Movies That Make You Want to Travel

After seeing 'Enchanted April'- about a group of women renting a villa in Italy- my husband and I rented a villa on Lake Garda. We've been back 5 times.

Also, 'Out of Africa' made me yearn for africa.

Hope Floats made me want to leave the country.

"Stealing Beauty" w/Liv Tyler.

There is a Tavernier film with "Sunday" in the title that could entice anyone to head for the south of France. Pagnol films do likewise.

Ah--just saw that Tavernier film last week (and I think I've forgotten the name already). Could it be "A Sunday in the Country"? something like that. . .

Others include: Autumn's Tale (Rhone Valley), Summertime (Venice), Cyrano de Bergerac (Depardieu version, filmed in Uzes, I think), Blue (Paris), Local Hero (Scotland), Waking Ned Devine (Ireland).

"Only You" with Marisa Tomei and Robert Downey, Jr.--it's a sappy love story but it had Venice, it had Rome, it had Sorrento(?I forget), most of all it had American drivers getting lost in the Italian countryside and we musn't forget the NUNS! <music: Hallelujah!>

Also, this is quite common, but still a delight: "Roman Holiday!"

I always get the itch for Paris (tho I rarely spend time there) when I watch any of the films by Truffaut on the Antoine Doinel cycle.

I'm all for having a good time, so Family Vacation would be right up there (actually the whole series), but then Airplane makes me reconsider.

The Talented Mr. Ripley -- Hitchcock remake with Matt Damon. Southern Italy, Rome, Venice . . . just watch out for Ripley!

Another one for Paris--Truffaut's "La Poche". The scene with the little girl yelling "J'ai faim" brought tears to my eyes. . . the good, funny kind.

A Month by the Lake, starring Vanessa Redgrave, Edward Fox and Uma Thurman. Filmed at Lake Como. Fabulous!

Lynn, just as a friendly FYI. The Talented Mr. Ripley is based on a book by Patricia Highsmith. Although it was often called "Hitchcockian" by film critics, it is not a remake of a Hitchcock film, I don't believe. Am I wrong on that?

I forgot about The Talented Mr. Ripley. It's like going to Italy for two hours. Is it true that it is a Hitchcock remake? I looks so Hitchcockesque.

Godfather I & II. It was Bartzini all along.

Purple Noon in 1961 was the original Talented Mr Ripley with Alain Delon in the title role.

The movie "Amelie" makes me want to jump on a plane to Paris!

All of them....

And to add to the list: "An American in Paris", "Gigi", "Funny Face", "Royal Wedding" (I've been watching lots of old musicals lately!) "Bridget Jones Diary", "About a Boy", "Persuasion", "Gosford Park", "Il Postino", "Cinema Paradiso" and pretty much anything else set anywhere in Europe outside of wartime.

An old favorite - A Room with a View

"airplane" it made flying and crashing seem fun..

but of course I can watch anythng and wish I were where they were. like "blackhawk down " uhhh Samalia.. I wana go..

"Ripley" has nothing to do with Hitchcock, though Hitchcock did purchase "Strangers on a Train" from the same wrtier, Patricia Highsmith, at the beginning of her career.

On our flight home from Paris this week, we watched "The Truth about Charlie" and "The Bourne Identity" both had great Paris scenes! It was fun seeing locations we had just visited!

"Barry Lyndon" by Stanley Kubrick. 1974 starred Ryan O'Neal as a young Irish lad who rises from poverty to the highest of English Nobility. What an amazing epic, and the cinematography (Academy Award) was breathtaking. 1500's England at it's absolute finest. After all Kubrick was a photographer.

Kristy -

If you enjoyed "The Truth About Charlie" you might be interested in the earlier version of this story - "Charade" with Audrey Hepburn and Carey Grant. In the film, they stayed at the Hotel St. Jacques in the 5th (though it looks rather different now.)

Oh, yes, and "Waking Ned Devine" really makes me miss Ireland = )

As a little girl, Around the World in 80 Days was a real eyeopener. On TV I still occasionally see that old black and white Kathryn Hepburn/Rossano Brassi movie set in Venice with the name I can never remember. Then, From Russia With Love made me dream about train travel...The Pink Panther series...The Spy Who Came in from the Cold...Charade...Dr. Zhivago...actually those were the movies I remember watching as a teenager which sort of planted the idea in my head that I would visit all those romantic places in Europe. Later on it was movies like Room with a View, and Educating Rita.

I think Ryan's world, more than any picture on Irland made me think of Irland and WEE Georgie for Scotland. Does anyone know where they were filmed???

Let's see... John Wayne's movie in Innisfree, The Quiet Man

obvious choices like Braveheart and Rob Roy...

the more modern version of Sabrina, has some idealized Paris scenes I liked...

