The Bucket List (2007)
Rob Reiner
When two men with terminal illnesses meet, they decide to do everything they have ever wanted to do before they die. As they work their way through their bucket lists, the two men become great friends and experience priceless joy. Filmed in multiple locations including Beverly Hills, California; the Great Wall of China, China; Giza, Egypt; and France.

Falling Flowers (2012)
Jianqi Huo
This film is about Xiao Hong, a renowned writer and strong woman whose life was marked by poverty and sacrifice.

Farewell My Concubine (1993)
Kaige Chen
This is a film with two parallel, intertwined stories of two performers in the Beijing Opera and the woman who comes between them. Originally titled Ba wang bie ji.

Forgetting to Know You (2014)
Quan Ling
Xuesong’s husband becomes suspicious of his wife’s relationship with a real estate magnate. Filmed in China.

Lost in Thailand (2012)
Zheng Xu
This Chinese comedy follows the adventures of three men. One, a scientist, decides to travel to Thailand to get his boss’s approval on an invention he has created that will secure his future. His coworker follows with intentions of stopping him because he wants to sell the invention to a French company. And on the plane, one of the men meets a man who is traveling to Thailand to fulfill items on his bucket list. Originally titled Ren zai jiong tu: Tai jiong. Filmed in multiple locations including Bangkok, Thailand and Beijing, China.

Lust, Caution (2007)
Ang Lee
After losing his wife, two sons and two other women, Old Wu is losing patience with his attempts to assassinate Yee, an important official in Japanese-ruled Shanghai. Old Wu enlists Kuang, Mak Tai Tai and their drama student friends, but the assassination does not happen. Years later, Mak Tai Tai meets Yee again, and this time she is determined to succeed. Originally titled Se, jie. Filmed in multiple locations throughout China and Malaysia.

Passages (Lü Cheng) (2004)
Yang Chao
Looking for meaning to their lives, two students journey across rural China with the hope of purchasing rare mushrooms to sell back home. Along the way, they are forced to decide whether to continue journeying or continue their education.

The Last Emperor (1987)
Bernardo Bertolucci
This film tells the story of Puyi—from his exalted birth and brief reign in the Forbidden City to his decline and dissolute lifestyle, and, finally, to his obscure existence as a peasant worker in the People’s Republic. Filmed in multiple locations including Beijing and Dalian.

The Medallion (2003)
Gordon Chan
While Hong Kong detective Eddie Yang is working with Interpol to catch international criminal Snakehead, he dies but is brought back to life when the two halves of an ancient medallion are joined together by a boy who is considered the chosen one. This medallion transforms Eddie into an immortal warrior. Filmed in multiple locations including Hong Kong, China; Dublin, Ireland; and Thailand.

Red Sorghum (1988)
Yimou Zhang
A young Chinese woman is sent to marry the undesirable owner of a winery, but falls in love with one of his servants. Originally titled Hong gao liang. Filmed in China.

The Red Violin (1998)
François Girard
This film follows a famous Nicolò Bussotti violin as a collector tries to establish the identity and secrets of “the red violin” in a story that spans four centuries and five countries. This film received an Academy Award for Best Original Score. Originally titled Le violon rouge. Filmed in multiple locations including Montreal, Canada; Vienna, Austria; and Shanghai, China.

The Road Home (1999)
Yimou Zhang
When businessman Luo Yusheng returns to his village from the city for the funeral of his father, he is reminded of the magical story of how his mother and father first met. Originally titled Wo de fu qin mu qin.

The Bucket List (2007)
Rob Reiner
When two men with terminal illnesses meet, they decide to do everything they have ever wanted to do before they die. As they work their way through their bucket lists, the two men become great friends and experience priceless joy. Filmed in multiple locations including Beverly Hills, California; the Great Wall of China, China; Giza, Egypt; and France.

Falling Flowers (2012)
Jianqi Huo
This film is about Xiao Hong, a renowned writer and strong woman whose life was marked by poverty and sacrifice.

Farewell My Concubine (1993)
Kaige Chen
This is a film with two parallel, intertwined stories of two performers in the Beijing Opera and the woman who comes between them. Originally titled Ba wang bie ji.

Forgetting to Know You (2014)
Quan Ling
Xuesong’s husband becomes suspicious of his wife’s relationship with a real estate magnate. Filmed in China.

Lost in Thailand (2012)
Zheng Xu
This Chinese comedy follows the adventures of three men. One, a scientist, decides to travel to Thailand to get his boss’s approval on an invention he has created that will secure his future. His coworker follows with intentions of stopping him because he wants to sell the invention to a French company. And on the plane, one of the men meets a man who is traveling to Thailand to fulfill items on his bucket list. Originally titled Ren zai jiong tu: Tai jiong. Filmed in multiple locations including Bangkok, Thailand and Beijing, China.

Lust, Caution (2007)
Ang Lee
After losing his wife, two sons and two other women, Old Wu is losing patience with his attempts to assassinate Yee, an important official in Japanese-ruled Shanghai. Old Wu enlists Kuang, Mak Tai Tai and their drama student friends, but the assassination does not happen. Years later, Mak Tai Tai meets Yee again, and this time she is determined to succeed. Originally titled Se, jie. Filmed in multiple locations throughout China and Malaysia.

Passages (Lü Cheng) (2004)
Yang Chao
Looking for meaning to their lives, two students journey across rural China with the hope of purchasing rare mushrooms to sell back home. Along the way, they are forced to decide whether to continue journeying or continue their education.

The Last Emperor (1987)
Bernardo Bertolucci
This film tells the story of Puyi—from his exalted birth and brief reign in the Forbidden City to his decline and dissolute lifestyle, and, finally, to his obscure existence as a peasant worker in the People’s Republic. Filmed in multiple locations including Beijing and Dalian.

The Medallion (2003)
Gordon Chan
While Hong Kong detective Eddie Yang is working with Interpol to catch international criminal Snakehead, he dies but is brought back to life when the two halves of an ancient medallion are joined together by a boy who is considered the chosen one. This medallion transforms Eddie into an immortal warrior. Filmed in multiple locations including Hong Kong, China; Dublin, Ireland; and Thailand.

Red Sorghum (1988)
Yimou Zhang
A young Chinese woman is sent to marry the undesirable owner of a winery, but falls in love with one of his servants. Originally titled Hong gao liang. Filmed in China.

The Red Violin (1998)
François Girard
This film follows a famous Nicolò Bussotti violin as a collector tries to establish the identity and secrets of “the red violin” in a story that spans four centuries and five countries. This film received an Academy Award for Best Original Score. Originally titled Le violon rouge. Filmed in multiple locations including Montreal, Canada; Vienna, Austria; and Shanghai, China.

The Road Home (1999)
Yimou Zhang
When businessman Luo Yusheng returns to his village from the city for the funeral of his father, he is reminded of the magical story of how his mother and father first met. Originally titled Wo de fu qin mu qin.

Alexander (2004)
Oliver Stone
Based on the life of Alexander the Great, this epic historic drama with Colin Farrell in the title role focuses on the king’s great conquests and his relationships with his parents; his wife, Roxana; and his tutor, Aristotle.

A Touch of Spice (2003)
Tassos Boulmetis
When Fanis was a young boy growing up in Istanbul, his grandfather taught him that life and food both require a little salt to give them flavor. Thirty-five years after leaving Istanbul for Athens, Greece, Fanis returns to reunite with his grandfather and first love. Originally titled Politiki kouzina. This film won 11 awards, including Best Director, Best Screenplay and Best Cinematography, at the Thessaloníki Film Festival. Filmed in multiple locations including Athens, Greece; Lavrio, Greece; and Istanbul, Turkey.

The Bandit (1996)
Yavuz Turgul
This highly popular Turkish drama is considered the savior of Turkish cinema, which was flailing when the film was released. In it, a bandit travels across Turkey to Istanbul after serving a 35-year jail sentence in search of the man who betrayed him. Hailed for its blend of fairy tale and realism, it provides lovely brushstrokes of Turkey. Filmed in Istanbul and Sanliurfa.

Casino Royale (2006)
Martin Campbell
In Daniel Craig’s first role playing James Bond, the British agent travels to an extravagant Montenegrin casino in order to strip the film’s villain of all his money. BAFTA Film Award winner for Best Sound and nominated for Best Screenplay. Filmed in multiple locations including Prague, Czech Republic; Venice, Italy; and Lake Como, Italy.

Crossing the Bridge: The Sound of Istanbul (2005)
Fatih Akin
Discover the vibrant music of Istanbul in a documentary that includes both traditional and modern Turkish music. This film won one award and was nominated for two. Filmed in Istanbul, Turkey.

Death in Venice (1971)
Luchino Visconti
This faithful adaptation of Thomas Mann’s well-known novella depicts a work-obsessed composer seeking solace at a Venetian seaside resort who becomes infatuated with a beautiful adolescent, whom he follows through the city’s palazzi and medieval streets. Filmed in Venice.

Eat Pray Love (2010)
Ryan Murphy
A woman realizes how unhappy her marriage is and that her life needs to go in a different direction. After a painful divorce, she takes off on an around-the-world journey to “find herself.” Filmed in multiple locations including Bali, Delhi, New York City and Rome.

Everyone Says I Love You (1996)
Woody Allen
The lives of an upper-class Manhattan family are conveyed in song as they travel from New York to Paris to Venice in this whimsical musical comedy starring Julia Roberts, Alan Alda, Edward Norton and Goldie Hawn. Filmed in Venice and various locations throughout England.

Future Lasts Forever (2011)
Özcan Alper
This beautifully wrought film tells the story of a young music student who travels to southeastern Turkey to record traditional Turkish music; in the process, she confronts a difficult past. The film nicely captures a rich culture and starkly beautiful scenery. Filmed in Turkey.

Gallipoli (1981)
Peter Weir
In this Australian film starring Mel Gibson, several young men from the western part of the continent enlist in the army during World War I. The story provides a fascinating examination of the loss of innocence in the face of war as the friends head to the front lines of Gallipoli, site of the horrific battle.

The Gospel of John (2014)
David Batty
This film is a word-for-word adaptation of the Gospel of John and offers a modern visual perspective on the life of Jesus Christ, including his miracles, final words, death and resurrection.

How the War Started on My Island (1996)
Vinko Brešan
In this bold black comedy, it is 1991 on an unnamed Croatian island and the Croatian parliament has declared the island’s independence from Yugoslavia. But conscripts from the Yugoslav People’s Army barricade themselves in a garrison, refusing to leave. Originally titled Kako je počeo rat na mom otoku. Filmed in Primosten and Šibenik.

The Horseman (2003)
Branko Ivanda
This fascinating film is set in the early 18th century in the place where the borders of the Ottoman Empire and the Republic of Venice meet. The action and conflicts examine the struggles of living between two empires and two faiths: Catholicism and Islam. Originally titled Konjanik. Filmed in Zadar.

The Human Cargo (2012)
Daniele Vicari
This documentary tells the story of 20,000 Albanians who arrived in Bari, Italy on August 8, 1991 looking for a better life. Originally titled La nave dolce.

If It’s Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium (1969)
Mel Stuart
A group of American tourists takes an 18-day guided bus tour of nine European countries (from London to Rome) and humor ensues. Filmed in multiple locations including London, Luxembourg, Rome and Venice.

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
Steven Spielberg
With nothing more than a diary that contains clues and a map showing the location of the famous Holy Grail, Indiana Jones and museum curator Marcus Brody set out to find Jones’s father and the Holy Grail before the Nazis do. Filmed in multiple locations including Andalusia, Spain; Venice, Italy; and Petra, Jordan.

Istanbul Beneath My Wings (1996)
Mustafa Altioklar
This is the incredible true story of one man’s flight across the Bosphorus Strait from Galata on the wings of his 17th-century manmade flying contraption, which he modeled after drawings by Leonardo da Vinci.

Mamma Mia! (2008)
Phyllida Lloyd
When bride-to-be Sophie learns that she has three possible fathers, she invites each of them to her wedding without telling her mother. This British-American-Swedish romantic musical comedy was nominated for two Golden Globe Awards and three BAFTA Awards. Filmed in multiple locations including Skopelos, Greece.

Marsal (1999)
Vinko Brešan
In this light comedy, the ghost of revolutionary Marshall Tito appears to some citizens on the Dalmatian island of Vis. As news spreads, the mayor sees the event as a tourist attraction and, to capitalize on Tito’s ghost, transforms Vis into a Communist-era outpost.

Meet Me in Montenegro (2015)
Alex Holdridge, Linnea Saasen
In this comedy, a failed American writer meets a European dancer and begins an affair with her. Filmed in multiple locations including Germany, Montenegro and the US.

Outlaw Girl (1950)
Mario Camerini
Beppe Musolino is innocent but found guilty of murder. He escapes from prison and, while on the run, meets and falls in love with a village girl. Together they track down the people who were responsible for the guilty verdict. Originally titled Il Brigante Musolino. Filmed in Calabria, Italy.

The Postman (1994)
Michael Radford, Massimo Troisi
A simple Italian postman learns to love poetry while delivering mail to a famous poet; he uses this gift to woo the local beauty, Beatrice. Originally titled Il postino. Filmed in Naples and Sicily.

Senso (1954)
Luchino Visconti
A feast for the eyes set in 1860s Italy, this melodrama plays out against the atmospheric backdrop of Venice, from La Fenice Opera House to St. Mark’s Square. Filmed in Rome and Venice.

Summertime (1955)
David Lean
Katharine Hepburn is an American schoolteacher who takes a dream trip to Venice and finds herself entangled and in love with a married man. Lean won the New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Director. Both Hepburn and Lean received Academy Award nominations. Filmed in Venice.

The Two Faces of January (2014)
Hossein Amini
When glamorous American couple Chester and Colette arrive in Athens, they befriend a Greek-speaking American, Rydal, who becomes enraptured with Colette. Soon, Rydal is drawn into the dark side of Chester’s life. This film was nominated for three awards. Filmed in multiple locations including Athens, Greece; Crete, Greece; and Istanbul, Turkey.

Topkapi (1964)
Jules Dassin
This fascinating heist movie follows a band of conniving criminals as they plot to steal an emerald-laid dagger from Istanbul’s Topkapi Palace. The film features Maximilian Schell and Peter Ustinov, and offers a mid-century look at the rich colors and flavors of Istanbul. Filmed in multiple locations including Istanbul.

The Water Diviner (2014)
Russell Crowe
Connor, an Australian farmer, is on a quest to find his three missing sons, who have been reported as missing in action after the Battle of Gallipoli. While in Istanbul, he is befriended by a Turkish woman. Filmed in multiple locations including South Australia, Australia and Istanbul, Turkey.

The Wings of the Dove (1997)
Iain Softley
Based on Henry James’s novel, this intelligent film follows American heiress Milly Theale, played by Helena Bonham Carter. After she is stricken ill, she travels to Venice, where family and friends swirl around her with both good intentions and bad. Filmed in multiple locations including Venice.

Walking on Sunshine (2014)
Max Giwa and Dania Pasquini
Set in a stunning coastal village in present-day Italy, this musical romance follows Maddie, a woman who decides to marry a man after a speedy romance. When Maddie invites her sister, Taylor, to the wedding, it is revealed that the man Maddie is going to marry is the same man with whom Taylor had a holiday fling years earlier. Filmed in the Salento region of Puglia.

Youth (2015)
Paolo Sorrentino
When two longtime friends go on vacation in Switzerland, they spend their time in an elegant hotel sharing stories about their children, other hotel guests and their day-to-day lives. Fred, a retired conductor and composer, learns that someone wants to hear him conduct again, while Mick, a film director, is determined to finish the screenplay for his final film. Filmed in multiple locations including Kanton Bern, Switzerland; Rome, Italy; and Venice, Italy.

Zorba the Greek (1964)
Michael Cacoyannis
In this drama based on the Nikos Kazantzakis novel, Anthony Quinn plays larger-than-life Zorba, who travels to Crete with a new friend to advise him in a burgeoning mining operation. Romantic and personal entanglements follow in this passion-filled film. Winner of three Academy Awards (for Cinematography, Art Direction and Best Actress in a Supporting Role for Lila Kedrova). Filmed in Crete, Greece.

Alaska’s Scenic Byways: Bigger Than Your Imagination (2010)
Shannon McCarthy
Starting in Valdez, this documentary features some of Alaska’s most historic stories and routes. From mining to archaeology and geology, viewers get to see and learn about Alaska’s rich history. Filmed in multiple locations throughout Alaska.

Bears (2014)
Alastair Fothergill, Keith Scholey and Adam Chapman
With the Alaskan wilderness as a backdrop, Bears is a documentary that follows a bear family for one year. From the moment hibernation ends through the spring, summer and fall, this bear family, including two cubs, finds adventure around every corner. Filmed in Alaska.

Big Miracle (2012)
Ken Kwapis
When a family of whales is becoming trapped by fast-forming ice in the Arctic Circle, three people—a volunteer, a news reporter and a native Alaskan boy—inspire an entire community to save them. Filmed in multiple locations including Seward.

Black Wave: The Legacy of the Exxon Valdez (2008)
Robert Cornellier
Riki Ott and fishermen in Cordova, Alaska share the environmental, social and economic impacts of the Exxon Valdez oil spill near Prince William Sound.

The Big White (2005)
Mark Mylod
Broke and desperate for money to care for his wife, Paul Barnell risks everything when he discovers a dead body and claims that it is his missing brother, Raymond. Paul waits to collect the insurance money, but Ted Waters, an insurance investigator, is on to Paul’s scheme, and the two hit men who killed the person Paul is claiming to be his brother plan to kidnap Paul’s wife for revenge. Filmed in multiple locations including Skagway.

Fortress of the Bears (2011)
Daniel B. Greenberg
This documentary shows how bears, salmon and trees are interconnected and how nature keeps each in balance. It was filmed on Alaska’s Admiralty Island, where an estimated 1,800 grizzly bears live. Filmed in Tongass National Forest, Alaska.

Limbo (1999)
John Sayles
This drama follows Joe Gastineau, his girlfriend, Donna, and Donna’s daughter, Noelle. When Joe’s half brother, Bobby, shows up looking for help, Joe, Donna and Noelle find themselves being chased and trying to survive. Filmed in Juneau.

White Fang (1998)
Randal Kleiser
This film tells the stories of Jack Conroy, a gold hunter looking for his dead father’s claim, and White Fang, a wolfdog that is forced into both human hands and nature. Jack and White Fang cross paths numerous times, and though the two seemingly want nothing to do with each other, a strong bond is formed. Filmed in Haines and Skagway.

Antonio Gaudí (1984)
Hiroshi Teshigahara
A spellbinding visual poem that takes viewers on a tour of Antonio Gaudí’s spectacular architecture in Barcelona, including his massive, still-unfinished masterpiece, La Sagrada Família.

Barcelona (1994)
Whit Stillman
Set during the eighties, the film follows a pair of mismatched American cousins who banter about romance and politics while working in the beautiful city of Barcelona. Filmed in Spain and the United States.

Bicycle Thieves (1948)
Vittorio De Sica
This moving film follows a poor, desperate father as he searches post-war Rome for his stolen bicycle; without it, he will lose the job that allows him to provide for his family. Filmed in Rome.

Biutiful (2010)
Alejandro González Iñárritu
After being diagnosed with terminal cancer, Uxbal, a single father of two, is forced to reckon with his life in order to escape crime in underground Barcelona and regain spiritual insight. Filmed in Barcelona and Navarra.

Bread and Tulips (2000)
Silvio Soldini
This romantic comedy follows a housewife who gets left behind during a family vacation. As she makes her way home, she impulsively detours to Venice and builds a new life—only to be admonished by her sister to return to her old one. Originally titled Pane e tulipani. Filmed in multiple locations including Rome, Salerno and Venice.

Carthage in Flames (1960)
Carmine Gallone
This Italian historic drama chronicles the final days of the Punic Wars as the Roman Empire descends upon Carthage. Filmed in Rome, Italy.

Eat Pray Love (2010)
Ryan Murphy
A woman realizes how unhappy her marriage is and that her life needs to go in a different direction. After a painful divorce, she takes off on an around-the-world journey to “find herself.” Filmed in multiple locations including Bali, Delhi, New York City and Rome.

The Great Beauty (2013)
Paolo Sorrentino
After his 65th birthday, witty and arrogant novelist Jep Gambardella is blindsided by an ex-lover’s secret. He begins to reexamine his lavish lifestyle—frequenting nightclubs, parties and cafés—to seek a different side of Rome. Originally titled La grande bellezza. Filmed in various locations throughout Rome.

La Dolce Vita (1960)
Federico Fellini
Fellini’s classic drama follows a journalist, played by Marcello Mastroianni, through Rome for seven days as he searches for love, happiness and the good life; widely considered one of the best films of all time, it features the famous scene in the Trevi Fountain with Anita Ekberg. Filmed in Rome.

Man of La Mancha (1972)
Arthur Hiller
Peter O’Toole and Sophia Loren star in this film adaptation of the much-loved musical. In this “play within a play,” Cervantes casts himself as the mad and wandering knight-errant Don Quixote, enlisting fellow prisoners to play supporting roles as he awaits trial with the Spanish Inquisition.

Outlaw Girl (1950)
Mario Camerini
Beppe Musolino is innocent but found guilty of murder. He escapes from prison and, while on the run, meets and falls in love with a village girl. Together they track down the people who were responsible for the guilty verdict. Originally titled Il Brigante Musolino. Filmed in Calabria, Italy.

The Postman (1994)
Michael Radford, Massimo Troisi
A simple Italian postman learns to love poetry while delivering mail to a famous poet; he uses this gift to woo the local beauty, Beatrice. Originally titled Il postino. Filmed in Naples and Sicily.

Roman Holiday (1953)
William Wyler
Audrey Hepburn and Gregory Peck star in this romantic comedy about a reporter following a royal princess who attempts to remain incognito as she sightsees in Rome. Hepburn won a Best Actress Academy Award for her performance. Filmed in Rome.

The Spanish Apartment (2002)
Cédric Klapisch
This French-Spanish film is the first in a trilogy that focuses on Xavier, a young economics student who travels to Barcelona for a European exchange program. Xavier finds an apartment with six international students and is immersed into a cultural melting pot. Originally titled L’Auberge Espagnole. Filmed in Barcelona.

The Trip to Italy (2014)
Michael Winterbottom
Steve Coogan and his best friend, Rob Brydon, embark on another food tour—this time around Italy, from Liguria to Capri. This film about friendship takes two men to six wonderful places for six meals. Filmed in various locations throughout Italy.

Under the Tuscan Sun (2003)
Audrey Wells
Based on Frances Mayes’s best-selling memoir, this lighthearted film tells the story of a recently divorced writer, played by Diane Lane, who buys a Tuscan villa with the hope of changing her life. Filmed in multiple locations including Rome and Salerno.

Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008)
Woody Allen
While on a summer holiday in Spain, girlfriends Vicky (Rebecca Hall) and Cristina (Scarlett Johansson) take a tour of wildly romantic Barcelona and become enamored with the same painter (Javier Bardem), unaware that his tempestuous ex-wife (Penélope Cruz) is about to re-enter the picture. Cruz won an Oscar for her performance and the film won a Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture. Filmed in multiple locations including Barcelona.

Chrissy (2012)
Marcia Weekes
This inspirational drama is about Chrissy, a disadvantaged schoolgirl who triumphs over being bullied and discriminated against. With an “I-can-do-anything” attitude, Chrissy remains steadfastly focused on her goals. Filmed in Barbados.

For Love or Country: The Arturo Sandoval Story (2000)
Joseph Sargent
This biopic tells the story of famed Cuban trumpet player Arturo Sandoval. Because of his fame, Arturo is granted some privileges; however, he still questions the dictatorship that rules the country he loves so much. When Arturo decides to leave Cuba, he is worried that his wife and child might not be able to join him. Filmed in Miami and San Juan.

Lovesickness (2007)
Carlitos Ruiz, Mariem Pérez Riera
This film deals with the ironies of love as they relate to a middle-class family, a hostage situation and an elderly couple. Winner of numerous awards for Best Film, Best Screenplay, Best Actor, Best First Work and more, and chosen to represent Puerto Rico at the 80th Academy Awards. Originally titled Maldeamores. Filmed in Puerto Rico.

Nous près, nous loin (1986)
Alain d’Aix
This documentary examines the Creole language and culture across four island territories in the Lesser Antilles: Dominica, Guadeloupe, Martinique and St. Lucia. This film is also known as Creole Connections. Filmed in Dominica, Guadeloupe and Martinique.

Paging Emma (1999)
Roberto Busó-García
After watching her husband get shot and then abducted, Emma retreats from the world and finds solace in her work as an operator at a paging company. She begins to receive personal messages that only her husband could have written and discovers that things are not always what they seem. Filmed in Puerto Rico.

Papillon (1973)
Franklin J. Schaffner
Wrongfully convicted for murder, Henri "Papillon" Charriere forms an unlikely friendship with fellow inmate and quirky convicted counterfeiter Louis Dega, in an attempt to escape from the notorious penal colony on Devil’s Island.

Poetry Is an Island, Derek Walcott (2013)
Ida Does
See St. Lucia through the eyes of Derek Walcott, a poet, playwright, painter, filmmaker and Literature Nobel Laureate who has been inspired by St. Lucia for more than 60 years. This documentary was filmed in St. Lucia, Walcott’s native island, and explores the people and places that have been the subjects of his prized poetry. Filmed in St. Lucia.

A Touch of Spice (2003)
Tassos Boulmetis
When Fanis was a young boy growing up in Istanbul, his grandfather taught him that life and food both require a little salt to give them flavor. Thirty-five years after leaving Istanbul for Athens, Greece, Fanis returns to reunite with his grandfather and first love. Originally titled Politiki kouzina. This film won 11 awards, including Best Director, Best Screenplay and Best Cinematography, at the Thessaloníki Film Festival. Filmed in multiple locations including Athens, Greece; Lavrio, Greece; and Istanbul, Turkey.

Bread and Tulips (2000)
Silvio Soldini
This romantic comedy follows a housewife who gets left behind during a family vacation. As she makes her way home, she impulsively detours to Venice and builds a new life—only to be admonished by her sister to return to her old one. Originally titled Pane e tulipani. Filmed in multiple locations including Rome, Salerno and Venice.

The Bandit (1996)
Yavuz Turgul
This highly popular Turkish drama is considered the savior of Turkish cinema, which was flailing when the film was released. In it, a bandit travels across Turkey to Istanbul after serving a 35-year jail sentence in search of the man who betrayed him. Hailed for its blend of fairy tale and realism, it provides lovely brushstrokes of Turkey. Filmed in Istanbul and Sanliurfa.

Casino Royale (2006)
Martin Campbell
In Daniel Craig’s first role playing James Bond, the British agent travels to an extravagant Montenegrin casino in order to strip the film’s villain of all his money. BAFTA Film Award winner for Best Sound and nominated for Best Screenplay. Filmed in multiple locations including Prague, Czech Republic; Venice, Italy; and Lake Como, Italy.

Crossing the Bridge: The Sound of Istanbul (2005)
Fatih Akin
Discover the vibrant music of Istanbul in a documentary that includes both traditional and modern Turkish music. This film won one award and was nominated for two. Filmed in Istanbul, Turkey.

Death in Venice (1971)
Luchino Visconti
This faithful adaptation of Thomas Mann’s well-known novella depicts a work-obsessed composer seeking solace at a Venetian seaside resort who becomes infatuated with a beautiful adolescent, whom he follows through the city’s palazzi and medieval streets. Filmed in Venice.

Everyone Says I Love You (1996)
Woody Allen
The lives of an upper-class Manhattan family are conveyed in song as they travel from New York to Paris to Venice in this whimsical musical comedy starring Julia Roberts, Alan Alda, Edward Norton and Goldie Hawn. Filmed in Venice and various locations throughout England.

Future Lasts Forever (2011)
Özcan Alper
This beautifully wrought film tells the story of a young music student who travels to southeastern Turkey to record traditional Turkish music; in the process, she confronts a difficult past. The film nicely captures a rich culture and starkly beautiful scenery. Filmed in Turkey.

Gallipoli (1981)
Peter Weir
In this Australian film starring Mel Gibson, several young men from the western part of the continent enlist in the army during World War I. The story provides a fascinating examination of the loss of innocence in the face of war as the friends head to the front lines of Gallipoli, site of the horrific battle.

The Gospel of John (2014)
David Batty
This film is a word-for-word adaptation of the Gospel of John and offers a modern visual perspective on the life of Jesus Christ, including his miracles, final words, death and resurrection.

How the War Started on My Island (1996)
Vinko Brešan
In this bold black comedy, it is 1991 on an unnamed Croatian island and the Croatian parliament has declared the island’s independence from Yugoslavia. But conscripts from the Yugoslav People’s Army barricade themselves in a garrison, refusing to leave. Originally titled Kako je počeo rat na mom otoku. Filmed in Primosten and Šibenik.

The Horseman (2003)
Branko Ivanda
This fascinating film is set in the early 18th century in the place where the borders of the Ottoman Empire and the Republic of Venice meet. The action and conflicts examine the struggles of living between two empires and two faiths: Catholicism and Islam. Originally titled Konjanik. Filmed in Zadar.

If It’s Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium (1969)
Mel Stuart
A group of American tourists takes an 18-day guided bus tour of nine European countries (from London to Rome) and humor ensues. Filmed in multiple locations including London, Luxembourg, Rome and Venice.

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
Steven Spielberg
With nothing more than a diary that contains clues and a map showing the location of the famous Holy Grail, Indiana Jones and museum curator Marcus Brody set out to find Jones’s father and the Holy Grail before the Nazis do. Filmed in multiple locations including Andalusia, Spain; Venice, Italy; and Petra, Jordan.

Istanbul Beneath My Wings (1996)
Mustafa Altioklar
This is the incredible true story of one man’s flight across the Bosphorus Strait from Galata on the wings of his 17th-century manmade flying contraption, which he modeled after drawings by Leonardo da Vinci.

Mamma Mia! (2008)
Phyllida Lloyd
When bride-to-be Sophie learns that she has three possible fathers, she invites each of them to her wedding without telling her mother. This British-American-Swedish romantic musical comedy was nominated for two Golden Globe Awards and three BAFTA Awards. Filmed in multiple locations including Skopelos, Greece.

Marsal (1999)
Vinko Brešan
In this light comedy, the ghost of revolutionary Marshall Tito appears to some citizens on the Dalmatian island of Vis. As news spreads, the mayor sees the event as a tourist attraction and, to capitalize on Tito’s ghost, transforms Vis into a Communist-era outpost.

Meet Me in Montenegro (2015)
Alex Holdridge, Linnea Saasen
In this comedy, a failed American writer meets a European dancer and begins an affair with her. Filmed in multiple locations including Germany, Montenegro and the US.

Senso (1954)
Luchino Visconti
A feast for the eyes set in 1860s Italy, this melodrama plays out against the atmospheric backdrop of Venice, from La Fenice Opera House to St. Mark’s Square. Filmed in Rome and Venice.

Summertime (1955)
David Lean
Katharine Hepburn is an American schoolteacher who takes a dream trip to Venice and finds herself entangled and in love with a married man. Lean won the New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Director. Both Hepburn and Lean received Academy Award nominations. Filmed in Venice.

The Two Faces of January (2014)
Hossein Amini
When glamorous American couple Chester and Colette arrive in Athens, they befriend a Greek-speaking American, Rydal, who becomes enraptured with Colette. Soon, Rydal is drawn into the dark side of Chester’s life. This film was nominated for three awards. Filmed in multiple locations including Athens, Greece; Crete, Greece; and Istanbul, Turkey.

Topkapi (1964)
Jules Dassin
This fascinating heist movie follows a band of conniving criminals as they plot to steal an emerald-laid dagger from Istanbul’s Topkapi Palace. The film features Maximilian Schell and Peter Ustinov, and offers a mid-century look at the rich colors and flavors of Istanbul. Filmed in multiple locations including Istanbul.

The Water Diviner (2014)
Russell Crowe
Connor, an Australian farmer, is on a quest to find his three missing sons, who have been reported as missing in action after the Battle of Gallipoli. While in Istanbul, he is befriended by a Turkish woman. Filmed in multiple locations including South Australia, Australia and Istanbul, Turkey.

The Wings of the Dove (1997)
Iain Softley
Based on Henry James’s novel, this intelligent film follows American heiress Milly Theale, played by Helena Bonham Carter. After she is stricken ill, she travels to Venice, where family and friends swirl around her with both good intentions and bad. Filmed in multiple locations including Venice.

Youth (2015)
Paolo Sorrentino
When two longtime friends go on vacation in Switzerland, they spend their time in an elegant hotel sharing stories about their children, other hotel guests and their day-to-day lives. Fred, a retired conductor and composer, learns that someone wants to hear him conduct again, while Mick, a film director, is determined to finish the screenplay for his final film. Filmed in multiple locations including Kanton Bern, Switzerland; Rome, Italy; and Venice, Italy.

Zorba the Greek (1964)
Michael Cacoyannis
In this drama based on the Nikos Kazantzakis novel, Anthony Quinn plays larger-than-life Zorba, who travels to Crete with a new friend to advise him in a burgeoning mining operation. Romantic and personal entanglements follow in this passion-filled film. Winner of three Academy Awards (for Cinematography, Art Direction and Best Actress in a Supporting Role for Lila Kedrova). Filmed in Crete, Greece.

A Touch of Spice (2003)
Tassos Boulmetis
When Fanis was a young boy growing up in Istanbul, his grandfather taught him that life and food both require a little salt to give them flavor. Thirty-five years after leaving Istanbul for Athens, Greece, Fanis returns to reunite with his grandfather and first love. Originally titled Politiki kouzina. This film won 11 awards, including Best Director, Best Screenplay and Best Cinematography, at the Thessaloníki Film Festival. Filmed in multiple locations including Athens, Greece; Lavrio, Greece; and Istanbul, Turkey.

Crossing the Bridge: The Sound of Istanbul (2005)
Fatih Akin
Discover the vibrant music of Istanbul in a documentary that includes both traditional and modern Turkish music. This film won one award and was nominated for two. Filmed in Istanbul, Turkey.

Eat Pray Love (2010)
Ryan Murphy
A woman realizes how unhappy her marriage is and that her life needs to go in a different direction. After a painful divorce, she takes off on an around-the-world journey to “find herself.” Filmed in multiple locations including Bali, Delhi, New York City and Rome.

Mamma Mia! (2008)
Phyllida Lloyd
When bride-to-be Sophie learns that she has three possible fathers, she invites each of them to her wedding without telling her mother. This British-American-Swedish romantic musical comedy was nominated for two Golden Globe Awards and three BAFTA Awards. Filmed in multiple locations including Skopelos, Greece.

Outlaw Girl (1950)
Mario Camerini
Beppe Musolino is innocent but found guilty of murder. He escapes from prison and, while on the run, meets and falls in love with a village girl. Together they track down the people who were responsible for the guilty verdict. Originally titled Il Brigante Musolino. Filmed in Calabria, Italy.

The Postman (1994)
Michael Radford, Massimo Troisi
A simple Italian postman learns to love poetry while delivering mail to a famous poet; he uses this gift to woo the local beauty, Beatrice. Originally titled Il postino. Filmed in Naples and Sicily.

The Water Diviner (2014)
Russell Crowe
Connor, an Australian farmer, is on a quest to find his three missing sons, who have been reported as missing in action after the Battle of Gallipoli. While in Istanbul, he is befriended by a Turkish woman. Filmed in multiple locations including South Australia, Australia and Istanbul, Turkey.

Walking on Sunshine (2014)
Max Giwa and Dania Pasquini
Set in a stunning coastal village in present-day Italy, this musical romance follows Maddie, a woman who decides to marry a man after a speedy romance. When Maddie invites her sister, Taylor, to the wedding, it is revealed that the man Maddie is going to marry is the same man with whom Taylor had a holiday fling years earlier. Filmed in the Salento region of Puglia.

Zorba the Greek (1964)
Michael Cacoyannis
In this drama based on the Nikos Kazantzakis novel, Anthony Quinn plays larger-than-life Zorba, who travels to Crete with a new friend to advise him in a burgeoning mining operation. Romantic and personal entanglements follow in this passion-filled film. Winner of three Academy Awards (for Cinematography, Art Direction and Best Actress in a Supporting Role for Lila Kedrova). Filmed in Crete, Greece.

Alexander (2004)
Oliver Stone
Based on the life of Alexander the Great, this epic historic drama with Colin Farrell in the title role focuses on the king’s great conquests and his relationships with his parents; his wife, Roxana; and his tutor, Aristotle.

All About My Mother (1999)
Pedro Almodóvar
In this comedy-drama, a nurse who oversees organ transplants loses her son in a car crash. To break the news to the boy’s father, whom he never knew, she journeys to Barcelona, revisiting colorful characters from her old life and meeting new ones along the way. The film won an Oscar and a Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film. Filmed in multiple locations including A Coruña, Barcelona and Madrid.

Antonio Gaudí (1984)
Hiroshi Teshigahara
A spellbinding visual poem that takes viewers on a tour of Antonio Gaudí’s spectacular architecture in Barcelona, including his massive, still-unfinished masterpiece, La Sagrada Família.

Barcelona (1994)
Whit Stillman
Set during the eighties, the film follows a pair of mismatched American cousins who banter about romance and politics while working in the beautiful city of Barcelona. Filmed in Spain and the United States.

Bicycle Thieves (1948)
Vittorio De Sica
This moving film follows a poor, desperate father as he searches post-war Rome for his stolen bicycle; without it, he will lose the job that allows him to provide for his family. Filmed in Rome.

Biutiful (2010)
Alejandro González Iñárritu
After being diagnosed with terminal cancer, Uxbal, a single father of two, is forced to reckon with his life in order to escape crime in underground Barcelona and regain spiritual insight. Filmed in Barcelona and Navarra.

Carthage in Flames (1960)
Carmine Gallone
This Italian historic drama chronicles the final days of the Punic Wars as the Roman Empire descends upon Carthage. Filmed in Rome, Italy.

The Great Beauty (2013)
Paolo Sorrentino
After his 65th birthday, witty and arrogant novelist Jep Gambardella is blindsided by an ex-lover’s secret. He begins to reexamine his lavish lifestyle—frequenting nightclubs, parties and cafés—to seek a different side of Rome. Originally titled La grande bellezza. Filmed in various locations throughout Rome.

La Dolce Vita (1960)
Federico Fellini
Fellini’s classic drama follows a journalist, played by Marcello Mastroianni, through Rome for seven days as he searches for love, happiness and the good life; widely considered one of the best films of all time, it features the famous scene in the Trevi Fountain with Anita Ekberg. Filmed in Rome.

The Postman (1994)
Michael Radford, Massimo Troisi
A simple Italian postman learns to love poetry while delivering mail to a famous poet; he uses this gift to woo the local beauty, Beatrice. Originally titled Il postino. Filmed in Naples and Sicily.

Roman Holiday (1953)
William Wyler
Audrey Hepburn and Gregory Peck star in this romantic comedy about a reporter following a royal princess who attempts to remain incognito as she sightsees in Rome. Hepburn won a Best Actress Academy Award for her performance. Filmed in Rome.

The Spanish Apartment (2002)
Cédric Klapisch
This French-Spanish film is the first in a trilogy that focuses on Xavier, a young economics student who travels to Barcelona for a European exchange program. Xavier finds an apartment with six international students and is immersed into a cultural melting pot. Originally titled L’Auberge Espagnole. Filmed in Barcelona.

The Trip to Italy (2014)
Michael Winterbottom
Steve Coogan and his best friend, Rob Brydon, embark on another food tour—this time around Italy, from Liguria to Capri. This film about friendship takes two men to six wonderful places for six meals. Filmed in various locations throughout Italy.

The Two Faces of January (2014)
Hossein Amini
When glamorous American couple Chester and Colette arrive in Athens, they befriend a Greek-speaking American, Rydal, who becomes enraptured with Colette. Soon, Rydal is drawn into the dark side of Chester’s life. This film was nominated for three awards. Filmed in multiple locations including Athens, Greece; Crete, Greece; and Istanbul, Turkey.

Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008)
Woody Allen
While on a summer holiday in Spain, girlfriends Vicky (Rebecca Hall) and Cristina (Scarlett Johansson) take a tour of wildly romantic Barcelona and become enamored with the same painter (Javier Bardem), unaware that his tempestuous ex-wife (Penélope Cruz) is about to re-enter the picture. Cruz won an Oscar for her performance and the film won a Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture. Filmed in multiple locations including Barcelona.

Zorba the Greek (1964)
Michael Cacoyannis
In this drama based on the Nikos Kazantzakis novel, Anthony Quinn plays larger-than-life Zorba, who travels to Crete with a new friend to advise him in a burgeoning mining operation. Romantic and personal entanglements follow in this passion-filled film. Winner of three Academy Awards (for Cinematography, Art Direction and Best Actress in a Supporting Role for Lila Kedrova). Filmed in Crete, Greece.

Alexander (2004)
Oliver Stone
Based on the life of Alexander the Great, this epic historic drama with Colin Farrell in the title role focuses on the king’s great conquests and his relationships with his parents; his wife, Roxana; and his tutor, Aristotle.

A Touch of Spice (2003)
Tassos Boulmetis
When Fanis was a young boy growing up in Istanbul, his grandfather taught him that life and food both require a little salt to give them flavor. Thirty-five years after leaving Istanbul for Athens, Greece, Fanis returns to reunite with his grandfather and first love. Originally titled Politiki kouzina. This film won 11 awards, including Best Director, Best Screenplay and Best Cinematography, at the Thessaloníki Film Festival. Filmed in multiple locations including Athens, Greece; Lavrio, Greece; and Istanbul, Turkey.

The Bandit (1996)
Yavuz Turgul
This highly popular Turkish drama is considered the savior of Turkish cinema, which was flailing when the film was released. In it, a bandit travels across Turkey to Istanbul after serving a 35-year jail sentence in search of the man who betrayed him. Hailed for its blend of fairy tale and realism, it provides lovely brushstrokes of Turkey. Filmed in Istanbul and Sanliurfa.

Crossing the Bridge: The Sound of Istanbul (2005)
Fatih Akin
Discover the vibrant music of Istanbul in a documentary that includes both traditional and modern Turkish music. This film won one award and was nominated for two. Filmed in Istanbul, Turkey.

Future Lasts Forever (2011)
Özcan Alper
This beautifully wrought film tells the story of a young music student who travels to southeastern Turkey to record traditional Turkish music; in the process, she confronts a difficult past. The film nicely captures a rich culture and starkly beautiful scenery. Filmed in Turkey.

Gallipoli (1981)
Peter Weir
In this Australian film starring Mel Gibson, several young men from the western part of the continent enlist in the army during World War I. The story provides a fascinating examination of the loss of innocence in the face of war as the friends head to the front lines of Gallipoli, site of the horrific battle.

Gallipoli (1981)
Peter Weir
In this Australian film starring Mel Gibson, several young men from the western part of the continent enlist in the army during World War I. The story provides a fascinating examination of the loss of innocence in the face of war as the friends head to the front lines of Gallipoli, site of the horrific battle.

The Gospel of John (2014)
David Batty
This film is a word-for-word adaptation of the Gospel of John and offers a modern visual perspective on the life of Jesus Christ, including his miracles, final words, death and resurrection.

Istanbul Beneath My Wings (1996)
Mustafa Altioklar
This is the incredible true story of one man’s flight across the Bosphorus Strait from Galata on the wings of his 17th-century manmade flying contraption, which he modeled after drawings by Leonardo da Vinci.

Mamma Mia! (2008)
Phyllida Lloyd
When bride-to-be Sophie learns that she has three possible fathers, she invites each of them to her wedding without telling her mother. This British-American-Swedish romantic musical comedy was nominated for two Golden Globe Awards and three BAFTA Awards. Filmed in multiple locations including Skopelos, Greece.

The Two Faces of January (2014)
Hossein Amini
When glamorous American couple Chester and Colette arrive in Athens, they befriend a Greek-speaking American, Rydal, who becomes enraptured with Colette. Soon, Rydal is drawn into the dark side of Chester’s life. This film was nominated for three awards. Filmed in multiple locations including Athens, Greece; Crete, Greece; and Istanbul, Turkey.

Topkapi (1964)
Jules Dassin
This fascinating heist movie follows a band of conniving criminals as they plot to steal an emerald-laid dagger from Istanbul’s Topkapi Palace. The film features Maximilian Schell and Peter Ustinov, and offers a mid-century look at the rich colors and flavors of Istanbul. Filmed in multiple locations including Istanbul.

The Water Diviner (2014)
Russell Crowe
Connor, an Australian farmer, is on a quest to find his three missing sons, who have been reported as missing in action after the Battle of Gallipoli. While in Istanbul, he is befriended by a Turkish woman. Filmed in multiple locations including South Australia, Australia and Istanbul, Turkey.

Beyond Rangoon (1995)
John Boorman
When a woman tries to gain strength and move forward after her husband and son are murdered, she goes on vacation with her sister to Burma. After losing her passport at a political rally, she is left on her own for a few days, during which time she falls in with students fighting for democracy. Filmed in multiple locations including Thailand and Malaysia.

Blood Diamond (2006)
Edward Zwick
 
This political war thriller is set in 1999 Sierra Leone, when the country is ravaged by unrest. Archer, a Rhodesian gunrunner, has been jailed while trying to smuggle diamonds into Liberia. When he learns about an enormous pink diamond that has been buried by a fellow prisoner, Vandy, a fisherman who was enslaved to harvest diamonds, Archer plots with Vandy to locate the diamond in order to sell it so they can both escape their unwanted situations. Winner of eight awards. Filmed in multiple locations including Maputo, Mozambique and multiple locations in South Africa including Cape Town.

Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (2004)
Beeban Kidron
This story picks up four weeks after the first film. Now that Bridget Jones is in love, she begins to question if what she has is everything she has dreamed of having. Filmed in multiple locations including Bangkok and Phuket.

The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
David Lean
Set during World War II, this film tells the story of British prisoners who are ordered to build a bridge to accommodate the Burma–Siam railway. Filmed in multiple locations in Sri Lanka including Colombo.

Cape of Good Hope (2004)
Mark Bamford
This comedy-drama is set in an animal shelter in Cape Town and revolves around the people who work there, revealing how their lives are intertwined. In 2004, this film won two awards at the Austin Film Festival. Filmed in Cape Town.

Crazy Rich Asians (2018)
John M. Chu
This hit romantic comedy follows native New Yorker Rachel Chu to Singapore where she will meet her boyfriend's family. Shot in numerous locations in Singapore and Malaysia

The Dove (1974)
Charles Jarrott
This is the true story of Robin Lee Graham, who, at 16, sailed around the world alone in a 23-foot sloop named The Dove. While traveling, Robin meets and falls in love with a young woman who is also traveling around the world. Filmed in Australia, Ecuador, Fiji, Mozambique, Panama and South Africa.

Flowers of the Sky (2008)
Prasanna Vithanage
When a nearly forgotten film star finds herself embroiled in a scandal, her name is in the news once again. As she is thrust into a more modern, more commercialized industry, she finds herself having to face her darkest demons. Originally titled Akasa Kusum. Filmed in Colombo.

From Cape Town with Love (2007)
Carol Howell
 
This documentary takes viewers through the streets of Cape Town, where street artists have made their mark with beautiful, thought-provoking images and texts that are punishable by fines or imprisonment. Filmed in multiple locations in South Africa including Cape Town.

The Giver (2014)
Phillip Noyce
Jonas is a teenager who lives with his parents in a community that knows no pain, war, suffering or choices. When Jonas graduates, he is chosen to be the Receiver of Memories and is trained by his mentor, The Giver. Through memories of the world before “The Ruin,” Jonas discovers the concept of family, as well as the ability to feel emotions. When Jonas learns that a baby is going to be eliminated, he decides to change the society in which he lives. Winner of two awards. Filmed in multiple locations in South Africa including Cape Town.

Indochine (1992)
Régis Wargnier
This film is set in 1930, when French colonial rule in Indochina is ending. An unmarried Frenchwoman and her adopted daughter, a Vietnamese princess, both fall in love with a young French navy officer. Filmed in multiple locations including Malaysia and Vietnam.

In My Country (2004)
John Boorman
When Langston Whitfield, a Washington Post journalist, is sent to South Africa to cover the Truth and Reconciliation Commission hearings, he finds himself confronting his own demons and questioning his sense of identity, while Anna Malan, an Afrikaans poet covering the hearings for radio, is deeply moved by acts committed by her fellow countrymen. Based on the memoir Country of My Skull. Filmed in multiple locations in South Africa including Cape Town.

Invictus (2009)
Clint Eastwood
Newly elected president Nelson Mandela brings a nation together through sport when he joins forces with the captain of the South African rugby team to unite their divided country. Based on an inspiring true story. This film has been nominated 35 times and won 10 awards. Filmed in multiple locations in South Africa including Cape Town.

Let’s Eat! (2016)
Chapman To
Rosemary, the daughter of a restaurant owner, wants to modernize the restaurant and reduce costs, but the restaurant’s traditional chef, Dai Hung, does not see eye to eye with Rosemary. Filmed in Malaysia and Singapore.

Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom (2013)
Justin Chadwick
When Nelson Mandela, a South African lawyer, is sentenced to life imprisonment for treason after being involved in armed resistance after the Sharpeville Massacre, he spends decades in chains, but his spirit is unbowed. While in prison, Mandela’s stature continues to rise. When he is released, Mandela, now the famous leader of his movement, must find a way to win a peaceful victory for the good of his country and its people. This film has been nominated 30 times and won 12 awards. Filmed in multiple locations in South Africa including Cape Town.

Marrabenta Stories (2004)
Karen Boswall
This documentary brings together young Mozambican musicians who play jazz, funk and hip-hop and elders who play Marrabenta, a musical style that was popular in 1950s and 1960s Mozambique. Together, the musicians go on a South African tour. A 2005 winner at the Portuguese Film Festival.

Milking the Rhino (2009)
David E. Simpson
This documentary shows the behind-the-scenes role that villagers play in the making of nature documentaries, as well as the villagers’ desires to claim a piece of the wildlife-tourism pie after the collision of ancient ways with Western expectations. Filmed in multiple locations including Kenya, Namibia and Zimbabwe.

Monkey Kingdom (2015)
Mark Linfield, Alastair Fothergill
This documentary is about a group of monkeys known as the Temple Troop that lives among ancient ruins in the jungles of Sri Lanka. A mother monkey and her newborn find it difficult to survive within the competitive hierarchy of the Temple Troop. Filmed in Sri Lanka.

1492: Conquest of Paradise (1992)
Ridley Scott
Celebrating the 500th anniversary of the discovery of the Americas, this big-budget film explores both the discovery and the unfortunate effects Europeans had on the original inhabitants. Filmed in multiple locations including Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic and Spain.

All About My Mother (1999)
Pedro Almodóvar
In this comedy-drama, a nurse who oversees organ transplants loses her son in a car crash. To break the news to the boy’s father, whom he never knew, she journeys to Barcelona, revisiting colorful characters from her old life and meeting new ones along the way. The film won an Oscar and a Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film. Filmed in multiple locations including A Coruña, Barcelona and Madrid.

Antonio Gaudí (1984)
Hiroshi Teshigahara
A spellbinding visual poem that takes viewers on a tour of Antonio Gaudí’s spectacular architecture in Barcelona, including his massive, still-unfinished masterpiece, La Sagrada Família.

Barcelona (1994)
Whit Stillman
Set during the eighties, the film follows a pair of mismatched American cousins who banter about romance and politics while working in the beautiful city of Barcelona. Filmed in Spain and the United States.

Biutiful (2010)
Alejandro González Iñárritu
After being diagnosed with terminal cancer, Uxbal, a single father of two, is forced to reckon with his life in order to escape crime in underground Barcelona and regain spiritual insight. Filmed in Barcelona and Navarra.

Grace of Monaco (2014)
Olivier Dahan
This French-American film traces the glamorous life of Grace Kelly, the American actress who left her film career to marry Prince Rainier III of Monaco. The movie includes sweeping shots of the French Riviera. Nicole Kidman plays the starring role. Filmed in multiple locations including France, Italy and Monaco.

The Holy Queen (1947)
Henrique Campos, Aníbal Contreiras, Rafael Gil
One of many popular 1940s Spanish costume films, this historic drama portrays the life of Isabel of Aragon, the Spanish-born 14th-century queen of Portugal who rectified peace among different parties of the Portuguese court. Originally titled Reina santa.

