Movies Filmed in Chicago 1959 to 1989

You knew "The Blues Brothers" was filmed in Chicago, but would you have guessed Alfred Hitchcock's "North by Northwest" was too?

Check out the other surprises on this list, which is a run-down of the feature movies that were made in Chicago, all or in part, from 1959 to 1989.

Click here to see the List of Movies Made in Chicago from 1896 to 1931.

Click here to see the List of Movies Made in Chicago from 1990 to 2006.

Source: The City of Chicago's Film Office

1959
North by Northwest

1960
The Prime Time

1961
Raisin in the Sun
Tomboy and the Champ

1963
How the West was Won

1964
Goldstein

1965
Mickey One

1966
Nashville Rebel
Something Weird

1967
In the Heat of the Night
Fearless Frank
Country Western Hoedown
The Busy Body

1968
Bullitt
The Young Runaways

1969
Medium Cool
The Monitors
Gaily Gaily
Finney

1970
Prologue

1971
T.R. Baskin
Rocco Papaleo

1972
The Naked Ape
The Gore Gore Girls

1973
The Sting
Harry and Tonto
Uptown Saturday Night
Three the Hard Way
Tough Guys

1975
Cooley High
Mahogany
Brannigan

1976
Silverstreak
Looking for Mr. Goodbar
Monkey Hustle
Roller Coaster
Whisper the Sounds

1977
The Wedding
The Fury
Stony Island
A Piece of the Action
Damien-Omen II

1978
Dreamer
Promises in the Dark
Towing

1979
Somewhere in Time
My Bodyguard
The Blues Brothers
The Hunter
1941
Ordinary People
Roar

1980
Endless Love
Escape from New York City
Four Friends
Thief
The Psychotronic Man
On the Right Track
The Perfect Circle
The Music Box

1981
Pennies from Heaven
They Call Me Bruce

1982
Bad Boys
Risky Business
Dr. Detroit
National Lampoon's Vacation Class
Things are Tough All Over
I Was a Mail Order Bride
The Apprentice
Windy City

1983
Sixteen Candles
Streets of Fire
The Big Score
Come Around
The Naked Face
Heartbreaker
Here's Chicago
Sunny

1984
Touch & Go
Code of Silence
Savage Beliefs

1985
Lucas
Nothing in Common
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
About Last Night
Raw Deal
Running Scared
Wildcats
Death in California
Club Paradise
Datenight
Outtakes
The Car Thief
Red Dragon

1986
No Mercy
The Color of Money
Light of Day
Native Son
The Untouchables
She's Having a Baby
Rent-a-Cop
A Night in the Life of Jimmy Reardon
The Big Town
Goodbye Judy
The Messenger
Raw Deal

1987
Adventures in Babysitting
Vice Versa
Planes, Trains & Automobiles
Poltergeist III
Above the Law
Switching Channels
Red Heat
Midnight Run
Betrayed
Things Change
Afterlife with Father
Butterscotch and Chocolate
All Set Mr. Pootski
The Couch Trip

1988
When Harry Met Sally
War Zone
Child's Play
The Tender
Taxi Killer
Men Don't Leave
Next of Kin
Major League
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
Limit's Up

1989
The Package
Uncle Buck
Music Box
Opportunity Knocks
Flatliners
Victimless Crime
Miss Missouri
Cold Justice
Geronimo
War Zone
Shaking the Tree