The end of the "Shawshank Redemption" when Red meets up with Andy on the Mexican Beach- makes me want to pack my bags, get on a plane to Mexico, and spend my days drinking Margaritas and fixing my boat.

The film set in Venice with Katherine Hepburn and Rossano ? Brazzi was "Summertime" and it was in color. Perhaps you remember seeing it on a black and white set. It's still one of my favorites--especially the scenes where she first sees Brazzi. Too funny!

How about The" Last Time I Saw Paris"? with Elizabeth taylor? I saw the film when I was a teenager, the Paris scenes were spectaculars and I wanted so much to go, to wander around Montmartre,Le Sacre Coeur, walking to Pont Neuf, la Seine..I could picture Edith Piaf( Le Petit oiseaux de Paris) singing with her rasp and longing voice La Vie En Rose... Oh my, I am glad that I am going back in july... Another cute movie that I really enjoyed was" Roman Holiday.". It portrayed the glory and the splendor of ancient Rome.. And of course there are others innumerable movies that I really enjoyed about the Orient and the Polynesian islands..I am so grateful that being an Air Force wife, I was able to live in the Orient(Taipei) and Honolulu.. I will always cherish my tour over there.

For Elle, I saw the movie" La Poche" when I was studying french at college.. It was so Funny when the little girl cried j'ai faim, and all the tenants in the building send her baskets with food and bottles of wine...It was hysterical, I laughed so hard I had tears in my eyes ....

Another vote for Bread and Tulips-wonderful. I just saw The Quiet American and that made me want to go to Vietnam. Very good movie.

I became enchanted with the Grand Hotel on Mackinac Island after seeing it in "Somewhere in Time". The hotel didn't disappoint, but the island did. I spelled horse manure for days after returning home.

I belive that truffaut movie about that little girl was in "small change"the english title here.
There was an italian film with a scene that that scene reminded me of, only this was a grown man taken out for a picnic from a home to the countryside. he climbed a tree, and shouted "Ï want a woman."

"The Mouse That Roared" starring Peter Sellers, a very timely movie even though it was made in the late 1950s, and now I'm looking everywhere for Grand Fenwick on the map...

Anyone else seen this flick lately?

"Forget Paris" w/Billy Crystal

Oh, and "European Vacation" The ultimate euro-stereotype and oh so funny. The classic line when the family was in Germany looking for house number six, "Me and my family are looking for sechs." LOL!

kismetchimera (great name, btw):

I think that scene is one of the best and most memorable film scenes of all time! My husband and I both had tears streaming down our faces. . .

French Kiss with Meg Ryan and Kevin Klein.
The train scene when Meg Ryan eats cheese! Always makes me laugh.
The scene standing in the vineyard, I want to be there!!
Actually, if there is no snow, I want to be wherever that is!

Lesli: I LOVED "About a Boy" too! How about "The Red Balloon" and "the Red Shoes". Ronin was great. "Gosford Park", had to see it twice, to pick up the dialogue better. "The Bourne Identity" was good too for scenary. Forget Paris and the movie(I can't recall the name"with Kevin Kline and Meg Ryan...I loved when she was walking down a village in Southern France, saying "beautiful, just beautiful"..... so true. ahhh travel, I love it! Judy

My favorite movie is The Godfather, am a confirmed fanatic for the movie and is the reason I went to live in Italy for three years when I was in the Navy. The place I worked at was directly next to the Guardia di Finanzia building (Italian Coast Guard). Anyway, there was going to be a party there later in the day and the band set up to practice. Imagine to my surprise when the wedding theme to The Godfather began wafting out from the windows. I perked my head up suddenly, looked out amongst the Neopolitan hills and sighed happily. It doesn't get any better than that for me.

Anything by Masterpiece Theatre/BBC .. for an American film I thoroughly enjoyed Emma with Gwyneth Paltow .. makes me want to move to the English/Scottish countryside and relive the 19th century!

INDISCREET 1958, Cary Grant and Ingrid Bergman---shot in London. When I first traveled there, I took that stroll around town after dark, just as Grant and Bergman had, though without the chauffeur driven Rolls moving slowly behind me. London is my favorite city and when I miss it, it's INDISCREET that I watch. The last time I returned from London, I watched it the evening I came home. Going there enhanced the response I initially had to the film.

Back in the '60's there was a B movie with Troy Donahue and Suzanne Pleschette. Can't remember the title for sure - "Rome Adventure" I think. However, I do still remember how it made me want to travel to Italy!
Also, "Chocolat" is a good one.

The Matchmaker. Made me want to run right over to Ireland and find my future husband.

