Popular from Switzerland
Under the Skin
Unsuspecting men fall under the spell of a seductive alien that prowls the streets of Glasgow.
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- Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States • 2014
- Director Jonathan Glazer
- Cast Scarlett Johansson, Kryštof Hádek, Paul Brannigan, Michael Moreland, Scott Dymond, Jeremy McWilliams
- Genre Drama, Science Fiction, Thriller
- Available on Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, FlixFling, Kanopy
Unrest
(Unrueh)
In late 19th century Switzerland, a factory worker becomes involved with a local group of anarchist watchmakers.
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- Switzerland • 2022
- Director Cyril Schäublin
- Cast Stefano Knuchel, Valentin Merz, Clara Gostynski, Alexei Evstratov, Laurence Bretignier, Li Tavor
- Genre Drama, History
- Available on Criterion Channel, Amazon Video
Pingu
This stop-motion claymated television series follows a family of a penguins living at the South Pole.
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- Switzerland, United Kingdom • 1986
- Creator Otmar Gutmann, Erika Brueggemann
- Cast Marcello Magni, David Sant
- Genre Animation, Comedy, Kids
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
Three Colors: White
(Trois couleurs : Blanc)
After his wife divorces him and frames him for arson, a Polish expatriate plots his revenge.
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- Switzerland, France, Poland • 1994
- Director Krzysztof Kieślowski
- Cast Zbigniew Zamachowski, Julie Delpy, Janusz Gajos, Jerzy Stuhr, Aleksander Bardini, Grzegorz Warchoł
- Genre Comedy, Drama, Mystery
- Available on Criterion Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Amazon Video
The Beach Bum
You gotta go low to get high.
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- Switzerland, United Kingdom, France • 2019
- Director Harmony Korine
- Cast Matthew McConaughey, Isla Fisher, Snoop Dogg, Stefania LaVie Owen, Martin Lawrence, Zac Efron
- Genre Comedy
- Available on Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand, AMC on Demand
New from Switzerland
Fire!
Two bank robbery witnesses are embroiled in a complex political conspiracy that threatens to take their lives.
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- Switzerland, Germany • 2009
- Director Raoul W. Heimrich
- Cast Gary Dourdan, Cosma Shiva Hagen, Ken Duken, Ralph Herforth, Numan Acar
- Genre Action, Adventure
- Available on DocAlliance Films
A Thousand Fires
A family in Myanmar runs an unregulated oil field.
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- France, Switzerland, Netherlands • 2021
- Director Saeed Taji Farouky
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on DocAlliance Films
De Humani Corporis Fabrica
(De humani corporis fabrica)
The film takes viewers inside the human body during surgeries and autopsies performed in Paris.
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- France, Switzerland • 2023
- Director Lucien Castaing-Taylor, Véréna Paravel
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on MUBI, MUBI Amazon Channel, Apple TV, Amazon Video
Mother Lode
Jorge leaves his home and family in the outskirts of Lima to try his luck in the goldmines of the Andes.
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- France, Italy, Switzerland • 2023
- Director Matteo Tortone
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Film Movement Plus
Advocate
(לאה צמל, עורכת דין)
The gripping true story of Lea Tsemel, a Jewish Israeli lawyer who represents Palestinian political prisoners.
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- Israel, Canada, Switzerland • 2019
- Director Philippe Bellaiche
- Cast Lea Tsemel
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Hoopla, Film Movement Plus, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kanopy
One Day in September
The full story of the 1972 Munich Olympics massacre that emphasizes the role of the incompetent German authorities.
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- Switzerland, Germany, United Kingdom • 1999
- Director Kevin Macdonald
- Cast Michael Douglas, Ankie Spitzer, Jamal Al Gashey, Gerald Seymour, Axel Springer, Gad Zahari
- Genre Documentary
- Available on ScreenPix Apple TV Channel, Pluto TV
Madeleine Collins
In this dramatic suspense thriller, A woman's double life teeters on the edge of collapse.
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- France, Belgium, Switzerland • 2021
- Director Antoine Barraud
- Cast Virginie Efira, Bruno Salomone, Quim Gutiérrez, Jacqueline Bisset, Nadav Lapid, Valérie Donzelli
- Genre Drama, Thriller
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kino Now
The Promise
(Das Versprechen)
A love, a hope, a wall.
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- Germany, France, Switzerland • 1995
- Director Margarethe von Trotta
- Cast Meret Becker, Corinna Harfouch, Anian Zollner, August Zirner, Eva Mattes, Hark Bohm
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on MUBI
Thunder
(Foudre)
Amidst tradition's grip, Elisabeth forges her path in 1900 Switzerland, unraveling secrets and defying the village order for the right to live freely.
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- Switzerland • 2022
- Director Carmen Jaquier
- Cast Lilith Grasmung, Noah Watzlawick, Benjamin Python, Mermoz Melchior, François Revaclier, Sabine Timoteo
- Genre Drama, History
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand
Winter Nomads
(Hiver Nomade)
Two shepherds in Switzerland move 800 sheep 600km over four months with the help of three donkeys and four dogs.
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- Switzerland, France, Germany • 2012
- Director Manuel von Stürler
- Cast Pascal Eguisier, Carole Noblanc, Jean-Paul Peguiron
- Genre Documentary
- Available on OVID
Bassidji
To better understand their ideas, Mehran Tamadon engages with extremist supporters of the Islamic Republic of Iran, the Basij.
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- Iran, France, Switzerland • 2009
- Director Mehran Tamadon
- Cast
- Genre
- Available on DocAlliance Films
The Year of the Discovery
(El año del descubrimiento)
In the shadow of the 1992 Olympic Games held in Spain, massive labor riots erupt in Cartagena.
