Here we've displayed a list of the best Midwest films : The Best Years of Our Lives(1946), The Straight Story(1999), A Christmas Story(1983), Come Back, Little Sheba(1952), Terms of Endearment(1983), Eternity: The Movie(2014), In the Company of Men(1997), Black Legion(1937), The Big One(1997), Alice Adams(1935), Andy Hardy's Private Secretary(1941), The Unsaid(2001) ... ...
8.0/10
Drama
USA
1946
172 Minutes
Fredric March Myrna Loy Dana Andrews Teresa Wright Virginia Mayo Harold Russell Hoagy Carmichael Gladys George Steve Cochran
veteran wife amputee banker fiancée daughter powerful somber fascinating profound small town midwest family home war disillusionment world war ii love sacrifice discovery transformation
Three World War II veterans return home to small-town America to discover that they and their families have been irreparably changed.
8.0/10
Drama
France|UK|USA
1999
111 Minutes
Richard Farnsworth Sissy Spacek Jane Galloway Heitz Everett McGill Jennifer Edwards-Hughes Barbara Robertson John Farley John Lordan Harry Dean Stanton
old man brother farmer widower calm touching emotional heartwarming positive midwest countryside aging siblings reconciliation adventure discovery underdog 1990s
An old man makes a long journey by lawnmower to mend his relationship with an ill brother.
7.9/10
Comedy, Kids & Family, Other
USA|Canada
1983
93 Minutes
Peter Billingsley Darren McGavin Melinda Dillon Ian Petrella Scott Schwartz R. D. Robb Tedde Moore Yano Anaya Zack Ward
son father mother brother bully amusing charming heartwarming playful midwest city hammond, ind. christmas wishes family growing up quest 1940s
In the 1940s, a young boy named Ralphie attempts to convince his parents, his teacher and Santa that a Red Ryder BB gun really is the perfect Christmas gift.
7.5/10
Drama
USA
1952
99 Minutes
Burt Lancaster Shirley Booth Terry Moore Richard Jaeckel Philip Ober Lisa Golm Walter Kelley
husband wife college student dark emotional family home suburbia midwest marriage alcoholism love mother/child relationship forbidden love transformation 1950s
An emotionally remote recovering alcoholic and his dowdy, unambitious wife face a personal crisis when they take in an attractive lodger.
7.4/10
Drama, Comedy
USA
1983
132 Minutes
Shirley MacLaine Debra Winger Jack Nicholson Jeff Daniels Danny DeVito John Lithgow Betty King Lisa Hart Carroll Huckleberry Fox Troy Bishop
mother daughter professor astronaut touching emotional sad small town midwest family home family romance cancer mother/daughter relationship love growing up 1980s
Follows hard-to-please Aurora looking for love, and her daughter's family problems.
7.3/10
Comedy
USA
2014
88 Minutes
Barrett Crake Myko Olivier Eric Roberts Martin Kove Jon Gries Nikki Leonti Tamzin Brown Donna Ruko
songwriter musician artist friend witty amusing brash charming united states midwest music friendship success 1980s growing up adventure growing up love pursuit 20th century
Todd Lucas is a naive songwriter from the Midwest. BJ Fairchild is a brash saxophonist from The Valley. Alone, they are pathetic losers. Together, they form the most mediocre R&B duo of the 1980s - Eternity.
7.2/10
Drama
Canada|USA
1997
95 Minutes
Aaron Eckhart Stacy Edwards Matt Malloy Mark Rector Jason Dixie Emily Cline
deaf person executive misogynist brutal raw witty crafty office midwest hotel heartbreak evil love triangle emotional abuse manipulation fall revenge rivalry 1990s
Two business executives--one an avowed misogynist, the other recently emotionally wounded by his love interest--set out to exact revenge on the female gender by seeking out the most innocent, uncorrupted girl they can find and ruining her life.
