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101 Best Travel Movies That’ll Inspire and Transport You

If you’re searching for the best travel movies to watch, you’ve landed in the right spot! 

Not only can the best movies about travel inspire you to travel to new places, but they’re also great when you’re stuck at home with a serious case of wanderlust yet unable to travel.

This ultimate list of best travel films has done just that for me! I’ve traveled to places that I’ve seen or learned about in movies plenty of times. But also when I wanted to travel but couldn’t because of my strict teacher schedule, these travel movies have transported me across the world from the comfort of my living room.

So, whether you’re looking for backpacking movies, adventure travel movies, movies that take you on a journey in search of love or self-exploration, or the best travel documentaries, you’re sure to find movies that inspire you to dream about the world and, of course, plan another travel adventure for when the time is right.

1.  Eat, Pray, Love

Location – Italy India Indonesia 

Based on a best-selling memoir, Julia Roberts stars as Elizabeth Gilbert, as a newly divorced woman looking to step out of her comfort zone by embarking on a journey around the world.  Her travels include mouth-watering meals in Italy, the power of prayer and silence in India & finding inner peace in Indonesia.

This classic favorite is a must-see for anyone afflicted with the travel bug. I can’t watch this movie without ordering pizza and searching for flights to Bali.

• English, French, Spanish (Subtitles)
• Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parents Strongly Cautioned)

2.  Midnight in Paris

Location -Paris 

Woody Allen’s opening 3-minute montage of  Paris  will have you booking a flight before the movie has even begun! Owen Wilson plays Gil Pender, a successful yet uninspired Hollywood screenwriter, who finds the gift of time travel and inspiration at midnight.

Going back to the Roaring 20s, he parties with the likes of Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway, Gertrude Stein, and Josephine Baker. Hemingway looked like such a blast to hang out with!

This is one of my favorite travel movies and I put it on any time I wish I was in Paris…which is a lot!

• Midnight In Paris – DVD Brand New
• Kathy Bates, Adrien Brody, Carla Bruni (Actors)
• Woody Allen (Director) – Letty Aronson (Producer)

3.  Out of Africa

Location – Kenya 

Filmed on location in Kenya including the Shaba National Game Reserve, Out of Africa was nominated for 11 Academy Awards and won 7 of them for this autobiographical novel by Isak Dinesen with Meryl Streep and Robert Redford in the starring roles. 

Karen Blixen is a Danish woman who comes to Kenya with her husband to farm cattle. Her marriage doesn’t work out, but she falls in love with Kenya and its people, connecting with the locals as she helps with education and medical needs.

The movie tells the story of love, heartbreak, and having the strength to stay true to yourself. You had me at Africa…and of course, Meryl Streep.

• Meryl Streep, Robert Redford, Klaus Maria Brandauer (Actors)
• Sydney Pollack (Director)
• Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)

4.  The English Patient

Location – Tunisia & Italy

Set in Italy during the final days of World War II, this beautiful film combines romance and adventure to tell a classic story after a man is badly burned. The movie flashes back and forth from the perspective of the patient as he shares about his life.

It was nominated for 12 Oscars, winning 9. Directed by Anthony Minghella (who also directed The Talented Mr. Ripley), the movie was shot on location in Tunisia and Italy. The scenery and cinematography are breathtaking!

• Factory sealed DVD
• Ralph Fiennes, Juliette Binoche, Willem Dafoe (Actors)
• Peter Markham (Director) – Saul Zaentz (Producer)

5.  The Talented Mr. Ripley

Location – Italy

Two years after Good Will Hunting launched Matt Damon’s career, he showed off his acting chops by playing the diabolical and talented Tom Ripley who is impersonating another character in the movie.

The film’s talented cast includes Gwyneth Paltrow, Jude Law, and Cate Blanchette. Aside from a few opening minutes in New York, the film is shot on location, entirely in Italy, including stunning shots of Positano, Ischia, Procida, and Anzio.

Famous locations included the Piazza Navona, the Spanish Steps, and the Piazza di Spagna in Rome, and Cafe Florian in Piazza San Marco in Venice. I liked Matt Damon as Will Hunting much, much better but I can’t resist gorgeous Italy!

• Damon, Matt, Paltrow, Gwyneth, Law, Jude (Actors)
• Minghella, Anthony (Director)

6.  Lost in Translation

  Location – Japan

This 2003 romantic comedy-drama starring Bill Murray and Scarlett Johannson in Tokyo provides glimpses of local Japanese spots from Temples to karaoke bars. The movie was nominated for four Academy Awards. Director Sophia Coppola won the Oscar for best original screenplay. 

This relatively low-budget movie is about being lonely and the stress of trying to interact with others who are culturally different from what you’re used to. Bill Murray’s performance is understated, skilled acting but the city of Tokyo stole the show for me. Anyone up for some sushi?

• Bill Murray, Scarlett Johansson (Actors)
• Sofia Coppola (Director) – Sofia Coppola (Writer)
• French, Spanish (Subtitles)

7.  Sideways

Location – Santa Ynez Valley – Wine Country 

Paul Giamatti (who I still think of as John Adams after starring in the HBO series ) stars in this black comedy-drama along with Thomas Hayden Church. Two men in their forties take a weeklong trip to Santa Barbara wine country for a quasi-bachelor party. Giamatti is a depressed writer dealing with his own personal issues while his buddy is looking for one last fling.

Even if you don’t know Pinot Noirs from Merlots, you’ll still have that yearning to see vineyards with rows of grapes, while sipping new vintages on a wine tour.

• Paul Giamatti, Thomas Haden Church, Virginia Madsen (Actors)
• Alexander Payne (Director)

8.  The Grand Budapest Hotel

Location – Fictional Country of Zubrowka

This brilliant Wes Anderson film features a great ensemble cast and won 4 Oscars from Best Costume Design to Best Original Score.

I’m a big fan of Wes Anderson films and if you’re a movie lover you know them when you see them. Anderson captures the feel perfectly of the glory days of grand luxury hotel life during the early 20th century. The owner of the hotel is falsely accused of murder and what follows is a funny series of events as others are out to get him.

P.S. When you see the movie, just try and resist your sweet tooth calling for that bakery box from Mendl’s!

• Audience Rating: R (Restricted)

9.  Into the Wild

Location – Alaska

Thinking of planning some off-the-grid travel? This is the movie for you.

This 2007 non-fiction survival film co-produced and directed by Sean Penn is based on the story of Christopher McCandless, a guy who leaves everything behind to travel and live in the Alaskan wilderness in the early 1990s.  Although it has a tragic end, this story captures the essence of travel and the lessons learned only by experiences gained from a true adventure.

Without a doubt, this is one of the top travel movies ever.

• Multiple Formats, Color, Dolby
• English (Unknown)

10.  The Bond Movies

Location – All over the World 

Do you have a favorite James Bond? Mine is Roger Moore.

From 7 different actors and 26 movies, James Bond has been all over the world fighting bad guys. From the moon to Morrocco, 007 has inspired travel to just about everywhere. With so many Bond movies to choose from, start with Skyfall, The Spy Who Loved Me, From Russia with Love, Casino Royale, and Spectre. And, by the way, I’ll take that martini shaken, not stirred.

• Various (Actor)
• Various (Director)

11.  Amelie

Location –  Paris 

Amelie is a 2001 French film that was nominated for 5 Academy Awards. After spending her childhood in isolation, she becomes a waitress at a Paris cafe. Her childhood experience leaves her searching for love, but also trying to help others who want to find love, as well.

The film was a critical success, and to date, it’s the highest-grossing French-language film released in the US. It’s spoken in French, so subtitles are vital here unless you’re fluent in French. It’s also a great way to practice your French language skills…or just sit back, listen, and remember how it feels to enjoy a Paris cafe.

• Audrey Tautou, Mathieu Kassovitz, Lorella Cravotta (Actors)
• Jean-Pierre Jeunet (Director)
• English (Subtitle)

12.  Almost Famous

Location – USA Road Trip

What’s better than a road trip? A road trip with a rock band, of course!

Written and directed by Cameron Crowe, this movie is a semi-autobiography about Crowe himself. As a teenage writer for Rolling Stone, Crowe toured with the Eagles, Allman Brothers, Lynyrd Skynyrd, and Led Zeppelin. Kate Hudson also stars as a groupie who travels with the band, although, by the end of the movie we learn she’s much more than that.

Even though this movie didn’t do well at the box office, it received Academy Awards nominations and won for Best Original Screenplay. 

• Billy Crudup, Kate Hudson, Patrick Fugit (Actors)
• Cameron Crowe (Director)

13.  Cast Away

Location – Deserted Tropical Island in the Pacific

Ever wish you could just get away from the world and spend time on a deserted island? What would you take? Could you build a raft out of palm trees or fish with a spear? Could you get a fire lit on a beach with just sticks? Tom Hanks teaches all the skills you need should you find yourself in a similar situation.

Shot in paradise, the ocean views and island scenes are gorgeous. As much as I like this movie and Tom Hanks, I’d much rather land on a tropical island with some lounge chairs and cocktails.

14.  Chocolat

Location –  Fictional French village of Lansquenet-sous-Tannes 

This film proves my longstanding theory. Chocolate makes everything better. That and hanging out in a lovely French village. Chocolat is the story of a woman who is new to town and sells the chocolates she makes in her shop.

Along the way, she changes the hearts and minds of the little town, although not without some drama which includes the arrival of Johnny Depp’s character. This part drama part romantic film was nominated for five Academy Awards including Best Picture. The acting from Juliette Binoche and Judi Dench are stellar.

• Juliette Binoche, Johnny Depp, Lena Olin (Actors)
• Lasse Hallstr m (Director) – Kit Golden (Producer)

15.  Vicki Cristina Barcelona  

Location – Barcelona

This Woody Allen-directed romantic comedy stars Javier Bardem, Scarlett Johansson, Rebecca Hall, and Penelope Cruz.  I felt a deep connection to this film because I love the city of Barcelona.

In the movie, you see Barcelona through the eyes of 2 American students, who both have an affair with the same Spanish artist. The artist’s ex-wife re-enters the picture for a full look at love, the institution of marriage, and the roles society expects of us…should we decide to conform. Throughout the movie, the city of Barcelona shines through its architecture, food, and culture.

• Multiple Formats, Color, NTSC
• Spanish (Subtitled), English (Subtitled), English (Original Language)

16.  Lord of the Rings Trilogy

Location – New Zealand 

Is there anything better than spending a winter or rainy Saturday watching the Lord of the Rings Trilogy pretending you’re Frodo and Sam trekking through the New Zealand landscape?

Based on the books by J.R.R. Tolkien, Middle Earth’s only hope to avoid the shadow of darkness is in the hands of Frodo Baggins, a Hobbit from the Shire. Along the way on his quest, the sweeping New Zealand landscapes will leave you in awe. Load up on snacks for 9 hours of adventure…Minus the orcs. 

• Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Viggo Mortensen (Actors)
• Peter Jackson (Director)
• English, Spanish, Portuguese (Subtitles)

17.  Secret Life of Walter Mitty

Location – Iceland to the Himalayas

A feel-good movie about a man who works in an office and dreams of adventures, which ultimately takes him from Scandinavia to Central Asia in search of his destiny.

Ben Stiller’s character is on a journey of courage, whether it’s to finally ask out the co-worker he likes or to discover what the world can offer. The story is all about turning your dreams into reality. As any traveler will tell you, actual voyages usually come with an internal voyage, too. This movie will inspire all of us to find out more about ourselves as we dare to explore the world.

• Multiple Formats, AC-3, Color
• English (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled)

18.  Far and Away

Location – Oklahoma 

Far and Away is directed by Ron Howard and stars Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman. The two play Irish immigrants in the 1890s who’ve come to America for a better life. Arriving in Boston hoping for the promise of land in America, life is not as easy as imagined.

With little to no money and family drama, their dream of owning land and being together seems nearly impossible. The movie’s Land Run of 1893 scene shows the fight and spirit the American Midwest is known for. The movie was actually shot in Billings, Montana, not Oklahoma and the Land Run scene included nearly 800 hundred extras, plus hundreds of horses and wagons!

This movie will leave you longing for a horseback ride across the Midwest to discover the spirit of the American frontier.

• Tom Cruise, Nicole Kidman, Thomas Gibson (Actors)
• Ron Howard (Director) – Bob Dolman (Writer) – Brian Grazer (Producer)
• English, Spanish (Subtitles)

19.  Up in the Air

Location – Airports / Planes 

Up in the Air was one of 2009’s best films and was nominated for 6 Academy Awards. George Clooney and Anna Kendrick star in this comedy-drama. Clooney’s character is training Kendrick’s character on how to fire people from their jobs as they both work for a downsizing company. They’re constantly flying to new places for work and along the way, Kendrick realizes this is not the path for her.

For points and miles aficionados, George Clooney’s character hits 10 million miles on his frequent flyer account. Is anyone else thinking upgrades?

• Anna Kendrick, George Clooney, Vera Farmiga (Actors)
• Portuguese, English, French, Spanish (Subtitles)

20.  The Motorcycle Diaries

Location – South America

The trip that made Che Guevara, Che Guevara. Traveling through South America on a trip that started as a fun adventure, ultimately made Guevara the revolutionary we know today.

The movie is a dramatization of Che Guevara’s memoirs as he traveled from the Andes in Chile to the Amazon in Peru on an 8,700-mile journey. Along the way, he discovers life in Latin America, particularly the poverty so many of the indigenous population is rooted in. What he sees inspires him to fight against unfair class systems and economic hardships.

Today, tons of travelers inquire about how to follow the same trail that turned Che into a revolutionary icon.

• Gael Garcia Bernal, Rodrigo De la Serna, Mia Maestro (Actors)
• Walter Salles (Director) – Jose Rivera (Writer) – Michael Nozik (Producer)

21.  Planes, Trains & Automobiles

Location –  NYC to Chicago to Wichita

If I ever end up in a nightmare travel situation I would totally want to be with these two characters. 

This 1980s classic directed by John Hughes and starring Steve Martin and the late great John Candy play two men trying to get home to Chicago from New York City for the Thanksgiving holiday. After Martin’s flight gets canceled due to bad weather, all means of transport become an option. He meets John Candy who plays a shower curtain salesman full of bad jokes and, as you can imagine, hysterics follow.

• Michael McKean, John Candy, Laila Robins (Actors)
• John Hughes (Director)
• English, Spanish, French, Portuguese (Subtitles)

22.  Catch Me If You Can

Location – Airports and Airplanes

Any movie directed by Steven Speilberg, starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Tom Hanks is already a keeper.

DiCaprio plays Frank Abagnale, Jr. who by the age of 19 was already a cunning con man pretending to be a doctor, a prosecutor, and my personal favorite, a Pan American World Airways pilot. Hanks plays an FBI agent pursuing him the entire movie. 

The movie is based on a true story, which is mind-blowing to think about someone impersonating a pilot.  

• Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hanks, Candice Azzara (Actors)

23.  National Lampoon’s Vacation Movies

Location – U.S. Road Trip, European Vacation

How can you not love the Griswolds? They are an American family who likes to take vacations, from a U.S. road trip to a European vacation. However, every one of them goes hysterically wrong!

From 1983-2015, the Vacation movies grossed nearly $300,000,000 and I loved every minute of the nonsense that would eventually accompany every trip.

The series is based on a John Hughes short story called “Vacation 58” that was originally published for National Lampoon magazine. 

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24.  Slumdog Millionaire

Location – India 

Slumdog Millionaire was a sleeper hit of 2008.

The movie stars Dev Patel in the role of Jamal Malik who’s from a Mumbai slum. Jamal had quite the journey from childhood to adulthood. He ends up being a contestant on the Indian version of “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire” with a chance to win 20 million Rupee (=$280k)!

His experiences, as well as the love of his life, serve to help him answer the questions on the show.  

• Multiple Formats, NTSC, Widescreen
• English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Subtitled)

25.  Wild

Location – Oregon – California

Starring Reese Witherspoon & Laura Dern, the film is based on a biographical memoir by Cheryl Strayed and is considered one of the best travel adventure movies of all time.

In June of 1995, Strayed left Minnesota after losing her mother and the breakdown of her marriage to hike 1,100 miles of the Pacific Crest Trail. The trail stretches from British Columbia in Canada through Southern California. It’s known to be one of the most difficult hiking trails in North America.

Strayed (played by Witherspoon) does this despite a lack of hiking experience. At some point, we can all use a journey of self-discovery & healing. Just bring enough water and the right boots.

