52 Travel and Destination-Inspired Movies

Running out of travel and destination-inspired films to watch? Here’s a list of movies based on suggestions from members of GirlsLoveTravel. I’m also saving you the time of searching ratings and plots from IMDB or Rottentomatoes by pasting them here. The first 5 are my favorites while the rest are in random order. Enjoy!

1. The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

Destinations: Greenland, Iceland, Himalayas Afghanistan
IMDB Rating: 7.3/10
Rottentomatoes: 51%
Plot: A story of a day-dreamer who escapes his anonymous life by disappearing into a world of fantasies filled with heroism, romance, and action. When his job along with that of his co-worker (Kristen Wiig) 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. (c) Fox

2. Motorcycle Diaries

Destinations: Argentina, Chile, Peru
IMDB Rating: 7.8/10
Rottentomatoes: 84%
Plot: On a break before his last semester of medical school, Ernesto “Che” Guevara (Gael García Bernal) travels with his friend Alberto Granado (Rodrigo De la Serna) from Brazil to Peru by motorcycle. The two men soon witness the great disparities in South America, encountering poor peasants and observing the exploitation of labor by wealthy industrialists. When they reach a leper colony in Peru, Ernesto’s values have changed so much that he sides with the sufferers, forgetting his own comfort.

3. A Map For Saturday

Destinations: Argentina, Australia, Brazil, UK, India, Italy, Nepal, Spain, Thailand, USA
IMDB Rating:  7.9/10
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Plot: On a trip around the world, every day feels like Saturday. A MAP FOR SATURDAY reveals a world of long-term, solo travel through the stories of trekkers on four continents. The documentary finds backpackers helping neglected Thai tsunami victims. It explains why Nepal’s guesthouses are empty and Brazil’s stoplights are ignored. But at its core, SATURDAY tracks the emotional arc of extreme long-term travelers; teenagers and senior citizens who wondered, “What would it be like to travel the world?” Then did it.

4. Into The Wild

Destinations: Alaska, Arizona USA
IMDB Rating:  8.1/10
Rottentomatoes: 82%
Plot: Christopher McCandless, son of wealthy parents, graduates from Emory University as a top student and athlete. However, instead of embarking on a prestigious and profitable career, he chooses to give his savings to charity, rid himself of his possessions, and set out on a journey to the Alaskan wilderness.

5. Tracks

Destinations: Australia
IMDB Rating:  7.2/10
Rottentomatoes: 82%
Plot: Accompanied only by her faithful dog and four camels, an Australian (Mia Wasikowska) satisfies her craving for solitude by embarking on a solo trip across the desert from Alice Springs to the Indian Ocean.

6. Under The Tuscan Sun

Destinations: Italy
IMDB Rating:  6.8/10
Rottentomatoes: 62%
Plot: Frances Mayes is a 35-year-old San Francisco writer whose perfect life has just taken an unexpected detour. Her recent divorce has left her with terminal writer’s block and extremely depressed. Her best friend, Patti, is beginning to think that she might never recover. “Dr. Patti’s” prescription: 10 days in Tuscany. It’s there, on a whim, that Frances purchases a villa named Bramasole–literally, “something that yearns for the sun.” The home needs much restoration, but what better place for a new beginning than the home of the Renaissance? As she flings herself into her new life at the villa in the lush Italian countryside, Frances makes new friends among her neighbors; but in the quiet moments, she is fearful that her ambitions for her new life–and new family–may not be realized, until a chance encounter in Rome throws Frances into the arms of an intriguing Portobello antiques dealer named Marcello. Even as she stumbles forward on her uncertain journey, one thing becomes clear: in life, there are second chances.

7. Before Sunrise

Destinations: Paris, Vienna
IMDB Rating:  8.1/10
Rottentomatoes: 100%
Plot: On his way to Vienna, American Jesse (Ethan Hawke) meets Celine (Julie Delpy), a student returning to Paris. After long conversations forge a surprising connection between them, Jesse convinces Celine to get off the train with him in Vienna. Since his flight to the U.S. departs the next morning and he has no money for lodging, they wander the city together, taking in the experiences of Vienna and each other. As the night progresses, their bond makes separating in the morning a difficult choice.