I remembered the name of the movie....French Kiss! Also "Sliding doors" with Gwyneth Paltrow. Also any Merchant/Ivory production is lucious with scenary and location.

in the movie, "Funny Face" with Audrey Hepburn and Fred Astaire--Does anyone know where that church is located where they shot the wedding scene?

It looks magical!

anyone mentioned dumb and dumber..... rooaaad trrrip!!!!!

This is fun! Makes me want to see some of these movies that I haven't seen in years. How about "Notting Hill" - makes me want to go to London. Also, when I was a teenager, the movie "If It's Tuesday This Must Be Belgium" made me determine to NEVER go on a tour.

Hi,
For you Southern France lovers, four Pagnol movies:
La Gloire de mon Pere (My Father's glory)
Le Chateau de ma mere (My Mother's Chateau)
Nice story of family on the early 1900's, in Provence, watch them in order!


And, 2 more, to watch in order:
Jean de Florette
Manon des Sources

Rugged Provence scenery

Mike

Only You with Marisa Tomei & Robert Downey, Jr.

A second for "Local Hero" specially because the 'hero' is named MacIntyre!

Also, "Passage to India".

"Howard's End", "Remains of the Day"
for England

"Day of the Jackal" , "Mr & Mrs. Bridge"
for France/Paris

"Local Hero" is one of my all-time favorite movies. Not only is it funny, charming, and whimsical, but it also has Scottish accents, picturesque seaside villages, the great Burt Lancaster, and a gorgeous soundtrack (his first of many) by Mark Knopfler. If I ever return to Scotland, I'd love to visit one of the two or three seaside villages used for locations.

Whit Stillman's drama/comedy "Barcelona" (the second in his trilogy, after "Metropolitan" and before "The Last Days of Disco") made me want to visit Barcelona...and I did.

Dangerous Beauty makes me yearn to see Venice.

And oh, Melissa, if you ever need a good [wo]man who knows how to get things, let me know!

definitely Only You....

Didn't anyone see To Catch a Thief.

French Kiss is one of my favorites as Meg Ryan and Kevin Klien could not have been better cast. I want to own and live at that vineyard in the final scene.

The Company of Strangers , in Venice.

A Room With a View - Florence. I saw this movie in high school and it was the reason I made Italy my first overseas trip.

Wings of the Dove - Venice.

Beyond Rangoon makes me want to go to Burma!

Last of the Dogmen makes me want to head out west into the mountains.

The Mexican makes me want to see that town at the end of the tunnel!

ANY James Bond movie and it's exotic locales

I agree with Lynn Gibson about "Notting Hill". "Bridget Jones's Diary" is another good one.

French Kiss. I love the scene on the French Riviera where Meg Ryan is spying on Kevin Kline with the "other" woman!

sixthlap,

David Lean's Ryan Daughter, released in 1969, was, in essence, an epic soap opera. But the scenery - oh, the rugged and remote scenery - was the real star.

Ryan's Daughter, starring Robert Mitchum, Sarah Miles, and John Mills (who won the the Oscar for best supporting actor), was produced long before Ireland's Dingle Peninsula became a popular tourist destination for native irish and foreigners alike. And while many critics carped about the soap opera-like quality of the film, I found it - and still find it - awfully well done and compelling. Indeed, it lured me to Ireland's west, and I've been drawn to it ever since. How's that for the power of the medium?

"Widow's Peak" for Ireland, and I concur, most definitely "Only You" for the cinematography of Venice, Rome, and Positano, that makes those venues look like something right out of a fairy tale.

BC

Venice-"Don't look Now"Julie Christy and Donald Sunderland
Florence-"Obsession"starring Genervive Bijord (sp?)
Greece-"Phaedra"with Tony Perkins and Melinda Macourie(sp?) she also stars in "Never on Sunday"
Rome-"fillini's Roma", "La dolce Vita"

"Roman Holiday" with Audrey Hepburn, Gregory Peck and Eddie Albert - a classic! Oh, to escape the confines of your "normal" life and be someone else for a while when you travel!

"Out of Africa", even though it is probably a very romanticized portrayal of the area.

OUT OF AFRICA, also. But, it probably wouldn't be the same without Louis Vuitton steamer trunks filled with Limoges, a gramaphone playing Mozart, and people bowing and scraping and calling me, "Baroness."

sixthlap,

Regarding the comedy Waking Ned Devine, that attractive "Irish" scenery is, in reality, the Isle of Man.

France, "A man and a women" great driving scenes. Italy, "Three coins in the Fountain" and any movie with Sophia.

