Streaming films for those who love travel (physical and psychedelic)

From animation for all audiences to award-winning productions […]

For those who love to travel, everything is a reason to travel. Even if it’s in the movies streamingin front of the TV.

In this post, the Travel by fare gives advice on series and films for those who can’t do without a trip. From animation for all audiences to award-winning productions, this list offers some suggested titles for those who want to travel without leaving home.

These titles also include documentaries and streaming films based on true stories, visible on apps such as Netflix, Amazon, HBO MAX, Disney+, Star+, Apple TV and Globoplay.

*The following selection was made by the editor of Travel at a fare, based on your preferences and without any commercial or editorial connection with the platforms mentioned in this text.

Watch movies on streaming for those who love to travel

The snow society

(Netflix)

Drama – 2h25 – 2024

Nominated for the 2024 Oscar as best international film, this super production recreates the story of the survivors of a plane crash in the Andes in 1972.

The film tells the story of the 72 days in which the young footballers Rugby of a Uruguayan school had to fight to survive after their Fairchild twin-engine turboprop plane crashed in the Valley of Tears, one of the most inaccessible points of the Andes mountain range.

Elis and Tom, I just had to be with you

(Globoplay)

Documentary – 1h40 – 2023

This documentary with several archive images restored in 4K shows unforgettable musical moments during the recording of an album by Tom Jobim and Elis Regina in Los Angeles.

How to be a Carioca

(Star+)

6 episode series – 2023

Set in Rio and with the artistic direction of Carlos Saldanha (“Rio” and “Ice Age”), the series brings stories of foreigners from Germany, Argentina, Israel, Angola and Syria, always aided by Francisco (Seu Jorge) , a type of “culture shock specialist”.

The Alien Island

(Netflix)

Fiction and documentaries – 1h26 – 2023

This beautiful and intriguing documentary combines fiction and drama to address the mysterious news of the presence of aliens on Friendship Island, in Chilean Patagonia, during the military dictatorship.

The Beatles and India

(HBO MAX)

Documentary – 1h35 – 2021

Using archival images and testimonies, the film addresses the musical influences that the Beatles’ travels to India had on their discography from 1966 onwards, as well as the changes the quartet would make in Indian culture and music.

The documentary brings curiosities such as the increase in sitar sales, following the band’s visit to the country, and the origins of songs such as ‘Across The Universe’, written after learning to meditate with the spiritual leader Maharishi, and ‘Dear Prudence’ , in homage to the actress’s sister Mia Farrow.

Nomadland – Surviving in America

(Star+)

Drama – 1h50 – 2021

In this drama from award-winning director Chloé Zhao, protagonist Fern loses everything during the American economic crisis and travels across the United States in her van, passing destinations such as Nevada, Arizona, Nebraska and the Dakotas.

The magic of the Andes

(Netflix)

Documentary series with 2 seasons – 2021

This beautiful two-season series takes a visual journey across the Andes, to countries like Chile, Argentina and Bolivia, the episodes of which are woven together by the stories of local residents.

The most beautiful journey: a psychedelic adventure

(Netflix)

Documentary – 1h26 – 2020

This entertaining documentary brings together animations and testimonies to tell stories of crazy trips with hallucinogens.

The Iacanga cockroach

(Netflix)

Documentary – 1h33 – 2019

Directed by Thiago Mattar, this documentary tells, with various archive footage, the story of the Águas Claras Festival, known as Woodstock in Brazil, which took place between the 70s and 80s.

Amundsen: the explorer

(HBO MAX)

Adventure – 2h05 – 2019

Film based on the impressive story of Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen, the first man to reach the South Pole.

Elcano and Magellan

(Disney+)

Animation – 1h29 – 2019

This animation in Spanish recreates the story of Ferdinand Magellan, protagonist of the first voyage around the world, which began in Spain in 1519 and ended tragically in 1522.

Ella and Giovanni

(AppleTV)

Drama – 1h52 – 2018

The couple John and Ella Spencer make their last journey, aboard a camper, from Massachusetts to the home of the writer Ernest Hemingway, in Florida.

Dunes of Barato

(Netflix)

Documentary – 1h30 – 2017

At the height of the Brazilian military dictatorship, young people take part in a counterculture movement on Ipanema Pier in Rio de Janeiro.

Also known as Dunas da Gal, Cultural Heritage of Intangible Nature, the place has stories remembered by visitors such as Evandro Mesquita, José Wilker, Moraes Moreira, Jards Macalé, Ziraldo and Zuenir Ventura, among others.

Neruda

(Netflix)

Drama – 1h47 – 2016

Nominated for the Golden Globe as best foreign film, this beautiful film starring Gael García Bernal follows the story of a police officer’s pursuit of left-wing poet Pablo Neruda.

The circus party

(Netflix)

Documentary – 1h37 – 2014

The documentary tells the story of the classic Circo Voador, a cultural space that went from improvisation to historical shows, in Rio de Janeiro.

Kon Tiki: The Impossible Journey

(Main Video)

Adventure – 113 minutes – 2013

Recreate Thor Heyerdal’s impressive crossing on a wooden raft between Peru and French Polynesia to demonstrate that that Pacific destination was populated by people from South America.

Selkirk: the real Robinson Crusoe

(Disney+)

Animation – 1h19 – 2012

This beautiful animation, a co-production between Uruguay, Argentina and Chile, tells the true story that inspired the creation of Robinson Crusoe, a character from classic adventure literature.

Set in Trinidad and Tobago, in the Caribbean, the 1719 work by Englishman Daniel Dafoe is based on the true story of Alexander Selkirk, a Scotsman voluntarily abandoned on one of the islands of Juan Fernández, a Chilean archipelago 670 km from the coast.

Source: Terra