Movies similar to this one ?

Into The Wild
The Straight Story

Wristcutters, in it's own strange way.

Le Grand Voyage.

Similar to this as the plot revolves a father and son on a pilgrimage and reaches a sort of spiritual enlightenment, except it's the father who wants to take the journey and the son who goes due to the father instead of the other way around in this film, they're in a car and both are alive.

I recommend it as a movie similar to this and a great movie in its own rights.

"So shines a good deed in a weary world"
-The Candyman

"One Week"
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1104806/
Chronicles the motorcycle trip of Ben Tyler as he rides from Toronto to Tofino, British Columbia. Ben stops at landmarks that are both iconic and idiosyncratic on his quest to find meaning in his life.

"Heartlands"
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0295303/
Gentle Colin 'Col' Lawes travels by motor scoter to the seaside town of Blackpool hoping to win back the woman he loves. The adventurous journey feels like the start of a more playful life.

"The Big Year"
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1053810/
Two bird enthusiasts try to defeat the cocky, cutthroat world record holder in a year-long bird-spotting competition.

However, I didn't really see any of these movies as 'spiritual' ones, but rather as a collection of good characters interacting in and across some pretty interesting settings.

At any rate, I wish I could get EE's e-mail or something... to thank him for making such a nice little film and giving us a much needed break from so much over-budgeted tripe out there.

Otterprods, to keep those aquatic Mustelidae in line.

If you don't mind a real oldie, I highly recommend "A Canterbury Tale" (1944).

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0036695/

It is set in England during WWII and follows a disparate group of travellers as they make their way to Canterbury (and its magnificent cathedral) for different reasons.

The plot as outlined on IMDB sounds a bit preposterous but if you stick with it, it's well worth it.

And another one I have watched many times is "Mr Harvey Lights A Candle" (2005). I think it was a BBC tele-movie but it can be found and downloaded from some of the torrent services. It stars the wonderful Timothy Spall and contains some beautiful cinematography.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0436608/

and there's a brief trailer at

http://vimeo.com/16578071

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Why Richard, it profits a man nothing to give his soul for the whole world ... but for Wales?
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the way back

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0199683/

There is a movie called "Mindwalk" where a physicist, a poet and a politician meet and talk for a while day on the island of Mont St. Michel in France. It is much like this in the form of people meeting and making connections and talking. I'm not sure I can think of another movie that is closer to this movie than "Mindwalk".