Scarlett, I think it's "The comfort of strangers"I agree its an underrated scary film with Chris Walken, Robert Ruppert and Natasha Richardson.
While washing the lunch dishes, I found myself humming the theme from a film on Paris, I forgot to mention.
"Last Tango In Paris"

I need to add yet another vote for Local Hero since it is one of our families favorite movies. We were in Scotland last year and made sure to see some sites from the movie. What is not obvious at first is that the real town and beach of the fictional town of Ferness depicted in the movie are really a few hundred miles apart. The village of Pennan is on the east coast and "Ben's Beach" at Camusdarrach is on the west coast. The good news is they are just as scenic in real life as they were in the movie.
After a Local Hero tinged tour of Scotland, we happened to see Jenny Seagrove (who played Marina in the movie)in a play on London's West End. We got her autograph after the play and shared some of her recollections of filming in Scotland. I hope she didn't think we were Local Hero stalkers.
I would recommend a book "The Movie Traveller" by Allan Foster, for anyone who wants a travel guide to movie locations throughout the UK and Ireland. It is full of all sorts of out of the way places that have featured in any number of films from the 39 Steps to A Hard Days Night and many more.

Stanley Kubrick's Paths of Glory with Kirk Douglas and Adolphe Menjou was released in 1957 and I remembered it as one of the most intense antiwar movies I have ever seen. When it was released in video a few years ago I watched it again with the same reaction.

It lead me to read John Keegan's "History of the First World War". Which then led to a day trip with Quasimodo Tours in Bruges of the battle areas around Ypres.

Another great movie, parts of which were filmed in Edinburgh Castle, is Tunes of Glory (1960) which featured Alec Guinness and John Mills. I just checked and it is available in VHS.

On a lighter tone, Italian for Beginners (2000) is a delightful movie set in Denmark and Venice.

Scarlet: What a dodo I am! I was just reading the posts and realized you mentoined French Kiss right before my blathering.... ahhhhh great mind as they say!

Adding to the above -- Possession for
London & Yorkshire scenes

As a prelude to travelling to a chateau, watch the great Gerard Depardieu as "Vatel", a chef extraordinaire preparing a banquet for Louis XIV. Sumptuous.

For myself I intend to spend a little time in London in two weeks seeking out the club/bar where much of Coupling is shot.

ON GOLDEN POND! Recently watched the DVD with director's comments on working with Fonda & Hepburn, fascinating and alluring.

The opening scene of Sound of Music.
Widow's Peak & Ryan's Daughter for Ireland.

If It's Tuesday This Must Be Belgium and Buona Sera Mrs. Campbell

Walkabout (Australian Outback)

Tea With Mussolini

L.A. Story with Steve Martin

Summer Lovers and Mediterraneo

"Italian for Beginners" totally will make you want to visit/revisit Venice.

Just saw the Italian film 'Heaven' which had some incredible shots of Tuscany and Montipulciano - now we REALLY want to go back!

"Two for the Road" with the delightful Audrey Hepburn and a young, slim and sexy Albert Finney. Yes, it is old, maybe 1967-8, but so worth while for the insights into couples travelling at various stages in their lives.

A Month by the Lake with Vanessa Redgrave and Uman Thurman. Takes Place at Lake Como.
I just read that the movie based on Frances Mayes Under the Tuscan Sun will be released in September. That should be a traveler's dream.

I will vote once for Local Hero and the rest for any film set in Ireland, especially Fallen for a Dancer. I enjoyed that movie so much my next trip was planned specifically to visit the Beara Peninsula and I was not disappointed. Very fun topic

Relatively new movie out....The Bourne Identity. Takes place primarily in Paris. Was great to watch while thinking of an upcoming, 1st time trip.

Roman Holiday, Stealing Beauty, Enchanted April, Talented Mr. Ripley (notice a pattern?)

What about Corelli's Mandolin?

There are so many movies that I liked, it is hard to decide and to remenber which one to choose... For the Orient lovers, which I am One, " Love is many splendid Things" is my favourite, great panoramics scenes of Hong Kong. Also an "Affair to Remenber " with Deborah Kerr and Grant. However, the new remake with Warren Betty was BORING.This film show the beauty of the Cote d'Azur and nice view of the Big Apple also.

Walkabout - Australia (have yet to make it, though)
40 Carats - Greece
Thomas Crown Affair the First - Boston
Enchanted April - Italy
Roman Holiday - ditto
Interestingly, no movie about Paris ever really made me yearn to go, but once I went, every movie makes me want to go back.

"Gaudi Afternoon" - really makes me want to travel to, what I think is Barcelona. Great movie w/cool scenery.

There was a little movie with Anthony Hopkins and Anne Bancroft about a bookstore in London. Did anyone see it? It was delightful. The title was something about Charing Cross Road.

Scarlett & Cigalechanta, I saw "The Comfort of Strangers" many years ago (I'm a big fan of almost anything Christopher Walken does) and enjoyed it, except for what I recall was a very gruesome ending.

