Travel Time: 10 Movies that will fill you with wanderlust

Bernice Ng 10 Sep 2015 updated the 6 October 2015 à 22:28

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The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2011)
A group of British elderly retirees decide to move to exotic India. The colour scheme of the movie is very representative of India - it's vibrant and colourful and warm, and it stays true to the country in a respectful way. It shows the small things that makes India what it is, like their open air street markets and unique architecture.
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The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2011)
A grand party with smiling faces all around.
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The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2011)
Arriving at the Best Exotic Marigold Hotel.
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The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)
The Grand Budapest Hotel is set in the 1930's and it was then a popular ski resort managed by Mr. Gustave.(Ralph Fiennes). Directed by Wes Anderson, his signature pastels, dreamy and very symmetrical style is shown throughout the film. Which not only makde it aesthetically pleasing, but a pleasure to watch with its storyline. It makes you crave for the cold winter as you lounge by the fire in a warm sweater, with a cup of hot chocolate in hand.
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The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)
The hotel in its full glory, along with a barber shop.
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The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)
Pretty in pastel pink: a little book with The Grand Budapest's colours on it.
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The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (
Walter Mitty is an employee at Life magazine, and he spends everyday developing photos for the publication. To escape, Walter inhabits a world of exciting daydreams in which he is the undeniable hero. In his imagination, he travels to the great Scandinavian snow-capped mountains and long winding countryside roads.
The movie fills you with an unexplainable urge to skydive into them and just flop onto the soft snow, or speed down the highways with the wind in your hair.
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The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (2013)
Going on an adventure: his bicycle breaks apart.
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The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (2013)
Walter also had quite the time rolling in mud.
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The Hobbit (2012 – 2014)
The Hobbit is an epic trilogy based on the 1937 novel The Hobbit by J. R. R. The movies carries you into a fantasy land with magical beasts and elf kingdoms. It's where Bilbo lives and where New Zealand has created the whole village in honour of the books and movies. Surely it's an incredible sight to see up close.
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The Hobbit (2012 – 2014)
Matamata, New Zealand, where they recreated Hobbiton.
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The Hobbit (2012 – 2014)
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
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The Dreamers (2003)
Student riots in Paris during the 60s made three students - an American exchange student named Matthew and twins Théo and Isabelle - feel uncomfortably isolated. As all coming-of-age movies go, the trio embark on adventures throughout Paris, most notably running through the famous Louvre at night and are nearly caught by guards. Minor scenes take place on easily recognizable Parisian streets. Filled with their own charm and the feeling of romance, it makes you want to go there and have your own adventure.
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The Dreamers (2003)
Isabelle, Matthew and Theo.
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The Dreamers (2003)
The trio running through the Louvre.
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Lost In Translation (2003)
A lonely movie star (Bob Harris) and Charlotte, a young beautiful but confused newlywed, meet in Tokyo at a bar. After that chance meeting, they formed a close bond in various ways in the hopes of finding a sweet escape.
The movie features a lot of things you associate with modern Japan: the neon signs, the busy streets, glittering night life and the karaoke bars.
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Lost In Translation (2003)
The two share a warm hug in the middle of a pedestrian crossing.
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Lost In Translation (2003)
Bob Harris standing in a little Tokyo street.
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Cinema Paradiso (1988)
As a boy growing up in a war-torn town, Salvatore Di Vita escapes into his fantasy world: the Cinema Paradiso movie house, where projectionist Alfredo nutures the boy's love for films. When Salvatore grows up, he falls in love with a gorgeous local girl and takes over Alfredo's job. Alfredo must convince Salvatore to leave his small town and pursue his passion for filmmaking.
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Cinema Paradiso (1988)
A scene in the movie where there is a public movie screening.
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Cinema Paradiso (1988)
Salvatore Di Vita and his love interest.
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The Motorcycle Diaries (2004)
Ernesto "Che" Guevara travels with his friend Alberto Granado from Brazil to Peru by motorcycle. They travel through the rural areas of the South American countryside in quite an awakening experience. From seeing the impoverished settlements with roofs made of straw and houses made of mud and sticks, the movie really makes you rethink the luxuries in your life.
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The Motorcycle Diaries (2004)
The boat ride to the next leg of this journey.
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After (2009)
Three friends searching for a way out of their overwhelming loneliness and dissatisfaction set off on a journey of excessive partying. It's set in Seville, Spain, a fairly modern city with amenities and a certain level of comfort.
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After (2009)
The Spanish Square
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The Darjeeling Limited (2007)
Three estranged brothers Francis, Peter and Jack, who have not spoken since their father died a year prior, reunite for a train trip across India.
The movie follows them through crazy adventures, mostly on a train. Both on and off it, they seemingly always find themselves getting into a commotion. From those very scenes you would manage to get a glimpse of the beautiful yet hectic Indian countryside.
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The Darjeeling Limited (2007)
A room with a view.
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The Darjeeling Limited (2007)
One minute lost would mean running frantically for the train.

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Wanderlust is a feeling we all know too well, and in some people it’s chronic. Everyone loves to travel. The world is so wide and so beautiful, endlessly diverse and bursting with culture, intrigue, majesty and mystery.

It’s a very humbling experience when you travel to a whole new country where your name is unknown and you walk the streets like a local and breathe in the air of a rich and illustrious history. It really makes you feel something, and some movies make you feel that same way without you even leaving your home.

There have been movies that make us cry our eyes out or think about life and laugh until we dribble. But today on this list, we will be inspiring you instead – inspiring you to travel. Head on up to the gallery and unearth our pick of movies that’ll definitely instill in you the want to travel.

Bernice Ng

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