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Travel Around the World through Film

AFAR's Around the World in International Films | Enjoy this list of 18 international films that will take you around the world, one film at a time.

We know that many of you are itching to plan your next trip! In the mean time, check out thess lists of travel movies and shows from AIFS to get some inspiration.

usf world staff foreign film favorites (organized by language)

Chinese (Mandarin / Cantonese)

  • The Wandering Earth
  • The Legend of Drunken Master
  • Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
  • Storm Riders

Farsi

  • Close-Up

French 

  • Amélie or Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain
  • Blue is the Warmest Color
  • The City of Lost Children
  • The African Doctor

German

  • The Lives of Others or Das Leben der Anderen

Japanese

  • Spirited Away
  • Dreams
  • The Returner
  • In This Corner of the World

Korean

  • Parasite or Gisaengchung
  • The Host

Lebanese

  • Caramel

Portuguese

  • City of God

Spanish

  • Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown or Mujeres al Borde de un Ataque de Nervios
  • Roma
  • Pan’s Labyrinth or El Laberinto del Fauno
  • Abre Los Ojos (Spanish version of Vanilla Sky)
  • Toc Toc

Swedish

  • The Square