# Greatest Chicago-based movies of all time **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 7, 2008, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-chicago-based-movies-of-all-time/436685 "2008-02-07T16:35:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Equipoise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/equipoise/32/151_2.png) [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2008, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-chicago-based-movies-of-all-time/436685/61 "2008-02-10T03:26:30Z")
Oooh, the rest are there too. Search Cupid Pilot on YouTube. I am so grinning right now. [/hijack] ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2008, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-chicago-based-movies-of-all-time/436685/62 "2008-02-10T04:02:30Z")
[QUOTE=Equipoise] _pines for **Due South** _ Man I loved that show. Another short-lived but wonderful Chicago TV show was **Cupid**. _pines for Cupid too_ (ooh, edit because I just found a clip of [Cupid](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=skH6xYVfhPc) on YouTube!) _off to look for more Cupid clips_ [/QUOTE] If we’re going to talk TV, nothing can touch _The Bob Newhart Show._ ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2008, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-chicago-based-movies-of-all-time/436685/63 "2008-02-10T04:34:05Z")
[QUOTE=the raindog] \* Less good?\* **Ordinary People** was _fantastic_ movie, and iirc, won best picture. [/QUOTE] Of all the overrated movies that ever won best picture, \*Ordinary People \*is the overratedest. ---
**Author:** ![Raguleader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/258eb7/32.png) [@Raguleader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raguleader)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2008, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-chicago-based-movies-of-all-time/436685/64 "2008-02-10T05:05:16Z")
[QUOTE=Equipoise] _pines for **Due South** _ Man I loved that show. Another short-lived but wonderful Chicago TV show was **Cupid**. _pines for Cupid too_ (ooh, edit because I just found a clip of [Cupid](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=skH6xYVfhPc) on YouTube!) _off to look for more Cupid clips_ [/QUOTE] Short lived? The show was on for three or four seasons (three in the US, four in Canadia, the last two combined into the third US season). So, who’s your favorite Ray? 😃 Oh, and ETA: Did you know that Paul Gross, the guy who played the Mountie and produced the last two seasons of the show, is making a movie about Canadian soldiers fighting in WWI? It’s called _Passchendaele_, it looks awesome. oy, ETA again: Also, the show is on DVD on Amazon, for around $15 or $20 a season. ---
**Author:** ![Equipoise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/equipoise/32/151_2.png) [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2008, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-chicago-based-movies-of-all-time/436685/65 "2008-02-10T05:08:26Z")
Marciano, the original, definitely. He and Gross had a chemistry that wasn’t quite there with the 2nd Ray. Not to me anyway. Edit to add, thanks for the tip about Passchendaele! ---
**Author:** ![Raguleader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/258eb7/32.png) [@Raguleader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raguleader)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2008, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-chicago-based-movies-of-all-time/436685/66 "2008-02-10T05:13:03Z")
[QUOTE=Equipoise] Marciano, the original, definitely. He and Gross had a chemistry that wasn’t quite there with the 2nd Ray. Not to me anyway. Edit to add, thanks for the tip about Passchendaele! [/QUOTE] Yeah, the chemistry was better between Fraser and RayV, but that kinda worked since a big point with RayK was that he _wasn’t_ RayV, but RayK on his own was more likable to me. Then again, I don’t think RayK got any episodes like The Deal (the first one with Zucco, the mobster trying to have a shoemaker killed) ---
**Author:** ![raindog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@raindog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raindog)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2008, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-chicago-based-movies-of-all-time/436685/67 "2008-02-10T16:57:00Z")
[QUOTE=lissener] Of all the overrated movies that ever won best picture, \*Ordinary People \*is the overratedest. [/QUOTE] Ordinary People was one of the best movies I’ve ever seen. The year Out of Africa beat The Color Purple was the greatest crime in Academy Awards history. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-chicago-based-movies-of-all-time/436685.md?page=3)