Bookchick, thanks for your comments about the cinematography of "Only You." That's one I've yet to see and it sounds wonderful. How can you go wrong with a film set in Venice, Rome, and Positano?

Kevdoy, I enjoyed your comments about the locations used in "Local Hero."

Sixthlap, nice to see you mention "Gaudi Afternoon", as I just saw that in a video store recently and couldn't resist a movie with Gaudi in the title. While it was a enjoyable movie with an interesting cast (including the always-wonderful Judy Davis), and *did* show some of Gaudi's buildings in scenes, I found myself wishing the director could've utilized them even more -- or in a different way -- than she did. My favorite scene in the movie was hearing the magician sing (or lip-sync) the Dean Martin song "Sway" in the nightclub scene.

By the way, if you haven't seen Whit Stillman's drama/comedy "Barcelona", I'd highly recommend it. Although it came out in 1994, it actually has a very timely feel to it right now, given the current feelings of many Europeans towards U.S. foreign/military policy, since one of the two main characters in the film is a Navy officer sent to Barcelona to work damage control on rising anti-American sentiment.

capo, Barcelona is the film that made my husband really really want to go to Barcelona. While we have not made it there yet, it is up there on the list of next trip destinations!

Capo: Thx for the tip. I'll try to remember "Barcelona" when I'm @ the video rental.

Scarlett, interesting about your husband and that film. Same for me. I had always wanted to see Gaudi's work in person but, after seeing that movie, Barcelona became a must-see (and I finally made it there three years ago.)

You're welcome, Sixthlap. Look for Mira Sorvino playing a Catalan (or Spanish) woman. She's got (IMO) a great accent.

Another film set partially in Barcelona is Pedro Almodovar's powerful "All About My Mother" which, I believe, won an Oscar.

I love Europe, but..
-Lord of The Rings (both films)- great shots of New Zealand, I am sure everyone will agree!

The movie KathrynT referred to is 84 Charing Cross Road. It's a very poignant story about a bookstore owner (Hopkins) and a customer (Bancroft) who become friends through the letters they exchange when she orders books from his shop. I rented it several years ago and agree that it is a wonderful movie! Now that I've actually been to London (last March), I'll have to rent it again.

Message Sixthlap: Auntie Mame (with Rosalind Russell) is my favorite movie of all time!

Message: KathrynT
I loved that movie! In fact, it came on late night TV the other night (I couldn't sleep) and I stayed up to watch it. I think it's called 84 Charing Cross Road. It always makes me want a pen pal!

Anyway, my other favorites have all been said:

*Only You
*French Kiss
*Amelie (I love the pictures she takes of the gnome.)
*Bridget Jones's Diary
*Funny Face
*Charade
*Sabrina (the original, and I like the remake, too)
*About a Boy
*Bread and Tulips
*Moonstruck always makes me want to go to New York! Same with When Harry Met Sally.

How about "Shirley Valentine". Makes you want to leave home and swim nude off a boat in the Greek Isles.

"To Talk of Angels" made us think of Spain. The Spainish countryside was beautiful! We had never really thought about going there before that. That spark of an idea was fulfilled last May! We love Spain and can't wait to go back--all thanks to that movie!

Has anyone said "Summer Lovers" with Darryl Hannah, Peter Gallagher (circa 1980) and some German? girl I've never seen again. It motivated us to go to Santorini - inspired by the architecture and natural beauty, of course, nothing to do with the girls

Thank you for the great tips of Barcelona movies. We are going in June so it will be fun to see these.

The book "Under the Tuscan Sun" persuaded me to persuade my family to go to Tuscany. We stayed in the same town and saw THE house.I felt abit like a groupie!

Books always make me want to jump on a plane. I am reading Paris Trance - oh to be in the City of Love!

Ooooh! Love this thread! I have read some but not all of the posts, so some of these might be dupes, but I just picked some that came to mind and always make me yearn to go traveling...

Amelie
Il Postino
Chocolate
Like Water for Chocolate
Cinema Paradiso
Lord of the Rings
Enchanted April
Emma

I have gotten some good ideas here - thanks!

I believe that Under The Tuscan Sun is going to be a film soon.

AVANTI!
Jack Lemmon,Juliet Mills and Clive Andrews in a movie filmed on the Island of Ischia,Italy. It was filmed in 1972 and is very funny.
I don't think it wld still be in rental stores, but can probably be purchased.

I agree with Craisin about 'Only You,' and LittleTraveler regarding 'Chocolat.' I also love the PBS version of 'A Year in Provence!'

