Also, "Chocolat" with Johnny Depp and Juliette Binoche. Set in a small French village which could easily be any small French village that you have visited.

Another Ronin vote, but one to definately miss because it's so bad it's not worth watching for the scenery of Berlin and the Veneto-Ripley's Game, sequel to the Talented Mr. Ripley-boy was it bad. Another good one though is the HBO movie My House in Umbria.

Oceans 12

For books- On Rue Tatin- an American couple who moved to Normandy. A little like Under the Tuscan Sun (book), but more enjoyable. The book is based on the true accounts of the author.

Murder in the Marais- by Cara Black. AS the name implies it takes place in the Marais district in Paris. The book is a murder mystery of Jews which links both the past and the present. Great read!

Angels and Demons- Dan Brown Has the same main character as the Davinci Code- Robert is now in Rome trying to solve a murder of a scientist. If you like Davinci code this is a great book. You find that Dan Brown's books follow a certain formula.

All of my favorite movies have already been mentioned. Check out Before Sunrise/Before Sunset if you haven't seen them. So amazing!

Well my favorites have all been mentioned (Chocolate, Only You, Amelie, French Kiss, Before Sunset) but here are a few more.

A Room with a View (Florence)
The English Patient (Tuscany)
Tea with Mussolini (San Gimignano)
Dangerous Beauty (Venice)
My House in Umbria
Italian for Beginners (Venice)
Forget Paris
Paris Blues
A Year in Provence (now on DVD)
Le Divorce
Notting Hill (Lonodn)
Four Weddings and a Funeral (England)
Bridgit Jones Diary (London)
Sliding Doors (London)
Love, Actually (London)
What a girl wants (London)
Unbearable LIghtness of Being (Prague)
Girl with a Pearl Earing (Holland)

I recently joined Netflix and am finding all sorts of films I hadn't been able to find at Blockbuster, etc. I highly recommend it.

I loved Ripley's Game. John Malcovich plays an older Ripley and is wonderful. Great sets, an engaging plot, lots of suspense. To me the best of the Ripley movies. The book was great too.

I'm hooked on Ian Rankin's detective novels set in Edinburgh. Michael Dibdin's books of the same genre are set in Italy.

My all time favorite book is Agony and the Ecstasy. You will want to go on a pilgramage to see all of Michaelangelo's works.

Others I've enjoyed, Extra Virgin (Italy) and Olivia by Judith Rosner (Italy and NYC).

Goin' way back to "Chitty, Chitty, Bang, Bang" set in France and Germany.

On a more serious, dramatic note, my favorites have been:

"Facing Windows"(2004) starring Giovanna Mezzogiorno, Massimo Girotti (in Italian with English subtitles) is a terrific drama/romance set in Rome.

"Heaven" (2002) with Cate Blanchett and Giovanni Ribisi, is another good film in Italian with English subtitles. It is set in Torino and the Tuscan countryside.

I, too, enjoyed "Pane e Tulipi" set in Venice. Also, all the other titles that Isabel mentioned are great too.

Some of my faves have been listed by others but it's such a pleasant passtime:
Summertime- Venice
Bread & Tulips
La Meme Chanson (Same Old Song) - Paris
Cousin Cousine, or American version "Cousins"
Italian for Beginners
Nine Queens
Shirley Valentine- London and Greece
Cinema Paradiso
Il Postino
Under the Tuscan Sun

I'm surprised no one has mentioned Cinema Paradiso, one of my all time favorites.

For Roman scenes in movies look here:

http://www.initaly.com/regions/latium/romemoviealb.htm

I just saw Ocean's Twelve last night. Wow. Great shots of Amsterdam, Paris, Rome, Lake Como - almost every scene was shot in Europe. Add to it that almost every scene also has George Cloony and Brad Pitt and, well let's just say I'll be seeing that one again.