• Wild – DVD Brand New
• Reese Witherspoon, Laura Dern, Thomas Sadoski (Actors)
• Jean-Marc Vallee (Director) – Nick Hornby (Writer)

26.  Under the Tuscan Sun

Location – Tuscany, Italy 

We all can relate to things not going as planned in life and needing a complete change to find a new path.

Frances Mayes, played by Diane Lane, discovers her husband is cheating and loses everything in the divorce. A friend convinces her to take a trip to Italy. While there, she buys and fixes up a Tuscan villa on a whim, to start again. Along the way, she gains friends and a new life in Italy.

You’ll swoon over the beautiful shots of Tuscany. They had me dreaming of Chianti and burrata.

• Under The Tuscan Sun – DVD Brand New
• Diane Lane, Sandra Oh, Lindsay Duncan (Actors)
• Audrey Wells (Director) – Audrey Wells (Writer)

27.  Everest

Location – Nepal – Himalayas

Based on real events from the 1996 Mt. Everest disaster, this 2015 film tells the true story of 2 groups trying to summit Mt. Everest. From blizzards to high-altitude sicknesses, the story quickly becomes a fight for survival. Injuries, lack of oxygen, and exhaustion become obstacles that ultimately determine who makes it back to Everest Base Camp and who does not.

The movie’s cast is a true ensemble with actors that include Josh Brolin, Jason Clarke, Robin Wright, Emily Watson, and Jake Gyllenhaal. 

Of all the films like Into the Wild, this one had me at the edge of my seat!

• Josh Brolin, Keira Knightley, Jake Gyllenhaal (Actors)
• Baltasar Kormakur (Director)
• Spanish, French (Subtitles)

28.  Midnight in the Garden of Good & Evil

Location – Savannah, Georgia 

The 1997 crime-drama is based on the novel, Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt, which spent a record-breaking 216 weeks on the New York Times Bestseller list.

Clint Eastwood directs while Kevin Spacey and John Cusack star alongside the city of Savannah itself. With its beautiful architecture and all of its eccentricities, the city becomes the real attraction. An antique dealer, played by Spacey, has been arrested for the murder of a male prostitute and faces a trial. 

John Cusack’s character is a writer for a magazine and is partially based on the book’s author himself, John Berendt.

• Kevin Spacey, John Cusack, Jack Thompson (Actors)
• Clint Eastwood (Director)

29.  Thelma & Louise

Location – Ultimate U.S. Road Trip

This 1991 classic directed by Ridley Scott stars Geena Davis and Susan Sarandon. It’s considered one of the best road trip movies of all time. It was nominated for six Academy Awards and it won for Best Original Screenplay. It also launched the career of someone named Brad Pitt.

Two best friends set off for a weekend trip that quickly becomes an escape as they try to avoid the police. The authorities eventually corner them at the Grand Canyon and the 2 women are faced with a decision about what to do.

Most of the filming was done entirely in the states of California and Utah, with the primary filming locations in rural areas around Bakersfield, CA and Moab, UT. The film was met with mostly positive reviews and uncanny curiosity about a then-unknown Brad Pitt and his diet and workout routine!

• 20th Anniversary Edition.
• Commentary by Director Ridley Scott.
• Commentary by Susan Sarandon, Geena Davis and Writer Callie Khouri.

30.  French Kiss

Location – Paris and the South of France

This 1995 romantic comedy stars 90s darling, Meg Ryan, and Kevin Kline. 

Ryan’s character flies to France to get back her cheating fiance, only to be swindled by a smuggler, played by Kline. Ryan and Kline follow her cheating fiance to the south of France only to have her realize she no longer wants him. 

Along the way, she learns more about Kline’s character, Luc, and the poor choices he’s made in life, only to ultimately help him in the end.

• Condition: New
• Format: DVD
• Meg Ryan, Kevin Kline, Timothy Hutton (Actors)

31.  The Bucket List

Location – Around the World 

Any movie that stars Morgan Freeman & Jack Nicholson has to be good. 

The Bucket List is about 2 men who are terminally ill who meet in the hospital. They decide to hit the road and travel around the world before they die. They skydive, visit the Taj Mahal, fly over the North Pole, see Mt. Everest, go on Safari in Tanzania, motorcycle-ride on the Great Wall, and have a legendary dinner in France. 

On their travels, each man opens up and shares about his personal life struggles as the two become good friends.

• Multiple Formats, AC-3, Blu-ray

32.  P.S. I Love You

Location – Irish Countryside 

Based on Cecelia Ahern’s 2004 novel, this romance film stars Hilary Swank and Gerard Butler. They play Holly and Gerry, a couple who lives in New York City. Sadly, Gerry dies of a brain tumor. 

Before his death, Gerry plans a series of messages, which Holly starts getting after his death. The messages set her on an adventure to help get her through her grief. Each message ends with P.S. I Love You.

The messages end up taking her to the beautiful Irish countryside, where Gerry is from. By the end of the movie, you’ll be crying in your Guinness.

• Hilary Swank, Gerard Butler, Lisa Kudrow (Actors)
• Richard LaGravenese (Director) – Richard LaGravenese (Writer) – James Hollond (Producer) – Cecilia Ahern (Author)

33.  Before Sunrise

Location – Vienna 

Written and directed by Richard Linklater, Before Sunrise is actually based on a real-life encounter that Linklater had with a woman he met in Philadelphia while traveling.

The movie stars Ethan Hawke as Jesse and Julie Delpy as Celine, who strike up a conversation on a train bound for Vienna from Budapest. They end up walking the city all night because Jesse, who’s due to fly back to the United States in the morning, can’t afford a hotel for the night. They visit some of Vienna’s landmarks and end in a Viennese cafe, which is exactly what you need to do when you’re in Vienna. 

As they talk, Jesse and Celine talk openly about their heartbreaks and their lives. The chemistry between the two is undeniable. But, you’ll have to watch to find out what happens…before sunrise.

• Ethan Hawke, Julie Delpy (Actors)
• Richard Linklater (Director) – Richard Linklater (Writer) – John Sloss (Producer)
• English, French (Subtitles)

34.  Before Sunset  

Location – Paris 

Before Sunset is the sequel to Before Sunrise. It’s 9 years later and Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy reprise their roles as Jesse and Celine. This time they meet in Paris, where Celine lives and works as an environmental advocate and Jesse has come for the launch of his new book.

Celine goes to a bookstore where Jesse is holding a book event. Afterward, they spend the time they have walking, talking, and reconnecting. Back at Celine’s apartment, time runs short and Celine worries Jesse will miss the flight he’s supposed to take.

• Before Sunset – DVD Brand New
• Richard Linklater (Director) – Richard Linklater (Writer) – Anne Walker-McBay (Producer) – Kim Krizan (Author)

35.  Before Midnight 

Location –  Greece

Before Midnight is the 3rd movie in the series with Jesse and Celine. Another 9 years have gone by.

Richard Linklater, Ethan Hawke, and Julie Delpy have taken us on a long journey through beautiful Vienna, Paris, and now, Greece. The movie realistically highlights love and life and doesn’t avoid the struggles that come with loving another person while still wanting to remain true to who you are.

The ending may not be as storybook as you’ve come to expect from Hollywood but it does leave you hoping for a possible 4th movie.

• Multiple Formats, AC-3, Closed-captioned
• French (Subtitled), English (Subtitled), English (Original Language)

36.  Baraka

Location –  24 Countries and 6 Continents

This 1992 travel documentary highlights life, human activities, and natural events on 6 continents. With no dialogue, this film is a journey around the globe showing the planet and all of us on it from Lake Natron in Tanzania to the chanting monks in Dip Tse Chok Ling Monastery to a busy city subway terminal.

Baraka will be unlike any other film you’ve watched but one that will inspire realizations about other cultures, the world, and even yourself. Movies with beautiful scenery make you want to see the world…or transport you when you can’t travel.

• n/a (Actor)
• Ron Fricke (Director)

37.  Samsara 

Location – 25 Countries

Samsara is the follow-up to Baraka, as director Ron Fricke builds on the themes of the first movie with another visually stunning film.

Samsara was shot over 5 years in 25 countries. Again with no dialogue, the filmmakers spotlight human life and the wonders of the planet. This time, though, we see the consequences of human desires quite plainly for a more somber reflection of the planet and our role as people on it.

• English (Publication Language)

38.  A Room with a View

Location – England – Italy 

This film is set in Florence, Italy, and Surrey, England. It stars Maggie Smith, Helena Bonham Carter, Rupert Graves, Simon Callow, Judi Dench, and Daniel Day-Lewis.   

While in Florence, Bonham-Carter’s character, Lucy, meets George Emerson played by Julian Sands. They share a connection and a kiss before Lucy returns home to England with her cousin. Lucy is expected to marry a man named Cecil, played by Daniel Day-Lewis. However, George Emerson resurfaces and puts Lucy’s engagement to Cecil in doubt.

This Academy Award-winning film came out in 1985 and still holds a 100% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. 

• Maggie Smith, Helena Bonham Carter, Daniel Day-Lewis (Actors)
• James Ivory (Director)

39.  The Last Emperor

Location – China 

The Last Emperor has several achievements. Director Bernardo Bertolucci was allowed by the Chinese government the right to shoot the first Western movie about China in The Forbidden City. That alone makes it a must-see. After all, The Forbidden City is a UNESCO World Heritage Site all on its own.

The movie was also nominated for 9 Academy Awards and won ALL 9. The story is biographical about a man named Puyi who was chosen to be Emperor as a child. The movie begins later in life, after he’s been captured by the Red Army, and flashes back to tell the story of his life.

A fun fact about the making of The Last Emperor was the need for 19,000 extras that were played by the Chinese army.

• John Lone, Joan Chen, Peter O’Toole (Actors)
• Bernardo Bertolucci (Director)
• Korean (Subtitle)

40.  Forrest Gump

Location – USA, Vietnam, China

One of the all-time classics, Forrest Gump is the winner of 6 Academy Awards including Best Picture.

Forrest Gump is a simple man who lives an extraordinary life that takes him to foreign countries and across the United States.

The movie includes one of my favorite scenes in movie history. It’s when Forrest describes to Jenny the different places he’s been to on his run across the country, and she says that she wishes she could’ve been there with him. He replies, that she  was  there. I need a tissue.

• Screen Tests
• Photo Gallery
• Seeing is Believing 11 Visual Effects (Including 2 Never-Before-Seen Sequences)

41.  Encounters at the End of the World

Location – Antarctica

The wild, frontier of the 7th continent is on full display in this Werner Herzog travel documentary. The stunning snow and ice landscapes steal the spotlight, along with the underwater footage of the marine life below the ice.

The documentary also shows some of the people who are living and working in Antarctica as they figure out how to survive in the harsh Antarctic environment. If you’re an explorer at heart, how could you not want to uncover the beauty of Antarctica…even if only on the big screen? 

• David Ainley, Samuel S. Bowser, Regina Eisert (Actors)
• Werner Herzog (Director) – Werner Herzog (Writer)

42.  Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants

Location – Bethesda, Maryland – Greece – Mexico – South Carolina 

Based on the 2001 novel, this movie is about 4 teenage girlfriends who are about to spend the summer apart. Before they go, the girls go shopping and find a pair of jeans that fits them all, despite their different shapes and sizes.

During their time away, the girls share the pants and their experiences with one another as they learn about life. The jeans are the symbolic bond that keeps them connected. 

• Amber Tamblyn, America Ferrera, Blake Lively (Actors)
• Ken Kwapis (Director) – Delia Ephron (Writer) – Debra Martin Chase (Producer) – Ann Brashares (Author)

43.  In Bruges

Location – In Bruges 

This 2008 dark comedy starring Colin Farrel, Brendan Gleeson, and Ralph Fiennes is set in the gorgeous city of Bruges, Belgium. Located in the northwest of the country with its many canals, Bruges is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and called the Venice of the North.

Farrel and Gleeson are 2 Irish hitmen who are hiding in Bruges because they botched a murder and also killed a young boy. Now, the 2 men have been told to wait in the city of Bruges posing as tourists. The debauchery that follows is dark and funny. 

• AC-3; Color; Dolby; Dubbed; DVD; Subtitled; Widescreen; NTSC

44.  The Godfather

Location – Italy – New York – Las Vegas

Godfather I and II follows the epic tale of the Corleone crime family from Sicily to New York. Both movies are directed by Francis Ford Coppola. The movie stars legendary actors like Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, and Robert De Niro.

 While the crime story is the central plot, Italian culture is heavily interwoven throughout the movie’s narrative from life in Sicily to a big, Italian wedding in New York City. You’ll surely be craving homemade pasta and meatballs every time you watch!

• Al Pacino, Marlon Brando, Talia Shire (Actors)
• Francis Ford Coppola (Director)
• Spanish, French, English (Subtitles)

45.  The Descendants

Location – Hawaii

George Clooney plays an attorney and land baron who’s the trustee of a family trust that owns 25,000 acres on the Hawaiian Island of Kauai. During these family discussions, Clooney’s wife has a boating accident and ends up on life support. This tragedy brings to light his wife’s affair, as well as brings him closer to his 2 daughters.

Because of Clooney’s role as a land baron, Hawaii takes center stage. Its beaches and sweeping natural beauty transport you to the middle of the Pacific and help viewers understand Clooney’s ultimate decision about what should happen with the land trust.

• The Descendants – DVD Brand New
• George Clooney, Judy Greer (Actors)

46.  The Holiday

Location – LA / UK

Have you ever considered the idea of home exchange to spur your travels and escape life? The Holiday is about 2 women played by Kate Winslet and Cameron Diaz who do just that over the Christmas holiday.

Amanda, played by Diaz heads to a quaint cottage in Surrey, England, and Iris, played by Winslet, heads to a large and luxurious home in Los Angeles. The swaps end up being lucky for both women who meet men who also fall for them and treat them as they should be treated.

• The Holiday – DVD Brand New
• Cameron Diaz, Kate Winslet, Jude Law (Actors)
• Nancy Meyers (Director) – Nancy Meyers (Producer)

47.  Murder on the Orient Express

Location – Paris to Istanbul

Based on Agatha Christie’s 1934 novel about a murder mystery that happens on the Orient Express, a luxury train travel trip. The story is a classic who-done-it after one of the passengers is found murdered. As the story progresses, it appears as though several passengers could be suspects.

The latest version sports a star-studded cast that includes Kenneth Branagh (who also directed the film) Johnny Depp, Penelope Cruz, Judy Dench, Willem Dafoe, and Michele Pfeiffer. 

• Murder On The Orient Express – DVD + Digital Brand New
• Daisy Ridley, Johnny Depp, Josh Gad (Actors)
• Kenneth Branagh (Director) – Simon Kinberg (Producer)

48.  Mama Mia

Location – Greek Islands 

This movie transports you to the Greek island of Skopelos, although in the movie the island is called Kalokairi. Sounds pretty good right there, no?!

This movie-musical is about a soon-to-be-married girl who invites 3 different men who could be her father to her wedding. Meryl Streep plays the girl’s mother and doesn’t know her daughter has invited the men until she sees them as guests start to arrive for the wedding.

The movie score features classic, singable ABBA favorites like Mama Mia, Dancing Queen, and Take a Chance on Me.

• Meryl Streep, Pierce Brosnan, Colin Firth (Actors)
• Phyllida Lloyd (Director)

49.  The Art of Travel

Location  – Central America and South America

What happens when your wedding goes south? You want to get away…which is what Connor Layne, played by Christopher Masterson, does after he discovers his high school sweetheart’s unfaithfulness. 

Connor heads to Nicaragua as an inexperienced traveler and is almost immediately robbed. Thinking he should go home, he decides otherwise and his confidence slowly grows. Weeks later in Panama, he meets a group of people who want to trek through the jungle and set the world record for crossing the Darien Gap, a swath of dangerous land between Panama and Colombia.

• AC-3, Color, Dolby
• Spanish (Subtitled), English (Original Language), Spanish (Unknown)

50.  Sleepless in Seattle

Location –  Seattle – New York City 

This 1990s romantic classic stars Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan. The screenplay was co-written and directed by the late great Nora Ephron, who also brought us the classic movie When Harry Met Sally.

Hanks plays a widower with a young son who relocates to Seattle after his wife dies. He’s heartbroken and his son calls into a radio show and persuades his father to talk about his feelings and his late wife.

Upon listening to the show, millions of women send letters hoping to be the one to fix his broken heart, one of them being Ryan’s character. What follows is one of the most romantic endings in movie history at the Empire State Building on Valentine’s Day.