7.0/10
Crime, Drama
USA
1937
83 Minutes
Humphrey Bogart Dick Foran Erin O'Brien-Moore Ann Sheridan Robert Barrat Helen Flint Joe Sawyer Addison Richards Eddie Acuff Clifford Soubier Paul Harvey
factory director immigrant wife best friend factory worker disturbing disheartening intense midwest factory hate group xenophobia immigration lynching secret plans fall wretched excess revenge 1930s
A hard-working machinist loses a promotion to a Polish-born worker, he's seduced into joining the secretive Black Legion, which intimidates foreigners through violence.
7.0/10
Documentary
USA|UK
1997
96 Minutes
michael moore ceo musician author union organizer brash crafty rousing bookstore midwest office parking lot shopping mall united states corporate greed working class interview labor politics unemployment
On his book tour, Michael Moore exposes more wrongdoing by greedy big businesses and callous politicians around America.
6.9/10
Comedy, Drama
USA
1935
99 Minutes
Katharine Hepburn Fred MacMurray Fred Stone Evelyn Venable Frank Albertson Ann Shoemaker Charley Grapewin Grady Sutton Hedda Hopper Jonathan Hale Hattie McDaniel
daughter mother father wealthy man amusing emotional spirited small town household midwest aspirations social standing class distinctions romance dining love quest 1930s
A working-class girl is thwarted and embarrassed in her attempts to move up socially by her gauche family and unstable father.
6.8/10
Comedy
USA
1941
101 Minutes
Lewis Stone Mickey Rooney Kathryn Grayson Fay Holden Ann Rutherford Sara Haden Ian Hunter Gene Reynolds
teen boy girlfriend secretary mother father lighthearted witty high school family home small town midwest may-december romance first love graduation final exams teen angst love quest growing up 1940s
Andy Hardy is about to graduate from high school and thinks he's pretty big stuff, so he hires a secretary, Kathryn Land. Kathryn and Polly Benedict, Andy's girlfriend, help him pass his ... See full summary »
6.7/10
Mystery & Thriller
Canada|USA
2001
109 Minutes
Andy Garcia Vincent Kartheiser Linda Cardellini Trevor Blumas Teri Polo Sam Bottoms Dena Lang Brendan Fletcher
psychiatrist son teen boy social worker student father disturbing gripping uneasy emotional midwest household psychiatrist's office school family dysfunction family secrets suicide abuse psychiatry grief
A seemingly-untroubled adolescent carries disturbing secrets that compel a psychiatrist to unearth the patient's gruesome past.
6.7/10
Crime, Drama
USA
1952
85 Minutes
William Holden Edmond O'Brien Alexis Smith Tom Tully Ed Begley Dan Dayton Adele Longmire Ray Teal Ted de Corsia Don Porter Howard Freeman
prosecutor police officer mobster journalist father girlfriend brooding crafty emotional tense midwest courtroom house police station corruption love triangle investigation trial spying organized crime
Jerry McKibbon is a tough, no nonsense reporter, mentoring special prosecutor John Conroy in routing out corrupt officials in the city, which may even include Conroy's own police detective father as a suspect.
6.7/10
Adventure, Drama
USA
1975
107 Minutes
Robert Redford Bo Svenson Bo Brundin Susan Sarandon Geoffrey Lewis Edward Herrmann Philip Bruns Roderick Cook Kelly Jean Peters Margot Kidder Scott Newman
pilot celebrity friend filmmaker inspiring lighthearted midwest airplane hollywood, calif. air force show business aviation rivalry daunting task fame adventure pursuit rise 1930s
After WW1, an ex-pilot takes up barn-storming and chance-meets a former German ace fighter pilot with whom he co-stars in Hollywood war movies depicting aerial dog-fights.
