It’s the ideal time of the year when many people pack up their bags & travel to a new place for exploration & relaxation. Whether you are looking for some recommendations or just want to vicariously go on a trip, we have curated the list of best travel movies where the city becomes an intricate detail of the story.
10 Best Travel Movies to Watch
Before Sunrise
Whenever talking about the best travel movies, which make the city a part of its story then Before Sunrise can be found on that list. Directed by Richard Linklater and co-written by Linklater and Kim Krizan, it stars Ethan Hawke as Jesse, Julie Delpy as Céline, Andrea Eckert, Hanno Pöschl, Karl Bruckschwaiger, Tex Rubinowitz, Erni Mangold and others.
In this film, Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy star as two young people who meet and whose lives are forever changed on a train from Budapest to Paris. They may have only one night, but anything can happen before Sunrise when soul mates find each other. It opens with a chance encounter between two solitary young strangers. After they hit it off on a train bound for Vienna, the Paris university student Celine and the scrappy American tourist Jesse impulsively decide to spend a day together before he returns to the US the next morning.
It is available to watch on Amazon Prime Video.
The Way
Written and directed by Emilio Estevez and starring Martin Sheen, Deborah Kara Unger, James Nesbitt, and Yorick van Wageningen. It is an emotional story of a father who decides to go on the Camino de Santiago pilgrimage to collect the remains of his son, who dies in a storm.
Watch the transforming journey on Amazon Prime Video.
In Bruges
Before the Banshees of Inisherin, which is an equally picturesque film; there was In Bruges which brought Brandon Gleeson & Colin Farrell together on screen. In this film, the hitmen Ray & Ken are asked to stay low in the medieval city of Belgium after their last mission goes wrong. But can the hitmen stay out of trouble for long or will they get involved in yet another chaos on an apparent holiday?
Watch it on Amazon Prime Video.
The Darjeeling Limited
Directed by Wes Anderson, the film follows three brothers who decide to take a spiritual journey through India in order to reconnect after their father’s funeral. But in an unprecedented country like India, the journey might not pan out as they have thought but take them on an adventure they will never forget.
Watch it on Apple TV+.
Lost In Translation
Set in Tokyo, this romantic comedy-drama film directed by Sofia Coppola tells the story of two vastly different individuals who forge an unexpected bond that transcends their age gap and personalities. Bob a movie star in Japan & Charlotte, the wife of a busy photographer find themselves comforting each other in the bustling city of Tokyo. It is a masterful portrayal of human relationships and explores themes of loneliness and friendship.
Watch it on Amazon Prime Video.
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Under the Tuscan Sun
If you haven’t already heard about this film, whenever anyone talks about starting afresh in another country then, in this inspired story – Frances Mayes impulsively buys a run-down villa in the Tuscan countryside, deciding to begin anew and plunges into a life-changing adventure filled with unexpected surprises, friendship and romance.
Based on Frances Mayes’ 1996 memoir of the same name, the film stars Diane Lane as Frances Mayes, Sandra Oh as Patti, Lindsay Duncan as Katherine and many more. Watch this film on Amazon Prime Video.
The Beach
If you ever searched for a place like Paradise on Earth, then you might like to see Young Leonardo DiCaprio find one on Thailand’s Ko Phi Phi Island. The movie made the place so popular that they had to shut it down to conserve its ecosystem. Directed by Danny Boyle, this 2000s film shows that an American backpacker in search of some adventure & thrills reaches an incredible island where everything seems like heaven. But not after, all the dreams come shattering down as the place becomes a living hell.
Watch it on Apple TV+.
2 Days in Paris
In this film, Julie Delpy runs the show by writing, directing, starring & even editing it. The story follows a New York couple, French photographer Marion, and American interior designer Jack (Adam Goldberg), as they attempt to re-infuse their relationship with romance on a European vacation. Their week in Venice might not have gone as they had thought, but maybe the last 2 days at Marion’s home could bring them closer, or reveal her past that might come in the way of the relationship.
Get it on Amazon Prime Video.
On the Road
This adventure drama film is directed by Walter Salles and will take you on a road trip across America in the 1940s. The story follows aspiring writer Sal Paradise who meets 20-year-old ex-jailbird Dan Moriarty and his beautiful wife Marylou in New York. Dan is extremely charming and has a flexible moral code, and is as fascinated by Sal’s obsession with writing as Sal is by the unfettered freedom of his lifestyle. Together they decide to travel around and form a friendship.
Starring Sam Riley, Garrett Hedlund and Kristen Stewart, along with Amy Adams, Tom Sturridge, Alice Bragga, Elisabeth Moss, Kirsten Dunst and Viggo Mortensen. Watch it on Amazon Prime Video.
Mamma Mia
Set in the Greek Islands, the film certainly popularised the white and blue aesthetic of Pelion, Greece – if it wasn’t a tourist attraction already. The musical drama film stars Pierce Brosnan, Dominic Cooper, Colin Firth, Amanda Seyfried, Stellan Skarsgård, Meryl Streep, and Julie Walters. The story follows a daughter who secretly invites three men from her mother’s past in order to find out about her father & maybe even walk with him to the aisle.
Watch it on Amazon Prime Video.
Which of the above-mentioned movies are you looking forward to watching? Let us know in the comment section below.