The much-loved adaptation of E. M. Forster’s hit novel stars a nineteen-year-old Helena Bonham Carter as Lucy Honeychurch, an English girl who finds herself coming of age against a backdrop of early twentieth-century Florence. The Tuscan city’s terracotta rooftops are more than just window dressing; it’s Lucy’s disappointment at her hotel room’s lack of Duomo views that spurs the dashing George Emerson to suggest a swap. The film’s most memorable scene, though, takes place on a Fiesole hilltop basked in golden hour light.

The radiant all-star cast are only eclipsed by the Italian scenery in this Anthony Mingella classic, which was largely filmed on the islands of Ischia and Procida in the Bay of Naples. Cobbled streets and glittering water are a brilliant foil to the twisting plot, which sees Matt Damon’s Tom Ripley attempt to ingratiate himself with Jude Law’s Dickie Greenleaf and his fiancée Marge, played by Gwyneth Paltrow. The action takes us to opera houses and jazz clubs in Rome and then onto Venice, where it all starts to unravel in a sensational palazzo apartment.

It all started with a photograph. Inspired by an image of a couple that director Pedro Almodóvar captured on a Lanzarote beach in the late 90s, this noirish romance features long-term collaborator Penélope Cruz and Lluís Homar in a story told through the latter’s memories. It’s when the pair flee to the island to escape a former lover that the scene is recreated, with the volcanic cliffs presiding over a black sandy beach. This is Lanzarote through the eyes of a Spanish filmmaker.

This quietly impactful film follows Martin Sheen as a grieving father who sets out to complete the traditional pilgrimage route of the Camino de Santiago after his son – played by real-life son Emilio Estevez, who also wrote and directed – is killed in the Pyreenes. The winding hike through France and Spain takes in the sweeping mountainous views of the landscape in autumn, through golden fields fresh from harvest. Moments of levity come courtesy of companions he reluctantly picks up along the way, including James Nesbitt as an aspiring novelist with writers’ block.