Want to go on adventure, but just can’t? Perhaps these suggestions for the best travel movies (according to many top ten lists) will fill in for a while, or maybe even give you the motivation to just buy that plane ticket.
1. Into the Wild – This movie, release just a couple years ago is based on the book by Jon Kraukauer about a young man learning what it’s like to live in the wilderness.
2. Around the World in 80 Days – Join Jackie Chan on a fun adventure around the globe by hot air balloon – lots of laughs and lots of stunts. A great choice whether you watch the one made more recently or the original
3. The Painted Veil – In this movie, Edward Norton plays a scientist who travels to China during a cholera epidemic in search of a cure along with his wife, played by Naomi Watts. Together they face challenges that along with the beautiful scenery revive the passion in their relationship.
4. Motorcycle Diaries – This is a great piece about the beginning of the life of Che Guevara (played by acclaimed Mexican actor Gael Garcia Bernal) as an activist, chronicling his journeys through South America with his best friend and family member, Alberto (played by Rodrigo De la Serna). Throughout their journey Che learns where people truly need help and how he can give it.
5. Coming to America – This movie starring Eddie Murphy as an African prince and Arsenio Hall as his servant is good for laughs and for noticing differences in culture. All around good movie about learning to adopt to a new kind of world.
6. The Bourne Ultimatum - In this movie Jason Bourne (played by Matt Damon) is back and fiercer than ever in his search to discover his identity, but can he do it? he races around the globe, hunting and being chased…this movie is a definite must if you’re looking for adventure. Just don’t try the things that he does at home!
Writers Suggestion: Elizabethtown – No, this movie is not solely a travel movie but it’s a great tearjerker about love, retracing one’s roots, and learning to move on in time’s of crisis.
Orlando Bloom plays a young shoe executive who makes a big mistake in his industry – one that will discredit the rest of his career. However, his worries about his issues are pushed aside when his father suddenly dies and he is forced to go back to his family’s southern roots to deal with the funeral.
It is during his traveling that he meets Claire (played by Kirsten Dunst) who reminds him what’s truly important in life like taking the long road and enjoying the journey.
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