Life Is Beautiful (1997)
Roberto Benigni
In this Oscar winner for Best Leading Actor and Best Foreign Language Film, a Jewish Italian father shields his son from the horrors of life in a concentration camp by making up stories about the daily events for the boy to reinterpret. Originally titled La vita è bella. Filmed in multiple locations including Tuscany.

Marius (2013)
Daniel Auteuil
Marius owns and runs the La Marine Bar with his father, but dreams of setting off to a faraway land. He has been secretly in love with Fanny since childhood, and she him. When Marius is offered a job on an exploratory ship, Fanny confesses her love for him and Marius must choose between her and the sea. Filmed in Marseille, France.

Marseille (2004)
Angela Schanelec
When Sophie wants to get away from Berlin, she swaps her apartment for one in Marseille so she can photograph the city. Filmed in Berlin, Germany and Marseille, France.

My Friends (1975)
Mario Monicelli
Childhood friends Necchi, Perozzi, Melandri and Mascetti all live in Florence and spend as much time together as possible, traveling around Tuscany telling terrible jokes to anyone who will listen. Melandri falls in love with a professor’s wife; the love does not last, but the professor ends up becoming a great friend to the four men. Originally titled Amici miei. Filmed in Florence.

The Spanish Apartment (2002)
Cédric Klapisch
This French-Spanish film is the first in a trilogy that focuses on Xavier, a young economics student who travels to Barcelona for a European exchange program. Xavier finds an apartment with six international students and is immersed into a cultural melting pot. Originally titled L’Auberge Espagnole. Filmed in Barcelona.

The Trip to Italy (2014)
Michael Winterbottom
Steve Coogan and his best friend, Rob Brydon, embark on another food tour—this time around Italy, from Liguria to Capri. This film about friendship takes two men to six wonderful places for six meals. Filmed in various locations throughout Italy.

To Catch a Thief (1955)
Alfred Hitchcock
Cary Grant and Grace Kelly star in this romantic thriller about a retired cat burglar trying to entrap another burglar who is preying on wealthy tourists on the French Riviera. Hitchcock nicely conveys the glamour and energy of Monte Carlo, and the movie won an Oscar for Best Cinematography. Filmed in multiple locations including France and Monaco.

Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008)
Woody Allen
While on a summer holiday in Spain, girlfriends Vicky (Rebecca Hall) and Cristina (Scarlett Johansson) take a tour of wildly romantic Barcelona and become enamored with the same painter (Javier Bardem), unaware that his tempestuous ex-wife (Penélope Cruz) is about to re-enter the picture. Cruz won an Oscar for her performance and the film won a Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture. Filmed in multiple locations including Barcelona.

All About My Mother (1999)
Pedro Almodóvar
In this comedy-drama, a nurse who oversees organ transplants loses her son in a car crash. To break the news to the boy’s father, whom he never knew, she journeys to Barcelona, revisiting colorful characters from her old life and meeting new ones along the way. The film won an Oscar and a Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film. Filmed in multiple locations including A Coruña, Barcelona and Madrid.

Biutiful (2010)
Alejandro González Iñárritu
After being diagnosed with terminal cancer, Uxbal, a single father of two, is forced to reckon with his life in order to escape crime in underground Barcelona and regain spiritual insight. Filmed in Barcelona and Navarra.

Grace of Monaco (2014)
Olivier Dahan
This French-American film traces the glamorous life of Grace Kelly, the American actress who left her film career to marry Prince Rainier III of Monaco. The movie includes sweeping shots of the French Riviera. Nicole Kidman plays the starring role. Filmed in multiple locations including France, Italy and Monaco.

The Holy Queen (1947)
Henrique Campos, Aníbal Contreiras, Rafael Gil
One of many popular 1940s Spanish costume films, this historic drama portrays the life of Isabel of Aragon, the Spanish-born 14th-century queen of Portugal who rectified peace among different parties of the Portuguese court. Originally titled Reina santa.

Land and Freedom (1995)
Ken Loach
In the spring of 1936, a young unemployed journalist leaves his hometown of Liverpool to join the fight against fascism in Spain. This film won two Cannes Film Festival awards. Filmed in Mirambel, Spain and Liverpool, England.

Rabbit-Proof Fence (2002)
Phillip Noyce
This multi-award-winning film tells the story of Molly, Daisy and Grace, two sisters and a cousin who are taken thousands of miles away from their Aboriginal mothers to be trained as domestic staff. The girls escape and follow a rabbit-proof fence while eluding a native tracker and the regional constabulary. Filmed in multiple locations including Adelaide, Perth and Sydney.

The Spanish Apartment (2002)
Cédric Klapisch
This French-Spanish film is the first in a trilogy that focuses on Xavier, a young economics student who travels to Barcelona for a European exchange program. Xavier finds an apartment with six international students and is immersed into a cultural melting pot. Originally titled L’Auberge Espagnole. Filmed in Barcelona.

Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008)
Woody Allen
While on a summer holiday in Spain, girlfriends Vicky (Rebecca Hall) and Cristina (Scarlett Johansson) take a tour of wildly romantic Barcelona and become enamored with the same painter (Javier Bardem), unaware that his tempestuous ex-wife (Penélope Cruz) is about to re-enter the picture. Cruz won an Oscar for her performance and the film won a Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture. Filmed in multiple locations including Barcelona.

1492: Conquest of Paradise (1992)
Ridley Scott
Celebrating the 500th anniversary of the discovery of the Americas, this big-budget film explores both the discovery and the unfortunate effects Europeans had on the original inhabitants. Filmed in multiple locations including Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic and Spain.

All About My Mother (1999)
Pedro Almodóvar
In this comedy-drama, a nurse who oversees organ transplants loses her son in a car crash. To break the news to the boy’s father, whom he never knew, she journeys to Barcelona, revisiting colorful characters from her old life and meeting new ones along the way. The film won an Oscar and a Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film. Filmed in multiple locations including A Coruña, Barcelona and Madrid.

Antonio Gaudí (1984)
Hiroshi Teshigahara
A spellbinding visual poem that takes viewers on a tour of Antonio Gaudí’s spectacular architecture in Barcelona, including his massive, still-unfinished masterpiece, La Sagrada Família.

Barcelona (1994)
Whit Stillman
Set during the eighties, the film follows a pair of mismatched American cousins who banter about romance and politics while working in the beautiful city of Barcelona. Filmed in Spain and the United States.

Biutiful (2010)
Alejandro González Iñárritu
After being diagnosed with terminal cancer, Uxbal, a single father of two, is forced to reckon with his life in order to escape crime in underground Barcelona and regain spiritual insight. Filmed in Barcelona and Navarra.

Grace of Monaco (2014)
Olivier Dahan
This French-American film traces the glamorous life of Grace Kelly, the American actress who left her film career to marry Prince Rainier III of Monaco. The movie includes sweeping shots of the French Riviera. Nicole Kidman plays the starring role. Filmed in multiple locations including France, Italy and Monaco.

The Holy Queen (1947)
Henrique Campos, Aníbal Contreiras, Rafael Gil
One of many popular 1940s Spanish costume films, this historic drama portrays the life of Isabel of Aragon, the Spanish-born 14th-century queen of Portugal who rectified peace among different parties of the Portuguese court. Originally titled Reina santa.

Land and Freedom (1995)
Ken Loach
In the spring of 1936, a young unemployed journalist leaves his hometown of Liverpool to join the fight against fascism in Spain. This film won two Cannes Film Festival awards. Filmed in Mirambel, Spain and Liverpool, England.

Life Is Beautiful (1997)
Roberto Benigni
In this Oscar winner for Best Leading Actor and Best Foreign Language Film, a Jewish Italian father shields his son from the horrors of life in a concentration camp by making up stories about the daily events for the boy to reinterpret. Originally titled La vita è bella. Filmed in multiple locations including Tuscany.

Man of La Mancha (1972)
Arthur Hiller
Peter O’Toole and Sophia Loren star in this film adaptation of the much-loved musical. In this “play within a play,” Cervantes casts himself as the mad and wandering knight-errant Don Quixote, enlisting fellow prisoners to play supporting roles as he awaits trial with the Spanish Inquisition.

Marius (2013)
Daniel Auteuil
Marius owns and runs the La Marine Bar with his father, but dreams of setting off to a faraway land. He has been secretly in love with Fanny since childhood, and she him. When Marius is offered a job on an exploratory ship, Fanny confesses her love for him and Marius must choose between her and the sea. Filmed in Marseille, France.

Marseille (2004)
Angela Schanelec
When Sophie wants to get away from Berlin, she swaps her apartment for one in Marseille so she can photograph the city. Filmed in Berlin, Germany and Marseille, France.

My Friends (1975)
Mario Monicelli
Childhood friends Necchi, Perozzi, Melandri and Mascetti all live in Florence and spend as much time together as possible, traveling around Tuscany telling terrible jokes to anyone who will listen. Melandri falls in love with a professor’s wife; the love does not last, but the professor ends up becoming a great friend to the four men. Originally titled Amici miei. Filmed in Florence.

The Spanish Apartment (2002)
Cédric Klapisch
This French-Spanish film is the first in a trilogy that focuses on Xavier, a young economics student who travels to Barcelona for a European exchange program. Xavier finds an apartment with six international students and is immersed into a cultural melting pot. Originally titled L’Auberge Espagnole. Filmed in Barcelona.

The Trip to Italy (2014)
Michael Winterbottom
Steve Coogan and his best friend, Rob Brydon, embark on another food tour—this time around Italy, from Liguria to Capri. This film about friendship takes two men to six wonderful places for six meals. Filmed in various locations throughout Italy.

To Catch a Thief (1955)
Alfred Hitchcock
Cary Grant and Grace Kelly star in this romantic thriller about a retired cat burglar trying to entrap another burglar who is preying on wealthy tourists on the French Riviera. Hitchcock nicely conveys the glamour and energy of Monte Carlo, and the movie won an Oscar for Best Cinematography. Filmed in multiple locations including France and Monaco.

Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008)
Woody Allen
While on a summer holiday in Spain, girlfriends Vicky (Rebecca Hall) and Cristina (Scarlett Johansson) take a tour of wildly romantic Barcelona and become enamored with the same painter (Javier Bardem), unaware that his tempestuous ex-wife (Penélope Cruz) is about to re-enter the picture. Cruz won an Oscar for her performance and the film won a Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture. Filmed in multiple locations including Barcelona.

1492: Conquest of Paradise (1992)
Ridley Scott
Celebrating the 500th anniversary of the discovery of the Americas, this big-budget film explores both the discovery and the unfortunate effects Europeans had on the original inhabitants. Filmed in multiple locations including Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic and Spain.

All About My Mother (1999)
Pedro Almodóvar
In this comedy-drama, a nurse who oversees organ transplants loses her son in a car crash. To break the news to the boy’s father, whom he never knew, she journeys to Barcelona, revisiting colorful characters from her old life and meeting new ones along the way. The film won an Oscar and a Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film. Filmed in multiple locations including A Coruña, Barcelona and Madrid.

Antonio Gaudí (1984)
Hiroshi Teshigahara
A spellbinding visual poem that takes viewers on a tour of Antonio Gaudí’s spectacular architecture in Barcelona, including his massive, still-unfinished masterpiece, La Sagrada Família.

Barcelona (1994)
Whit Stillman
Set during the eighties, the film follows a pair of mismatched American cousins who banter about romance and politics while working in the beautiful city of Barcelona. Filmed in Spain and the United States.

Biutiful (2010)
Alejandro González Iñárritu
After being diagnosed with terminal cancer, Uxbal, a single father of two, is forced to reckon with his life in order to escape crime in underground Barcelona and regain spiritual insight. Filmed in Barcelona and Navarra.

The Holy Queen (1947)
Henrique Campos, Aníbal Contreiras, Rafael Gil
One of many popular 1940s Spanish costume films, this historic drama portrays the life of Isabel of Aragon, the Spanish-born 14th-century queen of Portugal who rectified peace among different parties of the Portuguese court. Originally titled Reina santa.

Land and Freedom (1995)
Ken Loach
In the spring of 1936, a young unemployed journalist leaves his hometown of Liverpool to join the fight against fascism in Spain. This film won two Cannes Film Festival awards. Filmed in Mirambel, Spain and Liverpool, England.

Man of La Mancha (1972)
Arthur Hiller
Peter O’Toole and Sophia Loren star in this film adaptation of the much-loved musical. In this “play within a play,” Cervantes casts himself as the mad and wandering knight-errant Don Quixote, enlisting fellow prisoners to play supporting roles as he awaits trial with the Spanish Inquisition.

The Spanish Apartment (2002)
Cédric Klapisch
This French-Spanish film is the first in a trilogy that focuses on Xavier, a young economics student who travels to Barcelona for a European exchange program. Xavier finds an apartment with six international students and is immersed into a cultural melting pot. Originally titled L’Auberge Espagnole. Filmed in Barcelona.

Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008)
Woody Allen
While on a summer holiday in Spain, girlfriends Vicky (Rebecca Hall) and Cristina (Scarlett Johansson) take a tour of wildly romantic Barcelona and become enamored with the same painter (Javier Bardem), unaware that his tempestuous ex-wife (Penélope Cruz) is about to re-enter the picture. Cruz won an Oscar for her performance and the film won a Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture. Filmed in multiple locations including Barcelona.

An Angel at My Table (1990)
Jane Campion
This biographical drama tells the story of Nene Janet Paterson Clutha, a New Zealand author who published under the name Janet Frame. The third of five children, Janet endured many hardships as a child, including the drownings of her two adolescent sisters and the epileptic seizures suffered by her brother, George. Confined to a mental institution for several years, she became successful when she started writing stories. Filmed in multiple locations including Auckland, New Zealand; Catalonia, Spain; London, England; and Paris, France.

Avatar (2009)
James Cameron
Paraplegic Marine Jake Sully offers to take his recently deceased brother’s place on a mission to the distant world of Pandora. Once there, he discovers that the mission is based on greed. As Jake bonds with the native Na’vi people of Pandora, he finds himself falling in love with the beautiful alien Neytiri. Filmed in multiple locations including Wellington, New Zealand.

Aya (1990)
Solrun Hoaas
Set in the 1950s, Aya, a young Japanese war bride, and her husband, Frank, arrive in a small Australian town. Aya and Frank love each other, but Frank wants Aya to forget about her Japanese past. She cannot let go of who she is and where she came from, and finds herself drawn to his friend Mac, who respects the Japanese culture. Filmed in Hobart and Melbourne.

Bootmen (2000)
Dein Perry
Sean Odken leaves his job at a steel mill to appear on a tap dancing show in Sydney, but finds himself jobless after he gets involved with a lead dancer and is let go. He returns home determined to start his own tap dance group, but with a new twist: the tap dancers will wear hard hats while dancing on industrial steel and wearing shoes welded with metal. Filmed in Newcastle and Sydney.

Boy (2010)
Taika Waititi
This film is about Boy, an 11-year-old who lives on a farm with his grandmother, his brother and a goat. When Boy’s grandmother goes away for a week, his absent father, whom he had idealized, shows up looking for a bag of money that he buried years earlier. Filmed in New Zealand.

Breath
  (2017)
Simon Baker
Set in coastal Australia in the 1970s, this film is about Pikelet and Loonie, two teenage boys who seek adventure after having grown up in a small town. When Pikelet and Loonie meet Sando, an older surfer, they form a friendship that will lead them to take dangerous risks. Based on the award-winning and international best-selling novel Breath by Tim Winton. Filmed in Albany.

Broken Hill (2009)
Dagen Merrill
Tommy, the son of a sheep rancher, lives in the middle of the Australian Outback and dreams of attending the Sydney Conservatorium of Music. In order to apply to the conservatorium, Tommy needs to find musicians in the Outback who can play the music he has composed. Winner of two awards. Filmed in multiple locations including Adelaide and Sydney.

Careful, He Might Hear You (1983)
Carl Schultz
After PS’s mother dies, his Aunt Lila and Uncle George take him into their home in Sydney. But his Aunt Vanessa shows up claiming her rights as a co-guardian, demanding that PS live with her during the week. With Lila, PS gets to live the life of a child, but with Vanessa, he is forced to live a strict, staunch life. Filmed in Sydney.

Dawn! (1979)
Ken Hannam
This sports biopic shares the life experiences and rise to fame of Australian swimmer Dawn Fraser, a three-time Olympic gold medalist. Filmed in multiple locations including Adelaide, Melbourne and Sydney.

Hunt for the Wilderpeople (2016)
Taika Waititi
When young Ricky Baker is sent to live in the country with his Aunt Bella and Uncle Hec because of his defiant behavior, he and Hec clash. So, when Bella unexpectedly passes away, Ricky runs away into the wild New Zealand bush, followed closely behind by Hec. Filmed in multiple locations throughout New Zealand.

Lion (2016)
Garth Davis
Based on the nonfiction book A Long Way Home, this film tells the story of Saroo Brierley, who, at five years of age, gets separated from his family in Kolkata and then adopted by an Australian family. At 25, Saroo begins a search for his long-lost family using Google Earth. Filmed in multiple locations including Melbourne, Kolkata and Hobart.

The Light Between Oceans (2016)
Derek Cianfrance
Tom, a lighthouse keeper, and his wife, Isabel, live remotely off the coast of western Australia. After Isabel miscarries twice and a baby washes ashore in a dinghy, Isabel convinces Tom that they should raise the baby without telling anyone about her or her father, who is lying dead in the boat. Filmed in multiple locations including Dunedin and Tasmania.

New Zealand from Above (2012)
Bruce Morrison and Serge Ou
This documentary gives you the opportunity to traverse New Zealand, from the South Island to the tip of the North Island. New Zealanders share their thoughts on their culture, interests and work. Filmed in New Zealand.

Pirates of the Airwaves (2016)
Charlie Haskell
This drama is about Radio Hauraki, New Zealand’s “boat that rocked.” Radio Hauraki was a pirate radio station that broadcast in international waters from a boat called Tiri from 1966 through 1970, when the station began to broadcast on land. Filmed in Auckland.

The Patriarch (2016)
Lee Tamahori
This film is based on the novel Bulibasha: King of the Gypsies by Witi Ihimaera. Set in the 1960s, with breathtaking views of the east coast of New Zealand, The Patriarch tells the story of two Māori sheepshearing families, the Poatas and the Mahanas—bitter enemies who must find their way through adversity. Originally titled Mahana. Filmed in Auckland.

The Piano (1993)
Jane Campion
Ada and her young daughter move to New Zealand for Ada’s arranged marriage. When Ada’s husband sells her beloved piano to their neighbor, George, she is heartbroken. But George offers Ada a chance to earn her piano back by giving him piano lessons. Filmed in Auckland.

Swimming Upstream (2003)
Russell Mulcahy
This biographical film tells the inspirational story of Tony Fingleton. After growing up in a troubled household and being overlooked by his father, Tony makes a commitment to become the best athlete possible and prove his confidence and talents to his father. Filmed in multiple locations including Brisbane, Perth and Sydney.

The World’s Fastest Indian (2005)
Roger Donaldson
This biographical drama is about Burt Munro (1899–1978), a New Zealand motorcycle racer. Burt has tinkered on his 1920 Indian motorcycle for 25 years with the dream of taking it to the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah to see how fast it can go. When he is diagnosed with heart disease, he mortgages his home and charms his way to Utah. Filmed in multiple locations including Auckland, New Zealand; Timaru, New Zealand; and the Bonneville Salt Flats, Utah.

Whale Rider (2002)
Niki Caro
When 11-year-old Pai is certain that she is destined to become the new chief of the Whangara people, a patriarchal New Zealand tribe, she must go up against her grandfather, Koro, who is bound by tradition to pick a male leader. Filmed in New Zealand.

When a City Falls (2011)
Gerard Smyth
After two earthquakes killed 185 people in Christchurch, New Zealand, the beautiful city and the Canterburians were devastated. This documentary shares the accounts of people who lived through the earthquakes, as well as their inspiring determination to recover and rebuild. Filmed in Christchurch.

Without a Paddle (2004)
Steven Brill
When three friends are reunited at the funeral of a childhood friend, they discover a trunk that includes information about $200,000 that went missing along with airplane hijacker D. B. Cooper in 1971. The three friends decide to continue their friend’s quest, but are unaware of the impending dangers they will face. Filmed in various locations throughout New Zealand including Rotorua and Wellington.

Alaska’s Scenic Byways: Bigger Than Your Imagination (2010)
Shannon McCarthy
Starting in Valdez, this documentary features some of Alaska’s most historic stories and routes. From mining to archaeology and geology, viewers get to see and learn about Alaska’s rich history. Filmed in multiple locations throughout Alaska.

All My Friends Are Leaving Brisbane (2007)
Louise Alston
One by one, Anthea’s friends start to leave Brisbane, tempting her to do so as well. But when she learns that an ex-boyfriend is coming back to Brisbane, she changes her mind. Filmed in Brisbane.

All the Beauty of the World (2006)
Marc Esposito
After the man of her life dies, Tina goes on a journey to Asia with hopes of rediscovering life after loss. She is accompanied by her friend Franck, who is in love with her. Still mourning the loss of her love, however, she cannot give Franck what he wants from her. Originally titled Toute la beauté du monde. Filmed in Bali, Indonesia and Paris, France.

American Dreams in China (2013)
Peter Ho-Sun Chan
This drama is a rags-to-riches story about three young men from different backgrounds with one goal: to help Chinese teenagers’ dreams come true by building an English language school in China. Spanning nearly 30 years, this film highlights historic moments in Chinese history. Filmed in China.

Around the World in Eighty Days (1956)
Michael Anderson and John Farrow
This adventure comedy is an adaptation of Jules Verne’s novel about a Victorian Englishman who bets that, with the new railways and steamships, he can go around the world in 80 days. Filmed in multiple locations including Bangkok, Hong Kong, London and Madrid.

Au Revoir Taipei (2010)
Arvin Chen
A young Taiwanese man, Kai, wants nothing more than to be with his girlfriend, who is in Paris. To keep himself busy, he studies French night after night in a bookstore. When a woman who works at the bookstore notices him, Kai discovers that his desire for companionship can be fulfilled right at home in Taipei. Originally titled Yi ye Taibei. Filmed in Taipei City, Taiwan.

Australia (2008)
Baz Luhrmann
An English aristocrat inherits a large cattle station in northern Australia. When she learns about the English cattle barons’ plot to take her land, she drives 2,000 cattle across treacherous lands to Darwin, Australia with the help of a stockman—only to witness the city’s bombing by Japanese forces. Filmed in multiple locations including Darwin and Sydney.

Baraka (1992)
Ron Fricke
This moving documentary takes viewers around the world to villages, natural landscapes, forests, volcanoes and many other places to emphasize what is found in these places. Camera footage, without words, shows both the good and the bad, eventually coming full circle. Filmed in multiple locations including Cambodia, Ecuador, Egypt, India, Indonesia, Nepal and more.

Bears (2014)
Alastair Fothergill, Keith Scholey and Adam Chapman
With the Alaskan wilderness as a backdrop, Bears is a documentary that follows a bear family for one year. From the moment hibernation ends through the spring, summer and fall, this bear family, including two cubs, finds adventure around every corner. Filmed in Alaska.

Beneath Hill 60 (2010)
Jeremy Sims
Set in 1916, this drama is based on the true story of Captain Oliver Woodward. Along with his secret platoon of Australian tunnelers, he must maintain a leaking complex tunnel system deep beneath German lines that is packed with enough explosives to alter the war. Filmed in Townsville.

Beyond Beauty: Taiwan from Above (2013)
Chi Po-lin
This documentary reveals the beauty of Taiwan from a bird’s-eye view and highlights both the natural splendor and the growth of Taiwan as seen in its urbanization. Filmed in Taiwan.

Big Miracle (2012)
Ken Kwapis
When a family of whales is becoming trapped by fast-forming ice in the Arctic Circle, three people—a volunteer, a news reporter and a native Alaskan boy—inspire an entire community to save them. Filmed in multiple locations including Seward.

Black Wave: The Legacy of the Exxon Valdez (2008)
Robert Cornellier
Riki Ott and fishermen in Cordova, Alaska share the environmental, social and economic impacts of the Exxon Valdez oil spill near Prince William Sound.

Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (2004)
Beeban Kidron
This story picks up four weeks after the first film. Now that Bridget Jones is in love, she begins to question if what she has is everything she has dreamed of having. Filmed in multiple locations including Bangkok and Phuket.

The Beach (2000)
Danny Boyle
Richard, a nicotine-addicted traveler, finds a map in a Bangkok hotel that supposedly leads to a legendary island paradise where some other wayward souls have settled. Filmed in multiple locations including Bangkok and Phuket.

The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
David Lean
Set during World War II, this film tells the story of British prisoners who are ordered to build a bridge to accommodate the Burma–Siam railway. Filmed in multiple locations in Sri Lanka including Colombo.

City of Ghosts (2003)
Matt Dillon
When an international scam in which a con man is involved goes sour, he flees to mysterious Southeast Asia to get his promised cut. Filmed in multiple locations including Cambodia and Bangkok, Thailand.

Dutch Harbor: Where the Sea Breaks Its Back (1998)
Braden King and Laura Moya
Filmed in black and white, this documentary shares the stories of people who live in Dutch Harbor. From their love for the untamed island to their concern over gentrification, this intimate film shares the true emotions of the people who care deeply for their town.

Eat Pray Love (2010)
Ryan Murphy
A woman realizes how unhappy her marriage is and that her life needs to go in a different direction. After a painful divorce, she takes off on an around-the-world journey to “find herself.” Filmed in multiple locations including Bali, Delhi, New York City and Rome.

Enlightenment Guaranteed (2000)
Doris Dörrie
When brothers Uwe and Gustav travel to a monastery near Tokyo, Japan, their plan is to address their troubled lives and achieve enlightenment. But trouble seems to follow Uwe and Gustav wherever they go. Originally titled Erleuchtung garantiert. Filmed in multiple locations including Tokyo.

Entrapment (1999)
Jon Amiel
When a highly secured piece of art is stolen, an insurance agent works her way into the life of the head thief in the hopes of finding the art. Thinking she wants to join him on heists, the burglar puts her through strenuous training before their first job together. With the promise of a big payout, the insurance agent seems to be enjoying the game. Filmed in multiple locations including Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and London, England.

Falling Flowers (2012)
Jianqi Huo
This film is about Xiao Hong, a renowned writer and strong woman whose life was marked by poverty and sacrifice.

Fool’s Gold (2008)
Andy Tennant
This adventure-romance tells the story of Ben “Finn” Finnegan and Tess Finnegan, a recently divorced couple who fall in love again while searching for a treasure that was lost at sea with the 1715 treasure fleet. Filmed in multiple locations including Cairns, Brisbane and Whitsunday Island.

Fortress of the Bears (2011)
Daniel B. Greenberg
This documentary shows how bears, salmon and trees are interconnected and how nature keeps each in balance. It was filmed on Alaska’s Admiralty Island, where an estimated 1,800 grizzly bears live. Filmed in Tongass National Forest, Alaska.

Good Morning, Vietnam (1987)
Barry Levinson
When an unorthodox and irreverent DJ is stationed in Vietnam to bring humor to Armed Forces Radio, he begins to shake things up. Filmed in Bangkok and Phuket.

Heart 2 Heart (2010)
Nayato Fio Nuala
While Indah is on vacation with her family, she meets Pandu and they form a friendship that leads them on adventures to the beautiful forests, tea gardens and lakes of Bogor. When the family vacation ends, Indah returns to Jakarta, but is involved in a tragic accident that leaves her speechless and blind. She falls into a deep depression, while Pandu searches for her.

Heaven & Earth (1993)
Oliver Stone
Based on a true story, this film follows the life of a Buddhist Vietnamese peasant girl who survives a life of suffering and hardship during and after the Vietnam War. Filmed in Bangkok, Thailand and Vietnam.

Hiroshima, My Love (1959)
Alain Resnais
When a Frenchwoman travels to Japan to make a film about the atomic bomb in Hiroshima and the importance of peace, she falls in love with a Japanese man who lost his family in the bombing. They find a connection through loss, as she herself lost her German lover in the war. Originally titled Hiroshima mon amour. Filmed in multiple locations including Hiroshima.

House of Bamboo (1955)
Samuel Fuller
This film noir follows Eddie Kenner, a US Army investigator who attempts to look into the death of a fellow army official while planted in a Tokyo crime syndicate. Filmed in Tokyo.

I Come with the Rain (2009)
Tran Anh Hung
Kline, an ex–Los Angeles cop and now private eye, is hired to find the missing son of a powerful conglomerate boss. He meets up with a former coworker who now works for the Hong Kong police, and together they follow the faint trail of the missing son to a local gangster. Haunted by memories, Kline has a hard time focusing on his work in Hong Kong. Filmed in multiple locations including Hong Kong, China and Los Angeles, California.

Indochine (1992)
Régis Wargnier
This film is set in 1930, when French colonial rule in Indochina is ending. An unmarried Frenchwoman and her adopted daughter, a Vietnamese princess, both fall in love with a young French navy officer. Filmed in multiple locations including Malaysia and Vietnam.

Indonesia Kirana (2016)
Febian Nurrahman Saktinegara
This musical documentary follows a group of singers from Indonesia who share their culture with the world through song. Filmed in multiple locations including Hungary, Indonesia, The Netherlands and Slovenia.

I Wish (2011)
Hirokazu Koreeda
Brothers Koichi and Ryunosuke are separated when their parents get divorced, but Koichi, the older brother, wishes his family were still intact. After hearing that wishes can be granted if made at the exact moment when two bullet trains pass by each other at top speed, Koichi, his two best friends, Ryunosuke and Ryunosuke’s three friends all decide to meet at the spot where this will occur. Originally titled Kiseki. Filmed in multiple locations including Kagoshima and Nagasaki.

Joni’s Promise (2005)
Joko Anwar
Joni, a film delivery man, meets a pretty woman who agrees to tell him her name only if he is able to deliver the reels of the film she is on her way to watch on time. Joni is confident that he can deliver the reels, but the rest of the world seems determined to stop him. Originally titled Janji Joni. Filmed in Jakarta.

Kochuu (2003)
Jesper Wachtmeister
This documentary explores modern Japanese architecture as it relates to Japanese and Nordic building traditions, intertwining nature and concrete, gardens and technology, and modern and traditional into visually stunning constructions. Filmed in multiple locations including Finland, Japan, Norway and Sweden.

Komodo Dragon (2009)
John-Paul Davidson
The presenters of this documentary track down the mighty Komodo dragon, the largest living lizard species. Along the way, they encounter one of the world’s most dangerous snakes and help release turtles into the wild.

Last Days in Vietnam (2014)
Rory Kennedy
When the North Vietnamese Army was closing in on approximately 5,000 Americans in Saigon, the Americans had roughly 24 hours to get out, with no official evacuation plan. With the clock ticking, the Americans managed to escape, but not before helping their South Vietnamese allies, coworkers and friends. 135,000 South Vietnamese escaped with the help of some heroic Americans.

Let’s Eat! (2016)
Chapman To
Rosemary, the daughter of a restaurant owner, wants to modernize the restaurant and reduce costs, but the restaurant’s traditional chef, Dai Hung, does not see eye to eye with Rosemary. Filmed in Malaysia and Singapore.

Long Long Time Ago (2016)
Jack Neo
This comedy-drama is about one family’s trials and tribulations from 1965 to the early 1970s. As they journey through the years, from a humble home to a modern flat, they witness their nation’s growth and face many challenges that require perseverance.

Lord Jim (1965)
Richard Brooks
James Burke, a distinguished midshipman who rises to the rank of executive officer, is put ashore after suffering a broken foot. After his recovery, Jim signs on as the executive officer of a rusty tub manned by a third-rate crew and a barbarous captain. Filmed in multiple locations including Cambodia and Hong Kong, China.

Lost in Thailand (2012)
Zheng Xu
This Chinese comedy follows the adventures of three men. One, a scientist, decides to travel to Thailand to get his boss’s approval on an invention he has created that will secure his future. His coworker follows with intentions of stopping him because he wants to sell the invention to a French company. And on the plane, one of the men meets a man who is traveling to Thailand to fulfill items on his bucket list. Originally titled Ren zai jiong tu: Tai jiong. Filmed in multiple locations including Bangkok, Thailand and Beijing, China.

Lost in Translation (2003)
Sofia Coppola
A middle-aged American movie star is in Tokyo to film a whiskey ad for the Japanese market. There, he meets a twentysomething recent Yale philosophy graduate who is in Japan with her husband, and they find that they have more in common than meets the eye. Filmed in multiple locations including Tokyo.

Love Me Again (Land Down Under) (2008)
Rory B. Quintos
Arah and Migo live in the Philippines, but Arah dreams of a better life. When her father has an accident, Arah moves to Australia to earn money. Migo is devastated but does not want to go to Australia. Arah adjusts to life in Australia, fulfilling her dreams for herself and her family. But after several years have passed, Migo shows up in Australia, and he and Arah confront their past and their time apart. Filmed in multiple locations including Darwin.

Luke Nguyen’s Vietnam (2010)
Luke Nguyen
Travel with Luke Nguyen, owner and chef of the Red Lantern restaurant in Sydney, as he takes a culinary trip through northern Vietnam, including the natural wonders of Ha Long Bay, the magnificent mountains of Sapa and more. Filmed in Vietnam.

Luke Nguyen’s Vietnam: Hue (TV) (2011)
Production Company: SBS One
Travel with Luke Nguyen as he explores the vibrant town of Hue, where he helps prepare traditional lemongrass skewers, explores the historic Citadel built by the Nguyen Dynasty and more. Filmed in Hue.

Lust, Caution (2007)
Ang Lee
After losing his wife, two sons and two other women, Old Wu is losing patience with his attempts to assassinate Yee, an important official in Japanese-ruled Shanghai. Old Wu enlists Kuang, Mak Tai Tai and their drama student friends, but the assassination does not happen. Years later, Mak Tai Tai meets Yee again, and this time she is determined to succeed. Originally titled Se, jie. Filmed in multiple locations throughout China and Malaysia.

Passages (Lü Cheng) (2004)
Yang Chao
Looking for meaning to their lives, two students journey across rural China with the hope of purchasing rare mushrooms to sell back home. Along the way, they are forced to decide whether to continue journeying or continue their education.

The Legend of Suriyothai (2001)
Chatrichalerm Yukol
This film follows the life of Queen Suriyothai, from her youth until her death. Regarded by Thai people as a great feminist, the queen is presented as an opinionated and determined woman. Originally titled Suriyothai. Filmed in Thailand.

The Lover (1992)
Jean-Jacques Annaud
Set in 1929 during French colonial rule in Vietnam, a French teenage girl catches the eye of a wealthy Chinese businessman. A torrid affair ensues despite class restrictions and social mores. Originally titled L’amant. Filmed in multiple locations including Ho Chi Minh City and Saigon.

Mabo (2012)
Rachel Perkins
This biographical film is about Eddie Koiki Mabo, an Aboriginal Australian and national hero of Australia. Mabo, who dropped out of school at the age of 15, successfully spearheaded the campaign for land rights for indigenous people, which resulted in the overthrowing of terra nullius (“nobody’s land”) by the High Court. Filmed in Queensland.

Made in Vietnam (2017)
Thi Vo
This documentary follows Thi Vo and his friends as Thi searches for his father after more than three decades of separation. Thirty years after escaping Vietnam for Hong Kong with his mother and then emigrating to Canada, Thi has a strong urge to find his biological father and the family he has never met. Filmed in multiple locations including Ho Chi Minh City, Da Nang and Hue, Vietnam.

Memorias del Desarrollo (2010)
Miguel Coyula
This award-winning film is about an educated man who decides to leave the Cuban revolution and his homeland to explore the “developed” world, including London, Paris, New York and Tokyo. The more he travels, the more he finds himself feeling like a stranger in strange lands. Filmed in multiple locations including Havana, London, Paris and Tokyo.

The Makioka Sisters (1983)
Kon Ichikawa
Set in 1938 Japan, this drama follows four sisters who are living off the dwindling inheritance of their deceased parents. Every year, the sisters meet in Kyoto to view the cherry blossoms. Originally titled Sasameyuki. Filmed in Kyoto and Osaka.

The Man with the Golden Gun (1974)
Guy Hamilton
James Bond is called in to investigate the death of a scientist working on a powerful solar cell and finds himself chasing down famed assassin Francisco Scaramanga. In Bangkok, “007” is captured and placed in a dojo. Filmed in multiple locations including Bangkok and Phuket.

The Medallion (2003)
Gordon Chan
While Hong Kong detective Eddie Yang is working with Interpol to catch international criminal Snakehead, he dies but is brought back to life when the two halves of an ancient medallion are joined together by a boy who is considered the chosen one. This medallion transforms Eddie into an immortal warrior. Filmed in multiple locations including Hong Kong, China; Dublin, Ireland; and Thailand.

Only God Forgives (2013)
Nicolas Winding Refn
A prosperous drug smuggler in Bangkok’s criminal underworld is about to have his world turned upside down when his mother wants him to avenge his brother’s death. Filmed in Bangkok.

Our Generation (2010)
Sinem Saban, Damien Curtis
This documentary features stories from one of the last strongholds of traditional Aboriginal culture in Australia: the remote Yolngu of northeastern Arnhem Land. The Aboriginal struggles of land, culture and freedom are explored, and interviews with national indigenous leaders, historians and human rights activists shine a light on threats to the Australian Aboriginal culture.

Pinoy Sunday (2009)
Wi Ding Ho
When a pair of migrant Filipino workers happen upon an abandoned red couch, they decide to take it back to their dormitory. Unable to find a way to get the couch home by vehicle, they have no choice but to carry it on foot. Soon, their Sunday turns into an adventure of self-discovery. Filmed in multiple locations including the Philippines and Taipei City, Taiwan.

Power of Pearl: The Farm Beneath the Sea (2017)
Ahbra Perry, Robert Taylor Higgins
In the Ring of Fire, a basin of the Pacific Ocean where a large number of earthquakes and volcanic eruptions occur, pearls grow. This documentary follows pearl farmers in the Philippines, Indonesia and Australia, and shows how pearls impact the relationship between workers and their communities. Winner of the 2013 American Documentary Film Fund. Filmed in multiple locations including Bali, Indonesia; Bora Bora, French Polynesia; and Kobe, Japan.

The Quiet American (2002)
Phillip Noyce
Michael Caine stars as a British journalist stationed in Vietnam during the 1950s who becomes friends with a seemingly harmless American (Brendan Fraser). Filmed in multiple locations including Da Nang, Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City.

Red Sorghum (1988)
Yimou Zhang
A young Chinese woman is sent to marry the undesirable owner of a winery, but falls in love with one of his servants. Originally titled Hong gao liang. Filmed in China.

Rhapsody in August (1991)
Akira Kurosawa
When four children spend the summer with their grandmother in Nagasaki, Japan, they learn about how their grandfather was killed: by the atomic bomb that fell in 1945. Originally titled Hachigatsu no rapusodī. Filmed in multiple locations including Nagasaki.

The Road Home (1999)
Yimou Zhang
When businessman Luo Yusheng returns to his village from the city for the funeral of his father, he is reminded of the magical story of how his mother and father first met. Originally titled Wo de fu qin mu qin.

Same Same But Different (2010)
Detlev Buck
During a post-graduation summer trip to Cambodia, Benjamin Prüfer falls for Sreykeo Solvan. When he returns home to Germany, he discovers that Sreykeo is sick—and makes it his responsibility to save her. This film is based on a true story. Filmed in Cambodia, Germany and Malaysia.

Samsara (2012)
Ron Fricke
This documentary transports viewers to sacred grounds, disaster zones, industrial complexes and natural wonders. Shot on 70-millimeter film and filmed over nearly five years in 25 countries on five continents; locations include Tokyo, Japan; Shanghai, China; and Bangkok, Thailand.

Surprising Vietnam (2008)
Fred Heiman
Discover some of the delights of Vietnam in this documentary that takes you from the rice paddies of the southern Mekong Delta to tribal villages in the northern and central highlands, as well as the country’s modern cities. Filmed in multiple locations including Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City and Hue, Vietnam.

The Samurai (2003)
Tony Long
This documentary explores the extraordinary history of the samurai, one of the world’s most famous warrior classes, including their self-discipline, martial artistry and sacred rituals. Modern-day samurai share the ways of life in the Bushidō, while educators describe the momentous events in the centuries-long history of the samurai.

The Sea Wall (2009)
Rithy Panh
An exasperated widow finds herself troubled when her adult children leave to find their independence; at the same time, she must try to erect a barrier against the sea to protect her rice fields from flooding. Originally titled Un barrage contre le Pacifique. Filmed in Cambodia.

There Is No Lid on the Sea (2015)
Keisuke Toyoshima
Adapted from Banana Yoshimoto’s novel, this drama shows how both drastic life changes and simple enjoyments can change one’s view of the world. Mari decides to leave bustling Tokyo and return to her hometown, a small town in the Shizuoka prefecture, to open a snow cone shop. Her snow cones soothe her customers and Mari finds peace with herself through a friendship she develops with a coworker. Originally titled Umi no futa. Filmed in Tokyo.

The Tree (2010)
Julie Bertuccelli
When her husband, Peter, dies unexpectedly, Dawn is devastated. But Simone, their eight-year-old daughter, is convinced that Peter is speaking to her through the giant Moreton Bay fig tree that stands next to their house—the same tree that Peter crashed his car into on the day he died. And when Dawn begins a relationship with George, the tree seems to take on a life of its own. Filmed in Queensland.

This Means War (2012)
McG
When two best friends, who are also benched CIA agents, fall for the same woman, they decide to let her choose who she wants to pursue a relationship with. But they are keeping tabs on each other and try to sabotage the other’s dates with her. Filmed in multiple locations including Hong Kong and Los Angeles.

Three Seasons (1999)
Tony Bui
As the characters in this film come to terms with the past, present and future of Ho Chi Minh City, their paths begin to merge. Filmed in Vietnam.

Tokyo Story (1953)
Yasujirō Ozu
When Shukichi and Tomi Hirayama travel to Tokyo to visit their children, they discover that their children are too busy for them and inconvenienced by their presence. After their kids send them off to a resort that is too loud, Shukichi and Tomi decide to return home. Originally titled Tōkyō monogatari. Filmed in multiple locations including Hiroshima and Tokyo.

Tomorrow Never Dies (1997)
Roger Spottiswoode
When Elliot Carver tries to entice the United Kingdom and China into World War III by starting trouble over British and Chinese waters, James Bond must stop him. Filmed in multiple locations including Bangkok, Phuket and London.

Tora-san Goes North (1987)
Yōji Yamada
This romantic comedy is about a naive man who falls in love easily. After returning home to Hokkaido, Tora-san falls for a young lady who has returned to Hokkaido to make amends with her father. Originally titled Otoko wa tsurai yo: Shiretoko bojō. Filmed in Hokkaido and Tokyo.

Two Brothers (2004)
Jean-Jacques Annaud
This film follows the adventures of twin tiger cubs that were born among the temple ruins of an exotic jungle. Separated as cubs, the two tigers meet up again years later, but as forced enemies. Originally titled Deux frères. Filmed in multiple locations including Cambodia and Bangkok, Thailand.

The Vertical Ray of the Sun (2000)
Tran Anh Hung
Beautiful from start to finish, this film follows three sisters, two of whom are happily married—or so it appears. Originally titled Mua he chieu thang dung. Filmed in Vietnam.

Victory (1996)
Mark Peploe
When Axel Heyst makes a stop at a hotel in the port city of Surabaya, a young woman who is in danger asks him for help. They flee to Axel’s home on a nearby secluded island, but the dangerous men searching for her find out where they have gone and pursue them. Filmed in Indonesia and Malaysia.

Water (2006)
Julia Perkul and Anastasiya Popova
Witness breathtaking discoveries by researchers worldwide, from Russia, Kazakhstan, Switzerland and more, as they try to understand water’s phenomenal explicit and implicit properties.

Wawata Topu: Mermaids of Timor-Leste (2013)
David Palazón, Enrique Alonso
This documentary is about four generations of female divers trying to make a living in a coastal village of Timor-Leste, where their contributions to their households and their community are faced with social barriers.

Which Way Is East (1994)
Lynne Sachs
This documentary short is the filmmaker’s travel diary and pieces together Vietnamese history, recollections of the war and memories of the people she met in Vietnam. Filmed in multiple locations including Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Hue and the Mekong Delta.

Wish You Were Here (2012)
Kieran Darcy-Smith
Four friends go on vacation to Southeast Asia, but things take a turn for the worse when one of them goes missing. Soon, secrets leading up to the night of the disappearance are revealed. Filmed in multiple locations including Sihanoukville.

Women in the Mirror (2003)
Yoshishige Yoshida
This drama is about three women who feel a sense of confused identity, tied to memories of the Hiroshima disaster. As they share their memories, they try to piece together family ties that may or may not connect them to each other. Originally titled Kagami no onnatachi.

Australia (2008)
Baz Luhrmann
An English aristocrat inherits a large cattle station in northern Australia. When she learns about the English cattle barons’ plot to take her land, she drives 2,000 cattle across treacherous lands to Darwin, Australia with the help of a stockman—only to witness the city’s bombing by Japanese forces. Filmed in multiple locations including Darwin and Sydney.

Boy (2010)
Taika Waititi
This film is about Boy, an 11-year-old who lives on a farm with his grandmother, his brother and a goat. When Boy’s grandmother goes away for a week, his absent father, whom he had idealized, shows up looking for a bag of money that he buried years earlier. Filmed in New Zealand.

Komodo Dragon (2009)
John-Paul Davidson
The presenters of this documentary track down the mighty Komodo dragon, the largest living lizard species. Along the way, they encounter one of the world’s most dangerous snakes and help release turtles into the wild.

The Patriarch (2016)
Lee Tamahori
This film is based on the novel Bulibasha: King of the Gypsies by Witi Ihimaera. Set in the 1960s, with breathtaking views of the east coast of New Zealand, The Patriarch tells the story of two Māori sheepshearing families, the Poatas and the Mahanas—bitter enemies who must find their way through adversity. Originally titled Mahana. Filmed in Auckland.

The Piano (1993)
Jane Campion
Ada and her young daughter move to New Zealand for Ada’s arranged marriage. When Ada’s husband sells her beloved piano to their neighbor, George, she is heartbroken. But George offers Ada a chance to earn her piano back by giving him piano lessons. Filmed in Auckland.

The World’s Fastest Indian (2005)
Roger Donaldson
This biographical drama is about Burt Munro (1899–1978), a New Zealand motorcycle racer. Burt has tinkered on his 1920 Indian motorcycle for 25 years with the dream of taking it to the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah to see how fast it can go. When he is diagnosed with heart disease, he mortgages his home and charms his way to Utah. Filmed in multiple locations including Auckland, New Zealand; Timaru, New Zealand; and the Bonneville Salt Flats, Utah.

Wawata Topu: Mermaids of Timor-Leste (2013)
David Palazón, Enrique Alonso
This documentary is about four generations of female divers trying to make a living in a coastal village of Timor-Leste, where their contributions to their households and their community are faced with social barriers.

Whale Rider (2002)
Niki Caro
When 11-year-old Pai is certain that she is destined to become the new chief of the Whangara people, a patriarchal New Zealand tribe, she must go up against her grandfather, Koro, who is bound by tradition to pick a male leader. Filmed in New Zealand.

A Man Called Ove (2015)
Hannes Holm
After losing his wife, Ove becomes an unhappy recluse and is ready to give up on life. Things start to turn around for Ove after lively new neighbors move nearby and a friendship blossoms. This film was a 2017 Oscar nominee for Best Foreign Language Film and Best Achievement in Makeup and Hairstyling. Originally titled En man som heter Ove. Filmed in Sweden.

A Royal Affair (2012)
Nikolaj Arcel
When British Princess Caroline is forced to marry the mad King Christian VII of Denmark, she finds herself miserable—until Dr. Johann Struensee, an ordinary man of Enlightenment, influences the king to begin passing reforms in Denmark. Nominated for one Academy Award and one Golden Globe. Originally titled En kongelig affaere. Filmed in multiple locations including the Czech Republic, Denmark, Germany and Sweden.

Babette’s Feast (1987)
Gabriel Axel
Winner of an Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film and based on the Isak Dinesen story, a pair of 19th-century sisters from a dwindling and strict religion recall an episode from their younger days: After sacrificing their personal lives to care for their father, their lodger, Babette, selflessly prepared a lavish meal using money that she had secretly won in a lottery. Filmed in multiple locations including Copenhagen.

Beyond the Border (2011)
Richard Holm
This war film tells the story of Swedish soldiers who mistakenly cross the wrong side of the Nazi border. When a Swedish colonel sends an execution squad to cover up the error, the soldiers must overcome two enemies.

Breath (2011)
Kullar Viimne
This documentary follows Francesko, the only female chimney sweeper in Estonia, as she tries to find her way in life. It also shares glimpses of the lives of others that typically go unnoticed. Originally titled Hing. Filmed in Estonia.

Copenhagen (2014)
Mark Raso
This coming-of-age film follows an immature young man traveling through Europe. He pauses in Copenhagen, the city of his birth, to deliver a letter written by his dead father to his grandfather. Filmed in multiple locations including Copenhagen and Skagen.

The Deluge (1974)
Jerzy Hoffman
Hailed as one of the most popular movies in the history of Polish cinema, this film is based on the 1886 novel that recounts the thwarted Swedish invasion of Poland-Lithuania from 1655 to 1658. Filmed in multiple locations including Poland and Kyiv, Ukraine.

Fanny & Alexander (1982)
Ingmar Bergman
In this atmospheric Bergman classic, two children from a large family living in Uppsala experience the joys and sorrows of life during the first decade of the 1900s. The movie won Academy Awards for Best Cinematography and Best Foreign Language Film. Filmed in Uppsala and Stockholm.

Flame & Citron (2008)
Ole Christian Madsen
In this action-drama, we follow two Danish resistance fighters, Flame and Citron, who kill Danish Nazis and collaborators without hesitation until they are no longer certain whom their targets represent. Filmed in multiple locations including Copenhagen, Denmark; Berlin, Germany; and Prague, Czech Republic.

Forgiveness (2008)
Mariusz Kotowski
Also screened under the title Esther’s Diary, this dramatic Holocaust film follows the adult daughters of two women who were best friends in 1940s Poland, but were later separated by Nazi horrors. One daughter learns of the past from her mother’s diary. Filmed in Austin, Texas.

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2009)
Niels Arden Oplev
This mystery-thriller follows a journalist through a rich Swedish setting as he searches, with the help of a young female hacker, for a woman who disappeared 40 years ago. Remade in 2011 as The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, directed by David Fincher and starring Daniel Craig and Rooney Mara. Originally titled Män som hatar kvinnor. Filmed in multiple locations including Stockholm.

Ida (2013)
Paweł Pawlikowski
Oscar winner for Best Foreign Language Film, this road movie has been called a masterpiece of Polish cinema. It follows a young woman who is on the verge of taking her vows as a Catholic nun, only to discover that her parents were Jewish. Filmed in Poland.

I’ll Take Sweden (1965)
Frederick de Cordova
This comedy stars Bob Hope, Tuesday Weld and Frankie Avalon as a father, daughter and soon-to-be son-in-law. In an effort to distance his daughter from her suitor, Hope accepts a transfer to Stockholm from his oil company employer, but his plan backfires.

Ingrid Bergman: In Her Own Words (2015)
Stig Björkman
At the suggestion of Isabella Rossellini, Ingrid Bergman’s daughter, Stig Björkman, made this documentary that tells Ingrid’s story through never-before-seen private diaries, footage, interviews with her children, letters and notes. Originally titled Jag är Ingrid.

Jakob the Liar (1999)
Peter Kassovitz
Set in a wartime Polish ghetto, this film stars Robin Williams as a shopkeeper who spreads hope among the imprisoned community by fabricating tales about approaching Allied advances, claiming he has heard such stories on his secret radio. Filmed in Hungary and Poland.

June Night (1940)
Per Lindberg
When Kerstin Norbäck (Ingrid Bergman) tries to end her relationship with a sailor, he shoots her. Kerstin survives and moves to Stockholm to begin a new life. Things are looking up for Kerstin until the newspapers find her and write about her. Originally titled Juninatten.

The King’s Choice (2016)
Erik Poppe
This film is based on a true story that took place during World War II. When German armed forces invade neutral Norway, the royal family must flee. Crown Princess Märtha escapes to Sweden with the children, while Crown Prince Olav and King Haakon VII depart to a farming region near Elverum where they will meet German troops head-on. Originally titled Kongens nei.

My Life As a Dog (1985)
Lasse Hallström
This delightful movie follows 12-year-old Ingemar as he is sent away to live with relatives after his mother becomes terminally ill. Golden Globe winner for Best Foreign Language Film. Originally titled Mitt liv som hund. Filmed in multiple locations including Stockholm.