• Tom Hanks, Meg Ryan, Bill Pullman (Actors)
• Nora Ephron (Director) – Gary Foster (Producer)

51.  The Darjeeling Limited

Location – India

What would it be like to take a trip with your adult siblings? Comedy is the first thing that comes to my mind when I think of traveling with my sister.

In The Darjeeling Limited, 3 brothers have drifted apart after their father’s death. They come together for a train trip through India to rebuild their relationship as brothers and friends. Each of them is also going through some personal struggles. The older brother, Francis, played by Owen Wilson, has ulterior motives for the trip. He hopes they can locate their mother who’s left them for a life of solitude.

When they get thrown off the train for disturbing other passengers, they’re forced to walk through rural India. Along the way, the brothers reconnect as friends and learn to trust each other.

• Hotel Chevalier
• Deleted Scene

52.  Six Days Seven Nights

Location – South Pacific

Are you the kind of traveler who loves movies about exploration and adventure?

In this Ivan Reitman-directed adventure comedy, Harrison Ford and Anne Heche crash land on a deserted island in the South Pacific. Heche had been vacationing with her fiance on a nearby island when she was called away for work.

Stranded and having to survive everything from the elements to Pirates, Ford and Heche initially don’t get along but grow to have feelings for each other. 

• Harrison Ford, Anne Heche, David Schwimmer (Actors)
• Ivan Reitman (Director) – Michael Browning (Writer)

53.  Big Fish

Location – Southern United States

Do you have someone in your life who travels a lot for business? Have you ever heard any of their travel stories?

Tim Burton directed this fantasy comedy flick. It’s not your typical Burton darkness but instead, a story that takes us on an incredible adventure where the main character’s travels include encounters with even more interesting people.

On his deathbed, Ed Bloom begins telling his son, Will, played by Billy Crudup, extraordinary tales from his adventures as a traveling salesman. The stories are so out-of-this-world it’s difficult for Will to believe they are true. After his father passes, Will comes to realize his father’s stories weren’t as outlandish as he first thought.

• Billy Crudup, Hailey Anne Nelson, Ewan McGregor (Actors)
• Tim Burton (Director) – Dan Jinks (Producer)

54.  The Beach

Location – Thailand  

This quintessential travel movie set on the beaches of Thailand has inspired countless young travelers to visit Southeast Asia whether with a travel buddy or solo. In fact, one of the beaches featured in the movie has been closed to tourists to allow the eco-system to repair itself.

The Beach stars a young DiCaprio, who learns of a secret beach where other travelers are living. He and a French couple use a map left by a friend who killed himself to find the beach. The community of travelers living there abide by a set of rules that allow them to be self-sufficient. However, what initially appears to be a utopian paradise ends up quite the opposite.

• Leonardo DiCaprio, Virginie Ledoyen, Guillaume Canet (Actors)
• Danny Boyle (Director)

55.  The Bourne Movies

Location – The World 

Matt Damon takes us all over the globe through several installments of action-filled movie adventures. Damon plays Jason Bourne, a man who’s a secret assassin, part of an unknown government agency.

Starting in the first movie, Bourne Identity, Damon’s character has suffered memory loss but soon realizes he has physical skills that surprise him. When his life is threatened, he’s forced onto a path of discovery to learn who he is and where he comes from.

Each sequel holds its own because of the continuing coherent storyline. The Bourne movies grossed over $1.5 billion worldwide.

• Multiple Formats, AC-3, Box set
• English (Published), French (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled)

56.  Paris, je t’aime 

Location – Paris

This film will make you fall in love with Paris…if you haven’t already been struck by this beautiful city. 

Paris Je t’aime,  meaning Paris,  I Love You,  is a collection of 18 short films brought to you by 18 famous directors. The film represents stories that take place in 18 of the 20 arrondissements of Paris. Each story has its own cast and is seamlessly sequenced to the ones before and after it.

If you love Paris or dream of visiting the City of Lights, Paris, je t’aime will take you on an exploration of Paris and love. 

• Juliette Binoche, Leonor Watling, Ludivine Sagnier (Actors)
• Bruno Podalydès (Director)

57.  Lion

Based on the non-fiction book  A Long Way Home  by Saroo Brierley, this amazing true story stars Dev Patel, Rooney Mara, and Nicole Kidman. 

Lion tells the story of Saroo Brierley who at age 5 became separated from his family in India. Arriving in Calcutta not knowing where he is or how to get back home, he eventually lands in an orphanage. An Australian couple adopts him.

However, as an adult, Saroo is haunted by the memories of his brother calling his name and sets off on a return to India to find his biological family.

Lion received 6 Oscar nominations and grossed $140 million worldwide.

• Nicole Kidman, David Wenham, Dev Patel (Actors)
• Garth Davis (Director) – Iain Canning (Producer)

58.  Given

Location – Kauai + 15 other countries

Given lets us see and experience the world through the eyes of a 6-year-old boy named Given. His parents are Aamion & Daize Goodwin, famous surfers from Kauai. Aamion traveled with his father as a young boy and sees it as a generational tradition to set off with his son and family. 

Learning about the natural world and experiencing the daily lives of people around the world, Given gets an education that only travel can teach.

If you’re dreaming of traveling the world or haven’t traveled in a while, Given shows and reminds us how incredible the world is. 

59.  The Hundred-Foot Journey

Location – France

This light-hearted drama is based on the novel, The Hundred-Foot Journey about dueling restaurants in a small French village.

The Kadam family moves from India to a village in southern France and opens up an Indian restaurant directly across the road from Helen Mirren’s Michelin Star Rated French restaurant. There are several attempts to sabotage the new restaurant by Mirren and her chefs. The family also faces some discrimination as they settle into their new town.

Hassan, the Kadam’s second-oldest son is an up-and-coming chef, who attempts to impress Mirren. The resulting fusion of the 2 cuisines symbolizes how the 2 sides eventually learn to live and dine together. 

60.  An American in Paris

Dreaming of being an ex-pat in Paris? In this 1951 classic movie-musical, you can live vicariously through Jerry, played by Gene Kelly, who is an American living in Paris and trying to make it as a painter. 

Interwoven with Gershwin music and choreography by Gene Kelly himself, Jerry falls head over heels for Lise Bouvier who initially rebuffs his advances but eventually reciprocates the feelings. However, Lise is supposed to marry Henri, a French singer moving to America, even though she and Jerry love each other. 

An American in Paris won 6 Academy Awards including Best Picture and is considered one of the best movie-musicals of all time.

• Gene Kelly, Leslie Caron, Oscar Levant (Actors)
• Vincente Minnelli (Director) – Alan Jay Lerner (Writer) – Arthur Freed (Producer)

61.  Sex and the City

Location – New York City

The plot of Sex and the City may be all about Carrie Bradshaw and her wedding to the love of her life, John James Preston (aka Big). But, in actuality, the movie is much  bigger  than that. It’s a love letter all about  New York City . <3

From sweeping pre-war apartments to the New York Public Library, Central Park, and the Brooklyn Bridge, you can transport yourself to the Big Apple through the eyes of the 4 female characters who love and live (except Samantha temporarily) there.

62.  One Week

Location – Canada

What would you do if you had just been diagnosed with Stage 4 Cancer?

Ben Tyler, played by Joshua Jackson, finds himself in this exact position. Needing treatment, he instead chooses to set off on a cross-Canadian road trip. On his motorcycle, he travels from Toronto to Vancouver Island. On the journey, Ben reflects on his life, his relationship, his career, and his dreams. 

The Canadian landscape is what has inspired me to visit parts of Canada like Banff or British Columbia. A drive across Canada is still on the bucket list!

• Emm Gryner, Fiona Reid, Joshua Jackson (Actors)
• Michael McGowan (Director) – Jane Tattersall (Producer)

63.  Couples Retreat

Location – Bora Bora

Need some time at an island resort in French Polynesia? Who doesn’t!

Couples Retreat isn’t a cinematic classic, but it allows you to follow 4 couples on their vacation to Bora Bora for a “couples retreat” complete with overwater bungalows, fine food, and…couples therapy!

What follows as each couple spends time  exploring their relationships  is entertaining and funny. Roles are played by Vince Vaughn (as himself, lol), Jason Bateman, Kristen Bell, Jon Favreau, and Faizon Love.

Couples therapy or not, you say Bora Bora, and I’m in!

• COUPLES RETREAT MOVIE
• Vince Vaughn, Jason Bateman, Jon Favreau (Actors)
• Peter Billingsley (Director) – Jon Favreau (Writer) – Vince Vaughn (Producer)

64.  Only You

Location – Pittsburgh – Venice – Positano – Rome 

In the romantic comedy from the 1990s, Marisa Tomei stars as Faith, a girl who has grown up believing her soul mate is someone named Damon Bradley. Days before her wedding to someone not named Damon Bradley, she gets a tip she might find him in Italy. 

As she chases the elusive Damon Bradley from Venice to Rome, and finally to Positano, Faith gets help from a man she met named Peter, played by Robert Downey, Jr.

The film oozes romance from the storyline to Italy’s gorgeous scenery as a backdrop. 

• Marisa Tomei, Robert Downey Jr., Bonnie Hunt (Actors)
• Norman Jewison (Director) – Norman Jewison (Producer)

65.  The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel  

With an ensemble cast of greats like Dame Judi Dench, Tom Wilkinson, and Maggie Smith, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel tells the story of 7 Brits who are wooed by a brochure to retire at the opulent Marigold Hotel in the beautiful Pink City of Jaipur, India. 

Comedy and drama follow when the hotel isn’t what it appeared to be. You have an inept building manager, culture shock, relationship drama, hip surgeries, and a heart attack. But you also have characters who are coming to terms with their past in the hope of living their golden years happy and fulfilled.

• The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel -DVD Brand New
• Judi Dench, Bill Nighy, Penelope Wilton (Actors)
• John Madden (Director) – Ol Parker (Writer)

66.  7 Years in Tibet

Location – Tibet 

This 1997 biographical drama is based on the 1952 book, 7 Years in Tibet. Brad Pitt plays Heinrich Harrer, an Austrian mountaineer and adventurer. Despite his wife being pregnant, Heinrich leaves her behind to join a climbing buddy for a trek.

However, they are captured by the British while mountaineering in present-day Pakistan, in a wrong-place-wrong-time situation because World War II has started and they have German citizenship. The 2 men escape prison and make it to the mysterious country of Tibet where they have life-changing experiences. 

• Brad Pitt, David Thewlis, Lhapka Tsamchoe (Actors)
• Jean-Jacques Annaud (Director) – Jean-Jacques Annaud (Producer)
• English, Spanish, French (Subtitles)

67.  The Sound of Music

Location – Austria

This 1965 classic musical movie, with songs by Rodgers & Hammerstein and starring the legendary Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer, takes place in the mountains of Austria in 1938.

Andrew’s character, Maria is a novice nun, who knows in her heart that she is not right for the nunnery. The Mother Abbess sends Maria to be a caretaker for Captain Von Trapp’s 7 children, whose mother has previously passed away. Maria brings music and joy back to the house, which is initially not welcomed by the Captain.

As time passes, Maria and the Captain grow closer and eventually have to flee with the children to avoid the Nazis.

• MUSICAL FEATURES
• Run Time: 176
• Release Date: 2015/03/10

68.  The Way

Location – Spain 

Is walking the Camino de Santiago on your bucket list? This historic Catholic pilgrimage has several routes that all lead to the Cathedral of the Santiago de Compostela in Galicia, Spain.

Camino Frances is one such route that begins in southern France and travels through northern Spain. It takes center stage in The Way when Martin Sheen’s character, Dr. Thomas Avery, must go to Spain after his son Daniel was killed during a storm while walking the Camino de Santiago. 

He decides to walk the pilgrimage to honor his son. The journey and the people he meets along the way help as he works through his grief.

• Emilio Estevez, Martin Sheen (Actors)
• Emilio Estevez (Director)

69.  Lawrence of Arabia

Location – Middle East

Based on the life of T.E. Lawrence, this 1962 classic was nominated for 10 Oscars and won 7, including Best Picture and Best Director. The movie is considered to be one of the best of all time.

T.E. Lawrence was a British army officer who worked as a liaison between the British and Arabs during a revolt against the Ottoman Empire in World War I. Lawrence disobeys the orders of his commanding officer and suggests Prince Faisal plan a surprise attack on the city of Aqaba in present-day Jordan.

The movie was largely filmed in Jordan and Morocco. However, the city of Seville in Spain was also used because of the city’s Moorish influence and architecture.

The movie has inspired the likes of George Lucas, Stanley Kubrick, Martin Scorsese, and Steven Spielberg. It’ll also undoubtedly inspire you to want to visit places like the Sahara and see the ancient historic sights in Jordan, Egypt, Morocco, and Israel.

• Peter O’Toole, Alec Guinness, Anthony Quinn (Actors)
• David Lean (Director) – Sam Spiegel (Producer)

70.  Indiana Jones Movies  

Location –  Sri Lanka – Kauai – Tunisia – France – Macau – Petra – Mexico – Spain

The Indiana Jones adventure movie series is one of the most popular of all time. The series was created in 1981 by George Lucas and directed by Steven Spielberg, with a new movie scheduled to be released in 2021.

Indiana Jones is formally known as Dr. Henry Walton Jones, Jr, an archeology professor. The role in the movies has been played by Harrison Ford. Indiana Jones travels the globe in search of important artifacts to make sure they don’t end up in the wrong hands. As you can imagine, not everyone wants him to find these powerful and important relics. 

The adventures of Indiana Jones will take you to locations around the world, from Sri Lanka to France to Mexico. His adventures rival any travel bucket list out there.

• Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark – DVD Brand New
• Harrison Ford, Denholm Elliott, John Rhys-Davies (Actors)
• Steven Spielberg (Director)

71.  Chasing Liberty

Location – Washington D.C. – Prague  – Venice – Austria – Berlin – London

Mandy Moore plays the first daughter of the President of the United States. She wants to be free and live like a normal teenager. The reality is that she must be followed by Secret Service agents wherever she goes.

On a State visit to Prague, Moore’s character Anna rebels by getting away from her Secret Service detail. She desperately wants her independence and ends up on an exciting escapade, first in Prague and then across Europe. 

Ultimately, she is recognized, rescued, and brought back to the United States but not before finding the passion she’s been looking for.

• Closed-captioned; Color; DVD; Fullscreen; NTSC

72.  The Fall  

Location –  India – Europe – South Africa – Indonesia – Namibia and more…

The Fall is a passion project of filmmaker Tarsem Singh. It took 4 years to make and was shot across 20 countries. The result is a visual stunner with backdrops from the Charles Bridge in Prague to the Taj Mahal to a Botanical Garden in Argentina.

Lee Pace plays stuntman Roy Walker who is injured while making a movie. As he recovers in the hospital he meets a young Romanian girl named Alexandria to whom he starts to tell a fantastical story. Alexandria’s vivid imagination has her living the story while Roy has ulterior motives. 

If you’re stuck at home and need an escape, this one-of-a-kind movie will take you across the globe with its cinematography and storytelling.

• Lee Pace (Actor)
• Tarsem Singh (Director)

73.  Casablanca

Location –  Casablanca 

Casablanca is an absolute classic and considered one of the best movies of all time. Humphrey Bogart plays an ex-pat living in Casablanca, Morocco during World War II. He owns a club where you can listen to music and gamble. 

Ingrid Bergman plays his former lover who suddenly shows up with her husband. Her husband is being tracked by the Germans because he’s part of a resistance group. She thinks Bogart’s character, Rick Blaine can help them escape the country. They also have unresolved feelings for each other that play out during the movie despite the need for safety.

The movie won Best Picture in 1942.

• Interactive Menus
• Scene Access

74.  Around the World in 80 Days  (1956 Version) 

This adventure story is about a man named Phileas Fogg who bets a few other men that he can make it around the globe in 80 days. They don’t believe he can do it and happily make the wager. 

Using every form of transportation available at the time from hot air balloons to steamships and trains, Fogg globe-trots around the world from Europe to the Far East to America.

Along the way, his many adventures include ending up in a bullfight in Spain, rescuing a Princess in India, experiencing the Wild West on the American Frontier, and fleeing from a Scotland Yard Inspector who mistakenly thinks he has robbed a bank.

If you’d like to circumnavigate the globe on a true adventure, grab your passport and stick with the original 1956 classic version, winner of the Academy Award for Best Picture.

