Rankings by Metro / Chicago
The Screen of Chicago
United States · #4 by film pedigree · 80 notable figures · 14 canon films set here
Metro rank
#4
Screen score
1025.5
People
181
Films set here
14
What Chicago is known for
Box office 27%Prestige 21%Audience 52%
Chicago skews toward audience.
Canon films set here, by decade
4
'30
1
'40
2
'50
3
'70
2
'80
2
'00
From Chicago
- 1Orson Welles49.15
- 2Harrison Ford38.16
- 3Robert Zemeckis33.79
- 4Preston Sturges28.52
- 5Charlton Heston25.71
- 6Jason Robards21.82
- 7William Friedkin21.71
- 8Mark Ruffalo20.97
- 9Carl Foreman20.3
- 10Bill Murray20.17
- 11Bob Fosse18.69
- 12Karl Malden18.37
- 13Waldo Salt16.85
- 14William Goldman16.44
- 15Norman Taurog16.4
- 16John G. Avildsen16.28
- 17Ring Lardner Jr.15.01
- 18Gloria Swanson14.78
- 19Philip Yordan13.41
- 20Don Ameche12.49
- 21Mercedes McCambridge12.15
- 22Frederic Raphael11.46
- 23Robert Lord11.37
- 24Richard L. Breen11.07
- 25Robert Z. Leonard10.96
+55 more
Set in Chicago
- Some Like It Hot 1959#41
- The Dark Knight 2008#93
- Halloween 1978#95
- His Girl Friday 1940#192
- Scarface 1932#207
- The Asphalt Jungle 1950#214
- The Public Enemy 1931#221
- Days of Heaven 1978#262
- The Sting 1973#291
- I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang 1932#347
- The Breakfast Club 1985#373
- The Incredibles 2004#390
- Ferris Bueller's Day Off 1986#475
- Little Caesar 1931#480
Canon films by Chicago filmmakers
- Citizen Kane 1941 · Orson Welles#2
- The Exorcist 1973 · William Friedkin#44
- Back to the Future 1985 · Robert Zemeckis#83
- Rocky 1976 · John G. Avildsen#94
- Forrest Gump 1994 · Robert Zemeckis#100
- Touch of Evil 1958 · Orson Welles#115
- The French Connection 1971 · William Friedkin#131
- Pinocchio 1940 · Hamilton Luske#165
- Invasion of the Body Snatchers 1956 · Don Siegel#168
- Steamboat Willie 1928 · Walt Disney#204
- Dirty Harry 1971 · Don Siegel#211
- Cabaret 1972 · Bob Fosse#218
- Meet Me in St. Louis 1944 · Vincente Minnelli#242
- Heat 1995 · Michael Mann#295
- Who Framed Roger Rabbit 1988 · Robert Zemeckis#305
- Groundhog Day 1993 · Harold Ramis#306
- Aladdin 1992 · John Musker#350
- National Lampoon's Animal House 1978 · John Landis#374
- The Great Escape 1963 · John Sturges#391
- An American in Paris 1951 · Vincente Minnelli#393
- The Magnificent Ambersons 1942 · Orson Welles#412
- Chimes at Midnight 1965 · Orson Welles#415
- The Lady Eve 1941 · Preston Sturges#427
- Sullivan's Travels 1941 · Preston Sturges#477
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