The Seventh Seal (1957)
Ingmar Bergman
This drama-fantasy is Bergman’s classic about a medieval knight returning from the Crusades only to find Sweden being ravaged by the plague. He encounters the character of Death on a beach and they begin a fateful game of chess. Filmed in Sweden.

Wałęsa: Man of Hope (2013)
Andrzej Wajda
This biopic of Lech Wałęsa follows the ascendancy of a humble electrician at the Gdańsk Shipyard from demonstrator to president of Poland, and examines the influence his rise to power had on other regions of Europe. Filmed in multiple locations including Gdańsk and Warsaw.

Wesele (1973)
Andrzej Wajda
This film, set at the turn of the 20th century, focuses on the wedding between a poet from Kraków and a peasant girl. The ceremony turns into an examination of the century-long division of Poland under Russia, Prussia and Austria. Filmed in Poland.

The Zookeeper’s Wife (2017)
Niki Caro
When Germany invades Poland, Jan and Antonina Zabinski, owners and keepers of the Warsaw Zoo, hide 300 persecuted Polish Jews in plain sight from the Germans. Winner of Political Film Society, USA and Seattle Jewish Film Festival awards. Filmed in Prague, Czech Republic.

A Coffee in Berlin (2014)
Jan Ole Gerster
When a floundering young man drops out of law school, he ends up roaming the streets of Berlin to try to find his place in life. Originally titled Oh Boy. Filmed in Berlin.

A Hard Day’s Night (1964)
Richard Lester
This British comedy stars the Beatles during the Beatlemania heyday. On their way to a London television broadcast, the Beatles find themselves sidetracked by Paul’s unconventional grandfather and Ringo, who goes missing right before the concert is to be televised. Filmed in multiple locations throughout England.

A Long Way Down (2014)
Pascal Chaumeil
When four suicidal strangers find themselves on the same roof on New Year’s Eve, their plans for death are interrupted as they form a bond that helps each of them face the difficulties in their lives. Filmed in London.

A Man Called Ove (2015)
Hannes Holm
After losing his wife, Ove becomes an unhappy recluse and is ready to give up on life. Things start to turn around for Ove after lively new neighbors move nearby and a friendship blossoms. This film was a 2017 Oscar nominee for Best Foreign Language Film and Best Achievement in Makeup and Hairstyling. Originally titled En man som heter Ove. Filmed in Sweden.

A Royal Affair (2012)
Nikolaj Arcel
When British Princess Caroline is forced to marry the mad King Christian VII of Denmark, she finds herself miserable—until Dr. Johann Struensee, an ordinary man of Enlightenment, influences the king to begin passing reforms in Denmark. Nominated for one Academy Award and one Golden Globe. Originally titled En kongelig affaere. Filmed in multiple locations including the Czech Republic, Denmark, Germany and Sweden.

The Adventures of Greyfriars Bobby (2005)
John Henderson
This touching family film set in Edinburgh follows a West Highland White Terrier who refuses to leave the graveside of his deceased owner. Filmed in Scotland, UK and Lancashire, England, UK.

Babette’s Feast (1987)
Gabriel Axel
Winner of an Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film and based on the Isak Dinesen story, a pair of 19th-century sisters from a dwindling and strict religion recall an episode from their younger days: After sacrificing their personal lives to care for their father, their lodger, Babette, selflessly prepared a lavish meal using money that she had secretly won in a lottery. Filmed in multiple locations including Copenhagen.

Beyond the Border (2011)
Richard Holm
This war film tells the story of Swedish soldiers who mistakenly cross the wrong side of the Nazi border. When a Swedish colonel sends an execution squad to cover up the error, the soldiers must overcome two enemies.

Blow-Up (1966)
Michelangelo Antonioni
This film is about a glamorous fashion photographer who lives life to the fullest. When he sees a beautiful yet mysterious woman in a park, he photographs her to her dismay. Originally titled Blowup. Filmed in multiple locations including Greenwich, London.

Braveheart (1995)
Mel Gibson
This sweeping biopic of William Wallace, the 13th-century warrior who led Scotland to independence against King Edward I of England, won Oscars for Best Picture, Director and Cinematography. Mel Gibson famously brought the leader to life as actor and the Scottish Highlands to life as director. Filmed in multiple locations including Edinburgh.

Breath (2011)
Kullar Viimne
This documentary follows Francesko, the only female chimney sweeper in Estonia, as she tries to find her way in life. It also shares glimpses of the lives of others that typically go unnoticed. Originally titled Hing. Filmed in Estonia.

Cabaret (1972)
Bob Fosse
This classic film starring Liza Minnelli and Michael York dramatizes the life of a Berlin nightclub singer who is romancing two men as the Nazis rise to power in Germany. Fosse won an Oscar for Best Director; Minnelli and Joel Grey won Oscars and Golden Globes for their performances; and the movie won five Oscars including Best Cinematography and Music, as well as a Golden Globe for Best Picture. Filmed in multiple locations including Bavaria and Berlin.

Calamari Union (1985)
Aki Kaurismäki
This absurdist comedy, considered a cult classic, provides insight into Finnish humor. Turning the American gangster film on its head, the film centers on 16 men named Frank who, disgruntled with the oppressive conditions of their Helsinki neighborhood, decide to move to an adjacent district. Filmed in Helsinki.

Copenhagen (2014)
Mark Raso
This coming-of-age film follows an immature young man traveling through Europe. He pauses in Copenhagen, the city of his birth, to deliver a letter written by his dead father to his grandfather. Filmed in multiple locations including Copenhagen and Skagen.

Darkest Hour (2017)
Joe Wright
When Winston Churchill replaces Neville Chamberlain as the prime minister of the United Kingdom, he feels pressured to either begin peace negotiations with Hitler or take on the Nazi regime. This multi-award-winning film won Oscars for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role and Best Achievement in Makeup and Hairstyling in 2018. Filmed in multiple locations including Greenwich, Manchester and Yorkshire.

The Danish Poet (2006)
Torill Kove
This Oscar winner for Best Animated Short Film tells the tale of a poet who travels to Norway in search of inspiration. When he arrives, he falls in love with a farmer’s daughter; however, circumstances separate the two until they reunite many years later.

The Deluge (1974)
Jerzy Hoffman
Hailed as one of the most popular movies in the history of Polish cinema, this film is based on the 1886 novel that recounts the thwarted Swedish invasion of Poland-Lithuania from 1655 to 1658. Filmed in multiple locations including Poland and Kyiv, Ukraine.

Edvard Munch (1974)
Peter Watkins
This biopic of Norway’s famed expressionist painter spans 30 years of the artist’s life, focusing on the factors that shaped his worldview and artistic sensibilities—from disease and loss to his affair with a married woman.

Fanny & Alexander (1982)
Ingmar Bergman
In this atmospheric Bergman classic, two children from a large family living in Uppsala experience the joys and sorrows of life during the first decade of the 1900s. The movie won Academy Awards for Best Cinematography and Best Foreign Language Film. Filmed in Uppsala and Stockholm.

Flame & Citron (2008)
Ole Christian Madsen
In this action-drama, we follow two Danish resistance fighters, Flame and Citron, who kill Danish Nazis and collaborators without hesitation until they are no longer certain whom their targets represent. Filmed in multiple locations including Copenhagen, Denmark; Berlin, Germany; and Prague, Czech Republic.

Forgiveness (2008)
Mariusz Kotowski
Also screened under the title Esther’s Diary, this dramatic Holocaust film follows the adult daughters of two women who were best friends in 1940s Poland, but were later separated by Nazi horrors. One daughter learns of the past from her mother’s diary. Filmed in Austin, Texas.

Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994)
Mike Newell
This film follows Charles and his friends as they attend four weddings and one funeral. After wondering if he will ever experience true love, Charles, a committed bachelor, thinks that he has found the one when he meets an American woman, Carrie. Filmed in multiple locations including Greenwich, London.

Good Bye Lenin! (2003)
Wolfgang Becker
This must-see film set in 1990 tells the story of a young man who works to protect his fragile, ailing mother from the fatal shock of learning that East Germany, the country she knows and loves, no longer exists. Filmed in Berlin.

Gosford Park (2001)
Robert Altman
In this period mystery-drama, co-written by Downton Abbey creator Julian Fellowes, a dinner party at an English country house is disrupted by a murder, affecting the lives of both the upstairs guests and the downstairs servants. The movie boasts an incredible ensemble cast, including Helen Mirren, Maggie Smith, Derek Jacobi and Clive Owen. Fellowes received a Best Writing Oscar for his contribution. Filmed in England.

Gregory’s Girl (1981)
Bill Forsyth
In this coming-of-age romantic comedy, awkward teen Gregory is infatuated with a girl at school and, upon getting a date with one of her friends, must navigate the complexities of young love and the envy of his equally awkward friends. Filmed in North Lanarkshire, Scotland and Strathclyde, Scotland.

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2009)
Niels Arden Oplev
This mystery-thriller follows a journalist through a rich Swedish setting as he searches, with the help of a young female hacker, for a woman who disappeared 40 years ago. Remade in 2011 as The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, directed by David Fincher and starring Daniel Craig and Rooney Mara. Originally titled Män som hatar kvinnor. Filmed in multiple locations including Stockholm.

Hamlet (1990)
Franco Zeffirelli
When Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, learns that his father was killed by his Uncle Claudius in order to obtain the throne, Hamlet plans his revenge. Filmed in multiple locations in Scotland, UK.

The Heroes of Telemark (1965)
Anthony Mann
Kirk Douglas and Richard Harris star in this film about the World War II Norwegian resistance against German troops, who were manufacturing a component for the atomic bomb. Filmed in Norway.

Ida (2013)
Paweł Pawlikowski
Oscar winner for Best Foreign Language Film, this road movie has been called a masterpiece of Polish cinema. It follows a young woman who is on the verge of taking her vows as a Catholic nun, only to discover that her parents were Jewish. Filmed in Poland.

If It’s Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium (1969)
Mel Stuart
A group of American tourists takes an 18-day guided bus tour of nine European countries (from London to Rome) and humor ensues. Filmed in multiple locations including London, Luxembourg, Rome and Venice.

I’ll Take Sweden (1965)
Frederick de Cordova
This comedy stars Bob Hope, Tuesday Weld and Frankie Avalon as a father, daughter and soon-to-be son-in-law. In an effort to distance his daughter from her suitor, Hope accepts a transfer to Stockholm from his oil company employer, but his plan backfires.

Indiscreet (1958)
Stanley Donen
This British romantic comedy is about an actress, Anna Kalman, who has given up on love. When Anna meets Philip Adams, a man whom she thinks is married, they fall in love. Instead of being a married man who is pretending to be single, Philip is actually single and pretending to be married. Filmed in multiple locations including Greenwich, London.

Ingrid Bergman: In Her Own Words (2015)
Stig Björkman
At the suggestion of Isabella Rossellini, Ingrid Bergman’s daughter, Stig Björkman, made this documentary that tells Ingrid’s story through never-before-seen private diaries, footage, interviews with her children, letters and notes. Originally titled Jag är Ingrid.

The Iron Lady (2011)
Phyllida Lloyd
In this biopic, Meryl Streep plays former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, teetering on the edge of reality with dementia and recalling her rise and fall. Streep won an Oscar for her performance. Filmed in London.

Jakob the Liar (1999)
Peter Kassovitz
Set in a wartime Polish ghetto, this film stars Robin Williams as a shopkeeper who spreads hope among the imprisoned community by fabricating tales about approaching Allied advances, claiming he has heard such stories on his secret radio. Filmed in Hungary and Poland.

Joanna Lumley in the Land of the Northern Lights (2008)
Archie Baron
This documentary takes viewers to the northernmost part of Norway, often described as the land of the midnight sun. Joanna Lumley travels on dogsleds and snowmobiles in search of dazzling northern lights displays. Filmed in Norway.

June Night (1940)
Per Lindberg
When Kerstin Norbäck (Ingrid Bergman) tries to end her relationship with a sailor, he shoots her. Kerstin survives and moves to Stockholm to begin a new life. Things are looking up for Kerstin until the newspapers find her and write about her. Originally titled Juninatten.

Kaleidoscope (1966)
Jack Smight
Warren Beatty and Susannah York star in this crime film about a playboy who infiltrates a manufacturer of playing cards so he can win big at card tables throughout Europe, including the famous Monte Carlo Casino where some of the movie was shot. Filmed in England.

Kon-Tiki (2012)
Joachim Rønning, Espen Sandberg
In this dramatic retelling of Thor Heyerdahl’s 4,300-mile expedition of 1947, the Norwegian explorer proves naysayers wrong by sailing a balsa wood raft across the Pacific from South America to Polynesia. Filmed in multiple locations including Bulgaria, Malta, Norway, Sweden and Thailand.

The King’s Choice (2016)
Erik Poppe
This film is based on a true story that took place during World War II. When German armed forces invade neutral Norway, the royal family must flee. Crown Princess Märtha escapes to Sweden with the children, while Crown Prince Olav and King Haakon VII depart to a farming region near Elverum where they will meet German troops head-on. Originally titled Kongens nei.

The King’s Speech (2010)
Tom Hooper
Before becoming King George VI, “Bertie” suffered emotionally from stuttering, which many viewed as a reason why he should not be king. With the help of a radical speech therapist, George is finally able to manage his stuttering and gain the confidence needed to lead the country through war. Filmed in multiple locations including Greenwich, London; Buckinghamshire, England; and Berkshire, England.

Long Way Round (TV)  (2004)
David Alexanian and Russ Malki
Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman travel the world via motorcycles. Equipped with onboard cameras and one ride-along cameraman, Ewan and Charley travel 19,000 miles from London to New York. Filmed in multiple locations including Calgary, London and Luxembourg.

Loves of a Dictator (1935)
Victor Saville
This historic drama depicts the tumultuous 18th-century relationships between King Christian VII and his English consort, and between the queen and the royal physician. Originally titled The Dictator.

The Lives of Others (2006)
Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
It is 1984 in East Berlin, and the population is strictly controlled by the Secret Police. A man who has devoted his life to ferreting out “dangerous” characters is thrown into a quandary when he must investigate a harmless man who has been deemed a threat. Filmed in Berlin.

Maikol Yordan Traveling Lost (2014)
Miguel Alejandro Gómez
Maikol Yordan’s family farm is close to being sold by a bank. With the hope of paying off the bank debt, Maikol enters contests and promotions and wins a trip to Europe. Originally titled Maikol Yordan de Viaje Perdido. Filmed in Costa Rica, England, France and Italy.

Memorias del Desarrollo (2010)
Miguel Coyula
This award-winning film is about an educated man who decides to leave the Cuban revolution and his homeland to explore the “developed” world, including London, Paris, New York and Tokyo. The more he travels, the more he finds himself feeling like a stranger in strange lands. Filmed in multiple locations including Havana, London, Paris and Tokyo.

Memories of Berlin: The Twilight of Weimar Culture (1976)
Gary Conklin
This fascinating documentary profiles the cultural richness of Berlin during the Weimar Republic through interviews with the city’s renowned writers, composers and artists.

My Life As a Dog (1985)
Lasse Hallström
This delightful movie follows 12-year-old Ingemar as he is sent away to live with relatives after his mother becomes terminally ill. Golden Globe winner for Best Foreign Language Film. Originally titled Mitt liv som hund. Filmed in multiple locations including Stockholm.

The Man with the Golden Gun (1974)
Guy Hamilton
James Bond is called in to investigate the death of a scientist working on a powerful solar cell and finds himself chasing down famed assassin Francisco Scaramanga. In Bangkok, “007” is captured and placed in a dojo. Filmed in multiple locations including Bangkok and Phuket.

The Monuments Men (2014)
George Clooney
An eclectic group of Resistance fighters comes together to save fine art looted by the Nazis. Winner of the International Film Music Critics Award for Best Original Score. Filmed in Germany.

NOMA: My Perfect Storm (2015)
Pierre Deschamps
This documentary explores what it takes to be the best restaurant in the world. NOMA, René Redzepi’s Copenhagen-based restaurant, was voted the Best Restaurant in the World in 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2014. Filmed in Copenhagen.

Oliver Twist (1948)
David Lean
Based on the Charles Dickens novel, Oliver Twist is the story of a boy who is orphaned when his mother dies after giving birth in a workhouse. Oliver is placed in a juvenile home but eventually ends up back at the workhouse; he escapes and travels to London, where he becomes involved with a gang of juveniles. Filmed in England.

Ponterosa (2001)
Mika Kemmo
Filmed throughout Finland and regarded as a classic among young audiences when it was released, the story follows a disparate group of people staying at a campsite in the Åland Islands. Filmed in Åland and Helsinki.

The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1969)
Ronald Neame
Maggie Smith stars in this film version of the stage production, winning an Oscar for her performance. She plays a strong-willed instructor in a private 1930s Edinburgh school, teaching her own romanticized curriculum to her 12-year-old students. A fine portrayal of Scottish manners in the 1960s. Filmed in Edinburgh.

The Queen (2006)
Stephen Frears
Dame Helen Mirren turns in an Oscar-winning performance as Queen Elizabeth in this film that profiles the Queen’s attempts to treat Princess Diana’s death as a private family matter. Filmed in multiple locations including London, Paris and Scotland.

Ring of Bright Water (1969)
Jack Couffer
When Graham Merrill takes Mij, a pet shop otter, away from London to the coast of Scotland, the two friends begin exploring all the beauty surrounding them. While Mij swims and plays in the cold sea, Graham begins to fall for the town doctor, Mary. Filmed in multiple locations including London, England and various locations throughout Scotland.

Run, Lola, Run (1998)
Tom Tykwer
After her boyfriend, Manni, loses 100,000 DM that belongs to a very bad guy, Lola has 20 minutes to raise the same amount and meet Manni; otherwise, Manni will rob a store to get the money. Three different alternatives are presented, depending on some minor events that occur during Lola’s run. Originally titled Lola rennt. Filmed in Berlin.

The Reader (2008)
Stephen Daldry
Set in post-WWII Germany, this drama follows a young man whose affair with an older woman will haunt him for the rest of his life. Kate Winslet won an Oscar for her performance. Filmed in multiple locations including Berlin.

Sense and Sensibility (1995)
Ang Lee
When Elinor, Marianne and Margaret are taken in by a cousin after their father dies, the opportunity for the young women to marry becomes challenging. Family disapprovals and a forced separation, as well as mismatched love, test the strengths of budding romantic relationships. Filmed in multiple locations including Greenwich, London.

Simon King’s Shetland Diaries (TV) (2010)
Nick Shoolingin-Jordan
Simon King, a wildlife cameraman and presenter, moves to the Shetland Islands with his family to live through the changing seasons.

The Seventh Seal (1957)
Ingmar Bergman
This drama-fantasy is Bergman’s classic about a medieval knight returning from the Crusades only to find Sweden being ravaged by the plague. He encounters the character of Death on a beach and they begin a fateful game of chess. Filmed in Sweden.

The Spy Who Came in from the Cold (1965)
Martin Ritt
In this spy movie based on the John Le Carré novel, Richard Burton plays a British agent sent into East Germany to plant damning information about an intelligence officer. Filmed in multiple locations including Berlin.

The Tin Drum (1979)
Volker Schlöndorff
The highly acclaimed adaptation of Nobel Prize winner Günter Grass’s surreal novel about a mute dwarf named Oskar, who lives through Nazi Germany. This film won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 1979. Originally titled Die Blechtrommel. Filmed in multiple locations including Berlin.

Tomorrow Never Dies (1997)
Roger Spottiswoode
When Elliot Carver tries to entice the United Kingdom and China into World War III by starting trouble over British and Chinese waters, James Bond must stop him. Filmed in multiple locations including Bangkok, Phuket and London.

To the Arctic 3D (2012)
Greg MacGillivray
This documentary shows the reality of surviving in the wilderness. Follow the lives of a mother polar bear and her twin 7-month-old cubs as they navigate their way through melting ice, mammoth glaciers, mountain peaks and stunning waterfalls.

The Vikings (1958)
Richard Fleischer
This adventure was produced by and stars Kirk Douglas, along with Tony Curtis and Janet Leigh. Based on the sagas of the Norse ruler Ragnar Lodbrok, it was filmed primarily amid the grandeur of Norway’s fjords. Filmed in multiple locations including Croatia, Germany and Norway.

Victoria (2015)
Sebastian Schipper
After a young Spanish woman moves to Berlin, she meets a local man. During a night out with him and his friends, a troubling secret is revealed and the night turns dangerous. Filmed in Berlin.

Wałęsa: Man of Hope (2013)
Andrzej Wajda
This biopic of Lech Wałęsa follows the ascendancy of a humble electrician at the Gdańsk Shipyard from demonstrator to president of Poland, and examines the influence his rise to power had on other regions of Europe. Filmed in multiple locations including Gdańsk and Warsaw.

Water (2006)
Julia Perkul and Anastasiya Popova
Witness breathtaking discoveries by researchers worldwide, from Russia, Kazakhstan, Switzerland and more, as they try to understand water’s phenomenal explicit and implicit properties.

Wesele (1973)
Andrzej Wajda
This film, set at the turn of the 20th century, focuses on the wedding between a poet from Kraków and a peasant girl. The ceremony turns into an examination of the century-long division of Poland under Russia, Prussia and Austria. Filmed in Poland.

Wings of Desire (1987)
Wim Wenders
Berlin itself may be the real star of this much-loved fantasy. Shot in stark black & white in the still-divided capital city, Wenders (Paris, Texas, Buena Vista Social Club) earned plaudits at Cannes for his story of two angels who have spent eternity observing humankind. Bruno Ganz (The American Friend, Downfall) is the angel Damiel who longs to be human; Peter Falk (Husbands, A Woman Under the Influence) is an actor and star of a long-running American detective series who has wisdom to impart to the conflicted angel.

Young Winston (1972)
Richard Attenborough
This historical drama tells the story of Sir Winston Churchill, from his unhappy childhood to his time as a war correspondent in the Second Boer War to his first election to Parliament at the young age of 26. Filmed in multiple locations including Morocco and England.

The Zookeeper’s Wife (2017)
Niki Caro
When Germany invades Poland, Jan and Antonina Zabinski, owners and keepers of the Warsaw Zoo, hide 300 persecuted Polish Jews in plain sight from the Germans. Winner of Political Film Society, USA and Seattle Jewish Film Festival awards. Filmed in Prague, Czech Republic.

Around the World in Eighty Days (1956)
Michael Anderson and John Farrow
This adventure comedy is an adaptation of Jules Verne’s novel about a Victorian Englishman who bets that, with the new railways and steamships, he can go around the world in 80 days. Filmed in multiple locations including Bangkok, Hong Kong, London and Madrid.

Baraka (1992)
Ron Fricke
This moving documentary takes viewers around the world to villages, natural landscapes, forests, volcanoes and many other places to emphasize what is found in these places. Camera footage, without words, shows both the good and the bad, eventually coming full circle. Filmed in multiple locations including Cambodia, Ecuador, Egypt, India, Indonesia, Nepal and more.

Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (2004)
Beeban Kidron
This story picks up four weeks after the first film. Now that Bridget Jones is in love, she begins to question if what she has is everything she has dreamed of having. Filmed in multiple locations including Bangkok and Phuket.

The Beach (2000)
Danny Boyle
Richard, a nicotine-addicted traveler, finds a map in a Bangkok hotel that supposedly leads to a legendary island paradise where some other wayward souls have settled. Filmed in multiple locations including Bangkok and Phuket.

The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
David Lean
Set during World War II, this film tells the story of British prisoners who are ordered to build a bridge to accommodate the Burma–Siam railway. Filmed in multiple locations in Sri Lanka including Colombo.

City of Ghosts (2003)
Matt Dillon
When an international scam in which a con man is involved goes sour, he flees to mysterious Southeast Asia to get his promised cut. Filmed in multiple locations including Cambodia and Bangkok, Thailand.

Entrapment (1999)
Jon Amiel
When a highly secured piece of art is stolen, an insurance agent works her way into the life of the head thief in the hopes of finding the art. Thinking she wants to join him on heists, the burglar puts her through strenuous training before their first job together. With the promise of a big payout, the insurance agent seems to be enjoying the game. Filmed in multiple locations including Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and London, England.

Good Morning, Vietnam (1987)
Barry Levinson
When an unorthodox and irreverent DJ is stationed in Vietnam to bring humor to Armed Forces Radio, he begins to shake things up. Filmed in Bangkok and Phuket.

Heart 2 Heart (2010)
Nayato Fio Nuala
While Indah is on vacation with her family, she meets Pandu and they form a friendship that leads them on adventures to the beautiful forests, tea gardens and lakes of Bogor. When the family vacation ends, Indah returns to Jakarta, but is involved in a tragic accident that leaves her speechless and blind. She falls into a deep depression, while Pandu searches for her.

Joni’s Promise (2005)
Joko Anwar
Joni, a film delivery man, meets a pretty woman who agrees to tell him her name only if he is able to deliver the reels of the film she is on her way to watch on time. Joni is confident that he can deliver the reels, but the rest of the world seems determined to stop him. Originally titled Janji Joni. Filmed in Jakarta.

Let’s Eat! (2016)
Chapman To
Rosemary, the daughter of a restaurant owner, wants to modernize the restaurant and reduce costs, but the restaurant’s traditional chef, Dai Hung, does not see eye to eye with Rosemary. Filmed in Malaysia and Singapore.

Long Long Time Ago (2016)
Jack Neo
This comedy-drama is about one family’s trials and tribulations from 1965 to the early 1970s. As they journey through the years, from a humble home to a modern flat, they witness their nation’s growth and face many challenges that require perseverance.

Lost in Thailand (2012)
Zheng Xu
This Chinese comedy follows the adventures of three men. One, a scientist, decides to travel to Thailand to get his boss’s approval on an invention he has created that will secure his future. His coworker follows with intentions of stopping him because he wants to sell the invention to a French company. And on the plane, one of the men meets a man who is traveling to Thailand to fulfill items on his bucket list. Originally titled Ren zai jiong tu: Tai jiong. Filmed in multiple locations including Bangkok, Thailand and Beijing, China.

Lust, Caution (2007)
Ang Lee
After losing his wife, two sons and two other women, Old Wu is losing patience with his attempts to assassinate Yee, an important official in Japanese-ruled Shanghai. Old Wu enlists Kuang, Mak Tai Tai and their drama student friends, but the assassination does not happen. Years later, Mak Tai Tai meets Yee again, and this time she is determined to succeed. Originally titled Se, jie. Filmed in multiple locations throughout China and Malaysia.

The Legend of Suriyothai (2001)
Chatrichalerm Yukol
This film follows the life of Queen Suriyothai, from her youth until her death. Regarded by Thai people as a great feminist, the queen is presented as an opinionated and determined woman. Originally titled Suriyothai. Filmed in Thailand.

The Man with the Golden Gun (1974)
Guy Hamilton
James Bond is called in to investigate the death of a scientist working on a powerful solar cell and finds himself chasing down famed assassin Francisco Scaramanga. In Bangkok, “007” is captured and placed in a dojo. Filmed in multiple locations including Bangkok and Phuket.

Only God Forgives (2013)
Nicolas Winding Refn
A prosperous drug smuggler in Bangkok’s criminal underworld is about to have his world turned upside down when his mother wants him to avenge his brother’s death. Filmed in Bangkok.

Samsara (2012)
Ron Fricke
This documentary transports viewers to sacred grounds, disaster zones, industrial complexes and natural wonders. Shot on 70-millimeter film and filmed over nearly five years in 25 countries on five continents; locations include Tokyo, Japan; Shanghai, China; and Bangkok, Thailand.

Tomorrow Never Dies (1997)
Roger Spottiswoode
When Elliot Carver tries to entice the United Kingdom and China into World War III by starting trouble over British and Chinese waters, James Bond must stop him. Filmed in multiple locations including Bangkok, Phuket and London.

Two Brothers (2004)
Jean-Jacques Annaud
This film follows the adventures of twin tiger cubs that were born among the temple ruins of an exotic jungle. Separated as cubs, the two tigers meet up again years later, but as forced enemies. Originally titled Deux frères. Filmed in multiple locations including Cambodia and Bangkok, Thailand.

Victory (1996)
Mark Peploe
When Axel Heyst makes a stop at a hotel in the port city of Surabaya, a young woman who is in danger asks him for help. They flee to Axel’s home on a nearby secluded island, but the dangerous men searching for her find out where they have gone and pursue them. Filmed in Indonesia and Malaysia.

A Hard Day’s Night (1964)
Richard Lester
This British comedy stars the Beatles during the Beatlemania heyday. On their way to a London television broadcast, the Beatles find themselves sidetracked by Paul’s unconventional grandfather and Ringo, who goes missing right before the concert is to be televised. Filmed in multiple locations throughout England.

Atonement (2007)
Joe Wright
Based on the novel by Ian McEwan, this powerful film unfolds over six decades, beginning in the 1930s when a crime with far-reaching consequences is committed. It won a Golden Globe for Best Picture. Filmed in multiple locations including Dover.

The Adventures of Greyfriars Bobby (2005)
John Henderson
This touching family film set in Edinburgh follows a West Highland White Terrier who refuses to leave the graveside of his deceased owner. Filmed in Scotland, UK and Lancashire, England, UK.

Barry Lyndon (1975)
Stanley Kubrick
Regarded as one of Kubrick’s finest, this film tells the story of an Irish rogue who wins over a wealthy widow so that he can take her dead husband’s position as an aristocrat in 18th-century England. It offers a fine portrayal of English society and class. The film won four Academy Awards, and Kubrick was nominated for a Best Director Oscar. Filmed in multiple locations throughout Ireland and England.

Children of Nature (1991)
Friðrik Þór Friðriksson
When Thorgeir must leave his home in the Icelandic countryside and move into a home for senior citizens in Reykjavík, he meets an old friend from his childhood and new adventures begin. Originally titled Börn náttúrunnar. Filmed in Iceland.

Children of Nature (1991)
Friðrik Þór Friðriksson
When Thorgeir must leave his home in the Icelandic countryside and move into a home for senior citizens in Reykjavík, he meets an old friend from his childhood and new adventures begin. Originally titled Börn náttúrunnar. Filmed in Iceland.

Cold Fever (1995)
Friðrik Þór Friðriksson
Hirata, a Japanese businessman, is reminded by his grandfather that he has a duty to fulfill: He needs to perform a traditional burial ritual in the place where his parents died seven years earlier. Hirata cancels a vacation to Hawaii and instead travels to Iceland to find the correct location. Originally titled Á köldum klaka. Filmed in Iceland and Tokyo, Japan.

Coming Up Roses (1986)
Stephen Bayly
When the last remaining cinema in a small Welsh town closes its doors forever, the ice cream vendor and the projectionist find themselves out of work. Together, they decide to grow mushrooms in the closed movie house. Filmed in Wales.

Darkest Hour (2017)
Joe Wright
When Winston Churchill replaces Neville Chamberlain as the prime minister of the United Kingdom, he feels pressured to either begin peace negotiations with Hitler or take on the Nazi regime. This multi-award-winning film won Oscars for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role and Best Achievement in Makeup and Hairstyling in 2018. Filmed in multiple locations including Greenwich, Manchester and Yorkshire.

The Danish Poet (2006)
Torill Kove
This Oscar winner for Best Animated Short Film tells the tale of a poet who travels to Norway in search of inspiration. When he arrives, he falls in love with a farmer’s daughter; however, circumstances separate the two until they reunite many years later.

Edvard Munch (1974)
Peter Watkins
This biopic of Norway’s famed expressionist painter spans 30 years of the artist’s life, focusing on the factors that shaped his worldview and artistic sensibilities—from disease and loss to his affair with a married woman.

The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain  (1995)
Christopher Monger
When two English cartographers measure what is claimed to be the first mountain in Wales, they discover that it is not a mountain but a hill. The villagers become determined to turn their hill into a mountain, and must keep the cartographers from leaving until they reach their goal. Filmed in Wales, UK and Buckinghamshire, England, UK.

Gosford Park (2001)
Robert Altman
In this period mystery-drama, co-written by Downton Abbey creator Julian Fellowes, a dinner party at an English country house is disrupted by a murder, affecting the lives of both the upstairs guests and the downstairs servants. The movie boasts an incredible ensemble cast, including Helen Mirren, Maggie Smith, Derek Jacobi and Clive Owen. Fellowes received a Best Writing Oscar for his contribution. Filmed in England.

Hedd Wyn (1996)
Paul Turner
Hedd Wyn is a young poet competing for the most sought-after Welsh poetry prize: chair of the National Eisteddfod. But before the winner is chosen, Hedd is sent off to fight in World War I. Hedd Wyn was the first Welsh-language film to be nominated for an Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film. Filmed in Wales, UK.

Herd in Iceland (2013)
Lindsay Blatt, Paul Taggart
This short documentary shows the bond between the people of Iceland and their beloved Icelandic horses, a pure breed that grazes freely in the highlands during the summer months. Each September, the horses are rounded up and reunited with their owners. Filmed in Iceland.

Herd in Iceland (2013)
Lindsay Blatt, Paul Taggart
This short documentary shows the bond between the people of Iceland and their beloved Icelandic horses, a pure breed that grazes freely in the highlands during the summer months. Each September, the horses are rounded up and reunited with their owners. Filmed in Iceland.

Icelandic Impressions (2015)
Hannes Guggenberger
See Iceland in the fall. This documentary explores the natural beauty of Iceland at the time when the northern lights season begins. Filmed in Iceland.

The Importance of Being Icelandic (1998)
Jon Einarsson Gustafsson
This short documentary follows several emigrants and Icelandic Canadians as they explore their Viking heritage. Filmed in Winnipeg, Canada.

The Iron Lady (2011)
Phyllida Lloyd
In this biopic, Meryl Streep plays former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, teetering on the edge of reality with dementia and recalling her rise and fall. Streep won an Oscar for her performance. Filmed in London.

The King’s Choice (2016)
Erik Poppe
This film is based on a true story that took place during World War II. When German armed forces invade neutral Norway, the royal family must flee. Crown Princess Märtha escapes to Sweden with the children, while Crown Prince Olav and King Haakon VII depart to a farming region near Elverum where they will meet German troops head-on. Originally titled Kongens nei.

The King’s Speech (2010)
Tom Hooper
Before becoming King George VI, “Bertie” suffered emotionally from stuttering, which many viewed as a reason why he should not be king. With the help of a radical speech therapist, George is finally able to manage his stuttering and gain the confidence needed to lead the country through war. Filmed in multiple locations including Greenwich, London; Buckinghamshire, England; and Berkshire, England.

Land and Freedom (1995)
Ken Loach
In the spring of 1936, a young unemployed journalist leaves his hometown of Liverpool to join the fight against fascism in Spain. This film won two Cannes Film Festival awards. Filmed in Mirambel, Spain and Liverpool, England.

Land Ho! (2014)
Aaron Katz, Martha Stephens
This poignant film explores the relationship between two ex-brothers-in-law who take a road trip through Iceland to recapture their youth while addressing aging, loss and loneliness. Adventures ensue when they stop at trendy spas, campsites and nightclubs. Filmed in Iceland.

Local Hero (1983)
Bill Forsyth
 

The Last Farm (2004)
Rúnar Rúnarsson
In a remote corner of Iceland, Hrafn is doing chores before he and his wife, Gróa, leave for a retirement home in the city. But before their daughter, Lilja, picks them up, Hrafn races to complete some very specific final tasks. Originally titled Síðasti baerinn. Filmed in Iceland.

The Last Farm (2004)
Rúnar Rúnarsson
In a remote corner of Iceland, Hrafn is doing chores before he and his wife, Gróa, leave for a retirement home in the city. But before their daughter, Lilja, picks them up, Hrafn races to complete some very specific final tasks. Originally titled Síðasti baerinn. Filmed in Iceland.

Macbeth (1971)
Roman Polanski
Though the story of Macbeth, the Scottish king who rose to power via treachery and murder, has been told countless times, perhaps no film aroused as much controversy as Roman Polanski’s, being called both unsettling and compelling. Filmed in multiple locations throughout England and Wales.

Nowhere Boy (2009)
Sam Taylor-Johnson
Future Beatle John Lennon is a rebellious teenager who lives with his Aunt Mimi in working-class Liverpool. After being introduced to popular music and the banjo, young Lennon is inspired to form his own band. Filmed in England, including Liverpool.

Oliver Twist (1948)
David Lean
Based on the Charles Dickens novel, Oliver Twist is the story of a boy who is orphaned when his mother dies after giving birth in a workhouse. Oliver is placed in a juvenile home but eventually ends up back at the workhouse; he escapes and travels to London, where he becomes involved with a gang of juveniles. Filmed in England.

The Queen (2006)
Stephen Frears
Dame Helen Mirren turns in an Oscar-winning performance as Queen Elizabeth in this film that profiles the Queen’s attempts to treat Princess Diana’s death as a private family matter. Filmed in multiple locations including London, Paris and Scotland.

Rams (2015)
Grímur Hákonarson
Gummi and Kiddi are two brothers who live side by side tending to their sheep, but have not spoken to each other in four decades. When a lethal disease infects Kiddi’s sheep, the brothers come together to save the special breed that has been passed down for generations. Originally titled Hrútar. Filmed in Iceland.

Rams (2015)
Grímur Hákonarson
Gummi and Kiddi are two brothers who live side by side tending to their sheep, but have not spoken to each other in four decades. When a lethal disease infects Kiddi’s sheep, the brothers come together to save the special breed that has been passed down for generations. Originally titled Hrútar. Filmed in Iceland.

Rob Roy (1995)
Michael Caton-Jones
Set in early 18th-century Scotland, this film is about Rob Roy MacGregor, a Scottish clan chief who battles with a nobleman in the Scottish Highlands. This film garnered an Oscar nomination for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for Tim Roth. Filmed in Scotland, UK.

Sense and Sensibility (1995)
Ang Lee
When Elinor, Marianne and Margaret are taken in by a cousin after their father dies, the opportunity for the young women to marry becomes challenging. Family disapprovals and a forced separation, as well as mismatched love, test the strengths of budding romantic relationships. Filmed in multiple locations including Greenwich, London.

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (2013)
Ben Stiller
Walter Mitty, a negative assets manager at Life magazine, embarks on an adventurous global journey to track down a photojournalist when the negative for the magazine’s final print issue is discovered missing. Filmed in various locations throughout Iceland.

The Shore (2012)
Terry George
This short film tells the story of Joe and Paddy, two friends who were separated by the conflicts in Northern Ireland. Joe and Paddy eventually meet again, but not for 25 years. The film won the 2012 Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film. Filmed in Northern Ireland, UK.

The Imitation Game (2014)
Morten Tyldum
During World War II, newly created British intelligence agency MI6 recruits Cambridge mathematics alumnus Alan Turing to crack Nazi codes, including Enigma, which cryptanalysts had thought unbreakable. Turing's team analyzes Enigma messages while he builds a machine to decipher them. Starring Benedict Cumberbatch, Keira Knightley and Matthew Goode; nominated for nine Academy Awards.

The Trip (2010)
Michael Winterbottom
When The Observerassigns Steve Coogan to review some of England’s best restaurants, Steve is excited to take his girlfriend along. But when she backs out, Steve reluctantly decides to take his best friend, Rob Brydon. Filmed in multiple locations in England.

Under an Arctic Sky (2017)
Chris Burkard
Set sail with six surfers in this documentary as they search for the perfect surf under the northern lights. Constant darkness, stormy seas and the worst storm to hit the country in 25 years are challenges the surfers must face in trying to reach their goal. Filmed in Iceland.

A Long Way Down (2014)
Pascal Chaumeil
When four suicidal strangers find themselves on the same roof on New Year’s Eve, their plans for death are interrupted as they form a bond that helps each of them face the difficulties in their lives. Filmed in London.

Atonement (2007)
Joe Wright
Based on the novel by Ian McEwan, this powerful film unfolds over six decades, beginning in the 1930s when a crime with far-reaching consequences is committed. It won a Golden Globe for Best Picture. Filmed in multiple locations including Dover.

The Adventures of Greyfriars Bobby (2005)
John Henderson
This touching family film set in Edinburgh follows a West Highland White Terrier who refuses to leave the graveside of his deceased owner. Filmed in Scotland, UK and Lancashire, England, UK.

Barry Lyndon (1975)
Stanley Kubrick
Regarded as one of Kubrick’s finest, this film tells the story of an Irish rogue who wins over a wealthy widow so that he can take her dead husband’s position as an aristocrat in 18th-century England. It offers a fine portrayal of English society and class. The film won four Academy Awards, and Kubrick was nominated for a Best Director Oscar. Filmed in multiple locations throughout Ireland and England.

Blow-Up (1966)
Michelangelo Antonioni
This film is about a glamorous fashion photographer who lives life to the fullest. When he sees a beautiful yet mysterious woman in a park, he photographs her to her dismay. Originally titled Blowup. Filmed in multiple locations including Greenwich, London.

Closing the Ring (2007)
Richard Attenborough
When Jimmy, a young adult living in Belfast, finds a ring near the site of a crashed B-17, he is determined to return the ring to “Ethel,” the woman whose name is inscribed on it. When Jimmy finds Ethel, passionate stories from the past are brought into the present. Filmed in multiple locations including Belfast.

Darkest Hour (2017)
Joe Wright
When Winston Churchill replaces Neville Chamberlain as the prime minister of the United Kingdom, he feels pressured to either begin peace negotiations with Hitler or take on the Nazi regime. This multi-award-winning film won Oscars for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role and Best Achievement in Makeup and Hairstyling in 2018. Filmed in multiple locations including Greenwich, Manchester and Yorkshire.

Gosford Park (2001)
Robert Altman
In this period mystery-drama, co-written by Downton Abbey creator Julian Fellowes, a dinner party at an English country house is disrupted by a murder, affecting the lives of both the upstairs guests and the downstairs servants. The movie boasts an incredible ensemble cast, including Helen Mirren, Maggie Smith, Derek Jacobi and Clive Owen. Fellowes received a Best Writing Oscar for his contribution. Filmed in England.

The Iron Lady (2011)
Phyllida Lloyd
In this biopic, Meryl Streep plays former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, teetering on the edge of reality with dementia and recalling her rise and fall. Streep won an Oscar for her performance. Filmed in London.

The King’s Speech (2010)
Tom Hooper
Before becoming King George VI, “Bertie” suffered emotionally from stuttering, which many viewed as a reason why he should not be king. With the help of a radical speech therapist, George is finally able to manage his stuttering and gain the confidence needed to lead the country through war. Filmed in multiple locations including Greenwich, London; Buckinghamshire, England; and Berkshire, England.

Local Hero (1983)
Bill Forsyth
 

The Mighty Celt (2005)
Pearse Elliott
Fourteen-year-old Donal works in a kennel and discovers a passion for greyhound racing. The owner of the kennel, Good Joe, promises Donal that he can have his favorite greyhound, The Mighty Celt, if he wins three races in a row. Filmed in multiple locations including Belfast.

Oliver Twist (1948)
David Lean
Based on the Charles Dickens novel, Oliver Twist is the story of a boy who is orphaned when his mother dies after giving birth in a workhouse. Oliver is placed in a juvenile home but eventually ends up back at the workhouse; he escapes and travels to London, where he becomes involved with a gang of juveniles. Filmed in England.

The Other Boleyn Girl (2008)
Justin Chadwick
Sisters Anne and Mary Boleyn each seek the love of the passionate King Henry VIII during an important time in European history. Filmed in multiple locations including Dover.

The Queen (2006)
Stephen Frears
Dame Helen Mirren turns in an Oscar-winning performance as Queen Elizabeth in this film that profiles the Queen’s attempts to treat Princess Diana’s death as a private family matter. Filmed in multiple locations including London, Paris and Scotland.

Rob Roy (1995)
Michael Caton-Jones
Set in early 18th-century Scotland, this film is about Rob Roy MacGregor, a Scottish clan chief who battles with a nobleman in the Scottish Highlands. This film garnered an Oscar nomination for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for Tim Roth. Filmed in Scotland, UK.

The Shore (2012)
Terry George
This short film tells the story of Joe and Paddy, two friends who were separated by the conflicts in Northern Ireland. Joe and Paddy eventually meet again, but not for 25 years. The film won the 2012 Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film. Filmed in Northern Ireland, UK.

The Imitation Game (2014)
Morten Tyldum
During World War II, newly created British intelligence agency MI6 recruits Cambridge mathematics alumnus Alan Turing to crack Nazi codes, including Enigma, which cryptanalysts had thought unbreakable. Turing's team analyzes Enigma messages while he builds a machine to decipher them. Starring Benedict Cumberbatch, Keira Knightley and Matthew Goode; nominated for nine Academy Awards.

The Trip (2010)
Michael Winterbottom
When The Observerassigns Steve Coogan to review some of England’s best restaurants, Steve is excited to take his girlfriend along. But when she backs out, Steve reluctantly decides to take his best friend, Rob Brydon. Filmed in multiple locations in England.

Young Winston (1972)
Richard Attenborough
This historical drama tells the story of Sir Winston Churchill, from his unhappy childhood to his time as a war correspondent in the Second Boer War to his first election to Parliament at the young age of 26. Filmed in multiple locations including Morocco and England.

A Hard Day’s Night (1964)
Richard Lester
This British comedy stars the Beatles during the Beatlemania heyday. On their way to a London television broadcast, the Beatles find themselves sidetracked by Paul’s unconventional grandfather and Ringo, who goes missing right before the concert is to be televised. Filmed in multiple locations throughout England.

A Long Way Down (2014)
Pascal Chaumeil
When four suicidal strangers find themselves on the same roof on New Year’s Eve, their plans for death are interrupted as they form a bond that helps each of them face the difficulties in their lives. Filmed in London.

Atonement (2007)
Joe Wright
Based on the novel by Ian McEwan, this powerful film unfolds over six decades, beginning in the 1930s when a crime with far-reaching consequences is committed. It won a Golden Globe for Best Picture. Filmed in multiple locations including Dover.

The Adventures of Greyfriars Bobby (2005)
John Henderson
This touching family film set in Edinburgh follows a West Highland White Terrier who refuses to leave the graveside of his deceased owner. Filmed in Scotland, UK and Lancashire, England, UK.

Barry Lyndon (1975)
Stanley Kubrick
Regarded as one of Kubrick’s finest, this film tells the story of an Irish rogue who wins over a wealthy widow so that he can take her dead husband’s position as an aristocrat in 18th-century England. It offers a fine portrayal of English society and class. The film won four Academy Awards, and Kubrick was nominated for a Best Director Oscar. Filmed in multiple locations throughout Ireland and England.

Birth of the Beatles (1979)
Richard Marquand
Learn about the Beatles during the Hamburg years when they signed with Brian Epstein, just before their rise during the 1960s. Filmed in multiple locations including Liverpool and Hamburg, Germany.

Blow-Up (1966)
Michelangelo Antonioni
This film is about a glamorous fashion photographer who lives life to the fullest. When he sees a beautiful yet mysterious woman in a park, he photographs her to her dismay. Originally titled Blowup. Filmed in multiple locations including Greenwich, London.

Braveheart (1995)
Mel Gibson
This sweeping biopic of William Wallace, the 13th-century warrior who led Scotland to independence against King Edward I of England, won Oscars for Best Picture, Director and Cinematography. Mel Gibson famously brought the leader to life as actor and the Scottish Highlands to life as director. Filmed in multiple locations including Edinburgh.

Closing the Ring (2007)
Richard Attenborough
When Jimmy, a young adult living in Belfast, finds a ring near the site of a crashed B-17, he is determined to return the ring to “Ethel,” the woman whose name is inscribed on it. When Jimmy finds Ethel, passionate stories from the past are brought into the present. Filmed in multiple locations including Belfast.

Coming Up Roses (1986)
Stephen Bayly
When the last remaining cinema in a small Welsh town closes its doors forever, the ice cream vendor and the projectionist find themselves out of work. Together, they decide to grow mushrooms in the closed movie house. Filmed in Wales.

Darkest Hour (2017)
Joe Wright
When Winston Churchill replaces Neville Chamberlain as the prime minister of the United Kingdom, he feels pressured to either begin peace negotiations with Hitler or take on the Nazi regime. This multi-award-winning film won Oscars for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role and Best Achievement in Makeup and Hairstyling in 2018. Filmed in multiple locations including Greenwich, Manchester and Yorkshire.

The Danish Poet (2006)
Torill Kove
This Oscar winner for Best Animated Short Film tells the tale of a poet who travels to Norway in search of inspiration. When he arrives, he falls in love with a farmer’s daughter; however, circumstances separate the two until they reunite many years later.

Edvard Munch (1974)
Peter Watkins
This biopic of Norway’s famed expressionist painter spans 30 years of the artist’s life, focusing on the factors that shaped his worldview and artistic sensibilities—from disease and loss to his affair with a married woman.

The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain  (1995)
Christopher Monger
When two English cartographers measure what is claimed to be the first mountain in Wales, they discover that it is not a mountain but a hill. The villagers become determined to turn their hill into a mountain, and must keep the cartographers from leaving until they reach their goal. Filmed in Wales, UK and Buckinghamshire, England, UK.

Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994)
Mike Newell
This film follows Charles and his friends as they attend four weddings and one funeral. After wondering if he will ever experience true love, Charles, a committed bachelor, thinks that he has found the one when he meets an American woman, Carrie. Filmed in multiple locations including Greenwich, London.

Gosford Park (2001)
Robert Altman
In this period mystery-drama, co-written by Downton Abbey creator Julian Fellowes, a dinner party at an English country house is disrupted by a murder, affecting the lives of both the upstairs guests and the downstairs servants. The movie boasts an incredible ensemble cast, including Helen Mirren, Maggie Smith, Derek Jacobi and Clive Owen. Fellowes received a Best Writing Oscar for his contribution. Filmed in England.

Gregory’s Girl (1981)
Bill Forsyth
In this coming-of-age romantic comedy, awkward teen Gregory is infatuated with a girl at school and, upon getting a date with one of her friends, must navigate the complexities of young love and the envy of his equally awkward friends. Filmed in North Lanarkshire, Scotland and Strathclyde, Scotland.

Hamlet (1990)
Franco Zeffirelli
When Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, learns that his father was killed by his Uncle Claudius in order to obtain the throne, Hamlet plans his revenge. Filmed in multiple locations in Scotland, UK.

Hedd Wyn (1996)
Paul Turner
Hedd Wyn is a young poet competing for the most sought-after Welsh poetry prize: chair of the National Eisteddfod. But before the winner is chosen, Hedd is sent off to fight in World War I. Hedd Wyn was the first Welsh-language film to be nominated for an Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film. Filmed in Wales, UK.

The Heroes of Telemark (1965)
Anthony Mann
Kirk Douglas and Richard Harris star in this film about the World War II Norwegian resistance against German troops, who were manufacturing a component for the atomic bomb. Filmed in Norway.

If It’s Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium (1969)
Mel Stuart
A group of American tourists takes an 18-day guided bus tour of nine European countries (from London to Rome) and humor ensues. Filmed in multiple locations including London, Luxembourg, Rome and Venice.

Indiscreet (1958)
Stanley Donen
This British romantic comedy is about an actress, Anna Kalman, who has given up on love. When Anna meets Philip Adams, a man whom she thinks is married, they fall in love. Instead of being a married man who is pretending to be single, Philip is actually single and pretending to be married. Filmed in multiple locations including Greenwich, London.

The Iron Lady (2011)
Phyllida Lloyd
In this biopic, Meryl Streep plays former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, teetering on the edge of reality with dementia and recalling her rise and fall. Streep won an Oscar for her performance. Filmed in London.

Kaleidoscope (1966)
Jack Smight
Warren Beatty and Susannah York star in this crime film about a playboy who infiltrates a manufacturer of playing cards so he can win big at card tables throughout Europe, including the famous Monte Carlo Casino where some of the movie was shot. Filmed in England.

Kon-Tiki (2012)
Joachim Rønning, Espen Sandberg
In this dramatic retelling of Thor Heyerdahl’s 4,300-mile expedition of 1947, the Norwegian explorer proves naysayers wrong by sailing a balsa wood raft across the Pacific from South America to Polynesia. Filmed in multiple locations including Bulgaria, Malta, Norway, Sweden and Thailand.

The King’s Choice (2016)
Erik Poppe
This film is based on a true story that took place during World War II. When German armed forces invade neutral Norway, the royal family must flee. Crown Princess Märtha escapes to Sweden with the children, while Crown Prince Olav and King Haakon VII depart to a farming region near Elverum where they will meet German troops head-on. Originally titled Kongens nei.

