Iowa Movies

  • 1990
    American Dream

    American Dream

    American Dream

    7.1821990HD

    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
  • 1943
    Happy Land

    Happy Land

    Happy Land

    6.21943HD

    An Iowa drugstore owner becomes embittered when his son is killed in World War II. The druggist believes that the boy's life was cut short before he...

    Happy Land
  • 2018
    Saints Rest

    Saints Rest

    Saints Rest

    6.82018HD

    A musical drama set in small-town Iowa, SAINTS REST tells the story of two estranged sisters, who over the course of one summer, form a connection...

    Saints Rest
  • 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
  • 1935
    Village Tale

    Village Tale

    Village Tale

    4.51935HD

    The insidious typical talk of a small town makes a young man and the married woman he is in love very unhappy.

    Village Tale
  • 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
  • 1993
    Shimmer

    Shimmer

    Shimmer

    7.51993HD

    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
  • 2019
    Birth of the Cy-Hawk

    Birth of the Cy-Hawk

    Birth of the Cy-Hawk

    02019HD

    A Local Iowa documentary about the history of trophy to the Cy-Hawk games.

    Birth of the Cy-Hawk
  • 2021
    East of Middle West

    East of Middle West

    East of Middle West

    02021HD

    A teenage runaway and a widowed father each fight to take matters into their own hands to redeem their dark past.

    East of Middle West
  • 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
  • 2021
    Citizen

    Citizen

    Citizen

    02021HD

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

    Citizen
  • 2021
    Fairtown

    Fairtown

    Fairtown

    102021HD

    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...

    Fairtown
  • 2013
    Mysteries of the Driftless

    Mysteries of the Driftless

    Mysteries of the Driftless

    02013HD

    What strange forces saved one isolated section along the Upper Mississippi River from the repeated crushing and scouring effects of glaciers during...

    Mysteries of the Driftless
  • 2011
    The Agony and Sweat of the Human Spirit

    The Agony and Sweat of the Human Spirit

    The Agony and Sweat of the Human Spirit

    02011HD

    A quiet ukeleleist and his talkative manager struggle to realize their artistic vision in this comic story of loss and friendship.

    The Agony and Sweat of the Human Spirit
  • 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
  • 2013
    James Bearden: Man of Metals

    James Bearden: Man of Metals

    James Bearden: Man of Metals

    02013HD

    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...

    James Bearden: Man of Metals
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 2003
    Discovering Dominga: A Survivor's Story

    Discovering Dominga: A Survivor's Story

    Discovering Dominga: A Survivor's Story

    02003HD

    Denese Joy Becker, a manicurist living in Iowa, discovers she is indeed Dominga Sic Ruiz, a survivor from a 1982 Guatemalan massacre, when more than...

    Discovering Dominga: A Survivor's Story