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Sixteen candles
(1984)
A girl’s “sweet 16” birthday is more mortifying than special.
Evanston; Glencoe: Union Church; Highland Park; Skokie: Niles East and Niles North High Schools; Northbrook: village hall; Skokie: Skokie Historical Society, Skokie Public Library; Winnetka: New Trier High School
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Somewhere in time
(1980)
A young writer sacrifices his life in the present to find true love in the past. Chicago: 932 N. Halsted
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Soul food
(1997)
When serious bickering threatens to tear an extended African-American family apart, it is up to the grandson to get everyone back together. Chicago
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Space jam
(1996)
Michael Jordan agrees to help the Looney Toons play a basketball game against the aliens who have kidnapped them.
Chicago: United Center
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Stranger than fiction
(2006)
An IRS auditor hears an author inside his head narrating his life.
Chicago: Daley Plaza, South Lawndale, Ukrainian Village, UIC East Campus
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The Amityville horror
(2005)
A family moves into a house where a murder was committed, and spirits drive them away.
Antioch: St. Peter’s Catholic Church, Village Pub; Buffalo Grove; Chicago; Fox Lake
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The breakfast club
(1985)
Five teens with nothing in common except Saturday detention open up to each other. Northbrook: Glenbrook North High School
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The break-up
(2006)
A couple breaks up, but neither wants to lose possession of the apartment.
Chicago: North Avenue Beach, Fireside Bowl on Fullerton, Riviera Theatre, Wrigley Field
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The color of money
(1986)
A mature pool hustler takes on a protégé.
Berwyn: Fitzgerald’s
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The fugitive
(1993)
A doctor accused of killing his wife must find the real murderer and elude a U.S. Marshal.
Chicago: Daley Plaza, Hilton Chicago, Dearborn at Washington, Wrigley Building
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The fugitive
(1993)
A doctor accused of killing his wife must find the real murderer and elude a U.S. Marshal.
Chicago: Daley Plaza, Hilton Chicago, Dearborn at Washington, Wrigley Building
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The Hudsucker proxy
(1994)
Clerk Norville Barnes is a dim bulb—just what Hudsucker Industries is looking for in a president.
Chicago: Merchandise Mart
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The hunter
(1980)
A bounty hunter becomes the prey of a vengeful psychopath in this true story.
Aroma Park; Bonfield; Chicago: Marina City; Joliet; Lamont; Manteno; Momence
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The lake house
(2006)
Two people exchange love letters by mail and discover that they are living two years apart.
Aurora; Chicago: The Green Mill, Navy Pier; McHenry; Oak Park; Palos Hills: Maple Lake; Riverside; Willow Springs
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The sting
(1973)
A 1930s con man seeking revenge for his murdered partner teams up with a master of the big con to win a fortune from a criminal banker.
Chicago: LaSalle Street Station, Penn Central Freight Yards, Union Station
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The untouchables
(1987)
Elliot Ness brings crime boss Al Capone to justice during the mob wars of the 1920s.
Chicago: Wrigleyville, Rookery, Board of Trade, Chicago Theatre, Auditorium, Blackstone Hotel, Cultural Center, Union Station
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The watcher
(2000)
A serial killer follows a burned out FBI agent who moves to another city.
Chicago, Oak Park
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The weather man
(2005)
A TV weather man’s career is looking up, but his personal life is spiraling out of control.
Chicago: Millennium Park; Evanston; Plainfield: archery range; Skokie: Old Orchard Mall
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Uncle Buck
(1989)
A bachelor and all round slob babysits his brother's rebellious teenage daughter and her cute younger brother and sister. Cicero: Windy City Bowling Alley; Evanston: 2604 Lincoln St., Northfield: New Trier West; Wilmette: Romona Elementary
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Unconditional love
(2002)
After her husband leaves her, a middle-aged woman travels to London for the funeral of the pop star. Chicago: 5660 W. Taylor St.
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