The King’s Speech (2010)
Tom Hooper
Before becoming King George VI, “Bertie” suffered emotionally from stuttering, which many viewed as a reason why he should not be king. With the help of a radical speech therapist, George is finally able to manage his stuttering and gain the confidence needed to lead the country through war. Filmed in multiple locations including Greenwich, London; Buckinghamshire, England; and Berkshire, England.

Land and Freedom (1995)
Ken Loach
In the spring of 1936, a young unemployed journalist leaves his hometown of Liverpool to join the fight against fascism in Spain. This film won two Cannes Film Festival awards. Filmed in Mirambel, Spain and Liverpool, England.

Letter to Brezhnev (1985)
Chris Bernard
When Peter and Sergei, two Soviet sailors, spend one night in Liverpool they meet two women, Elaine and Theresa. Elaine and Peter fall in love, but Peter and Sergei must board their ship the next day. Elaine decides to write a letter to Soviet General Secretary Leonid Brezhnev, asking to be reunited with Peter. This film was a winner at the Quimper New Wave Festival in 1986 and the Venice Film Festival in 1985. Filmed in multiple locations including Liverpool.

Local Hero (1983)
Bill Forsyth
 

Long Way Round (TV)  (2004)
David Alexanian and Russ Malki
Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman travel the world via motorcycles. Equipped with onboard cameras and one ride-along cameraman, Ewan and Charley travel 19,000 miles from London to New York. Filmed in multiple locations including Calgary, London and Luxembourg.

Macbeth (1971)
Roman Polanski
Though the story of Macbeth, the Scottish king who rose to power via treachery and murder, has been told countless times, perhaps no film aroused as much controversy as Roman Polanski’s, being called both unsettling and compelling. Filmed in multiple locations throughout England and Wales.

Maikol Yordan Traveling Lost (2014)
Miguel Alejandro Gómez
Maikol Yordan’s family farm is close to being sold by a bank. With the hope of paying off the bank debt, Maikol enters contests and promotions and wins a trip to Europe. Originally titled Maikol Yordan de Viaje Perdido. Filmed in Costa Rica, England, France and Italy.

Memorias del Desarrollo (2010)
Miguel Coyula
This award-winning film is about an educated man who decides to leave the Cuban revolution and his homeland to explore the “developed” world, including London, Paris, New York and Tokyo. The more he travels, the more he finds himself feeling like a stranger in strange lands. Filmed in multiple locations including Havana, London, Paris and Tokyo.

The Medallion (2003)
Gordon Chan
While Hong Kong detective Eddie Yang is working with Interpol to catch international criminal Snakehead, he dies but is brought back to life when the two halves of an ancient medallion are joined together by a boy who is considered the chosen one. This medallion transforms Eddie into an immortal warrior. Filmed in multiple locations including Hong Kong, China; Dublin, Ireland; and Thailand.

The Mighty Celt (2005)
Pearse Elliott
Fourteen-year-old Donal works in a kennel and discovers a passion for greyhound racing. The owner of the kennel, Good Joe, promises Donal that he can have his favorite greyhound, The Mighty Celt, if he wins three races in a row. Filmed in multiple locations including Belfast.

Oliver Twist (1948)
David Lean
Based on the Charles Dickens novel, Oliver Twist is the story of a boy who is orphaned when his mother dies after giving birth in a workhouse. Oliver is placed in a juvenile home but eventually ends up back at the workhouse; he escapes and travels to London, where he becomes involved with a gang of juveniles. Filmed in England.

The Other Boleyn Girl (2008)
Justin Chadwick
Sisters Anne and Mary Boleyn each seek the love of the passionate King Henry VIII during an important time in European history. Filmed in multiple locations including Dover.

The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1969)
Ronald Neame
Maggie Smith stars in this film version of the stage production, winning an Oscar for her performance. She plays a strong-willed instructor in a private 1930s Edinburgh school, teaching her own romanticized curriculum to her 12-year-old students. A fine portrayal of Scottish manners in the 1960s. Filmed in Edinburgh.

The Queen (2006)
Stephen Frears
Dame Helen Mirren turns in an Oscar-winning performance as Queen Elizabeth in this film that profiles the Queen’s attempts to treat Princess Diana’s death as a private family matter. Filmed in multiple locations including London, Paris and Scotland.

Ring of Bright Water (1969)
Jack Couffer
When Graham Merrill takes Mij, a pet shop otter, away from London to the coast of Scotland, the two friends begin exploring all the beauty surrounding them. While Mij swims and plays in the cold sea, Graham begins to fall for the town doctor, Mary. Filmed in multiple locations including London, England and various locations throughout Scotland.

Rob Roy (1995)
Michael Caton-Jones
Set in early 18th-century Scotland, this film is about Rob Roy MacGregor, a Scottish clan chief who battles with a nobleman in the Scottish Highlands. This film garnered an Oscar nomination for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for Tim Roth. Filmed in Scotland, UK.

Sense and Sensibility (1995)
Ang Lee
When Elinor, Marianne and Margaret are taken in by a cousin after their father dies, the opportunity for the young women to marry becomes challenging. Family disapprovals and a forced separation, as well as mismatched love, test the strengths of budding romantic relationships. Filmed in multiple locations including Greenwich, London.

Simon King’s Shetland Diaries (TV) (2010)
Nick Shoolingin-Jordan
Simon King, a wildlife cameraman and presenter, moves to the Shetland Islands with his family to live through the changing seasons.

The Shore (2012)
Terry George
This short film tells the story of Joe and Paddy, two friends who were separated by the conflicts in Northern Ireland. Joe and Paddy eventually meet again, but not for 25 years. The film won the 2012 Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film. Filmed in Northern Ireland, UK.

The Imitation Game (2014)
Morten Tyldum
During World War II, newly created British intelligence agency MI6 recruits Cambridge mathematics alumnus Alan Turing to crack Nazi codes, including Enigma, which cryptanalysts had thought unbreakable. Turing's team analyzes Enigma messages while he builds a machine to decipher them. Starring Benedict Cumberbatch, Keira Knightley and Matthew Goode; nominated for nine Academy Awards.

The Trip (2010)
Michael Winterbottom
When The Observerassigns Steve Coogan to review some of England’s best restaurants, Steve is excited to take his girlfriend along. But when she backs out, Steve reluctantly decides to take his best friend, Rob Brydon. Filmed in multiple locations in England.

This Is the Sea (1998)
Mary McGuckian
The romance between Hazel, a Protestant, and Malachy, a Catholic, is uncertain. Rohan, a friend of Malachy’s brother, wants to recruit Malachy to fight for the cause, and Hazel’s brother, Jef, is keeping watch on the relationship by spying on Hazel’s meetings with Malachy. Filmed in multiple locations including Belfast and Dublin.

To Kill a King (2003)
Mike Barker
This movie, about friendships and politics, recounts the relationship between General Fairfax and Oliver Cromwell as they try to cope with the consequences of deposing King Charles I. Filmed in multiple locations including Dover.

Tomorrow Never Dies (1997)
Roger Spottiswoode
When Elliot Carver tries to entice the United Kingdom and China into World War III by starting trouble over British and Chinese waters, James Bond must stop him. Filmed in multiple locations including Bangkok, Phuket and London.

The Vikings (1958)
Richard Fleischer
This adventure was produced by and stars Kirk Douglas, along with Tony Curtis and Janet Leigh. Based on the sagas of the Norse ruler Ragnar Lodbrok, it was filmed primarily amid the grandeur of Norway’s fjords. Filmed in multiple locations including Croatia, Germany and Norway.

Young Winston (1972)
Richard Attenborough
This historical drama tells the story of Sir Winston Churchill, from his unhappy childhood to his time as a war correspondent in the Second Boer War to his first election to Parliament at the young age of 26. Filmed in multiple locations including Morocco and England.

1981 (2009)
Ricardo Trogi
This charming coming-of-age film captures the 1980s with remarkable detail. Filmmaker Ricardo Trogi recalls the events surrounding a family move to a new neighborhood when he was 11 years old. Filmed in Quebec.

Agnes of God (1985)
Norman Jewison
When Sister Agnes gives birth at a convent and the baby dies, she has no memory of the event and an investigation begins. Mother Superior Miriam Ruth wants Agnes to be left alone, while a psychiatrist wants to help her as well as uncover any wrongdoers. Filmed in multiple locations including Montreal and Toronto.

Black Robe (1991)
Bruce Beresford
Set in Quebec, New France, 1634, this film is about Jesuits who travel up the St. Lawrence River to make contact with a mission in the Huron nation. A young Jesuit priest attempts to convert the tribes while surviving the harsh winter. Filmed in multiple locations including Saguenay.

Cry of the Wild (1973)
Bill Mason
Filmed over three years in the Northwest Territories, British Columbia, the High Arctic and near the Gatineau Hills in Quebec, this nature documentary offers viewers access to moments never before seen on film, and dispels the myth of the bloodthirsty wolf. Filmed in multiple locations including Gatineau Hills and the Northwest Territories.

Dunkirk (2017)
Christopher Nolan
Alternating among three different time periods, this film is about Allied soldiers from Belgium, the British Empire and France who are stranded on Dunkirk during World War II and waiting for rescue while being surrounded by the German Army. This multi-award-winning film won three Oscars in 2018. Filmed in multiple locations including France, The Netherlands and the UK.

Emma (1996)
Douglas McGrath
Emma Woodhouse has not the slightest idea about her own feelings on love, but is perpetually trying to set up men and women who are wrong for each other. This film won three awards and was nominated for seven. Filmed in multiple locations including Dorset, England; London, England; and Somerset, England.

Far from the Madding Crowd (2015)
Thomas Vinterberg
This film follows the life of independent Bathsheba Everdene and her exploration of love and relationships when three different suitors (a sheep farmer, a sergeant and a prosperous bachelor) vie for her attention. This film won two awards and was nominated for 11. Filmed in multiple locations including Buckinghamshire, England; Dorset, England; and Somerset, England.

High Society (1956)
Charles Walters
Bing Crosby, Grace Kelly and Frank Sinatra star in this musical comedy about wealthy Newport, Rhode Island socialite Tracy Samantha Lord and the three men who love her. Filmed in multiple locations including Rhode Island.

The Key (1958)
Carol Reed
When David Ross, an ex-American military man, is assigned to captain a tug for the British military, his old friend, Captain Chris Ford, introduces him to Stella, Chris’s beautiful, reclusive flatmate. This film won Best British Actor and was nominated for Best British Screenplay at the BAFTA awards. Filmed in the Isle of Portland, Dorset, England; Hertfordshire, England; and Oxfordshire, England.

My Uncle Antoine (1971)
Claude Jutra
Told from the point of view of a 15-year-old boy, this film examines life in the Asbestos region of rural Quebec prior to the Asbestos Strike of 1949. This film was selected as the Canadian entry for Best Foreign Language Film at the 44th Academy Awards. Originally titled Mon oncle Antoine. Filmed in Quebec.

The Red Violin (1998)
François Girard
This film follows a famous Nicolò Bussotti violin as a collector tries to establish the identity and secrets of “the red violin” in a story that spans four centuries and five countries. This film received an Academy Award for Best Original Score. Originally titled Le violon rouge. Filmed in multiple locations including Montreal, Canada; Vienna, Austria; and Shanghai, China.

The Shape of Water (2017)
Guillermo del Toro
Elisa, an orphan and a mute, cleans labs at a top-secret research facility. When she discovers a classified experiment on an amphibious creature, her life is changed forever. This multi-award-winning film won the Oscar for Best Motion Picture of the Year in 2018. Filmed in multiple locations throughout Ontario, Canada.

Around the World in Eighty Days (1956)
Michael Anderson and John Farrow
This adventure comedy is an adaptation of Jules Verne’s novel about a Victorian Englishman who bets that, with the new railways and steamships, he can go around the world in 80 days. Filmed in multiple locations including Bangkok, Hong Kong, London and Madrid.

Blood Diamond (2006)
Edward Zwick
 
This political war thriller is set in 1999 Sierra Leone, when the country is ravaged by unrest. Archer, a Rhodesian gunrunner, has been jailed while trying to smuggle diamonds into Liberia. When he learns about an enormous pink diamond that has been buried by a fellow prisoner, Vandy, a fisherman who was enslaved to harvest diamonds, Archer plots with Vandy to locate the diamond in order to sell it so they can both escape their unwanted situations. Winner of eight awards. Filmed in multiple locations including Maputo, Mozambique and multiple locations in South Africa including Cape Town.

Cape of Good Hope (2004)
Mark Bamford
This comedy-drama is set in an animal shelter in Cape Town and revolves around the people who work there, revealing how their lives are intertwined. In 2004, this film won two awards at the Austin Film Festival. Filmed in Cape Town.

Casablanca (1942)
Michael Curtiz
When Rick Blaine’s former lover, Ilsa, shows up with her husband at his nightclub in Casablanca, Morocco, he is confronted with challenges that lead to a difficult decision.

The Dove (1974)
Charles Jarrott
This is the true story of Robin Lee Graham, who, at 16, sailed around the world alone in a 23-foot sloop named The Dove. While traveling, Robin meets and falls in love with a young woman who is also traveling around the world. Filmed in Australia, Ecuador, Fiji, Mozambique, Panama and South Africa.

Fados (2007)
Carlos Saura
The relationship among music, dance and the culture of Portugal is illustrated in this documentary film. Filmed in Lisbon, Portugal.

From Cape Town with Love (2007)
Carol Howell
 
This documentary takes viewers through the streets of Cape Town, where street artists have made their mark with beautiful, thought-provoking images and texts that are punishable by fines or imprisonment. Filmed in multiple locations in South Africa including Cape Town.

Gosford Park (2001)
Robert Altman
In this period mystery-drama, co-written by Downton Abbey creator Julian Fellowes, a dinner party at an English country house is disrupted by a murder, affecting the lives of both the upstairs guests and the downstairs servants. The movie boasts an incredible ensemble cast, including Helen Mirren, Maggie Smith, Derek Jacobi and Clive Owen. Fellowes received a Best Writing Oscar for his contribution. Filmed in England.

The Giver (2014)
Phillip Noyce
Jonas is a teenager who lives with his parents in a community that knows no pain, war, suffering or choices. When Jonas graduates, he is chosen to be the Receiver of Memories and is trained by his mentor, The Giver. Through memories of the world before “The Ruin,” Jonas discovers the concept of family, as well as the ability to feel emotions. When Jonas learns that a baby is going to be eliminated, he decides to change the society in which he lives. Winner of two awards. Filmed in multiple locations in South Africa including Cape Town.

In My Country (2004)
John Boorman
When Langston Whitfield, a Washington Post journalist, is sent to South Africa to cover the Truth and Reconciliation Commission hearings, he finds himself confronting his own demons and questioning his sense of identity, while Anna Malan, an Afrikaans poet covering the hearings for radio, is deeply moved by acts committed by her fellow countrymen. Based on the memoir Country of My Skull. Filmed in multiple locations in South Africa including Cape Town.

Invictus (2009)
Clint Eastwood
Newly elected president Nelson Mandela brings a nation together through sport when he joins forces with the captain of the South African rugby team to unite their divided country. Based on an inspiring true story. This film has been nominated 35 times and won 10 awards. Filmed in multiple locations in South Africa including Cape Town.

The Iron Lady (2011)
Phyllida Lloyd
In this biopic, Meryl Streep plays former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, teetering on the edge of reality with dementia and recalling her rise and fall. Streep won an Oscar for her performance. Filmed in London.

The King’s Speech (2010)
Tom Hooper
Before becoming King George VI, “Bertie” suffered emotionally from stuttering, which many viewed as a reason why he should not be king. With the help of a radical speech therapist, George is finally able to manage his stuttering and gain the confidence needed to lead the country through war. Filmed in multiple locations including Greenwich, London; Buckinghamshire, England; and Berkshire, England.

La Perla del Mar (2013)
Joachim Jung
Maria, a singer in the Canary Islands, is 86 but performs with jazz musicians much younger than herself. This documentary shows how being in tune with your surroundings can play a significant role in life. Filmed in the Canary Islands.

Les Misérables (2012)
Tom Hooper
Set in revolutionary Paris, this epic musical retells Victor Hugo’s timeless tale of Jean Valjean, who vows to turn his life of crime around despite being doggedly chased by Inspector Javert. The story culminates as turmoil engulfs Paris, leading to the Paris Uprising of 1832. Hugh Jackman and Anne Hathaway star; Hathaway won an Oscar for Best Actress in a Supporting Role. Filmed in multiple locations including Greenwich, London; Portsmouth, Hampshire; and France.

Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom (2013)
Justin Chadwick
When Nelson Mandela, a South African lawyer, is sentenced to life imprisonment for treason after being involved in armed resistance after the Sharpeville Massacre, he spends decades in chains, but his spirit is unbowed. While in prison, Mandela’s stature continues to rise. When he is released, Mandela, now the famous leader of his movement, must find a way to win a peaceful victory for the good of his country and its people. This film has been nominated 30 times and won 12 awards. Filmed in multiple locations in South Africa including Cape Town.

Midnight in Paris (2011)
Woody Allen
Part romantic comedy, part fantasy, this film follows a screenwriter visiting Paris with his fiancée and her parents. Each night, he finds himself in 1920s Paris salons, meeting the likes of Gertrude Stein, Ernest Hemingway and the Fitzgeralds, causing him to reconsider marriage. Allen won an Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay; the film was also nominated for Best Picture. Filmed in Paris.

Milking the Rhino (2009)
David E. Simpson
This documentary shows the behind-the-scenes role that villagers play in the making of nature documentaries, as well as the villagers’ desires to claim a piece of the wildlife-tourism pie after the collision of ancient ways with Western expectations. Filmed in multiple locations including Kenya, Namibia and Zimbabwe.

Night Train to Lisbon (2013)
Bille August
After an unexpected meeting with a Portuguese woman, Raimund Gregorius, an aging Swiss professor, discovers a small book in the pocket of a coat left behind by the woman. In the book, Raimund finds a train ticket to Lisbon; on a whim, he quits his job and travels to Lisbon to search for her. Filmed in multiple locations including Lisbon.

The Imitation Game (2014)
Morten Tyldum
During World War II, newly created British intelligence agency MI6 recruits Cambridge mathematics alumnus Alan Turing to crack Nazi codes, including Enigma, which cryptanalysts had thought unbreakable. Turing's team analyzes Enigma messages while he builds a machine to decipher them. Starring Benedict Cumberbatch, Keira Knightley and Matthew Goode; nominated for nine Academy Awards.

Alexander (2004)
Oliver Stone
Based on the life of Alexander the Great, this epic historic drama with Colin Farrell in the title role focuses on the king’s great conquests and his relationships with his parents; his wife, Roxana; and his tutor, Aristotle.

Bicycle Thieves (1948)
Vittorio De Sica
This moving film follows a poor, desperate father as he searches post-war Rome for his stolen bicycle; without it, he will lose the job that allows him to provide for his family. Filmed in Rome.

Carthage in Flames (1960)
Carmine Gallone
This Italian historic drama chronicles the final days of the Punic Wars as the Roman Empire descends upon Carthage. Filmed in Rome, Italy.

Eat Pray Love (2010)
Ryan Murphy
A woman realizes how unhappy her marriage is and that her life needs to go in a different direction. After a painful divorce, she takes off on an around-the-world journey to “find herself.” Filmed in multiple locations including Bali, Delhi, New York City and Rome.

The Great Beauty (2013)
Paolo Sorrentino
After his 65th birthday, witty and arrogant novelist Jep Gambardella is blindsided by an ex-lover’s secret. He begins to reexamine his lavish lifestyle—frequenting nightclubs, parties and cafés—to seek a different side of Rome. Originally titled La grande bellezza. Filmed in various locations throughout Rome.

La Dolce Vita (1960)
Federico Fellini
Fellini’s classic drama follows a journalist, played by Marcello Mastroianni, through Rome for seven days as he searches for love, happiness and the good life; widely considered one of the best films of all time, it features the famous scene in the Trevi Fountain with Anita Ekberg. Filmed in Rome.

The Last Homecoming (2008)
Korinna Avraamidou
A young couple from Athens travels to Cyprus to spend the summer with family, but their holiday soon turns serious when family members reveal betrayals, infidelities and passions. Originally titled O teleftaios gyrismos.

Mamma Mia! (2008)
Phyllida Lloyd
When bride-to-be Sophie learns that she has three possible fathers, she invites each of them to her wedding without telling her mother. This British-American-Swedish romantic musical comedy was nominated for two Golden Globe Awards and three BAFTA Awards. Filmed in multiple locations including Skopelos, Greece.

Outlaw Girl (1950)
Mario Camerini
Beppe Musolino is innocent but found guilty of murder. He escapes from prison and, while on the run, meets and falls in love with a village girl. Together they track down the people who were responsible for the guilty verdict. Originally titled Il Brigante Musolino. Filmed in Calabria, Italy.

The Postman (1994)
Michael Radford, Massimo Troisi
A simple Italian postman learns to love poetry while delivering mail to a famous poet; he uses this gift to woo the local beauty, Beatrice. Originally titled Il postino. Filmed in Naples and Sicily.

Roman Holiday (1953)
William Wyler
Audrey Hepburn and Gregory Peck star in this romantic comedy about a reporter following a royal princess who attempts to remain incognito as she sightsees in Rome. Hepburn won a Best Actress Academy Award for her performance. Filmed in Rome.

Shirley Valentine (1989)
Lewis Gilbert
This comedy-drama follows a bored middle-aged housewife who escapes to Greece with a friend and falls in love with the owner of a tavern, rekindling her love of life and discovering her self-respect in the process. Nominated for two Academy Awards (Best Actress and Best Music) and three Golden Globes (Best Motion Picture, Best Actress and Best Music). Filmed in multiple locations including Mykonos.

The Two Faces of January (2014)
Hossein Amini
When glamorous American couple Chester and Colette arrive in Athens, they befriend a Greek-speaking American, Rydal, who becomes enraptured with Colette. Soon, Rydal is drawn into the dark side of Chester’s life. This film was nominated for three awards. Filmed in multiple locations including Athens, Greece; Crete, Greece; and Istanbul, Turkey.

Under the Tuscan Sun (2003)
Audrey Wells
Based on Frances Mayes’s best-selling memoir, this lighthearted film tells the story of a recently divorced writer, played by Diane Lane, who buys a Tuscan villa with the hope of changing her life. Filmed in multiple locations including Rome and Salerno.

Zorba the Greek (1964)
Michael Cacoyannis
In this drama based on the Nikos Kazantzakis novel, Anthony Quinn plays larger-than-life Zorba, who travels to Crete with a new friend to advise him in a burgeoning mining operation. Romantic and personal entanglements follow in this passion-filled film. Winner of three Academy Awards (for Cinematography, Art Direction and Best Actress in a Supporting Role for Lila Kedrova). Filmed in Crete, Greece.

The Bucket List (2007)
Rob Reiner
When two men with terminal illnesses meet, they decide to do everything they have ever wanted to do before they die. As they work their way through their bucket lists, the two men become great friends and experience priceless joy. Filmed in multiple locations including Beverly Hills, California; the Great Wall of China, China; Giza, Egypt; and France.

Falling Flowers (2012)
Jianqi Huo
This film is about Xiao Hong, a renowned writer and strong woman whose life was marked by poverty and sacrifice.

Farewell My Concubine (1993)
Kaige Chen
This is a film with two parallel, intertwined stories of two performers in the Beijing Opera and the woman who comes between them. Originally titled Ba wang bie ji.

Forgetting to Know You (2014)
Quan Ling
Xuesong’s husband becomes suspicious of his wife’s relationship with a real estate magnate. Filmed in China.

Lost in Thailand (2012)
Zheng Xu
This Chinese comedy follows the adventures of three men. One, a scientist, decides to travel to Thailand to get his boss’s approval on an invention he has created that will secure his future. His coworker follows with intentions of stopping him because he wants to sell the invention to a French company. And on the plane, one of the men meets a man who is traveling to Thailand to fulfill items on his bucket list. Originally titled Ren zai jiong tu: Tai jiong. Filmed in multiple locations including Bangkok, Thailand and Beijing, China.

Lust, Caution (2007)
Ang Lee
After losing his wife, two sons and two other women, Old Wu is losing patience with his attempts to assassinate Yee, an important official in Japanese-ruled Shanghai. Old Wu enlists Kuang, Mak Tai Tai and their drama student friends, but the assassination does not happen. Years later, Mak Tai Tai meets Yee again, and this time she is determined to succeed. Originally titled Se, jie. Filmed in multiple locations throughout China and Malaysia.

Passages (Lü Cheng) (2004)
Yang Chao
Looking for meaning to their lives, two students journey across rural China with the hope of purchasing rare mushrooms to sell back home. Along the way, they are forced to decide whether to continue journeying or continue their education.

The Last Emperor (1987)
Bernardo Bertolucci
This film tells the story of Puyi—from his exalted birth and brief reign in the Forbidden City to his decline and dissolute lifestyle, and, finally, to his obscure existence as a peasant worker in the People’s Republic. Filmed in multiple locations including Beijing and Dalian.

The Medallion (2003)
Gordon Chan
While Hong Kong detective Eddie Yang is working with Interpol to catch international criminal Snakehead, he dies but is brought back to life when the two halves of an ancient medallion are joined together by a boy who is considered the chosen one. This medallion transforms Eddie into an immortal warrior. Filmed in multiple locations including Hong Kong, China; Dublin, Ireland; and Thailand.

Red Sorghum (1988)
Yimou Zhang
A young Chinese woman is sent to marry the undesirable owner of a winery, but falls in love with one of his servants. Originally titled Hong gao liang. Filmed in China.

The Red Violin (1998)
François Girard
This film follows a famous Nicolò Bussotti violin as a collector tries to establish the identity and secrets of “the red violin” in a story that spans four centuries and five countries. This film received an Academy Award for Best Original Score. Originally titled Le violon rouge. Filmed in multiple locations including Montreal, Canada; Vienna, Austria; and Shanghai, China.

The Road Home (1999)
Yimou Zhang
When businessman Luo Yusheng returns to his village from the city for the funeral of his father, he is reminded of the magical story of how his mother and father first met. Originally titled Wo de fu qin mu qin.

Against All Odds (1984)
Taylor Hackford
After Terry Brogan is cut from a football team, he accepts a questionable job from a friend to find his friend’s girlfriend in Mexico. He finds her in Cozumel and falls in love. Filmed in multiple locations including Cozumel and the Yucatán Peninsula.

Dawn of the Maya (2003)
Graham Townsley
National Geographic explores new archaeological findings in a Preclassic Mayan civilization whose roots date back some 2,000 years, revealing that the Mayans lived in a thriving society including intricate artwork and massive pyramids.

El Cielo Rojo (2008)
Miguel Alejandro Gómez
Berny, Manuel and Nestor are high school friends who have no plans for the future, partly because they do not think Costa Rica offers them any opportunities. The friends must handle their internal conflicts individually and as a group. Filmed in San José, Costa Rica.

End of the Spear (2005)
Jim Hanon
In 1956, after five missionaries in the jungles of Ecuador are speared to death by Waodani tribesmen, events unfold that change the lives of the Waodani tribe and the slain missionaries’ families. Filmed in Colón.

Everglades: America’s Treasure (2015)
Grace Shafir
See what it is like to go birding on uninhabited islands to count spoonbills, search for wood stork nests and explore the life of snail kites on Lake Okeechobee. Senator Bob Graham narrates this documentary about the beauty of Everglades National Park.

Fahrenheit Belize (2010)
Edwin Francis Colon
This short documentary explores Belize’s historical past and highlights its independence, cultural diversity and sustainability efforts, plus the role of civil society. Filmed in Belize City.

Hands of Stone (2016)
Jonathan Jakubowicz
This biographical sports film follows the life of legendary Panamanian Roberto Durán, from his professional boxing debut at age 16 to his retirement at age 50, as well as focusing on his famous trainer, Ray Arcel. Filmed in New York and Panama.

Hands of Stone (2016)
Jonathan Jakubowicz
This biographical sports film follows the life of legendary Panamanian Roberto Durán, from his professional boxing debut at age 16 to his retirement at age 50, as well as focusing on his famous trainer, Ray Arcel. Filmed in New York and Panama.

La Quinceañera (2007)
Adam Taub
This short documentary shows a moving portrait of a Mexican family’s love and loyalty to each other. Ana Maria is about to turn 15, and her mother and five siblings want to make sure that her quinceañera is memorable, despite her father not being supportive of her special day. Filmed in Mexico.

The Mosquito Coast (1986)
Peter Weir
After inventor Allie Fox becomes disenchanted with the American dream and begins to believe that a nuclear war is on the horizon, he sells his house and moves his family to Central America to live a quiet life in the jungle. Their life is anything but quiet as Allie continues to argue with his family and a local preacher. Filmed in multiple locations including Belize City, Belize and Baltimore, Maryland.

Panama Canal (2011)
Stephen Ives
From PBS's American Experience, "Panama Canal" tells the story of the massive undertaking that was the construction of the canal through the Panamanian isthmus.

Panama Canal in 3D: A Land Divided, a World United (2017)
Keith Melton
Narrated by Morgan Freeman, this documentary shows both the old and new Panama, from its conquistador days to the French canal-digging to the American technology that transformed shipping and tropical medicine.

Panama Canal Stories (2014)
Abner Benaim, Carolina Borrero, Luis Franco Brantley, Pinky Mon, Pituka Ortega-Heilbron
This film contains five short dramas that span a century of lives that have been impacted by the Panama Canal. Originally titled Historias del canal. Filmed in Colón.

Panama Hattie (1942)
Norman Z. McLeod
There is always something exciting happening at Hattie Maloney’s nightclub in the Panama Canal Zone, where she performs. When a sophisticated gentleman visits the saloon, sparks fly between him and Hattie. This musical features the music and lyrics of Cole Porter.

Passage to Panama: A Musical Journey (2008)
Fred Salaff
Panama is a small country, but its diverse musical history is vast due to Panama having been a transit route for people from all continents. This documentary shares interviews with Panamanian musicians, recording producers and others who share their love for the rich and colorful music of Panama. Filmed in Cuba and Panama.

Quantum of Solace (2008)
Marc Forster
James Bond, a retired spy and a mysterious woman track down a world-renowned developer involved in a shadowy network of power and corruption. Filmed in multiple locations including London, England; Panama; Tuscany, Italy; and Madrid, Spain.

Salsipuedes (2016)
Ricardo Aguilar Navarro and Manuel Rodríguez
When Andrés Pimienta returns to Panama to attend his grandfather’s funeral after ten years of living in the United States, he meets his father, a former boxing champion and the reason why Andrés was sent to live in the United States. Andrés chooses to stay in Panama to learn about his family’s past. Filmed in Panama.

Spirit of My Mother (1999)
Ali Allie
This drama tells the story of Sonia, a single mother who journeys from Los Angeles to Honduras to embrace her cultural roots and grant her late mother’s request to perform a ceremony that will allow her to rest in peace. Surrounded by the Honduran landscape and traditional Garifuna music, Sonia moves gracefully into her new present.

Stranded N Dangriga (2013)
Ross Jordan
When a major TV show host is stranded in Dangriga, an up-and-coming musician and his friend try to impress him. But the plan unravels when the producer starts to show interest in the musician’s beautiful wife. Filmed in Belize.

Swing High, Swing Low (1937)
Mitchell Leisen
When Maggie King misses her ship from Panama back to the United States while on a date with soldier Skid Johnson, she is forced to move in with Skid and his friend Harry. Maggie and Skid fall in love, but Skid becomes famous and risks everything, including his relationship with Maggie.

The Tailor of Panama (2001)
John Boorman
After a British spy has an affair with an ambassador’s wife, he is sent to Panama to uncover the president’s plans for the Panama Canal. He connects with a tailor, top political figures and gangsters, with the intent to topple the government. Filmed in Panama.

The Unseen Everglades: Inside a Legendary Wilderness (2015)
Charles J. Kropke
This documentary takes a look at the history and current state of the Everglades, as well as ways to preserve and restore its unique ecosystem.

The Bucket List (2007)
Rob Reiner
When two men with terminal illnesses meet, they decide to do everything they have ever wanted to do before they die. As they work their way through their bucket lists, the two men become great friends and experience priceless joy. Filmed in multiple locations including Beverly Hills, California; the Great Wall of China, China; Giza, Egypt; and France.

Falling Flowers (2012)
Jianqi Huo
This film is about Xiao Hong, a renowned writer and strong woman whose life was marked by poverty and sacrifice.

Farewell My Concubine (1993)
Kaige Chen
This is a film with two parallel, intertwined stories of two performers in the Beijing Opera and the woman who comes between them. Originally titled Ba wang bie ji.

Forgetting to Know You (2014)
Quan Ling
Xuesong’s husband becomes suspicious of his wife’s relationship with a real estate magnate. Filmed in China.

Lost in Thailand (2012)
Zheng Xu
This Chinese comedy follows the adventures of three men. One, a scientist, decides to travel to Thailand to get his boss’s approval on an invention he has created that will secure his future. His coworker follows with intentions of stopping him because he wants to sell the invention to a French company. And on the plane, one of the men meets a man who is traveling to Thailand to fulfill items on his bucket list. Originally titled Ren zai jiong tu: Tai jiong. Filmed in multiple locations including Bangkok, Thailand and Beijing, China.

Lust, Caution (2007)
Ang Lee
After losing his wife, two sons and two other women, Old Wu is losing patience with his attempts to assassinate Yee, an important official in Japanese-ruled Shanghai. Old Wu enlists Kuang, Mak Tai Tai and their drama student friends, but the assassination does not happen. Years later, Mak Tai Tai meets Yee again, and this time she is determined to succeed. Originally titled Se, jie. Filmed in multiple locations throughout China and Malaysia.

Passages (Lü Cheng) (2004)
Yang Chao
Looking for meaning to their lives, two students journey across rural China with the hope of purchasing rare mushrooms to sell back home. Along the way, they are forced to decide whether to continue journeying or continue their education.

The Last Emperor (1987)
Bernardo Bertolucci
This film tells the story of Puyi—from his exalted birth and brief reign in the Forbidden City to his decline and dissolute lifestyle, and, finally, to his obscure existence as a peasant worker in the People’s Republic. Filmed in multiple locations including Beijing and Dalian.

The Medallion (2003)
Gordon Chan
While Hong Kong detective Eddie Yang is working with Interpol to catch international criminal Snakehead, he dies but is brought back to life when the two halves of an ancient medallion are joined together by a boy who is considered the chosen one. This medallion transforms Eddie into an immortal warrior. Filmed in multiple locations including Hong Kong, China; Dublin, Ireland; and Thailand.

The Red Violin (1998)
François Girard
This film follows a famous Nicolò Bussotti violin as a collector tries to establish the identity and secrets of “the red violin” in a story that spans four centuries and five countries. This film received an Academy Award for Best Original Score. Originally titled Le violon rouge. Filmed in multiple locations including Montreal, Canada; Vienna, Austria; and Shanghai, China.

1981 (2009)
Ricardo Trogi
This charming coming-of-age film captures the 1980s with remarkable detail. Filmmaker Ricardo Trogi recalls the events surrounding a family move to a new neighborhood when he was 11 years old. Filmed in Quebec.

Agnes of God (1985)
Norman Jewison
When Sister Agnes gives birth at a convent and the baby dies, she has no memory of the event and an investigation begins. Mother Superior Miriam Ruth wants Agnes to be left alone, while a psychiatrist wants to help her as well as uncover any wrongdoers. Filmed in multiple locations including Montreal and Toronto.

Black Robe (1991)
Bruce Beresford
Set in Quebec, New France, 1634, this film is about Jesuits who travel up the St. Lawrence River to make contact with a mission in the Huron nation. A young Jesuit priest attempts to convert the tribes while surviving the harsh winter. Filmed in multiple locations including Saguenay.

Buena Vista Social Club (1999)
Wim Wenders
This documentary features legendary Cuban musicians talking about their lives in Cuba. Footage includes songs being recorded in Havana and concerts in New York City’s Carnegie Hall and in Amsterdam. Filmed in Havana, Amsterdam and Carnegie Hall in New York City.

Chinese Puzzle (2014)
Cédric Klapisch
This final film in the L’Auberge Espagnole trilogy finds Xavier in the Big Apple after his wife, Wendy, leaves him for someone else and takes their two children with her to New York. Not wanting to be far from his children, Xavier finds a home in Chinatown, but trouble comes his way. Originally titled Casse-tête chinois. Filmed in various locations throughout New York City.

Cry of the Wild (1973)
Bill Mason
Filmed over three years in the Northwest Territories, British Columbia, the High Arctic and near the Gatineau Hills in Quebec, this nature documentary offers viewers access to moments never before seen on film, and dispels the myth of the bloodthirsty wolf. Filmed in multiple locations including Gatineau Hills and the Northwest Territories.

Cubamerican (2013)
José Enrique Pardo
This documentary explores the reasons why millions of Cubans left communist Cuba for the United States. Filmed in multiple locations including Boston, Miami and New York City.

Eat Pray Love (2010)
Ryan Murphy
A woman realizes how unhappy her marriage is and that her life needs to go in a different direction. After a painful divorce, she takes off on an around-the-world journey to “find herself.” Filmed in multiple locations including Bali, Delhi, New York City and Rome.

The Great Gatsby (1974)
Bruno Barreto
When Nick Carraway, a Midwesterner new to Long Island, becomes intrigued by his ritzy and enigmatic neighbor, Jay Gatsby, he becomes a witness to obsession and tragedy. Filmed in multiple locations including New York City, New York and Newport, Rhode Island.

Hamlet (2000)
Michael Almereyda
In this modern adaptation of Shakespeare’s tragic play, the castle at Elsinore is replaced by the “Denmark Corporation,” and a remarkable cast breathes new life into the classic tale. The film stars Ethan Hawke, Liev Schreiber, Bill Murray and Sam Shepard. Filmed in New York City, New York.

Moving Day (2012)
Mike Clattenburg
When a moving company begins to fall apart, a group of four men who work for the company must learn how to face their challenges and move forward in life. Filmed in Halifax.

My Uncle Antoine (1971)
Claude Jutra
Told from the point of view of a 15-year-old boy, this film examines life in the Asbestos region of rural Quebec prior to the Asbestos Strike of 1949. This film was selected as the Canadian entry for Best Foreign Language Film at the 44th Academy Awards. Originally titled Mon oncle Antoine. Filmed in Quebec.

New York, I Love You (2008)
Fatih Akin, Yvan Attal, Randall Balsmeyer, Allen Hughes, Shunji Iwai, Wen Jiang, Shekhar Kapur, Joshua Marston, Mira Nair, Natalie Portman, Brett Ratner
In this modern comedy/drama/romance, multiple love stories unfold in one of the most beloved cities in the world—New York. Filmed in New York City.

One Week (2008)
Michael McGowan
This film chronicles Ben Tyler’s motorcycle journey from Toronto to Tofino, British Columbia, with stops at iconic landmarks along the way, as Ben seeks to find meaning in his life. Filmed in various locations throughout Canada.

The Red Violin (1998)
François Girard
This film follows a famous Nicolò Bussotti violin as a collector tries to establish the identity and secrets of “the red violin” in a story that spans four centuries and five countries. This film received an Academy Award for Best Original Score. Originally titled Le violon rouge. Filmed in multiple locations including Montreal, Canada; Vienna, Austria; and Shanghai, China.

The Shape of Water (2017)
Guillermo del Toro
Elisa, an orphan and a mute, cleans labs at a top-secret research facility. When she discovers a classified experiment on an amphibious creature, her life is changed forever. This multi-award-winning film won the Oscar for Best Motion Picture of the Year in 2018. Filmed in multiple locations throughout Ontario, Canada.

The Thomas Crown Affair (1968)
Norman Jewison
Thomas Crown, a successful, wealthy businessman, thinks he has pulled off the perfect multimillion-dollar heist—but Vicki Anderson, an independent insurance investigator, begins to keep a close eye on his every move. Filmed in multiple locations including Boston.

View from the Top (2003)
Bruno Barreto
After reading Sally Weston’s book, Donna Jensen is not only convinced that becoming a flight attendant is her only way out of Silver Springs, Nevada, but that she will work in first class on New York–Paris flights. Filmed in multiple locations including Laughlin, Nevada; New York City, New York; and Paris, France.

Whatever Lola Wants (2008)
Nabil Ayouch
After Lola is encouraged to belly dance at a local restaurant, she decides that she wants to become a professional dancer and travels to Egypt to seek lessons from retired dancing star Ismahan. Lola also meets famous impresario Nasser Radi, who helps her perform at the prestigious Nile Tower. When she learns that Ismahan and Nasser were once lovers who were forced apart, she takes it upon herself to reunite the two. Filmed in multiple locations including Cairo and New York City.

Alexander (2004)
Oliver Stone
Based on the life of Alexander the Great, this epic historic drama with Colin Farrell in the title role focuses on the king’s great conquests and his relationships with his parents; his wife, Roxana; and his tutor, Aristotle.

Casino Royale (2006)
Martin Campbell
In Daniel Craig’s first role playing James Bond, the British agent travels to an extravagant Montenegrin casino in order to strip the film’s villain of all his money. BAFTA Film Award winner for Best Sound and nominated for Best Screenplay. Filmed in multiple locations including Prague, Czech Republic; Venice, Italy; and Lake Como, Italy.

How the War Started on My Island (1996)
Vinko Brešan
In this bold black comedy, it is 1991 on an unnamed Croatian island and the Croatian parliament has declared the island’s independence from Yugoslavia. But conscripts from the Yugoslav People’s Army barricade themselves in a garrison, refusing to leave. Originally titled Kako je počeo rat na mom otoku. Filmed in Primosten and Šibenik.

The Horseman (2003)
Branko Ivanda
This fascinating film is set in the early 18th century in the place where the borders of the Ottoman Empire and the Republic of Venice meet. The action and conflicts examine the struggles of living between two empires and two faiths: Catholicism and Islam. Originally titled Konjanik. Filmed in Zadar.

Just Between Us (2010)
Rajko Grlić
Set in Zagreb, this movie follows two middle-aged brothers leading parallel lives and navigating a web of relationships with their wives, children and mistresses. Filmed in Zagreb, Croatia.

Mamma Mia! (2008)
Phyllida Lloyd
When bride-to-be Sophie learns that she has three possible fathers, she invites each of them to her wedding without telling her mother. This British-American-Swedish romantic musical comedy was nominated for two Golden Globe Awards and three BAFTA Awards. Filmed in multiple locations including Skopelos, Greece.

Marsal (1999)
Vinko Brešan
In this light comedy, the ghost of revolutionary Marshall Tito appears to some citizens on the Dalmatian island of Vis. As news spreads, the mayor sees the event as a tourist attraction and, to capitalize on Tito’s ghost, transforms Vis into a Communist-era outpost.

Meet Me in Montenegro (2015)
Alex Holdridge, Linnea Saasen
In this comedy, a failed American writer meets a European dancer and begins an affair with her. Filmed in multiple locations including Germany, Montenegro and the US.

Rooster’s Breakfast (2007)
Marko Naberšnik
When Djuro finds work in an obscure village after being fired from his job as a car mechanic, he embraces the kind demeanor of his boss and a new peaceful way of living. But when he falls for the wrong woman, life becomes turbulent. Originally titled Petelinji zajtrk. Filmed in Gornja Radgona and Ljubljana, Slovenia.

Alaska’s Scenic Byways: Bigger Than Your Imagination (2010)
Shannon McCarthy
Starting in Valdez, this documentary features some of Alaska’s most historic stories and routes. From mining to archaeology and geology, viewers get to see and learn about Alaska’s rich history. Filmed in multiple locations throughout Alaska.

American Dreams in China (2013)
Peter Ho-Sun Chan
This drama is a rags-to-riches story about three young men from different backgrounds with one goal: to help Chinese teenagers’ dreams come true by building an English language school in China. Spanning nearly 30 years, this film highlights historic moments in Chinese history. Filmed in China.

Au Revoir Taipei (2010)
Arvin Chen
A young Taiwanese man, Kai, wants nothing more than to be with his girlfriend, who is in Paris. To keep himself busy, he studies French night after night in a bookstore. When a woman who works at the bookstore notices him, Kai discovers that his desire for companionship can be fulfilled right at home in Taipei. Originally titled Yi ye Taibei. Filmed in Taipei City, Taiwan.

Bears (2014)
Alastair Fothergill, Keith Scholey and Adam Chapman
With the Alaskan wilderness as a backdrop, Bears is a documentary that follows a bear family for one year. From the moment hibernation ends through the spring, summer and fall, this bear family, including two cubs, finds adventure around every corner. Filmed in Alaska.

Beyond Beauty: Taiwan from Above (2013)
Chi Po-lin
This documentary reveals the beauty of Taiwan from a bird’s-eye view and highlights both the natural splendor and the growth of Taiwan as seen in its urbanization. Filmed in Taiwan.

Big Miracle (2012)
Ken Kwapis
When a family of whales is becoming trapped by fast-forming ice in the Arctic Circle, three people—a volunteer, a news reporter and a native Alaskan boy—inspire an entire community to save them. Filmed in multiple locations including Seward.

Black Wave: The Legacy of the Exxon Valdez (2008)
Robert Cornellier
Riki Ott and fishermen in Cordova, Alaska share the environmental, social and economic impacts of the Exxon Valdez oil spill near Prince William Sound.

Dutch Harbor: Where the Sea Breaks Its Back (1998)
Braden King and Laura Moya
Filmed in black and white, this documentary shares the stories of people who live in Dutch Harbor. From their love for the untamed island to their concern over gentrification, this intimate film shares the true emotions of the people who care deeply for their town.

Enlightenment Guaranteed (2000)
Doris Dörrie
When brothers Uwe and Gustav travel to a monastery near Tokyo, Japan, their plan is to address their troubled lives and achieve enlightenment. But trouble seems to follow Uwe and Gustav wherever they go. Originally titled Erleuchtung garantiert. Filmed in multiple locations including Tokyo.

Falling Flowers (2012)
Jianqi Huo
This film is about Xiao Hong, a renowned writer and strong woman whose life was marked by poverty and sacrifice.

Fortress of the Bears (2011)
Daniel B. Greenberg
This documentary shows how bears, salmon and trees are interconnected and how nature keeps each in balance. It was filmed on Alaska’s Admiralty Island, where an estimated 1,800 grizzly bears live. Filmed in Tongass National Forest, Alaska.

Hiroshima, My Love (1959)
Alain Resnais
When a Frenchwoman travels to Japan to make a film about the atomic bomb in Hiroshima and the importance of peace, she falls in love with a Japanese man who lost his family in the bombing. They find a connection through loss, as she herself lost her German lover in the war. Originally titled Hiroshima mon amour. Filmed in multiple locations including Hiroshima.

House of Bamboo (1955)
Samuel Fuller
This film noir follows Eddie Kenner, a US Army investigator who attempts to look into the death of a fellow army official while planted in a Tokyo crime syndicate. Filmed in Tokyo.

I Come with the Rain (2009)
Tran Anh Hung
Kline, an ex–Los Angeles cop and now private eye, is hired to find the missing son of a powerful conglomerate boss. He meets up with a former coworker who now works for the Hong Kong police, and together they follow the faint trail of the missing son to a local gangster. Haunted by memories, Kline has a hard time focusing on his work in Hong Kong. Filmed in multiple locations including Hong Kong, China and Los Angeles, California.

I Wish (2011)
Hirokazu Koreeda
Brothers Koichi and Ryunosuke are separated when their parents get divorced, but Koichi, the older brother, wishes his family were still intact. After hearing that wishes can be granted if made at the exact moment when two bullet trains pass by each other at top speed, Koichi, his two best friends, Ryunosuke and Ryunosuke’s three friends all decide to meet at the spot where this will occur. Originally titled Kiseki. Filmed in multiple locations including Kagoshima and Nagasaki.

Kochuu (2003)
Jesper Wachtmeister
This documentary explores modern Japanese architecture as it relates to Japanese and Nordic building traditions, intertwining nature and concrete, gardens and technology, and modern and traditional into visually stunning constructions. Filmed in multiple locations including Finland, Japan, Norway and Sweden.

Lord Jim (1965)
Richard Brooks
James Burke, a distinguished midshipman who rises to the rank of executive officer, is put ashore after suffering a broken foot. After his recovery, Jim signs on as the executive officer of a rusty tub manned by a third-rate crew and a barbarous captain. Filmed in multiple locations including Cambodia and Hong Kong, China.

Lost in Translation (2003)
Sofia Coppola
A middle-aged American movie star is in Tokyo to film a whiskey ad for the Japanese market. There, he meets a twentysomething recent Yale philosophy graduate who is in Japan with her husband, and they find that they have more in common than meets the eye. Filmed in multiple locations including Tokyo.

Lust, Caution (2007)
Ang Lee
After losing his wife, two sons and two other women, Old Wu is losing patience with his attempts to assassinate Yee, an important official in Japanese-ruled Shanghai. Old Wu enlists Kuang, Mak Tai Tai and their drama student friends, but the assassination does not happen. Years later, Mak Tai Tai meets Yee again, and this time she is determined to succeed. Originally titled Se, jie. Filmed in multiple locations throughout China and Malaysia.

Passages (Lü Cheng) (2004)
Yang Chao
Looking for meaning to their lives, two students journey across rural China with the hope of purchasing rare mushrooms to sell back home. Along the way, they are forced to decide whether to continue journeying or continue their education.

Memorias del Desarrollo (2010)
Miguel Coyula
This award-winning film is about an educated man who decides to leave the Cuban revolution and his homeland to explore the “developed” world, including London, Paris, New York and Tokyo. The more he travels, the more he finds himself feeling like a stranger in strange lands. Filmed in multiple locations including Havana, London, Paris and Tokyo.

The Makioka Sisters (1983)
Kon Ichikawa
Set in 1938 Japan, this drama follows four sisters who are living off the dwindling inheritance of their deceased parents. Every year, the sisters meet in Kyoto to view the cherry blossoms. Originally titled Sasameyuki. Filmed in Kyoto and Osaka.

The Man with the Golden Gun (1974)
Guy Hamilton
James Bond is called in to investigate the death of a scientist working on a powerful solar cell and finds himself chasing down famed assassin Francisco Scaramanga. In Bangkok, “007” is captured and placed in a dojo. Filmed in multiple locations including Bangkok and Phuket.

The Medallion (2003)
Gordon Chan
While Hong Kong detective Eddie Yang is working with Interpol to catch international criminal Snakehead, he dies but is brought back to life when the two halves of an ancient medallion are joined together by a boy who is considered the chosen one. This medallion transforms Eddie into an immortal warrior. Filmed in multiple locations including Hong Kong, China; Dublin, Ireland; and Thailand.

Pinoy Sunday (2009)
Wi Ding Ho
When a pair of migrant Filipino workers happen upon an abandoned red couch, they decide to take it back to their dormitory. Unable to find a way to get the couch home by vehicle, they have no choice but to carry it on foot. Soon, their Sunday turns into an adventure of self-discovery. Filmed in multiple locations including the Philippines and Taipei City, Taiwan.

Red Sorghum (1988)
Yimou Zhang
A young Chinese woman is sent to marry the undesirable owner of a winery, but falls in love with one of his servants. Originally titled Hong gao liang. Filmed in China.

Rhapsody in August (1991)
Akira Kurosawa
When four children spend the summer with their grandmother in Nagasaki, Japan, they learn about how their grandfather was killed: by the atomic bomb that fell in 1945. Originally titled Hachigatsu no rapusodī. Filmed in multiple locations including Nagasaki.

The Road Home (1999)
Yimou Zhang
When businessman Luo Yusheng returns to his village from the city for the funeral of his father, he is reminded of the magical story of how his mother and father first met. Originally titled Wo de fu qin mu qin.

Samsara (2012)
Ron Fricke
This documentary transports viewers to sacred grounds, disaster zones, industrial complexes and natural wonders. Shot on 70-millimeter film and filmed over nearly five years in 25 countries on five continents; locations include Tokyo, Japan; Shanghai, China; and Bangkok, Thailand.

The Samurai (2003)
Tony Long
This documentary explores the extraordinary history of the samurai, one of the world’s most famous warrior classes, including their self-discipline, martial artistry and sacred rituals. Modern-day samurai share the ways of life in the Bushidō, while educators describe the momentous events in the centuries-long history of the samurai.

There Is No Lid on the Sea (2015)
Keisuke Toyoshima
Adapted from Banana Yoshimoto’s novel, this drama shows how both drastic life changes and simple enjoyments can change one’s view of the world. Mari decides to leave bustling Tokyo and return to her hometown, a small town in the Shizuoka prefecture, to open a snow cone shop. Her snow cones soothe her customers and Mari finds peace with herself through a friendship she develops with a coworker. Originally titled Umi no futa. Filmed in Tokyo.

