Top five holiday resorts in movies

“It’s Disneyland for adults,” enthuses Cynthia (Kristen Bell), about the Eden Resort, the tropical island getaway in new ensemble rom-com Couples Retreat. Accompanied by her husband, Jason (Jason Bateman), she gives a PowerPoint presentation on the virtues of the exclusive South Pacific holiday hotspot to their closest friends in a bid to convince them to all to vacation there. Her promotional pre-amble is impressive, the place boasting a four star restaurant, state-of-the-art spa and facilities to go kayaking, windsurfing, canoeing and more. Yet it’s the Pelican package’s “couples skills building” that has her and her hubby hooked, as they try to work through their differences rather than end up in the divorce court.

Their chums, Dave (Vince Vaughn) and Ronnie (Watchman’s Malin Akerman), Joey (Jon Favreau) and Lucy (Sex and the City’s Kristin Davis) and Shane (Elf’s Faizon Love) and Trudy (up-and-coming pop rocker, Kali Hawk) need a little convincing, but soon they’re all on their way to Eden, or more accurately the St. Regis Bora Bora Resort, the real location behind the Hollywood façade.

And so as the couples jet off to their luxury resort, we’re flicking through our old holiday snaps to remember five other top holiday resorts in movies.