8. Before Midnight

Destinations: Greece
IMDB Rating:  7.9/10
Rottentomatoes: 98%
Plot: On the last night of their idyllic Greek vacation, longtime lovers Jesse (Ethan Hawke) and Celine (Julie Delpy) reminisce about their lives together and what different choices might have brought.

9. Midnight in Paris

Destinations: Paris
IMDB Rating:  7.7/10
Rottentomatoes: 93%
Plot: Gil Pender (Owen Wilson) is a screenwriter and aspiring novelist. Vacationing in Paris with his fiancee (Rachel McAdams), he has taken to touring the city alone. On one such late-night excursion, Gil encounters a group of strange — yet familiar — revelers, who sweep him along, apparently back in time, for a night with some of the Jazz Age’s icons of art and literature. The more time Gil spends with these cultural heroes of the past, the more dissatisfied he becomes with the present.

10. Eat Pray Love

Destinations: New York City (United States), Rome and Naples (Italy), Delhi and Pataudi (India), Ubud and Padang-Padang Beach at Bali (Indonesia)
IMDB Rating:  5.7/10
Rottentomatoes: 36%
Plot: Liz Gilbert (Julia Roberts) thought she had everything she wanted in life: a home, a husband and a successful career. Now newly divorced and facing a turning point, she finds that she is confused about what is important to her. Daring to step out of her comfort zone, Liz embarks on a quest of self-discovery that takes her to Italy, India and Bali.

11. Wild

Destinations: Pacific Crest Trail
IMDB Rating:  7.1/10
Rottentomatoes: 90%
Plot: Driven to the edge by the loss of her beloved mother (Laura Dern), the dissolution of her marriage and a headlong dive into self-destructive behavior, Cheryl Strayed (Reese Witherspoon) makes a decision to halt her downward spiral and put her life back together again. With no outdoors experience, a heavy backpack and little else to go on but her own will, Cheryl sets out alone to hike the Pacific Crest Trail — one of the country’s longest and toughest through-trails.

12. The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

Destinations: India
IMDB Rating:  7.3/10
Rottentomatoes: 78%
Plot: Some British retirees (Judi Dench, Maggie Smith, Bill Nighy) decide to outsource their retirement to exotic — and less expensive — India. Lured by advertisements for the newly restored Marigold Hotel and imagining a life of leisure in lush surroundings, they arrive and find that the Marigold is actually a shell of its former self. Though their new home is not quite what they had imagined, the retirees find that life and love can begin again when they let go of their pasts.

13. The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants

Destinations: Mexico, Greece
IMDB Rating:  7.5/10
Rottentomatoes: 77%
Plot: Bridget (Blake Lively), Carmen (America Ferrera), Lena (Alexis Bledel) and Tibby (Amber Tamblyn) are best friends living in Maryland. After many summers together, the four are finally going their separate ways for a few months: while Bridget heads to Mexico, and Lena visits family in Greece, Carmen and Tibby stay closer to home. No matter where they are, they are connected by a pair of jeans that they take turns sharing — pants that fit all four girls and exemplify their tight bond.

14. Darjeeling Limited

Destinations: India
IMDB Rating:  7.2/10
Rottentomatoes: 69%
Plot: Estranged brothers Francis (Owen Wilson), Peter (Adrien Brody) and Jack (Jason Schwartzman) reunite for a train trip across India. The siblings have not spoken in over a year, ever since their father passed away. Francis is recovering from a motorcycle accident, Peter cannot cope with his wife’s pregnancy, and Jack cannot get over his ex-lover. The brothers fall into old patterns of behavior as Francis reveals the real reason for the reunion: to visit their mother in a Himalayan convent.

15. The Way

Destinations: France, Spain
IMDB Rating:  7.4/10
Rottentomatoes: 82%
Plot: An American father travels to France to claim the body of his estranged son, who was killed on the trek through the Pyrenees.

16. A Good Year

Destinations: Southern France
IMDB Rating:  6.9/10
Rottentomatoes: 26%
Plot: Failed London banker Max Skinner (Russell Crowe) inherits his uncle’s (Albert Finney) vineyard in Provence, where he spent many childhood holidays. Upon his arrival, he meets a woman from California who tells Max she is his long-lost cousin and that the property is hers.

