Iowa Movies
- 1993
What's Eating Gilbert Grape
What's Eating Gilbert Grape7.6721993HD
Gilbert Grape is a small-town young man with a lot of responsibility. Chief among his concerns are his mother, who is so overweight that she can't lea...
- 1991
Sleeping with the Enemy
Sleeping with the Enemy6.4951991HD
A young woman fakes her own death in an attempt to escape her nightmarish marriage, but discovers it is impossible to elude her controlling husband.
- 1995
The Bridges of Madison County
The Bridges of Madison County7.7111995HD
Photographer Robert Kincaid wanders into the life of housewife Francesca Johnson for four days in the 1960s.
- 1989
Field of Dreams
Field of Dreams7.1081989HD
Ray Kinsella is an Iowa farmer who hears a mysterious voice telling him to turn his cornfield into a baseball diamond. He does, but the voice's direct...
- 2016
Christmas in Homestead
Christmas in Homestead6.0062016HD
Jessica is one of the most famous actresses in the world, leading a glamorous – if tabloid worthy – life. But all that is thrown for a loop when she g...
- 1957
The Pajama Game
The Pajama Game6.31957HD
An Iowa pajama factory worker falls in love with an affable superintendent who had been hired by the factory's boss to help oppose the workers' demand...
- 2011
Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids5.9152011HD
A naive Midwesterner insurance salesman travels to a big-city convention in an effort to save the jobs of his co-workers.
- 1999
The Straight Story
The Straight Story7.71999HD
A retired farmer and widower in his 70s, Alvin Straight learns one day that his distant brother Lyle has suffered a stroke and may not recover. Alvin...
- 1984
Country
Country6.41984HD
Jewell and Gil are farmers. They seem to be working against the odds, producing no financial surplus. Gil has lost hope of ever becoming prosperous, b...
- 2021
Fairtown
Fairtown102021HD
The Iowa State Fair draws millions of people to the city of Des Moines every year. However, this film is not about the Iowa State Fair or the people w...
- 1933
State Fair
State Fair6.1751933HD
The children of Iowa farmers find love, with mixed results, at the state fair.
- 2012
Butter
Butter5.8762012HD
An adopted girl discovers her talent for butter carving and finds herself pitted against an ambitious local woman in their Iowa town's annual contest.
- 1994
The Puppet Masters
The Puppet Masters5.7461994HD
The Earth is invaded by alien parasites—AKA 'slugs'—that ride on people's backs and control their minds.
- 2011
Drawings by Billy and His Friends
Drawings by Billy and His Friends02011HD
In this experimental short film, Kristian Day collected artwork created by the public. He found the majority of the pieces at "Sharpie marker demonstr...
- 1978
Ice Castles
Ice Castles7.31978HD
Alexis 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...
- 2011
Cactua
Cactua02011HD
A short film collaboration between director Kristian Day and make up artist Patrick Boltinghouse. Patrick had created the make up for Pride Weekend 20...
- 2011
Message from Jerusalem
Message from Jerusalem62011HD
Made exclusively for the Hail to the King Tribute Show at Finder Creepers in Des Moines, Iowa. A surreal and non linear adaptation of the short story...
- 1997
A Thousand Acres
A Thousand Acres5.8281997HD
The lives of an Iowa farmer's three daughters are shattered when he suddenly decides to bequeath them the family's fertile farm.
- 2013
James Bearden: Man of Metals
James Bearden: Man of Metals02013HD
An essay style film in the vein of Orson Welles' "F For Fake" and Jon Jost's "Speaking Directly". From 2011 to 2013, filmmaker Kristian Day randomly d...
- 1990
American Dream
American Dream7.11990HD
When workers at the Hormel meatpacking plant in Austin, Minnesota are asked to take a substantial pay cut in a highly profitable year, the local labor...