This Means War (2012)
McG
When two best friends, who are also benched CIA agents, fall for the same woman, they decide to let her choose who she wants to pursue a relationship with. But they are keeping tabs on each other and try to sabotage the other’s dates with her. Filmed in multiple locations including Hong Kong and Los Angeles.

Tokyo Story (1953)
Yasujirō Ozu
When Shukichi and Tomi Hirayama travel to Tokyo to visit their children, they discover that their children are too busy for them and inconvenienced by their presence. After their kids send them off to a resort that is too loud, Shukichi and Tomi decide to return home. Originally titled Tōkyō monogatari. Filmed in multiple locations including Hiroshima and Tokyo.

Tora-san Goes North (1987)
Yōji Yamada
This romantic comedy is about a naive man who falls in love easily. After returning home to Hokkaido, Tora-san falls for a young lady who has returned to Hokkaido to make amends with her father. Originally titled Otoko wa tsurai yo: Shiretoko bojō. Filmed in Hokkaido and Tokyo.

Water (2006)
Julia Perkul and Anastasiya Popova
Witness breathtaking discoveries by researchers worldwide, from Russia, Kazakhstan, Switzerland and more, as they try to understand water’s phenomenal explicit and implicit properties.

Women in the Mirror (2003)
Yoshishige Yoshida
This drama is about three women who feel a sense of confused identity, tied to memories of the Hiroshima disaster. As they share their memories, they try to piece together family ties that may or may not connect them to each other. Originally titled Kagami no onnatachi.

American Dreams in China (2013)
Peter Ho-Sun Chan
This drama is a rags-to-riches story about three young men from different backgrounds with one goal: to help Chinese teenagers’ dreams come true by building an English language school in China. Spanning nearly 30 years, this film highlights historic moments in Chinese history. Filmed in China.

Au Revoir Taipei (2010)
Arvin Chen
A young Taiwanese man, Kai, wants nothing more than to be with his girlfriend, who is in Paris. To keep himself busy, he studies French night after night in a bookstore. When a woman who works at the bookstore notices him, Kai discovers that his desire for companionship can be fulfilled right at home in Taipei. Originally titled Yi ye Taibei. Filmed in Taipei City, Taiwan.

Beyond Beauty: Taiwan from Above (2013)
Chi Po-lin
This documentary reveals the beauty of Taiwan from a bird’s-eye view and highlights both the natural splendor and the growth of Taiwan as seen in its urbanization. Filmed in Taiwan.

Enlightenment Guaranteed (2000)
Doris Dörrie
When brothers Uwe and Gustav travel to a monastery near Tokyo, Japan, their plan is to address their troubled lives and achieve enlightenment. But trouble seems to follow Uwe and Gustav wherever they go. Originally titled Erleuchtung garantiert. Filmed in multiple locations including Tokyo.

Falling Flowers (2012)
Jianqi Huo
This film is about Xiao Hong, a renowned writer and strong woman whose life was marked by poverty and sacrifice.

Hiroshima, My Love (1959)
Alain Resnais
When a Frenchwoman travels to Japan to make a film about the atomic bomb in Hiroshima and the importance of peace, she falls in love with a Japanese man who lost his family in the bombing. They find a connection through loss, as she herself lost her German lover in the war. Originally titled Hiroshima mon amour. Filmed in multiple locations including Hiroshima.

House of Bamboo (1955)
Samuel Fuller
This film noir follows Eddie Kenner, a US Army investigator who attempts to look into the death of a fellow army official while planted in a Tokyo crime syndicate. Filmed in Tokyo.

I Come with the Rain (2009)
Tran Anh Hung
Kline, an ex–Los Angeles cop and now private eye, is hired to find the missing son of a powerful conglomerate boss. He meets up with a former coworker who now works for the Hong Kong police, and together they follow the faint trail of the missing son to a local gangster. Haunted by memories, Kline has a hard time focusing on his work in Hong Kong. Filmed in multiple locations including Hong Kong, China and Los Angeles, California.

I Wish (2011)
Hirokazu Koreeda
Brothers Koichi and Ryunosuke are separated when their parents get divorced, but Koichi, the older brother, wishes his family were still intact. After hearing that wishes can be granted if made at the exact moment when two bullet trains pass by each other at top speed, Koichi, his two best friends, Ryunosuke and Ryunosuke’s three friends all decide to meet at the spot where this will occur. Originally titled Kiseki. Filmed in multiple locations including Kagoshima and Nagasaki.

Kochuu (2003)
Jesper Wachtmeister
This documentary explores modern Japanese architecture as it relates to Japanese and Nordic building traditions, intertwining nature and concrete, gardens and technology, and modern and traditional into visually stunning constructions. Filmed in multiple locations including Finland, Japan, Norway and Sweden.

Lord Jim (1965)
Richard Brooks
James Burke, a distinguished midshipman who rises to the rank of executive officer, is put ashore after suffering a broken foot. After his recovery, Jim signs on as the executive officer of a rusty tub manned by a third-rate crew and a barbarous captain. Filmed in multiple locations including Cambodia and Hong Kong, China.

Lost in Translation (2003)
Sofia Coppola
A middle-aged American movie star is in Tokyo to film a whiskey ad for the Japanese market. There, he meets a twentysomething recent Yale philosophy graduate who is in Japan with her husband, and they find that they have more in common than meets the eye. Filmed in multiple locations including Tokyo.

Lust, Caution (2007)
Ang Lee
After losing his wife, two sons and two other women, Old Wu is losing patience with his attempts to assassinate Yee, an important official in Japanese-ruled Shanghai. Old Wu enlists Kuang, Mak Tai Tai and their drama student friends, but the assassination does not happen. Years later, Mak Tai Tai meets Yee again, and this time she is determined to succeed. Originally titled Se, jie. Filmed in multiple locations throughout China and Malaysia.

Passages (Lü Cheng) (2004)
Yang Chao
Looking for meaning to their lives, two students journey across rural China with the hope of purchasing rare mushrooms to sell back home. Along the way, they are forced to decide whether to continue journeying or continue their education.

Memorias del Desarrollo (2010)
Miguel Coyula
This award-winning film is about an educated man who decides to leave the Cuban revolution and his homeland to explore the “developed” world, including London, Paris, New York and Tokyo. The more he travels, the more he finds himself feeling like a stranger in strange lands. Filmed in multiple locations including Havana, London, Paris and Tokyo.

The Makioka Sisters (1983)
Kon Ichikawa
Set in 1938 Japan, this drama follows four sisters who are living off the dwindling inheritance of their deceased parents. Every year, the sisters meet in Kyoto to view the cherry blossoms. Originally titled Sasameyuki. Filmed in Kyoto and Osaka.

The Man with the Golden Gun (1974)
Guy Hamilton
James Bond is called in to investigate the death of a scientist working on a powerful solar cell and finds himself chasing down famed assassin Francisco Scaramanga. In Bangkok, “007” is captured and placed in a dojo. Filmed in multiple locations including Bangkok and Phuket.

The Medallion (2003)
Gordon Chan
While Hong Kong detective Eddie Yang is working with Interpol to catch international criminal Snakehead, he dies but is brought back to life when the two halves of an ancient medallion are joined together by a boy who is considered the chosen one. This medallion transforms Eddie into an immortal warrior. Filmed in multiple locations including Hong Kong, China; Dublin, Ireland; and Thailand.

Pinoy Sunday (2009)
Wi Ding Ho
When a pair of migrant Filipino workers happen upon an abandoned red couch, they decide to take it back to their dormitory. Unable to find a way to get the couch home by vehicle, they have no choice but to carry it on foot. Soon, their Sunday turns into an adventure of self-discovery. Filmed in multiple locations including the Philippines and Taipei City, Taiwan.

Red Sorghum (1988)
Yimou Zhang
A young Chinese woman is sent to marry the undesirable owner of a winery, but falls in love with one of his servants. Originally titled Hong gao liang. Filmed in China.

Rhapsody in August (1991)
Akira Kurosawa
When four children spend the summer with their grandmother in Nagasaki, Japan, they learn about how their grandfather was killed: by the atomic bomb that fell in 1945. Originally titled Hachigatsu no rapusodī. Filmed in multiple locations including Nagasaki.

The Road Home (1999)
Yimou Zhang
When businessman Luo Yusheng returns to his village from the city for the funeral of his father, he is reminded of the magical story of how his mother and father first met. Originally titled Wo de fu qin mu qin.

Samsara (2012)
Ron Fricke
This documentary transports viewers to sacred grounds, disaster zones, industrial complexes and natural wonders. Shot on 70-millimeter film and filmed over nearly five years in 25 countries on five continents; locations include Tokyo, Japan; Shanghai, China; and Bangkok, Thailand.

The Samurai (2003)
Tony Long
This documentary explores the extraordinary history of the samurai, one of the world’s most famous warrior classes, including their self-discipline, martial artistry and sacred rituals. Modern-day samurai share the ways of life in the Bushidō, while educators describe the momentous events in the centuries-long history of the samurai.

There Is No Lid on the Sea (2015)
Keisuke Toyoshima
Adapted from Banana Yoshimoto’s novel, this drama shows how both drastic life changes and simple enjoyments can change one’s view of the world. Mari decides to leave bustling Tokyo and return to her hometown, a small town in the Shizuoka prefecture, to open a snow cone shop. Her snow cones soothe her customers and Mari finds peace with herself through a friendship she develops with a coworker. Originally titled Umi no futa. Filmed in Tokyo.

This Means War (2012)
McG
When two best friends, who are also benched CIA agents, fall for the same woman, they decide to let her choose who she wants to pursue a relationship with. But they are keeping tabs on each other and try to sabotage the other’s dates with her. Filmed in multiple locations including Hong Kong and Los Angeles.

Tokyo Story (1953)
Yasujirō Ozu
When Shukichi and Tomi Hirayama travel to Tokyo to visit their children, they discover that their children are too busy for them and inconvenienced by their presence. After their kids send them off to a resort that is too loud, Shukichi and Tomi decide to return home. Originally titled Tōkyō monogatari. Filmed in multiple locations including Hiroshima and Tokyo.

Tora-san Goes North (1987)
Yōji Yamada
This romantic comedy is about a naive man who falls in love easily. After returning home to Hokkaido, Tora-san falls for a young lady who has returned to Hokkaido to make amends with her father. Originally titled Otoko wa tsurai yo: Shiretoko bojō. Filmed in Hokkaido and Tokyo.

Women in the Mirror (2003)
Yoshishige Yoshida
This drama is about three women who feel a sense of confused identity, tied to memories of the Hiroshima disaster. As they share their memories, they try to piece together family ties that may or may not connect them to each other. Originally titled Kagami no onnatachi.

The Bucket List (2007)
Rob Reiner
When two men with terminal illnesses meet, they decide to do everything they have ever wanted to do before they die. As they work their way through their bucket lists, the two men become great friends and experience priceless joy. Filmed in multiple locations including Beverly Hills, California; the Great Wall of China, China; Giza, Egypt; and France.

Enlightenment Guaranteed (2000)
Doris Dörrie
When brothers Uwe and Gustav travel to a monastery near Tokyo, Japan, their plan is to address their troubled lives and achieve enlightenment. But trouble seems to follow Uwe and Gustav wherever they go. Originally titled Erleuchtung garantiert. Filmed in multiple locations including Tokyo.

Falling Flowers (2012)
Jianqi Huo
This film is about Xiao Hong, a renowned writer and strong woman whose life was marked by poverty and sacrifice.

Farewell My Concubine (1993)
Kaige Chen
This is a film with two parallel, intertwined stories of two performers in the Beijing Opera and the woman who comes between them. Originally titled Ba wang bie ji.

Forgetting to Know You (2014)
Quan Ling
Xuesong’s husband becomes suspicious of his wife’s relationship with a real estate magnate. Filmed in China.

Hiroshima, My Love (1959)
Alain Resnais
When a Frenchwoman travels to Japan to make a film about the atomic bomb in Hiroshima and the importance of peace, she falls in love with a Japanese man who lost his family in the bombing. They find a connection through loss, as she herself lost her German lover in the war. Originally titled Hiroshima mon amour. Filmed in multiple locations including Hiroshima.

House of Bamboo (1955)
Samuel Fuller
This film noir follows Eddie Kenner, a US Army investigator who attempts to look into the death of a fellow army official while planted in a Tokyo crime syndicate. Filmed in Tokyo.

I Wish (2011)
Hirokazu Koreeda
Brothers Koichi and Ryunosuke are separated when their parents get divorced, but Koichi, the older brother, wishes his family were still intact. After hearing that wishes can be granted if made at the exact moment when two bullet trains pass by each other at top speed, Koichi, his two best friends, Ryunosuke and Ryunosuke’s three friends all decide to meet at the spot where this will occur. Originally titled Kiseki. Filmed in multiple locations including Kagoshima and Nagasaki.

Kochuu (2003)
Jesper Wachtmeister
This documentary explores modern Japanese architecture as it relates to Japanese and Nordic building traditions, intertwining nature and concrete, gardens and technology, and modern and traditional into visually stunning constructions. Filmed in multiple locations including Finland, Japan, Norway and Sweden.

Lost in Thailand (2012)
Zheng Xu
This Chinese comedy follows the adventures of three men. One, a scientist, decides to travel to Thailand to get his boss’s approval on an invention he has created that will secure his future. His coworker follows with intentions of stopping him because he wants to sell the invention to a French company. And on the plane, one of the men meets a man who is traveling to Thailand to fulfill items on his bucket list. Originally titled Ren zai jiong tu: Tai jiong. Filmed in multiple locations including Bangkok, Thailand and Beijing, China.

Lost in Translation (2003)
Sofia Coppola
A middle-aged American movie star is in Tokyo to film a whiskey ad for the Japanese market. There, he meets a twentysomething recent Yale philosophy graduate who is in Japan with her husband, and they find that they have more in common than meets the eye. Filmed in multiple locations including Tokyo.

Lust, Caution (2007)
Ang Lee
After losing his wife, two sons and two other women, Old Wu is losing patience with his attempts to assassinate Yee, an important official in Japanese-ruled Shanghai. Old Wu enlists Kuang, Mak Tai Tai and their drama student friends, but the assassination does not happen. Years later, Mak Tai Tai meets Yee again, and this time she is determined to succeed. Originally titled Se, jie. Filmed in multiple locations throughout China and Malaysia.

Passages (Lü Cheng) (2004)
Yang Chao
Looking for meaning to their lives, two students journey across rural China with the hope of purchasing rare mushrooms to sell back home. Along the way, they are forced to decide whether to continue journeying or continue their education.

The Last Emperor (1987)
Bernardo Bertolucci
This film tells the story of Puyi—from his exalted birth and brief reign in the Forbidden City to his decline and dissolute lifestyle, and, finally, to his obscure existence as a peasant worker in the People’s Republic. Filmed in multiple locations including Beijing and Dalian.

Memorias del Desarrollo (2010)
Miguel Coyula
This award-winning film is about an educated man who decides to leave the Cuban revolution and his homeland to explore the “developed” world, including London, Paris, New York and Tokyo. The more he travels, the more he finds himself feeling like a stranger in strange lands. Filmed in multiple locations including Havana, London, Paris and Tokyo.

The Makioka Sisters (1983)
Kon Ichikawa
Set in 1938 Japan, this drama follows four sisters who are living off the dwindling inheritance of their deceased parents. Every year, the sisters meet in Kyoto to view the cherry blossoms. Originally titled Sasameyuki. Filmed in Kyoto and Osaka.

Red Sorghum (1988)
Yimou Zhang
A young Chinese woman is sent to marry the undesirable owner of a winery, but falls in love with one of his servants. Originally titled Hong gao liang. Filmed in China.

Rhapsody in August (1991)
Akira Kurosawa
When four children spend the summer with their grandmother in Nagasaki, Japan, they learn about how their grandfather was killed: by the atomic bomb that fell in 1945. Originally titled Hachigatsu no rapusodī. Filmed in multiple locations including Nagasaki.

The Red Violin (1998)
François Girard
This film follows a famous Nicolò Bussotti violin as a collector tries to establish the identity and secrets of “the red violin” in a story that spans four centuries and five countries. This film received an Academy Award for Best Original Score. Originally titled Le violon rouge. Filmed in multiple locations including Montreal, Canada; Vienna, Austria; and Shanghai, China.

The Road Home (1999)
Yimou Zhang
When businessman Luo Yusheng returns to his village from the city for the funeral of his father, he is reminded of the magical story of how his mother and father first met. Originally titled Wo de fu qin mu qin.

Samsara (2012)
Ron Fricke
This documentary transports viewers to sacred grounds, disaster zones, industrial complexes and natural wonders. Shot on 70-millimeter film and filmed over nearly five years in 25 countries on five continents; locations include Tokyo, Japan; Shanghai, China; and Bangkok, Thailand.

The Samurai (2003)
Tony Long
This documentary explores the extraordinary history of the samurai, one of the world’s most famous warrior classes, including their self-discipline, martial artistry and sacred rituals. Modern-day samurai share the ways of life in the Bushidō, while educators describe the momentous events in the centuries-long history of the samurai.

There Is No Lid on the Sea (2015)
Keisuke Toyoshima
Adapted from Banana Yoshimoto’s novel, this drama shows how both drastic life changes and simple enjoyments can change one’s view of the world. Mari decides to leave bustling Tokyo and return to her hometown, a small town in the Shizuoka prefecture, to open a snow cone shop. Her snow cones soothe her customers and Mari finds peace with herself through a friendship she develops with a coworker. Originally titled Umi no futa. Filmed in Tokyo.

Tokyo Story (1953)
Yasujirō Ozu
When Shukichi and Tomi Hirayama travel to Tokyo to visit their children, they discover that their children are too busy for them and inconvenienced by their presence. After their kids send them off to a resort that is too loud, Shukichi and Tomi decide to return home. Originally titled Tōkyō monogatari. Filmed in multiple locations including Hiroshima and Tokyo.

Tora-san Goes North (1987)
Yōji Yamada
This romantic comedy is about a naive man who falls in love easily. After returning home to Hokkaido, Tora-san falls for a young lady who has returned to Hokkaido to make amends with her father. Originally titled Otoko wa tsurai yo: Shiretoko bojō. Filmed in Hokkaido and Tokyo.

Women in the Mirror (2003)
Yoshishige Yoshida
This drama is about three women who feel a sense of confused identity, tied to memories of the Hiroshima disaster. As they share their memories, they try to piece together family ties that may or may not connect them to each other. Originally titled Kagami no onnatachi.

All My Friends Are Leaving Brisbane (2007)
Louise Alston
One by one, Anthea’s friends start to leave Brisbane, tempting her to do so as well. But when she learns that an ex-boyfriend is coming back to Brisbane, she changes her mind. Filmed in Brisbane.

Australia (2008)
Baz Luhrmann
An English aristocrat inherits a large cattle station in northern Australia. When she learns about the English cattle barons’ plot to take her land, she drives 2,000 cattle across treacherous lands to Darwin, Australia with the help of a stockman—only to witness the city’s bombing by Japanese forces. Filmed in multiple locations including Darwin and Sydney.

Aya (1990)
Solrun Hoaas
Set in the 1950s, Aya, a young Japanese war bride, and her husband, Frank, arrive in a small Australian town. Aya and Frank love each other, but Frank wants Aya to forget about her Japanese past. She cannot let go of who she is and where she came from, and finds herself drawn to his friend Mac, who respects the Japanese culture. Filmed in Hobart and Melbourne.

Beneath Hill 60 (2010)
Jeremy Sims
Set in 1916, this drama is based on the true story of Captain Oliver Woodward. Along with his secret platoon of Australian tunnelers, he must maintain a leaking complex tunnel system deep beneath German lines that is packed with enough explosives to alter the war. Filmed in Townsville.

Bootmen (2000)
Dein Perry
Sean Odken leaves his job at a steel mill to appear on a tap dancing show in Sydney, but finds himself jobless after he gets involved with a lead dancer and is let go. He returns home determined to start his own tap dance group, but with a new twist: the tap dancers will wear hard hats while dancing on industrial steel and wearing shoes welded with metal. Filmed in Newcastle and Sydney.

Broken Hill (2009)
Dagen Merrill
Tommy, the son of a sheep rancher, lives in the middle of the Australian Outback and dreams of attending the Sydney Conservatorium of Music. In order to apply to the conservatorium, Tommy needs to find musicians in the Outback who can play the music he has composed. Winner of two awards. Filmed in multiple locations including Adelaide and Sydney.

Dawn! (1979)
Ken Hannam
This sports biopic shares the life experiences and rise to fame of Australian swimmer Dawn Fraser, a three-time Olympic gold medalist. Filmed in multiple locations including Adelaide, Melbourne and Sydney.

Eat Pray Love (2010)
Ryan Murphy
A woman realizes how unhappy her marriage is and that her life needs to go in a different direction. After a painful divorce, she takes off on an around-the-world journey to “find herself.” Filmed in multiple locations including Bali, Delhi, New York City and Rome.

Fool’s Gold (2008)
Andy Tennant
This adventure-romance tells the story of Ben “Finn” Finnegan and Tess Finnegan, a recently divorced couple who fall in love again while searching for a treasure that was lost at sea with the 1715 treasure fleet. Filmed in multiple locations including Cairns, Brisbane and Whitsunday Island.

Komodo Dragon (2009)
John-Paul Davidson
The presenters of this documentary track down the mighty Komodo dragon, the largest living lizard species. Along the way, they encounter one of the world’s most dangerous snakes and help release turtles into the wild.

Lion (2016)
Garth Davis
Based on the nonfiction book A Long Way Home, this film tells the story of Saroo Brierley, who, at five years of age, gets separated from his family in Kolkata and then adopted by an Australian family. At 25, Saroo begins a search for his long-lost family using Google Earth. Filmed in multiple locations including Melbourne, Kolkata and Hobart.

Love Me Again (Land Down Under) (2008)
Rory B. Quintos
Arah and Migo live in the Philippines, but Arah dreams of a better life. When her father has an accident, Arah moves to Australia to earn money. Migo is devastated but does not want to go to Australia. Arah adjusts to life in Australia, fulfilling her dreams for herself and her family. But after several years have passed, Migo shows up in Australia, and he and Arah confront their past and their time apart. Filmed in multiple locations including Darwin.

Mabo (2012)
Rachel Perkins
This biographical film is about Eddie Koiki Mabo, an Aboriginal Australian and national hero of Australia. Mabo, who dropped out of school at the age of 15, successfully spearheaded the campaign for land rights for indigenous people, which resulted in the overthrowing of terra nullius (“nobody’s land”) by the High Court. Filmed in Queensland.

Our Generation (2010)
Sinem Saban, Damien Curtis
This documentary features stories from one of the last strongholds of traditional Aboriginal culture in Australia: the remote Yolngu of northeastern Arnhem Land. The Aboriginal struggles of land, culture and freedom are explored, and interviews with national indigenous leaders, historians and human rights activists shine a light on threats to the Australian Aboriginal culture.

Power of Pearl: The Farm Beneath the Sea (2017)
Ahbra Perry, Robert Taylor Higgins
In the Ring of Fire, a basin of the Pacific Ocean where a large number of earthquakes and volcanic eruptions occur, pearls grow. This documentary follows pearl farmers in the Philippines, Indonesia and Australia, and shows how pearls impact the relationship between workers and their communities. Winner of the 2013 American Documentary Film Fund. Filmed in multiple locations including Bali, Indonesia; Bora Bora, French Polynesia; and Kobe, Japan.

Rabbit-Proof Fence (2002)
Phillip Noyce
This multi-award-winning film tells the story of Molly, Daisy and Grace, two sisters and a cousin who are taken thousands of miles away from their Aboriginal mothers to be trained as domestic staff. The girls escape and follow a rabbit-proof fence while eluding a native tracker and the regional constabulary. Filmed in multiple locations including Adelaide, Perth and Sydney.

Swimming Upstream (2003)
Russell Mulcahy
This biographical film tells the inspirational story of Tony Fingleton. After growing up in a troubled household and being overlooked by his father, Tony makes a commitment to become the best athlete possible and prove his confidence and talents to his father. Filmed in multiple locations including Brisbane, Perth and Sydney.

The Tree (2010)
Julie Bertuccelli
When her husband, Peter, dies unexpectedly, Dawn is devastated. But Simone, their eight-year-old daughter, is convinced that Peter is speaking to her through the giant Moreton Bay fig tree that stands next to their house—the same tree that Peter crashed his car into on the day he died. And when Dawn begins a relationship with George, the tree seems to take on a life of its own. Filmed in Queensland.

Wawata Topu: Mermaids of Timor-Leste (2013)
David Palazón, Enrique Alonso
This documentary is about four generations of female divers trying to make a living in a coastal village of Timor-Leste, where their contributions to their households and their community are faced with social barriers.

Act Normal (2006)
Olaf de Fleur Johannesson
This documentary was filmed over the course of ten years and follows a monk who chooses to live a normal life, discarding his robe and marrying. He later divorces and returns to being a monk. Filmed in Iceland and Thailand.

A Royal Affair (2012)
Nikolaj Arcel
When British Princess Caroline is forced to marry the mad King Christian VII of Denmark, she finds herself miserable—until Dr. Johann Struensee, an ordinary man of Enlightenment, influences the king to begin passing reforms in Denmark. Nominated for one Academy Award and one Golden Globe. Originally titled En kongelig affaere. Filmed in multiple locations including the Czech Republic, Denmark, Germany and Sweden.

Children of Nature (1991)
Friðrik Þór Friðriksson
When Thorgeir must leave his home in the Icelandic countryside and move into a home for senior citizens in Reykjavík, he meets an old friend from his childhood and new adventures begin. Originally titled Börn náttúrunnar. Filmed in Iceland.

Copenhagen (2014)
Mark Raso
This coming-of-age film follows an immature young man traveling through Europe. He pauses in Copenhagen, the city of his birth, to deliver a letter written by his dead father to his grandfather. Filmed in multiple locations including Copenhagen and Skagen.

The Danish Poet (2006)
Torill Kove
This Oscar winner for Best Animated Short Film tells the tale of a poet who travels to Norway in search of inspiration. When he arrives, he falls in love with a farmer’s daughter; however, circumstances separate the two until they reunite many years later.

Edvard Munch (1974)
Peter Watkins
This biopic of Norway’s famed expressionist painter spans 30 years of the artist’s life, focusing on the factors that shaped his worldview and artistic sensibilities—from disease and loss to his affair with a married woman.

The Expedition to the End of the World (2013)
Daniel Dencik
On a three-mast schooner, artists and scientists with ambitions worthy of Noah or Columbus set off toward the “end of the world”: the rapidly melting ice massifs in northeastern Greenland. Originally titled Ekspeditionen til verdens ende. Filmed in Greenland.

Flame & Citron (2008)
Ole Christian Madsen
In this action-drama, we follow two Danish resistance fighters, Flame and Citron, who kill Danish Nazis and collaborators without hesitation until they are no longer certain whom their targets represent. Filmed in multiple locations including Copenhagen, Denmark; Berlin, Germany; and Prague, Czech Republic.

Herd in Iceland (2013)
Lindsay Blatt, Paul Taggart
This short documentary shows the bond between the people of Iceland and their beloved Icelandic horses, a pure breed that grazes freely in the highlands during the summer months. Each September, the horses are rounded up and reunited with their owners. Filmed in Iceland.

The Heroes of Telemark (1965)
Anthony Mann
Kirk Douglas and Richard Harris star in this film about the World War II Norwegian resistance against German troops, who were manufacturing a component for the atomic bomb. Filmed in Norway.

Inuk (2010)
Mike Magidson
Several years after losing his father, Inuk learns the ways of his people again. Filmed in Greenland.

The Importance of Being Icelandic (1998)
Jon Einarsson Gustafsson
This short documentary follows several emigrants and Icelandic Canadians as they explore their Viking heritage. Filmed in Winnipeg, Canada.

Joanna Lumley in the Land of the Northern Lights (2008)
Archie Baron
This documentary takes viewers to the northernmost part of Norway, often described as the land of the midnight sun. Joanna Lumley travels on dogsleds and snowmobiles in search of dazzling northern lights displays. Filmed in Norway.

The King’s Choice (2016)
Erik Poppe
This film is based on a true story that took place during World War II. When German armed forces invade neutral Norway, the royal family must flee. Crown Princess Märtha escapes to Sweden with the children, while Crown Prince Olav and King Haakon VII depart to a farming region near Elverum where they will meet German troops head-on. Originally titled Kongens nei.

Land Ho! (2014)
Aaron Katz, Martha Stephens
This poignant film explores the relationship between two ex-brothers-in-law who take a road trip through Iceland to recapture their youth while addressing aging, loss and loneliness. Adventures ensue when they stop at trendy spas, campsites and nightclubs. Filmed in Iceland.

The Last Farm (2004)
Rúnar Rúnarsson
In a remote corner of Iceland, Hrafn is doing chores before he and his wife, Gróa, leave for a retirement home in the city. But before their daughter, Lilja, picks them up, Hrafn races to complete some very specific final tasks. Originally titled Síðasti baerinn. Filmed in Iceland.

Maudie (2016)
Aisling Walsh
Set in 1930s rural Nova Scotia, this film is about a woman, Maud, who suffers from rheumatoid arthritis. Despite her arthritic pain, Maud decides to seek work and negotiates her way into a job as a housekeeper in exchange for room and board. To keep a positive attitude, Maud begins to paint and eventually becomes a beloved figure in the community. Filmed in Newfoundland.

Moving Day (2012)
Mike Clattenburg
When a moving company begins to fall apart, a group of four men who work for the company must learn how to face their challenges and move forward in life. Filmed in Halifax.

Operation Blue Jay (1953)
United States Army Signal Corps
Operation Blue Jay is a short documentary film about the building of Thule Air Base in Greenland. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short. Filmed in Greenland.

Rams (2015)
Grímur Hákonarson
Gummi and Kiddi are two brothers who live side by side tending to their sheep, but have not spoken to each other in four decades. When a lethal disease infects Kiddi’s sheep, the brothers come together to save the special breed that has been passed down for generations. Originally titled Hrútar. Filmed in Iceland.

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (2013)
Ben Stiller
Walter Mitty, a negative assets manager at Life magazine, embarks on an adventurous global journey to track down a photojournalist when the negative for the magazine’s final print issue is discovered missing. Filmed in various locations throughout Iceland.

To the Arctic 3D (2012)
Greg MacGillivray
This documentary shows the reality of surviving in the wilderness. Follow the lives of a mother polar bear and her twin 7-month-old cubs as they navigate their way through melting ice, mammoth glaciers, mountain peaks and stunning waterfalls.

Under an Arctic Sky (2017)
Chris Burkard
Set sail with six surfers in this documentary as they search for the perfect surf under the northern lights. Constant darkness, stormy seas and the worst storm to hit the country in 25 years are challenges the surfers must face in trying to reach their goal. Filmed in Iceland.

The Vikings (1958)
Richard Fleischer
This adventure was produced by and stars Kirk Douglas, along with Tony Curtis and Janet Leigh. Based on the sagas of the Norse ruler Ragnar Lodbrok, it was filmed primarily amid the grandeur of Norway’s fjords. Filmed in multiple locations including Croatia, Germany and Norway.

Vanishing Point (2012)
Stephen A. Smith, Julia Szucs
This documentary/adventure biography follows Navarana, an Inughuit elder who lives in the most remote corner of the planet—the northwestern tip of Greenland.

Blue Hawaii (1961)
Norman Taurog
Free from the army and back in Hawaii, Chad Gates takes a job as a tour guide at his girlfriend’s agency rather than at the Great Southern Hawaiian Fruit Company, where his father wants him to work. Starring Elvis Presley, who sings the film’s title song, among others. Filmed in multiple locations including Kauai and Oahu.

Couples Retreat (2009)
Peter Billingsley
When three couples agree to join another couple on a couples’ retreat, with the intention of having fun, they discover that they are required to participate in the couples’ exercises, and soon all of the couples discover fault lines in their relationships. Filmed in multiple locations including Bora Bora.

The Descendants (2011)
Alexander Payne
Matt King lives solely on what he earns as a lawyer in Hawaii, but has vast wealth through 25,000 acres of undeveloped family land that is being held in a trust. Even though Matt lives in paradise, his life is far from perfect. His wife, Elizabeth, with whom he was having marital problems, has been in an accident that has left her in a coma, and Matt must face revelations from his two daughters that will affect everyone in the family. This film won 67 awards, including Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture at the Golden Globes, and was nominated for 142. Filmed in Kauai and Oahu.

The Endless Summer (1965)
Bruce Brown
This groundbreaking documentary follows two young surfers, Mike and Rob, who leave their California home to visit Hawaii, Australia, South Africa and other secluded surfing spots around the world in search of the perfect wave. Filmed in several locations, including Hawaii and Tahiti.

From Here to Eternity (1953)
Fred Zinnemann
Robert Prewitt’s US Army transfer to Hawaii is not what he expected. His new captain is making his life miserable because he does not want to box for the captain and company. But soon, Prewitt begins to fall in love with Lorene, a social club employee. This film won 22 awards, including Oscars, Golden Globes, a Cannes Film Festival award and others. Filmed in Oahu, Hawaii.

Gauguin: Voyage to Tahiti (2017)
Edouard Deluc
In 1891, French painter Paul Gauguin settles down in Tahiti, where he hopes to find inspiration for his work as an artist. In the jungle, while facing loneliness, poverty and disease, he meets Tehura, who eventually becomes his wife and the inspiration for his greatest paintings. Filmed in Paris and Tahiti.

Les Faussaires (1994)
Frédéric Blum
This comedy is based on a novel by Romain Gary. The protagonist is an author who has come to Tahiti to write a biography of Paul Gauguin. Filmed in Tahiti.

Mutiny on the Bounty (1962)
Lewis Milestone
In 1787, British ship Bounty leaves Portsmouth to transport a cargo of breadfruit from the island of Tahiti, but the savage conditions on board imposed by Captain Bligh trigger a mutiny led by officer Fletcher Christian. Filmed in Hawaii and several locations in French Polynesia, including Tahiti and Bora Bora.

South Pacific (1958)
Joshua Logan
While waiting for action in the war in the South Pacific, sailors and nurses put on a musical comedy show. As the war gets closer, the saga of Nellie Forbush and Emile de Becque becomes a serious drama.

The Stonecutter (2007)
Daniel Zirilli
When a stonecutter finds himself struggling to provide for his family, he learns to appreciate their love with the help of an angelic young girl. Filmed in multiple locations including Moorea and Tahiti, French Polynesia.

Tabu: A Story of the South Seas (1931)
F.W. Murnau
Set in the island of Bora Bora, a young couple's love is threatened when a tribal chief, Tabu, declares the girl a sacred virgin. Enduring numerous hardships, the couple arrives at another island—but find that Tabu's curse has followed them. Filmed in the French Polynesian islands of Bora Bora and Tahiti.

The Ultimate Wave Tahiti (2010)
Stephen Low
Follow along as a documentary crew takes viewers into an island paradise while surfing champion Kelly Slater, Tahitian surfer Raimana Van Bastolaer and others search for the perfect wave-riding experiences. Learn about islanders and their culture, as well as the fragile beauty of reef habitats. Filmed in Moorea, French Polynesia and Teahupo‘o, French Polynesia.

Alaska’s Scenic Byways: Bigger Than Your Imagination (2010)
Shannon McCarthy
Starting in Valdez, this documentary features some of Alaska’s most historic stories and routes. From mining to archaeology and geology, viewers get to see and learn about Alaska’s rich history. Filmed in multiple locations throughout Alaska.

All My Friends Are Leaving Brisbane (2007)
Louise Alston
One by one, Anthea’s friends start to leave Brisbane, tempting her to do so as well. But when she learns that an ex-boyfriend is coming back to Brisbane, she changes her mind. Filmed in Brisbane.

All the Beauty of the World (2006)
Marc Esposito
After the man of her life dies, Tina goes on a journey to Asia with hopes of rediscovering life after loss. She is accompanied by her friend Franck, who is in love with her. Still mourning the loss of her love, however, she cannot give Franck what he wants from her. Originally titled Toute la beauté du monde. Filmed in Bali, Indonesia and Paris, France.

American Dreams in China (2013)
Peter Ho-Sun Chan
This drama is a rags-to-riches story about three young men from different backgrounds with one goal: to help Chinese teenagers’ dreams come true by building an English language school in China. Spanning nearly 30 years, this film highlights historic moments in Chinese history. Filmed in China.

An Angel at My Table (1990)
Jane Campion
This biographical drama tells the story of Nene Janet Paterson Clutha, a New Zealand author who published under the name Janet Frame. The third of five children, Janet endured many hardships as a child, including the drownings of her two adolescent sisters and the epileptic seizures suffered by her brother, George. Confined to a mental institution for several years, she became successful when she started writing stories. Filmed in multiple locations including Auckland, New Zealand; Catalonia, Spain; London, England; and Paris, France.

Around the World in Eighty Days (1956)
Michael Anderson and John Farrow
This adventure comedy is an adaptation of Jules Verne’s novel about a Victorian Englishman who bets that, with the new railways and steamships, he can go around the world in 80 days. Filmed in multiple locations including Bangkok, Hong Kong, London and Madrid.

Au Revoir Taipei (2010)
Arvin Chen
A young Taiwanese man, Kai, wants nothing more than to be with his girlfriend, who is in Paris. To keep himself busy, he studies French night after night in a bookstore. When a woman who works at the bookstore notices him, Kai discovers that his desire for companionship can be fulfilled right at home in Taipei. Originally titled Yi ye Taibei. Filmed in Taipei City, Taiwan.

Australia (2008)
Baz Luhrmann
An English aristocrat inherits a large cattle station in northern Australia. When she learns about the English cattle barons’ plot to take her land, she drives 2,000 cattle across treacherous lands to Darwin, Australia with the help of a stockman—only to witness the city’s bombing by Japanese forces. Filmed in multiple locations including Darwin and Sydney.

Avatar (2009)
James Cameron
Paraplegic Marine Jake Sully offers to take his recently deceased brother’s place on a mission to the distant world of Pandora. Once there, he discovers that the mission is based on greed. As Jake bonds with the native Na’vi people of Pandora, he finds himself falling in love with the beautiful alien Neytiri. Filmed in multiple locations including Wellington, New Zealand.

Aya (1990)
Solrun Hoaas
Set in the 1950s, Aya, a young Japanese war bride, and her husband, Frank, arrive in a small Australian town. Aya and Frank love each other, but Frank wants Aya to forget about her Japanese past. She cannot let go of who she is and where she came from, and finds herself drawn to his friend Mac, who respects the Japanese culture. Filmed in Hobart and Melbourne.

Baraka (1992)
Ron Fricke
This moving documentary takes viewers around the world to villages, natural landscapes, forests, volcanoes and many other places to emphasize what is found in these places. Camera footage, without words, shows both the good and the bad, eventually coming full circle. Filmed in multiple locations including Cambodia, Ecuador, Egypt, India, Indonesia, Nepal and more.

Bears (2014)
Alastair Fothergill, Keith Scholey and Adam Chapman
With the Alaskan wilderness as a backdrop, Bears is a documentary that follows a bear family for one year. From the moment hibernation ends through the spring, summer and fall, this bear family, including two cubs, finds adventure around every corner. Filmed in Alaska.

Beneath Hill 60 (2010)
Jeremy Sims
Set in 1916, this drama is based on the true story of Captain Oliver Woodward. Along with his secret platoon of Australian tunnelers, he must maintain a leaking complex tunnel system deep beneath German lines that is packed with enough explosives to alter the war. Filmed in Townsville.

Beyond Beauty: Taiwan from Above (2013)
Chi Po-lin
This documentary reveals the beauty of Taiwan from a bird’s-eye view and highlights both the natural splendor and the growth of Taiwan as seen in its urbanization. Filmed in Taiwan.

Big Miracle (2012)
Ken Kwapis
When a family of whales is becoming trapped by fast-forming ice in the Arctic Circle, three people—a volunteer, a news reporter and a native Alaskan boy—inspire an entire community to save them. Filmed in multiple locations including Seward.

Black Wave: The Legacy of the Exxon Valdez (2008)
Robert Cornellier
Riki Ott and fishermen in Cordova, Alaska share the environmental, social and economic impacts of the Exxon Valdez oil spill near Prince William Sound.

Bootmen (2000)
Dein Perry
Sean Odken leaves his job at a steel mill to appear on a tap dancing show in Sydney, but finds himself jobless after he gets involved with a lead dancer and is let go. He returns home determined to start his own tap dance group, but with a new twist: the tap dancers will wear hard hats while dancing on industrial steel and wearing shoes welded with metal. Filmed in Newcastle and Sydney.

Boy (2010)
Taika Waititi
This film is about Boy, an 11-year-old who lives on a farm with his grandmother, his brother and a goat. When Boy’s grandmother goes away for a week, his absent father, whom he had idealized, shows up looking for a bag of money that he buried years earlier. Filmed in New Zealand.

Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (2004)
Beeban Kidron
This story picks up four weeks after the first film. Now that Bridget Jones is in love, she begins to question if what she has is everything she has dreamed of having. Filmed in multiple locations including Bangkok and Phuket.

Broken Hill (2009)
Dagen Merrill
Tommy, the son of a sheep rancher, lives in the middle of the Australian Outback and dreams of attending the Sydney Conservatorium of Music. In order to apply to the conservatorium, Tommy needs to find musicians in the Outback who can play the music he has composed. Winner of two awards. Filmed in multiple locations including Adelaide and Sydney.

The Beach (2000)
Danny Boyle
Richard, a nicotine-addicted traveler, finds a map in a Bangkok hotel that supposedly leads to a legendary island paradise where some other wayward souls have settled. Filmed in multiple locations including Bangkok and Phuket.

The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
David Lean
Set during World War II, this film tells the story of British prisoners who are ordered to build a bridge to accommodate the Burma–Siam railway. Filmed in multiple locations in Sri Lanka including Colombo.

Careful, He Might Hear You (1983)
Carl Schultz
After PS’s mother dies, his Aunt Lila and Uncle George take him into their home in Sydney. But his Aunt Vanessa shows up claiming her rights as a co-guardian, demanding that PS live with her during the week. With Lila, PS gets to live the life of a child, but with Vanessa, he is forced to live a strict, staunch life. Filmed in Sydney.

City of Ghosts (2003)
Matt Dillon
When an international scam in which a con man is involved goes sour, he flees to mysterious Southeast Asia to get his promised cut. Filmed in multiple locations including Cambodia and Bangkok, Thailand.

Dawn! (1979)
Ken Hannam
This sports biopic shares the life experiences and rise to fame of Australian swimmer Dawn Fraser, a three-time Olympic gold medalist. Filmed in multiple locations including Adelaide, Melbourne and Sydney.

Dutch Harbor: Where the Sea Breaks Its Back (1998)
Braden King and Laura Moya
Filmed in black and white, this documentary shares the stories of people who live in Dutch Harbor. From their love for the untamed island to their concern over gentrification, this intimate film shares the true emotions of the people who care deeply for their town.

Eat Pray Love (2010)
Ryan Murphy
A woman realizes how unhappy her marriage is and that her life needs to go in a different direction. After a painful divorce, she takes off on an around-the-world journey to “find herself.” Filmed in multiple locations including Bali, Delhi, New York City and Rome.

Enlightenment Guaranteed (2000)
Doris Dörrie
When brothers Uwe and Gustav travel to a monastery near Tokyo, Japan, their plan is to address their troubled lives and achieve enlightenment. But trouble seems to follow Uwe and Gustav wherever they go. Originally titled Erleuchtung garantiert. Filmed in multiple locations including Tokyo.

Entrapment (1999)
Jon Amiel
When a highly secured piece of art is stolen, an insurance agent works her way into the life of the head thief in the hopes of finding the art. Thinking she wants to join him on heists, the burglar puts her through strenuous training before their first job together. With the promise of a big payout, the insurance agent seems to be enjoying the game. Filmed in multiple locations including Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and London, England.

Falling Flowers (2012)
Jianqi Huo
This film is about Xiao Hong, a renowned writer and strong woman whose life was marked by poverty and sacrifice.

Fool’s Gold (2008)
Andy Tennant
This adventure-romance tells the story of Ben “Finn” Finnegan and Tess Finnegan, a recently divorced couple who fall in love again while searching for a treasure that was lost at sea with the 1715 treasure fleet. Filmed in multiple locations including Cairns, Brisbane and Whitsunday Island.

Fortress of the Bears (2011)
Daniel B. Greenberg
This documentary shows how bears, salmon and trees are interconnected and how nature keeps each in balance. It was filmed on Alaska’s Admiralty Island, where an estimated 1,800 grizzly bears live. Filmed in Tongass National Forest, Alaska.

Good Morning, Vietnam (1987)
Barry Levinson
When an unorthodox and irreverent DJ is stationed in Vietnam to bring humor to Armed Forces Radio, he begins to shake things up. Filmed in Bangkok and Phuket.

Heart 2 Heart (2010)
Nayato Fio Nuala
While Indah is on vacation with her family, she meets Pandu and they form a friendship that leads them on adventures to the beautiful forests, tea gardens and lakes of Bogor. When the family vacation ends, Indah returns to Jakarta, but is involved in a tragic accident that leaves her speechless and blind. She falls into a deep depression, while Pandu searches for her.

Heaven & Earth (1993)
Oliver Stone
Based on a true story, this film follows the life of a Buddhist Vietnamese peasant girl who survives a life of suffering and hardship during and after the Vietnam War. Filmed in Bangkok, Thailand and Vietnam.

Hiroshima, My Love (1959)
Alain Resnais
When a Frenchwoman travels to Japan to make a film about the atomic bomb in Hiroshima and the importance of peace, she falls in love with a Japanese man who lost his family in the bombing. They find a connection through loss, as she herself lost her German lover in the war. Originally titled Hiroshima mon amour. Filmed in multiple locations including Hiroshima.

House of Bamboo (1955)
Samuel Fuller
This film noir follows Eddie Kenner, a US Army investigator who attempts to look into the death of a fellow army official while planted in a Tokyo crime syndicate. Filmed in Tokyo.

Hunt for the Wilderpeople (2016)
Taika Waititi
When young Ricky Baker is sent to live in the country with his Aunt Bella and Uncle Hec because of his defiant behavior, he and Hec clash. So, when Bella unexpectedly passes away, Ricky runs away into the wild New Zealand bush, followed closely behind by Hec. Filmed in multiple locations throughout New Zealand.

I Come with the Rain (2009)
Tran Anh Hung
Kline, an ex–Los Angeles cop and now private eye, is hired to find the missing son of a powerful conglomerate boss. He meets up with a former coworker who now works for the Hong Kong police, and together they follow the faint trail of the missing son to a local gangster. Haunted by memories, Kline has a hard time focusing on his work in Hong Kong. Filmed in multiple locations including Hong Kong, China and Los Angeles, California.

Indochine (1992)
Régis Wargnier
This film is set in 1930, when French colonial rule in Indochina is ending. An unmarried Frenchwoman and her adopted daughter, a Vietnamese princess, both fall in love with a young French navy officer. Filmed in multiple locations including Malaysia and Vietnam.

Indonesia Kirana (2016)
Febian Nurrahman Saktinegara
This musical documentary follows a group of singers from Indonesia who share their culture with the world through song. Filmed in multiple locations including Hungary, Indonesia, The Netherlands and Slovenia.

I Wish (2011)
Hirokazu Koreeda
Brothers Koichi and Ryunosuke are separated when their parents get divorced, but Koichi, the older brother, wishes his family were still intact. After hearing that wishes can be granted if made at the exact moment when two bullet trains pass by each other at top speed, Koichi, his two best friends, Ryunosuke and Ryunosuke’s three friends all decide to meet at the spot where this will occur. Originally titled Kiseki. Filmed in multiple locations including Kagoshima and Nagasaki.

Joni’s Promise (2005)
Joko Anwar
Joni, a film delivery man, meets a pretty woman who agrees to tell him her name only if he is able to deliver the reels of the film she is on her way to watch on time. Joni is confident that he can deliver the reels, but the rest of the world seems determined to stop him. Originally titled Janji Joni. Filmed in Jakarta.

Kochuu (2003)
Jesper Wachtmeister
This documentary explores modern Japanese architecture as it relates to Japanese and Nordic building traditions, intertwining nature and concrete, gardens and technology, and modern and traditional into visually stunning constructions. Filmed in multiple locations including Finland, Japan, Norway and Sweden.

Komodo Dragon (2009)
John-Paul Davidson
The presenters of this documentary track down the mighty Komodo dragon, the largest living lizard species. Along the way, they encounter one of the world’s most dangerous snakes and help release turtles into the wild.

Last Days in Vietnam (2014)
Rory Kennedy
When the North Vietnamese Army was closing in on approximately 5,000 Americans in Saigon, the Americans had roughly 24 hours to get out, with no official evacuation plan. With the clock ticking, the Americans managed to escape, but not before helping their South Vietnamese allies, coworkers and friends. 135,000 South Vietnamese escaped with the help of some heroic Americans.

Let’s Eat! (2016)
Chapman To
Rosemary, the daughter of a restaurant owner, wants to modernize the restaurant and reduce costs, but the restaurant’s traditional chef, Dai Hung, does not see eye to eye with Rosemary. Filmed in Malaysia and Singapore.

Lion (2016)
Garth Davis
Based on the nonfiction book A Long Way Home, this film tells the story of Saroo Brierley, who, at five years of age, gets separated from his family in Kolkata and then adopted by an Australian family. At 25, Saroo begins a search for his long-lost family using Google Earth. Filmed in multiple locations including Melbourne, Kolkata and Hobart.

Long Long Time Ago (2016)
Jack Neo
This comedy-drama is about one family’s trials and tribulations from 1965 to the early 1970s. As they journey through the years, from a humble home to a modern flat, they witness their nation’s growth and face many challenges that require perseverance.

Lord Jim (1965)
Richard Brooks
James Burke, a distinguished midshipman who rises to the rank of executive officer, is put ashore after suffering a broken foot. After his recovery, Jim signs on as the executive officer of a rusty tub manned by a third-rate crew and a barbarous captain. Filmed in multiple locations including Cambodia and Hong Kong, China.

Lost in Thailand (2012)
Zheng Xu
This Chinese comedy follows the adventures of three men. One, a scientist, decides to travel to Thailand to get his boss’s approval on an invention he has created that will secure his future. His coworker follows with intentions of stopping him because he wants to sell the invention to a French company. And on the plane, one of the men meets a man who is traveling to Thailand to fulfill items on his bucket list. Originally titled Ren zai jiong tu: Tai jiong. Filmed in multiple locations including Bangkok, Thailand and Beijing, China.

Lost in Translation (2003)
Sofia Coppola
A middle-aged American movie star is in Tokyo to film a whiskey ad for the Japanese market. There, he meets a twentysomething recent Yale philosophy graduate who is in Japan with her husband, and they find that they have more in common than meets the eye. Filmed in multiple locations including Tokyo.

Love Me Again (Land Down Under) (2008)
Rory B. Quintos
Arah and Migo live in the Philippines, but Arah dreams of a better life. When her father has an accident, Arah moves to Australia to earn money. Migo is devastated but does not want to go to Australia. Arah adjusts to life in Australia, fulfilling her dreams for herself and her family. But after several years have passed, Migo shows up in Australia, and he and Arah confront their past and their time apart. Filmed in multiple locations including Darwin.

Luke Nguyen’s Vietnam (2010)
Luke Nguyen
Travel with Luke Nguyen, owner and chef of the Red Lantern restaurant in Sydney, as he takes a culinary trip through northern Vietnam, including the natural wonders of Ha Long Bay, the magnificent mountains of Sapa and more. Filmed in Vietnam.

Luke Nguyen’s Vietnam: Hue (TV) (2011)
Production Company: SBS One
Travel with Luke Nguyen as he explores the vibrant town of Hue, where he helps prepare traditional lemongrass skewers, explores the historic Citadel built by the Nguyen Dynasty and more. Filmed in Hue.

Lust, Caution (2007)
Ang Lee
After losing his wife, two sons and two other women, Old Wu is losing patience with his attempts to assassinate Yee, an important official in Japanese-ruled Shanghai. Old Wu enlists Kuang, Mak Tai Tai and their drama student friends, but the assassination does not happen. Years later, Mak Tai Tai meets Yee again, and this time she is determined to succeed. Originally titled Se, jie. Filmed in multiple locations throughout China and Malaysia.

Lust for Life (1956)
Vincente Minnelli
Kirk Douglas stars as Vincent van Gogh in this film adaptation by the great Vincente Minnelli, filmed on location in Belgium, France and The Netherlands.