17. A Good Year

Destinations: Southern France
IMDB Rating:  6.9/10
Rottentomatoes: 26%
Plot: Failed London banker Max Skinner (Russell Crowe) inherits his uncle’s (Albert Finney) vineyard in Provence, where he spent many childhood holidays. Upon his arrival, he meets a woman from California who tells Max she is his long-lost cousin and that the property is hers.

18. A Walk In The Woods

Destinations: Appalachian Trail
IMDB Rating:  6.3/10
Rottentomatoes: 46%
Plot: Travel writer Bill Bryson (Robert Redford) takes a long-lost old friend (Nick Nolte) for a hike along the Appalachian Trail, which stretches more than 2,000 miles from Georgia to Maine.

19. Seven Years In Tibet

Destinations: Tibet
IMDB Rating:  7/10
Rottentomatoes: 61%
Plot: An egocentric Austrian mountaineer (Brad Pitt) gradually learns selflessness from the young Dalai Lama.

20. The Art of Travel

Destinations: Central America
IMDB Rating:  6.5/10
Rottentomatoes: 63%
Plot: Conner goes on his honeymoon, alone, and finds adventure with a ragtag group in Central America.

21. The Talented Mr. Ripley

Destinations: Italy
IMDB Rating:  7.35/10
Rottentomatoes: 83%
Plot: To be young and carefree amid the blue waters and idyllic landscape of sun-drenched Italy in the late 1950s; that’s la dolce vita Tom Ripley (Matt Damon) craves- and Dickie Greenleaf (Jude Law) leads. When Dickie’s father asks Tom to bring his errant playboy son back home to America, Dickie and his beautiful expatriate girlfriend, Marge Sherwood (Gwyneth Paltrow), never suspect the dangerous extremes to which Ripley will go to make their lifestyle his own.

22. Lost in Translation

Destinations: Japan
IMDB Rating:  7.8/10
Rottentomatoes: 95%
Plot: A lonely, aging movie star named Bob Harris (Bill Murray) and a conflicted newlywed, Charlotte (Scarlett Johansson), meet in Tokyo. Bob is there to film a Japanese whiskey commercial; Charlotte is accompanying her celebrity-photographer husband. Strangers in a foreign land, the two find escape, distraction and understanding amidst the bright Tokyo lights after a chance meeting in the quiet lull of the hotel bar. They form a bond that is as unlikely as it is heartfelt and meaningful.

23. The Beach

Destinations: Thailand
IMDB Rating:  6.6/10
Rottentomatoes: 19%
Plot: The desire to find something real — to connect with something or someone — is what drives Richard (Leonardo DiCaprio), a young American backpacker who arrives in Thailand with adventure on his mind. Etienne (Guillaume Canet) and Francoise (Virginie Ledoyen) join him on an adventure to “The Beach,” a mystical paradise. However, this paradise is less than perfect.

24. Everest

Destinations: Mt. Everest
IMDB Rating:  7.1/10
Rottentomatoes: 73%
Plot: On the morning of May 10, 1996, climbers (Jason Clarke, Josh Brolin) from two expeditions start their final ascent toward the summit of Mount Everest, the highest point on Earth. With little warning, a violent storm strikes the mountain, engulfing the adventurers in one of the fiercest blizzards ever encountered by man. Challenged by the harshest conditions imaginable, the teams must endure blistering winds and freezing temperatures in an epic battle to survive against nearly impossible odds.

25. Lord of the Rings Trilogy

Destinations: New Zealand
IMDB Rating:  8.8/10
Rottentomatoes: 91%
Plot: The Lord of the Rings is a film series consisting of three high fantasy adventure films directed by Peter Jackson. They are based on the novel The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien.

26. The Bucket List

Destinations: Venice
IMDB Rating:  7.4/10
Rottentomatoes: 40%
Plot:  Billionaire Edward Cole (Jack Nicholson) and car mechanic Carter Chambers (Morgan Freeman) are complete strangers, until fate lands them in the same hospital room. The men find they have two things in common: a need to come to terms with who they are and what they have done with their lives, and a desire to complete a list of things they want to see and do before they die. Against their doctor’s advice, the men leave the hospital and set out on the adventure of a lifetime.

