Films shot in Iowa

The Straight Story

Film Age rating: 3 Year: 1999 IMDB Rating: 8

A retired farmer and widower in his 70s, Alvin Straight learns one day that his distant brother Lyle has suffered a stroke and may not recover. Alvin is determined to make things right with Lyle while...

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The Bridges of Madison County

Film Age rating: 10 Year: 1995 IMDB Rating: 7.6

Photographer Robert Kincaid wanders into the life of housewife Francesca Johnson for four days in the 1960s.

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Prison Terminal: The Last Days of Private Jack Hall

Film Age rating: n/a Year: 2014 IMDB Rating: 7.5

The final months in the life of a terminally ill prisoner and the hospice volunteers, they themselves prisoners, who care for him in one of America's oldest maximum security prisons.

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Saving Brinton

Film Age rating: n/a Year: 2018 IMDB Rating: 7.5

In rural Iowa, a beloved history teacher uncovers the century-old showreels of one of America's first motion picture impresarios and sets out to premiere the films at a historic local opera house.

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Field of Dreams

Film Age rating: 6 Year: 1989 IMDB Rating: 7.5

Ray Kinsella is an Iowa farmer who hears a mysterious voice telling him to turn his cornfield into a baseball diamond. He does, but the voice's directions don't stop -- even after the spirits of decea...

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Noises Off...

Film Age rating: 9 Year: 1992 IMDB Rating: 7.4

Hired to helm an Americanized take on a British play, director Lloyd Fellowes does his best to control an eccentric group of stage actors. With a star actress quickly passing her prime, a male lead wi...

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Election

Film Age rating: 14 Year: 1999 IMDB Rating: 7.3

Tracy Flick is running unopposed for this year’s high school student election. But Jim McAllister has a different plan. Partly to establish a more democratic election, and partly to satisfy some deep...

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Bully

Film Age rating: 11 Year: 2011 IMDB Rating: 7.3

This year, over 5 million American kids will be bullied at school, online, on the bus, at home, through their cell phones and on the streets of their towns, making it the most common form of violence...

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Sugar

Film Age rating: 10 Year: 2008 IMDB Rating: 7.2

Like many young men in the Dominican Republic, 19-year-old Miguel "Sugar" Santos dreams of winning a slot on an American baseball team. Indeed, his talents as a pitcher eventually land him a slot on a...

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