films that make you want to go places?

elven

I just watched Lost in Translation and it woke up that dormant urge to see Japan sometime. I also love watching films set in Paris... yes, yes, cheese i know but I can't help it.

Does anyone have any other good travel inspiring ones?

Karoma

Gangs of New York. It made me want to leave the cinema. I did.

elven

IanCurtis

'Vertigo' made me long to go to San Francisco. That film just made it look incredible.

irish_bob

totall recall
just to see if the strippers on mars , you know

The Bollox

The Beach makes me want to travel around South East Asia

keefg

Oceans Eleven - both the Rat Pack & Clooney/Pitt versions make me want to jet off to Vegas

spurious

Mamma Mia - Greece

johnny_ultimate

Every Japan based film increases my interest in visiting said country. My Neighbour Totoro and Takeshi Kitano films in particular, although the amount of killer appliance based motion pictures set in the country is unsettling (phones, voicemail, internet, video tapes, toasters etc...)

cailinoBAC

The Motorcycle Diaries/The Mission
I'm going to South America in Januaray, yay!

pq0n1ct4ve8zf5

forgetting sarah marshall really made me want to go hawaii, and every movie set in the sixties makes me want to go there (to the sixties that is, not hawaii)

bnt

I'd seen New York in the movies before, e.g Taxi Driver, but it looked grotty (which it was, years ago). Then, Léon showed a different side of the city, more open and colourful, and it had me wanting to visit. I spent a few days there in mid 2001, went up the World Trade Centre...

Now, since Los Angeles (outside Hollywood) started appearing in films, I've found myself wanting to go. First there was Heat, then LA Story, then (more recently) Collateral and Crash. I think I need to learn to drive first, to "see it in the original", as they say. :cool:

Frankie Lee

cailinoBAC wrote: »

The Motorcycle Diaries/The Mission
I'm going to South America in Januaray, yay!

Thats my plan to do sometime too, thanks to The Motorcycle Diaries

Peyton Manning

Into The Wild - Alaska

ElvisP

after seeing 'four weddings and a funeral' i really really wanted to go and kill hugh grant

zAbbo

In Bruges

Pigman II

All the time. In fact whenever I'm in a new city I like to find the spots that feature in my favourite movies.

You wouldn't believe how awkward to get this shot from the Matrix (Sydney) was if you'd actually been on the street in question

Scarinae

Mamma Mia made me long to go back to Greece

Every movie I've ever seen set in LA has confirmed that it is a place I do NOT want to go

ElvisP

aww. LA is great, if you know where to go. lived in santa monica for a while and loved it.

ThOnda

The Taste of Tea - Japan.

helios

zAbbo wrote: »

In Bruges

lol... +1

dr.bollocko

Every film set, made in, or starring Australians makes me want to return once more and wreak havoc on the streets. No. That isnt true. I wouldnt actually go there. I would nuke it from an offshore base. Far offshore. So I dont catch australia disease.

But seriously, the Rock, I know its a crap film, but watching that makes me want to go back to San Fran every time. I guess it makes me want to return to places I have been already moreso than go somewhere new a lot of the time. I will watch a **** film just for the landscape that it provides sometimes.

robby^5

Lost in Translation, have never wanted to go to Japan more than after seeing that film.

Parrish_Crooks

When I saw Heartbreakers I wanted to go into Jennifer Love Hewitt... I mean Florida.

Seriously though.... Mulholland Drive-- LA, I don't think any other film has had such an effect on me. Also, City of God-- Rio. Not the favelas obviously, but the city looked amazing, That Jesus statue is unbelievable! Cinema Paradiso-- Sicily. Think Thailand has a pull on everyone after The Beach. Human Traffic-- Cardiff. Babel-- Mexico city, Tokyo. Into The Blue-- Jessica Alba, I mean The Caribbean. La Haine, Last tango in Paris-- Paris. In Bruges, Bruges. Forgetting Sarah Marshall, LOST,-- Hawaii. The Business, Sexy Beast-- Spain. Swingers, Casino-- Las Vegas. New York-- Too many movies to name! Shirley Valentine-- Greece.

síofra

Into the Wild, just makes me want to go!!!:)

ziedth

I always wanted Thailand after the beach, Of course that beach ain't there anymore

Fall_Guy

The Darjeeling Limited made me want to go to India (provided I could travel in the lap of luxury on a fancy train, that is!)

ThOnda

That is the second one :-)

johnny_ultimate

Fall_Guy wrote: »

The Darjeeling Limited made me want to go to India (provided I could travel in the lap of luxury on a fancy train, that is!)

Friends of mine were the same, and they actually acted on it and are currently somewhere around Dehli...

Lets just say word back has suggested that maybe Darjeeling Limited is a bit of a romantic portrait

gofast

Angela's Ashes, nearly moved to Limerick

otnomart

It's called location porn!
The last ones for me were Priceless for the Cote Azur; The Visitor for NYC

BlitzKrieg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlfKdbWwruY

Flojo

LotR really makes me want to visit New Zealand!

Fall_Guy

johnny_ultimate wrote: »

Friends of mine were the same, and they actually acted on it and are currently somewhere around Dehli...

Lets just say word back has suggested that maybe Darjeeling Limited is a bit of a romantic portrait

Well, it is a wes anderson film after all. The main character's in these movies don't tend to have to worry about those little things that you're friends might have to give some thought to. Ye know, like money and what not! They're more worried about finding enough manservants to lug around their luis vuitton suitcases!! I've decided that if i ever go to India for recreational purposes, it will have to be as a millionaire in another life so i can live it up like the lads did. it just wouldn't be right to spoil that perfect image i have of the place!

Roen

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon has only increased my desire to see the wilder side of China.