Cinema's 10 Best Travel Movies of All Time

Mr. Hulot's Holiday (1953)

Cast: Jacques Tati, Nathalie Pascaud, Michelle Rolla, Louis Perrault, Andre Dubois

Director: Jacques Tati

Synopsis: Already familiar to many, especially following his acclaimed directorial debut Jour De Fete, Jacques Tati came into his own and reached new levels ... [MORE]

Up (2009)

Cast: Edward Asner, Christopher Plummer, Jordan Nagai, Bob Peterson, Delroy Lindo

Director: Pete Docter, Bob Peterson

Synopsis: A feisty septuagenarian teams with a fearless wilderness ranger to do battle with a vicious band of beasts and villains in this computer-animated a... [MORE]

Roman Holiday (1953)

Cast: Audrey Hepburn, Gregory Peck, Eddie Albert, Tullio Carminati, Hartley Power

Director: William Wyler

Synopsis: Audrey Hepburn became a star with this film, in which she played Princess Anne, weary of protocol and anxious to have some fun before she is mummif... [MORE]

Before Sunrise (1995)

Cast: Ethan Hawke, Julie Delpy, Andrea Eckert, Hanno Poschl

Director: Richard Linklater

Synopsis: Richard Linklater's third feature -- set, like his other works, over the course of one 24-hour period -- Before Sunrise is a sweet, intelligent rom... [MORE]

127 Hours (2010)

Cast: James Franco, Amber Tamblyn, Clémence Poésy, Kate Mara, Kate Burton

Director: Danny Boyle

Synopsis: James Franco stars in director Danny Boyle's inspiring survival drama based on the incredible true story of Aron Ralston, who became trapped alone ... [MORE]

Easy Rider (1969)

Cast: Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper, Jack Nicholson, Karen Black, Antonio Mendoza

Director: Dennis Hopper

Synopsis: Tossing wristwatches away, two bikers hit the road to find America in Dennis Hopper's anti-establishment classic. After a major cocaine sale to an ... [MORE]

Into the Wild (2007)

Cast: Emile Hirsch, Marcia Gay Harden, William Hurt, Catherine Keener, Hal Holbrook

Director: Sean Penn

Synopsis: Into the Wild is writer/director Sean Penn's adaptation of the popular book by Jon Krakauer, a nonfiction account of the post-collegiate wanderings... [MORE]

Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008)

Cast: Scarlett Johansson, Penélope Cruz, Javier Bardem, Rebecca Hall, Patricia Clarkson, Kevin Dunn, Chris Messina, Christopher Evan Welch, Zak Orth, Carrie Preston, Pablo Schreiber, Julio Perillan, Abel Folk

Director: Woody Allen

Synopsis: Woody Allen's romantic drama Vicky Cristina Barcelona stars Rebecca Hall and Scarlett Johansson as best friends Vicky and Cristina. As the movie op... [MORE]

Vacation (1983)

Cast: Chevy Chase, Beverly D'Angelo, Imogene Coca, Randy Quaid, Anthony Michael Hall

Director: Harold Ramis

Synopsis: The first film in the Vacation comedy franchise stars Chevy Chase as Clark Griswold, an ad exec who becomes consumed with taking his family cross-c... [MORE]

The Darjeeling Limited (2007)

Cast: Owen Wilson, Adrien Brody, Jason Schwartzman, Amara Karan, Wallace Wolodarsky

Director: Wes Anderson

Synopsis: Wes Anderson's The Darjeeling Limited stars Owen Wilson, Jason Schwartzman, and Adrien Brody as three brothers who, at the insistence of the oldest... [MORE]