• Dutch, English, French, Romanian, Arabic (Subtitles)

75.  Coco  

Location – Mexico  

Not many animated films make this list but Coco is a must! It spotlights Mexican culture and particularly the traditions surrounding Dia de Los Muertos, the Mexican Day of the Dead holiday.

A 12-year-old Miguel dreams of being a musician but this is not allowed in his family. Miguel’s great-great-grandfather who was a musician left Miguel’s great-great-grandmother to care for their young daughter, Coco, all alone. However, young Miguel is determined. After teaching himself to play the guitar in secret, he enters the Day of the Dead Talent Show. 

The family-friendly movie goes on to tell the emotional story of Miguel’s family while teaching about the respect Mexican families have for their ancestors. It also won for Best Animated Movie.

• Lee Unkrich (Director) – Adrian Molina (Writer) – Darla K. Anderson (Producer)

76.  Life of Pi

Location – India – Pacific Ocean – Canada

Young Piscine Molitor Patel, or Pi Patel, spent most of his childhood in India, where his family owns a zoo. At 16, Pi’s father says the family will move to Canada. He arranges for the family to travel with the animals on a freight ship. 

One night a terrible storm hits, sinking the ship and killing his entire family. Pi winds up in a lifeboat with a few of the family’s animals, including a zebra, a hyena, an orangutan, and a Bengal tiger who Pi had named Richard Parker. Pi drifts for 227 days until he finally reaches the Mexican coast and is rescued. 

The film is absolutely stunning, and when you watch, you’ll find yourself asking questions about fate, destiny, faith, courage, and survival to understand the lessons the journey teaches.

• English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), Spanish (Dubbed)

77.  Serendipity  

Location – New York City 

Do you believe in fate or having a destiny? Or do things happen just by chance?

Serendipity is a romantic film starring John Cusack and Kate Beckinsale. Their characters, Jonathan and Sara meet at Bloomingdales in New York City while Christmas shopping and there is instant chemistry. They’re both in other relationships, yet spend the day together.

At the end of the night, Sara writes her name and number inside a used book and Jonathan writes his info on the back of a $5 bill. Sara is confident fate will bring them back together if it’s meant to be.

Years later Jonathan is planning to marry but can’t get Sara out of his mind. He and his best man Dean set off on a quest to find out who Sara is and how to contact her.

Along the way, viewers can tour New York City from Central Park to the Waldorf Astoria Hotel to the famed cafe, Serendipity!

• John Cusack, Kate Beckinsale, Jeremy Piven (Actors)
• Peter Chelsom (Director) – Robert L. Levy (Producer)

78.  Titanic

Location –  UK / North Atlantic 

Sailing from the United Kingdom to New York City, Titanic was the world’s largest and grandest ship of its day. Being on its maiden voyage was supposed to be the voyage of a lifetime. 

Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet star in this romantic drama, and even though their story is fictionalized, the movie is based on the real-life history and people aboard the ship. Winslet is engaged to be married to a wealthy businessman. DiCaprio is an artist and drifter who won a steerage class ticket just minutes before the ship set sail.

Fate brings them together as they speed across the Atlantic Ocean and as the ship tragically sinks in the frigid North Atlantic Waters.

Titanic was nominated for 14 Academy Awards and won 11, including Best Picture and Best Director for James Cameron. It was the first film ever to hit the billion-dollar mark, grossing a whopping $1.84 billion worldwide, the most ever for any movie.

• Genre: Drama
• Rated PG-13

79.  Leap Year

Location – Ireland

Have you dreamed of a trip to Ireland? Then, you won’t want to miss the beautiful Irish landscapes that only add to the romance in this playful comedy with Amy Adams and Matthew Goode. 

Per the Irish tradition, a woman can propose to her boyfriend on February 29th and he must accept. So, Adam’s character follows her boyfriend to Dublin. But her travels land her in Wales, instead. She’s forced to hire a ride to get her to a ferry that will take her to Cork in Ireland.

Goode’s character agrees to drive her for a price. But along the way, their adventures bring them closer. When they arrive in Dublin, though, Adam’s character has a choice to make between her boyfriend and her surprising feelings for Goode’s character, Declan.

• Amy Adams, Matthew Goode, Adam Scott (Actors)
• Anand Tucker (Director)

80.   The Tourist

Location – Paris – Venice 

Angelina Jolie plays Elise Clifton-Ward whose husband is wanted by both the police and the mob. In a plan to help him get away from both, she heads to Venice and looks to set up an unsuspecting target, who’s played by Johnny Depp. The strategy is to have the police and the mob believe this man is actually her husband.

The Tourist is a thriller taking you from Paris to Venice as you try to figure out the plot’s twists and turns. Travel lovers who watch will want to book their luxury stays at Venice’s 5-star Hotel Danieli, which dates back to the 14th century.

• Johnny Depp, Angelina Jolie (Actors)
• Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck (Director)

81.  Crazy Rich Asians

Location – Singapore

If you’re dreaming of everything Southeast Asia, Crazy Rich Asians takes you there in first class and tempts you with the city’s extravagant architecture, culture, and delicious food.

Nick Young, the heir to a huge family fortune, brings his Chinese-American and native New Yorker girlfriend, Rachel Chu, home for his best friend’s wedding and to meet his mother and family. But, Nick has left out many details about his family’s wealth and his status as one of the best-catch bachelors on the island. 

This comedy-drama will have you laughing, as well as fighting for Rachel who has to figure out how to win the respect of Nick’s family. You’ll also be searching for flights to Singapore by the time the movie’s done!

• Constance Wu, Henry Golding, Gemma Chan (Actors)
• Jon M. Chu (Director) – Peter Chiarelli (Writer) – Tim Coddington (Producer) – Kevin Kwan (Author)

82.  Ferngully

Location – Australian Rain Forest

Travel down under to Australia and one of its rain forests located in New South Wales, near Mount Warning. 

In this animated film, the fairies who inhabit the rainforest are trying to save it from human logging and a dark pollution spirit. A fairy accidentally shrinks a human logger down to fairy-size. Together, with the other fairies and the rain forest animals, they try to save the forest ecosystem.

Ferngully was Robin Williams’s first animated voiceover role. And although Ferngully may not be as well known as some of his other animated roles, Ferngully sends an important message about how important it is to protect the planet’s natural spaces.

• Kroyer, Bill (Director)
• Audience Rating: G (General Audience)

83.  The Way Back

Location – Siberia – Central Asia – Himalayas

This movie is based on the real-life events of a man accused of being a spy in the Soviet Union during World War II. He gets sentenced to hard labor in Siberia. 

After some time, he and a few other prisoners plan a prison escape. Using a blizzard for cover, the group takes their chance to be free and sets off through the wilderness on foot for what ultimately becomes a 4,000-mile trek through Central Asia and the Himalayas.

If you’re looking for a similar movie to Into the Wild, The Way Back should be at the top of your list.

• Colin Farrell, Ed Harris, Jim Sturgess (Actors)
• Peter Weir (Director) – Peter Weir (Producer)

84.  How Stella Got Her Groove Back

Location – Montego Bay, Jamaica  

Stella Payne sets off to vacation in Montego Bay with her best friend Delilah on the beautiful island of Jamaica. Stella is a single mother with a stressful stock market job who hasn’t refreshed and recharged in a long time. 

She meets a good-looking guy 20 years younger than her who lives on the island. Flirtations turn to passion and romance but Stella has doubts about this vacation fling. She questions whether their age difference is a problem and whether it’s just a fling or something more.

Not only were the hotel and beach scenes refreshing, but so was the storyline of an older woman-younger guy relationship.

• Angela Bassett, Taye Diggs, Whoopi Goldberg (Actors)
• Kevin Rodney Sullivan (Director) – Ronald Bass (Writer) – Deborah Schindler (Producer)

85.  Les Miserables

Les Miserables transports you back in time to the 19th century in the years leading up to and during the French Revolution in France. The classic story has been told by book, on the stage, and in this movie musical.

The story centers around Jean Valjean who is put in jail for 19 years for stealing a loaf of bread. Finally out, he realizes he’ll need to break the terms of his parole to find work and make a new life for himself.

However, Javert is a police officer who never stops looking for him, believing once a thief always a thief. These encounters with Javert threaten Valjean’s new life and the daughter he is raising after satisfying the dying wish of Fantine, a former employee of Valjean’s who was forced into prostitution.

Whether you’re a fan of movie musicals or not, director Tom Hooper made the right decision to record live vocals on set so the acting matched the singing for a more realistic production. Les Miserables was nominated for 8 Oscars and won 4 of them.

• Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe, Anne Hathaway (Actors)
• Tom Hooper (Director) – William Nicholson (Writer) – Tim Bevan (Producer)

86.  Love Actually  

Location – England…and a few minutes in Wisconsin 

Love Actually is a lighthearted movie set mostly in  London . As the title suggests, it’s all about love…in all of its glory and grief. 

The movie cleverly intertwines several storylines where the ensemble cast is experiencing everything from new love, devoted love, and love lost from infidelity and death. Hugh Grant is comical as the Prime Minister of England who’s looking for love. Liam Neeson plays a widower struggling to get over the loss of his wife.

Alan Rickman is the classic middle-aged husband who’s bored in his marriage and is tempted by a co-worker’s advances. His wife, played by Emma Thompson, is devoted as a wife and mother. And, Laura Linney’s character wants love but struggles with family responsibilities.

Love Actually is a feel-good movie that’ll give you the warm fuzzies over love and your London fix, too!

• Hugh Grant, Liam Neeson, Colin Firth (Actors)
• Richard Curtis (Director) – Richard Curtis (Writer) – Duncan Kenworthy (Producer)

87.  The Hangover

Location  – Las Vegas

If ever there was a movie where the location was the star, it would be The Hangover. Las Vegas takes center stage…the antics of the guys in the movie wouldn’t have been possible anywhere else!

Four friends travel to Las Vegas for their buddy Doug’s bachelor party. We only get to see the remnants of what’s gone on when they wake up the next morning in their trashed hotel room. 

A missing tooth, a random baby, a tiger in the bathroom, a stolen cop car, and their friend and groom-to-be missing is only just the start.

Of all the comedy travel movies on the list, this one had me dying! If you need a good laugh or a Vegas weekend of partying, gambling, and drinking, put on The Hangover to get your fix.

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• Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms, Zach Galifianakis (Actors)
• Todd Phillips (Director) – Jon Lucas (Writer) – Todd Phillips (Producer)

88.  Hector and the Search for Happiness

Location – China – Africa – Los Angeles

Hector is a psychiatrist who’s feeling a bit stuck. He realizes his patients are asking him how to be happy and he doesn’t know the answer for himself. He sets off on a journey hoping to find answers to his questions about what happiness is.

He travels from China to Africa to Los Angeles meeting people along the way and learning about their happiness or lack thereof. His voyages and experiences show him it’s not the pursuit of happiness, but rather the happiness of the pursuit that’s important.

The movie is based on the best-selling novel, Hector and the Search for Happiness. Travel lovers everywhere will easily relate to the lessons Hector learns from his pursuit.

• English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), English (Original Language)

89.  Shirley Valentine

Location –  England – Mykonos, Greece

Ever considered taking a solo trip? Shirley Valentine may be just the inspiration you need.

Shirly Valentine is a 40-something housewife who lives in Liverpool, England with her husband. Things have grown quite stale between them and Shirley professes that all she wants is to travel and drink wine near the sea.

When a neighbor wins a trip for 2 to Greece, Shirley accepts, ready and willing to travel for a fantastic girls’ trip. But when Jane, her neighbor, ditches her at the airport after running off with someone she met on the flight, Shirley embraces her solo status determined to make her travel dreams come true.

This 1989 British comedy is a must-watch for anyone who wants to travel but is nervous about going solo or needs a reminder about any unfulfilled travel dreams.

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• Collins, Pauline, Conti, Tom, Steadman, Alison (Actors)
• Gilbert, Lewis (Director)

90.  127 Hours

Location – Canyonlands National Park, Utah, USA

Inspired by Aron Ralston’s memoir, Between a Rock and a Hard Place, 127 Hours tells the story of a hike that goes terribly wrong.

While hiking in Canyonlands National Park, Ralston parts ways with a couple of other hikers he met on the trail and sets off on his own. He falls into a slot canyon where his arm is trapped by a large rock. Unable to get free, Ralston starts recording his attempts to survive, which as the days pass he realizes will take every ounce of his courage.

• James Franco, Kate Mara (Actors)
• Danny Boyle (Director) – Danny Boyle (Writer)

91.  Il Postino  

Location – Italy 

This 1994 film takes place on a tiny Italian island in 1950. The local postman, Mario, gets to know Pablo Neruda the famous Chilean poet who’s been driven out of his country and has settled on the island.

Mario has always loved a woman named, Beatrice, who works at a local cafe. But, he’s never known how to tell her or express his feelings. Through his friendship with Pablo and Pablo’s poetry, he is able to win the heart of Beatrice. 

Several islands including Procida in the Bay of Naples and a small island off the coast of Sicily were used for filming. Il Postino is a layered story of travel, love, and politics that’ll stay with you long after the movie is over.

• Massimo Troisi, Poesie, Poems

92.  Letters to Juliet

Location –  Verona, Italy

What could be more beautiful than traveling through Italy for amore?!

Amanda Seyfried plays Sophie, an American traveling with her fiance Victor. The couple visits Verona, the place where Shakespeare’s romantic heroine waited on her balcony for her Romeo. 

She discovers that thousands of letters have been left for Juliet, where visitors have asked for guidance on or confessed their romantic woes. Sophie finds one she has to answer and it sets her on a quest with the woman who wrote the letter many years ago. Each of them finds the answers about the love they’re looking for.

If you’re looking for movies similar to Eat Pray Love, give Letters to Juliet a watch. 

• Amanda Seyfried, Gael García Bernal (Actors)
• Gary Winick (Director)

93.  A Walk in the Woods

Location – The Appalachian Trail 

There’s nothing like hiking when you want to reflect and feel restored, right?

Robert Redford plays the author Bill Bryson who decides to hike the Appalachian Trail after attending a funeral. And lucky for us, we get to hike along with him through all the natural beauty along the trail.

Bill enlists a long-lost buddy played by Nick Nolte to make the trek with him. They gear up with backpacks, tents, and sleeping bags and set off.

The 2,200-mile journey forces the pair to reconnect and plow on despite challenges along the way from bears to bad weather to their physical limitations. For anyone who’s done a long trek or dreamed of doing one, the movie shows the journey is a metaphor for life and doing the best you can is all you can expect, even when things don’t go as planned.

• Robert Redford, Nick Nolte, Nick Offerman (Actors)
• Ken Kwapis (Director)

94.  Romancing the Stone

Location – Columbian Jungle 

Romancing the Stone will have you pining for a jungle adventure!

Joan is a writer whose sister, Elaine, is kidnapped. She gets a map and is told to go to Cartagena for her sister’s ransom. However, things go wrong when Joan is duped into getting on the wrong bus by a man named Colonel Zolo, who also wants the map.

After the bus crashes, Joan meets Jack, an American who agrees to get her out of the jungle for a price. All the while, Ralph, one of Elaine’s kidnappers is following Joan, too.

Throughout the movie, Jack and Joan have to avoid Zolo as they journey through the jungle.

Directed by Robert Zemeckis and starring Michael Douglas and Kathleen Turner, Romancing the Stone is a thrill for all adventure lovers.

• Michael Douglas, Kathleen Turner, Danny DeVito (Actors)
• Robert Zemeckis (Director) – Diane Thomas (Writer)

95.  The Davinci Code  

Location – France – England  

This popular thriller is based on Dan Brown’s book, The Davinci Code. The first scenes include a murder at the Louvre in Paris. The crime scene is full of symbolism, riddles, and codes that the murdered Jacques Sauniere left to be deciphered.

Tom Hanks stars as Robert Langdon, a symbol expert who’s called to the crime scene unaware that he is the prime suspect. With the help of Jacques Sauniere’s granddaughter, he escapes and the two of them set off across Paris, the French countryside, and onto London and the English countryside in the hopes of solving the mystery of the murder while avoiding the police.

Along the way, travel lovers watching will visit famous landmarks in both Paris and London.

• Tom Hanks, Audrey Tautou, Ian McKellen (Actors)
• Ron Howard (Director) – John Calley (Producer)

96.  Tracks

Location – Australian

Based on a memoir by Robyn Davidson, Tracks tells the true story of her journey across the Australian desert. She plans to walk 1,700 miles with 4 camels and her dog from Alice Springs to the Indian Ocean. A National Geographic photographer played by Adam Driver accompanies her to document the trek.

