I read this on Telegraph UK this morning and realized that films have such a big impact on travel. I usually choose films that are based somewhere I have been or always wanted to visit. I tend to watch international films to keep myself always travelling and learning new cultures.
British Airways has compiled a list of the 100 greatest films that inspire
travel, based on recommendations from celebrities and passengers.
Gwyneth Paltrow, Colin Firth and Orlando Bloom helped select this list.
I have marked the ones I have seen and hope to see them all in the next year.
The top 100 films
A Good Year *
A Room with a View
The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
Amélie * +
Anchorman – The Legend of Ron Burgundy *
Annie Hall +
Around the World in 80 Days
Australia *
The Beach * +
Before Sunrise *
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel *
Blue Hawaii
Braveheart *
Breakfast at Tiffany’s
Captain Corelli’s Mandolin
To Catch a Thief +
Casablanca
Casino Royale (2006)
Chariots of Fire
City of God
Cocktail +
Coming to America
Crocodile Dundee
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon *
The Darjeeling Limited
The Dark Knight *
The Da Vinci Code *
Dirty Dancing *
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Dr. No
Eat Pray Love *
E.T. *
The Endless Summer (1966) +
Enter the Dragon
Evita *
Forrest Gump *
Four Weddings and a Funeral
From Here to Eternity (1953)
Ghostbusters
Gone with the Wind
Gorillas in the Mist
The Hangover *
Havana
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
The Holiday
In Bruges
Indiana Jones, Raiders of the Lost Ark
Indecent Proposal +
Into the Wild * +
It Started in Naples
It’s All Gone Pete Tong
Jaws *
The King and I
La Dolce Vita
L.A. Story
La Vie En Rose *
Lawrence of Arabia
Life of Pi
Lord of the Rings (The Fellowship of the Ring)
Lost in Translation *
Mamma Mia *
Manhattan +
Memoirs of a Geisha *
Miami Vice
Midnight in Paris *
The Motorcylce Diaries *
Moulin Rouge! *
National Lampoon’s European Vacation
Notting Hill *
Ocean’s Eleven (1960)
Out of Africa
The Piano +
Planes, Trains and Automobiles +
Pretty Woman *
Quadrophenia
Roman Holiday +
Salmon Fishing in the Yemen * +
Searching for Sugar Man
Sex and the City 2 *
Seven Years in Tibet *
Shirley Valentine
Sideways
Skyfall
Sliding Doors
Sleepless in Seattle *
Slumdog Millionaire *
Somewhere
The Sound of Music *
South Pacific
The Spy who Loved Me
Stand by Me
Summer Holiday
The Talented Mr Ripley *
Thelma & Louise *
Top Gun
Under the Tuscan Sun *
Up
Up in the Air *
When Harry Met Sally *
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