Chicagoland's Most Iconic Movie Homes

call back all those ' 80s pic where some thankless puerile lives in an unbelievable mansion - esque estate ? Chances are practiced that house exists somewhere in the Chicago ' burbs . While a big part of this is thanks to our audacious chronicler John Hughes , plenty of other directors have seen Chicagoland as a staring sales booth - in for the platonic America of their pipe dream . While not every great Chicago movie menage is actually from around here ( it ’s heart - breaking that the Griswold home house fromChristmas Vacationwas build up on an LA lot ) , there are still plenty of beautiful and memorable movie homes sitting in our own backyard . Just be on the picket for the Wet Bandits .

Home Alonehouse

Address : 671 Lincoln Ave , WinnetkaThe all - fourth dimension king of Chicago movie homes was the fantasy residence of baby have a bun in the oven between 1980 and 1988 . If you were a kid whenHome Aloneswept the res publica in 1990 it ’s guaranteed you spend at least one Clarence Day set elaborated traps around your house for your parent , dog , or whoever was unlucky enough to try and practice the laundry room , all the time dreaming you were in the McCallister ’s amazing Georgian revival mansion . limn by John Hughes , as many of the home on list were , as the quintessential idyllic suburban residence , the 4,200sqft home was built in 1920 sold recently for just over $ 1.5 million . That ’s a lot of cheese pizza pie .

Samantha’s house fromSixteen Candles

name and address : 3022 Payne St , EvanstonAnother word-painting of suburban heaven courtesy of John Hughes . One of the many revival style home that popped up all over the N shoring before World War II ( the house was built in 1931 ) it swear out as the backdrop for Molly Ringwald ’s character Samantha as she struggles with her household during the lead up to her baby ’s wedding . The house is not only home to Samantha ’s huge third floor bedroom , the perfect ' 80 angsty teenager hideaway , but was also the setting for the films iconic final scenery , where Samantha and her jam Jake share their birthday cake osculation in front of the home ’s big picture window . Although the sign has been amplify since the cinematography , it still maintain the homely American charm that made it the ideal setting for Hughes ’ teenage musings .

Dr. Richard Kimble’s condo fromThe Fugitive

savoir-faire : 336 W. Wisconsin , ChicagoWhile most Chicago movie household have answer as the location of teenaged play and middle - American family hijinks , this Gold Coast home was used to slightly more sinister gist . The modernist nursing home of Harrison Ford ’s Dr. Richard Kimble found its style into the movie after Ford had dinner with the base ’s owner , Polish doctor Norbert Gleicher , and fall in dear with the house . It was the situation of the slaying that sets off the movie when the”one - armed serviceman ” kills Kimble ’s wife . The sign of the zodiac is one of the most singular in the urban center , with a loft inspired design that keeps it open and airy despite its four floors and 6,000sqft sizing . Despite how sensational it is , it has been on and off the market place for twelvemonth , but it is once again for sale for a coolheaded $ 3.5 million .

Groundhog Daybed & breakfast

Address : 334 Fremont St , WoodstockAlthough the famous woodchuck fete takes place in Punxsutawney every year , Harold Ramis choose Woodstock , Illinois as a rack in for the rural Pennsylvania town because of its more , permit ’s say “ presentable ” appearing . call in the Cherry Street Inn in the pic this classic Victorian home epitomize the pocket-sized town charms of the simulated Punxsutawney where Bill Murray finds himself repeat the same day over and over . It ’s honestly a little hard to sympathize how Murray ’s Phil Connors lead so long to return in love life with the townspeople after staying in this beautiful historic building . The sign was a private residence at the meter of cinematography but the possessor finally took inspiration from the film and converted the eight - sleeping room construction into a bottom and breakfast which it is still operating as today .

Cameron Frye’s house inFerris Bueller’s Day Off

Address : 370 Beech St , Highland ParkIn 30 year since it ’s releaseFerris Bueller ’s Day Offhas slowly grown in stature to become the quintessential Chicago movie . That ’s not an accident as John Hughes deliberately used the joy - ride nature of the news report to capture the feel and spirit of the city . Despite many memorable locations , like the sojourn to the Art Institute , the one people usually remember best is Cameron ’s drinking glass garage where he scrap his Padre ’s prized Ferrari . The building is not just a service department but a “ pavilion ” with a chamber and kitchen , separate from the main house . Both social structure use a similar minimalist pattern to emphasize the beauty of the wooded spate in Highland Park . The business firm itself dates back to 1953 and was designed by A. James Speyer , a student of Chicago modernist scion Mies van der Rohe , and the marquee was add in 1974 by a educatee of his . Quite the architectural legacy . Say what you will about Cameron ’s dada , the man has good mouthful .

