17 Travel Movies That Will Inspire You to Pack a Bag

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Eat Pray Love (2010)

Eat Pray Love is the soul searching movie for the modern woman. Starring Julia Roberts, it’s about a recently divorced woman unsatisfied with her life who travels around the world to find herself. Following in Liz Gilbert’s (Roberts) footsteps, many young women were inspired to go out into the world to do some soul searching.

This movie shows us that when we don’t travel, we’re missing out on a whole world of possibilities. Through immersing ourselves in other cultures like Liz did, we become stronger people. Like Liz, when we explore this world, we gain a better sense of our own identity.

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