27. The Tourist

Destinations: Venice
IMDB Rating:  6/10
Rottentomatoes: 20%
Plot:  During an impromptu trip to Europe to mend a broken heart, math teacher Frank Tupelo (Johnny Depp) finds himself in an extraordinary situation when an alluring stranger, Elise (Angelina Jolie), places herself in his path. Their seemingly innocent flirtation turns into a dangerous game of cat and mouse while various people, who all think that Frank is Elise’s thieving paramour, Alexander Pearce, try to capture the pair.

28. The 100-Year-Old man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared

Destinations: Sweden
IMDB Rating:  7.1/10
Rottentomatoes: 68%
Plot: Allan Karlsson, a 100-year-old explosives expert, escapes from a retirement home.

29. Life of Pi

Destinations: Taiwan
IMDB Rating:  7.9/10
Rottentomatoes: 68%
Plot: After deciding to sell their zoo in India and move to Canada, Santosh and Gita Patel board a freighter with their sons and a few remaining animals. Tragedy strikes when a terrible storm sinks the ship, leaving the Patels’ teenage son, Pi (Suraj Sharma), as the only human survivor. However, Pi is not alone; a fearsome Bengal tiger has also found refuge aboard the lifeboat. As days turn into weeks and weeks drag into months, Pi and the tiger must learn to trust each other if both are to survive.

30. Bread and Tulips

Destinations: Venice
IMDB Rating:  7.4/10
Rottentomatoes: 71%
Plot: Rosalba (Licia Maglietta), a middle-aged woman on a bus trip to Venice with her husband and her sons, is left behind at a rest stop off of the highway. As the days go by with no word from her family, she settles into a room at a local hotel and takes a job at a flower shop. When her husband and sons begin to miss her, they send a friend looking for her. “Bread and Tulips” is a warmhearted comedy about love, family, and friendship.

31. Out of Africa

Destinations: Africa
IMDB Rating:  7.2/10
Rottentomatoes: 56%
Plot: Initially set on being a dairy farmer, the aristocratic Karen Blixen (Meryl Streep) travels to Africa to join her husband, Bror (Klaus Maria Brandauer), who instead spends their money on a coffee plantation. After discovering Bror is unfaithful, Karen develops feelings for hunter Denys (Robert Redford), but realizes he prefers a simplistic lifestyle compared to her upper class background. The two continue on until a series of events force Karen to choose between her love and personal growth.

32. Indiana Jones

Destinations: Hawaii
IMDB Rating:  6.2/10
Rottentomatoes: 77%
Plot: It’s the height of the Cold War, and famous archaeologist Indiana Jones (Harrison Ford), returning from his latest adventure, finds out his job at Marshall College is in jeopardy. He meets Mutt (Shia La Beouf), a young man who wants Indy to help him find the legendary Crystal Skull of Akator, and the pair set out for Peru. However, deadly agent Irina Spalko (Cate Blanchett) is searching for the powerful artifact, too, because the Soviets believe it can help them conquer the world.

33. Romancing the Stone

Destinations: Colombia
IMDB Rating:  6.9/10
Rottentomatoes: 88%
Plot: A dowdy romantic-adventure writer is hurled into a real-life adventure in the Colombian jungle in order to save her sister, who will be killed if a treasure map is not delivered to her captors. She is helped out by a brash mercenary, and together they search for the priceless gem located in the map.

34. The Hundred-Foot Journey

Destinations: France
IMDB Rating:  7.3/10
Rottentomatoes: 68%
Plot: Hassan Kadam (Manish Dayal) is an extraordinarily talented and largely self-taught culinary novice. When he and his family are displaced from their native India and settle in a quaint French village, they decide to open an Indian eatery. However, Madame Mallory (Helen Mirren), the proprietress of an acclaimed restaurant just 100 feet away, strongly objects. War erupts between the two establishments, until Mallory recognizes Kadam’s impressive epicurean gifts and takes him under her wing.

35. Mama Mia

Destinations: Greece
IMDB Rating:  6.4/10
Rottentomatoes: 54%
Plot: Donna (Meryl Streep), an independent hotelier in the Greek islands, is preparing for her daughter’s wedding with the help of two old friends. Meanwhile Sophie, the spirited bride, has a plan. She secretly invites three men from her mother’s past in hope of meeting her real father and having him escort her down the aisle on her big day.

