Iowa Movies

  • 1990
    American Dream

    American Dream

    American Dream

    7.31990HD

    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...

    American Dream
  • 1933
    State Fair

    State Fair

    State Fair

    6.41933HD

    The children of Iowa farmers find love, with mixed results, at the state fair.

    State Fair
  • 1970
    Gable

    Gable

    Gable

    01970HD

    Chronicles the journey of Olympic gold medalist wrestler Dan Gable, as a working-class kid from Waterloo, Iowa who overcame an unthinkable family...

    Gable
  • 1993
    Shimmer

    Shimmer

    Shimmer

    7.81993HD

    The solo actor in Shimmer tells the story by becoming each character in turn. The play takes place in 1956, in a harsh Midwestern juvenile detention...

    Shimmer
  • 2009
    Haunting Villisca

    Haunting Villisca

    Haunting Villisca

    82009HD

    Professor David Salt's guilty secrets draw him to the fabled town of Villisca. Past and present collide as he is driven to help the trapped spirits...

    Haunting Villisca
  • 2026
    Kamal's

    Kamal's

    Kamal's

    02026HD

    In rural Iowa, a Muslim chef and his Catholic wife fuse their cultures in the kitchen and beyond, serving dishes that blend Middle Eastern tradition...

    Kamal's
  • 2019
    The Burial

    The Burial

    The Burial

    02019HD

    A woman returns to her hometown for her father's funeral. A couple strike a deal with her to help her fund the funeral service.

    The Burial
  • 2014
    State of Bacon

    State of Bacon

    State of Bacon

    02014HD

    State of Bacon tells the kinda real but mostly fake tale of an oddball group of characters leading up to the annual Blue Ribbon Bacon Festival....

    State of Bacon
  • 2019
    Mushtown

    Mushtown

    Mushtown

    02019HD

    It's the end of the summer of 1994 and life is about to change for two boys on a farm.

    Mushtown
  • 2021
    Citizen

    Citizen

    Citizen

    02021HD

    A collection of personal anecdotes from those who have navigated through a tumultuous year in America.

    Citizen
  • 1970
    Garden of Des Moines

    Garden of Des Moines

    Garden of Des Moines

    101970HD

    Garden of Des Moines is an intimate interview-style short film that follows drag performers in Iowa as they navigate the challenges of being queer in...

    Garden of Des Moines
  • 1970
    Once Upon a Time in Carroll County, Iowa

    Once Upon a Time in Carroll County, Iowa

    Once Upon a Time in Carroll County, Iowa

    01970HD

    A found footage film about a radio contest in 1996 Iowa where the last person standing atop a 20ft billboard wins tickets to Super Bowl XXXI

    Once Upon a Time in Carroll County, Iowa
  • 2011
    Cactua

    Cactua

    Cactua

    02011HD

    A short film collaboration between director Kristian Day and make up artist Patrick Boltinghouse. Patrick had created the make up for Pride Weekend...

    Cactua
  • 1995
    Alkali, Iowa

    Alkali, Iowa

    Alkali, Iowa

    5.51995HD

    On his family's farm in rural Iowa, young Jack Gudmanson is wrestling with his sexual identity, not an easy thing to do in the macho world of the...

    Alkali, Iowa
  • 2010
    Brent Houzenga: Hybrid Pioneer

    Brent Houzenga: Hybrid Pioneer

    Brent Houzenga: Hybrid Pioneer

    02010HD

    A documentary about an Iowa artist who made his career from two antique photo albums that he found in the trash. It has been four years since he...

    Brent Houzenga: Hybrid Pioneer
  • 2007
    King Corn

    King Corn

    King Corn

    6.32007HD

    King Corn is a fun and crusading journey into the digestive tract of our fast food nation where one ultra-industrial, pesticide-laden,...

    King Corn
  • 2022
    Plastic Him

    Plastic Him

    Plastic Him

    02022HD

    A self portrait filmed with a modified PXL 2000 Camcorder. The camcorder itself records on to audio cassette tape. The tapes themselves are recycled...

    Plastic Him
  • 2022
    You and Me This summer

    You and Me This summer

    You and Me This summer

    02022HD

    Set in the backwoods of rural Iowa, this is Regan and Addisyn's last summer after high school. Growing up next door to each other, the girls are as...

    You and Me This summer
  • 2011
    Message from Jerusalem

    Message from Jerusalem

    Message from Jerusalem

    62011HD

    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...

    Message from Jerusalem
  • 2011
    Bird Seed

    Bird Seed

    Bird Seed

    02011HD

    A short film starring Vanessa Gisselle (Mayans MC) filmed in 2009. A minor slasher shot around Des Moines, Iowa.

    Bird Seed