Top ten weird and wonderful movie homes

As cinema can have you yearning for a character’s wardrobe, garage of cars or array of gadgets, so it can have you dreaming of living in that person’s home. Maybe it’s the house’s incredible location, its distinctive architecture or the furnishings contained within, the property casts a seductive spell that has you whispering “I want”. And there have been so many over the years, from Cameron Frye’s in Ferris Bueller’s Day Off to the Cullens’ minimalist forest retreat in __Twilight, Vandamm’s mountainside mansion in North by Northwest to the offbeat charms of the Tenenbaums’ Manhattan residence in The Royal Tenenbaums, not forgetting those that are almost characters unto themselves such as Mandalay in Rebecca and Tara in Gone With the Wind. But one thing lacking form each and every one of these memorable homes is the ability to fly. Introducing Carl Fredricksen’s residence from new Disney•Pixar romp, Up.

The grumpy widower at the heart of the colourful animation once worked as a toy balloon vendor and applies these skills to his house, attaching so many balloons to it that it takes flight, becoming a makeshift airship. And so with this eccentric abode flying into cinemas, we’re house-hunting with a rundown of ten other top weird and wonderful movie homes.