6 Best Travel Films

We make friends with characters in films, intensely, fleetingly, close to the way we make friends on our journeys. When we re-watch our favourites, we take vacations to explore certain characters and places. Whenever we dream about them, we ride in our own minds. That's basically where films reside. Reorganizing pictures and locations in our heads. The marvellous, muddled brain of the movie. It's profoundly poetic. The best movies don't just encourage us to fly or even make us feel like we've got a lot more. They travel over time. Bringing us into other eras, explicitly. Some of the set-dressing and costumes simulate a specific epoch. Others are real accounts of worlds now missing. Looking to feed your wanderlust with some fantastic travel films? Have a look at this collection of 6 of our favourite and best travel films to add to your watch list

Posted On March 19th, 2021

Into The Wild

Christopher McCandless, a graduate, donated all of his belongings and money to charity and hitchhiked to Alaska through North America, where he sought to survive in the wild. In several of the actual locations visited by Christopher, or "Alexander Supertramp," this touching account of his trip is directed by Sean Penn and stars Emile Hirsch. Feast on peaceful Lake Tahoe with your eyes, camp at Beard's Hollow, kayak down the Colorado River and race with wild horses... There's something to admire before things get colder.

The Way

Follow in the footsteps of the pilgrims with this touching, meditative drama starring Martin Sheen as a mourning father who after his son's death, chooses to follow the ancient spiritual route (played by Sheen's son, Emilio Estevez, who also directs). Sensational landscapes as well as a number of amusing characters, including James Nesbitt as an Irish travel novelist, are taken on the route to Santiago de Compostela in Galicia.

Tracks

Tracks feature a young Mia Wasikowska as Robyn Davidson, who spent nine months riding on camels through the Australian desert, another memoir adaptation. Her journey starts in Alice Springs, across sights such as Uluru and Coffin Bay, and takes her through the scorching outback to the Indian Ocean. For inexperienced solo travellers, it is an inspiration, as Robyn was only followed by her dog and at some times, a photographer (Adam Driver).

Hit The Road: India

Hit The Road: India is a travel/adventure film about 2 friends competing in India in a 12-day rickshaw rally. Hit The Road: India is a narrative documentary that follows two friends from Mumbai to Chennai taking part in a 12-day rickshaw rally through India. As this is a road trip tale, the film's graphics are very diverse, so the poster consists of various layers of different colours and enticing figures as well. This film took two years of work to finish until its Armenian premiere on July 12, 2013. This film was solely an initiative of a small community of fans, and as it touches all our senses with its music, artwork and cinematography, the trailer generates massive hopes.

Away We Go

Verona (Maya Rudolph) and Burt (John Krasinski) plan to take a road trip to find the best place to raise their families a few months before their baby is due. Their trip takes them to Madison and Montreal from Phoenix and Tucson, a town that has never been more welcoming or accommodating. The movie is a wonderful tour of the cities of North America, as well as a moving tribute to family and love. -C.M.

Seven Years In Tibet

Seven Years in Tibet, a film based on true events, is one of the best travel movies out there. OROGOLD gives you some thrilling journeys inspired by this eye-opening film, from scaling the ninth highest peak in the world to learning about Buddhist philosophy in the Tibetan capital. In many respects, the main character in the film, Harrer, is inspirational, and there are many travel lessons we can learn from him. Throughout the movie, Harrer is stubborn, and because of this, he was one of the first Westerners to be able to remain in Tibet, winning over a government that normally forbids foreigners.