Doomed lovers, cruel officers, deadly knife fights, and a brooding Montgomery Clift-not exactly standard 1950s Hollywood fare for an army story taking place in the last days before Pearl Harbor. And yet, the film won eight Oscars and produced one of the most famous love scenes in silver screen history. Your Turn: To do it right, first meet your own personal Burt Lancaster or Deborah Kerr for a tryst on a bench at Kuhio Beach--along Kalakaua Avenue, starting at Uluniu Avenue-with Diamondhead in the background. Then head east out of Waikiki on the H1, past Hanauma Bay, and park in the lot for the Halona Blowhole. Climb over the low wall on the south side of the parking lot, and scramble down the rocks into tiny, protected Halona Cove. Lie in the surf. You can take it from there.

Reel Life! As a tour operator for Contiki, I was showing international visitors every part of America while desperately dreaming of visiting Europe. During my travels, I came down with a bizarre allergic reaction and was forced to stay in bed for two weeks. While watching Sabrina, I vowed that I'd go to Europe when I got healthy. Less than six months later, my fiance and I were roaming the streets of Paris, and now I'm making plans to see the rest of the world. --Kim Button, Jacksonville, Fla.

10. Y Tu Mamá También, Mexico , 2001

Julio (Gael García Bernal) and Tenoch (Diego Luna) are horny teenagers from Mexico City who invite Tenoch's cousin's wife, Luisa (Maribel VerdS), to an imaginary beach. What follows is one of the sexiest, slyest road-trip movies ever made. The moral? All road trips, like all adolescences, have to end sometime. Your Turn: Director Alfonso Cuarón filmed in both Huatulco and Puerto Escondido (despite the movie's dismissal of the latter as a haven for "yuppie backpackers and wannabe surfers"). The trio's car gets stuck in the sand near Playa Cacaluta, just south of Santa Cruz Huatulco, and Chuy, the fisherman, takes them to nearby Playa La Entrega, or Boca del Cielo, as it's called in the movie. San Bernabé--Chuy's hometown, which is soon to be bulldozed for a luxury resort-doesn't exist; the palapa-bar scenes set there were actually filmed along Puerto Escondido's main drag, Avenida P}rez Gasga. (Puerto Escondido is a two-hour drive from Santa Cruz Huatulco.) Both Aerom}xico and Mexicana have flights into Huatulco from the U.S. (via Mexico City; Mexicana also flies to Puerto Escondido) starting at about $600 in December. Stay in Santa Cruz Huatulco. One of the biggest lodging bargains is beautiful Mision de los Arcos, just off the main square (011-52/958-587-0165, misiondelosarcos.com, from $26 double or $75 for a family suite sleeping up to six).

9. Moonraker, France, Venice, Brazil, Guatemala, Outer space, 1979

Though 007 has traveled to some 30 countries (by our rough count), in his early pictures he rarely got his passport stamped more than twice. Moonraker, the goofiest film in the series, has Bond (Roger Moore) hitting seven countries on three continents-and beyond. Your Turn: Bad guy Drax's estate is the Vaux-le-Vicomte chateau (see A Little Romance, number 22). Drax's space-shuttle plant was the Centre Pompidou in Paris (cnac-gp.fr, $9). Bond destroys untold riches in glass at the Venini emporium on Venice's Piazzetta Leoncini (011-39/041-522-4045, venini.com) and escapes assassins via a tricked-out gondola (again, see A Little Romance). In Rio, he tussles with metal-mouthed Jaws atop the cable car to P9o de AScar, or Sugarloaf Mountain (bondinho.com.br, $11). He needs all of five minutes to walk the 4,500 miles from IguazS Falls (cataratasdoiguacu.com.br, h2foz.com.br, $5) to Guatemala's pyramids of Tikal, Drax's jungle hideout (terra.com.gt/turismogt). The rest of the film takes place in space-which Richard Branson hopes to make a vacation destination by 2007 with Virgin Galactic. Serious Ian Fleming fans, by the way, book with DMD Holidays, a Dutch travel agency that arranges Bond-themed trips (011-31/6-5168-9620, onthetracksof007.com).

Reel Life! My husband and I went to Tuscany last spring after we watched Under the Tuscan Sun. The countryside was even more beautiful in person. --Joanna Marston, Warren, N.J.

8. When Harry Met Sally, New York City , 1989

Woody Allen's Manhattan is a citadel of neuroses, and Martin Scorsese's is all mean streets. But Rob Reiner's New York City (as written by Nora Ephron) is altogether more livable, even as it captures how easy it is to feel lonely when you're surrounded by 8 million people. Harry (Billy Crystal) and Sally (Meg Ryan) hate each other and then fall in love-an apt metaphor for many people's reaction to the city itself. Your Turn: Sally and her girlfriends have lunch at the Boathouse Restaurant within Central Park (212/517-2233, tuna club $19). Harry and Sally take a stroll through Central Park with autumn foliage ablaze-it usually happens in mid-October-winding up at the Temple of Dendur, inside the Metropolitan Museum of Art (1000 Fifth Ave., 212/570-3828, metmuseum.org, suggested donation $12). Harry realizes that he loves Sally beneath the Washington Square Park Arch in Greenwich Village. And, of course, Sally memorably fakes an orgasm at Katz's Delicatessen on the Lower East Side. If you want to have what Sally had, order a turkey sandwich (and be picky about it). If you want to fit in, order pastrami (205 E. Houston St., 212/254-2246, turkey sandwich $11.95, pastrami $12.45).

7. The Lord of the Rings, New Zealand , 2001, 2002, 2003

Each Christmastime, from 2001 to 2003, New Zealand's big gift was a three-hour ad touting its landscapes: the rolling farmlands of Matamata (Hobbiton), the volcanic crags of Whakapapa Ski Field (Mordor), the peaks of the Remarkables (the Misty Mountains). When the first film was released, the New Zealand tourism folks rerecorded their voice-mail message so that callers were greeted by, "G'day, and welcome to Middle-earth!" Your Turn: The New Zealand Tourism Web site has a huge section dedicated to the Rings, including driving itineraries and links to tour companies that run Tolkien-themed quests (purenz.com). Pick up The Lord of the Rings Location Guidebook by Ian Brodie (HarperCollins, $25), which comes with GPS coordinates for pinpointing locations and websites for local tourism info and hotels. Exploring Middle-earth on your own is a snap, especially if you've got an RV. Rumble down New Zealand's back roads in a campervan, starting at $998 for a week, airfare from L.A. included, with Sunspots International (800/334-5623, sunspotsintl.com). Spend a bit extra but get more RV choices with Escapes Unlimited (800/243-7227, escapesltd.com).

Reel Life! My wife and I kept remarking about the beautiful scenery in Waking Ned Devine. While in London, we decided to spend a weekend on the Isle of Man, where it was filmed. It was a perfect ending to our trip. --Warren Machell, Liverpool, N.Y.