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Apr 6, 2023 · From Twister to Meet Me in St. Louis, these movies perfectly capture what it means to live in the Midwest.
Nov 19, 2021 · Corn: 15 Quintessentially Midwestern Movies to Watch After Fargo. Charlie Berens Recommends Heartland Classics, from Purple Rain to Planes, Trains and Automobiles. By Charlie Berens. November 19, 2021. Need a crash course in Midwest life for an upcoming trip to Dubuque, or perhaps you’re a native feeling a little homesick?
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- Fargo (1996) When it comes to quirky black comedy movies set in the region, the Coen Brothers’ 1996 crime film, Fargo, is in a league of its own. With action, drama, and murder happening in states like Minnesota and North Dakota, this Academy Award-winning film has the Midwest stamped all over it, even when you discount Frances McDormand, William H. Macy’s, and other iconic characters with their wild accents.
- Grumpy Old Men (1993) Set in the southern Minnesota town of Wabasha, Grumpy OId Men follows feuding next-door neighbors John Gustafson (Jack Lemmon) and Max Goldman (Walter Matthau) as they try to coexist in the “Land of 10,000 Lakes,” a feat that’s easier said than done.
- Planes, Trains And Automobiles (1987) One of John Candy’s best movies, as well as an all-time great Steve Martin comedy, Planes, Trains and Automobiles enlists not one but many Midwestern cities for its story of road trip misadventure.
- Hoosiers (1986) While Texas holds its down when it comes to great football movies, Indiana does the same when it comes to some of the best basketball films.
- Fargo (1996) This snow-covered neo-noir by Joel and Ethan Coen is not only a significant portrait of North Dakota and the Midwest, but of the duality of American life: the contrast between small-town politeness and cut-throat greed, all set in a vast and uncaring landscape.
- Gummo (1997) If Ferris Bueller's Day Off and A Christmas Story represent suburban nostalgia and cozy consumerism in the Midwest, Harmony Korine's polarizing debut Gummo is a vaudevillian fever dream starring its most marginalized inhabitants.
- A Christmas Story (1983) Like the majority of the United States, the American Heartland is predominantly Christian, and few seasons are celebrated with as much zeal as the month leading up to Christmas.
- Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986) John Hughes was a filmmaker keenly attuned to the culture and concerns of the Illinois youth - and while The Breakfast Club (1985) may be his best depiction of their frustrations, Ferris Bueller's Day Off gives these frustrations a playful catharsis.
Oct 16, 2019 · October 16, 2019. By Nate Williams. Comingsoon.net is headed to the rust belt to figure out the very best examples of Midwestern movies. Check out our picks in the gallery below! It’d be...
An intense look at the lives of the strong-willed daughters of the Weston family, whose paths have diverged until a family crisis brings them back to the Midwest house they grew up in, and to the dysfunctional mother who raised them.
Oct 13, 2023 · In honor of Midwest backdrops in films, here are 10 movies that perfectly encompass the Midwest aesthetic. Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (1986) - Chicago
