King Corn (2007), Sugar (2008), What's Eating Gilbert Grape (1993), The Music Man (1962), Field of Dreams (1989), The Fighting Sullivans (1944), The Natural (1984), The Man Who Came to Dinner (1941) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Iowa movies.
Storyline: Life story of the musical star from her discovery in 1890 by band leader Tony Pastor till her retirement in 1912 when she married newspaperman Alexander Moore.
Plot Keywords: opera singer, political candidate, mother, husband, composer, spirited, uplifting ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: In a typical American Midwestern city, Hartfield, Iowa, Lew Marsh (Don Ameche) is the owner of a drugstore. Everyone knows Lew and knew his grandfather, old "Gramp" Marsh (Harry Carey), who had passed on. One evening, Lew and his wife, Agnes (Frances Dee), reminisce lovingly about their son, "Rusty" (Richard Crane), when a telegram arrives from the Navy Department informing them that "Rusty" had been killed in action. Lew becomes bitter, avoids people, refuses to go near the family drugstore. "Gramp" appears before Lew and takes him in hand and together, they revisit the past: Lew's childhood; "Gramp" as a Civil War veteran; Lew's courtship of Agnes; the birth of "Rusty"; Lew as a WWI soldier; Rusty's boyhood days and into his attempt to decide between Lenore Prentiss and Gretchen Barry, and how Lenore becomes his girl just before he joins the Navy. This excursion into the past takes away Lew's bitterness and he now sees what America means.—Les Adams <longhorn1939@suddenlink.net>
Plot Keywords: father, mother, ghost, soldier, son, moving, melodramatic ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: A young girl is on top of the world until a tragic accident dashes her hopes and dreams of becoming a world-class figure skater. Only with the help of those who love her can she prove to the world -- and herself -- that she still has the potential to realize her dreams.—Tina Mancuso <tina@castle.net>
Plot Keywords: enthusiast, mother, boyfriend, blind girl, athlete, father, gripping ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: As a toxin begins to turn the residents of Ogden Marsh, Iowa into violent psychopaths, sheriff David Dutton tries to make sense of the situation while he, his wife, and two other unaffected townspeople band together in a fight for survival.
Plot Keywords: sheriff, deputy, wife, crazy person, creepy, tense, small town ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Caroline "Line" Found is the star volleyball player on the Iowa City West High School Volleyball Team and well-loved by members of the community. With Line as the captain, the Trojans have been undefeated and everyone has high hopes for West to win the championship again after the previous year, especially against their long-time rival, City High. During a party at her house, Line decides to secretly sneak away to visit her mother Ellyn at the hospital, where she is being treated for cancer. That night, Line herself is killed in a moped accident, leaving the entire community in mourning. Despite the school and community still in shock over Line's death, the Trojans' coach, Kathy Bresnahan continues to hold volleyball practice. She directly approaches Line's best friend, Kelley, encouraging her to return because Line would have wanted them to continue. Kelley refuses, but Bresnahan persists until Kelley agrees. After it is revealed that the Trojans lost their most recent match due to forfeit, Kelley encourages the entire school that they need to continue for Line's sake..
Plot Keywords: volleyball player, coach, teammate, high-school student, engaging, inspiring, moving ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Compilation of four short films about homoerotic situations involving young men. Tom DeCerchio directed "Nunzio's Second Cousin", telling the story of a gay cop who forces a gay-basher to come to his house and have dinner with his family. In "Alkali, Iowa", by Mark Christopher, a young gay man finds out some of his father's past secrets. And "Must Be the Music", by Nickolas Perry, follows four teenagers looking for love in nightclubs.—lukejoplin@infolink.com.br
Plot Keywords: gay man, young man, teen boy, police officer, father, suburbanite, creative ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Laura and Martin have been married for four years. They seem to be the perfect, happiest and most successful couple. The reality of their house- hold, however, is very different. Martin is an abusive and brutally obsessed husband. Laura is living her life in constant fear and waits for a chance to escape. She finally stages her own death, and flees to a new town and new identity. But when Martin finds out that his wife is not dead he will stop at nothing to find and kill her.
Plot Keywords: wife, abusive husband, mother, teacher, boyfriend, neighbor, dark ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Stranded student Pete (Ron Eldard) gets a lift from racist trucker Zack and repays the favor by inviting him in for dinner with his roommates, Jude (Cameron Diaz), Luke (Courtney B. Vance), Marc (Jonathan Penner) and Paulie (Annabeth Gish). When Zack praises Hitler and pulls a knife at the table, the roommates kill him. Rationalizing their actions as a favor to humanity, they bury Zack in the yard and begin to invite other offensive types to a string of similarly murderous meals.
Plot Keywords: graduate student, racist, homophobe, misogynist, friend, sheriff, dark ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Strange aliens land in the Midwest, taking over people's minds in order to spread their dominion. Sam Nivens and Andrew Nivens, aided by Mary Sefton, are part of a government agency who must stop the the aliens before the aliens get to them...—Steve Fenwick <scf@w0x0f.com>
Plot Keywords: alien, creature, federal agent, biologist, father, son, tense ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Professor Harold Hill (Matthew Broderick) is a con artist who runs a very particular scam. With the help of his partner in crime, Marcellus Washburn (David Aaron Baker), Hill travels to small towns, convinces the townsfolk they need a marching band, collects money for instruments and uniforms, then splits with the cash. When Hill tries his luck in the small Iowa town of River City, however, he finds himself up against his staunchest opponent yet: nosy librarian Marian Paroo (Kristin Chenoweth).
Plot Keywords: con artist, band leader, student, librarian, musician, mayor, amusing ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: In the competitive world of modern agriculture, ambitious Henry Whipple wants his rebellious son Dean to help expand his family's farming empire. However, Dean has his sights set on becoming a professional race car driver. When a high-stakes investigation into their business is exposed, father and son are pushed into an unexpected crisis that threatens the family's entire livelihood.—Sony Pictures Classics
Plot Keywords: farmer, father, son, tense, sultry, hedonistic, gripping ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: The weird mothers (Debbie Reynolds, Shelley Winters) of two thrill-killers move to 1930s Hollywood and open a talent school for children.
Plot Keywords: parent, murderer, dance instructor, radio host, evangelist, son, creepy ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: A traveling Chautauqua show. an educational and entertainment troupe, pitch their tents in a small American town with an ensemble of speakers, lecturers, teachers, musicians, and actors as manager Walter Hale must deal with a myriad of problems, including small town prejudice and politics, nepotism, union problems, and a murder.—duke1029
Plot Keywords: manager, musician, showman, single mother, union organizer, airy, spirited ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: In a virtually all-white Iowa town, Flip daydreams of being a hip-hop star, hanging with Snoop Doggy Dogg and Dr. Dre. He practices in front of a mirror and with his two pals, James and Trevor. He talks Black slang, he dresses Black. He's also a wannabe pusher, selling flour as cocaine. And while he talks about "keeping it real," he hardly notices real life around him: his father's been laid off, his mother uses Food Stamps, his girlfriend is pregnant, James may be psychotic, one of his friends (one of the town's few Black kids) is preparing for college, and, on a trip to Chicago to try to buy drugs, the cops shoot real bullets. What will it take for Flip to get real?—<jhailey@hotmail.com>
Plot Keywords: teen boy, transfer student, best friend, girlfriend, rapper, lighthearted, amusing ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: World-weary detective Michael Lawrence puts his personal problems on hold when the shocking death of a beloved professor turns out to be murder.
Plot Keywords: angel, journalist, boss, beautiful woman, amusing, uplifting, chicago ...
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