Laurie is the current organizer of the Albuquerque Solo Women’s Travel Club Meetup* and during the Covid-19 pandemic, she has been hosting Zoom meetings with members. The topic for the February meeting was “Favorite Travel Movies.” Here are a few of the responses.

This month’s theme was, what is a favorite travel movie (not a documentary or docuseries) that captures the magic, beauty, mystery, or surprises of travel and/or locale? That has the power to transport you to another place? Here are the answers, in alphabetical order.

Australia
Avatar
Before Sunrise/Sunset/Midnight
Chevy Chase vacation movies
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Hatari!
Lost in Translation
Midnight in Paris
Out of Africa
Planes, Trains, and Automobiles
Raise the Red Lantern
Roman Holiday
Shirley Valentine
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
The Bucket List
The Darjeeling Limited
The English Patient
The Loneliest Planet
The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency
The River Wild
The Smithsonian Channel: CBS All Access, for landscape drone footage
The Sound of Music
2001: A Space Odyssey
Under the Tuscan Sun
Vicky Cristina Barcelona

All of these films are available on the usual platforms: Amazon, Google Play, iTunes, Hulu, etc., and some are based on great reads (e.g., The English Patient). The films on this eclectic list all provide insights to what may be unfamiliar places and cultures, and watching them should provide an entertaining diversion during these challenging times!

* The “Solo Women” in the name means women who live on their own but want to travel with other women.