You know that feeling you get at the end of a really good film, just before the lights come back up, where you still live in the world of the characters, and anything is possible? Has that feeling ever stayed with you and made you want to do something crazy, even days afterwards? If the New Year has left you feeling restless, we have put together a list of our favorite films that might just give you the inspiration you need to start planning your next great adventure. From breathtaking landscapes to euphoric journeys, here are some of our favorite movies to ignite that traveller’s itch, and send you on your way.

Into The Wild (2007)

Based on the 1996 non-fiction novel by Jon Krakauer, Sean Penn’s quiet and emotive film tells the story of Christopher McCandless, aka Alexander Supertramp: a recently graduated idealist who eschews a bright future in corporate law, and disappears from what he considers to be a phony and materialistic society. After donating thousands of his law school fund to Oxfam, abandoning all his possessions, and cutting off contact with his family, McCandless disappears. Fuelled by the words of his icons - Thoreau, Tolstoy and Jack London - McCandless journeys through North America, and eventually north to Alaska, where he believes that he will finally become one with the wild. Into The Wild is a truly inspiring, beautifully produced film, which asks deeply emotive questions about the place of a human in the world, without dissolving into sentimentality. You’ll be stuffing your hiking pack before the end credits roll.