36. Bride and Prejudice

Destinations: London, India, LA
IMDB Rating:  6.2/10
Rottentomatoes: 64%
Plot: With four beautiful daughters of marrying age, Manorama (Nadira Babbar) and Chaman Bakshi (Anupam Kher) frantically seek out the perfect husbands for their children. Yet their eldest daughter, Lalita (Aishwarya Rai), is intent upon marrying at her own choosing, for love. Lalita endures a number of hopeful suitors, but the American William Darcy (Martin Henderson) seems different — and not always in a good way. Misunderstandings, schemes and lies threaten to keep the two from true love.

37. On Golden Pond

Destinations: Spain
IMDB Rating:  7.7/10
Rottentomatoes: 92%
Plot: Cantankerous retiree Norman Thayer (Henry Fonda) and his conciliatory wife, Ethel (Katharine Hepburn), spend summers at their New England vacation home on the shores of idyllic Golden Pond. This year, their adult daughter, Chelsea (Jane Fonda), visits with her new fiancée and his teenage son, Billy (Doug McKeon) on their way to Europe. After leaving Billy behind to bond with Norman, Chelsea returns, attempting to repair the long-strained relationship with her aging father before it’s too late.

38. L’Auberge Espagnole (The Spanish Apartment)

Destinations: Spain
IMDB Rating:  7.3/10
Rottentomatoes: 77%
Plot: Xavier (Romain Duris) is a French university student who moves to Barcelona, Spain, to learn Spanish in order to score a desirable job. Residing in a house with other young Europeans of varied nationalities, Xavier has a life-altering experience living in such an international environment. After a visit by his girlfriend, Martine (Audrey Tautou), Xavier realizes that she may not be the one for him, and starts to fall for a friend’s wife, the lovely Anne-Sophie (Judith Godrèche).

39. Hector and the Search for Happiness

Destinations: UK
IMDB Rating:  7/10
Rottentomatoes: 36%
Plot: Disillusioned with the tedium of his existence, psychiatrist Hector (Simon Pegg) confesses to his girlfriend (Rosamund Pike) that he feels he is a fraud for dispensing recommendations to patients who never seem to improve or get any happier. He considers breaking out of his lackluster routine. Summoning up some courage, Hector gives his starved curiosity free rein and embarks on an international quest to find the right formula to bring him joy and vitality.

40. The Lost City of Z

Destinations: Bolivia and Peru
IMDB Rating:  6.8/10
Rottentomatoes: 87%
Plot: At the dawn of the 20th century, British explorer Percy Fawcett journeys into the Amazon, where he discovers evidence of a previously unknown, advanced civilization that may have once inhabited the region. Despite being ridiculed by the scientific establishment, which views indigenous populations as savages, the determined Fawcett, supported by his devoted wife, son, and aide-de-camp, returns to his beloved jungle in an attempt to prove his case.

41. Australia

Destinations: Australia
IMDB Rating:  6.6/10
Rottentomatoes: 55%
Plot: With the globe on the brink of World War II, Lady Sarah Ashley (Nicole Kidman) travels from Britain to Australia to inspect a cattle ranch she inherited. Reluctantly joining forces with a rugged local known as the Drover (Hugh Jackman), she sets out on a cattle drive across hundreds of miles of harsh terrain to save her ranch. But when they finally reach the town of Darwin, they must contend with the same Japanese bombers that just rained death upon Pearl Harbor.

42. Away We Go

Destinations: USA
IMDB Rating:  7.1/10
Rottentomatoes: 67%
Plot: As they await the birth of their baby, a couple (John Krasinski, Maya Rudolph) travel across America in search of the perfect place to raise their family. During their journey, they share assorted misadventures and reconnect with old friends and relatives. The experiences and people they encounter help them define the word home on their own terms, possibly for the first time in their lives.

43. Moonrise Kingdom

Destinations: Prudence Island
IMDB Rating:  7.8/10
Rottentomatoes: 94%
Plot:The year is 1965, and the residents of New Penzance, an island off the coast of New England, inhabit a community that seems untouched by some of the bad things going on in the rest of the world. Twelve-year-olds Sam (Jared Gilman) and Suzy (Kara Hayward) have fallen in love and decide to run away. But a violent storm is approaching the island, forcing a group of quirky adults (Bruce Willis, Edward Norton, Bill Murray) to mobilize a search party and find the youths before calamity strikes.