Passages (Lü Cheng) (2004)
Yang Chao
Looking for meaning to their lives, two students journey across rural China with the hope of purchasing rare mushrooms to sell back home. Along the way, they are forced to decide whether to continue journeying or continue their education.

The Legend of Suriyothai (2001)
Chatrichalerm Yukol
This film follows the life of Queen Suriyothai, from her youth until her death. Regarded by Thai people as a great feminist, the queen is presented as an opinionated and determined woman. Originally titled Suriyothai. Filmed in Thailand.

The Light Between Oceans (2016)
Derek Cianfrance
Tom, a lighthouse keeper, and his wife, Isabel, live remotely off the coast of western Australia. After Isabel miscarries twice and a baby washes ashore in a dinghy, Isabel convinces Tom that they should raise the baby without telling anyone about her or her father, who is lying dead in the boat. Filmed in multiple locations including Dunedin and Tasmania.

The Lover (1992)
Jean-Jacques Annaud
Set in 1929 during French colonial rule in Vietnam, a French teenage girl catches the eye of a wealthy Chinese businessman. A torrid affair ensues despite class restrictions and social mores. Originally titled L’amant. Filmed in multiple locations including Ho Chi Minh City and Saigon.

Mabo (2012)
Rachel Perkins
This biographical film is about Eddie Koiki Mabo, an Aboriginal Australian and national hero of Australia. Mabo, who dropped out of school at the age of 15, successfully spearheaded the campaign for land rights for indigenous people, which resulted in the overthrowing of terra nullius (“nobody’s land”) by the High Court. Filmed in Queensland.

Made in Vietnam (2017)
Thi Vo
This documentary follows Thi Vo and his friends as Thi searches for his father after more than three decades of separation. Thirty years after escaping Vietnam for Hong Kong with his mother and then emigrating to Canada, Thi has a strong urge to find his biological father and the family he has never met. Filmed in multiple locations including Ho Chi Minh City, Da Nang and Hue, Vietnam.

Memorias del Desarrollo (2010)
Miguel Coyula
This award-winning film is about an educated man who decides to leave the Cuban revolution and his homeland to explore the “developed” world, including London, Paris, New York and Tokyo. The more he travels, the more he finds himself feeling like a stranger in strange lands. Filmed in multiple locations including Havana, London, Paris and Tokyo.

The Makioka Sisters (1983)
Kon Ichikawa
Set in 1938 Japan, this drama follows four sisters who are living off the dwindling inheritance of their deceased parents. Every year, the sisters meet in Kyoto to view the cherry blossoms. Originally titled Sasameyuki. Filmed in Kyoto and Osaka.

The Man with the Golden Gun (1974)
Guy Hamilton
James Bond is called in to investigate the death of a scientist working on a powerful solar cell and finds himself chasing down famed assassin Francisco Scaramanga. In Bangkok, “007” is captured and placed in a dojo. Filmed in multiple locations including Bangkok and Phuket.

The Medallion (2003)
Gordon Chan
While Hong Kong detective Eddie Yang is working with Interpol to catch international criminal Snakehead, he dies but is brought back to life when the two halves of an ancient medallion are joined together by a boy who is considered the chosen one. This medallion transforms Eddie into an immortal warrior. Filmed in multiple locations including Hong Kong, China; Dublin, Ireland; and Thailand.

New Zealand from Above (2012)
Bruce Morrison and Serge Ou
This documentary gives you the opportunity to traverse New Zealand, from the South Island to the tip of the North Island. New Zealanders share their thoughts on their culture, interests and work. Filmed in New Zealand.

Only God Forgives (2013)
Nicolas Winding Refn
A prosperous drug smuggler in Bangkok’s criminal underworld is about to have his world turned upside down when his mother wants him to avenge his brother’s death. Filmed in Bangkok.

Our Generation (2010)
Sinem Saban, Damien Curtis
This documentary features stories from one of the last strongholds of traditional Aboriginal culture in Australia: the remote Yolngu of northeastern Arnhem Land. The Aboriginal struggles of land, culture and freedom are explored, and interviews with national indigenous leaders, historians and human rights activists shine a light on threats to the Australian Aboriginal culture.

Pinoy Sunday (2009)
Wi Ding Ho
When a pair of migrant Filipino workers happen upon an abandoned red couch, they decide to take it back to their dormitory. Unable to find a way to get the couch home by vehicle, they have no choice but to carry it on foot. Soon, their Sunday turns into an adventure of self-discovery. Filmed in multiple locations including the Philippines and Taipei City, Taiwan.

Pirates of the Airwaves (2016)
Charlie Haskell
This drama is about Radio Hauraki, New Zealand’s “boat that rocked.” Radio Hauraki was a pirate radio station that broadcast in international waters from a boat called Tiri from 1966 through 1970, when the station began to broadcast on land. Filmed in Auckland.

Power of Pearl: The Farm Beneath the Sea (2017)
Ahbra Perry, Robert Taylor Higgins
In the Ring of Fire, a basin of the Pacific Ocean where a large number of earthquakes and volcanic eruptions occur, pearls grow. This documentary follows pearl farmers in the Philippines, Indonesia and Australia, and shows how pearls impact the relationship between workers and their communities. Winner of the 2013 American Documentary Film Fund. Filmed in multiple locations including Bali, Indonesia; Bora Bora, French Polynesia; and Kobe, Japan.

The Patriarch (2016)
Lee Tamahori
This film is based on the novel Bulibasha: King of the Gypsies by Witi Ihimaera. Set in the 1960s, with breathtaking views of the east coast of New Zealand, The Patriarch tells the story of two Māori sheepshearing families, the Poatas and the Mahanas—bitter enemies who must find their way through adversity. Originally titled Mahana. Filmed in Auckland.

The Piano (1993)
Jane Campion
Ada and her young daughter move to New Zealand for Ada’s arranged marriage. When Ada’s husband sells her beloved piano to their neighbor, George, she is heartbroken. But George offers Ada a chance to earn her piano back by giving him piano lessons. Filmed in Auckland.

The Quiet American (2002)
Phillip Noyce
Michael Caine stars as a British journalist stationed in Vietnam during the 1950s who becomes friends with a seemingly harmless American (Brendan Fraser). Filmed in multiple locations including Da Nang, Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City.

Rabbit-Proof Fence (2002)
Phillip Noyce
This multi-award-winning film tells the story of Molly, Daisy and Grace, two sisters and a cousin who are taken thousands of miles away from their Aboriginal mothers to be trained as domestic staff. The girls escape and follow a rabbit-proof fence while eluding a native tracker and the regional constabulary. Filmed in multiple locations including Adelaide, Perth and Sydney.

Red Sorghum (1988)
Yimou Zhang
A young Chinese woman is sent to marry the undesirable owner of a winery, but falls in love with one of his servants. Originally titled Hong gao liang. Filmed in China.

Rhapsody in August (1991)
Akira Kurosawa
When four children spend the summer with their grandmother in Nagasaki, Japan, they learn about how their grandfather was killed: by the atomic bomb that fell in 1945. Originally titled Hachigatsu no rapusodī. Filmed in multiple locations including Nagasaki.

The Road Home (1999)
Yimou Zhang
When businessman Luo Yusheng returns to his village from the city for the funeral of his father, he is reminded of the magical story of how his mother and father first met. Originally titled Wo de fu qin mu qin.

Same Same But Different (2010)
Detlev Buck
During a post-graduation summer trip to Cambodia, Benjamin Prüfer falls for Sreykeo Solvan. When he returns home to Germany, he discovers that Sreykeo is sick—and makes it his responsibility to save her. This film is based on a true story. Filmed in Cambodia, Germany and Malaysia.

Samsara (2012)
Ron Fricke
This documentary transports viewers to sacred grounds, disaster zones, industrial complexes and natural wonders. Shot on 70-millimeter film and filmed over nearly five years in 25 countries on five continents; locations include Tokyo, Japan; Shanghai, China; and Bangkok, Thailand.

Surprising Vietnam (2008)
Fred Heiman
Discover some of the delights of Vietnam in this documentary that takes you from the rice paddies of the southern Mekong Delta to tribal villages in the northern and central highlands, as well as the country’s modern cities. Filmed in multiple locations including Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City and Hue, Vietnam.

Swimming Upstream (2003)
Russell Mulcahy
This biographical film tells the inspirational story of Tony Fingleton. After growing up in a troubled household and being overlooked by his father, Tony makes a commitment to become the best athlete possible and prove his confidence and talents to his father. Filmed in multiple locations including Brisbane, Perth and Sydney.

The Samurai (2003)
Tony Long
This documentary explores the extraordinary history of the samurai, one of the world’s most famous warrior classes, including their self-discipline, martial artistry and sacred rituals. Modern-day samurai share the ways of life in the Bushidō, while educators describe the momentous events in the centuries-long history of the samurai.

The Sea Wall (2009)
Rithy Panh
An exasperated widow finds herself troubled when her adult children leave to find their independence; at the same time, she must try to erect a barrier against the sea to protect her rice fields from flooding. Originally titled Un barrage contre le Pacifique. Filmed in Cambodia.

There Is No Lid on the Sea (2015)
Keisuke Toyoshima
Adapted from Banana Yoshimoto’s novel, this drama shows how both drastic life changes and simple enjoyments can change one’s view of the world. Mari decides to leave bustling Tokyo and return to her hometown, a small town in the Shizuoka prefecture, to open a snow cone shop. Her snow cones soothe her customers and Mari finds peace with herself through a friendship she develops with a coworker. Originally titled Umi no futa. Filmed in Tokyo.

The Tree (2010)
Julie Bertuccelli
When her husband, Peter, dies unexpectedly, Dawn is devastated. But Simone, their eight-year-old daughter, is convinced that Peter is speaking to her through the giant Moreton Bay fig tree that stands next to their house—the same tree that Peter crashed his car into on the day he died. And when Dawn begins a relationship with George, the tree seems to take on a life of its own. Filmed in Queensland.

Three Seasons (1999)
Tony Bui
As the characters in this film come to terms with the past, present and future of Ho Chi Minh City, their paths begin to merge. Filmed in Vietnam.

Tokyo Story (1953)
Yasujirō Ozu
When Shukichi and Tomi Hirayama travel to Tokyo to visit their children, they discover that their children are too busy for them and inconvenienced by their presence. After their kids send them off to a resort that is too loud, Shukichi and Tomi decide to return home. Originally titled Tōkyō monogatari. Filmed in multiple locations including Hiroshima and Tokyo.

Tomorrow Never Dies (1997)
Roger Spottiswoode
When Elliot Carver tries to entice the United Kingdom and China into World War III by starting trouble over British and Chinese waters, James Bond must stop him. Filmed in multiple locations including Bangkok, Phuket and London.

Tora-san Goes North (1987)
Yōji Yamada
This romantic comedy is about a naive man who falls in love easily. After returning home to Hokkaido, Tora-san falls for a young lady who has returned to Hokkaido to make amends with her father. Originally titled Otoko wa tsurai yo: Shiretoko bojō. Filmed in Hokkaido and Tokyo.

Two Brothers (2004)
Jean-Jacques Annaud
This film follows the adventures of twin tiger cubs that were born among the temple ruins of an exotic jungle. Separated as cubs, the two tigers meet up again years later, but as forced enemies. Originally titled Deux frères. Filmed in multiple locations including Cambodia and Bangkok, Thailand.

The Vertical Ray of the Sun (2000)
Tran Anh Hung
Beautiful from start to finish, this film follows three sisters, two of whom are happily married—or so it appears. Originally titled Mua he chieu thang dung. Filmed in Vietnam.

Victory (1996)
Mark Peploe
When Axel Heyst makes a stop at a hotel in the port city of Surabaya, a young woman who is in danger asks him for help. They flee to Axel’s home on a nearby secluded island, but the dangerous men searching for her find out where they have gone and pursue them. Filmed in Indonesia and Malaysia.

The World’s Fastest Indian (2005)
Roger Donaldson
This biographical drama is about Burt Munro (1899–1978), a New Zealand motorcycle racer. Burt has tinkered on his 1920 Indian motorcycle for 25 years with the dream of taking it to the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah to see how fast it can go. When he is diagnosed with heart disease, he mortgages his home and charms his way to Utah. Filmed in multiple locations including Auckland, New Zealand; Timaru, New Zealand; and the Bonneville Salt Flats, Utah.

Water (2006)
Julia Perkul and Anastasiya Popova
Witness breathtaking discoveries by researchers worldwide, from Russia, Kazakhstan, Switzerland and more, as they try to understand water’s phenomenal explicit and implicit properties.

Wawata Topu: Mermaids of Timor-Leste (2013)
David Palazón, Enrique Alonso
This documentary is about four generations of female divers trying to make a living in a coastal village of Timor-Leste, where their contributions to their households and their community are faced with social barriers.

Whale Rider (2002)
Niki Caro
When 11-year-old Pai is certain that she is destined to become the new chief of the Whangara people, a patriarchal New Zealand tribe, she must go up against her grandfather, Koro, who is bound by tradition to pick a male leader. Filmed in New Zealand.

When a City Falls (2011)
Gerard Smyth
After two earthquakes killed 185 people in Christchurch, New Zealand, the beautiful city and the Canterburians were devastated. This documentary shares the accounts of people who lived through the earthquakes, as well as their inspiring determination to recover and rebuild. Filmed in Christchurch.

Which Way Is East (1994)
Lynne Sachs
This documentary short is the filmmaker’s travel diary and pieces together Vietnamese history, recollections of the war and memories of the people she met in Vietnam. Filmed in multiple locations including Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Hue and the Mekong Delta.

Wish You Were Here (2012)
Kieran Darcy-Smith
Four friends go on vacation to Southeast Asia, but things take a turn for the worse when one of them goes missing. Soon, secrets leading up to the night of the disappearance are revealed. Filmed in multiple locations including Sihanoukville.

Without a Paddle (2004)
Steven Brill
When three friends are reunited at the funeral of a childhood friend, they discover a trunk that includes information about $200,000 that went missing along with airplane hijacker D. B. Cooper in 1971. The three friends decide to continue their friend’s quest, but are unaware of the impending dangers they will face. Filmed in various locations throughout New Zealand including Rotorua and Wellington.

Women in the Mirror (2003)
Yoshishige Yoshida
This drama is about three women who feel a sense of confused identity, tied to memories of the Hiroshima disaster. As they share their memories, they try to piece together family ties that may or may not connect them to each other. Originally titled Kagami no onnatachi.

Alexander (2004)
Oliver Stone
Based on the life of Alexander the Great, this epic historic drama with Colin Farrell in the title role focuses on the king’s great conquests and his relationships with his parents; his wife, Roxana; and his tutor, Aristotle.

The Gospel of John (2014)
David Batty
This film is a word-for-word adaptation of the Gospel of John and offers a modern visual perspective on the life of Jesus Christ, including his miracles, final words, death and resurrection.

Mamma Mia! (2008)
Phyllida Lloyd
When bride-to-be Sophie learns that she has three possible fathers, she invites each of them to her wedding without telling her mother. This British-American-Swedish romantic musical comedy was nominated for two Golden Globe Awards and three BAFTA Awards. Filmed in multiple locations including Skopelos, Greece.

The Two Faces of January (2014)
Hossein Amini
When glamorous American couple Chester and Colette arrive in Athens, they befriend a Greek-speaking American, Rydal, who becomes enraptured with Colette. Soon, Rydal is drawn into the dark side of Chester’s life. This film was nominated for three awards. Filmed in multiple locations including Athens, Greece; Crete, Greece; and Istanbul, Turkey.

Zorba the Greek (1964)
Michael Cacoyannis
In this drama based on the Nikos Kazantzakis novel, Anthony Quinn plays larger-than-life Zorba, who travels to Crete with a new friend to advise him in a burgeoning mining operation. Romantic and personal entanglements follow in this passion-filled film. Winner of three Academy Awards (for Cinematography, Art Direction and Best Actress in a Supporting Role for Lila Kedrova). Filmed in Crete, Greece.

Act Normal (2006)
Olaf de Fleur Johannesson
This documentary was filmed over the course of ten years and follows a monk who chooses to live a normal life, discarding his robe and marrying. He later divorces and returns to being a monk. Filmed in Iceland and Thailand.

Children of Nature (1991)
Friðrik Þór Friðriksson
When Thorgeir must leave his home in the Icelandic countryside and move into a home for senior citizens in Reykjavík, he meets an old friend from his childhood and new adventures begin. Originally titled Börn náttúrunnar. Filmed in Iceland.

Cold Fever (1995)
Friðrik Þór Friðriksson
Hirata, a Japanese businessman, is reminded by his grandfather that he has a duty to fulfill: He needs to perform a traditional burial ritual in the place where his parents died seven years earlier. Hirata cancels a vacation to Hawaii and instead travels to Iceland to find the correct location. Originally titled Á köldum klaka. Filmed in Iceland and Tokyo, Japan.

The Danish Poet (2006)
Torill Kove
This Oscar winner for Best Animated Short Film tells the tale of a poet who travels to Norway in search of inspiration. When he arrives, he falls in love with a farmer’s daughter; however, circumstances separate the two until they reunite many years later.

Edvard Munch (1974)
Peter Watkins
This biopic of Norway’s famed expressionist painter spans 30 years of the artist’s life, focusing on the factors that shaped his worldview and artistic sensibilities—from disease and loss to his affair with a married woman.

The Expedition to the End of the World (2013)
Daniel Dencik
On a three-mast schooner, artists and scientists with ambitions worthy of Noah or Columbus set off toward the “end of the world”: the rapidly melting ice massifs in northeastern Greenland. Originally titled Ekspeditionen til verdens ende. Filmed in Greenland.

Herd in Iceland (2013)
Lindsay Blatt, Paul Taggart
This short documentary shows the bond between the people of Iceland and their beloved Icelandic horses, a pure breed that grazes freely in the highlands during the summer months. Each September, the horses are rounded up and reunited with their owners. Filmed in Iceland.

The Heroes of Telemark (1965)
Anthony Mann
Kirk Douglas and Richard Harris star in this film about the World War II Norwegian resistance against German troops, who were manufacturing a component for the atomic bomb. Filmed in Norway.

Inuk (2010)
Mike Magidson
Several years after losing his father, Inuk learns the ways of his people again. Filmed in Greenland.

The Importance of Being Icelandic (1998)
Jon Einarsson Gustafsson
This short documentary follows several emigrants and Icelandic Canadians as they explore their Viking heritage. Filmed in Winnipeg, Canada.

Joanna Lumley in the Land of the Northern Lights (2008)
Archie Baron
This documentary takes viewers to the northernmost part of Norway, often described as the land of the midnight sun. Joanna Lumley travels on dogsleds and snowmobiles in search of dazzling northern lights displays. Filmed in Norway.

The King’s Choice (2016)
Erik Poppe
This film is based on a true story that took place during World War II. When German armed forces invade neutral Norway, the royal family must flee. Crown Princess Märtha escapes to Sweden with the children, while Crown Prince Olav and King Haakon VII depart to a farming region near Elverum where they will meet German troops head-on. Originally titled Kongens nei.

Land Ho! (2014)
Aaron Katz, Martha Stephens
This poignant film explores the relationship between two ex-brothers-in-law who take a road trip through Iceland to recapture their youth while addressing aging, loss and loneliness. Adventures ensue when they stop at trendy spas, campsites and nightclubs. Filmed in Iceland.

The Last Farm (2004)
Rúnar Rúnarsson
In a remote corner of Iceland, Hrafn is doing chores before he and his wife, Gróa, leave for a retirement home in the city. But before their daughter, Lilja, picks them up, Hrafn races to complete some very specific final tasks. Originally titled Síðasti baerinn. Filmed in Iceland.

Maudie (2016)
Aisling Walsh
Set in 1930s rural Nova Scotia, this film is about a woman, Maud, who suffers from rheumatoid arthritis. Despite her arthritic pain, Maud decides to seek work and negotiates her way into a job as a housekeeper in exchange for room and board. To keep a positive attitude, Maud begins to paint and eventually becomes a beloved figure in the community. Filmed in Newfoundland.

Moving Day (2012)
Mike Clattenburg
When a moving company begins to fall apart, a group of four men who work for the company must learn how to face their challenges and move forward in life. Filmed in Halifax.

Operation Blue Jay (1953)
United States Army Signal Corps
Operation Blue Jay is a short documentary film about the building of Thule Air Base in Greenland. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short. Filmed in Greenland.

Operation Blue Jay (1953)
United States Army Signal Corps
Operation Blue Jay is a short documentary film about the building of Thule Air Base in Greenland. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short. Filmed in Greenland.

Rams (2015)
Grímur Hákonarson
Gummi and Kiddi are two brothers who live side by side tending to their sheep, but have not spoken to each other in four decades. When a lethal disease infects Kiddi’s sheep, the brothers come together to save the special breed that has been passed down for generations. Originally titled Hrútar. Filmed in Iceland.

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (2013)
Ben Stiller
Walter Mitty, a negative assets manager at Life magazine, embarks on an adventurous global journey to track down a photojournalist when the negative for the magazine’s final print issue is discovered missing. Filmed in various locations throughout Iceland.

To the Arctic 3D (2012)
Greg MacGillivray
This documentary shows the reality of surviving in the wilderness. Follow the lives of a mother polar bear and her twin 7-month-old cubs as they navigate their way through melting ice, mammoth glaciers, mountain peaks and stunning waterfalls.

Under an Arctic Sky (2017)
Chris Burkard
Set sail with six surfers in this documentary as they search for the perfect surf under the northern lights. Constant darkness, stormy seas and the worst storm to hit the country in 25 years are challenges the surfers must face in trying to reach their goal. Filmed in Iceland.

The Vikings (1958)
Richard Fleischer
This adventure was produced by and stars Kirk Douglas, along with Tony Curtis and Janet Leigh. Based on the sagas of the Norse ruler Ragnar Lodbrok, it was filmed primarily amid the grandeur of Norway’s fjords. Filmed in multiple locations including Croatia, Germany and Norway.

Vanishing Point (2012)
Stephen A. Smith, Julia Szucs
This documentary/adventure biography follows Navarana, an Inughuit elder who lives in the most remote corner of the planet—the northwestern tip of Greenland.

50 First Dates (2004)
Peter Segal
When Henry Roth, a bachelor, meets Lucy, he is excited about the possibility of a serious relationship; then, he discovers that Lucy suffers from short-term memory loss. Determined to make her fall in love with him, Henry does not let her condition stop him. Filmed in multiple locations including Oahu, Hawaii.

Blue Hawaii (1961)
Norman Taurog
Free from the army and back in Hawaii, Chad Gates takes a job as a tour guide at his girlfriend’s agency rather than at the Great Southern Hawaiian Fruit Company, where his father wants him to work. Starring Elvis Presley, who sings the film’s title song, among others. Filmed in multiple locations including Kauai and Oahu.

The Descendants (2011)
Alexander Payne
Matt King lives solely on what he earns as a lawyer in Hawaii, but has vast wealth through 25,000 acres of undeveloped family land that is being held in a trust. Even though Matt lives in paradise, his life is far from perfect. His wife, Elizabeth, with whom he was having marital problems, has been in an accident that has left her in a coma, and Matt must face revelations from his two daughters that will affect everyone in the family. This film won 67 awards, including Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture at the Golden Globes, and was nominated for 142. Filmed in Kauai and Oahu.

The Endless Summer (1965)
Bruce Brown
This groundbreaking documentary follows two young surfers, Mike and Rob, who leave their California home to visit Hawaii, Australia, South Africa and other secluded surfing spots around the world in search of the perfect wave. Filmed in several locations, including Hawaii and Tahiti.

From Here to Eternity (1953)
Fred Zinnemann
Robert Prewitt’s US Army transfer to Hawaii is not what he expected. His new captain is making his life miserable because he does not want to box for the captain and company. But soon, Prewitt begins to fall in love with Lorene, a social club employee. This film won 22 awards, including Oscars, Golden Globes, a Cannes Film Festival award and others. Filmed in Oahu, Hawaii.

Hawaii (1966)
George Roy Hill
Intent on converting the native islanders, an American missionary and his wife travel to the kingdom of Hawaii. But the clash between the two cultures is too great, and instead of understanding, tragedy ensues. Filmed in Hawaii and Tahiti.

Mutiny on the Bounty (1962)
Lewis Milestone
In 1787, British ship Bounty leaves Portsmouth to transport a cargo of breadfruit from the island of Tahiti, but the savage conditions on board imposed by Captain Bligh trigger a mutiny led by officer Fletcher Christian. Filmed in Hawaii and several locations in French Polynesia, including Tahiti and Bora Bora.

Pearl Harbor (2001)
Michael Bay
This sweeping drama follows American boyhood friends Rafe and Danny as they enter World War II as pilots. When Rafe departs to Europe, his girlfriend Evelyn finds comfort in the arms of Danny. The three of them reunite in Hawaii just before the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Filmed in several locations, including Hawaii.

Picture Bride (1994)
Kayo Hatta
Journeying to Hawaii in 1918 to marry a man more than twice her age, Riyo comes to terms with her new home as she discovers a land full of hardship, struggle—and unexpected joy. Filmed in Hawaii.

South Pacific (1958)
Joshua Logan
While waiting for action in the war in the South Pacific, sailors and nurses put on a musical comedy show. As the war gets closer, the saga of Nellie Forbush and Emile de Becque becomes a serious drama.

A Good Year (2006)
Ridley Scott
Based on Peter Mayle’s book A Year in Provence, a workaholic trades his life selling bonds in London to cash in on a winery that was left to him by his dead uncle. With every day of his new life, Max grows out of his obsessive behavior and into a life he comes to embrace. Filmed in London, England and France.

All the Mornings of the World (1991)
Alain Corneau
When Monsieur de Sainte-Colombe finds out that his wife died while he was away, he builds a small house in his garden and dedicates his life to music and his two young daughters. Originally titled Tous les matins du monde. Filmed in France.

Amélie (2001)
Jean-Pierre Jeunet
This romantic comedy traces the life of a timid waitress in Paris’s atmospheric and beautifully captured Montmartre neighborhood as she makes it her mission to help improve the lives of those around her while neglecting her isolated existence. Nominated for five Academy Awards. Originally titled Le fabuleux destin d’Amélie Poulain. Filmed in Paris.

Anastasia (1956)
Anatole Litvak
Russian exiles in Paris groom a down-and-out girl to pose as the heir to the Russian throne in order to collect ten million pounds from the Bank of England. In 1957, Ingrid Bergman won an Oscar for Best Actress in a Leading Role for her performance as Anastasia. Filmed in Denmark, England and France.

Dunkirk (2017)
Christopher Nolan
Alternating among three different time periods, this film is about Allied soldiers from Belgium, the British Empire and France who are stranded on Dunkirk during World War II and waiting for rescue while being surrounded by the German Army. This multi-award-winning film won three Oscars in 2018. Filmed in multiple locations including France, The Netherlands and the UK.

Joan of Arc (1948)
Victor Fleming
Ingrid Bergman stars as the young woman immortalized for her courage and martyrdom. Born in Orléans, she is later captured by the Burgundians and laid to rest in Rouen. Winner of three Academy Awards and five nominations.

La Vie en Rose (2007)
Olivier Dahan
The back-and-forth nature of the narrative in this nonchronological look at the tragic and famous life of the “Little Sparrow,” Édith Piaf, suggests the patterns of memory and association. Filmed in Paris, France and Prague, Czech Republic.

Les Misérables (2012)
Tom Hooper
Set in revolutionary Paris, this epic musical retells Victor Hugo’s timeless tale of Jean Valjean, who vows to turn his life of crime around despite being doggedly chased by Inspector Javert. The story culminates as turmoil engulfs Paris, leading to the Paris Uprising of 1832. Hugh Jackman and Anne Hathaway star; Hathaway won an Oscar for Best Actress in a Supporting Role. Filmed in multiple locations including Greenwich, London; Portsmouth, Hampshire; and France.

Lisbon (1956)
Ray Milland
Ray Milland and Maureen O’Hara star in this suspenseful yarn about a smuggling ring and a wealthy husband imprisoned behind the Iron Curtain. This atmospheric crime movie was shot on location in Lisbon, providing scenes of the city at mid-century. Filmed in Lisbon.

The Last Run (1971)
Richard Fleischer
George C. Scott and Colleen Dewhurst star in this story of a career criminal wanting to retire in the Portuguese fishing village of Albufeira. Reluctantly, he takes one last job: driving an escaped killer across Spain into France. Filmed in Andalusia.

Manon of the Spring (1986)
Claude Berri
In this sequel to Jean de Florette, featuring Yves Montand, a beautiful shepherdess plots vengeance on the men whose greedy conspiracy to acquire her father’s land caused his death years earlier. Originally titled Manon des sources. Filmed in various locations throughout France.

Midnight in Paris (2011)
Woody Allen
Part romantic comedy, part fantasy, this film follows a screenwriter visiting Paris with his fiancée and her parents. Each night, he finds himself in 1920s Paris salons, meeting the likes of Gertrude Stein, Ernest Hemingway and the Fitzgeralds, causing him to reconsider marriage. Allen won an Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay; the film was also nominated for Best Picture. Filmed in Paris.

Monet’s Palate: A Gastronomic View from the Gardens of Giverny (2004)
Steven Schechter
Meryl Streep narrates this look at the connection between fine art and cuisine, as seen through the eyes of Claude Monet. Filmed in Giverny, Vernon and Normandy, France.

Mysteries of Lisbon (2010)
Raúl Ruiz
This highly acclaimed movie traces the adventures of a jealous countess, a rich businessman and a young orphaned boy as they travel across Portugal, France and Italy, and to Brazil. Filmed in multiple locations including Lisbon.

Night Train to Lisbon (2013)
Bille August
After an unexpected meeting with a Portuguese woman, Raimund Gregorius, an aging Swiss professor, discovers a small book in the pocket of a coat left behind by the woman. In the book, Raimund finds a train ticket to Lisbon; on a whim, he quits his job and travels to Lisbon to search for her. Filmed in multiple locations including Lisbon.

O Velho do Restelo (2014)
Manoel de Oliveira
A different kind of meeting takes place when Don Quixote, Luís de Camões, Camilo Castelo Branco and Teixeira de Pascoaes meet in a modern city to talk about life. Filmed in Porto.

The Queen (2006)
Stephen Frears
Dame Helen Mirren turns in an Oscar-winning performance as Queen Elizabeth in this film that profiles the Queen’s attempts to treat Princess Diana’s death as a private family matter. Filmed in multiple locations including London, Paris and Scotland.

Ratatouille (2007)
Brad Bird
In this delightful animated film from Pixar Animation Studios, Remy the rat will stop at nothing to become one of Paris’s top chefs, befriending a restaurant’s garbage boy to commandeer a kitchen. The movie won an Oscar for Best Animated Feature Film.

Saving Private Ryan (1998)
Steven Spielberg
Winner of five Oscars and boasting an all-star cast, Saving Private Ryan is the gripping story of a mission to rescue a paratrooper behind enemy lines after the D-Day invasion of Normandy. Filmed in Normandy, France.

The Imitation Game (2014)
Morten Tyldum
During World War II, newly created British intelligence agency MI6 recruits Cambridge mathematics alumnus Alan Turing to crack Nazi codes, including Enigma, which cryptanalysts had thought unbreakable. Turing's team analyzes Enigma messages while he builds a machine to decipher them. Starring Benedict Cumberbatch, Keira Knightley and Matthew Goode; nominated for nine Academy Awards.

The True Glory (1945)
Garson Kanin, Carol Reed
This documentary written by Paddy Chayefsky and featuring General Dwight D. Eisenhower follows Allied troops through Europe, from D-Day at Normandy, France to the fall of Berlin. Features footage from across Europe.

A Good Year (2006)
Ridley Scott
Based on Peter Mayle’s book A Year in Provence, a workaholic trades his life selling bonds in London to cash in on a winery that was left to him by his dead uncle. With every day of his new life, Max grows out of his obsessive behavior and into a life he comes to embrace. Filmed in London, England and France.

All About My Mother (1999)
Pedro Almodóvar
In this comedy-drama, a nurse who oversees organ transplants loses her son in a car crash. To break the news to the boy’s father, whom he never knew, she journeys to Barcelona, revisiting colorful characters from her old life and meeting new ones along the way. The film won an Oscar and a Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film. Filmed in multiple locations including A Coruña, Barcelona and Madrid.

Antonio Gaudí (1984)
Hiroshi Teshigahara
A spellbinding visual poem that takes viewers on a tour of Antonio Gaudí’s spectacular architecture in Barcelona, including his massive, still-unfinished masterpiece, La Sagrada Família.

Barcelona (1994)
Whit Stillman
Set during the eighties, the film follows a pair of mismatched American cousins who banter about romance and politics while working in the beautiful city of Barcelona. Filmed in Spain and the United States.

Biutiful (2010)
Alejandro González Iñárritu
After being diagnosed with terminal cancer, Uxbal, a single father of two, is forced to reckon with his life in order to escape crime in underground Barcelona and regain spiritual insight. Filmed in Barcelona and Navarra.

Darkest Hour (2017)
Joe Wright
When Winston Churchill replaces Neville Chamberlain as the prime minister of the United Kingdom, he feels pressured to either begin peace negotiations with Hitler or take on the Nazi regime. This multi-award-winning film won Oscars for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role and Best Achievement in Makeup and Hairstyling in 2018. Filmed in multiple locations including Greenwich, Manchester and Yorkshire.

Fanny (2013)
Daniel Auteuil
The second part of the “Marseille trilogy,” Fanny is now abandoned by Marius and pregnant. Her mother and Marius’s father, César, encourages Fanny to open herself up to the advances of an older, wealthy man. Filmed in Marseille, France.

Grace of Monaco (2014)
Olivier Dahan
This French-American film traces the glamorous life of Grace Kelly, the American actress who left her film career to marry Prince Rainier III of Monaco. The movie includes sweeping shots of the French Riviera. Nicole Kidman plays the starring role. Filmed in multiple locations including France, Italy and Monaco.

The Horseman (2003)
Branko Ivanda
This fascinating film is set in the early 18th century in the place where the borders of the Ottoman Empire and the Republic of Venice meet. The action and conflicts examine the struggles of living between two empires and two faiths: Catholicism and Islam. Originally titled Konjanik. Filmed in Zadar.

The Iron Lady (2011)
Phyllida Lloyd
In this biopic, Meryl Streep plays former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, teetering on the edge of reality with dementia and recalling her rise and fall. Streep won an Oscar for her performance. Filmed in London.

The King’s Speech (2010)
Tom Hooper
Before becoming King George VI, “Bertie” suffered emotionally from stuttering, which many viewed as a reason why he should not be king. With the help of a radical speech therapist, George is finally able to manage his stuttering and gain the confidence needed to lead the country through war. Filmed in multiple locations including Greenwich, London; Buckinghamshire, England; and Berkshire, England.

Land and Freedom (1995)
Ken Loach
In the spring of 1936, a young unemployed journalist leaves his hometown of Liverpool to join the fight against fascism in Spain. This film won two Cannes Film Festival awards. Filmed in Mirambel, Spain and Liverpool, England.

Life Is Beautiful (1997)
Roberto Benigni
In this Oscar winner for Best Leading Actor and Best Foreign Language Film, a Jewish Italian father shields his son from the horrors of life in a concentration camp by making up stories about the daily events for the boy to reinterpret. Originally titled La vita è bella. Filmed in multiple locations including Tuscany.

Marius (2013)
Daniel Auteuil
Marius owns and runs the La Marine Bar with his father, but dreams of setting off to a faraway land. He has been secretly in love with Fanny since childhood, and she him. When Marius is offered a job on an exploratory ship, Fanny confesses her love for him and Marius must choose between her and the sea. Filmed in Marseille, France.

Marius and Jeannette (1997)
Robert Guédiguian
When Marius and Jeannette, two people who are both struggling in life, meet, they learn how to be happy again. Originally titled Marius et Jeannette. This film won six awards, including Best Actress, at the César Awards and Best Film at the Lumières Awards. Filmed in Marseille, France.

Marseille (2004)
Angela Schanelec
When Sophie wants to get away from Berlin, she swaps her apartment for one in Marseille so she can photograph the city. Filmed in Berlin, Germany and Marseille, France.

Money for Nothing (1932)
Monty Banks
In this prince-and-the-pauper story, a down-and-out gambler is mistaken for a wealthy man in Monte Carlo. Filmed in England.

My Friends (1975)
Mario Monicelli
Childhood friends Necchi, Perozzi, Melandri and Mascetti all live in Florence and spend as much time together as possible, traveling around Tuscany telling terrible jokes to anyone who will listen. Melandri falls in love with a professor’s wife; the love does not last, but the professor ends up becoming a great friend to the four men. Originally titled Amici miei. Filmed in Florence.

The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo (1935)
Stephen Roberts
In this romantic comedy set after World War I, a beautiful young woman tricks a Russian aristocrat into returning to Monte Carlo after he has broken the bank at its casino. But after stealing his money, she falls in love with him. This film features nice shots of early 20th-century Monte Carlo. Filmed in Monte Carlo.

The Spanish Apartment (2002)
Cédric Klapisch
This French-Spanish film is the first in a trilogy that focuses on Xavier, a young economics student who travels to Barcelona for a European exchange program. Xavier finds an apartment with six international students and is immersed into a cultural melting pot. Originally titled L’Auberge Espagnole. Filmed in Barcelona.

The Trip to Italy (2014)
Michael Winterbottom
Steve Coogan and his best friend, Rob Brydon, embark on another food tour—this time around Italy, from Liguria to Capri. This film about friendship takes two men to six wonderful places for six meals. Filmed in various locations throughout Italy.

To Catch a Thief (1955)
Alfred Hitchcock
Cary Grant and Grace Kelly star in this romantic thriller about a retired cat burglar trying to entrap another burglar who is preying on wealthy tourists on the French Riviera. Hitchcock nicely conveys the glamour and energy of Monte Carlo, and the movie won an Oscar for Best Cinematography. Filmed in multiple locations including France and Monaco.

Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008)
Woody Allen
While on a summer holiday in Spain, girlfriends Vicky (Rebecca Hall) and Cristina (Scarlett Johansson) take a tour of wildly romantic Barcelona and become enamored with the same painter (Javier Bardem), unaware that his tempestuous ex-wife (Penélope Cruz) is about to re-enter the picture. Cruz won an Oscar for her performance and the film won a Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture. Filmed in multiple locations including Barcelona.

Young Winston (1972)
Richard Attenborough
This historical drama tells the story of Sir Winston Churchill, from his unhappy childhood to his time as a war correspondent in the Second Boer War to his first election to Parliament at the young age of 26. Filmed in multiple locations including Morocco and England.

Alatriste (2006)
Agustín Díaz Yanes
This historically sweeping film depicts 17th-century Spain during the Eighty Years’ War, when soldier-mercenary Captain Alatriste, played by Viggo Mortensen, fights for the Spanish empire and his king, Philip IV. Filmed in multiple locations including Andalusia and Madrid.

Antonio Gaudí (1984)
Hiroshi Teshigahara
A spellbinding visual poem that takes viewers on a tour of Antonio Gaudí’s spectacular architecture in Barcelona, including his massive, still-unfinished masterpiece, La Sagrada Família.

Barcelona (1994)
Whit Stillman
Set during the eighties, the film follows a pair of mismatched American cousins who banter about romance and politics while working in the beautiful city of Barcelona. Filmed in Spain and the United States.

Gosford Park (2001)
Robert Altman
In this period mystery-drama, co-written by Downton Abbey creator Julian Fellowes, a dinner party at an English country house is disrupted by a murder, affecting the lives of both the upstairs guests and the downstairs servants. The movie boasts an incredible ensemble cast, including Helen Mirren, Maggie Smith, Derek Jacobi and Clive Owen. Fellowes received a Best Writing Oscar for his contribution. Filmed in England.

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
Steven Spielberg
With nothing more than a diary that contains clues and a map showing the location of the famous Holy Grail, Indiana Jones and museum curator Marcus Brody set out to find Jones’s father and the Holy Grail before the Nazis do. Filmed in multiple locations including Andalusia, Spain; Venice, Italy; and Petra, Jordan.

La Perla del Mar (2013)
Joachim Jung
Maria, a singer in the Canary Islands, is 86 but performs with jazz musicians much younger than herself. This documentary shows how being in tune with your surroundings can play a significant role in life. Filmed in the Canary Islands.

The Last Run (1971)
Richard Fleischer
George C. Scott and Colleen Dewhurst star in this story of a career criminal wanting to retire in the Portuguese fishing village of Albufeira. Reluctantly, he takes one last job: driving an escaped killer across Spain into France. Filmed in Andalusia.

O Velho do Restelo (2014)
Manoel de Oliveira
A different kind of meeting takes place when Don Quixote, Luís de Camões, Camilo Castelo Branco and Teixeira de Pascoaes meet in a modern city to talk about life. Filmed in Porto.

Talk to Her (2002)
Pedro Almodóvar
When two men, Benigno and Marco, meet at the clinic where Benigno works, an unsuspected destiny begins. Marco’s girlfriend, a bullfighter, has been gored and is in a coma, while Benigno is also looking after another woman who is in a coma. Originally titled Hable con ella. Filmed in multiple locations including Andalusia and Madrid.

Act Normal (2006)
Olaf de Fleur Johannesson
This documentary was filmed over the course of ten years and follows a monk who chooses to live a normal life, discarding his robe and marrying. He later divorces and returns to being a monk. Filmed in Iceland and Thailand.

Children of Nature (1991)
Friðrik Þór Friðriksson
When Thorgeir must leave his home in the Icelandic countryside and move into a home for senior citizens in Reykjavík, he meets an old friend from his childhood and new adventures begin. Originally titled Börn náttúrunnar. Filmed in Iceland.

Cold Fever (1995)
Friðrik Þór Friðriksson
Hirata, a Japanese businessman, is reminded by his grandfather that he has a duty to fulfill: He needs to perform a traditional burial ritual in the place where his parents died seven years earlier. Hirata cancels a vacation to Hawaii and instead travels to Iceland to find the correct location. Originally titled Á köldum klaka. Filmed in Iceland and Tokyo, Japan.

The Danish Poet (2006)
Torill Kove
This Oscar winner for Best Animated Short Film tells the tale of a poet who travels to Norway in search of inspiration. When he arrives, he falls in love with a farmer’s daughter; however, circumstances separate the two until they reunite many years later.

Edvard Munch (1974)
Peter Watkins
This biopic of Norway’s famed expressionist painter spans 30 years of the artist’s life, focusing on the factors that shaped his worldview and artistic sensibilities—from disease and loss to his affair with a married woman.

Herd in Iceland (2013)
Lindsay Blatt, Paul Taggart
This short documentary shows the bond between the people of Iceland and their beloved Icelandic horses, a pure breed that grazes freely in the highlands during the summer months. Each September, the horses are rounded up and reunited with their owners. Filmed in Iceland.

The Heroes of Telemark (1965)
Anthony Mann
Kirk Douglas and Richard Harris star in this film about the World War II Norwegian resistance against German troops, who were manufacturing a component for the atomic bomb. Filmed in Norway.

The Importance of Being Icelandic (1998)
Jon Einarsson Gustafsson
This short documentary follows several emigrants and Icelandic Canadians as they explore their Viking heritage. Filmed in Winnipeg, Canada.

Joanna Lumley in the Land of the Northern Lights (2008)
Archie Baron
This documentary takes viewers to the northernmost part of Norway, often described as the land of the midnight sun. Joanna Lumley travels on dogsleds and snowmobiles in search of dazzling northern lights displays. Filmed in Norway.

The King’s Choice (2016)
Erik Poppe
This film is based on a true story that took place during World War II. When German armed forces invade neutral Norway, the royal family must flee. Crown Princess Märtha escapes to Sweden with the children, while Crown Prince Olav and King Haakon VII depart to a farming region near Elverum where they will meet German troops head-on. Originally titled Kongens nei.

Land Ho! (2014)
Aaron Katz, Martha Stephens
This poignant film explores the relationship between two ex-brothers-in-law who take a road trip through Iceland to recapture their youth while addressing aging, loss and loneliness. Adventures ensue when they stop at trendy spas, campsites and nightclubs. Filmed in Iceland.

The Last Farm (2004)
Rúnar Rúnarsson
In a remote corner of Iceland, Hrafn is doing chores before he and his wife, Gróa, leave for a retirement home in the city. But before their daughter, Lilja, picks them up, Hrafn races to complete some very specific final tasks. Originally titled Síðasti baerinn. Filmed in Iceland.

Rams (2015)
Grímur Hákonarson
Gummi and Kiddi are two brothers who live side by side tending to their sheep, but have not spoken to each other in four decades. When a lethal disease infects Kiddi’s sheep, the brothers come together to save the special breed that has been passed down for generations. Originally titled Hrútar. Filmed in Iceland.

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (2013)
Ben Stiller
Walter Mitty, a negative assets manager at Life magazine, embarks on an adventurous global journey to track down a photojournalist when the negative for the magazine’s final print issue is discovered missing. Filmed in various locations throughout Iceland.

To the Arctic 3D (2012)
Greg MacGillivray
This documentary shows the reality of surviving in the wilderness. Follow the lives of a mother polar bear and her twin 7-month-old cubs as they navigate their way through melting ice, mammoth glaciers, mountain peaks and stunning waterfalls.

Under an Arctic Sky (2017)
Chris Burkard
Set sail with six surfers in this documentary as they search for the perfect surf under the northern lights. Constant darkness, stormy seas and the worst storm to hit the country in 25 years are challenges the surfers must face in trying to reach their goal. Filmed in Iceland.

The Vikings (1958)
Richard Fleischer
This adventure was produced by and stars Kirk Douglas, along with Tony Curtis and Janet Leigh. Based on the sagas of the Norse ruler Ragnar Lodbrok, it was filmed primarily amid the grandeur of Norway’s fjords. Filmed in multiple locations including Croatia, Germany and Norway.

A Hard Day’s Night (1964)
Richard Lester
This British comedy stars the Beatles during the Beatlemania heyday. On their way to a London television broadcast, the Beatles find themselves sidetracked by Paul’s unconventional grandfather and Ringo, who goes missing right before the concert is to be televised. Filmed in multiple locations throughout England.

All About My Mother (1999)
Pedro Almodóvar
In this comedy-drama, a nurse who oversees organ transplants loses her son in a car crash. To break the news to the boy’s father, whom he never knew, she journeys to Barcelona, revisiting colorful characters from her old life and meeting new ones along the way. The film won an Oscar and a Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film. Filmed in multiple locations including A Coruña, Barcelona and Madrid.

Antonio Gaudí (1984)
Hiroshi Teshigahara
A spellbinding visual poem that takes viewers on a tour of Antonio Gaudí’s spectacular architecture in Barcelona, including his massive, still-unfinished masterpiece, La Sagrada Família.

The Adventures of Greyfriars Bobby (2005)
John Henderson
This touching family film set in Edinburgh follows a West Highland White Terrier who refuses to leave the graveside of his deceased owner. Filmed in Scotland, UK and Lancashire, England, UK.

Barcelona (1994)
Whit Stillman
Set during the eighties, the film follows a pair of mismatched American cousins who banter about romance and politics while working in the beautiful city of Barcelona. Filmed in Spain and the United States.

Barry Lyndon (1975)
Stanley Kubrick
Regarded as one of Kubrick’s finest, this film tells the story of an Irish rogue who wins over a wealthy widow so that he can take her dead husband’s position as an aristocrat in 18th-century England. It offers a fine portrayal of English society and class. The film won four Academy Awards, and Kubrick was nominated for a Best Director Oscar. Filmed in multiple locations throughout Ireland and England.

Children of Nature (1991)
Friðrik Þór Friðriksson
When Thorgeir must leave his home in the Icelandic countryside and move into a home for senior citizens in Reykjavík, he meets an old friend from his childhood and new adventures begin. Originally titled Börn náttúrunnar. Filmed in Iceland.

Cold Fever (1995)
Friðrik Þór Friðriksson
Hirata, a Japanese businessman, is reminded by his grandfather that he has a duty to fulfill: He needs to perform a traditional burial ritual in the place where his parents died seven years earlier. Hirata cancels a vacation to Hawaii and instead travels to Iceland to find the correct location. Originally titled Á köldum klaka. Filmed in Iceland and Tokyo, Japan.

Darkest Hour (2017)
Joe Wright
When Winston Churchill replaces Neville Chamberlain as the prime minister of the United Kingdom, he feels pressured to either begin peace negotiations with Hitler or take on the Nazi regime. This multi-award-winning film won Oscars for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role and Best Achievement in Makeup and Hairstyling in 2018. Filmed in multiple locations including Greenwich, Manchester and Yorkshire.

The Dancer Upstairs (2002)
John Malkovich
When a series of attacks against people in politics escalates from remote villages to areas near the capital, Lieutenant Agustin Rejas is assigned to investigate. As a way to relieve the stress of the investigation, Rejas begins to keep company with a dancer and teacher of his teenage daughter’s ballet class. Filmed in multiple locations including Madrid, Spain; Porto, Portugal; and Quito, Ecuador.

Fados (2007)
Carlos Saura
The relationship among music, dance and the culture of Portugal is illustrated in this documentary film. Filmed in Lisbon, Portugal.

Gosford Park (2001)
Robert Altman
In this period mystery-drama, co-written by Downton Abbey creator Julian Fellowes, a dinner party at an English country house is disrupted by a murder, affecting the lives of both the upstairs guests and the downstairs servants. The movie boasts an incredible ensemble cast, including Helen Mirren, Maggie Smith, Derek Jacobi and Clive Owen. Fellowes received a Best Writing Oscar for his contribution. Filmed in England.

Herd in Iceland (2013)
Lindsay Blatt, Paul Taggart
This short documentary shows the bond between the people of Iceland and their beloved Icelandic horses, a pure breed that grazes freely in the highlands during the summer months. Each September, the horses are rounded up and reunited with their owners. Filmed in Iceland.

Icelandic Impressions (2015)
Hannes Guggenberger
See Iceland in the fall. This documentary explores the natural beauty of Iceland at the time when the northern lights season begins. Filmed in Iceland.

The Importance of Being Icelandic (1998)
Jon Einarsson Gustafsson
This short documentary follows several emigrants and Icelandic Canadians as they explore their Viking heritage. Filmed in Winnipeg, Canada.

The Iron Lady (2011)
Phyllida Lloyd
In this biopic, Meryl Streep plays former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, teetering on the edge of reality with dementia and recalling her rise and fall. Streep won an Oscar for her performance. Filmed in London.

Land and Freedom (1995)
Ken Loach
In the spring of 1936, a young unemployed journalist leaves his hometown of Liverpool to join the fight against fascism in Spain. This film won two Cannes Film Festival awards. Filmed in Mirambel, Spain and Liverpool, England.

Land Ho! (2014)
Aaron Katz, Martha Stephens
This poignant film explores the relationship between two ex-brothers-in-law who take a road trip through Iceland to recapture their youth while addressing aging, loss and loneliness. Adventures ensue when they stop at trendy spas, campsites and nightclubs. Filmed in Iceland.

The Last Farm (2004)
Rúnar Rúnarsson
In a remote corner of Iceland, Hrafn is doing chores before he and his wife, Gróa, leave for a retirement home in the city. But before their daughter, Lilja, picks them up, Hrafn races to complete some very specific final tasks. Originally titled Síðasti baerinn. Filmed in Iceland.

The Last Run (1971)
Richard Fleischer
George C. Scott and Colleen Dewhurst star in this story of a career criminal wanting to retire in the Portuguese fishing village of Albufeira. Reluctantly, he takes one last job: driving an escaped killer across Spain into France. Filmed in Andalusia.

Man of La Mancha (1972)
Arthur Hiller
Peter O’Toole and Sophia Loren star in this film adaptation of the much-loved musical. In this “play within a play,” Cervantes casts himself as the mad and wandering knight-errant Don Quixote, enlisting fellow prisoners to play supporting roles as he awaits trial with the Spanish Inquisition.

Mysteries of Lisbon (2010)
Raúl Ruiz
This highly acclaimed movie traces the adventures of a jealous countess, a rich businessman and a young orphaned boy as they travel across Portugal, France and Italy, and to Brazil. Filmed in multiple locations including Lisbon.

Night Train to Lisbon (2013)
Bille August
After an unexpected meeting with a Portuguese woman, Raimund Gregorius, an aging Swiss professor, discovers a small book in the pocket of a coat left behind by the woman. In the book, Raimund finds a train ticket to Lisbon; on a whim, he quits his job and travels to Lisbon to search for her. Filmed in multiple locations including Lisbon.