Circle of Friends - Ireland

Just about anything set in France or Italy, eg. Amelie, Roman Holiday, Funny
Face, Gigi, French Kiss (particularly the final vineyard scene), and Stealing Beauty. Also, "The Sound of Music" for Austria (which I don't think has been mentioned as yet?)

Others that inspire me to travel elsewhere in the future are "An Affair to Remember" (New York), "The Last Emperor" (China) and "A Passage to India", among others.

As I always like to know where a movie has been filmed, the following web-site is useful - us.imdb.com

My choices are :

Ronin
Mission Impossible 1 & 2
The Bourne Identity ( even though the details in the book were better & the book was just plain better than the movie)
Notting Hill
Auntie Mame ( with Rosalind Russell )
Stealing Beauty
The Matchmaker
Return to me ( w/ Minnie Driver ) had some nice Italy scenes towards the end)
Triple X ( I want to know where those mountains were, beautiful)
Bridget Jones' Diary
Circle of Friends - I agree w/ irishescaper on that choice


and thanks for all the posting. there are a lot of movies I will have to look for while at the video stores now. thanks for al the great reviews.

Finally saw the much-touted "Only You" last night. No wonder the cinematography was great; it was done by Sven Nykvist, one of the best. While the scenes in Venice were beautiful, they were much briefer than I expected; most of the film takes place in Rome and Positano, with many of the scenes in Rome including the Eternal City's wonderful fountains.

The story is a little sappy, but has some fun twists and turns. Marisa Tomei and Robert Downey, Jr. look as gorgeous and handsome as the Italian locations, and seem to have some pretty good chemistry going on.

The movie that most recently made me think about traveling didn't have any travel destinations in it.

I've always wanted to see Italy, and have yet to go. Other places yes, but not Italy.

In the movie "Death to Smoochy" (yes, that same weird black comedy), as the drug addled ex-kiddie show host Buggy Ding Dong falls out of the rafters to his end, he says "I.... never.... saw... Venice......thud"

Wow. I can't let that happen to me.

LOL, Clifton, yes, pls. don't let that happen to you.

"SUMMER LOVERS": Lousy movie, but great depiction of the Greek Islands. I was drawn to Santorini because of this movie (I think Darryl Hannah's first) and ended up staying 6 months in the stunning village of Oia, then went back 2 years later and stayed another 6 months. I've been back to Greece 2 more times since then and will continue to return to this wonderful country and fantastic Island.

Actually, for a cheesy teen flick, Summer Lovers wasn't that bad (IMO). Did anyone say Local Hero yet? One of my faves.

I saw a movie several weeks ago on TV called Broken Lullaby with Mel Harris on the WE channel. Had some great shots of Budapest, and the movie wasn't that bad either. A mystery about a stolen Faberge egg. Wanted to buy the tape to add to my collection of movies that also serve as "travelogues" but no one had it (Amazon; Ameristore, etc.). Even researched the WE web site, but no luck. May write to them and see what I can do.

I want to add my 2 cents worth - my vote is for "A Little Romance" - so old I don't remember who is in it. It's about an American girl in living in Paris because of her parents. She meets and falls in love with a Parisian boy, and they run away to Italy, to sail under the Bridge of Sighs (Venice) at sunset to ensure true love. It has great scenes of Paris, and Italy.

"Scooby Doo the movie".....Tangalooma Dolphin resort is paradise

Muck

Message to Mishoe01:

I loved "A Little Romance" too and recently rented it for my children to see. It stars Diane Lane as the young girl. She grew up to be a wonderful actress and is currently nominated for an Oscar. Sir Laurence Olivier was the delightful older gentleman thief.

Thanks to those who identified my earlier mentioned favorite as 84 Charing Cross Road. Now that I know the title, I'll try to rent it.

Has anyone mentioned "Two for the Road" with Audrey Hepburn and Albert Finney? Great movie!
JoeG

I wish I could remember the name of the movie but Angela Landsbury was in it. It took place in London I believe. It was about her wanting to have a dress made for her at a very high class store. She saved all her money to have it done. She was poor in the movie. It was great and had some wonderful scenery too. Can anyone help me with the name of the movie? Please. Thank you. Also thanks everyone for all the wonderful posts here.
Giovanna, Thank you for Broken Lullaby one. I will look that one up soon, as I am going back for a visit to Hungary again in about 6 weeks. Does anyone else know of any movies that take place in Cental/ Eastern Europe area? There are a lot of post here that don't tell where the movie takes place. Thank again for this great post. Alice

Alice
Don't know the Angela Lansbury movie but I think it was based on the book MRS 'ARRIS GOES TO PARIS about a charwoman who saves her money for a couture dress.

Ok guys, how about "The English Patient", especially the scene in the church where Juliet Binoche is on some sort of a pulley or swing and gets to see the art on the walls close and personal? Gives me goose pimples.