44. One Week

Destinations: Canada
IMDB Rating:  7.1/10
Rottentomatoes: 57%
Plot:A dire medical diagnosis prompts a young man (Joshua Jackson) to search for meaning in his life via a cross-country trek across Canada on a vintage motorcycle.

45. Vicky Cristina Barcelona

Destinations: Spain
IMDB Rating:  7.1/10
Rottentomatoes: 81%
Plot: Americans Vicky (Rebecca Hall) and Cristina (Scarlett Johansson) arrive in Spain for a summer vacation at a friend’s (Patricia Clarkson) Barcelona home. Visiting an art gallery, they meet seductive painter Juan Antonio (Javier Bardem), who invites them for a weekend of food and art. Sparks really ignite when his fiery former lover (Penélope Cruz) arrives on the scene, making for a very crowded house.

46. The River Wild

Destinations: USA
IMDB Rating:  6.3/10
Rottentomatoes: 55%
Plot: Fast-paced thriller in which a young family on a white-water rafting adventure in Montana are taken hostage by a pair of dangerous fugitives. The rafting holiday – a birthday gift for the New England couple’s ten-year-old son – turns into a nightmare when the two armed killers take control and try to force the mother, a proficient rafter, to use her skills to help them escape down the treacherous rapids.

47. Thelma & Louise

Destinations: USA
IMDB Rating:  7.4/10
Rottentomatoes: 83%
Plot: Meek housewife Thelma (Geena Davis) joins her friend Louise (Susan Sarandon), an independent waitress, on a short fishing trip. However, their trip becomes a flight from the law when Louise shoots and kills a man who tries to rape Thelma at a bar. Louise decides to flee to Mexico, and Thelma joins her. On the way, Thelma falls for sexy young thief J.D. (Brad Pitt) and the sympathetic Detective Slocumb (Harvey Keitel) tries to convince the two women to surrender before their fates are sealed.

48. The Lion

Destinations: India, Autralia
IMDB Rating:  8.1/10
Rottentomatoes: 86%
Plot: Five year old Saroo gets lost on a train which takes him thousands of miles across India, away from home and family. Saroo must learn to survive alone in Kolkata, before ultimately being adopted by an Australian couple. Twenty-five years later, armed with only a handful of memories, his unwavering determination, and a revolutionary technology known as Google Earth, he sets out to find his lost family and finally return to his first home.

49. Roman Holiday

Destinations: Rome
IMDB Rating:  8.1/10
Rottentomatoes: 98%
Plot: Overwhelmed by her suffocating schedule, touring European princess Ann (Audrey Hepburn) takes off for a night while in Rome. When a sedative she took from her doctor kicks in, however, she falls asleep on a park bench and is found by an American reporter, Joe Bradley (Gregory Peck),who takes her back to his apartment for safety. At work the next morning, Joe finds out Ann’s regal identity and bets his editor he can get exclusive interview with her, but romance soon gets in the way.

50. Eurotrip

Destinations: Europe
IMDB Rating:  6.6/10
Rottentomatoes: 46%
Plot: After a brutal breakup at a high-school graduation party, lovelorn Ohio teen Scott Thomas (Scott Mechlowicz) goes on a quest across Europe to find his sexy German pen pal, Mieke (Jessica Boehrs). Joining him are his brainless buddy (Jacob Pitts) and a pair of twins (Travis Wester, Michelle Trachtenberg) they meet up with in Paris. Scott’s quest does not turn out to be easy, however, and the backpackers become embroiled in many farcical situations as they hop from country to country.

51. Buddymoon

Destinations: Oregon
IMDB Rating:  6.2/10
Rottentomatoes: 75
Plot: After he is dumped at the altar, a former child star’s best friend takes him on a backpacking trek in the remote mountains of Oregon.

52. Amelie

Destinations: Paris
IMDB Rating:  8.4/10
Rottentomatoes: 89%
Plot: “Amélie” is a fanciful comedy about a young woman who discretely orchestrates the lives of the people around her, creating a world exclusively of her own making. Shot in over 80 Parisian locations, acclaimed director Jean-Pierre Jeunet (“Delicatessen”; “The City of Lost Children”) invokes his incomparable visionary style to capture the exquisite charm and mystery of modern-day Paris through the eyes of a beautiful ingenue.