This is a list of fiction set in Chicago
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Erik Larson's "The Devil in the White City"
Although not set in the city's limits, the John Hughes films Sixteen Candles, The Breakfast Club, Pretty in Pink, and Weird Science take place in the fictional town of Shermer, Illinois, which is loosely based on Northbrook, Illinois. In The Matrix, the subway sets were based on the CTA. One of the trains is clearly a Brown Line train, which in reality never goes underground.
Many considered Hill Street Blues, which never made explicit what city it was in, to be set in Chicago.
Chicago was the site of a nuclear detonation in the post-apocalyptic drama Jericho, as well as subsequent food riots in nearby refugee camps.
This is a list of video games in which a major part of the action takes place in Chicago, Illinois. This list does not count sports games or flight simulators, save for Pilotwings 64 and Tom Clancy's H.A.W.X.