
British Airways has compiled a list of top 100 films that inspire people to travel. These include classic films like “Casablanca” (which was not shot in Casablanca), “Around the World in 80 Days” and “The Sound of Music” as well as newer movies like “The Hobbit” and “Lord of the Rings” which attracted people to New Zealand and “Up” which is an animated film about flying in a hot air balloon.
According to a survey of 2,000 people, British Airways found that 40% of them were inspired to travel because of a movie they had watched.
“Mission Impossible – the Ghost Protocol” which was partly shot in Dubai is said to have inspired many tourists to visit Dubai.
Here is the British Airways Top 100 Films that inspire travel:
- A Good Year
- A Room with a View
- The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
- Amélie
- Anchorman – The Legend of Ron Burgundy
- Annie Hall
- Around the World in 80 Days
- Australia
- The Beach
- Before Sunrise
- The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
- Blue Hawaii
- Braveheart
- Breakfast at Tiffany’s
- Captain Corelli’s Mandolin
- To Catch a Thief
- Casablanca
- Casino Royale (2006)
- Chariots of Fire
- City of God
- Cocktail
- Coming to America
- Crocodile Dundee
- Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
- The Darjeeling Limited
- The Dark Knight
- The Da Vinci Code
- Dirty Dancing
- Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
- Dr. No
- Eat Pray Love
- E.T.
- The Endless Summer (1966)
- Enter the Dragon
- Evita
- Forrest Gump
- Four Weddings and a Funeral
- From Here to Eternity (1953)
- Ghostbusters
- Gone with the Wind
- Gorillas in the Mist
- The Hangover
- Havana
- The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
- The Holiday
- In Bruges
- Indiana Jones, Raiders of the Lost Ark
- Indecent Proposal
- Into the Wild
- It Started in Naples
- It’s All Gone Pete Tong
- Jaws
- The King and I
- La Dolce Vita
- L.A. Story
- La Vie En Rose
- Lawrence of Arabia
- Life of Pi
- Lord of the Rings (The Fellowship of the Ring)
- Lost in Translation
- Mamma Mia
- Manhattan
- Memoirs of a Geisha
- Miami Vice
- Midnight in Paris
- The Motorcylce Diaries
- Moulin Rouge!
- National Lampoon’s European Vacation
- Notting Hill
- Ocean’s Eleven (1960)
- Out of Africa
- The Piano
- Planes, Trains and Automobiles
- Pretty Woman
- Quadrophenia
- Roman Holiday
- Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
- Searching for Sugar Man
- Sex and the City 2
- Seven Years in Tibet
- Shirley Valentine
- Sideways
- Skyfall
- Sliding Doors
- Sleepless in Seattle
- Slumdog Millionaire
- Somewhere
- The Sound of Music
- South Pacific
- The Spy who Loved Me
- Stand by Me
- Summer Holiday
- The Talented Mr Ripley
- Thelma & Louise
- Top Gun
- Under the Tuscan Sun
- Up
- Up in the Air
- When Harry Met Sally
- 24 Hour Party People
