Travel Movies & Oscar Winners

Magical big screen inspiration of far flung destinations and mystical foreign lands.
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Buena Vista Social Club (1999) ⭐ 7.6 | Documentary, Music
Directed by Wim Wenders. With Compay Segundo, Ibrahim Ferrer, Rubén González, Eliades Ochoa. Aging Cuban musicians whose talents had been virtually forgotten following Castro's takeover of Cuba, are brought out of retirement by Ry Cooder, who travelled to Havana in order to bring the musicians together, resulting in triumphant performances of extraordinary music, and resurrecting the musicians' careers.
Happy Feet (2006) ⭐ 6.4 | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Directed by George Miller, Warren Coleman, Judy Morris. With Elijah Wood, Brittany Murphy, Hugh Jackman, Robin Williams. Into the world of the Emperor Penguins, who find their soul mates through song, a penguin is born who cannot sing. But he can tap dance something fierce!
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (2013) ⭐ 7.3 | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Directed by Ben Stiller. With Ben Stiller, Kristen Wiig, Jon Daly, Kathryn Hahn. When his job along with that of his co-worker are threatened, Walter takes action in the real world embarking on a global journey that turns into an adventure more extraordinary than anything he could have ever imagined.
Frida (2002) ⭐ 7.3 | Biography, Drama, Romance
Directed by Julie Taymor. With Salma Hayek, Alfred Molina, Geoffrey Rush, Mía Maestro. A biography of artist Frida Kahlo, who channeled the pain of a crippling injury and her tempestuous marriage into her work.
The Lion King (1994)
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The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014) ⭐ 8.1 | Adventure, Comedy, Crime
Directed by Wes Anderson. With Ralph Fiennes, F. Murray Abraham, Mathieu Amalric, Adrien Brody. The adventures of Gustave H, a legendary concierge at a famous hotel from the fictional Republic of Zubrowka between the first and second World Wars, and Zero Moustafa, the lobby boy who becomes his most trusted friend.
Guantanamera (1995) ⭐ 6.9 | Comedy, Drama
Directed by Tomás Gutiérrez Alea, Juan Carlos Tabío. With Carlos Cruz, Mirta Ibarra, Jorge Perugorría, Raúl Eguren. It is a satire about life in Cuba. The members of a funeral procession and some truckdrivers who have to take the same route begin to talk about god and the world ending up in discovering that life for both groups has many similarities as well as a lot of differences depending on the point of view.
Baraka (1992) ⭐ 8.5 | Documentary
Directed by Ron Fricke. A collection of expertly photographed scenes of human life.
Madagascar (2005) ⭐ 6.9 | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Directed by Eric Darnell, Tom McGrath. With Chris Rock, Ben Stiller, David Schwimmer, Jada Pinkett Smith. Spoiled by their upbringing with no idea what wild life is really like, four animals from New York Central Zoo escape, unwittingly assisted by four absconding penguins, and find themselves in Madagascar, among a bunch of merry lemurs
The Gods Must Be Crazy (1980) ⭐ 7.3 | Adventure, Comedy
Directed by Jamie Uys. With N!xau, Marius Weyers, Sandra Prinsloo, Louw Verwey. A comic allegory about a traveling Bushman who encounters modern civilization and its stranger aspects, including a clumsy scientist and a band of revolutionaries.
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) ⭐ 8.4 | Action, Adventure
Directed by Steven Spielberg. With Harrison Ford, Karen Allen, Paul Freeman, John Rhys-Davies. Archaeologist and adventurer Indiana Jones is hired by the US government to find the Ark of the Covenant before the Nazis.
The Darjeeling Limited (2007) ⭐ 7.2 | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Directed by Wes Anderson. With Owen Wilson, Adrien Brody, Jason Schwartzman, Amara Karan. A year after their father's funeral, three brothers travel across India by train in an attempt to bond with each other.