Risky Businesshouse

Address : 1258 Linden St , Highland ParkEven in his more misanthropic instant John Hughes usually painted his North Shore preferences in an fond light . Paul Brickman did not go this route forRisky Business , which instead digs into the darker underside of American materialism and ambition . The perfect Highland Park habitation used for the movie finally descend into putrefaction as Joel Goodson transforms it into a house of ill repute to pay back the destruction of his sire ’s Porsche ( what was it with ' eighty dads and classic gondola ? ) . Joel ’s fall into a shameless businessman to fix his parents ' double-dyed possessions in a not - so - insidious dig at the morals of affluent suburbia in Reagan ’s America . The menage itself postulate center stage in the terminal scenes as Joel races to fill again it with the steal article of furniture . While the other homes on this list were ordinarily put forward as an nonesuch , this one was used as a potent admonisher of what often dwell behind pleasant facades .

Page residence fromPlanes, Trains and Automobiles

Address : 230 Oxford Rd , KenilworthUnlike many other star sign on this lean the Page residence inPlanes , Trains and Automobilesis rarely seen , primarily in sideways flashbulb to the family that is waiting for Steve Martin to finally make it home . But in that sense it is used possibly more effectively , and deliberately , than anything else on this inclination . The Chicago North Shore was the ' 80s idea of a utopia , the complete life history that Neal Page has and John Candy ’s Del Griffith on the QT wishes he did . The red brick Georgian house itself is as strain - photo perfect as you may find and could digest in for any wealthy suburb in America . The affection for the fiber lead to the menage itself , a warm inviting hideaway that make you understand why someone would fight so laborious to get back . Not a bad post to expend the holidays .

The family house inOrdinary People

name and address : 1199 Lincoln Avenue S , Highland ParkRobert Redford ’s good picture achiever is complex meditation on a family falling apart with a suburban Chicago backcloth . relinquish in 1979 the movie was one of the first to limn the Chicago suburbs as the picturesque banner of American living . While the household inRisky Businesshid some fishy dealings the one inOrdinary Peopleshows how the furnishing of a ostensibly perfect biography wo n’t help to hold a family together after tragedy . In particular Mary Tyler Moore ’s Beth Jarrett shows that the outward stability projected by flush families can often be a veneer for real suffering , to the stage where they are unable to handle any disruption in the dream spirit they have progress . Their large , beautiful , but quite empty planetary house an fantabulous symbol of the occasional price of living the American dream .

Wedding reception mansion fromMy Best Friend’s Wedding

Address : 1350 N. Milwaukee Ave , Vernon HillsPoor Julia Roberts , in the end she ( SPOLIERS ! ) does n’t get the guy and must instead return to her job as a food critic in New York , which must be very difficult for her . fortunately she gets to savor a hymeneals response at the beautiful Cuneo Mansion and Gardens in Vernon Hills . The house itself looks so out of stead you would n’t be blamed for thinking it was n’t filmed in Chicago . That ’s because the historic sign of the zodiac was built in the Italianate style for Samuel Insull , an original founder of General Electric , during a time when hoi polloi did n’t mind plopping down a Mediterranean mansion in the middle of Lake County . Still it hard to refuse that it is a beautiful building and the ideal setting for a plushy wedding . If you are interested in take on a looking inwardly keep an eye out , the house was donated to Loyola University in 2009 along with its extensive historic art collection , and they occasionally afford it up for ego - guided hitch .

Gangster John Rooney’s home inRoad to Perdition

destination : 225 Greenwood St , EvanstonIf Sam Mendes ’ 2002 crime play tells you one affair about Chicago in the ' twenty , it ’s that the city ’s criminals had a middling perfumed lifetime . Especially so for Irish mob boss John Rooney who gets to live it up in the statuesque Charles Dawes house while his Logos goes around murdering everyone in deal . The Dawes business firm was built during the height of French architecture craze in the late nineteenth century , which animate many of the most famous mansions of multitude like the Vanderbilts , and is key out for former Vice President and Nobel Peace Prize winner Charles G. Dawes , its owner for almost 50 geezerhood . It ’s designer , H. Edwards Ficken , gave the more humble Dawes house a more alone countryfied vibe and the Evanston gem went on to become a national historic landmark in 1976 . Since 1960 it has been home to the Evanston History Center , which offers guided tours .

The Callaghan family house fromWhile You Were Sleeping

Address : 203 Eighth Ave , La GrangeWho would n’t want to be part of a family with Bill Pullman and Peter Gallagher ? Who would ever believe Sandra Bullock would be dispiritedly lonely and work for the frickin ’ CTA ? These are just some of the questions proposed in this ' 90 read-only storage - com , but it is hard to refuse the appeal of both Bullock and and the Callaghan family , and it is concentrated to deny they have a jolly skillful household . Once again suburban Chicago steps in as the billet where every lonesome , beautiful slate taker or tollbooth attendant would dream of settling down . Although the house is not quite as impressive as some of the other homes here , which is not to say it is n’t its own footling picture of suburban cloud nine , this meter it also comes with the sodding family living within . Who would n’t pretend to be the fiancé of a unknown in a coma to get a piece of that ?

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Cameron Frye and Ferris Bueller