It'll probably sound a little hokie, but ever since I first saw 'the sound of music' as a kid, i always wanted to go to the Germany, Switzerland,Austria area. Also 'emma' and 'sense and sensibility' for the UK. And I'm sorry but after seeing the 'lord of the rings' flicks, I AM going to go to New Zealand sometime.

Only one (many years ago) - "HEIDE"

Alice, some of the scenes in "Music Box" with Jessica Lange take place in Hungary, I believe.

BC

Alice: We will be visiting Budapest in mid May for the first time and very much looking forward to it. If you are able to get a lead on buying a VHS tape of Broken Lullaby would appreciate your posting info on it. Thanks!

You gotta watch "Charade" w/Audrey Hepburn and Cary Grant. It's filmed in Paris and, I think, Switzerland.

Alice I think the Angela Lansbury movie IS called Mrs. 'Arris Goes to Paris" as Ellenem says.

I just saw a preview of the new Broadway show "Enchanted April" over the weekend because it's one of my favorite movies. I knew they wouldn't be able to capture the magic of the movie on stage, but they've managed to butcher the story as well. The entire first act (one hour) is the lead up to going to Italy (supposedly in London but without ANY scenery). The audience still doesn't understand (as in the movie) WHY these women want to get away from their husbands. The second act picks up, but it all takes place on the terrace of the villa (pretty). Stick with the movie.

Two of my favourites have already been mentioned; Ryans Daughter and Dont Look Now. People seem to have forgotten Lawrence of Arabia - it must have some of the most magnificient landscapes ever filmed? Closer to home, Whistle Down the Wind (which not many will have seen) and Kes has some great views of Lancashire and Yorkshire. Whistle down the Wind is largely filmed in the Pendle Hill area, which along with the Trough of Bowland must be one of England's best kept secret and beuatiful places.

Shirley Valentine. Go to the video store and rent it tonight! You will not be disappointed. (Disclaimer ... it's more of a "chick flick" so the women might like it more than the men)

Face in the Open Window, starring R. Steeves. Issued earlier as Stranger On The Train.

Although I haven't seen it yet, I suspect "The Wicker Man" would not make me want to visit small towns in Scotland.

For those who loved the scenery in Ryan's Daughter, you should rent Far and Away with Tom Cruise. The movie is atrocious but it was filmed in Dunquin and Ballyferriter (Dingle Pennisula)also. My now deceased uncle was an extra in the scene where the men are carrying a coffin on their shoulders and the landlord comes and burns a cottage down. He was one of the pallbearers. My brother's fiance and a cousin are extras in it also. After the scenes of Ireland turn the movie off - its awful.

Another film with scenes from Ireland that I don't believe has been mentioned yet is Into the West. One of my favorites.

Still love the Sound of Music and can't wait to get to Austria.

Never had any desire to see London but after seeing Notting Hill, Bridget Jone's Diary and About a Boy I've changed my mind.

"The 39 Steps", the 30s version. I spent a lot of time trying to figure out what town in Scotland was shown on the map. Alt-na-shallach I think. Even in black and white, Scotland looked spectacular.

"Straw Dogs" . . . didn't that make you want to visit a Cornish village?

Scarlett - I agree with you...French Kiss. Something about that movie that captured my heart.

To Catch a Thief...Cary Grant and Grace Kelly shot live in Cannes and the hill villages around: Eze etc. As soon as I was planning my own vacations (24) I was on a plane to the south of France.

Enchanted April.
Roman Holiday

Did anyone mention "The Field" with Richard Harris? Nice depressing tale about the Irish people's attachment to their land with beautiful scenery from Co. Mayo, Ireland.

Bill

Actually, Mayo and Galway I believe.

A not very well known film set in the Irish Republic is one called "Lamb", it starred Liam Neeson before he was very famous. It is a very 'moving' film and one that would raise a few eyebrows nowadays ( a Priest runs away with a young boy who is subject to abject misery at school). The plot apart, there are some great scenes of magnificient Irish beaches.

Paris as shown in The Bourne Identity. The shots are wonderful and really give a flavor of the Seine, the bridges.

The movie, on the other hand, is dreadful: mindless violence, implausible plot, etc. You might watch the video with the sound muted.

"Everybody Says I Love You" by Woody Allen. Great shots of Venice and France.

L'Auberge Espagnole makes me want to get to Barcelona ASAP.
The Bourne Identity reminds me how intoxicating Paris is.
And the canal scenes in the Italian Job and Talented Mr. Ripley make me upset that I didn't visit Venice when I was in Italy.

