Are there as many memorable films in Chicago as in New York or Los Angeles? Maybe not, but maybe. Let’s delve into the 25 best movies at least partially set in Chicago to figure that out.

All this recent talk of tariffs has sparked fresh interest in an iconic scene from a great John Hughes film set in 1980s Chicago. The film is “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off,” a 1986 coming-of-age comedy ...