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Best destination flicks this year

by Martha Edwards on Dec 4th 2007 at 5:13PM

I rarely see movies, so when I do make the trek to the theatre or the video store, I try to make sure it's a good one; For me, good means well-written, well-acted and somehow intellectually stimulating. I love seeing good films about other places in the world -- they don't need to be travel-related, per se, but I love destination films. So I'm pretty chuffed that someone has come out with a list of the Top 10 travel-inspiring flicks this year. Here's what made the list:

Once, set in Ireland
Lust, Caution, set in Shanghai and Hong Kong
Enchanted, set in Manhattan
Atonement, set in Britain during WWII
The Darjeeling Limited, set in India
Into the Wild, set throughout the continental USA and in Alaska (I've seen this one, by the way, and I loved it)
The Assassination of Jesse James, set in the midwest, but actually filmed in the beautiful Canadian foothills (where I live) (Incidentally, this film stars not only Brad Pitt but also an old-school trunk from my house that one of the producers picked up at our garage sale! I haven't seen the movie, but humor me -- does the trunk steal the show or what? Ok, I digress.)
Ratatouille, set in Paris
Elizabeth, The Golden Age, set in historic England
The Bourne Ultimatum, set in several different countries.