6.7/10
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1937
99 Minutes
Robert Taylor Barbara Stanwyck Victor McLaglen Brian Donlevy John Carradine Douglas Fowley
naval officer gangster singer william mckinley theodore roosevelt suspenseful melodramatic white house baltimore jail midwest bank working undercover false accusations deception heist assassination romance underdog quest
Navy Lt. Richard Perry becomes an undercover man out to discover the leaders of a group of well connected men who pull off bank robberies during the McKinley administration (early 20th ... See full summary »
6.6/10
Comedy
USA
1942
101 Minutes
Henry Fonda Olivia de Havilland Jack Carson Joan Leslie Herb Anderson Don DeFore Hattie McDaniel Eugene Pallette
professor dean student wife ex-boyfriend trustee uplifting emotional family home university midwest free speech censorship love triangle education career rivalry transformation 1940s
It's Homecoming weekend at Midwestern University, the weekend which will culminate with the big game between Midwestern and Michigan. Homecoming marks the return for the first time in six ... See full summary »
6.6/10
Drama
USA
1984
107 Minutes
Kevin Bacon Lori Singer John Lithgow Dianne Wiest Chris Penn Sarah Jessica Parker John Laughlin Elizabeth Gorcey Frances Lee McCain Brian Wimmer
newcomer best friend girlfriend student reverend mother inspiring spirited midwest small town high school household city hall church dance rock 'n' roll teenage rebellion repression prom underdog
A city teenager moves to a small town where rock music and dancing have been banned, and his rebellious spirit shakes up the populace.
6.6/10
Drama
USA
1999
79 Minutes
Michael Hayden Sally Murphy Tony Mockus Chelcie Ross Bernadette O'Malley Adam Tanguay Oksana Fedunyszyn Tim Decker
father grandfather husband wife sniper bleak chilling disturbing intense small town midwest video store family home water tower emotional abuse insanity mass murder failed marriage dead-end jobs nervous breakdown
Billy Starkman is a seemingly ordinary man living in a small Midwestern town who one day wakes up, murders his family, climbs a rural water tower with a high-powered hunting rifle and ... See full summary »
6.6/10
Musical, Comedy
USA
1933
92 Minutes
Eddie Cantor Ruth Etting Gloria Stuart Edward Arnold David Manners Verree Teasdale Alan Mowbray John Rutherford Willard Robertson Lee Kohlmar
deliveryman servant slave emperor roman love interest madcap lighthearted witty emotional midwest rome small town corruption dreams class conflict politics small-town life adventure escape
A kind-hearted young man is thrown out of his corrupt home town of West Rome, Oklahoma. He falls asleep and dreams that he is back in the days of olden Rome, where he gets mixed up with court intrigue and a murder plot against the Emperor.
6.5/10
Drama
USA
1997
74 Minutes
Michael Saucedo Tom DeCerchio Justin Urich Travis Sher Milo Ventimiglia Vincent D'Onofrio Miles Perlich Eileen Brennan Harry Walters Jr.
gay man young man teen boy police officer father suburbanite creative gutsy emotional city midwest family home dining room iowa nightclub homosexuality homophobia coming of age family ties fitting in
Compilation of four short films about homoerotic situations involving young men. Tom DeCerchio directed "Nunzio's Second Cousin", telling the story of a gay cop who forces a gay-basher to ... See full summary »
6.5/10
Drama
USA
2008
98 Minutes
Julia Roberts Ryan Reynolds Willem Dafoe Emily Watson Carrie-Anne Moss Ioan Gruffudd Hayden Panettiere Cayden Boyd Shannon Lucio George Newbern Chase Ellison
professor novelist husband wife son daughter emotional disheartening moving midwest college town family home mourning loss family death of mother emotional abuse secrets love growing up
The Taylor family is devastated by an accident that takes place on the day their matriarch is due to graduate from college -- decades after leaving to raise her children.
6.5/10
Drama
USA
2005
73 Minutes
Laurie Lee Dustin James Ashley Omar Cowan Misty Dawn Wilkins Debbie Doebereiner K. Smith
young man middle-aged woman coworker love interest single mother ex-boyfriend calm emotional intricate small town midwest factory apartment police station friendship small-town life love triangle investigation murder jealousy
Set against the backdrop of a decaying Midwestern town, a murder becomes the focal point of three people who work in a doll factory.