Oliver Twist (1948)
David Lean
Based on the Charles Dickens novel, Oliver Twist is the story of a boy who is orphaned when his mother dies after giving birth in a workhouse. Oliver is placed in a juvenile home but eventually ends up back at the workhouse; he escapes and travels to London, where he becomes involved with a gang of juveniles. Filmed in England.

O Velho do Restelo (2014)
Manoel de Oliveira
A different kind of meeting takes place when Don Quixote, Luís de Camões, Camilo Castelo Branco and Teixeira de Pascoaes meet in a modern city to talk about life. Filmed in Porto.

The Queen (2006)
Stephen Frears
Dame Helen Mirren turns in an Oscar-winning performance as Queen Elizabeth in this film that profiles the Queen’s attempts to treat Princess Diana’s death as a private family matter. Filmed in multiple locations including London, Paris and Scotland.

Rams (2015)
Grímur Hákonarson
Gummi and Kiddi are two brothers who live side by side tending to their sheep, but have not spoken to each other in four decades. When a lethal disease infects Kiddi’s sheep, the brothers come together to save the special breed that has been passed down for generations. Originally titled Hrútar. Filmed in Iceland.

Rob Roy (1995)
Michael Caton-Jones
Set in early 18th-century Scotland, this film is about Rob Roy MacGregor, a Scottish clan chief who battles with a nobleman in the Scottish Highlands. This film garnered an Oscar nomination for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for Tim Roth. Filmed in Scotland, UK.

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (2013)
Ben Stiller
Walter Mitty, a negative assets manager at Life magazine, embarks on an adventurous global journey to track down a photojournalist when the negative for the magazine’s final print issue is discovered missing. Filmed in various locations throughout Iceland.

Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008)
Woody Allen
While on a summer holiday in Spain, girlfriends Vicky (Rebecca Hall) and Cristina (Scarlett Johansson) take a tour of wildly romantic Barcelona and become enamored with the same painter (Javier Bardem), unaware that his tempestuous ex-wife (Penélope Cruz) is about to re-enter the picture. Cruz won an Oscar for her performance and the film won a Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture. Filmed in multiple locations including Barcelona.

Act Normal (2006)
Olaf de Fleur Johannesson
This documentary was filmed over the course of ten years and follows a monk who chooses to live a normal life, discarding his robe and marrying. He later divorces and returns to being a monk. Filmed in Iceland and Thailand.

Atlantic Rhapsody: 52 Scenes from Tórshavn (1990)
Katrin Ottarsdóttir
This comedy-drama connects the lives of individuals residing in Tórshavn, Faroe Islands. Within 24 hours, their entertaining stories unfold as one scene merges into the next. Filmed in the Faroe Islands.

Children of Nature (1991)
Friðrik Þór Friðriksson
When Thorgeir must leave his home in the Icelandic countryside and move into a home for senior citizens in Reykjavík, he meets an old friend from his childhood and new adventures begin. Originally titled Börn náttúrunnar. Filmed in Iceland.

Cold Fever (1995)
Friðrik Þór Friðriksson
Hirata, a Japanese businessman, is reminded by his grandfather that he has a duty to fulfill: He needs to perform a traditional burial ritual in the place where his parents died seven years earlier. Hirata cancels a vacation to Hawaii and instead travels to Iceland to find the correct location. Originally titled Á köldum klaka. Filmed in Iceland and Tokyo, Japan.

The Danish Poet (2006)
Torill Kove
This Oscar winner for Best Animated Short Film tells the tale of a poet who travels to Norway in search of inspiration. When he arrives, he falls in love with a farmer’s daughter; however, circumstances separate the two until they reunite many years later.

Edvard Munch (1974)
Peter Watkins
This biopic of Norway’s famed expressionist painter spans 30 years of the artist’s life, focusing on the factors that shaped his worldview and artistic sensibilities—from disease and loss to his affair with a married woman.

Gló(ð) (2012)
Maria Winther Olsen and Sára Wang
This short coming-of-age film is about searching for true identity. A girl finds a pair of ballet shoes in a small cottage; when she puts them on, dancers appear dressed in black. Filmed in the Faroe Islands.

Herd in Iceland (2013)
Lindsay Blatt, Paul Taggart
This short documentary shows the bond between the people of Iceland and their beloved Icelandic horses, a pure breed that grazes freely in the highlands during the summer months. Each September, the horses are rounded up and reunited with their owners. Filmed in Iceland.

Home (2009)
Yann Arthus-Bertand
This documentary shows aerial footage from 54 countries and depicts how Earth’s problems are all interlinked.

The Heroes of Telemark (1965)
Anthony Mann
Kirk Douglas and Richard Harris star in this film about the World War II Norwegian resistance against German troops, who were manufacturing a component for the atomic bomb. Filmed in Norway.

Icelandic Impressions (2015)
Hannes Guggenberger
See Iceland in the fall. This documentary explores the natural beauty of Iceland at the time when the northern lights season begins. Filmed in Iceland.

The Importance of Being Icelandic (1998)
Jon Einarsson Gustafsson
This short documentary follows several emigrants and Icelandic Canadians as they explore their Viking heritage. Filmed in Winnipeg, Canada.

The Islands and the Whales (2016)
Mike Day
Faroe Islanders are facing a modern-day struggle when it comes to one of their traditional sources of food: whale. The whales have become toxic due to contamination, and now the islanders must choose between health and tradition. Filmed in the Faroe Islands.

Kon-Tiki (2012)
Joachim Rønning, Espen Sandberg
In this dramatic retelling of Thor Heyerdahl’s 4,300-mile expedition of 1947, the Norwegian explorer proves naysayers wrong by sailing a balsa wood raft across the Pacific from South America to Polynesia. Filmed in multiple locations including Bulgaria, Malta, Norway, Sweden and Thailand.

The King’s Choice (2016)
Erik Poppe
This film is based on a true story that took place during World War II. When German armed forces invade neutral Norway, the royal family must flee. Crown Princess Märtha escapes to Sweden with the children, while Crown Prince Olav and King Haakon VII depart to a farming region near Elverum where they will meet German troops head-on. Originally titled Kongens nei.

Land Ho! (2014)
Aaron Katz, Martha Stephens
This poignant film explores the relationship between two ex-brothers-in-law who take a road trip through Iceland to recapture their youth while addressing aging, loss and loneliness. Adventures ensue when they stop at trendy spas, campsites and nightclubs. Filmed in Iceland.

The Last Farm (2004)
Rúnar Rúnarsson
In a remote corner of Iceland, Hrafn is doing chores before he and his wife, Gróa, leave for a retirement home in the city. But before their daughter, Lilja, picks them up, Hrafn races to complete some very specific final tasks. Originally titled Síðasti baerinn. Filmed in Iceland.

Rams (2015)
Grímur Hákonarson
Gummi and Kiddi are two brothers who live side by side tending to their sheep, but have not spoken to each other in four decades. When a lethal disease infects Kiddi’s sheep, the brothers come together to save the special breed that has been passed down for generations. Originally titled Hrútar. Filmed in Iceland.

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (2013)
Ben Stiller
Walter Mitty, a negative assets manager at Life magazine, embarks on an adventurous global journey to track down a photojournalist when the negative for the magazine’s final print issue is discovered missing. Filmed in various locations throughout Iceland.

Under an Arctic Sky (2017)
Chris Burkard
Set sail with six surfers in this documentary as they search for the perfect surf under the northern lights. Constant darkness, stormy seas and the worst storm to hit the country in 25 years are challenges the surfers must face in trying to reach their goal. Filmed in Iceland.

The Vikings (1958)
Richard Fleischer
This adventure was produced by and stars Kirk Douglas, along with Tony Curtis and Janet Leigh. Based on the sagas of the Norse ruler Ragnar Lodbrok, it was filmed primarily amid the grandeur of Norway’s fjords. Filmed in multiple locations including Croatia, Germany and Norway.

Winter Morning (2014)
Sakaris Stórá
This film is about the bond shared between two teenage girls. Maria and Birita live in a small community in the Faroe Islands. When their friendship leads them to a turning point in their lives, Maria and Birita must address love and identity. Originally titled Vetrarmorgun.

Act Normal (2006)
Olaf de Fleur Johannesson
This documentary was filmed over the course of ten years and follows a monk who chooses to live a normal life, discarding his robe and marrying. He later divorces and returns to being a monk. Filmed in Iceland and Thailand.

Children of Nature (1991)
Friðrik Þór Friðriksson
When Thorgeir must leave his home in the Icelandic countryside and move into a home for senior citizens in Reykjavík, he meets an old friend from his childhood and new adventures begin. Originally titled Börn náttúrunnar. Filmed in Iceland.

Cold Fever (1995)
Friðrik Þór Friðriksson
Hirata, a Japanese businessman, is reminded by his grandfather that he has a duty to fulfill: He needs to perform a traditional burial ritual in the place where his parents died seven years earlier. Hirata cancels a vacation to Hawaii and instead travels to Iceland to find the correct location. Originally titled Á köldum klaka. Filmed in Iceland and Tokyo, Japan.

Herd in Iceland (2013)
Lindsay Blatt, Paul Taggart
This short documentary shows the bond between the people of Iceland and their beloved Icelandic horses, a pure breed that grazes freely in the highlands during the summer months. Each September, the horses are rounded up and reunited with their owners. Filmed in Iceland.

The Importance of Being Icelandic (1998)
Jon Einarsson Gustafsson
This short documentary follows several emigrants and Icelandic Canadians as they explore their Viking heritage. Filmed in Winnipeg, Canada.

Land Ho! (2014)
Aaron Katz, Martha Stephens
This poignant film explores the relationship between two ex-brothers-in-law who take a road trip through Iceland to recapture their youth while addressing aging, loss and loneliness. Adventures ensue when they stop at trendy spas, campsites and nightclubs. Filmed in Iceland.

The Last Farm (2004)
Rúnar Rúnarsson
In a remote corner of Iceland, Hrafn is doing chores before he and his wife, Gróa, leave for a retirement home in the city. But before their daughter, Lilja, picks them up, Hrafn races to complete some very specific final tasks. Originally titled Síðasti baerinn. Filmed in Iceland.

Rams (2015)
Grímur Hákonarson
Gummi and Kiddi are two brothers who live side by side tending to their sheep, but have not spoken to each other in four decades. When a lethal disease infects Kiddi’s sheep, the brothers come together to save the special breed that has been passed down for generations. Originally titled Hrútar. Filmed in Iceland.

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (2013)
Ben Stiller
Walter Mitty, a negative assets manager at Life magazine, embarks on an adventurous global journey to track down a photojournalist when the negative for the magazine’s final print issue is discovered missing. Filmed in various locations throughout Iceland.

Under an Arctic Sky (2017)
Chris Burkard
Set sail with six surfers in this documentary as they search for the perfect surf under the northern lights. Constant darkness, stormy seas and the worst storm to hit the country in 25 years are challenges the surfers must face in trying to reach their goal. Filmed in Iceland.

Act Normal (2006)
Olaf de Fleur Johannesson
This documentary was filmed over the course of ten years and follows a monk who chooses to live a normal life, discarding his robe and marrying. He later divorces and returns to being a monk. Filmed in Iceland and Thailand.

Children of Nature (1991)
Friðrik Þór Friðriksson
When Thorgeir must leave his home in the Icelandic countryside and move into a home for senior citizens in Reykjavík, he meets an old friend from his childhood and new adventures begin. Originally titled Börn náttúrunnar. Filmed in Iceland.

Cold Fever (1995)
Friðrik Þór Friðriksson
Hirata, a Japanese businessman, is reminded by his grandfather that he has a duty to fulfill: He needs to perform a traditional burial ritual in the place where his parents died seven years earlier. Hirata cancels a vacation to Hawaii and instead travels to Iceland to find the correct location. Originally titled Á köldum klaka. Filmed in Iceland and Tokyo, Japan.

The Expedition to the End of the World (2013)
Daniel Dencik
On a three-mast schooner, artists and scientists with ambitions worthy of Noah or Columbus set off toward the “end of the world”: the rapidly melting ice massifs in northeastern Greenland. Originally titled Ekspeditionen til verdens ende. Filmed in Greenland.

Herd in Iceland (2013)
Lindsay Blatt, Paul Taggart
This short documentary shows the bond between the people of Iceland and their beloved Icelandic horses, a pure breed that grazes freely in the highlands during the summer months. Each September, the horses are rounded up and reunited with their owners. Filmed in Iceland.

Inuk (2010)
Mike Magidson
Several years after losing his father, Inuk learns the ways of his people again. Filmed in Greenland.

The Importance of Being Icelandic (1998)
Jon Einarsson Gustafsson
This short documentary follows several emigrants and Icelandic Canadians as they explore their Viking heritage. Filmed in Winnipeg, Canada.

Land Ho! (2014)
Aaron Katz, Martha Stephens
This poignant film explores the relationship between two ex-brothers-in-law who take a road trip through Iceland to recapture their youth while addressing aging, loss and loneliness. Adventures ensue when they stop at trendy spas, campsites and nightclubs. Filmed in Iceland.

The Last Farm (2004)
Rúnar Rúnarsson
In a remote corner of Iceland, Hrafn is doing chores before he and his wife, Gróa, leave for a retirement home in the city. But before their daughter, Lilja, picks them up, Hrafn races to complete some very specific final tasks. Originally titled Síðasti baerinn. Filmed in Iceland.

Maudie (2016)
Aisling Walsh
Set in 1930s rural Nova Scotia, this film is about a woman, Maud, who suffers from rheumatoid arthritis. Despite her arthritic pain, Maud decides to seek work and negotiates her way into a job as a housekeeper in exchange for room and board. To keep a positive attitude, Maud begins to paint and eventually becomes a beloved figure in the community. Filmed in Newfoundland.

Moving Day (2012)
Mike Clattenburg
When a moving company begins to fall apart, a group of four men who work for the company must learn how to face their challenges and move forward in life. Filmed in Halifax.

Operation Blue Jay (1953)
United States Army Signal Corps
Operation Blue Jay is a short documentary film about the building of Thule Air Base in Greenland. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short. Filmed in Greenland.

Operation Blue Jay (1953)
United States Army Signal Corps
Operation Blue Jay is a short documentary film about the building of Thule Air Base in Greenland. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short. Filmed in Greenland.

Rams (2015)
Grímur Hákonarson
Gummi and Kiddi are two brothers who live side by side tending to their sheep, but have not spoken to each other in four decades. When a lethal disease infects Kiddi’s sheep, the brothers come together to save the special breed that has been passed down for generations. Originally titled Hrútar. Filmed in Iceland.

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (2013)
Ben Stiller
Walter Mitty, a negative assets manager at Life magazine, embarks on an adventurous global journey to track down a photojournalist when the negative for the magazine’s final print issue is discovered missing. Filmed in various locations throughout Iceland.

Under an Arctic Sky (2017)
Chris Burkard
Set sail with six surfers in this documentary as they search for the perfect surf under the northern lights. Constant darkness, stormy seas and the worst storm to hit the country in 25 years are challenges the surfers must face in trying to reach their goal. Filmed in Iceland.

Vanishing Point (2012)
Stephen A. Smith, Julia Szucs
This documentary/adventure biography follows Navarana, an Inughuit elder who lives in the most remote corner of the planet—the northwestern tip of Greenland.

Alexander (2004)
Oliver Stone
Based on the life of Alexander the Great, this epic historic drama with Colin Farrell in the title role focuses on the king’s great conquests and his relationships with his parents; his wife, Roxana; and his tutor, Aristotle.

All About My Mother (1999)
Pedro Almodóvar
In this comedy-drama, a nurse who oversees organ transplants loses her son in a car crash. To break the news to the boy’s father, whom he never knew, she journeys to Barcelona, revisiting colorful characters from her old life and meeting new ones along the way. The film won an Oscar and a Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film. Filmed in multiple locations including A Coruña, Barcelona and Madrid.

Antonio Gaudí (1984)
Hiroshi Teshigahara
A spellbinding visual poem that takes viewers on a tour of Antonio Gaudí’s spectacular architecture in Barcelona, including his massive, still-unfinished masterpiece, La Sagrada Família.

A Touch of Spice (2003)
Tassos Boulmetis
When Fanis was a young boy growing up in Istanbul, his grandfather taught him that life and food both require a little salt to give them flavor. Thirty-five years after leaving Istanbul for Athens, Greece, Fanis returns to reunite with his grandfather and first love. Originally titled Politiki kouzina. This film won 11 awards, including Best Director, Best Screenplay and Best Cinematography, at the Thessaloníki Film Festival. Filmed in multiple locations including Athens, Greece; Lavrio, Greece; and Istanbul, Turkey.

Barcelona (1994)
Whit Stillman
Set during the eighties, the film follows a pair of mismatched American cousins who banter about romance and politics while working in the beautiful city of Barcelona. Filmed in Spain and the United States.

Barcelona (1994)
Whit Stillman
Set during the eighties, the film follows a pair of mismatched American cousins who banter about romance and politics while working in the beautiful city of Barcelona. Filmed in Spain and the United States.

Bicycle Thieves (1948)
Vittorio De Sica
This moving film follows a poor, desperate father as he searches post-war Rome for his stolen bicycle; without it, he will lose the job that allows him to provide for his family. Filmed in Rome.

Biutiful (2010)
Alejandro González Iñárritu
After being diagnosed with terminal cancer, Uxbal, a single father of two, is forced to reckon with his life in order to escape crime in underground Barcelona and regain spiritual insight. Filmed in Barcelona and Navarra.

Bread and Tulips (2000)
Silvio Soldini
This romantic comedy follows a housewife who gets left behind during a family vacation. As she makes her way home, she impulsively detours to Venice and builds a new life—only to be admonished by her sister to return to her old one. Originally titled Pane e tulipani. Filmed in multiple locations including Rome, Salerno and Venice.

The Bandit (1996)
Yavuz Turgul
This highly popular Turkish drama is considered the savior of Turkish cinema, which was flailing when the film was released. In it, a bandit travels across Turkey to Istanbul after serving a 35-year jail sentence in search of the man who betrayed him. Hailed for its blend of fairy tale and realism, it provides lovely brushstrokes of Turkey. Filmed in Istanbul and Sanliurfa.

Carthage in Flames (1960)
Carmine Gallone
This Italian historic drama chronicles the final days of the Punic Wars as the Roman Empire descends upon Carthage. Filmed in Rome, Italy.

Crossing the Bridge: The Sound of Istanbul (2005)
Fatih Akin
Discover the vibrant music of Istanbul in a documentary that includes both traditional and modern Turkish music. This film won one award and was nominated for two. Filmed in Istanbul, Turkey.

Eat Pray Love (2010)
Ryan Murphy
A woman realizes how unhappy her marriage is and that her life needs to go in a different direction. After a painful divorce, she takes off on an around-the-world journey to “find herself.” Filmed in multiple locations including Bali, Delhi, New York City and Rome.

Fanny (2013)
Daniel Auteuil
The second part of the “Marseille trilogy,” Fanny is now abandoned by Marius and pregnant. Her mother and Marius’s father, César, encourages Fanny to open herself up to the advances of an older, wealthy man. Filmed in Marseille, France.

Future Lasts Forever (2011)
Özcan Alper
This beautifully wrought film tells the story of a young music student who travels to southeastern Turkey to record traditional Turkish music; in the process, she confronts a difficult past. The film nicely captures a rich culture and starkly beautiful scenery. Filmed in Turkey.

Gallipoli (1981)
Peter Weir
In this Australian film starring Mel Gibson, several young men from the western part of the continent enlist in the army during World War I. The story provides a fascinating examination of the loss of innocence in the face of war as the friends head to the front lines of Gallipoli, site of the horrific battle.

Grace of Monaco (2014)
Olivier Dahan
This French-American film traces the glamorous life of Grace Kelly, the American actress who left her film career to marry Prince Rainier III of Monaco. The movie includes sweeping shots of the French Riviera. Nicole Kidman plays the starring role. Filmed in multiple locations including France, Italy and Monaco.

Grace of Monaco (2014)
Olivier Dahan
This French-American film traces the glamorous life of Grace Kelly, the American actress who left her film career to marry Prince Rainier III of Monaco. The movie includes sweeping shots of the French Riviera. Nicole Kidman plays the starring role. Filmed in multiple locations including France, Italy and Monaco.

The Gospel of John (2014)
David Batty
This film is a word-for-word adaptation of the Gospel of John and offers a modern visual perspective on the life of Jesus Christ, including his miracles, final words, death and resurrection.

The Great Beauty (2013)
Paolo Sorrentino
After his 65th birthday, witty and arrogant novelist Jep Gambardella is blindsided by an ex-lover’s secret. He begins to reexamine his lavish lifestyle—frequenting nightclubs, parties and cafés—to seek a different side of Rome. Originally titled La grande bellezza. Filmed in various locations throughout Rome.

Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo (1977)
Vincent McEveety
In the third installment of this beloved Disney franchise, “Herbie the Love Bug”—an anthropomorphized Volkswagen Beetle—joins a rally from Paris to Monte Carlo with his race car–driving owner. The race is loosely based on the famed Monte Carlo Rally, which culminates in the Mediterranean city. Filmed in multiple locations including Monte Carlo, Monaco and Paris, France.

If It’s Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium (1969)
Mel Stuart
A group of American tourists takes an 18-day guided bus tour of nine European countries (from London to Rome) and humor ensues. Filmed in multiple locations including London, Luxembourg, Rome and Venice.

Istanbul Beneath My Wings (1996)
Mustafa Altioklar
This is the incredible true story of one man’s flight across the Bosphorus Strait from Galata on the wings of his 17th-century manmade flying contraption, which he modeled after drawings by Leonardo da Vinci.

Kaleidoscope (1966)
Jack Smight
Warren Beatty and Susannah York star in this crime film about a playboy who infiltrates a manufacturer of playing cards so he can win big at card tables throughout Europe, including the famous Monte Carlo Casino where some of the movie was shot. Filmed in England.

La Dolce Vita (1960)
Federico Fellini
Fellini’s classic drama follows a journalist, played by Marcello Mastroianni, through Rome for seven days as he searches for love, happiness and the good life; widely considered one of the best films of all time, it features the famous scene in the Trevi Fountain with Anita Ekberg. Filmed in Rome.

Land and Freedom (1995)
Ken Loach
In the spring of 1936, a young unemployed journalist leaves his hometown of Liverpool to join the fight against fascism in Spain. This film won two Cannes Film Festival awards. Filmed in Mirambel, Spain and Liverpool, England.

Life Is Beautiful (1997)
Roberto Benigni
In this Oscar winner for Best Leading Actor and Best Foreign Language Film, a Jewish Italian father shields his son from the horrors of life in a concentration camp by making up stories about the daily events for the boy to reinterpret. Originally titled La vita è bella. Filmed in multiple locations including Tuscany.

Maikol Yordan Traveling Lost (2014)
Miguel Alejandro Gómez
Maikol Yordan’s family farm is close to being sold by a bank. With the hope of paying off the bank debt, Maikol enters contests and promotions and wins a trip to Europe. Originally titled Maikol Yordan de Viaje Perdido. Filmed in Costa Rica, England, France and Italy.

Marius (2013)
Daniel Auteuil
Marius owns and runs the La Marine Bar with his father, but dreams of setting off to a faraway land. He has been secretly in love with Fanny since childhood, and she him. When Marius is offered a job on an exploratory ship, Fanny confesses her love for him and Marius must choose between her and the sea. Filmed in Marseille, France.

Marius and Jeannette (1997)
Robert Guédiguian
When Marius and Jeannette, two people who are both struggling in life, meet, they learn how to be happy again. Originally titled Marius et Jeannette. This film won six awards, including Best Actress, at the César Awards and Best Film at the Lumières Awards. Filmed in Marseille, France.

Marseille (2004)
Angela Schanelec
When Sophie wants to get away from Berlin, she swaps her apartment for one in Marseille so she can photograph the city. Filmed in Berlin, Germany and Marseille, France.

Marseille (2004)
Angela Schanelec
When Sophie wants to get away from Berlin, she swaps her apartment for one in Marseille so she can photograph the city. Filmed in Berlin, Germany and Marseille, France.

Money for Nothing (1932)
Monty Banks
In this prince-and-the-pauper story, a down-and-out gambler is mistaken for a wealthy man in Monte Carlo. Filmed in England.

My Friends (1975)
Mario Monicelli
Childhood friends Necchi, Perozzi, Melandri and Mascetti all live in Florence and spend as much time together as possible, traveling around Tuscany telling terrible jokes to anyone who will listen. Melandri falls in love with a professor’s wife; the love does not last, but the professor ends up becoming a great friend to the four men. Originally titled Amici miei. Filmed in Florence.

The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo (1935)
Stephen Roberts
In this romantic comedy set after World War I, a beautiful young woman tricks a Russian aristocrat into returning to Monte Carlo after he has broken the bank at its casino. But after stealing his money, she falls in love with him. This film features nice shots of early 20th-century Monte Carlo. Filmed in Monte Carlo.

Outlaw Girl (1950)
Mario Camerini
Beppe Musolino is innocent but found guilty of murder. He escapes from prison and, while on the run, meets and falls in love with a village girl. Together they track down the people who were responsible for the guilty verdict. Originally titled Il Brigante Musolino. Filmed in Calabria, Italy.

The Postman (1994)
Michael Radford, Massimo Troisi
A simple Italian postman learns to love poetry while delivering mail to a famous poet; he uses this gift to woo the local beauty, Beatrice. Originally titled Il postino. Filmed in Naples and Sicily.

Roman Holiday (1953)
William Wyler
Audrey Hepburn and Gregory Peck star in this romantic comedy about a reporter following a royal princess who attempts to remain incognito as she sightsees in Rome. Hepburn won a Best Actress Academy Award for her performance. Filmed in Rome.

Senso (1954)
Luchino Visconti
A feast for the eyes set in 1860s Italy, this melodrama plays out against the atmospheric backdrop of Venice, from La Fenice Opera House to St. Mark’s Square. Filmed in Rome and Venice.

Spectre (2015)
Sam Mendes
A cryptic message sends James Bond to Mexico City and then Rome, where he uncovers a sinister organization known as Spectre. As Bond learns more about Spectre, he discovers a connection between himself and the enemy he seeks. Filmed in multiple locations including Rome.

The Spanish Apartment (2002)
Cédric Klapisch
This French-Spanish film is the first in a trilogy that focuses on Xavier, a young economics student who travels to Barcelona for a European exchange program. Xavier finds an apartment with six international students and is immersed into a cultural melting pot. Originally titled L’Auberge Espagnole. Filmed in Barcelona.

The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999)
Anthony Minghella
In this psychological thriller starring Matt Damon, Gwyneth Paltrow and Jude Law, con man and compulsive liar Tom Ripley travels to Italy to ingratiate himself with the son of a shipping magnate and persuade him to return stateside and join his father’s business. Nominated for five Academy Awards and one Golden Globe. Filmed in various locations throughout Italy.

The Two Faces of January (2014)
Hossein Amini
When glamorous American couple Chester and Colette arrive in Athens, they befriend a Greek-speaking American, Rydal, who becomes enraptured with Colette. Soon, Rydal is drawn into the dark side of Chester’s life. This film was nominated for three awards. Filmed in multiple locations including Athens, Greece; Crete, Greece; and Istanbul, Turkey.

To Catch a Thief (1955)
Alfred Hitchcock
Cary Grant and Grace Kelly star in this romantic thriller about a retired cat burglar trying to entrap another burglar who is preying on wealthy tourists on the French Riviera. Hitchcock nicely conveys the glamour and energy of Monte Carlo, and the movie won an Oscar for Best Cinematography. Filmed in multiple locations including France and Monaco.

To Catch a Thief (1955)
Alfred Hitchcock
Cary Grant and Grace Kelly star in this romantic thriller about a retired cat burglar trying to entrap another burglar who is preying on wealthy tourists on the French Riviera. Hitchcock nicely conveys the glamour and energy of Monte Carlo, and the movie won an Oscar for Best Cinematography. Filmed in multiple locations including France and Monaco.

Topkapi (1964)
Jules Dassin
This fascinating heist movie follows a band of conniving criminals as they plot to steal an emerald-laid dagger from Istanbul’s Topkapi Palace. The film features Maximilian Schell and Peter Ustinov, and offers a mid-century look at the rich colors and flavors of Istanbul. Filmed in multiple locations including Istanbul.

Under the Tuscan Sun (2003)
Audrey Wells
Based on Frances Mayes’s best-selling memoir, this lighthearted film tells the story of a recently divorced writer, played by Diane Lane, who buys a Tuscan villa with the hope of changing her life. Filmed in multiple locations including Rome and Salerno.

Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008)
Woody Allen
While on a summer holiday in Spain, girlfriends Vicky (Rebecca Hall) and Cristina (Scarlett Johansson) take a tour of wildly romantic Barcelona and become enamored with the same painter (Javier Bardem), unaware that his tempestuous ex-wife (Penélope Cruz) is about to re-enter the picture. Cruz won an Oscar for her performance and the film won a Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture. Filmed in multiple locations including Barcelona.

Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008)
Woody Allen
While on a summer holiday in Spain, girlfriends Vicky (Rebecca Hall) and Cristina (Scarlett Johansson) take a tour of wildly romantic Barcelona and become enamored with the same painter (Javier Bardem), unaware that his tempestuous ex-wife (Penélope Cruz) is about to re-enter the picture. Cruz won an Oscar for her performance and the film won a Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture. Filmed in multiple locations including Barcelona.

The Water Diviner (2014)
Russell Crowe
Connor, an Australian farmer, is on a quest to find his three missing sons, who have been reported as missing in action after the Battle of Gallipoli. While in Istanbul, he is befriended by a Turkish woman. Filmed in multiple locations including South Australia, Australia and Istanbul, Turkey.

Walking on Sunshine (2014)
Max Giwa and Dania Pasquini
Set in a stunning coastal village in present-day Italy, this musical romance follows Maddie, a woman who decides to marry a man after a speedy romance. When Maddie invites her sister, Taylor, to the wedding, it is revealed that the man Maddie is going to marry is the same man with whom Taylor had a holiday fling years earlier. Filmed in the Salento region of Puglia.

Youth (2015)
Paolo Sorrentino
When two longtime friends go on vacation in Switzerland, they spend their time in an elegant hotel sharing stories about their children, other hotel guests and their day-to-day lives. Fred, a retired conductor and composer, learns that someone wants to hear him conduct again, while Mick, a film director, is determined to finish the screenplay for his final film. Filmed in multiple locations including Kanton Bern, Switzerland; Rome, Italy; and Venice, Italy.

Zorba the Greek (1964)
Michael Cacoyannis
In this drama based on the Nikos Kazantzakis novel, Anthony Quinn plays larger-than-life Zorba, who travels to Crete with a new friend to advise him in a burgeoning mining operation. Romantic and personal entanglements follow in this passion-filled film. Winner of three Academy Awards (for Cinematography, Art Direction and Best Actress in a Supporting Role for Lila Kedrova). Filmed in Crete, Greece.

All About My Mother (1999)
Pedro Almodóvar
In this comedy-drama, a nurse who oversees organ transplants loses her son in a car crash. To break the news to the boy’s father, whom he never knew, she journeys to Barcelona, revisiting colorful characters from her old life and meeting new ones along the way. The film won an Oscar and a Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film. Filmed in multiple locations including A Coruña, Barcelona and Madrid.

Antonio Gaudí (1984)
Hiroshi Teshigahara
A spellbinding visual poem that takes viewers on a tour of Antonio Gaudí’s spectacular architecture in Barcelona, including his massive, still-unfinished masterpiece, La Sagrada Família.

Barcelona (1994)
Whit Stillman
Set during the eighties, the film follows a pair of mismatched American cousins who banter about romance and politics while working in the beautiful city of Barcelona. Filmed in Spain and the United States.

Biutiful (2010)
Alejandro González Iñárritu
After being diagnosed with terminal cancer, Uxbal, a single father of two, is forced to reckon with his life in order to escape crime in underground Barcelona and regain spiritual insight. Filmed in Barcelona and Navarra.

Fanny (2013)
Daniel Auteuil
The second part of the “Marseille trilogy,” Fanny is now abandoned by Marius and pregnant. Her mother and Marius’s father, César, encourages Fanny to open herself up to the advances of an older, wealthy man. Filmed in Marseille, France.

Grace of Monaco (2014)
Olivier Dahan
This French-American film traces the glamorous life of Grace Kelly, the American actress who left her film career to marry Prince Rainier III of Monaco. The movie includes sweeping shots of the French Riviera. Nicole Kidman plays the starring role. Filmed in multiple locations including France, Italy and Monaco.

Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo (1977)
Vincent McEveety
In the third installment of this beloved Disney franchise, “Herbie the Love Bug”—an anthropomorphized Volkswagen Beetle—joins a rally from Paris to Monte Carlo with his race car–driving owner. The race is loosely based on the famed Monte Carlo Rally, which culminates in the Mediterranean city. Filmed in multiple locations including Monte Carlo, Monaco and Paris, France.

Kaleidoscope (1966)
Jack Smight
Warren Beatty and Susannah York star in this crime film about a playboy who infiltrates a manufacturer of playing cards so he can win big at card tables throughout Europe, including the famous Monte Carlo Casino where some of the movie was shot. Filmed in England.

Land and Freedom (1995)
Ken Loach
In the spring of 1936, a young unemployed journalist leaves his hometown of Liverpool to join the fight against fascism in Spain. This film won two Cannes Film Festival awards. Filmed in Mirambel, Spain and Liverpool, England.

Life Is Beautiful (1997)
Roberto Benigni
In this Oscar winner for Best Leading Actor and Best Foreign Language Film, a Jewish Italian father shields his son from the horrors of life in a concentration camp by making up stories about the daily events for the boy to reinterpret. Originally titled La vita è bella. Filmed in multiple locations including Tuscany.

Marius (2013)
Daniel Auteuil
Marius owns and runs the La Marine Bar with his father, but dreams of setting off to a faraway land. He has been secretly in love with Fanny since childhood, and she him. When Marius is offered a job on an exploratory ship, Fanny confesses her love for him and Marius must choose between her and the sea. Filmed in Marseille, France.

Marius and Jeannette (1997)
Robert Guédiguian
When Marius and Jeannette, two people who are both struggling in life, meet, they learn how to be happy again. Originally titled Marius et Jeannette. This film won six awards, including Best Actress, at the César Awards and Best Film at the Lumières Awards. Filmed in Marseille, France.

Marseille (2004)
Angela Schanelec
When Sophie wants to get away from Berlin, she swaps her apartment for one in Marseille so she can photograph the city. Filmed in Berlin, Germany and Marseille, France.

Money for Nothing (1932)
Monty Banks
In this prince-and-the-pauper story, a down-and-out gambler is mistaken for a wealthy man in Monte Carlo. Filmed in England.

My Friends (1975)
Mario Monicelli
Childhood friends Necchi, Perozzi, Melandri and Mascetti all live in Florence and spend as much time together as possible, traveling around Tuscany telling terrible jokes to anyone who will listen. Melandri falls in love with a professor’s wife; the love does not last, but the professor ends up becoming a great friend to the four men. Originally titled Amici miei. Filmed in Florence.

The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo (1935)
Stephen Roberts
In this romantic comedy set after World War I, a beautiful young woman tricks a Russian aristocrat into returning to Monte Carlo after he has broken the bank at its casino. But after stealing his money, she falls in love with him. This film features nice shots of early 20th-century Monte Carlo. Filmed in Monte Carlo.

The Spanish Apartment (2002)
Cédric Klapisch
This French-Spanish film is the first in a trilogy that focuses on Xavier, a young economics student who travels to Barcelona for a European exchange program. Xavier finds an apartment with six international students and is immersed into a cultural melting pot. Originally titled L’Auberge Espagnole. Filmed in Barcelona.

The Trip to Italy (2014)
Michael Winterbottom
Steve Coogan and his best friend, Rob Brydon, embark on another food tour—this time around Italy, from Liguria to Capri. This film about friendship takes two men to six wonderful places for six meals. Filmed in various locations throughout Italy.

To Catch a Thief (1955)
Alfred Hitchcock
Cary Grant and Grace Kelly star in this romantic thriller about a retired cat burglar trying to entrap another burglar who is preying on wealthy tourists on the French Riviera. Hitchcock nicely conveys the glamour and energy of Monte Carlo, and the movie won an Oscar for Best Cinematography. Filmed in multiple locations including France and Monaco.

Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008)
Woody Allen
While on a summer holiday in Spain, girlfriends Vicky (Rebecca Hall) and Cristina (Scarlett Johansson) take a tour of wildly romantic Barcelona and become enamored with the same painter (Javier Bardem), unaware that his tempestuous ex-wife (Penélope Cruz) is about to re-enter the picture. Cruz won an Oscar for her performance and the film won a Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture. Filmed in multiple locations including Barcelona.

Alexander (2004)
Oliver Stone
Based on the life of Alexander the Great, this epic historic drama with Colin Farrell in the title role focuses on the king’s great conquests and his relationships with his parents; his wife, Roxana; and his tutor, Aristotle.

All About My Mother (1999)
Pedro Almodóvar
In this comedy-drama, a nurse who oversees organ transplants loses her son in a car crash. To break the news to the boy’s father, whom he never knew, she journeys to Barcelona, revisiting colorful characters from her old life and meeting new ones along the way. The film won an Oscar and a Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film. Filmed in multiple locations including A Coruña, Barcelona and Madrid.

Antonio Gaudí (1984)
Hiroshi Teshigahara
A spellbinding visual poem that takes viewers on a tour of Antonio Gaudí’s spectacular architecture in Barcelona, including his massive, still-unfinished masterpiece, La Sagrada Família.

Barcelona (1994)
Whit Stillman
Set during the eighties, the film follows a pair of mismatched American cousins who banter about romance and politics while working in the beautiful city of Barcelona. Filmed in Spain and the United States.

Bicycle Thieves (1948)
Vittorio De Sica
This moving film follows a poor, desperate father as he searches post-war Rome for his stolen bicycle; without it, he will lose the job that allows him to provide for his family. Filmed in Rome.

Biutiful (2010)
Alejandro González Iñárritu
After being diagnosed with terminal cancer, Uxbal, a single father of two, is forced to reckon with his life in order to escape crime in underground Barcelona and regain spiritual insight. Filmed in Barcelona and Navarra.

Carthage in Flames (1960)
Carmine Gallone
This Italian historic drama chronicles the final days of the Punic Wars as the Roman Empire descends upon Carthage. Filmed in Rome, Italy.

Fanny (2013)
Daniel Auteuil
The second part of the “Marseille trilogy,” Fanny is now abandoned by Marius and pregnant. Her mother and Marius’s father, César, encourages Fanny to open herself up to the advances of an older, wealthy man. Filmed in Marseille, France.

Grace of Monaco (2014)
Olivier Dahan
This French-American film traces the glamorous life of Grace Kelly, the American actress who left her film career to marry Prince Rainier III of Monaco. The movie includes sweeping shots of the French Riviera. Nicole Kidman plays the starring role. Filmed in multiple locations including France, Italy and Monaco.

The Great Beauty (2013)
Paolo Sorrentino
After his 65th birthday, witty and arrogant novelist Jep Gambardella is blindsided by an ex-lover’s secret. He begins to reexamine his lavish lifestyle—frequenting nightclubs, parties and cafés—to seek a different side of Rome. Originally titled La grande bellezza. Filmed in various locations throughout Rome.

La Dolce Vita (1960)
Federico Fellini
Fellini’s classic drama follows a journalist, played by Marcello Mastroianni, through Rome for seven days as he searches for love, happiness and the good life; widely considered one of the best films of all time, it features the famous scene in the Trevi Fountain with Anita Ekberg. Filmed in Rome.

Life Is Beautiful (1997)
Roberto Benigni
In this Oscar winner for Best Leading Actor and Best Foreign Language Film, a Jewish Italian father shields his son from the horrors of life in a concentration camp by making up stories about the daily events for the boy to reinterpret. Originally titled La vita è bella. Filmed in multiple locations including Tuscany.

Marius (2013)
Daniel Auteuil
Marius owns and runs the La Marine Bar with his father, but dreams of setting off to a faraway land. He has been secretly in love with Fanny since childhood, and she him. When Marius is offered a job on an exploratory ship, Fanny confesses her love for him and Marius must choose between her and the sea. Filmed in Marseille, France.

Marius and Jeannette (1997)
Robert Guédiguian
When Marius and Jeannette, two people who are both struggling in life, meet, they learn how to be happy again. Originally titled Marius et Jeannette. This film won six awards, including Best Actress, at the César Awards and Best Film at the Lumières Awards. Filmed in Marseille, France.

Marseille (2004)
Angela Schanelec
When Sophie wants to get away from Berlin, she swaps her apartment for one in Marseille so she can photograph the city. Filmed in Berlin, Germany and Marseille, France.

Money for Nothing (1932)
Monty Banks
In this prince-and-the-pauper story, a down-and-out gambler is mistaken for a wealthy man in Monte Carlo. Filmed in England.

My Friends (1975)
Mario Monicelli
Childhood friends Necchi, Perozzi, Melandri and Mascetti all live in Florence and spend as much time together as possible, traveling around Tuscany telling terrible jokes to anyone who will listen. Melandri falls in love with a professor’s wife; the love does not last, but the professor ends up becoming a great friend to the four men. Originally titled Amici miei. Filmed in Florence.

The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo (1935)
Stephen Roberts
In this romantic comedy set after World War I, a beautiful young woman tricks a Russian aristocrat into returning to Monte Carlo after he has broken the bank at its casino. But after stealing his money, she falls in love with him. This film features nice shots of early 20th-century Monte Carlo. Filmed in Monte Carlo.

The Postman (1994)
Michael Radford, Massimo Troisi
A simple Italian postman learns to love poetry while delivering mail to a famous poet; he uses this gift to woo the local beauty, Beatrice. Originally titled Il postino. Filmed in Naples and Sicily.

Roman Holiday (1953)
William Wyler
Audrey Hepburn and Gregory Peck star in this romantic comedy about a reporter following a royal princess who attempts to remain incognito as she sightsees in Rome. Hepburn won a Best Actress Academy Award for her performance. Filmed in Rome.

The Spanish Apartment (2002)
Cédric Klapisch
This French-Spanish film is the first in a trilogy that focuses on Xavier, a young economics student who travels to Barcelona for a European exchange program. Xavier finds an apartment with six international students and is immersed into a cultural melting pot. Originally titled L’Auberge Espagnole. Filmed in Barcelona.

The Trip to Italy (2014)
Michael Winterbottom
Steve Coogan and his best friend, Rob Brydon, embark on another food tour—this time around Italy, from Liguria to Capri. This film about friendship takes two men to six wonderful places for six meals. Filmed in various locations throughout Italy.

The Two Faces of January (2014)
Hossein Amini
When glamorous American couple Chester and Colette arrive in Athens, they befriend a Greek-speaking American, Rydal, who becomes enraptured with Colette. Soon, Rydal is drawn into the dark side of Chester’s life. This film was nominated for three awards. Filmed in multiple locations including Athens, Greece; Crete, Greece; and Istanbul, Turkey.

To Catch a Thief (1955)
Alfred Hitchcock
Cary Grant and Grace Kelly star in this romantic thriller about a retired cat burglar trying to entrap another burglar who is preying on wealthy tourists on the French Riviera. Hitchcock nicely conveys the glamour and energy of Monte Carlo, and the movie won an Oscar for Best Cinematography. Filmed in multiple locations including France and Monaco.

Under the Tuscan Sun (2003)
Audrey Wells
Based on Frances Mayes’s best-selling memoir, this lighthearted film tells the story of a recently divorced writer, played by Diane Lane, who buys a Tuscan villa with the hope of changing her life. Filmed in multiple locations including Rome and Salerno.

Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008)
Woody Allen
While on a summer holiday in Spain, girlfriends Vicky (Rebecca Hall) and Cristina (Scarlett Johansson) take a tour of wildly romantic Barcelona and become enamored with the same painter (Javier Bardem), unaware that his tempestuous ex-wife (Penélope Cruz) is about to re-enter the picture. Cruz won an Oscar for her performance and the film won a Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture. Filmed in multiple locations including Barcelona.

Zorba the Greek (1964)
Michael Cacoyannis
In this drama based on the Nikos Kazantzakis novel, Anthony Quinn plays larger-than-life Zorba, who travels to Crete with a new friend to advise him in a burgeoning mining operation. Romantic and personal entanglements follow in this passion-filled film. Winner of three Academy Awards (for Cinematography, Art Direction and Best Actress in a Supporting Role for Lila Kedrova). Filmed in Crete, Greece.

A Man Called Ove (2015)
Hannes Holm
After losing his wife, Ove becomes an unhappy recluse and is ready to give up on life. Things start to turn around for Ove after lively new neighbors move nearby and a friendship blossoms. This film was a 2017 Oscar nominee for Best Foreign Language Film and Best Achievement in Makeup and Hairstyling. Originally titled En man som heter Ove. Filmed in Sweden.

A Royal Affair (2012)
Nikolaj Arcel
When British Princess Caroline is forced to marry the mad King Christian VII of Denmark, she finds herself miserable—until Dr. Johann Struensee, an ordinary man of Enlightenment, influences the king to begin passing reforms in Denmark. Nominated for one Academy Award and one Golden Globe. Originally titled En kongelig affaere. Filmed in multiple locations including the Czech Republic, Denmark, Germany and Sweden.

Babette’s Feast (1987)
Gabriel Axel
Winner of an Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film and based on the Isak Dinesen story, a pair of 19th-century sisters from a dwindling and strict religion recall an episode from their younger days: After sacrificing their personal lives to care for their father, their lodger, Babette, selflessly prepared a lavish meal using money that she had secretly won in a lottery. Filmed in multiple locations including Copenhagen.

Beyond the Border (2011)
Richard Holm
This war film tells the story of Swedish soldiers who mistakenly cross the wrong side of the Nazi border. When a Swedish colonel sends an execution squad to cover up the error, the soldiers must overcome two enemies.

Breath (2011)
Kullar Viimne
This documentary follows Francesko, the only female chimney sweeper in Estonia, as she tries to find her way in life. It also shares glimpses of the lives of others that typically go unnoticed. Originally titled Hing. Filmed in Estonia.

Calamari Union (1985)
Aki Kaurismäki
This absurdist comedy, considered a cult classic, provides insight into Finnish humor. Turning the American gangster film on its head, the film centers on 16 men named Frank who, disgruntled with the oppressive conditions of their Helsinki neighborhood, decide to move to an adjacent district. Filmed in Helsinki.

Copenhagen (2014)
Mark Raso
This coming-of-age film follows an immature young man traveling through Europe. He pauses in Copenhagen, the city of his birth, to deliver a letter written by his dead father to his grandfather. Filmed in multiple locations including Copenhagen and Skagen.

The Danish Poet (2006)
Torill Kove
This Oscar winner for Best Animated Short Film tells the tale of a poet who travels to Norway in search of inspiration. When he arrives, he falls in love with a farmer’s daughter; however, circumstances separate the two until they reunite many years later.

The Deluge (1974)
Jerzy Hoffman
Hailed as one of the most popular movies in the history of Polish cinema, this film is based on the 1886 novel that recounts the thwarted Swedish invasion of Poland-Lithuania from 1655 to 1658. Filmed in multiple locations including Poland and Kyiv, Ukraine.

Fanny & Alexander (1982)
Ingmar Bergman
In this atmospheric Bergman classic, two children from a large family living in Uppsala experience the joys and sorrows of life during the first decade of the 1900s. The movie won Academy Awards for Best Cinematography and Best Foreign Language Film. Filmed in Uppsala and Stockholm.

Flame & Citron (2008)
Ole Christian Madsen
In this action-drama, we follow two Danish resistance fighters, Flame and Citron, who kill Danish Nazis and collaborators without hesitation until they are no longer certain whom their targets represent. Filmed in multiple locations including Copenhagen, Denmark; Berlin, Germany; and Prague, Czech Republic.

Forgiveness (2008)
Mariusz Kotowski
Also screened under the title Esther’s Diary, this dramatic Holocaust film follows the adult daughters of two women who were best friends in 1940s Poland, but were later separated by Nazi horrors. One daughter learns of the past from her mother’s diary. Filmed in Austin, Texas.

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2009)
Niels Arden Oplev
This mystery-thriller follows a journalist through a rich Swedish setting as he searches, with the help of a young female hacker, for a woman who disappeared 40 years ago. Remade in 2011 as The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, directed by David Fincher and starring Daniel Craig and Rooney Mara. Originally titled Män som hatar kvinnor. Filmed in multiple locations including Stockholm.

The Heroes of Telemark (1965)
Anthony Mann
Kirk Douglas and Richard Harris star in this film about the World War II Norwegian resistance against German troops, who were manufacturing a component for the atomic bomb. Filmed in Norway.

Ida (2013)
Paweł Pawlikowski
Oscar winner for Best Foreign Language Film, this road movie has been called a masterpiece of Polish cinema. It follows a young woman who is on the verge of taking her vows as a Catholic nun, only to discover that her parents were Jewish. Filmed in Poland.

I’ll Take Sweden (1965)
Frederick de Cordova
This comedy stars Bob Hope, Tuesday Weld and Frankie Avalon as a father, daughter and soon-to-be son-in-law. In an effort to distance his daughter from her suitor, Hope accepts a transfer to Stockholm from his oil company employer, but his plan backfires.

Ingrid Bergman: In Her Own Words (2015)
Stig Björkman
At the suggestion of Isabella Rossellini, Ingrid Bergman’s daughter, Stig Björkman, made this documentary that tells Ingrid’s story through never-before-seen private diaries, footage, interviews with her children, letters and notes. Originally titled Jag är Ingrid.

Jakob the Liar (1999)
Peter Kassovitz
Set in a wartime Polish ghetto, this film stars Robin Williams as a shopkeeper who spreads hope among the imprisoned community by fabricating tales about approaching Allied advances, claiming he has heard such stories on his secret radio. Filmed in Hungary and Poland.

June Night (1940)
Per Lindberg
When Kerstin Norbäck (Ingrid Bergman) tries to end her relationship with a sailor, he shoots her. Kerstin survives and moves to Stockholm to begin a new life. Things are looking up for Kerstin until the newspapers find her and write about her. Originally titled Juninatten.

Kon-Tiki (2012)
Joachim Rønning, Espen Sandberg
In this dramatic retelling of Thor Heyerdahl’s 4,300-mile expedition of 1947, the Norwegian explorer proves naysayers wrong by sailing a balsa wood raft across the Pacific from South America to Polynesia. Filmed in multiple locations including Bulgaria, Malta, Norway, Sweden and Thailand.

The King’s Choice (2016)
Erik Poppe
This film is based on a true story that took place during World War II. When German armed forces invade neutral Norway, the royal family must flee. Crown Princess Märtha escapes to Sweden with the children, while Crown Prince Olav and King Haakon VII depart to a farming region near Elverum where they will meet German troops head-on. Originally titled Kongens nei.

My Life As a Dog (1985)
Lasse Hallström
This delightful movie follows 12-year-old Ingemar as he is sent away to live with relatives after his mother becomes terminally ill. Golden Globe winner for Best Foreign Language Film. Originally titled Mitt liv som hund. Filmed in multiple locations including Stockholm.

Ponterosa (2001)
Mika Kemmo
Filmed throughout Finland and regarded as a classic among young audiences when it was released, the story follows a disparate group of people staying at a campsite in the Åland Islands. Filmed in Åland and Helsinki.

The Vikings (1958)
Richard Fleischer
This adventure was produced by and stars Kirk Douglas, along with Tony Curtis and Janet Leigh. Based on the sagas of the Norse ruler Ragnar Lodbrok, it was filmed primarily amid the grandeur of Norway’s fjords. Filmed in multiple locations including Croatia, Germany and Norway.

Wałęsa: Man of Hope (2013)
Andrzej Wajda
This biopic of Lech Wałęsa follows the ascendancy of a humble electrician at the Gdańsk Shipyard from demonstrator to president of Poland, and examines the influence his rise to power had on other regions of Europe. Filmed in multiple locations including Gdańsk and Warsaw.

Wesele (1973)
Andrzej Wajda
This film, set at the turn of the 20th century, focuses on the wedding between a poet from Kraków and a peasant girl. The ceremony turns into an examination of the century-long division of Poland under Russia, Prussia and Austria. Filmed in Poland.

The Zookeeper’s Wife (2017)
Niki Caro
When Germany invades Poland, Jan and Antonina Zabinski, owners and keepers of the Warsaw Zoo, hide 300 persecuted Polish Jews in plain sight from the Germans. Winner of Political Film Society, USA and Seattle Jewish Film Festival awards. Filmed in Prague, Czech Republic.