Not only does this movie show the harsh landscape that sprawls across Australia, but Tracks will also inspire anyone watching with a love for travel and adventure. Robyn’s test of self-courage is a similar voyage of survival and perseverance as Cheryl Strayed’s Wild.

• Mia Wasikowska, Adam Driver (Actors)
• John Curran (Director) – Marion Nelson (Writer) – Emile Sherman (Producer)

97.  The Impossible

Location – Thailand

The Impossible is based on the real-life events of a husband and wife and their 3 sons who were vacationing on the beaches of Thailand when the devastating 2004 tsunami hit.

Naomi Watts was nominated for an Academy Award for her performance as Maria, a wife and mother, who gets swept away by the waters. She finds her eldest son in the water, too, and fights for both of them to survive. 

The family’s story is unforgettable. And as horrible as the situation is, you’ll be inspired by the kindness of strangers and the strength of the human spirit to overcome such a great natural disaster. 

• Watts, Naomi, McGregor, Ewan, Holland, Tom (Actors)
• Spanish (Subtitle)

98.  Blue Hawaii

Who would have thought an Elvis Presley movie would make this list of top travel movies?!

The award-winning Blue Hawaii stars the King himself as a guy named Chad who lives in Hawaii. Chad doesn’t want to work at his father’s fruit company and decides to become a tour guide for Hawaii tourists. Naturally, his first group of visitors are all pretty girls, which doesn’t exactly thrill his longtime girlfriend.

The tropical Hawaiian scenery combined with the recognizable sound of Elvis’ songs makes this movie classic travel fun!

99.  A Good Year

Location – London – Provence, in the south of France

This romantic comedy had me at Provence. The south of France is on many a traveler’s bucket list! And if you’re looking for movies like Under the Tuscan Sun, A Good Year is worth a watch.

Max Skinner, played by Russel Crowe, is a financial trader in London who inherits his Uncles’ vineyard in Provence. He travels there, planning to sell the house and quickly return to London. 

But, a series of mishaps delay his return to London and, at the same time, a potential love interest unexpectedly enters his life. Another woman enters the scene claiming to be the daughter of his Uncle, throwing the sale of the vineyard into question. 

Max ultimately has to decide whether to return to his high-powered job in London or stay in Provence.

100.  View from the Top

Location – Nevada – Cleveland – Paris

Travel lovers all over the globe can relate to the urge to travel and wanting to see the world. That’s what Donna Jensen a girl from a town in Nevada, played by Gwyneth Paltrow, wants to do with her life.

While watching TV, she’s inspired by Sally Weston, a flight attendant who has written a memoir about her travels. Donna goes after her dream by starting at a commuter airline and, throughout the movie, works hard to get assigned to the route she’s dreaming of, Paris in first class.

In the end, Donna has to figure out how to balance her happiness with her love for travel and the sky.

• Paltrow, Gwyneth, Applegate, Christina, Ruffalo, Mark (Actors)

101.  Nowhere in Africa

Location – Kenya

This autobiographical movie tells about the Redlich family who leaves Germany in 1938 to avoid Nazi persecution. Walter Redlich goes first to Kenya and then sends for his wife, Jettel, and daughter Regina shortly afterward. 

Their new life in East Africa is very different from their life in Germany. The cinematography shows us what life in Kenya is like through its landscapes and people. During the movie, each member of the Redlich family faces challenges that come with their new life and we get to see how each one handled them.

When you watch, you’ll understand why this travel movie gem deserved its Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. 

• Kohler, Juliane, Zimmermann, Regine, Ninidze, Merab (Actors)
• Link, Caroline (Director)

Have These Travel Movies Inspired You?

So, there you have it! More than 100 of the best travel movies ready to transport you around the globe…all from the comfort of your own home.

I hope you’ll feel inspired to plan a trip after seeing one of these movies or you’ll reminisce or dream about a trip, past or future!

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15 films shot on at least three continents

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Thanks to the magic of moviemaking, films can transport viewers anywhere imaginable—from fantastical new worlds in distant galaxies to your own backyard. Behind the scenes, though, it's up to highly skilled film crews to pinpoint the very best filming locations to bring these stories to life on screen. Some movies require quite a bit of globetrotting, but how many notable films were actually shot across, say, three or more continents?

To help answer this question, Giggster used data from IMDb  and  Metacritic to identify 15 movies that were shot across at least three different continents. Films are listed in chronological order.

As you might have expected, many such films are action-packed blockbusters that follow heroes as they perform death-defying stunts across the globe. Others are ambitious sci-fi projects that bring exciting alien worlds to life by traversing otherworldly locations on our own planet. Of course, big-budget blockbusters aren't the only movies with such global reach. Also included on this list are documentaries, which capture their subjects' extraordinary lives by examining the international footprint they left behind.

So, did your favorite globetrotting movie make the cut? From "Lawrence of Arabia" to Denis Villeneuve's "Dune," here are 15 films that came to life across three or more continents.

Lawrence of Arabia (1962)

- Director: David Lean - IMDb user rating: 8.3 - Metascore: 100 - Runtime: 218 minutes

Based on the life of T.E. Lawrence and his 1926 book "The Seven Pillars of Wisdom," "Lawrence of Arabia" stars Peter O'Toole as the iconic English officer who united Arab tribes against the Ottoman Turks during World War I. The film went on to win seven Oscars, including Best Picture, and the epic is often praised as one of the most influential movies ever made.

Although "Lawrence of Arabia" was originally meant to be filmed entirely in Jordan , many of its desert scenes were also shot in Morocco and Spain. The Spanish city of Seville stood in for the diverse cities of Cairo, Jerusalem, and Damascus, while the infamous Tafas Massacre was filmed in Ouarzazate, Morocco—despite the real event taking place in Syria. The movie was also filmed at London's St. Paul's Cathedral and at California's Imperial Sand Dunes Recreation Area.

The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)

- Director: Lewis Gilbert - IMDb user rating: 7.0 - Metascore: 55 - Runtime: 125 minutes

In this James Bond installment, the iconic British spy played by Roger Moore teams up with Soviet agent Anya Amasova (Barbara Bach) to stop the evil Karl Stromberg's (Curt Jurgens) plot to destroy New York City and create a breakaway civilization under the sea. As the title would suggest, things grow even more complicated when Bond and Anya's shaky Cold War alliance suddenly turns romantic. Like any Bond film, "The Spy Who Loved Me" chases its hero around the globe, necessitating a worldwide shoot. However, one could argue that this film was particularly ambitious—it was shot at Pinewood Studios in England, with on-location shoots across Italy, Egypt, Switzerland, Scotland, and Canada. To top it off, the movie's underwater scenes were filmed at Coral Harbor in the Bahamas.

Sans Soleil (1983)

- Director: Chris Marker - IMDb user rating: 7.8 - Metascore: data not available - Runtime: 100 minutes

In this experimental French film, director Chris Marker edits footage collected from countries across the globe into a collage-like narrative. The end result features a female narrator (Florence Delay in the French version) recounting a cameraman's reflections on how human memory alters our perceptions of time and history.

Often described as a travelogue or cinematic essay, "Sans Soleil" combines footage of everyday life  in Iceland, Paris, San Francisco, Guinea-Bissau, Cape Verde, and Tokyo. The film is particularly indebted to Japan, incorporating various clips from Japanese movies and TV series. San Francisco is also particularly significant, as Marker cited Alfred Hitchock's " Vertigo " as an influence in his work and even includes clips from Hitchcock's masterpiece in his film.

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)

- Director: Steven Spielberg - IMDb user rating: 8.2 - Metascore: 65 - Runtime: 127 minutes

Steven Spielberg brought the original "Indiana Jones" trilogy to an end with 1989's "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade." In the film, Harrison Ford's daring, titular archaeologist sets out to rescue his estranged father Henry Jones (Sean Connery), who disappeared while hunting for the Holy Grail. Along the way, he's forced to take on Hitler's Nazis in the months leading up to World War II.

England's Elstree Studios stood in for many locations in the film, including the Venetian catacombs and Jones' friend Walter Donovan's apartment. Meanwhile, thousand-year-old carved buildings in Petra, Jordan, stood as the exterior of the Grail's temple, while the Jones family home was actually a house in Antonito, Colorado. Although Spielberg and his crew originally planned to film scenes in the cliff dwellings of Colorado's Mesa Verde Park, local Hopi Indians objected due to the site's sacred history .

Malcolm X (1992)

- Director: Spike Lee - IMDb user rating: 7.7 - Metascore: 73 - Runtime: 202 minutes

"Malcolm X" is Spike Lee's tribute to the life of the legendary Black activist, played by Denzel Washington. Inspired by Alex Haley's 1965 biography, it tracks Malcolm X's life from childhood to his eventual assassination in 1965. Along the way, Lee dramatizes key events in the civil rights leader's life, from his incarceration to his conversion to Islam.

Notably, "Malcolm X" became the first American movie and first nondocumentary to receive permission to film in the Saudi Arabian city of Mecca, which prohibits non-Muslims from entering. Various locations around New York City stood in for the Boston of Malcolm X's youth. Meanwhile, scenes of his lectures were shot at Columbia University, and his first date with future wife Betty Shabazz, played by Angela Bassett, were filmed at the American Museum of Natural History. Filming in Cairo depicted the activist finding his way within various holy sites around the globe. Finally, the "Malcolm X" epilogue was filmed in Johannesburg, where Nelson Mandela makes a cameo appearance to teach students about the late activist's legacy.

Gladiator (2000)

- Director: Ridley Scott - IMDb user rating: 8.5 - Metascore: 67 - Runtime: 155 minutes

Russell Crowe stars in "Gladiator" as the Roman general Maximus Decimus, who is betrayed and nearly murdered when the emperor's scheming son Commodus (Joaquin Phoenix) murders his father and Maximus' entire family to seize the throne. Sold into slavery, Maximus trains as a gladiator to seek revenge against the corrupt new emperor.

The film's opening battle scenes in the forests of first-century Germany actually came to life in the Bourne Woods near Surrey, England . Ancient Rome was recreated in Fort Ricasoli, Malta, complete with a 52-foot high replica of the Colosseum. Scenes of Maximus' enslavement and gladiatorial training primarily took place in Morocco, near the Atlas Mountains.

Winged Migration (2001)

- Directors: Jacques Perrin, Jacques Cluzaud, Michel Debats - IMDb user rating: 7.9 - Metascore: 82 - Runtime: 89 minutes

This Oscar-nominated documentary delves deep into the trials and tribulations of bird migration. Making the film was a tall order, even by documentary standards—it was filmed on all seven continents between July 1997 and the spring of 2001. Utilizing in-flight cameras, viewers appear to glide through the sky alongside a wide variety of birds , from swans and seagulls to penguins and cranes.

Given the film's wide breadth of bird subjects, it's no surprise that naming all the filming locations is also a tall order. However, notable spots visited within the film include Hokkaido, Japan; Calvados, France; Kagbeni, Nepal; and Nahuel Huapi, Argentina.

Mamma Mia! (2008)

- Director: Phyllida Lloyd - IMDb user rating: 6.4 - Metascore: 51 - Runtime: 108 minutes

Who knew that an ABBA jukebox musical would become a cultural phenomenon in its own right? Based on the stage show of the same name, "Mamma Mia!" follows young bride-to-be Sophie (Amanda Seyfried) as she invites three men from her mother's (Meryl Streep) past to her wedding in hopes of finally meeting her real father. Naturally, chaos ensues.

"Mamma Mia!" unfolds in Greece, all around the island that hosts Donna's villa. In real life, most outdoor scenes were filmed on the Greek island of Skopelos, as well as the seaside settlement of Damouchari, Greece. Most of the film's interior scenes were filmed at England's Pinewood Studios, where Donna's villa was constructed in full. In the opening scene, Bill (Stellan Skarsgård) is also shown dashing through Marrakech, Morocco, on his way to Sophie's wedding.

Contagion (2011)

- Director: Steven Soderbergh - IMDb user rating: 6.8 - Metascore: 70 - Runtime: 106 minutes

Years before the world found itself faced with a real, life-altering pandemic, Stephen Soderbergh brought those fears to life in his 2011 film "Contagion." Starring Matt Damon, Kate Winslet, Jude Law, and a host of other stars, the drama tracks a dangerous airborne disease's devastating global impact, as government officials and scientists around the world race to find a cure.

Filming began in Hong Kong, where the character of Beth (Gwyneth Paltrow) first contracts the mysterious virus. Key filming locations within the city included the Jumbo Floating Restaurant, repurposed as a casino; the Princess Margaret Hospital; and Hong Kong International Airport. The majority of filming took place in Chicago, which also doubled as Beth's Minneapolis suburb. Later, Soderbergh shot scenes involving the exterior of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, with additional photography in London, Dublin, and Geneva.

Samsara (2011)

- Director: Ron Fricke - IMDb user rating: 8.4 - Metascore: 65 - Runtime: 102 minutes

A philosophical travelogue, "Samsara" was shot over the course of five years in nearly 100 locations across five continents. It's one of only a handful of films to be shot in 70mm film over the last several decades. According to the official description, the film "transports us to sacred grounds, disaster zones, industrial sites, and natural wonders." In the filmmakers' words, the film "subverts our expectations of a traditional documentary, instead encouraging our own inner interpretations inspired by images and music that infuses the ancient with the modern."

Naturally, there are simply  too many locations in "Samsara" to name, from the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans to the opulence of France's Palace of Versailles.

The Dark Knight Rises (2012)

- Director: Christopher Nolan - IMDb user rating: 8.4 - Metascore: 78 - Runtime: 164 minutes

The final installment in Christopher Nolan's "Batman" trilogy picks up eight years after the events of "The Dark Knight." When ruthless terrorist Bane (Tom Hardy) and cunning con artist Selina Kyle (Anne Hathaway) emerge, Bruce Wayne (Christian Bale) is drawn out of retirement into one final battle to save Gotham City.

Wollaton Hall in Nottingham, England, stood in as Wayne's family home, Wayne Manor. Scenes of Wayne's prison escape were brought to life at the Mehra Fort in Jodhpur, India. Pittsburgh played a sizable role in filming for "Dark Knight Rises"—most notably, the scene of Bane taking a Gotham Rogues football game hostage was filmed at Heinz Field, featuring over 10,000 extras and real members of the NFL's Pittsburgh Steelers.

Prometheus (2012)

- Director: Ridley Scott - IMDb user rating: 7.0 - Metascore: 64 - Runtime: 124 minutes

In this quasi-prequel to Ridley Scott's "Alien," a far-flung clue about humanity's origins leads a space crew to a strange new planet. But as they dig deeper into this new world's mythology, a series of hidden dangers turns their expedition into a fight for survival. Among the star-studded cast of "Prometheus" includes Michael Fassbender, Charlize Theron, Idris Elba, Noomi Rapace, and Guy Pearce.

The film's opening scene of a humanoid alien watching a departing spacecraft was shot at the famous Dettifoss waterfall in Iceland. Scott later said that Iceland was chosen as a filming location due to its "rough," "Jurassic-like" qualities. Next up, scenes of the crew discovering their ancient star map were shot at the Old Man of Storr on Scotland's Isle of Skye. Elsewhere, the mountains of the Wadi Rum nature preserve in Jordan stood in for the alien planet's rocky backdrop.

Only Lovers Left Alive (2013)

- Director: Jim Jarmusch - IMDb user rating: 7.2 - Metascore: 79 - Runtime: 123 minutes

"Only Lovers Left Alive" stars Tom Hiddleston and Tilda Swinton as Adam and Eve, two centuries-old vampire lovers contemplating their place in the modern world. A club scene was filmed in Hamburg, Germany, while Eve's old apartment was based in Tangier, Morocco. However, the crux of the film takes place in Adam's dilapidated Victorian home.

In real life, the home is called the Whitney Mansion and is based in Detroit's Brush Park neighborhood. In an interview, director Jim Jarmusch noted his  affection for the Motor City , noting that as a child he had regarded it as "almost mythological, the Paris of the Midwest." He also praised its "post-industrial visual feeling."

Mission: Impossible - Fallout (2018)

- Director: Christopher McQuarrie - IMDb user rating: 7.7 - Metascore: 86 - Runtime: 147 minutes

"Mission: Impossible - Fallout" marks the sixth entry in the popular "Mission Impossible" action franchise. In this installment, Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) and his team rush to stop arms dealer John Lark (Henry Cavill) and a terrorist group called the Apostles from carrying out nuclear attacks.

