Holidays just finished but you still need a break? Rejoice in a sedentary staycation, which quite often is the best kind of holiday there is.
Besides, watching one (or all, we won’t judge) of these movies will make you feel like you’re on hols anyway. Just without all the sunburn, doomed holiday flings and, um, hangovers.
Adventureland Jesse Eisenberg and Kristen Stewart star in this coming of age film about how sometimes crappy summer jobs are the time where you learn about life the most. Oh, and the agony of summer romance.
Dirty Dancing This 80’s classic is perfection in a holiday film. So much drama! And growing up! And that lift! Sigh. Nobody puts baby in the corner INDEED.
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes Marilyn Monroe and Jane Russell as a gold-digging show girls husband hunting aboard a cruise ship, what more could you want in a holiday film? Apart from diamonds, that is.
Jaws Sure you still can’t swim in shallow water, but despite inducing a doom-filled feeling of imminent peril Spielberg did create the ultimate summer holiday vibe in this 70s hit.
Little Miss Sunshine This quirky film about a motley family that love each despite everything driving across America in a Volkswagon van so that 7 year-old Olive – a disarming eccentric who is sure of her own mind – can compete in a beauty pageant is such a win.
Roman Holiday If Audrey Hepburn’s outfits in this 1953 classic don’t get you there, then the sights of Roma certainly will.
Sideways Two guys head for a weekend in the wine country in Santa Barbara. This is one for the wine snobs, the odd pairs and for the ones who have had their hearts broken. Pair with a decent bottle of plonk, but not merlot, mind.
Thelma and Louise The ultimate movie about female friendship featured Geena Davis and Susan Sarandon leaving behind the dirt-bag men in their lives and hitting the road. The best.
National Lampoon’s Vacation It’s mishaps galore as Clark Griswold takes his family cross-country to “Walley World” and it will remind you of those long, hot, sticky, grisly road trips where you and your siblings basically fought to the death. And you will feel grateful.
Lost in Translation The loneliness and disconnect that travel can bring was explored in Sofia Coppola’s Lost in Translation in which Scarlett Johansson and Bill Murray connected with each other in Tokyo.
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