I love this thread. It makes me smile as I recall some of the films and particular scenes you folks mention. I've got one for kids at heart or folks looking for a scenic movie to watch with kids while dreaming of Greece -- The Moonspinners, an early Disney avec Hayley Mills. J.

sixthlap,

This is an enjoyable thread.

Here's a couple more contenders, both of which were expensively produced blockbusters:

Since its initial release in the 60s, The Sound of Music has drawn moviegoers to experience Salzburg's Old World elegance and the beauty that is the Austrian countryside.

Also produced some 40 years ago, David Lean's Lawrence of Arabia made a strong impression on countless moviegoers, as it created an exotic and utterly foreign world that few Westerners had experienced. While it may not have motivated many to explore that particular part of the world, it surely stirred the travel instinct that lies within most of us.

For me it was always that ultimate guy movie, The Great Escape with Steve McQueen on the bike whispering "Switzerland..." before roaring off toward the fences, Charles Bronson in the rowboat, and James Coburn with the world's worst Australian accent meeting a beret-capped fellow in a meadow in the woods. "Spine?"

"Si - Ethpanya."

I had to go.

The Unbearable Lightness of Being (Daniel Day Lewis and Juliet Binoch) has some great shots of Prague.

I watched both versions of The Italian Job last week. In the 2003 version the crime takes place in Venice and switches to Los Angeles. The 1969 version with Michael Caine and Noel Coward takes place in Turin, the Italian mountains and a little bit of London.

Spectacular scenery in both.

Yes, Mr. Go, Local Hero was great - and great scenery. Same with Waking Ned Devine.
In addition to those I chimed in earlier (Only You, and PBS' Year in Provence), I forgot one of my all-time favorites: Enchanted April.
Has anyone mentioned that one? It's wonderful...

Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas

Most of the films I enjoy have already been mentioned - French Kiss,Three Coins in a Fountain,Chocolat,Notting Hill, Bridget Jones Diary,Shirley Valentine.
Local Hero is a real favourite as we have spent lots of holidays at the beach area when my daughter was younger.

I also liked Schindlers List for the scenes in Krakow we have visited, but have never cried so much during a film.
I love Music Box for the Budapest scenery, and Baby Boom for the scenes of New York and Vermont

One of my favourite 'feelgood' films is Cousins. I have a dream of following in Ted Danson and Isabella Rosellini's footsteps and hiring a log cabin on the shores of the lake, but am not sure where it was set.
I know it was Canada, and I even showed the scene to my daughters ex-boyfriend (a Canadian footballer in England) and he thought it looked like the area around Vancouver Island but wasn't sure.
Maybe someone on here will know and I may get to go one day

Angel, if you liked "Cousins", why not rent the movie it was based on. "Cousin, Cousine". A French film from 1975, available with subtitles and with lots more Gallic bite and humor than the re-make (although Isabella Rosellini is wonderful to watch, too).

50 First Dates with Adam Sandler - the movie is shot in Hawaii and Alaska

i get in the europe mood with Ronin, Notting Hll, and Sabrina to name a few. ...and oh, how could i forget, The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles' Save Pompeii...

Last night we saw on tape the 1961 film, Goodbye Again, with Yves Montand, Ingmar Bergman, and Anthony Perkins. Lots of shots of Paris in the sixties - and the necessary raincoats and cigarettes. It's also known as "Aimez-Vous Brahms?"

I love this thread. I was hoping you all could help me to remember the name of the movie that got me hooked on travel in europe. A short description..
1990's young princess wants to travel europe but father(royalty) disagrees. She runsaway but father secretly sends an agent to keep her safe. They travel together and fall in love. they hook up with a third character (silly and strange), he leaves yellow stickers to tell everyone where he has been.
Lastly, at a large european street party/rave of thousands, the princess is recognized, the agent is exposed and the father sends a helicopter to rescue both.
I loved this movie and all of its beautiful scenes of venice ect.
Any thoughs????
Thanks

At first part of the description sounded like Roman Holiday, but that was in the 50s. Audrey Hepburn was my all-time favorite. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0046250/. Was there a modern remake of Roman Holiday, but set in Venice? Happy Travels!

arty4949,
The movie is "Chasing Liberty."

Great movies! In my glance through, I didn't see that anyone mentioned "A Good Year" with Russell Crowe (2006). He plays an investment banker living in London who inherits his uncle's chateau and vineyard in Provence and in the process of trying to sell it, re-connects with the laid-back lifestyle he grew up with in Provence. Based on a Peter Mayle novel and really a good film IMO (need to be in the mood for a slower pace film) and made me want to quit my intense job (in London right now) and move to Provence!

Norcal, I think I had seen a similar miniseries with John Thaw (Inspector Morse) - let me look it up... Yup! A Year in Provence, based on the Peter Mayle novel as well.