Like any "Mission Impossible" film, "Fallout" finds Tom Cruise and company pulling off death-defying stunts all over the world. The scene in which Cruise leaps from a C-17 plane was shot near Abu Dhabi, while most of the helicopter scenes were filmed in Queenstown, New Zealand. Much of "Fallout" also took place in Paris, in locations such as the Arc de Triomphe and Le Grand Palais.

The movie was temporarily shut down in London when Cruise broke his ankle filming a chase sequence at St. Paul's Cathedral and Blackfriars Bridge, causing production to suspend  for seven weeks .

Dune (2021)

- Director: Denis Villeneuve - IMDb user rating: 8.0 - Metascore: 74 - Runtime: 155 minutes

Denis Villeneuve's vision of Frank Herbert's bestselling archeo-futurist novel was long anticipated by fans of the book. But, like "Top Gun: Maverick," the movie suffered production and release delays due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The plot of a duke's son (Timothée Chalamet) leaving his lush home world for a long-oppressed desert planet containing the most precious commodity in the universe was notoriously too sweeping for David Lynch's much-maligned 1984 version, which was mostly shot in the deserts of Mexico. So Villeneuve, as a condition of taking on "Dune," split the story into two feature films .

Jordan's Wadi Rum village, the Liwa Oasis of the United Arab Emirates in the Middle East, as well as the fjords of Norway and the forests of Canada all provide different backdrops in the first installment. Villeneuve weaves them together to depict the Nordic planet of Caladan and the Messiah-awaiting desert planet Arrakis.

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Liz Gilbert

The Hero: Unhappy with the direction her life is going, Eat Pray Love ’s heroine Gilbert decides to seize the reigns and give herself a spiritual overhaul to realign her life.

Places Travelled: As part of her karmic make-over, Gilbert trots all over the place, taking in Naples, Pataudi and Bali in her quest for enlightenment.

If She Came To Blighty: You could probably add ‘Drink’ to that title, as that’s the closest thing to a spiritual experience you’re likely to find in British bars.

Indiana Jones

The Hero: A professor of archaeology, Dr Jones also likes to get his hands dirty as an adventurer, tackling Nazis and evil voodoo tribesmen. But mostly Nazis. (Oh, and aliens, but only if you accept Crystal Skulls as canon.)

Places Travelled: Connecticut resident Dr Jones has been all over the place, making pit stops in Nepal, Cairo, India and Venice. Talk about carbon footprints…

If He Came To Blighty: He’d no doubt stumble on an evil genius’ quest to find Excalibur and become king of the world.

The Hero: Fish-lipped, parachute-bra-wearing action heroine who’s seriously moneyed, but likes to fight evil masterminds, which means we like her.

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Places Travelled: First Cambodia and Siberia to stop corrupt organisation the Illuminati, then to Shanghai and Africa to stop Pandora’s Box being opened, Lara really racks up the air miles.

If She Came To Blighty: Well, Lara’s from Blighty, so she’d fit right in. Though a guest stint on The Secret Millionaire could do wonders for her profile.

The Hero: Nicknamed Strider, Aragorn II was raised in Rivendell by the elves after the death of his father. There, he was sheltered from those who might seek to kill him - he's the heir of Isildur, see. Together with the Fellowship of the Ring, he manages to return order to Middle Earth.

Places Travelled: All over Middle Earth in his fight to defeat Sauron, from Bree’s Inn Of The Prancing Pony to Rivendell, Edoras, Minas Tirith and beyond…

If He Came To Blighty: Aragorn would make short work of the numerous medieval battle re-enactments that take place on our hallowed shores – though best give him a fake sword, eh?

Luke Skywalker

The Hero: Young farmboy who holes up with his aunt and uncle, Skywalker is whisked off for an adventure among the stars that sees him facing off with Darth Vader in a battle to the death that will determine the future of the universe.

Places Travelled: More planet-hopping than globe-trotting, Luke leaves behind his home globe of Tattooine, hits ice planet Hoth, meets Yoda on Dagobah and discovers a deeply disturbing secret at Bespin’s Cloud City…

If He Came To Blighty: He’d probably struggle to find farm work thanks to the current economy, but he could always set up his own Skywalker Ranch and charge bucket-loads on the door.

The Hero: The world’s most famous Martini-swilling spy, Bond is MI6’s finest double-o agent, and excels at charming and/or fighting his way out of any tight situation.

Places Travelled: Of all the movie heroes, Bond’s sheer longevity (technically, he’s been sleuthing since 1962) means he’s been to pretty much every picturesque location Earth has to offer.

If He Came To Blighty: Brit boy Bond would feel right at home here, though if he’s looking to shake things up, how about a night class in flower arranging or cake baking? Would make a change from the macho warfare.

Jason Bourne

The Hero: Amnesia-suffering Special Forces agent Bourne is best-known for his ability to make a weapon out of just about anything, and the awesome fighting prowess he conceals behind his boy-next-door looks.

Places Travelled: Found adrift in the Mediterranean Sea, then heading to Zurich, Paris, Goa, Naples and Madrid, Bourne’s certainly seen the sights.

If He Came To Blighty: Bourne headed to London in Ultimatum , but what about a trip to Liverpool – we’re sure he’d make short work of any unsavoury sorts stomping the streets there. (Note: we love you Liverpudlians really.)

The Hero: Boy-sized wonder Atreyu is fantasy world Fantasia’s only hope. A destructive force known only as The Nothing is destroying it, and it’s fallen to the brave young warrior to save the day – and Fantasia.

Places Travelled: Astride his trusted steed Artax, Atreyu quests the many corners of Fantasia for a world-saving solution, coming across the Swamps of Sadness, the Southern Oracle, and the Childlike Empress’ awe-inducing palace.

If He Came To Blighty: Atreyu would get all Seabiscuit on us as a jockey wonderkid.

Detective John McLane

The Hero: Family man first, action hero cop second, John McLane has a smart mouth and the muscle to back it up. After rescuing his wife’s office building from bad guy Alan Rickman in the first Die Hard , he finds himself in further life or death scenarios that all seem to include massive explosions.

Places Travelled: A New York native, McLane travels to Los Angeles and Washington Dulles before heading back to the Big Apple. Carbon footprint minimum.

If He Came To Blighty: A holiday in London might do McLane some good, but the very day he decides to visit the Gherkin it would no doubt be taken over by a bloodthirsty, trigger-happy mob boss…

Forrest Gump

The Hero: Georgia native Gump has had a heck of a life, going from bullied public school kid to Vietnam Hero, ping pong champion and long distance runner. He really believes life is like a box of chocolates...

Places Travelled: A confection of locales have been graced with Gump’s presence, including the aforementioned Vietnam, Washington, and all manner of American landmarks that he runs through.

If He Came To Blighty: If he’d come over here in the ‘80s, you’d probably see him crop up drinking a carton of milk in some documentary/news footage of Margaret Thatcher.

Dian Fossey

The Hero: Kentucky-based Fossey is so inspired by the work of anthropologist Louis Leakey that she dedicates her entire life to the study of primates. But her devotion is soon tested when poachers attempt to kill the very primates she’s attempting to protect.

Places Travelled: Fossey travels from America to the Rwandan jungles in order to live among the gentle furry giants.

If She Came To Blighty: Sadly, Fossey never made it here before her tragic death, but if she had done she’d no doubt have established a ‘Save the Pigeons’ campaign in London.

Rick O'Connell

The Hero: Scruffy ragamuffin and fearless adventurer O’Connell gets more than he bargained for when he attempts to find the lost city of Hamunaptra - there's an undead mummy (the evil kind) laying in wait.

Places Travelled: Mostly Egypt and Manchuria, though he tangos with all sorts of international villains.

If He Came To Blighty: He’s already been here (British wife and all), and had a perilous run-in with a London bus. Just wait ‘til he hears about the Underground…

T.E. Lawrence

The Hero: Morally conflicted war hero Lawrence deals heavy blows to the enemy during World War I, but is troubled by the violence that he is inflicting on others. A British Army lieutenant, he’s therefore something of a misfit.

Places Travelled: Starting out stationed in Cairo, Lawrence then heads to Arabia where he plans attacks on various vulnerable locations.

If He Came To Blighty: British to the core, Lawrence wouldn't be out of place here. The camel might get in the way, though.

The Hero: The One, a prophesised saviour of the world, whose unique powers mean he’s practically a superman when plugged into the Matrix. Not bad for a glorified techno nerd.

Places Travelled: Both inside and outside of the Matrix, Neo has been all over the place, from the non-descript city of his home, to Zion, a castle in the middle of nowhere (as seen in Reloaded) , and the strange ‘subspace’ of Revolutions ' subway.

If He Came To Blighty: His black trenchcoat and sunnies would mark him out as the cool kid at the party. Soon, every shop on Oxford Street would sell Neo coats and sunnies, making it all the more difficult for Agent Smith to find him in a crowd...

The Hero: “Bend me, shape me, any way you want me” is probably a phrase often heard in the Parr household (aka The Incredibles). Living up to her name, Elastigirl is a super-flexible superhero – which comes in handy when she’s attempting to keep control over three rebellious kids.

Places Travelled: Though we’re never told where her superhero escapades took her before the movie (we’re sure they were all exotic), Elastigirl travels to a ‘remote island’ to help save her hubbie when he’s kidnapped by evil genius Syndrome.

If She Came To Blighty: A family holiday over here would inevitably involve a superhero smackdown that causes the destruction of some famous London landmarks.

Josh Winning has worn a lot of hats over the years. Contributing Editor at Total Film, writer for SFX, and senior film writer at the Radio Times. Josh has also penned a novel about mysteries and monsters, is the co-host of a movie podcast, and has a library of pretty phenomenal stories from visiting some of the biggest TV and film sets in the world. He would also like you to know that he "lives for cat videos..." Don't we all, Josh. Don't we all.  

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When you envision a romantic travel night out, you probably imagine sipping cocktails under the stars while your feet dip into the waters of the South Pacific in Bora Bora, or sharing oysters and champagne in a chic bistro in Montmartre, Paris, not sitting on your couch at home. But date nights ain’t what they used to be and Bora Bora and Paris are currently not possibilities for a romantic travel night. So a night at home watching a romantic movie will have to do.

In order to help you sort the wheat from the chaff when it comes to romantic travel movies, we’ve shared the following eight recommendations. As we have with our other travel movie lists , we’ve avoided most of the typical suggestions, so don’t go looking for Under the Tuscan Sun. Instead, we’ve chosen good movies, first and foremost, while also understanding that there’s more to romance than fairy tale endings and generic romantic comedies. If you and your partner are missing travel, hopefully, these movies help satisfy your wanderlust while providing the sort of romantic atmosphere that’s necessary for date night.

What are the best romantic travel movies?

Before sunrise (and before sunset and before midnight).

It’s fitting that we have Before Sunrise at the top of the list, because not only is it the best romantic travel movie of all time, but it’s one of the most romantic movies, period. This 1995 independent drama from Richard Linklaker follows Jesse, a young American played by Ethan Hawke on vacation in Europe who starts up a flirtation with Celine, a pretty young Frenchwoman played by Julie Delpy, on a train in Austria. He convinces her to get off the train with him and spend 24 hours with him in Vienna as he waits for his flight back home the next morning. As they wander around the Austrian capital visiting landmarks and local bars, they get to know each other, discuss the meaning of life, and fall in love. Before Sunrise condenses the early, exciting moments of a relationship into one day set against one of the loveliest backdrops imaginable. The sequels, Before Sunset, set in Paris nine years later, and Before Midnight, set another nine years later in Greece, expand the story and delve deeper into the relationship between Jesse and Celine, but the original has the greatest romantic power.

The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

Romance isn’t the main focus of this comedic drama about a group of English retirees (Judi Dench, Bill Nighy, Maggie Smith, Penelope Wilton, Tom Wilkinson, Ronald Pickup, Celia Imrie) who move to Jaipur, India to live in the titular retirement home run by an eager young entrepreneur (Dev Patel). But the movie is about the possibility for renewal in a place away from home, which includes the chance for having a fulfilling romance late in life. The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel showcases the rejuvenating potential of travel as well as the beautiful colours of Rajasthan. The all-star cast puts on an acting clinic, while the various romantic subplots are satisfying without being reductive. This is a genuine crowd-pleaser that celebrates age, travel, and love, which makes it perfect for a romantic travel movie night.

Call Me by Your Name

This romantic coming-of-age story is about as sultry as movies get on this list. Set in Italy in 1983, it follows a young American, Elio (Timothée Chalamet), who is spending the summer with his parents in a rented villa. His father’s student, Oliver (Armie Hammer), comes to stay with them and over the course of the summer, Elio and Oliver find themselves falling for each other. Call Me by Your Name basks in the beauty of everything on screen, from the sunny orchards of Northern Italy to the sumptuous meals the characters enjoy to the physical beauty of the actors themselves. The movie won the Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay and was nominated for a whole host of others, including Best Picture, but its soundtrack, framed around two songs by Sufjan Stevens and featuring classical pieces by John Adams and Ryuichi Sakamoto and Euro-pop hits by Giorgio Moroder, is maybe its most appealing element. It’s a great romantic movie option that’ll whisk you across the world.

Lost in Translation

A travel movie classic, Lost in Translation follows two lonely Americans, Bob (Bill Murray) and Charlotte (Scarlett Johansson), who draw close to each other while staying in the same hotel over a few weeks in Tokyo. While the film isn’t a conventional romance—the characters never become a couple—the movie beautifully captures romantic yearning and the way that companionship is often the most necessary aspect of love. It also revels in the neon-soaked nightlife of Tokyo, with memorable scenes set in karaoke bars and hotel lounges. Few movies better capture the modern ennui of looking for companionship in a modern city far from home.

Midnight in Paris

One of Woody Allen’s most beloved movies, Midnight in Paris follows a nebbish screenwriter (Owen Wilson) who travels to Paris with his negging fiancée (Rachel McAdams) only to discover a means of travelling back to the 1920s to hang out with famous writers and artists such as Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Gertrud Stein, and Salvador Dalí. Midnight in Paris wraps up romantic frustration with artistic nostalgia for the Lost Generation, which manages to capture America’s particular romantic obsession with Paris. If you’re overcome with romantic nostalgia when reading Hemingway or Fitzgerald, this is the movie for you.

Out of Africa

Perhaps the most obvious entry on this list, Out of Africa is the Best Picture-winning adaptation of Karen Blixen’s memoir about living in Kenya in the early decades of the 20th century and her romance with a handsome American big game hunter. Meryl Streep plays Blixen in the film, while Robert Redford plays her lover, Denys Finch Hatton. In many ways Out of Africa is a classic forbidden romance played out against the backdrop of the beautiful African savanna, so while the romance itself may be very conventional, the setting is anything but.

Roman Holiday

This romantic comedy classic from 1953 has Audrey Hepburn playing a rebellious princess that escapes from her royal entourage while in Rome in order to experience a bit of life as a commoner. While on her own, she meets Gregory Peck’s jaded reporter, who doesn’t recognize her, and the two fall in love as they explore Rome’s most famous landmarks together, including the Spanish Steps, the Trevi Fountain, and the Colosseum. The movie was so popular it inspired a host of copycat romantic travel movies in the 1950s, but there’s only one Roman Holiday, which is as memorable a travel romance as you’ll find. The iconic image of Hepburn and Peck riding a Vespa through Rome captures the romantic allure of exploring a foreign city while in love.

This little-seen 2013 movie is based on Robyn Davidson’s memoir about her 2,700km (1,700m) trek across the Australian Outback from Alice Springs to the Indian Ocean with nothing but her dog and four camels in tow. Mia Wasikowska plays Robyn in the film, which largely plays as a showcase of Australia’s natural beauty. Adam Driver also stars as the National Geographic photographer Rick Smolan who famously photographed her journey back in 1977, and hooked up with her in the process. The romantic moments between Robyn and Rick are nice depictions of romantic admiration, but the real star here is the landscape, which has rarely been as vivid on film.

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Remember when Pierce Brosnan used to make fun globetrotting movies like his turn as 007 and in the underrated remake of “ The Thomas Crown Affair ”? The charming actor clearly relished the chance to revisit that skill set in Renny Harlin ’s “The Misfits,” a “Fast and Furious” riff about a makeshift family of criminals who need Brosnan’s expert lawbreaker to help them pull off the biggest heist of their careers. Sadly, no one involved has any idea what to do with Brosnan, burying his playful performance in a film that’s almost impressively soulless. This is hollow nonsense, a film designed purely to make money in international markets that has so little actual plot that it’s insulting. The characters are bland, the dialogue is atrocious, the action is mediocre, and even the heist is a boring bust.

