departed\u2026.and arrived&#8230;in \u201cParis\u201d). Tricky!<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_72885\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-72885\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-72885 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/1653375_804168079597323_373610253_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/1653375_804168079597323_373610253_n.jpg 800w, https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/1653375_804168079597323_373610253_n-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/1653375_804168079597323_373610253_n-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/1653375_804168079597323_373610253_n-370x370.jpg 370w, https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/1653375_804168079597323_373610253_n-110x110.jpg 110w, https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/1653375_804168079597323_373610253_n-406x406.jpg 406w, https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/1653375_804168079597323_373610253_n-500x500.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-72885\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Credit: The Blues Brothers<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>The Blues Brothers<\/h2>\n<p>In 1980, the iconic comedy-musical directed by the Chicago-born John Landis was released. The Chicago native John Belushi aka \u201cJake Blues,\u201d spent some time in the Joliet Correctional Center, more commonly known as \u201cStatesville.\u201d After brothers Jake Blues and Elwood (Dan Aykroyd) are reunited, they decide to get their old band back together. The notorious \u201cBluesmobile\u201d was picked up by Elwood at a Mount Prospect City police auction. Cruising around in the famous \u201cBluesmobile\u201d passing several Chicago Landmarks along the way. With the giant horn roped to the roof, the slick ride passes North Main Street, Wauconda which is now home to Slyce Pizza Company. Next time you\u2019re heading over the East 95th Street Bridge over the Calumet River, know you are passing over the exact bridge the Blues Brothers went over!<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_72886\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-72886\" style=\"width: 960px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-72886 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/1234771_10152438811782788_347246124_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/1234771_10152438811782788_347246124_n.jpg 960w, https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/1234771_10152438811782788_347246124_n-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/1234771_10152438811782788_347246124_n-391x260.jpg 391w, https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/1234771_10152438811782788_347246124_n-370x247.jpg 370w, https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/1234771_10152438811782788_347246124_n-842x561.jpg 842w, https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/1234771_10152438811782788_347246124_n-406x271.jpg 406w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-72886\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Credit: The Dark Knight Trilogy<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>The Dark Knight<\/h2>\n<p>Batman has returned after disappearing into the night! Several landmarks in Gotham City were notorious Chicago buildings. The opening robbery of the Gotham National Bank was actually a Chicago Post Office on 404 West Harrison Street. The Joker makes his getaway into the city on West Van Buren Street. The many meetups between Bruce Wayne and Lucius Fox (Morgan Freeman) take place in the Convention Hall of the West Building, McCormick Place. You know you have hit the city when you see the popular Chicago McCormick Place!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Featured Image Credit: The Breakfast Club<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From horrors to comedies, there have been so many popular movies based and filmed in the city of Chicago. Here are the top 5 most popular! 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