6.1/10
Musical, Comedy
USA
1953
73 Minutes
Debbie Reynolds Bobby Van Hans Conried Lurene Tuttle Bob Fosse Barbara Ruick Hanley Stafford Charles Lane Archer MacDonald Kathleen Freeman Almira Sessions
student girlfriend roommate love interest father professor charming amusing heartwarming madcap university midwest new york city college young love disapproval long-distance relationship dance plagiarism love
Grainbelt University has one attraction for Dobie Gillis - women, especially Pansy Hammer. Pansy's father, even though and maybe because she says she's in dreamville, does not share her ... See full summary »
6.0/10
Comedy
USA
1958
80 Minutes
Mickey Rooney Patricia Breslin Fay Holden Cecilia Parker Sara Haden Joey Forman Jerry Colonna Vaughn Taylor Frank Ferguson Teddy Rooney
attorney wife son mother sister businessman cheery amusing small town midwest homecoming corruption reputation family business helping others rivalry quest 1950s
Andy Hardy, now a grown man with a wife and children, returns to his hometown on a business trip and finds himself getting mixed up in local politics.
6.0/10
Musical, Comedy
USA
1948
92 Minutes
bandleader flapper husband wife manager musician emotional lighthearted uplifting illinois midwest theater concert hall small town chicago rags to riches music city vs. country fame marriage
1920's bandleader Chuck Arnold meets hometown girl Peggy at one of the band's dances and next day weds her. Though she loves him, life on the road becomes increasingly difficult for her, ... See full summary »
5.7/10
Drama
USA
1988
108 Minutes
Richard Gere Kevin Anderson John Malkovich Brian Dennehy Jason Campbell Austin Bamgarner Larry Poling Terry Kinney Penelope Ann Miller Helen Hunt Moira Harris
farmer brother bank robber renegade gutsy passionate bleak farm midwest farming debt anger retribution vigilantism quest revenge sacrifice 1980s
Two brothers who are forced off their farm in the debt stricken mid-west become folk heroes when they begin robbing the banks that have been foreclosing on farmers.
5.6/10
Horror, Mystery & Thriller, Drama
USA|Switzerland
2015
94 Minutes
Arnold Schwarzenegger Abigail Breslin Joely Richardson Douglas M. Griffin J.D. Evermore Rachel Whitman Groves Jodie Moore Bryce Romero Raeden Greer Aiden Flowers Carsen Flowers
farmer daughter father gory emotional midwest virus transformation metamorphosis
A teenage girl in the Midwest becomes infected by an outbreak of a disease that slowly turns the infected into cannibalistic zombies. During her transformation, her loving father stays by her side.
4.9/10
Sports & Fitness, Drama
USA
1995
90 Minutes
Phillip Rhee Gina Gershon Christopher McDonald Anzu Lawson R. Lee Ermey Dee Wallace Michael Bailey Smith Barbara Boyd
martial artist sheriff sister schoolteacher white supremacist mother raw positive midwest small town family home sheriff's office school countryside siblings small-town life racism martial arts retribution revenge
A martial arts instructor comes to the defense of a schoolteacher who has taken a stand against a local white supremacist organization.
4.9/10
Comedy
Canada|USA
1989
89 Minutes
John Travolta Arye Gross Kelly Preston Deborah Foreman James Keach Charles Martin Smith Jan Rubes Brian Doyle Murray Mimi Maynard Eve Brent Rick Ducommun
american russian kgb agent hipster hero villain hilarious playful outlandish lighthearted united states town secret location russia nebraska midwest nightclub training culture america
Two NYC guys get jobs starting a nightclub in Smalltown, USA. They don't know it's a spy training model town in USSR .
Comedy, Drama
1937
80 Minutes
Pat O'Brien Henry Fonda Margaret Lindsay Stuart Erwin J. Farrell MacDonald Dick Purcell Joe Sawyer Craig Reynolds John Litel Harland Tucker Joe King
farmhand electrician nurse crew member boss emotional melodramatic countryside midwest chicago construction site love triangle dangerous assignment ambition employment adventure transformation 1930s
A high-voltage lineman's (Pat O'Brien) farm-boy student (Henry Fonda) becomes his rival for a girl (Margaret Lindsay).
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