21 Escapist Films That Will Make You Book Your Next Vacation Inline
Photo: Courtesy of Mikado Film1/21Io Sono Amore (I Am Love), 2009
“One of my favorite films is Luca Guadagnino’s Io Sono Amore (I Am Love), the director’s other luxuriant romp with Tilda Swinton. But Tilda plays second fiddle to the Villa Necchi, a 1930s masterpiece of a home in the middle of Milan that becomes the real star of the movie. I visited the <a href="" Villa Necchi Campiglio</a a couple of summers ago, in the dead of August heat, and fell further in love.”
—Mark Guiducci, Vogue Arts Editor
Photo: Alamy2/21The Beach, 2000
“I dream of vacations often since I rarely take them, but one film that always makes me fantasize about giving everything up and enjoying life is The Beach. While it had its rocky moments, the lush landscape of the Thai beaches makes it truly captivating and inspirational. Thinking about it now makes me want to book a flight.”
—Edward Barsamian, Vogue.com Style Editor
Photo: Everett Collection3/21Heading South, 2005
“Heading South tells the story of three women—one of whom is played by Charlotte Rampling—on a ladies-only vacation in Haiti. It’s impossible to take your eyes off Rampling, who must have been almost 60 at the time the movie was shot. She is insanely gorgeous in her one-piece bathing suit and quickly seduces Legba (Ménothy Cesar), a handsome 18-year-old islander. Maybe more bewitching than the affair, though, are the endless sandy white beaches (always seemingly deserted, always bathed in golden-hour light), rustling palm trees, and turquoise blue waters of the Haitian coastline. There is a scene where the couple are basking on a cluster of reddish-brown rocks in what looks like the middle of the Caribbean sea. I remember sitting in the movie theater wishing I could click my heels and be transported to that very spot.”
—Chioma Nnadi, Vogue.com Fashion News Director
Photo: Courtesy of Axiom Films4/21Lisbon Story, 1994
“Wim Wenders’s Lisbon Story is pretty much my idea of heaven: an elegantly dilapidated Portuguese-tiled old house; a music-like mix of languages; uncrowded city streets; and the sounds of fado, courtesy of Madredeus, that are somehow mournful and joyful at the same time.”
—Susan Gordon, Vogue.com Copy Editor
Photo: Courtesy of United Artists5/21That Man From Rio, 1964
“That Man From Rio is pretty hard to beat. If the scenery doesn’t cure what ails you, Jean-Paul Belmondo will. (Françoise Dorléac—and her summer-perfect caper costuming—is no slouch, either.)”
—Alessandra Codinha, Vogue.com Fashion News Editor
