List of Foreign Films and Travel-Related Movies

Yesterday on #CultureTrav we discussed the topic “Movies” together with special guest host Erik Scalavino. The discussion was not only inspirational – providing the community with ideas of new places to see and explore – but also added foreign films and travel-related movies to our “must see” list. Following the chat, I collected the names of all the foreign films and travel-related movies, whether mentioned as an overall favorite, inspiration to travel to a particular destination or an accurate representation of a certain culture, ones associated with travel destinations and those suggested by a #CultureTrav chatter who visited a film set location. Below is the list in alphabetical order:

In a way, the Disney movie “The Lion King” inspired me to visit South Africa and embark on multiple safaris. Photo: male lion in Kruger Park, South Africa

• 100-Foot Journey
• A Good Year
• A Hard Day’s Night
• A Map for Saturday
• African Cats’
• Alan Whicker documentaries
• Amelie
• An Affair To Remember
• Anne of Green Gables
• Aristocats
• Atanarjuat: Fast Runner
• Avengers, Age of Ultron
• Back to the Future trilogy
• Bajrangi Bhaijaan
• Batman Begins
• Beauty & the Beast
• Beetlejuice
• Before Sunset
• Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
• Blue Lagoon
• Borat
• Bottle Shock
• Captain America
• Casablanca
• Chasing Liberty
• Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
• Clueless
• Cool Runnings
• Count of Monte Cristo
• Da Vinci Code
• Diva
• Dolls by Takeshi Kitano
• Dr No
• Dr. Zhivago
• Eat, Pray, Love
• Eurotrip
• Ever After
• Forgetting Sarah Marshall
• Forrest Gump
• French Kiss
• Gladiator
• Good Morning Vietnam
• Gorillas In The Mist
• Hamam: Il Bagno Turco
• Harry Potter series
• Highway (Bollywood)
• Home Alone
• Homeward Bound
• Hostel
• How Stella Got Her Groove Back
• Howl’s Moving Castle
• If It’s Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium
• In Bruges
• Indiana Jones
• Into The Wild
• James Bond movies
• Je T’aime
• Julie & Julia
• L’auberge l’espagnole
• La Bella Grandezza
• La Vie en Rose
• Le Grand Bleu
• Little Miss Sunshine
• Local Hero
• Lost In Translation
• Love Actually
• Mad Max
• Mamma Mia
• Manhattan
• Michael Palin documentaries
• Midnight in Paris
• Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
• Monte Carlo
• Mr. Bean’s Holiday
• Murder on The Orient Express
• My Life in Ruins
• National Lampoon’s European Vacation
• New York Minute
• Notting Hill
• Nueve Reinas
• Out of Africa
• P.S. I Love You
• Pans Labyrinth
• Pink Panther
• Priscilla Queen of the Desert
• Ratatouille
• Roman Holiday
• Rosario Tijeras
• Saving Private Ryan
• Slumdog Millionaire
• Star Wars series
• Stepping Into The Fire
• Suicide Squad
• Summer Lovers
• Summertime
• Taken 1 and 2
• The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
• The Beach
• The Bourne series
• The Darjeeling Limited
• The Decalogue – Krzysztof Kieślowski
• The Fault in Our Stars
• The Good, The Bad & The Ugly
• The Grand Budapest Hotel
• The Holiday
• The Last Emperor
• The Lion King
• The Long Way Around
• The Lord of the Rings trilogy
• The Lover
• The Motorcycle Diaries
• The Mummy
• The Proposal
• The Quiet American
• The Railway Man
• The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
• The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
• The Sound of Music
• The Talented Mr. Ripley
• The Terminal
• The Way
• The Year of Living Dangerously
• Thelma and Louise
• Tracks
• Trainspotting
• True Grit
• Twilight
• Under The Tuscan Sun
• UP
• Vicky Cristina Barcelona
• Wild
• Zorba the Greek

A few television series were also mentioned, which I’ve listed below also in alphabetical order:

• Anne of Green Gables
• Anthony Bourdain
• Crossing Jordan
• Doctor Who
• Game of Thrones
• Gilmore Girls
• Once Upon A Time
• Outlander
• Rizzoli and Isles
• Sherlock
• Shetland
• Yukon Gold

Thank you once again to Erik for the great topic suggestion and guest hosting yesterday, and as always, to my amazing co-host and the founder of #CultureTrav Nicolette Orlemans. And an even bigger shout-out to the wonderful #CultureTrav community – thank you for inspirational and intellectual discussions each and every week!

I’d love to hear from you which foreign films and travel-related movies are your favorites. Did they make this list? Please let me know in the comments below.