Pierce Brosnan is the guy trying to have a good time at the worst party he’s ever been to as he plays Richard Pace, a world-renowned criminal still pulling some small jobs but who seems to be past his thieving prime. That’s when he’s approached by The Misfits, a group of criminals who consider themselves modern day Robin Hoods. They want Pace to help them steal millions of gold bars that are reportedly being held under a maximum-security prison, but they’re not in it for the money. You see, the gold is used to fund terrorism, so they’re trying to cut off the cashflow of evil and send the profits to international charities. How noble.

The Misfits are led by Ringo ( Nick Cannon ), a bank robber, and Violet ( Jamie Chung ), a martial arts expert who loves kicking ass. They also include someone named Prince ( Rami Jaber ), no relation to the mega-talented musician, and Wick ( Mike Angelo ), but the real reason Pace gets involved is that the newest Misfit happens to be his daughter Hope ( Hermione Corfield ). There’s another carrot on the stick for Pace in the form of Warner Schultz ( Tim Roth ), the Moriarty to Pace’s Sherlock, and the guy who happens to run the prison that houses all that terrorism-funding gold.

Harlin used to be an incredibly reliable action director, helming hits like “ Die Hard 2: Die Harder ,” “ Cliffhanger ,” and “ Deep Blue Sea ,” but “The Misfits” shows none of that skill. The incredibly small number of actual action scenes are incompetently conceived and executed—the climax of the film is a dull chase across a desert wherein the predator and prey almost never share a frame, just shots of people screaming in cars as sand flies around them. It’s stunningly incompetent.

And the script isn’t any better. The caliber of dialogue here is best summarized in “I don’t date men ... I kill them” and the whole production uses its main setting of Abu Dhabi in ways that feel slightly racist, particularly in some silly accent work by Cannon, who looks so uncomfortable here that I half-expected him to start promoting “The Masked Singer.”

Only Brosnan appears like he gave a damn, finding that charisma and screen presence that made him an international star when he took on the role of Bond. However, anyone hoping that this wannabe franchise-starter could be an action comeback for the former 007 should reconsider. After all, a second film in this series may lead a real-life group like the Misfits to plan a heist to try and steal its funding. It would be for the greater good. 

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Jumper (2008)

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Van Helsing (2004)

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Next (2007)

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"Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft" premieres on October 10, 2024.

Twilight of the Gods

Netflix has been giving Zack Snyder carte blanche these days with "Army of the Dead," "Army of Thieves," and his recent epics "Rebel Moon Part 1 & 2," but he's not stopping there. He's also got a new animated series coming this fall called "Twilight of the Gods," which is his take on Norse mythology. Featuring the voices of Sylvia Hoeks, Stuart Martin, Pilou Asbaek, John Noble, Paterson Joseph, Rahul Kohli, Jamie Clayton, Kristopher Hivju, Peter Stormare, Jamie Chung, Lauren Cohan, Corey Stoll, and many others, Snyder also served as a director on two of the eight episodes. Xilam Animation provided the visuals, and while admittedly I was more into the animation than the story that was teased, I'm most curious to see how Snyder's brand of storytelling works in animation.

There's no date yet announced for the premiere, but "Twilight of the Gods" will arrive sometime this fall.

In Your Dreams

Directed by Alex Woo and Erik Benson, "In Your Dreams" is a very charming family-friendly animated adventure comedy about Stevie (12) and her little brother Elliot (8) who enter the creative land of their own dreams in search of the Sandman to grant their wish of having the perfect family. The dreamland is filled with fantastical creatures and anthropomorphic objects (so many talking zombie breakfast foods!), but their sidekick is a wisecracking giraffe filled with bologna voiced by Craig Robinson. Simu Liu voices the kids' father, and while the audience was cracking up at some of these dream creatures' personalities, I have a sneaking suspicion this film is gonna pull a fast one on us all and make us cry.

"In Your Dreams" arrives in 2025.

BELOVED CHARACTER ACTRESS MARGO MARTINDALE IS VOICING A ROALD DAHL CHARACTER, THIS IS NOT A DRILL! Netflix has developed a great relationship with the Roald Dahl estate as of late, with Wes Anderson's fantastic short films in 2023 and now their animated adaptation of "The Twits." Here's the official synopsis:

Mr. and Mrs. Twit are the meanest, smelliest, nastiest people in the world who also happen to own and operate the most disgusting, most dangerous, most idiotic amusement park in the world, Twitlandia. But when the Twits rise to power in their town, two brave orphans and a family of magical animals are forced to become as tricky as the Twits in order to save the city. A hysterically funny, wild ride of a film (chock-full of the Twits' beloved tricks–from the Wormy Spaghetti to the Dreaded Shrinks), The Twits is also a story for our times, about the never-ending battle between cruelty and empathy.

Directed by Phil Johnston from a script by Johnston and Meg Favreau, the voice cast includes Martindale and Johnny Vegas as the titular couple, with Natalie Portman and Emilia Clarke joining in as well. The movie looks like a twisted Sir Quentin Blake illustration come to life, which is exactly what "The Twits" deserves. "The Twits" arrives sometime in 2025.

Saving Bikini Bottom: The Sandy Cheeks Movie

When Bikini Bottom and all its denizens are suddenly scooped out of the ocean, Sandy Cheeks and SpongeBob SquarePants journey to Texas to save the town from a villainous plot. You read that correctly, Netflix is getting a SpongeBob movie — but this one is all about Sandy and her extended family. The standout voice cast includes "SpongeBob SquarePants" favorites as well as some legendary newcomers, so try to keep your jaw off the floor when you read this cast list: Carolyn Lawrence, Tom Kenny, Wanda Sykes, Clancy Brown, Bill Fagerbakke, Mr. Lawrence, Rodger Bumpass, Johnny Knoxville, Craig Robinson, Grey Delisle, Ilia Isorelys Paulino, and Matty Cardarople. The film comes from director Liza Johnson from a teleplay by Kaz and Tom Stern. I was cracking up throughout the footage shown and I can't wait to hear why SpongeBob is able to be in Texas without a water helmet on.

"Saving Bikini Bottom: The Sandy Cheeks Movie" arrives on August 2, 2024.

Jentry Chau vs. The Underworld

Wake up, babe! News about a new teenage girl fighting the supernatural series just dropped. "Jentry Chau vs. The Underworld" follows the titular character (voiced by executive producer Ali Wong), a Chinese-American teen living in a small Texas town, who finds out a demon king is hunting her for the supernatural powers she's been working her whole life to repress.

Fortunately, with the help of her weapons expert great-aunt and a millennia-old jiangshi (Chinese hopping vampire), Jentry must now fight an entire underworld's worth of monsters while balancing the horrors of high school. Created and showrun by Echo Wu, the series has a killer voice cast including Wong, Bowen Yang, Lori Tan Chinn, Lucy Liu, Jimmy O. Yang, Sheng Wang, and Woosung Kim, with 2D animation from Titmouse.

"Jentry Chau vs. The Underworld" debuts sometime in 2024.

Netflix looks like it's about to come for Disney's crown with "Spellbound." I'm gonna show you the synopsis, but it's the creative team behind it that's really going to make your face melt. "Spellbound follows the adventures of Ellian, the tenacious young daughter of the rulers of Lumbria who must go on a daring quest to save her family and kingdom after a mysterious spell transforms her parents into monsters." Sounds cute, yeah? Good news. It is. The animation is so stinkin' cute I wanted to scream. But hold onto your butts because here's where the magic happens.

"Spellbound" is directed by Vicky Jenson (co-director of "Shrek") with an original score from EGOT-winning composer ALAN FREAKIN' MENKIN and lyrics by Glenn Slater ("Tangled"). A Netflix film from Skydance Animation, "Spellbound" boasts an all-star voice cast led by Rachel Zegler, Nicole Kidman, Javier Bardem, John Lithgow, Jenifer Lewis, Nathan Lane, and Tituss Burgess. Yeah, they're totally gunning for the Oscar with this one.

"Spellbound" premieres on November 22, 2024.

The Imaginary

Anime fans, we're eating good this year. Studio Ponoc's "The Imaginary" portrays the depths of humanity and creativity through the eyes of young Amanda and her imaginary companion, Rudger. Their fantastical adventures launched from her attic, lead them to discover a magical world of creatures and places never before seen until a sinister force threatens to destroy their imaginary world and the friendship within it. The film is directed by renowned animator Yoshiyuki Momose ("Spirited Away"), and promises to be an unforgettable adventure of love, loss, and the healing power of imagination.

The film is also written and produced by two-time Academy Award nominee Yoshiaki Nishimura ("The Tale of The Princess Kaguya," "When Marnie Was There") and the English-dub voice cast includes Louie Rudge-Buchanan, Evie Kiszel, Hayley Atwell, Sky Katz, Jeremy Swift, Kal Penn, LeVar Burton, Jane Singer, Ruby Barnhill, Roger Craig Smith, Courtenay Taylor, and Miles Nibbe. The preview for this film was overwhelmingly gorgeous, and I urge everyone still high on "The Boy and the Heron" from last year to make sure this one stays on their radar and doesn't get swallowed up by the SEO-hellscape caused by Blumhouse's "Imaginary" and John Krasinski's "IF."

"The Imaginary" debuts on July 5, 2024.

Terminator Zero

We've known about (and have been SUPER HYPE FOR) "Terminator Zero" for quite some time now, but the anime  set in the world of the greatest action franchise  ever has some MASSIVE news to share. But first, here's the synopsis:

"2022: A future war has raged for decades between the few human survivors and an endless army of machines. 1997: The AI known as Skynet gained self-awareness and began its war against humanity. Caught between the future and this past is a soldier sent back in time to change the fate of humanity. She arrives in 1997 to protect a scientist named Malcolm Lee who works to launch a new AI system designed to compete with Skynet's impending attack on humanity. As Malcolm navigates the moral complexities of his creation, he is hunted by an unrelenting assassin from the future which forever alters the fate of his three children."

Mattson Tomlin ("Project Power," "The Batman II") is the showrunner/EP/writer of the series with animation from Production IG, but the biggest reveal about the show from today's presentation is that the Terminator, as in the Terminator ... IS TIMOTHY OLYPHANT!!! I'm so excited I feel like I can snap a metal endoskeleton with my bare hands!

"Terminator Zero" premieres on August 29, 2024.

Huge announcements and first looks of new and returning shows and movies

But wait, there's more! There were a ton of really awesome announcements made with little sneak peeks that I unfortunately don't get to physically share, but here are some titles that will hopefully get you pumped:

"K-Pop: Demon Hunters"

"Jurassic World: Chaos Theory" season 2

"Tokyo Override"

"That Christmas"

"Arcane" season 2

"Big Mouth: The Final Season"

"Exploding Kittens"

"Hot Wheels Let's Race" season 2

"Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl" (NEW WALLACE & GROMIT MOVIE!)

"My Oni Girl"

"The Undervale"

"Motel Transylvania" (Yep! It's a "Hotel Transylvania" spin-off series!)

"Plankton: The Movie" (More SpongeBob!)

"Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Cosmos The Movie"

Oh, and not to bury the lede here, but new shows based on "Stranger Things," "Ghostbusters," and "Minecraft" are in the works. The "Minecraft" series is in development with WildBrain, the studio behind "Sonic Prime," "Ninjago: Dragons Rising," and "Carmen Sandiego."

That's a hell of a line-up, and we at /Film will keep you up to date with more information as it becomes available.

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Glen Powell Makes a Case for Movie Stardom in Hit Man

By Richard Lawson

After providing such able support in movies like Top Gun: Maverick and Everybody Wants Some! , the actor Glen Powell is ready for some leading-man action. Hs EWS! director Richard Linklater has furnished him with just such an opportunity in the agreeable comedy Hit Man , which premiered here at the Venice Film Festival on Tuesday. A sorta-true story about an average guy who finds himself caught in a web of crime and deception, Hit Man is a cute and clever (sometimes overbearingly so) showcase for Powell’s magnetic charm.

It’s an odd film to premiere at a fancy festival like Venice, so middle-of-the-road is its appeal. Linklater has made another of his broad comedies, not an experimental ramble like the best of his work. But the simple pleasures of Hit Man are quite welcome at this particular juncture in cinema history, in a time when star-driven genre movies that exist mostly to entertain feel in direly short supply.

Perhaps, then, this is Powell’s shot at placing himself in the rarefied company of performers who can open a movie, a roster of folks that was once quite deep but has been reduced—by the creep of I.P. dominance, among other things—to a lonely handful. He makes a persuasive case. Powell plays Gary Johnson, a New Orleans professor of philosophy who does a little work on the side helping the police ensnare folks looking to hire contract killers. A hobbyist electronic tinkerer, Gary is just a tech guy—until a sudden staffing shortage puts him into the field as a fake hit man meeting a real potential client about to incriminate themselves on tape.

This is not the sleek, globetrotting stuff of The Killer , another hit man film at Venice this year. The folks encountered by Gary, who proves surprisingly adept in the undercover role, are mostly regular people with axes to grind. They’re doing a bad thing, to be sure, but they are not sociopathic plutocrats or otherwise amoral operatives of power. Thus Linklater adds some moral shading to Gary’s successful trickery: is his guile drawing people into a crime they maybe weren’t actually going to commit?

The film introduces that ethical question, but doesn’t really dig in. It is more invested in Gary’s talent for deception, which gives Powell the opportunity to put on an array of accents and don a bunch of wigs and false teeth. He’s a creepy British assassin with a red bob, a stern cigar-smoking Russian, a good ol’ boy looking to fuck some shit up. His most successful, and enduring, persona is Ron, a cool customer who is essentially Gary with the confidence and suavity turned up. Gary’s gradual realization is that if Ron was inside him all along, then he can adopt a few of Ron’s best qualities in regular Gary life—thus leading a more active, fulfilled existence.

Powell shrewdly keeps the differences between Gary and Ron subtle, but distinct enough that a sudden switch back to Gary after many scenes of Ron arrives as an amusing shock. It’s nimble work, sexy and sweet at once. Powell does, on occasion, play things a little too slick (which is partly a problem of the script, which he co-wrote with Linklater). And it’s not terribly credible that someone with Gary’s looks and natural charisma would be such a humble wallflower. (This is a “without those glasses, you’re beautiful!” kind of movie.) But isn’t that the suspension of disbelief we have long afforded our movie stars, radiant demigods whom we’ve readily accepted as anonymous, unlucky-in-love normies?

His magnetism finds great complement in Adria Arjona , as a would-be sting target whom Gary, as Ray, dissuades from committing the crime. A risky flirtation begins, leading the film toward its mild, though effective, version of suspense. There is dark possibility here—sex and romance flourishing so adjacent to murderous ideation—but Hit Man prefers to keep things light. Powell and Arjona groove on the film’s kicky patter, tumbling in and out of bed as only movie stars can, in between scenes of zippy dialogue.

Hit Man is determined to be fun above all else, and it largely succeeds in that honorable, populist mission. It entertains, and generously pushes two game performers closer toward the movie-star pantheon. So, naturally, it arrives at Venice without a distributor—an orphan in need of a studio (or, sigh, a streamer) that will take a chance on something as audacious as a star-driven crime comedy. What a novel idea, that anyone might go to the movies to see people scheme and seduce and glow. It’s sadly been many years since Hollywood believed everybody wanted some of that.

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Viva las vegas a great spring break destination.

Saturday, Apr 20 2024 by Natalie

Whether you’re young and looking for an adventure, or traveling with a family, Las Vegas is a great Spring Break destination.

Let’s take a look at some of the places everyone should have on their list to see when they make a trip to Sin City.

Welcome to Last Vegas Sign

Perhaps the most recognized feature of Las Vegas, the flashing sign welcoming visitors to Las Vegas was funded in 1959, at perhaps the heyday of Vegas glamor and glitz. These days, it’s a familiar, retro greeting for everyone who tour the Strip, the area jam packed with casinos, restaurants, party venues, and entertainment for all ages. Day or night, the party’s going on, and it’s the perfect photo op to announce your arrival!

The Venetian Casino and Resort

If you want to see a great music concert, check out the Venetian! Christina Aguilera will be there for two weeks in April, followed by Kylie Minogue, who regularly performs at the resort.

The hotel and casino is just as amazing, often making lists of best resorts and casinos in the US. Its theme hearkens back to the height of the Venetian empire, with a recreation of the Rialto Bridge, the Doge’s Palace, and other famous landmarks from the powerful empire of the Middle Ages.

