Nancy Evans
Each of us should travel somewhere at least once a year. Even two or more times! Getting out of the comfort zone and discovering yourself is exactly what most of the movies on this list are talking about. So if you’re wondering what the best travel movies have ever been made , these are the 10 movies you should definitely watch.
Where it takes you: to Africa, India, Hong Kong, Paris.
The most inspiring travel alcoholic movie I have ever watched! Two acting greats, Morgan Freeman and Jack Nicholson, are two old men who meet in the hospital. As they both suffer from leukemia and since they have less than a year to live, they decide to compile their " bucket list " of things they want to do. Everything they once dreamed of and wanted to do or experience, they wrote down on a yellow piece of paper, and embarked on the adventure of a lifetime. You will find out how their families react to that and what each of them put on the list.
Where it takes you: to Alaska
A film that tells the story of a student and a successful athlete who, after graduating from college, decides to give all his savings to charity, and goes to Alaska to distance himself from civilization and find the answers within himself. As a kid, Christopher grew up reading adventure novels, so he took various survival books with him on the trip, imagining himself as a modern adventurer.
On the journey, he meets a group of interesting characters, who change his understanding of life and society, opening new horizons for him, and an unexpected and unusual romance opens new paths and an understanding of love. The film was directed by the famous Sean Penn, who also wrote the screenplay.
Where it takes you: to Italy, India and Indonesia
A married woman (Julia Roberts) realizes how unhappy she is in her current marriage, and that her life is nowhere near what she wanted. After a painful divorce, he decides to embark on a journey in which he will "find himself". She first went to Rome for four months, where she began to study Italian, and almost got into a romantic relationship, and became richer by the 10 kilograms she gained while enjoying Italian cuisine.
She spends the next four months in a temple in India, where she discovers that enlightenment encompasses many things she never thought about, such as getting up in the middle of the night and scrubbing the floor in the temple. She ends her adventure in Bali, where a toothless healer of indefinite age offers her a new path to peace. All he has to do is sit still and smile.
Where it takes you: to South America
A film about the famous Cuban revolutionary and his 14 thousand-kilometer journeys through Argentina, Chile, Venezuela, Peru, and Brazil, showing destinations such as the Atacama Desert, Machu Picchu, Caracas, and Buenos Aires.
Where it takes you: to Iceland, Greenland, the Himalayas
A film with Walter Mitty (Ben Steeler), who leads a rather boring life in a magazine in which he has been working for many years on making photographs. At one point, there is a change in the ownership structure in the firm, and Walter falls out of favor with the new boss who constantly mocks him.
After failing to find a photograph that should serve as the cover of the latest issue of the magazine, following the clues left to him, he embarks on the biggest adventure of his life to find the missing photograph.
Where it takes you: to Ireland
A movie I watch every time I want to rest my brain. According to Irish tradition, February 29 is the day when a woman can propose to men. So Anna travels to Dublin to propose her boyfriend, but due to a terrible storm, the plane fails to land in Dublin, and she ends up in a small Irish village.
There, she meets a guy with whom she agrees to take her to Dublin, and during their trip, the two of them experience various adventures. From small castles to the vast and green plains of Ireland, their journey will surely inspire you to visit this country.
Where it takes you: to Japan
A film for all fans of Japan. Bob Harris (Bill Murray) is a movie star at the end of his career, who comes to Tokyo to shoot commercials. Charlotte (Scarlett Johansson) has just finished her studies at Yale and is also heading to the capital of Japan. What connects the two of them is the fact that due to the time difference, they both suffer from insomnia, so they meet quite by chance in a bar, where their friendship begins.
The two of them set out to get to know Tokyo, its streets, and residents together, and the film itself gives us an account of a completely different way of life compared to the one we know.
Where it takes you: to Thailand
The young adventurer Richard (Leonardo di Caprio) travels the world in search of something real, tangible, and for himself. Quite by chance, in a cheap hotel in Bangkok, he meets a French couple and an old adventurer Dafi, who tells him about a hidden, paradise island of untouched nature adorned with beautiful sandy beaches.
The next day, Richard finds a piece of paper in his room with a hand-drawn map that Richard assumes represents the location of a hidden beach. Together with the French couple he met, Richard embarks on a journey in search of the beach that they consider to be the most perfect place in the world.
But is that really so?
Where it takes you: to Spain and the road to the Camino de Santiago
A touching story about a father who decides to walk all the way to the Camino de Santiago in honor of his son who has recently passed away. Although overwhelmed by pain, he is forced to meet various people and examine the purpose of his existence during a journey of over 800 kilometers. For all those who once dreamed of this famous route and what the landscapes of the north of Spain really look like, a warm recommendation to take a look.
Where it takes you: to Tibet
Heinrich Harer (Brad Pitt) is an officer in the Nazi army who decides to climb one of the highest peaks in the Himalayas in 1939, together with his compatriot Peter. The journey takes him from the highest peaks of the world to a prisoner of war camp of the English army, after which he spends two years wandering the Himalayas until he finds the capital of Tibet Lhasa, and meets the Dalai Lama.
He will become the tutor of the Dalai Lama and teach him English and Western culture. The relationship with the Dalai Lama will quickly grow into a true friendship. As much as Harer helps the Dalai Lama, so does the Dalai Lama help Harer realize his true self.
