8 Movies to Inspire Wanderlust

There has been a movie set almost anywhere you want to go. Movies can help add to the anticipation of a planned trip, spark memories from past voyages, and can set you scouring kayak.com for good airfares.
 
A word of warning: this can backfire. Before our Iceland trip, I rented Beowulf & Grendel, which I was told had stunning Icelandic scenery. It did, but it also frightened my kids (my kids are teens, so don’t tsk tsk me). Later, a dog-sledding guide introduced us to a dog whose 15 minutes of fame included lifting his leg on Angelina Jolie’s boots in the filming of Lara Croft: Tomb Raider. “Why didn’t you make us watch that one?’ my son grumbled. 

 
Robin Locker created a list of 8 movies that inspire travel at BootsNAll Travel. She includes classics like Amélie (Paris), Sound of Music (Austria), Fellowship of the Ring (New Zealand), and Under the Tuscan Sun (Italy).

I loved the book Under the Tuscan Sun, and enjoyed the movie, but geography is the only similarity between the two–I had to go back and reread the book after I saw the movie, so concerned was I about encroaching senility.

What would you add to her list? I’d add A Walk in the Clouds (Napa Valley).

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