A more wistful, romantic side of Amsterdam is displayed in the 2002 Snapshots, a low-budget charmer starring Burt Reynolds as a owner of a ramshackle American bookstore right off one of Amsterdam’s more picturesque canals.

While the film occasionally stumbles into the Amsterdam cliché well, we’ve never seen a better looking stroll through the distinctive cobblestones and backalleys of this beautiful city. The film opens adrift upon a canal, passing houseboats on a typical gray Amsterdam morning. So vivid, so gorgeous.

In Snapshots narrative, a young backpacker (Carmen Chaplin) in search of a hostel has a rather eye-opening encounter in the tourist-filled red light district before taking employment at Burt’s shop. The bookseller soon realizes that he shares a unique connection to the girl’s past, whose mother (played by the always gorgeous Julie Christie) is also delightful.

One of the film’s endearing revelations occurs at the Rijksmuseum as the characters gaze at the beautiful Rembrandt classics and suddenly realize a potential romantic connection. Sure beats finding love at one of the “smoking” coffee shops.

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