From Jennifer Roche,
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Does Hollywood think that "Second City" means we like to make sequels? You might think so based on all the sequels on this list. Check out some of the more unfortunate ones among feature movies that were made in Chicago, all or in part, from 1990 to 2006.

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 1959 to 1989.

Source: The City of Chicago's Film Office

1990
Home Alone
Child's Play II
Backdraft
Only the Lonely
V.I. Warshawski
Curly Sue
Critical Action
Heaven is a Playground
Bix Biederbecke
Pastime
Johnny Ryan

1991
Folks
Prelude to a Kiss
Gladiators
Curly Sue
The Babe
Straight Talk
Mo' Money
Mad Dog & Glory
A League of their Own
Hero
Public Eye
Watch It
Candy Man
Wayne's World
Rapid Fire
Dutch
Stand-Up
Just a Matter of Time
How U Like Me Now
An American Love

1992
Home Alone 2
Hoffa
Groundhog Day
Meet the Parents
Rookie of the Year
Dennis the Menace
Judgement Night
Rudy
Sleepless in Seattle
Captain Ron
A Man of Respect

1993
The Fugitive
With Honors
Blink
The Hudsucker Proxy
My Life
Blankman
Natural Born Killers
Blue Chips
I Love Trouble
Baby's Day Out

1994
Miracle on 34th Street
Losing Isaiah
Stuart Saves his Family
Richie Rich
While you were Sleeping
Men of War
Dear St. Anthony
Objects
Rhapsody
The Best Short Feature Ever Made
Strawberry Fields
The Prodigy
Lady Mary
Joust

1995
Primal Fear
Reasons
Conflicts of Interest
A Family Thing
Freak Occurrences
Doormen of America
The American Way
Dead Air
The Vagrant
Spaceman
Daphnebird
Girlfriends
The Relic
Shiva's Rain
The Commission
Comedy Shorts
Heaven's Breath
Space Jam
Paradise Lost

1996
Chain Reaction
My Name is James
Spaceman
Err on the Side of Caution
Love Jones
Michael
The Chamber
A Day in the Country
My Best Friend’s Wedding
The Blank Page
Hoodlum
Butch Camp
Sketches
Three Days
Reach the Rock
The Jackal
The Book of Swords
Weird Karma
Soul Food
Do You Wanna Dance?
Cold Night Into Dawn
A Kick Inside
Eating LA
35 Miles from Normal
You Gotta See This
Home Alone III

1997
Chicago Cab
A Lover for My Husband
US Marshals
Mercury Rising
Kissing a Fool
Night of the Running Boys
Oak Street Beach
Sacrifices
Casting Judgement
Temporary Girl
On Becoming Blonde
March in the Windy City
Blues Brothers 2000
The Negotiator
Payback Tom & Jerry
Young Americans
Apples and Oranges
I Do
Junk
Kitchen Erotica
Pardesi
Don't Flush
Superman Lives
He Got Game
Hope Floats
The Call
Down in the Delta
Deep End of the Ocean
Return of the Life

1998
The Sphinx File
Private Dick
Pushing Tin
Desperation Boulevard
Blessings from the Food Court
Merlot
The High Line
Under the Bus
Lamb
Two Rivers
Marilyn
Goodbye Spaceship Al
Postmortem
Three to Tango
Message in a Bottle
Fool's Gold Two Brothers in a Dope Car
Time Served
Idea Men
Serious Business
My Father’s Shoes
Following Paula
Aftermath
Never Been Kissed
Stir of Echoes
Whiteboyz
Love and Action in Chicago
Light it Up
Resurrection
Notes From the Field
Betaville
Lawrence Melm

1999
Light it Up
Just Visiting
High Fidelity
Return to Me
One Week
Kwik Stop
Under the Bus
Adrift in the Heartland
All The Rage
Dreamers
Life Sentence
Smile
Madison Tricks
No Tomorrow
Rocky & Bullwinkle
Soul Survivors
Unconditional Love
The Watcher
Bruised Orange
Brothers 2
Save the Last Dance
Lana's Rain
Two Weeks, One Year
Dilemma

2000
Unconditional Love
Save the Last Dance
Israel in Exile
Bounce
Harbored Thoughts
Novacaine
What Women Want
Imagine This
Bound & Gagged
Love Relations
Save me a Seat (Liar’s Club)
Short Hairs
Danny's Wish
The Rest of your Life
Hardball
Driven
Present Perfect
Life Sentence
Tenfold
Vanilla City
Design
Dreamcatcher
Stray Dogs
John Hughes Untitled Spring Project
John Q
Constructing Mulligan Stew
Experiment Me
Mr. Id
Dragonfly
One Week

2001
Ali
Road to Peridtion
Ocean's 11
Dragonfly
Design
On the Line
Stolen Summer

2002
Barbershop
Uncle Nino
The Company
Spider-Man II
Surviving Christmas

2003
Wicker Park
Cheaper by the Dozen
Barbershop 2 - Back in Business
Mr. 3000
Shall We Dance
I-Robot

2004
The Weather Man
Ocean's 12
Roll Bounce
Batman Begins
Amityville Horror
Christmas with the Kranks
Proof
Derailed

2005
The Lake House
Drunk Boat
Stranger than Fiction
The Break-Up

2006