20 Awesome Travel Movies

We’re all missing travel right now, but that doesn’t mean that we can’t get our fix from our couches! I’ve compiled a list of movies to inspire your next trip without leaving your house.

Eat, Pray, Love

Adventure/Romance/Self-Discovery

A woman who has it all abandons her seemingly perfect life for a journey of self-discovery. Inspired by the true story of Elizabeth Gilbert, she sets on a series of travels that take her from Italy to India to Bali.

[Rent or Buy on Amazon]

The Tourist

Mystery/Adventure/Romance

While on vacation in Venice, a math teacher is mistaken for a wanted thief. He befriends a beautiful stranger and the two spend most of the movie outrunning Interpol, Russian hitmen and the Italian police.

[Available on Netflix]

Under the Tuscan Sun

Comedy/Drama/Romance

When Frances has her heart broken, her friend encourages her to take a trip to Italy to bring her out of her depression. On a whim, she purchases a Tuscan villa and struggles to start a new life.

[Rent or Buy on Amazon]

Midnight in Paris

Comedy/Fantasy/Romance

While on a trip to Paris with his fiancée's family, a Hollywood writer finds himself mysteriously going back to the 1920s every day at midnight. Every trip back in time brings him closer to what he is looking in his present life for and further away from his materialistic fiancé.

[Rent or Buy on Amazon]

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

Action/Adventure

Explorer Indiana Jones sets out to rescue his father, an archaeologist who has vanished while searching for the Holy Grail. Indy soon finds out that he and his father are not the only ones who are on the hunt, and some old enemies soon come out of the woodwork.

[Available on Netflix]

Mamma Mia!

Romance/Comedy/Musical

An independent hotelier in the Greek islands, is preparing for her daughter's wedding with the help of two old friends. Meanwhile the spirited bride secretly invites three men from her mother's past in hope of meeting her real father and having him escort her down the aisle on her big day [all set to ABBA songs!].

[Available on Hulu]

Wild

Drama/Adventure/Self-Discovery

After the death of her mother and the dissolution of her marriage, a woman sets out on a quest for self-discovery. Inspired by the real story of Cheryl Strayed, she sets out alone to hike the Pacific Crest Trail with no outdoor experience.

[Rent or Buy on Amazon]

Romancing the Stone

Action/Adventure/Romance/Comedy

A romantic-adventure writer goes on treasure hunt to to rescue her sister in the Colombian jungle. She is helped out by a fortune-hunting mercenary, and together they search for the priceless gem located in the map.

[Available on Hulu]

To Catch a Thief

Drama/Mystery/Romance

A retired cat burglar is forced to clear his name when a series of robberies hit the French Riviera. When a young woman’s jewels are stolen, he must go to great lengths to clear his name and get back in her good graces.

[Rent or Buy on Amazon]

Roman Holiday

Comedy/Romance

An overwhelmed princess escapes her royal minders only to fall asleep in the park and be looked after by an American reporter. After he discovers her identity, he bets his editor that he can get exclusive interview with her, but romance soon gets in the way.

[Rent or Buy on Amazon]

The Lizzie McGuire Movie

Comedy/Family

A teenager and her closest pals head off on a school-sponsored journey to Rome. After meeting a local music sensation who introduces her to the city, she agrees to stand in for his partner at a massive concert, but things don’t go as planned.

[Available on Disney+]

What a Girl Wants

Comedy/Drama/Family

On a whim, an American teenager boards a plane to England to find the father she never met who just happens to be a member of the British upper class. Upon meeting the daughter he never knew he had, he welcomes her into his life, but his family disapproves.

[Rent or Buy on Amazon]

The Bucket List

Action/Drama/Comedy

Two strangers who meet in the hospital discover that they have two things in common: a need to come to terms with who they are and what they have done with their lives, and a desire to complete a list of things they want to see and do before they die. Against their doctor's advice, the men leave the hospital and set out on the adventure of a lifetime.

[Rent or Buy on Amazon]

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

Comedy/Drama/Fantasy

An employee at Life magazine lives a monotonous life, but inhabits a world of exciting daydreams in which he is the undeniable hero. However, he gets a chance to have a real adventure when Life's new owners send him on a mission to obtain the perfect photo for the final print issue.

[Rent or Buy on Amazon]

The Hundred-Foot Journey

Comedy/Drama

A family displaced from their native India settle in a quaint French village, and decide to open an Indian eatery. However, the restauranteur just 100 feet away, strongly objects, until she discovers the son’s impressive epicurean gifts and takes him under her wing.

[Available on Netflix]

The Grand Budapest Hotel

ComedyDrama

This story recounts the adventures of a legendary concierge at a famous European hotel between wars, and the lobby boy who becomes his most trusted friend. When one of his lovers dies mysteriously, he finds himself the recipient of a priceless painting and the chief suspect in her murder.

[Rent or Buy on Amazon]

The Darjeeling Limited

Action/Adventure/Comedy

Estranged brothers reunite for a train trip across India after not speaking in over a year, since their father passed away. Soon, the brothers fall into old patterns of behavior as the real reason for the reunion is revealed: to visit their mother in a Himalayan convent.

[Available on Hulu]

Vicky Cristina Barcelona

Drama/Romance

American friends arrive in Spain for a summer vacation, but plans change when they meet a painter who invites them for a whirlwind weekend. Sparks really ignite when his fiery former lover arrives on the scene, making for a very crowded house.

[Buy on Amazon]

Salmon Fishing in the Yemen

Drama/Romance

A fisheries scientist one day receives an unusual request: A businesswoman wants his help in fulfilling a wealthy sheik's request to bring sport fishing to Yemen. He declines at first, but when the British prime minister's spokeswoman latches on to the project as a way to improve Middle East relations, he joins in.

[Rent or Buy on Amazon]

The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

Comedy/Drama

British retirees, lured by advertisements for the newly restored Marigold Hotel, decide to head to India. Though their new home turns out to be not quite what they had imagined, the retirees find that new adventures can give them a new lease on life.

[Rent or Buy on Amazon]