The Bellagio

The Bellagio is one of Vegas’s most famous luxury resorts, created in the style of an Italian village, complete with classical-styled sculpture and design, high-end art galleries, breathtaking botanical gardens, and more.

Perhaps the most famous attraction at the Bellagio are the impressive fountains, which perform free water shows choreographed with music and lighting to entertain the crowds. Designed as the focal point in an 8.5 acre man-made lake in the center of the Las Vegas desert, they are certainly impressive. In fact, they are considered one of the most talked-about attractions in the city by people around the world!

Eiffel Tower and Paris Hotel

The Paris Hotel is an awesome spectacle, and a lot more affordable! It was designed with the average, not high-end, visitor, in mind. But they did not skimp on awesome Parisian features. The biggest draw is the replica Eiffel Tower, which rises about 550 feet in the air. Only 1/3 as big as the original, it’s still impressive against the Las Vegas skyline.

Other replicas on the site include the Arc de Triomphe, Louvre museum, and Paris Opera House. It’s “almost” like going to France, without crossing an ocean or needing a passport.

Luxor Las Vegas

The Luxor Hotel goes all the way to another famous desert for its theme: the deserts of ancient Egypt, and the pyramids of Giza. Some years, the hotel hosts more visitors than the city on which it’s modeled! Its centerpiece is a massive pyramid, which is the actual hotel. At the top of the pyramid is a giant light called the Luxor Sky Beam, the most powerful man-made light in the world.

Like other hotels, it also has lots of entertainment, beyond cool hotel rooms and casinos. It is also known for the expansive and educational Titanic exhibit, that still impresses visitors with artifacts and historical details in a museum dedicated to the ocean, that seems a little out of place in the desert.

The Mob Museum

Branching out a bit from the Strip and resorts, the National Museum of Organized Crime and Law Enforcement, better known as the Mob Museum, is a really cool museum dedicated to telling the story of organized crime, and the law enforcement agents who fight that crime.

Some people don’t know this, but Las Vegas has deep ties to organized crime and mob bosses, which makes sense with all the gambling and other activities you can do there. While the connections have eased up considerably over the years, the history is colorful, and the museum is a great place to learn about law enforcement over the years in the US, and see some really cool exhibits about the most famous, and notorious, characters, in organized crime.

If you’re looking to spend some time enjoying the region’s climate and scenery, you should check out Hoover Dam. The dam, blocking the Colorado River on the border between Las Vegas and Arizona, generates power for California, Nevada, and Arizona, for more than 1.25 million people.

It also generates water for crops and cities and towns in the area, coming off of Lake Mead, the man-made lake created as a result of the dam. Tourists can tour different parts of the dam, can check out the structure from the bridge at the top of the dam, or participate in water activities on Lake Mead. It’s less than an hour away from Sin City, but it feels like a completely different world.

If you have the chance to tour Las Vegas, springtime is a great time to go; it’s not too hot, and there’s so much going on to keep you entertained. And if you can’t make it, this list will keep you almost as entertained.

Behind the Scenes of Dune: Part Two

Wednesday, Apr 10 2024 by Natalie

Dune: Part Two came out last month, and since then it’s broken all sorts of records, including earning over $600 million, raking in more money on opening weekend than any other film earned all year, and making way more money than even the first Dune did for its opening. Even now, it’s incredibly popular, and has fast-tracked production for the next installment of the sci-fi story.

Let’s take a look at some of the starring actors and locations from the film.

Timothée Chalamet

Making his debut more than a decade ago in Interstellar , Timothée Chalamet has become a major star, with a varied film repertoire, and credit for both artistic and blockbuster successes. At just 28, he’s already been nominated for an Oscar, and won several major accolades. And, he’s been dating celeb powerhouse Kylie Jenner for over a year now, so he’s really got it going on!

Born and bred in NYC, the dual American and French citizen bought a house in Beverly Hills in 2022. The home, formerly owned by Kate Upton and Justin Verlander, set him back about $11 million. The beautiful property has privacy-enhancing landscaping, a tennis court, pool, and great views. Inside, the four bedroom, five bathroom house has distinctive features including a fireplace that takes up an entire wall, in-home theater, wine cellar, and more. The house has been owned by several celebs in addition to Kate Upton, including Kenny G and Pete Sampras!

Since getting her start on the Disney Channel in 2010, Zendaya has been known for her beautiful, piercing eyes, and amazing acting ability. Starring in Dune is just her most recent success, she’s been in the Spider-Man franchise, indie films, television shows, and more.

She has bought a few homes in the LA area, including this gorgeous place in Encino, which offers more space and privacy than some more famous zip codes in the area. The six-bedroom home is more than 80 years old, but several renovations have kept it up-to-date, perfect for the knockout celebrity.

Josh Brolin

Josh Brolin’s father has had a long career in Hollywood, but Josh took a long time to determine that he, too, wanted to be an actor. But, once he did, his career has been stellar. His acting in Dune brings to life one of the most interesting and charismatic individuals in the story, and he deserves all the praise he gets for the role.

He left Hollywood a few years ago when he bought a home in Atlanta. While he put it up for rent last month, the $3.25 million home just north of the city in the upscale neighborhood of Buckhead, has five bedrooms, six bathrooms, and 6,500 square feet of living space on 1.5 acres of land. Of course it has a gourmet kitchen, gym, theater, extra sitting and entertaining rooms, and  more.

Wadi Rum, Jordan

Filming the desert scenes of the sci-fi film in a realistic environment was critically important to director Denis Villeneuve and his crew. They picked the Wadi Rum location in Jordan because it had both a “scary” quality and the rocks mixed among the sand described so vividly in the books. And just like on the planet of Arrakis, the area is known for deadly windstorms, but fortunately doesn’t have any sandworms.

A wadi is an area that is desert except when it rains; then it’s flooded with rushing rainwater that helps give it an eerie and unique landscape formation ideal for an other-worldy tale such as Dune .

Liwa Oasis, Abu Dhabi

While the wadi was great for some angles, the sand dunes in the book were best filmed on site in Abu Dhabi, where the vastness of the desert spread out before the camera, giving the viewer a visual feast of Arrakis in all its dangerous beauty.

Filming wasn’t so hard; the crew and actors stayed at a resort at the oasis, an area of water and vegetation that sprouts up in the desert. In many ways, it helped them feel more in character, and unified them as a team, far away from the distractions that might normally overwhelm a movie crew.

Ålesund, Norway

About a world away from the desert of the Middle East, Ålesund on the coast of Norway, was the perfect setting for the water-rich world of Caladan. The bays and inlets, as well as the dramatic cliffs, were perfect for portraying the paradise Paul Atreides left behind to follow the directive of the emperor, and eventually fulfill hundreds of years of prophesy and his own destiny.

Ålesund is a small but beautiful coastal city that attracts visitors for its Art Nouveau architecture, great river and ocean kayaking, and amazing hiking.

It’s so fun to look at where the stars live and worked while making both Dune films, it only makes us want more! Because the first two installments of the books-turned-movies were so successful, it’s all but guaranteed that there will be more breathtaking films to carry on the story in the next few years. And we can’t hardly wait!

Famous Irish-Americans

Sunday, Mar 17 2024 by Natalie

Today is St. Patrick’s Day, when everyone is Irish! While the holiday is celebrated around the world, people in the US take the holiday, and perhaps the excuse to drink a little extra beer, to the next level.

In honor of the day, let’s take a look at some famous Irish-Americans.

John F. Kennedy

John F. Kennedy might be one of the most famous Irish-Americans. In fact, at the time of his campaign for president in 1960, some people hesitated to vote for him due to ethnic and religious discrimination against Irish-Americans.

However, Kennedy never shied away from his heritage. In fact, when he was president, he took a historic trip to Ireland and visited several places, including his ancestral home in Dunganstown, in Wexford. His great-great-great grandfather was born here, and the Kennedy family still owns the property.

Taking his Irish heritage seriously, Kennedy and his wife Jackie named their beautiful Virginia estate Wexford, after his ancestral home. Sadly, the home on the 166-acre farm outside Washington, DC was completed only a few weeks before he was assassinated in November 1963.

The home, with five bedrooms and five bathrooms, had been designed by Jackie herself as a retreat for the family, and was a perfect getaway for the talented equestrian. Ronald and Nancy Reagan rented the home during their presidential transition in late 1980. It sold a few years ago for just under $3 million, well below the $4+million asking price.

Barack Obama

You might not realize it, but Barack Obama has Irish heritage! A true American in the sense that his heritage includes many waves of immigrants, his great-great-great-grandfather came the US in 1850, one of millions who fled economic hardship and chased the hope of a better life across the ocean.

Obama and his wife Michelle own several homes across the US, but after they left the White House in 2017, they took up residence just a few miles away, in the tony Kalorama neighborhood of DC. They first rented, then bought, this gorgeous brick mansion, for about $8 million. Jeff Bezos lives in the neighborhood, along with several diplomats, the Kushners, and more. The house has more than 8,000 square feet; plenty of room to enjoy their privacy after eight years in the limelight of the presidency.

Alec Baldwin

A man who has reigned in Hollywood for decades, and even portrayed a president on television, Alec Baldwin is one of the most famous Irish-Americans. He’s spoken several times about how his Irish Catholic upbringing influences him now, and even named his daughter Ireland!

Alec and his wife Hilaria live with their seven kids in Vermont, having moved here in 2022, leaving behind the Hamptons in New York, and taking up a more rural, family-centered life up north. The 55-acre estate has a main house listed as having three bedrooms, but there’s got to be plenty of space for seven kids among the 3,600 square feet of living space. And if it’s not enough, there’s an 1,800 square foot guest house!

Zooey Deschanel

Zooey (just like her big sister Emily) is another famous Irish-American actor. She grew up in Los Angeles, with a director dad an actress mother; her career choice is basically a family business.

In 2019, she started dating another famous sibling, Jonathan Scott, who works with his identical twin brother Drew in the property business. The two, along with Zooey’s kids from a previous marriage, bought a gorgeous home in the Brentwood area of Los Angeles in 2020. They dropped a stunning $9.5 million for the 6,500 square-foot home on a one-acre lot. It’s in a great location, has an amazing yard that includes a pool and tennis court, and gorgeous, spunky interior that perfectly fits the couple’s personalities.

Michael Flatley

While everyone knows Michael Flatley, the famous Irish dancer, what may be a surprise is that he was actually born in the US, not the Emerald Isle! His parents both emigrated to the US, where they met at an Irish dance hall (of course) and got married. They passed their love of Irish dance to their son, and the rest is history.

He got his break on the 1994 Eurovision Song Contest, and created a dance troupe that toured the world for decades. He set a Guinness World Record (fitting for an Irishman) for the fastest feet, tapping 32 times per second!

With a remarkable estimated net worth of more than $350 million, he retired to an impressive Irish mansion called Castlehyde house. It’s reported to be more than 50,000 square feet, and has a long and storied history. While he’s tried to sell it from time to time, and can’t live there right now due to poor repairs after a fire, he’s committed to keeping it and getting it fixed.

The Irish have a strong heritage in the US, and they have done so much to make the country a wonderful melting pot of culture, tradition, and experiences. On St. Patrick’s Day, have a drink to celebrate the Irish in all of us, and may the Irish blessing prove true for you:

May your blessings outnumber the shamrocks that grow, and may trouble avoid you wherever you go.

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Muhammad Ali’s childhood home is for sale in Kentucky after being converted into a museum

The pink house where Muhammad Ali grew up dreaming of boxing fame is for sale. The two-bedroom, one-bathroom home in Louisville was converted into a museum, but is now up for sale along with two neighboring properties for $1.5 million.

FILE - In this March 18, 2016 file photo, the childhood home of Muhammad Ali is seen in Louisville, Ky. The house where Ali grew up dreaming of boxing fame is up for sale. The house was converted into a museum offering a glimpse into the boxing great’s formative years. It went on the market Tuesday, June 4, 2024 along with two neighboring homes. (AP Photo/Dylan Lovan, File)

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FILE - In this June 10, 2016, file photo, people line the street in front of the boyhood home, center with the pink wall, of Muhammad Ali as they wait for Ali’s funeral procession to arrive in Louisville, Ky. The house where Ali grew up dreaming of boxing fame is up for sale. The house was converted into a museum offering a glimpse into the boxing great’s formative years. It went on the market Tuesday, June 4, 2024 along with two neighboring homes. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey, File)

In this March 18, 2016 photo, the childhood home of Muhammad Ali is seen in Louisville, Ky. The house where Ali grew up dreaming of boxing fame is up for sale. The house was converted into a museum offering a glimpse into the boxing great’s formative years. It went on the market Tuesday, June 4, 2024 along with two neighboring homes. (AP Photo/Dylan Lovan)

FILE - In this May 25, 1965, file photo, heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali stands over fallen challenger Sonny Liston shortly after dropping him with a short hard right to the jaw in Lewiston, Maine. The house where Ali grew up dreaming of boxing fame is up for sale. The house was converted into a museum offering a glimpse into the boxing great’s formative years. It went on the market Tuesday, June 4, 2024 along with two neighboring homes. (AP Photo/John Rooney, File)

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — The pink house where Muhammad Ali grew up dreaming of boxing fame — and where hundreds of fans gathered for an emotional send-off as his funeral procession passed by decades later — is up for sale.

The two-bedroom, one-bathroom house in Louisville was converted into a museum that offered a glimpse into the formative years of the boxing champion and humanitarian known worldwide as The Greatest. The house went on the market Tuesday along with two neighboring homes — one was turned into a welcome center-gift shop and the other was meant to become a short-term rental.

The owners are asking $1.5 million for the three properties. Finding a buyer willing to maintain Ali’s childhood home as a museum would be “the best possible result,” co-owner George Bochetto said.

“This is a part of Americana,” said Bochetto, a Philadelphia attorney and former Pennsylvania state boxing commissioner. “This is part of our history. And it needs to be treated and respected as such.”

The museum opened for tours shortly before Ali’s death in 2016 . Bochetto and his business partner at the time renovated the frame house to how it looked when Ali — known then as Cassius Clay — lived there with his parents and younger brother.

“You walk into this house ... you’re going back to 1955, and you’re going to be in the middle of the Clay family home,” Bochetto told The Associated Press during a 2016 interview.

Using old photos, the developers replicated the home’s furnishings, appliances, artwork and even its pink exterior from Ali’s days living there. The museum featured videos focused on the story of Ali’s upbringing, not his storied boxing career.

“To me, that’s the bigger story and the more important story,” Bochetto said in an interview last week.

Ali got his start in boxing after his bicycle was stolen . Wanting to report the crime, the 12-year-old Ali was introduced to Joe Martin, a police officer who doubled as a boxing coach at a local gym. Ali told Martin he wanted to whip the culprit. The thief was never found, nor was the bike, but Ali became a regular in Martin’s gym.

Ali lived in the home when he left for the 1960 Olympics. He returned as a gold medal winner, launching a career that made him one of the world’s most recognizable figures as a three-time heavyweight boxing champion and globetrotting humanitarian.

The home became a worldwide focal point on the day of Ali’s burial, when hundreds of people lined the street in front of the house as his hearse and funeral procession slowly passed by.

Despite its high-profile debut, the museum ran into financial troubles and closed less than two years after opening. The museum is situated in a western Louisville neighborhood several miles from downtown, where the Muhammad Ali Center preserves his humanitarian and boxing legacies .

As efforts to reopen the childhood museum languished, offers to move the 1,200-square-foot (111-square-meter) house to Las Vegas, Philadelphia and even Saudi Arabia were turned down, Bochetto said.

“I wouldn’t do that because it’s an important piece of Louisville history, Kentucky history and I think it needs to stay right where it is,” he said.

Las Vegas real estate investor Jared Weiss bought the Ali childhood house — then rundown and vacant — in 2012 for $70,000 with plans to restore it. Three years later, Weiss formed a partnership with Bochetto, who acquired a half interest in the project. Both were avid fans of Ali, and they spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on the restoration project. They also purchased the two neighboring homes, financed a documentary, subsidized museum operations and incurred expenses for all three properties. Weiss has since died and his wife is the project’s co-owner, Bochetto said.

Now, Bochetto said he’s hoping they’ll find a buyer with the “marketing and operational know-how” to make the museum a success.

“I want to make sure that it continues in that fashion and never goes back to where it’s abandoned or dilapidated,” he said. “That should never have happened.”

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