If I’m not on the road, I turn into an “armchair traveller” and head over to the nearest video store (i.e.download films) to vicariously experience a world away from home.

An aspect of films that gets me itching to strap my travelin’ boots on are those that takes you through a city or a country, wherein the location plays a leading role. From the streets of Berlin and New York to the complex culture of China and the United States, I would like to add:

Berlin:
1) Run Lola Run (Lola Rennt)
2) The Edukators
3) The Lives of Others (Das Leben der Anderen)
4) Berlin Alexanderplatz
5) Good Bye Lenin!
6) Funeral in Berlin
7) Wings of Desire

Munich:
1) Munich

New York:
1) Vanilla Sky
2) Taxi Driver
3) When Harry met Sally
4) Goodfellas
5) Ghostbusters
6) Short Circuit
7) Last Exit to Brooklyn
8) Breakfast at Tiffany’s
9) Big
10) Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
11) Raging Bull

India:
1) The Darjeeling Limited
2) The Namesake
3) Monsoon Wedding

Paris:
1) 400 Blows
2) Children of Paradise
3) Love me if you dare/Jeux d’enfants
4) An American in Paris
5) Paris, I love you/ Paris, je t’aime (no, not the disease infested socialite)
6) La Femme Nikita
7) Last Tango in Paris/Ultimo Tango a Parigi (Italian), Le Dernier Tango à Paris (French)
8) Breathless
9) Rendezvous/C’était un rendez-vous

Barcelona:
1) All About my Mother
2) Barcelona

China:
1) In the Mood for Love
2) Balzac and the Chinese Seamstress

China/Philippines
1) Days of Being Wild

Philippines:
1) Apocalypse Now (Filmed in the Philippines)

Across the U.S.A.
1) Into the Wild
2) Where the Buffalo Roam
3) My Blueberry Nights
4) Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
5) Little Miss Sunshine

San Francisco, U.S.A.:
1) Dirty Harry
2) Zodiac
3) The Birds
4) 40 Days, 40 Nights
5) Tales from the City
6) The Joy Luck Club

Korea:
1) Old Boy

Morocco:
1) Hideous Kinky