The Danish Poet (2006)
Torill Kove
This Oscar winner for Best Animated Short Film tells the tale of a poet who travels to Norway in search of inspiration. When he arrives, he falls in love with a farmer’s daughter; however, circumstances separate the two until they reunite many years later.

Edvard Munch (1974)
Peter Watkins
This biopic of Norway’s famed expressionist painter spans 30 years of the artist’s life, focusing on the factors that shaped his worldview and artistic sensibilities—from disease and loss to his affair with a married woman.

The Heroes of Telemark (1965)
Anthony Mann
Kirk Douglas and Richard Harris star in this film about the World War II Norwegian resistance against German troops, who were manufacturing a component for the atomic bomb. Filmed in Norway.

Joanna Lumley in the Land of the Northern Lights (2008)
Archie Baron
This documentary takes viewers to the northernmost part of Norway, often described as the land of the midnight sun. Joanna Lumley travels on dogsleds and snowmobiles in search of dazzling northern lights displays. Filmed in Norway.

Kon-Tiki (2012)
Joachim Rønning, Espen Sandberg
In this dramatic retelling of Thor Heyerdahl’s 4,300-mile expedition of 1947, the Norwegian explorer proves naysayers wrong by sailing a balsa wood raft across the Pacific from South America to Polynesia. Filmed in multiple locations including Bulgaria, Malta, Norway, Sweden and Thailand.

The King’s Choice (2016)
Erik Poppe
This film is based on a true story that took place during World War II. When German armed forces invade neutral Norway, the royal family must flee. Crown Princess Märtha escapes to Sweden with the children, while Crown Prince Olav and King Haakon VII depart to a farming region near Elverum where they will meet German troops head-on. Originally titled Kongens nei.

To the Arctic 3D (2012)
Greg MacGillivray
This documentary shows the reality of surviving in the wilderness. Follow the lives of a mother polar bear and her twin 7-month-old cubs as they navigate their way through melting ice, mammoth glaciers, mountain peaks and stunning waterfalls.

The Vikings (1958)
Richard Fleischer
This adventure was produced by and stars Kirk Douglas, along with Tony Curtis and Janet Leigh. Based on the sagas of the Norse ruler Ragnar Lodbrok, it was filmed primarily amid the grandeur of Norway’s fjords. Filmed in multiple locations including Croatia, Germany and Norway.

A Hard Day’s Night (1964)
Richard Lester
This British comedy stars the Beatles during the Beatlemania heyday. On their way to a London television broadcast, the Beatles find themselves sidetracked by Paul’s unconventional grandfather and Ringo, who goes missing right before the concert is to be televised. Filmed in multiple locations throughout England.

A Long Way Down (2014)
Pascal Chaumeil
When four suicidal strangers find themselves on the same roof on New Year’s Eve, their plans for death are interrupted as they form a bond that helps each of them face the difficulties in their lives. Filmed in London.

The Adventures of Greyfriars Bobby (2005)
John Henderson
This touching family film set in Edinburgh follows a West Highland White Terrier who refuses to leave the graveside of his deceased owner. Filmed in Scotland, UK and Lancashire, England, UK.

Blow-Up (1966)
Michelangelo Antonioni
This film is about a glamorous fashion photographer who lives life to the fullest. When he sees a beautiful yet mysterious woman in a park, he photographs her to her dismay. Originally titled Blowup. Filmed in multiple locations including Greenwich, London.

Braveheart (1995)
Mel Gibson
This sweeping biopic of William Wallace, the 13th-century warrior who led Scotland to independence against King Edward I of England, won Oscars for Best Picture, Director and Cinematography. Mel Gibson famously brought the leader to life as actor and the Scottish Highlands to life as director. Filmed in multiple locations including Edinburgh.

Darkest Hour (2017)
Joe Wright
When Winston Churchill replaces Neville Chamberlain as the prime minister of the United Kingdom, he feels pressured to either begin peace negotiations with Hitler or take on the Nazi regime. This multi-award-winning film won Oscars for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role and Best Achievement in Makeup and Hairstyling in 2018. Filmed in multiple locations including Greenwich, Manchester and Yorkshire.

The Danish Poet (2006)
Torill Kove
This Oscar winner for Best Animated Short Film tells the tale of a poet who travels to Norway in search of inspiration. When he arrives, he falls in love with a farmer’s daughter; however, circumstances separate the two until they reunite many years later.

Edvard Munch (1974)
Peter Watkins
This biopic of Norway’s famed expressionist painter spans 30 years of the artist’s life, focusing on the factors that shaped his worldview and artistic sensibilities—from disease and loss to his affair with a married woman.

Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994)
Mike Newell
This film follows Charles and his friends as they attend four weddings and one funeral. After wondering if he will ever experience true love, Charles, a committed bachelor, thinks that he has found the one when he meets an American woman, Carrie. Filmed in multiple locations including Greenwich, London.

Gosford Park (2001)
Robert Altman
In this period mystery-drama, co-written by Downton Abbey creator Julian Fellowes, a dinner party at an English country house is disrupted by a murder, affecting the lives of both the upstairs guests and the downstairs servants. The movie boasts an incredible ensemble cast, including Helen Mirren, Maggie Smith, Derek Jacobi and Clive Owen. Fellowes received a Best Writing Oscar for his contribution. Filmed in England.

Gregory’s Girl (1981)
Bill Forsyth
In this coming-of-age romantic comedy, awkward teen Gregory is infatuated with a girl at school and, upon getting a date with one of her friends, must navigate the complexities of young love and the envy of his equally awkward friends. Filmed in North Lanarkshire, Scotland and Strathclyde, Scotland.

Hamlet (1990)
Franco Zeffirelli
When Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, learns that his father was killed by his Uncle Claudius in order to obtain the throne, Hamlet plans his revenge. Filmed in multiple locations in Scotland, UK.

The Heroes of Telemark (1965)
Anthony Mann
Kirk Douglas and Richard Harris star in this film about the World War II Norwegian resistance against German troops, who were manufacturing a component for the atomic bomb. Filmed in Norway.

If It’s Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium (1969)
Mel Stuart
A group of American tourists takes an 18-day guided bus tour of nine European countries (from London to Rome) and humor ensues. Filmed in multiple locations including London, Luxembourg, Rome and Venice.

Indiscreet (1958)
Stanley Donen
This British romantic comedy is about an actress, Anna Kalman, who has given up on love. When Anna meets Philip Adams, a man whom she thinks is married, they fall in love. Instead of being a married man who is pretending to be single, Philip is actually single and pretending to be married. Filmed in multiple locations including Greenwich, London.

The Iron Lady (2011)
Phyllida Lloyd
In this biopic, Meryl Streep plays former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, teetering on the edge of reality with dementia and recalling her rise and fall. Streep won an Oscar for her performance. Filmed in London.

Joanna Lumley in the Land of the Northern Lights (2008)
Archie Baron
This documentary takes viewers to the northernmost part of Norway, often described as the land of the midnight sun. Joanna Lumley travels on dogsleds and snowmobiles in search of dazzling northern lights displays. Filmed in Norway.

Kaleidoscope (1966)
Jack Smight
Warren Beatty and Susannah York star in this crime film about a playboy who infiltrates a manufacturer of playing cards so he can win big at card tables throughout Europe, including the famous Monte Carlo Casino where some of the movie was shot. Filmed in England.

Kon-Tiki (2012)
Joachim Rønning, Espen Sandberg
In this dramatic retelling of Thor Heyerdahl’s 4,300-mile expedition of 1947, the Norwegian explorer proves naysayers wrong by sailing a balsa wood raft across the Pacific from South America to Polynesia. Filmed in multiple locations including Bulgaria, Malta, Norway, Sweden and Thailand.

The King’s Choice (2016)
Erik Poppe
This film is based on a true story that took place during World War II. When German armed forces invade neutral Norway, the royal family must flee. Crown Princess Märtha escapes to Sweden with the children, while Crown Prince Olav and King Haakon VII depart to a farming region near Elverum where they will meet German troops head-on. Originally titled Kongens nei.

The King’s Speech (2010)
Tom Hooper
Before becoming King George VI, “Bertie” suffered emotionally from stuttering, which many viewed as a reason why he should not be king. With the help of a radical speech therapist, George is finally able to manage his stuttering and gain the confidence needed to lead the country through war. Filmed in multiple locations including Greenwich, London; Buckinghamshire, England; and Berkshire, England.

Long Way Round (TV)  (2004)
David Alexanian and Russ Malki
Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman travel the world via motorcycles. Equipped with onboard cameras and one ride-along cameraman, Ewan and Charley travel 19,000 miles from London to New York. Filmed in multiple locations including Calgary, London and Luxembourg.

Maikol Yordan Traveling Lost (2014)
Miguel Alejandro Gómez
Maikol Yordan’s family farm is close to being sold by a bank. With the hope of paying off the bank debt, Maikol enters contests and promotions and wins a trip to Europe. Originally titled Maikol Yordan de Viaje Perdido. Filmed in Costa Rica, England, France and Italy.

Memorias del Desarrollo (2010)
Miguel Coyula
This award-winning film is about an educated man who decides to leave the Cuban revolution and his homeland to explore the “developed” world, including London, Paris, New York and Tokyo. The more he travels, the more he finds himself feeling like a stranger in strange lands. Filmed in multiple locations including Havana, London, Paris and Tokyo.

The Man with the Golden Gun (1974)
Guy Hamilton
James Bond is called in to investigate the death of a scientist working on a powerful solar cell and finds himself chasing down famed assassin Francisco Scaramanga. In Bangkok, “007” is captured and placed in a dojo. Filmed in multiple locations including Bangkok and Phuket.

Oliver Twist (1948)
David Lean
Based on the Charles Dickens novel, Oliver Twist is the story of a boy who is orphaned when his mother dies after giving birth in a workhouse. Oliver is placed in a juvenile home but eventually ends up back at the workhouse; he escapes and travels to London, where he becomes involved with a gang of juveniles. Filmed in England.

The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1969)
Ronald Neame
Maggie Smith stars in this film version of the stage production, winning an Oscar for her performance. She plays a strong-willed instructor in a private 1930s Edinburgh school, teaching her own romanticized curriculum to her 12-year-old students. A fine portrayal of Scottish manners in the 1960s. Filmed in Edinburgh.

The Queen (2006)
Stephen Frears
Dame Helen Mirren turns in an Oscar-winning performance as Queen Elizabeth in this film that profiles the Queen’s attempts to treat Princess Diana’s death as a private family matter. Filmed in multiple locations including London, Paris and Scotland.

Ring of Bright Water (1969)
Jack Couffer
When Graham Merrill takes Mij, a pet shop otter, away from London to the coast of Scotland, the two friends begin exploring all the beauty surrounding them. While Mij swims and plays in the cold sea, Graham begins to fall for the town doctor, Mary. Filmed in multiple locations including London, England and various locations throughout Scotland.

Sense and Sensibility (1995)
Ang Lee
When Elinor, Marianne and Margaret are taken in by a cousin after their father dies, the opportunity for the young women to marry becomes challenging. Family disapprovals and a forced separation, as well as mismatched love, test the strengths of budding romantic relationships. Filmed in multiple locations including Greenwich, London.

Simon King’s Shetland Diaries (TV) (2010)
Nick Shoolingin-Jordan
Simon King, a wildlife cameraman and presenter, moves to the Shetland Islands with his family to live through the changing seasons.

Tomorrow Never Dies (1997)
Roger Spottiswoode
When Elliot Carver tries to entice the United Kingdom and China into World War III by starting trouble over British and Chinese waters, James Bond must stop him. Filmed in multiple locations including Bangkok, Phuket and London.

To the Arctic 3D (2012)
Greg MacGillivray
This documentary shows the reality of surviving in the wilderness. Follow the lives of a mother polar bear and her twin 7-month-old cubs as they navigate their way through melting ice, mammoth glaciers, mountain peaks and stunning waterfalls.

The Vikings (1958)
Richard Fleischer
This adventure was produced by and stars Kirk Douglas, along with Tony Curtis and Janet Leigh. Based on the sagas of the Norse ruler Ragnar Lodbrok, it was filmed primarily amid the grandeur of Norway’s fjords. Filmed in multiple locations including Croatia, Germany and Norway.

Young Winston (1972)
Richard Attenborough
This historical drama tells the story of Sir Winston Churchill, from his unhappy childhood to his time as a war correspondent in the Second Boer War to his first election to Parliament at the young age of 26. Filmed in multiple locations including Morocco and England.

Bread and Tulips (2000)
Silvio Soldini
This romantic comedy follows a housewife who gets left behind during a family vacation. As she makes her way home, she impulsively detours to Venice and builds a new life—only to be admonished by her sister to return to her old one. Originally titled Pane e tulipani. Filmed in multiple locations including Rome, Salerno and Venice.

Casino Royale (2006)
Martin Campbell
In Daniel Craig’s first role playing James Bond, the British agent travels to an extravagant Montenegrin casino in order to strip the film’s villain of all his money. BAFTA Film Award winner for Best Sound and nominated for Best Screenplay. Filmed in multiple locations including Prague, Czech Republic; Venice, Italy; and Lake Como, Italy.

Death in Venice (1971)
Luchino Visconti
This faithful adaptation of Thomas Mann’s well-known novella depicts a work-obsessed composer seeking solace at a Venetian seaside resort who becomes infatuated with a beautiful adolescent, whom he follows through the city’s palazzi and medieval streets. Filmed in Venice.

Eat Pray Love (2010)
Ryan Murphy
A woman realizes how unhappy her marriage is and that her life needs to go in a different direction. After a painful divorce, she takes off on an around-the-world journey to “find herself.” Filmed in multiple locations including Bali, Delhi, New York City and Rome.

Everyone Says I Love You (1996)
Woody Allen
The lives of an upper-class Manhattan family are conveyed in song as they travel from New York to Paris to Venice in this whimsical musical comedy starring Julia Roberts, Alan Alda, Edward Norton and Goldie Hawn. Filmed in Venice and various locations throughout England.

How the War Started on My Island (1996)
Vinko Brešan
In this bold black comedy, it is 1991 on an unnamed Croatian island and the Croatian parliament has declared the island’s independence from Yugoslavia. But conscripts from the Yugoslav People’s Army barricade themselves in a garrison, refusing to leave. Originally titled Kako je počeo rat na mom otoku. Filmed in Primosten and Šibenik.

The Horseman (2003)
Branko Ivanda
This fascinating film is set in the early 18th century in the place where the borders of the Ottoman Empire and the Republic of Venice meet. The action and conflicts examine the struggles of living between two empires and two faiths: Catholicism and Islam. Originally titled Konjanik. Filmed in Zadar.

The Human Cargo (2012)
Daniele Vicari
This documentary tells the story of 20,000 Albanians who arrived in Bari, Italy on August 8, 1991 looking for a better life. Originally titled La nave dolce.

If It’s Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium (1969)
Mel Stuart
A group of American tourists takes an 18-day guided bus tour of nine European countries (from London to Rome) and humor ensues. Filmed in multiple locations including London, Luxembourg, Rome and Venice.

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
Steven Spielberg
With nothing more than a diary that contains clues and a map showing the location of the famous Holy Grail, Indiana Jones and museum curator Marcus Brody set out to find Jones’s father and the Holy Grail before the Nazis do. Filmed in multiple locations including Andalusia, Spain; Venice, Italy; and Petra, Jordan.

Marsal (1999)
Vinko Brešan
In this light comedy, the ghost of revolutionary Marshall Tito appears to some citizens on the Dalmatian island of Vis. As news spreads, the mayor sees the event as a tourist attraction and, to capitalize on Tito’s ghost, transforms Vis into a Communist-era outpost.

Outlaw Girl (1950)
Mario Camerini
Beppe Musolino is innocent but found guilty of murder. He escapes from prison and, while on the run, meets and falls in love with a village girl. Together they track down the people who were responsible for the guilty verdict. Originally titled Il Brigante Musolino. Filmed in Calabria, Italy.

The Postman (1994)
Michael Radford, Massimo Troisi
A simple Italian postman learns to love poetry while delivering mail to a famous poet; he uses this gift to woo the local beauty, Beatrice. Originally titled Il postino. Filmed in Naples and Sicily.

Senso (1954)
Luchino Visconti
A feast for the eyes set in 1860s Italy, this melodrama plays out against the atmospheric backdrop of Venice, from La Fenice Opera House to St. Mark’s Square. Filmed in Rome and Venice.

Summertime (1955)
David Lean
Katharine Hepburn is an American schoolteacher who takes a dream trip to Venice and finds herself entangled and in love with a married man. Lean won the New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Director. Both Hepburn and Lean received Academy Award nominations. Filmed in Venice.

The Trip to Italy (2014)
Michael Winterbottom
Steve Coogan and his best friend, Rob Brydon, embark on another food tour—this time around Italy, from Liguria to Capri. This film about friendship takes two men to six wonderful places for six meals. Filmed in various locations throughout Italy.

The Wings of the Dove (1997)
Iain Softley
Based on Henry James’s novel, this intelligent film follows American heiress Milly Theale, played by Helena Bonham Carter. After she is stricken ill, she travels to Venice, where family and friends swirl around her with both good intentions and bad. Filmed in multiple locations including Venice.

Walking on Sunshine (2014)
Max Giwa and Dania Pasquini
Set in a stunning coastal village in present-day Italy, this musical romance follows Maddie, a woman who decides to marry a man after a speedy romance. When Maddie invites her sister, Taylor, to the wedding, it is revealed that the man Maddie is going to marry is the same man with whom Taylor had a holiday fling years earlier. Filmed in the Salento region of Puglia.

Youth (2015)
Paolo Sorrentino
When two longtime friends go on vacation in Switzerland, they spend their time in an elegant hotel sharing stories about their children, other hotel guests and their day-to-day lives. Fred, a retired conductor and composer, learns that someone wants to hear him conduct again, while Mick, a film director, is determined to finish the screenplay for his final film. Filmed in multiple locations including Kanton Bern, Switzerland; Rome, Italy; and Venice, Italy.

Alexander (2004)
Oliver Stone
Based on the life of Alexander the Great, this epic historic drama with Colin Farrell in the title role focuses on the king’s great conquests and his relationships with his parents; his wife, Roxana; and his tutor, Aristotle.

Bread and Tulips (2000)
Silvio Soldini
This romantic comedy follows a housewife who gets left behind during a family vacation. As she makes her way home, she impulsively detours to Venice and builds a new life—only to be admonished by her sister to return to her old one. Originally titled Pane e tulipani. Filmed in multiple locations including Rome, Salerno and Venice.

Casino Royale (2006)
Martin Campbell
In Daniel Craig’s first role playing James Bond, the British agent travels to an extravagant Montenegrin casino in order to strip the film’s villain of all his money. BAFTA Film Award winner for Best Sound and nominated for Best Screenplay. Filmed in multiple locations including Prague, Czech Republic; Venice, Italy; and Lake Como, Italy.

Death in Venice (1971)
Luchino Visconti
This faithful adaptation of Thomas Mann’s well-known novella depicts a work-obsessed composer seeking solace at a Venetian seaside resort who becomes infatuated with a beautiful adolescent, whom he follows through the city’s palazzi and medieval streets. Filmed in Venice.

Eat Pray Love (2010)
Ryan Murphy
A woman realizes how unhappy her marriage is and that her life needs to go in a different direction. After a painful divorce, she takes off on an around-the-world journey to “find herself.” Filmed in multiple locations including Bali, Delhi, New York City and Rome.

Everyone Says I Love You (1996)
Woody Allen
The lives of an upper-class Manhattan family are conveyed in song as they travel from New York to Paris to Venice in this whimsical musical comedy starring Julia Roberts, Alan Alda, Edward Norton and Goldie Hawn. Filmed in Venice and various locations throughout England.

How the War Started on My Island (1996)
Vinko Brešan
In this bold black comedy, it is 1991 on an unnamed Croatian island and the Croatian parliament has declared the island’s independence from Yugoslavia. But conscripts from the Yugoslav People’s Army barricade themselves in a garrison, refusing to leave. Originally titled Kako je počeo rat na mom otoku. Filmed in Primosten and Šibenik.

The Horseman (2003)
Branko Ivanda
This fascinating film is set in the early 18th century in the place where the borders of the Ottoman Empire and the Republic of Venice meet. The action and conflicts examine the struggles of living between two empires and two faiths: Catholicism and Islam. Originally titled Konjanik. Filmed in Zadar.

The Human Cargo (2012)
Daniele Vicari
This documentary tells the story of 20,000 Albanians who arrived in Bari, Italy on August 8, 1991 looking for a better life. Originally titled La nave dolce.

If It’s Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium (1969)
Mel Stuart
A group of American tourists takes an 18-day guided bus tour of nine European countries (from London to Rome) and humor ensues. Filmed in multiple locations including London, Luxembourg, Rome and Venice.

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
Steven Spielberg
With nothing more than a diary that contains clues and a map showing the location of the famous Holy Grail, Indiana Jones and museum curator Marcus Brody set out to find Jones’s father and the Holy Grail before the Nazis do. Filmed in multiple locations including Andalusia, Spain; Venice, Italy; and Petra, Jordan.

Marsal (1999)
Vinko Brešan
In this light comedy, the ghost of revolutionary Marshall Tito appears to some citizens on the Dalmatian island of Vis. As news spreads, the mayor sees the event as a tourist attraction and, to capitalize on Tito’s ghost, transforms Vis into a Communist-era outpost.

Meet Me in Montenegro (2015)
Alex Holdridge, Linnea Saasen
In this comedy, a failed American writer meets a European dancer and begins an affair with her. Filmed in multiple locations including Germany, Montenegro and the US.

Outlaw Girl (1950)
Mario Camerini
Beppe Musolino is innocent but found guilty of murder. He escapes from prison and, while on the run, meets and falls in love with a village girl. Together they track down the people who were responsible for the guilty verdict. Originally titled Il Brigante Musolino. Filmed in Calabria, Italy.

The Postman (1994)
Michael Radford, Massimo Troisi
A simple Italian postman learns to love poetry while delivering mail to a famous poet; he uses this gift to woo the local beauty, Beatrice. Originally titled Il postino. Filmed in Naples and Sicily.

Senso (1954)
Luchino Visconti
A feast for the eyes set in 1860s Italy, this melodrama plays out against the atmospheric backdrop of Venice, from La Fenice Opera House to St. Mark’s Square. Filmed in Rome and Venice.

Summertime (1955)
David Lean
Katharine Hepburn is an American schoolteacher who takes a dream trip to Venice and finds herself entangled and in love with a married man. Lean won the New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Director. Both Hepburn and Lean received Academy Award nominations. Filmed in Venice.

The Wings of the Dove (1997)
Iain Softley
Based on Henry James’s novel, this intelligent film follows American heiress Milly Theale, played by Helena Bonham Carter. After she is stricken ill, she travels to Venice, where family and friends swirl around her with both good intentions and bad. Filmed in multiple locations including Venice.

Walking on Sunshine (2014)
Max Giwa and Dania Pasquini
Set in a stunning coastal village in present-day Italy, this musical romance follows Maddie, a woman who decides to marry a man after a speedy romance. When Maddie invites her sister, Taylor, to the wedding, it is revealed that the man Maddie is going to marry is the same man with whom Taylor had a holiday fling years earlier. Filmed in the Salento region of Puglia.

Youth (2015)
Paolo Sorrentino
When two longtime friends go on vacation in Switzerland, they spend their time in an elegant hotel sharing stories about their children, other hotel guests and their day-to-day lives. Fred, a retired conductor and composer, learns that someone wants to hear him conduct again, while Mick, a film director, is determined to finish the screenplay for his final film. Filmed in multiple locations including Kanton Bern, Switzerland; Rome, Italy; and Venice, Italy.

The Bucket List (2007)
Rob Reiner
When two men with terminal illnesses meet, they decide to do everything they have ever wanted to do before they die. As they work their way through their bucket lists, the two men become great friends and experience priceless joy. Filmed in multiple locations including Beverly Hills, California; the Great Wall of China, China; Giza, Egypt; and France.

Enlightenment Guaranteed (2000)
Doris Dörrie
When brothers Uwe and Gustav travel to a monastery near Tokyo, Japan, their plan is to address their troubled lives and achieve enlightenment. But trouble seems to follow Uwe and Gustav wherever they go. Originally titled Erleuchtung garantiert. Filmed in multiple locations including Tokyo.

Falling Flowers (2012)
Jianqi Huo
This film is about Xiao Hong, a renowned writer and strong woman whose life was marked by poverty and sacrifice.

Farewell My Concubine (1993)
Kaige Chen
This is a film with two parallel, intertwined stories of two performers in the Beijing Opera and the woman who comes between them. Originally titled Ba wang bie ji.

Forgetting to Know You (2014)
Quan Ling
Xuesong’s husband becomes suspicious of his wife’s relationship with a real estate magnate. Filmed in China.

Hiroshima, My Love (1959)
Alain Resnais
When a Frenchwoman travels to Japan to make a film about the atomic bomb in Hiroshima and the importance of peace, she falls in love with a Japanese man who lost his family in the bombing. They find a connection through loss, as she herself lost her German lover in the war. Originally titled Hiroshima mon amour. Filmed in multiple locations including Hiroshima.

House of Bamboo (1955)
Samuel Fuller
This film noir follows Eddie Kenner, a US Army investigator who attempts to look into the death of a fellow army official while planted in a Tokyo crime syndicate. Filmed in Tokyo.

I Wish (2011)
Hirokazu Koreeda
Brothers Koichi and Ryunosuke are separated when their parents get divorced, but Koichi, the older brother, wishes his family were still intact. After hearing that wishes can be granted if made at the exact moment when two bullet trains pass by each other at top speed, Koichi, his two best friends, Ryunosuke and Ryunosuke’s three friends all decide to meet at the spot where this will occur. Originally titled Kiseki. Filmed in multiple locations including Kagoshima and Nagasaki.

Kochuu (2003)
Jesper Wachtmeister
This documentary explores modern Japanese architecture as it relates to Japanese and Nordic building traditions, intertwining nature and concrete, gardens and technology, and modern and traditional into visually stunning constructions. Filmed in multiple locations including Finland, Japan, Norway and Sweden.

Lost in Thailand (2012)
Zheng Xu
This Chinese comedy follows the adventures of three men. One, a scientist, decides to travel to Thailand to get his boss’s approval on an invention he has created that will secure his future. His coworker follows with intentions of stopping him because he wants to sell the invention to a French company. And on the plane, one of the men meets a man who is traveling to Thailand to fulfill items on his bucket list. Originally titled Ren zai jiong tu: Tai jiong. Filmed in multiple locations including Bangkok, Thailand and Beijing, China.

Lost in Translation (2003)
Sofia Coppola
A middle-aged American movie star is in Tokyo to film a whiskey ad for the Japanese market. There, he meets a twentysomething recent Yale philosophy graduate who is in Japan with her husband, and they find that they have more in common than meets the eye. Filmed in multiple locations including Tokyo.

Lust, Caution (2007)
Ang Lee
After losing his wife, two sons and two other women, Old Wu is losing patience with his attempts to assassinate Yee, an important official in Japanese-ruled Shanghai. Old Wu enlists Kuang, Mak Tai Tai and their drama student friends, but the assassination does not happen. Years later, Mak Tai Tai meets Yee again, and this time she is determined to succeed. Originally titled Se, jie. Filmed in multiple locations throughout China and Malaysia.

Passages (Lü Cheng) (2004)
Yang Chao
Looking for meaning to their lives, two students journey across rural China with the hope of purchasing rare mushrooms to sell back home. Along the way, they are forced to decide whether to continue journeying or continue their education.

The Last Emperor (1987)
Bernardo Bertolucci
This film tells the story of Puyi—from his exalted birth and brief reign in the Forbidden City to his decline and dissolute lifestyle, and, finally, to his obscure existence as a peasant worker in the People’s Republic. Filmed in multiple locations including Beijing and Dalian.

Memorias del Desarrollo (2010)
Miguel Coyula
This award-winning film is about an educated man who decides to leave the Cuban revolution and his homeland to explore the “developed” world, including London, Paris, New York and Tokyo. The more he travels, the more he finds himself feeling like a stranger in strange lands. Filmed in multiple locations including Havana, London, Paris and Tokyo.

The Makioka Sisters (1983)
Kon Ichikawa
Set in 1938 Japan, this drama follows four sisters who are living off the dwindling inheritance of their deceased parents. Every year, the sisters meet in Kyoto to view the cherry blossoms. Originally titled Sasameyuki. Filmed in Kyoto and Osaka.

Red Sorghum (1988)
Yimou Zhang
A young Chinese woman is sent to marry the undesirable owner of a winery, but falls in love with one of his servants. Originally titled Hong gao liang. Filmed in China.

Rhapsody in August (1991)
Akira Kurosawa
When four children spend the summer with their grandmother in Nagasaki, Japan, they learn about how their grandfather was killed: by the atomic bomb that fell in 1945. Originally titled Hachigatsu no rapusodī. Filmed in multiple locations including Nagasaki.

The Red Violin (1998)
François Girard
This film follows a famous Nicolò Bussotti violin as a collector tries to establish the identity and secrets of “the red violin” in a story that spans four centuries and five countries. This film received an Academy Award for Best Original Score. Originally titled Le violon rouge. Filmed in multiple locations including Montreal, Canada; Vienna, Austria; and Shanghai, China.

The Road Home (1999)
Yimou Zhang
When businessman Luo Yusheng returns to his village from the city for the funeral of his father, he is reminded of the magical story of how his mother and father first met. Originally titled Wo de fu qin mu qin.

Samsara (2012)
Ron Fricke
This documentary transports viewers to sacred grounds, disaster zones, industrial complexes and natural wonders. Shot on 70-millimeter film and filmed over nearly five years in 25 countries on five continents; locations include Tokyo, Japan; Shanghai, China; and Bangkok, Thailand.

The Samurai (2003)
Tony Long
This documentary explores the extraordinary history of the samurai, one of the world’s most famous warrior classes, including their self-discipline, martial artistry and sacred rituals. Modern-day samurai share the ways of life in the Bushidō, while educators describe the momentous events in the centuries-long history of the samurai.

There Is No Lid on the Sea (2015)
Keisuke Toyoshima
Adapted from Banana Yoshimoto’s novel, this drama shows how both drastic life changes and simple enjoyments can change one’s view of the world. Mari decides to leave bustling Tokyo and return to her hometown, a small town in the Shizuoka prefecture, to open a snow cone shop. Her snow cones soothe her customers and Mari finds peace with herself through a friendship she develops with a coworker. Originally titled Umi no futa. Filmed in Tokyo.

Tokyo Story (1953)
Yasujirō Ozu
When Shukichi and Tomi Hirayama travel to Tokyo to visit their children, they discover that their children are too busy for them and inconvenienced by their presence. After their kids send them off to a resort that is too loud, Shukichi and Tomi decide to return home. Originally titled Tōkyō monogatari. Filmed in multiple locations including Hiroshima and Tokyo.

Tora-san Goes North (1987)
Yōji Yamada
This romantic comedy is about a naive man who falls in love easily. After returning home to Hokkaido, Tora-san falls for a young lady who has returned to Hokkaido to make amends with her father. Originally titled Otoko wa tsurai yo: Shiretoko bojō. Filmed in Hokkaido and Tokyo.

Women in the Mirror (2003)
Yoshishige Yoshida
This drama is about three women who feel a sense of confused identity, tied to memories of the Hiroshima disaster. As they share their memories, they try to piece together family ties that may or may not connect them to each other. Originally titled Kagami no onnatachi.

20th Century Women (2016)
Mike Mills
When a mother struggles to understand her son, who is trying to find himself, she enlists her bohemian housemates to help with his upbringing. This film touches on life, love, struggles and perseverance. 20th Century Women won 12 awards and was nominated for 70. Filmed in multiple locations including Santa Barbara, California.

50 First Dates (2004)
Peter Segal
When Henry Roth, a bachelor, meets Lucy, he is excited about the possibility of a serious relationship; then, he discovers that Lucy suffers from short-term memory loss. Determined to make her fall in love with him, Henry does not let her condition stop him. Filmed in multiple locations including Oahu, Hawaii.

Blue Hawaii (1961)
Norman Taurog
Free from the army and back in Hawaii, Chad Gates takes a job as a tour guide at his girlfriend’s agency rather than at the Great Southern Hawaiian Fruit Company, where his father wants him to work. Starring Elvis Presley, who sings the film’s title song, among others. Filmed in multiple locations including Kauai and Oahu.

Boy (2010)
Taika Waititi
This film is about Boy, an 11-year-old who lives on a farm with his grandmother, his brother and a goat. When Boy’s grandmother goes away for a week, his absent father, whom he had idealized, shows up looking for a bag of money that he buried years earlier. Filmed in New Zealand.

The Bounty (1984)
Roger Donaldson
When a mutiny takes place on Lieutenant Bligh’s ship, Fletcher Christian tries to get his men beyond the reach of British retribution, while Lieutenant Bligh tries to get his loyalists safely to East Timor in a tiny lifeboat. Filmed in England, French Polynesia and New Zealand.

Donovan’s Reef (1963)
John Ford
This adventurous love story tells the story of Michael Patrick “Guns” Donovan, a World War II hero who lives on a South Sea island where people of different races and backgrounds live together in peace. Filmed in Kauai.

The Descendants (2011)
Alexander Payne
Matt King lives solely on what he earns as a lawyer in Hawaii, but has vast wealth through 25,000 acres of undeveloped family land that is being held in a trust. Even though Matt lives in paradise, his life is far from perfect. His wife, Elizabeth, with whom he was having marital problems, has been in an accident that has left her in a coma, and Matt must face revelations from his two daughters that will affect everyone in the family. This film won 67 awards, including Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture at the Golden Globes, and was nominated for 142. Filmed in Kauai and Oahu.

The Dove (1974)
Charles Jarrott
This is the true story of Robin Lee Graham, who, at 16, sailed around the world alone in a 23-foot sloop named The Dove. While traveling, Robin meets and falls in love with a young woman who is also traveling around the world. Filmed in Australia, Ecuador, Fiji, Mozambique, Panama and South Africa.

From Here to Eternity (1953)
Fred Zinnemann
Robert Prewitt’s US Army transfer to Hawaii is not what he expected. His new captain is making his life miserable because he does not want to box for the captain and company. But soon, Prewitt begins to fall in love with Lorene, a social club employee. This film won 22 awards, including Oscars, Golden Globes, a Cannes Film Festival award and others. Filmed in Oahu, Hawaii.

Kon-Tiki (2012)
Joachim Rønning, Espen Sandberg
In this dramatic retelling of Thor Heyerdahl’s 4,300-mile expedition of 1947, the Norwegian explorer proves naysayers wrong by sailing a balsa wood raft across the Pacific from South America to Polynesia. Filmed in multiple locations including Bulgaria, Malta, Norway, Sweden and Thailand.

L.A. Confidential (1997)
Curtis Hanson
This film is set in 1950s Los Angeles, when mayhem, corruption and murder reached new depths. Three very different policemen—one remorseless, one sleazy and one straitlaced—investigate murders using forms of justice that fit each of their personalities. Filmed in Los Angeles.

Lion (2016)
Garth Davis
Based on the nonfiction book A Long Way Home, this film tells the story of Saroo Brierley, who, at five years of age, gets separated from his family in Kolkata and then adopted by an Australian family. At 25, Saroo begins a search for his long-lost family using Google Earth. Filmed in multiple locations including Melbourne, Kolkata and Hobart.

New Zealand from Above (2012)
Bruce Morrison and Serge Ou
This documentary gives you the opportunity to traverse New Zealand, from the South Island to the tip of the North Island. New Zealanders share their thoughts on their culture, interests and work. Filmed in New Zealand.

The Player (1992)
Robert Altman
When Griffin Mill, a Hollywood studio executive, begins to receive death threats, he assumes they are coming from a screenwriter whose pitch he rejected. As Griffin green-lights only a few story pitches out of thousands, he must try to figure out who is sending him the threatening postcards. Filmed in Los Angeles.

Rabbit-Proof Fence (2002)
Phillip Noyce
This multi-award-winning film tells the story of Molly, Daisy and Grace, two sisters and a cousin who are taken thousands of miles away from their Aboriginal mothers to be trained as domestic staff. The girls escape and follow a rabbit-proof fence while eluding a native tracker and the regional constabulary. Filmed in multiple locations including Adelaide, Perth and Sydney.

Rebel Without a Cause (1955)
Nicholas Ray
This film tells the story of the moral decay of American youth and was deemed culturally, historically and aesthetically significant by the Library of Congress, and added to its National Film Registry. It has won numerous awards, including Academy Awards for Best Supporting Actor and Best Supporting Actress. Filmed in Los Angeles.

Sideways (2004)
Alexander Payne
Two friends in their forties, an unsuccessful writer and a past-his-prime actor, take a week-long road trip to Santa Barbara County wine country to celebrate Jack’s upcoming wedding. They soon find themselves drowning in wine and women, as both men careen dangerously and comically toward mid-life crises.

South Pacific (1958)
Joshua Logan
While waiting for action in the war in the South Pacific, sailors and nurses put on a musical comedy show. As the war gets closer, the saga of Nellie Forbush and Emile de Becque becomes a serious drama.

Sullivan’s Travels (1941)
Preston Sturges
When Sullivan, a successful, spoiled and naive director of fluff films, decides to disguise himself as a hobo with only one dime in his pocket to see what poverty is really like, he receives quite a shock. His producers are not happy with his actions, but his experience causes him to want to make a film about the troubles of the poor. Filmed in Los Angeles.

Sunset Boulevard (1950)
Billy Wilder
In this flashback film, Joseph C. “Joe” Gillis tells the story of the events leading up to his death at a Sunset Boulevard mansion six months prior. Filmed in Los Angeles.

Alexander (2004)
Oliver Stone
Based on the life of Alexander the Great, this epic historic drama with Colin Farrell in the title role focuses on the king’s great conquests and his relationships with his parents; his wife, Roxana; and his tutor, Aristotle.

Eat Pray Love (2010)
Ryan Murphy
A woman realizes how unhappy her marriage is and that her life needs to go in a different direction. After a painful divorce, she takes off on an around-the-world journey to “find herself.” Filmed in multiple locations including Bali, Delhi, New York City and Rome.

The Gospel of John (2014)
David Batty
This film is a word-for-word adaptation of the Gospel of John and offers a modern visual perspective on the life of Jesus Christ, including his miracles, final words, death and resurrection.

La Dolce Vita (1960)
Federico Fellini
Fellini’s classic drama follows a journalist, played by Marcello Mastroianni, through Rome for seven days as he searches for love, happiness and the good life; widely considered one of the best films of all time, it features the famous scene in the Trevi Fountain with Anita Ekberg. Filmed in Rome.

Outlaw Girl (1950)
Mario Camerini
Beppe Musolino is innocent but found guilty of murder. He escapes from prison and, while on the run, meets and falls in love with a village girl. Together they track down the people who were responsible for the guilty verdict. Originally titled Il Brigante Musolino. Filmed in Calabria, Italy.

The Postman (1994)
Michael Radford, Massimo Troisi
A simple Italian postman learns to love poetry while delivering mail to a famous poet; he uses this gift to woo the local beauty, Beatrice. Originally titled Il postino. Filmed in Naples and Sicily.

The Two Faces of January (2014)
Hossein Amini
When glamorous American couple Chester and Colette arrive in Athens, they befriend a Greek-speaking American, Rydal, who becomes enraptured with Colette. Soon, Rydal is drawn into the dark side of Chester’s life. This film was nominated for three awards. Filmed in multiple locations including Athens, Greece; Crete, Greece; and Istanbul, Turkey.

Walking on Sunshine (2014)
Max Giwa and Dania Pasquini
Set in a stunning coastal village in present-day Italy, this musical romance follows Maddie, a woman who decides to marry a man after a speedy romance. When Maddie invites her sister, Taylor, to the wedding, it is revealed that the man Maddie is going to marry is the same man with whom Taylor had a holiday fling years earlier. Filmed in the Salento region of Puglia.

Zorba the Greek (1964)
Michael Cacoyannis
In this drama based on the Nikos Kazantzakis novel, Anthony Quinn plays larger-than-life Zorba, who travels to Crete with a new friend to advise him in a burgeoning mining operation. Romantic and personal entanglements follow in this passion-filled film. Winner of three Academy Awards (for Cinematography, Art Direction and Best Actress in a Supporting Role for Lila Kedrova). Filmed in Crete, Greece.

All My Friends Are Leaving Brisbane (2007)
Louise Alston
One by one, Anthea’s friends start to leave Brisbane, tempting her to do so as well. But when she learns that an ex-boyfriend is coming back to Brisbane, she changes her mind. Filmed in Brisbane.

Australia (2008)
Baz Luhrmann
An English aristocrat inherits a large cattle station in northern Australia. When she learns about the English cattle barons’ plot to take her land, she drives 2,000 cattle across treacherous lands to Darwin, Australia with the help of a stockman—only to witness the city’s bombing by Japanese forces. Filmed in multiple locations including Darwin and Sydney.

Beneath Hill 60 (2010)
Jeremy Sims
Set in 1916, this drama is based on the true story of Captain Oliver Woodward. Along with his secret platoon of Australian tunnelers, he must maintain a leaking complex tunnel system deep beneath German lines that is packed with enough explosives to alter the war. Filmed in Townsville.

Fool’s Gold (2008)
Andy Tennant
This adventure-romance tells the story of Ben “Finn” Finnegan and Tess Finnegan, a recently divorced couple who fall in love again while searching for a treasure that was lost at sea with the 1715 treasure fleet. Filmed in multiple locations including Cairns, Brisbane and Whitsunday Island.

Komodo Dragon (2009)
John-Paul Davidson
The presenters of this documentary track down the mighty Komodo dragon, the largest living lizard species. Along the way, they encounter one of the world’s most dangerous snakes and help release turtles into the wild.

Love Me Again (Land Down Under) (2008)
Rory B. Quintos
Arah and Migo live in the Philippines, but Arah dreams of a better life. When her father has an accident, Arah moves to Australia to earn money. Migo is devastated but does not want to go to Australia. Arah adjusts to life in Australia, fulfilling her dreams for herself and her family. But after several years have passed, Migo shows up in Australia, and he and Arah confront their past and their time apart. Filmed in multiple locations including Darwin.

Mabo (2012)
Rachel Perkins
This biographical film is about Eddie Koiki Mabo, an Aboriginal Australian and national hero of Australia. Mabo, who dropped out of school at the age of 15, successfully spearheaded the campaign for land rights for indigenous people, which resulted in the overthrowing of terra nullius (“nobody’s land”) by the High Court. Filmed in Queensland.

Our Generation (2010)
Sinem Saban, Damien Curtis
This documentary features stories from one of the last strongholds of traditional Aboriginal culture in Australia: the remote Yolngu of northeastern Arnhem Land. The Aboriginal struggles of land, culture and freedom are explored, and interviews with national indigenous leaders, historians and human rights activists shine a light on threats to the Australian Aboriginal culture.

The Tree (2010)
Julie Bertuccelli
When her husband, Peter, dies unexpectedly, Dawn is devastated. But Simone, their eight-year-old daughter, is convinced that Peter is speaking to her through the giant Moreton Bay fig tree that stands next to their house—the same tree that Peter crashed his car into on the day he died. And when Dawn begins a relationship with George, the tree seems to take on a life of its own. Filmed in Queensland.

Wawata Topu: Mermaids of Timor-Leste (2013)
David Palazón, Enrique Alonso
This documentary is about four generations of female divers trying to make a living in a coastal village of Timor-Leste, where their contributions to their households and their community are faced with social barriers.

All About My Mother (1999)
Pedro Almodóvar
In this comedy-drama, a nurse who oversees organ transplants loses her son in a car crash. To break the news to the boy’s father, whom he never knew, she journeys to Barcelona, revisiting colorful characters from her old life and meeting new ones along the way. The film won an Oscar and a Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film. Filmed in multiple locations including A Coruña, Barcelona and Madrid.

Allied (2016)
Robert Zemeckis
A Canadian intelligence officer is assigned to assassinate the German ambassador in Morocco and is partnered with a French Resistance fighter to pose as a married couple. The two grow close, get married and have a child, but one of them is leading a deceitful life. Filmed in multiple locations including the Canary Islands.

Antonio Gaudí (1984)
Hiroshi Teshigahara
A spellbinding visual poem that takes viewers on a tour of Antonio Gaudí’s spectacular architecture in Barcelona, including his massive, still-unfinished masterpiece, La Sagrada Família.

Barcelona (1994)
Whit Stillman
Set during the eighties, the film follows a pair of mismatched American cousins who banter about romance and politics while working in the beautiful city of Barcelona. Filmed in Spain and the United States.

Biutiful (2010)
Alejandro González Iñárritu
After being diagnosed with terminal cancer, Uxbal, a single father of two, is forced to reckon with his life in order to escape crime in underground Barcelona and regain spiritual insight. Filmed in Barcelona and Navarra.

By the Sea (2015)
Angelina Jolie
Vanessa and her husband, Roland, seem to be growing apart despite traveling together in France. But when they discover a quiet seaside town, they develop a mutual interest in the colorful inhabitants, bringing the two of them closer together. Filmed in various locations throughout Malta.

Carthage in Flames (1960)
Carmine Gallone
This Italian historic drama chronicles the final days of the Punic Wars as the Roman Empire descends upon Carthage. Filmed in Rome, Italy.

Casablanca (1942)
Michael Curtiz
When Rick Blaine’s former lover, Ilsa, shows up with her husband at his nightclub in Casablanca, Morocco, he is confronted with challenges that lead to a difficult decision.

Eye on Juliet (2017)
Kim Nguyen
Gordon, a security robot operator in Detroit who works with a drone in North Africa, becomes intrigued by Ayusha, a young woman he sees one day through the drone’s lens. Filmed in multiple locations including Casablanca.

Grace of Monaco (2014)
Olivier Dahan
This French-American film traces the glamorous life of Grace Kelly, the American actress who left her film career to marry Prince Rainier III of Monaco. The movie includes sweeping shots of the French Riviera. Nicole Kidman plays the starring role. Filmed in multiple locations including France, Italy and Monaco.

Life Is Beautiful (1997)
Roberto Benigni
In this Oscar winner for Best Leading Actor and Best Foreign Language Film, a Jewish Italian father shields his son from the horrors of life in a concentration camp by making up stories about the daily events for the boy to reinterpret. Originally titled La vita è bella. Filmed in multiple locations including Tuscany.

Marius (2013)
Daniel Auteuil
Marius owns and runs the La Marine Bar with his father, but dreams of setting off to a faraway land. He has been secretly in love with Fanny since childhood, and she him. When Marius is offered a job on an exploratory ship, Fanny confesses her love for him and Marius must choose between her and the sea. Filmed in Marseille, France.

Marseille (2004)
Angela Schanelec
When Sophie wants to get away from Berlin, she swaps her apartment for one in Marseille so she can photograph the city. Filmed in Berlin, Germany and Marseille, France.

My Friends (1975)
Mario Monicelli
Childhood friends Necchi, Perozzi, Melandri and Mascetti all live in Florence and spend as much time together as possible, traveling around Tuscany telling terrible jokes to anyone who will listen. Melandri falls in love with a professor’s wife; the love does not last, but the professor ends up becoming a great friend to the four men. Originally titled Amici miei. Filmed in Florence.

The Spanish Apartment (2002)
Cédric Klapisch
This French-Spanish film is the first in a trilogy that focuses on Xavier, a young economics student who travels to Barcelona for a European exchange program. Xavier finds an apartment with six international students and is immersed into a cultural melting pot. Originally titled L’Auberge Espagnole. Filmed in Barcelona.

The Trip to Italy (2014)
Michael Winterbottom
Steve Coogan and his best friend, Rob Brydon, embark on another food tour—this time around Italy, from Liguria to Capri. This film about friendship takes two men to six wonderful places for six meals. Filmed in various locations throughout Italy.

To Catch a Thief (1955)
Alfred Hitchcock
Cary Grant and Grace Kelly star in this romantic thriller about a retired cat burglar trying to entrap another burglar who is preying on wealthy tourists on the French Riviera. Hitchcock nicely conveys the glamour and energy of Monte Carlo, and the movie won an Oscar for Best Cinematography. Filmed in multiple locations including France and Monaco.

Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008)
Woody Allen
While on a summer holiday in Spain, girlfriends Vicky (Rebecca Hall) and Cristina (Scarlett Johansson) take a tour of wildly romantic Barcelona and become enamored with the same painter (Javier Bardem), unaware that his tempestuous ex-wife (Penélope Cruz) is about to re-enter the picture. Cruz won an Oscar for her performance and the film won a Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture. Filmed in multiple locations including Barcelona.

Alexander (2004)
Oliver Stone
Based on the life of Alexander the Great, this epic historic drama with Colin Farrell in the title role focuses on the king’s great conquests and his relationships with his parents; his wife, Roxana; and his tutor, Aristotle.

Bread and Tulips (2000)
Silvio Soldini
This romantic comedy follows a housewife who gets left behind during a family vacation. As she makes her way home, she impulsively detours to Venice and builds a new life—only to be admonished by her sister to return to her old one. Originally titled Pane e tulipani. Filmed in multiple locations including Rome, Salerno and Venice.

Death in Venice (1971)
Luchino Visconti
This faithful adaptation of Thomas Mann’s well-known novella depicts a work-obsessed composer seeking solace at a Venetian seaside resort who becomes infatuated with a beautiful adolescent, whom he follows through the city’s palazzi and medieval streets. Filmed in Venice.

Eat Pray Love (2010)
Ryan Murphy
A woman realizes how unhappy her marriage is and that her life needs to go in a different direction. After a painful divorce, she takes off on an around-the-world journey to “find herself.” Filmed in multiple locations including Bali, Delhi, New York City and Rome.

Everyone Says I Love You (1996)
Woody Allen
The lives of an upper-class Manhattan family are conveyed in song as they travel from New York to Paris to Venice in this whimsical musical comedy starring Julia Roberts, Alan Alda, Edward Norton and Goldie Hawn. Filmed in Venice and various locations throughout England.

How the War Started on My Island (1996)
Vinko Brešan
In this bold black comedy, it is 1991 on an unnamed Croatian island and the Croatian parliament has declared the island’s independence from Yugoslavia. But conscripts from the Yugoslav People’s Army barricade themselves in a garrison, refusing to leave. Originally titled Kako je počeo rat na mom otoku. Filmed in Primosten and Šibenik.

The Horseman (2003)
Branko Ivanda
This fascinating film is set in the early 18th century in the place where the borders of the Ottoman Empire and the Republic of Venice meet. The action and conflicts examine the struggles of living between two empires and two faiths: Catholicism and Islam. Originally titled Konjanik. Filmed in Zadar.

The Human Cargo (2012)
Daniele Vicari
This documentary tells the story of 20,000 Albanians who arrived in Bari, Italy on August 8, 1991 looking for a better life. Originally titled La nave dolce.

If It’s Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium (1969)
Mel Stuart
A group of American tourists takes an 18-day guided bus tour of nine European countries (from London to Rome) and humor ensues. Filmed in multiple locations including London, Luxembourg, Rome and Venice.

La Dolce Vita (1960)
Federico Fellini
Fellini’s classic drama follows a journalist, played by Marcello Mastroianni, through Rome for seven days as he searches for love, happiness and the good life; widely considered one of the best films of all time, it features the famous scene in the Trevi Fountain with Anita Ekberg. Filmed in Rome.

The Postman (1994)
Michael Radford, Massimo Troisi
A simple Italian postman learns to love poetry while delivering mail to a famous poet; he uses this gift to woo the local beauty, Beatrice. Originally titled Il postino. Filmed in Naples and Sicily.

Senso (1954)
Luchino Visconti
A feast for the eyes set in 1860s Italy, this melodrama plays out against the atmospheric backdrop of Venice, from La Fenice Opera House to St. Mark’s Square. Filmed in Rome and Venice.

Summertime (1955)
David Lean
Katharine Hepburn is an American schoolteacher who takes a dream trip to Venice and finds herself entangled and in love with a married man. Lean won the New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Director. Both Hepburn and Lean received Academy Award nominations. Filmed in Venice.

The Trip to Italy (2014)
Michael Winterbottom
Steve Coogan and his best friend, Rob Brydon, embark on another food tour—this time around Italy, from Liguria to Capri. This film about friendship takes two men to six wonderful places for six meals. Filmed in various locations throughout Italy.

The Wings of the Dove (1997)
Iain Softley
Based on Henry James’s novel, this intelligent film follows American heiress Milly Theale, played by Helena Bonham Carter. After she is stricken ill, she travels to Venice, where family and friends swirl around her with both good intentions and bad. Filmed in multiple locations including Venice.