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- Spain, Switzerland • 2020
- Director Luis López Carrasco
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Film Movement Plus
The Congo Tribunal
(Das Kongo Tribunal)
20 years of atrocities due to greed claimed the lives of over 6 million people in Congo. Milo Rau collects details from survivors and perpetrators.
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- Germany, Switzerland • 2017
- Director Milo Rau
- Cast
- Genre Documentary, History
- Available on DocAlliance Films, myfilmfriend
Jean de Florette
When Jean de Florette inherits land in Provence, he decides to take up farming. But his scheming neighbors have other plans…
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- France, Switzerland, Italy • 1986
- Director Claude Berri
- Cast Yves Montand, Gérard Depardieu, Daniel Auteuil, Elisabeth Depardieu, Margarita Lozano, Ernestine Mazurowna
- Genre Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel
Microcosmos
(Microcosmos : Le peuple de l'herbe)
15 years of research. 2 years of equipment design. 3 years of shooting. And one great movie to restore your sense of wonder.
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- France, Switzerland, Italy • 1996
- Director Marie Pérennou
- Cast Jacques Perrin, Kristin Scott Thomas
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Criterion Channel
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Three Colors: White
(Trois couleurs : Blanc)
After his wife divorces him and frames him for arson, a Polish expatriate plots his revenge.
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- Switzerland, France, Poland • 1994
- Director Krzysztof Kieślowski
- Cast Zbigniew Zamachowski, Julie Delpy, Janusz Gajos, Jerzy Stuhr, Aleksander Bardini, Grzegorz Warchoł
- Genre Comedy, Drama, Mystery
- Available on Criterion Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Amazon Video
Above and Below
There's no such thing as a failed life.
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- Switzerland, Germany • 2015
- Director Nicolas Steiner
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Fandor Amazon Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV, Kanopy
Azor
A private banker travels to Argentina in the midst of a dictatorship to search for his missing partner
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- Argentina, Switzerland, France • 2021
- Director Andreas Fontana
- Cast Fabrizio Rongione, Stéphanie Cléau, Elli Medeiros, Juan Pablo Geretto, Alexandre Trocki, Yvain Juillard
- Genre Drama
- Available on MUBI, MUBI Amazon Channel, Apple TV, Vudu, Amazon Video
Nightcap
(Merci pour le chocolat)
A couple find their happiness threatened by the arrival of a mysterious new guest who raises difficult questions.
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- France, Switzerland • 2000
- Director Claude Chabrol
- Cast Isabelle Huppert, Jacques Dutronc, Anna Mouglalis, Rodolphe Pauly, Mathieu Simonet, Michel Robin
- Genre Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
- Available on ARROW, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kanopy
Jean de Florette
When Jean de Florette inherits land in Provence, he decides to take up farming. But his scheming neighbors have other plans…
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- France, Switzerland, Italy • 1986
- Director Claude Berri
- Cast Yves Montand, Gérard Depardieu, Daniel Auteuil, Elisabeth Depardieu, Margarita Lozano, Ernestine Mazurowna
- Genre Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel
The Guardians
(Les Gardiennes)
While the men go off to war, the women of the Paridier farm take charge.
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- France, Switzerland • 2017
- Director Xavier Beauvois
- Cast Nathalie Baye, Laura Smet, Iris Bry, Cyril Descours, Olivier Rabourdin, Gilbert Bonneau
- Genre Drama
- Available on Hoopla, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand, Tubi TV, Freevee, Kanopy, Plex,
Winter Nomads
(Hiver Nomade)
Two shepherds in Switzerland move 800 sheep 600km over four months with the help of three donkeys and four dogs.
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- Switzerland, France, Germany • 2012
- Director Manuel von Stürler
- Cast Pascal Eguisier, Carole Noblanc, Jean-Paul Peguiron
- Genre Documentary
- Available on OVID
The Five Obstructions
(De fem benspænd)
About a filmmaker not only revisiting, but also recreating one of his first films, 1967's The Perfect Human five different ways.
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- Denmark, Switzerland, Belgium • 2003
- Director Jørgen Leth
- Cast Claus Nissen, Lars von Trier, Majken Algren Nielsen, Jacqueline Arenal, Daniel Hernandez Rodriguez
- Genre Documentary
- Available on MUBI, MUBI Amazon Channel, Hoopla, Metrograph, Kino Now, Kanopy
Clouds of Sils Maria
A veteran actress faces some uncomfortable truths when she agrees to take part in a revival of the play that launched her career.
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- France, Germany, Switzerland • 2014
- Director Olivier Assayas
- Cast Juliette Binoche, Kristen Stewart, Chloë Grace Moretz, Lars Eidinger, Johnny Flynn, Brady Corbet
- Genre Drama
- Available on MUBI, MUBI Amazon Channel, Criterion Channel, AMC+, AMC+ Amazon Channel, IFC Films Unlimited Apple TV Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, The Roku Channel, Pluto TV, Kanopy, Plex,
Under the Skin
Unsuspecting men fall under the spell of a seductive alien that prowls the streets of Glasgow.
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- Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States • 2014
- Director Jonathan Glazer
- Cast Scarlett Johansson, Kryštof Hádek, Paul Brannigan, Michael Moreland, Scott Dymond, Jeremy McWilliams
- Genre Drama, Science Fiction, Thriller
- Available on Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, FlixFling, Kanopy
I Am Not Your Negro
A study of race in America then and now, inspired by James Baldwin's unpublished writings.
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- Switzerland, France, Belgium • 2017
- Director Raoul Peck
- Cast Samuel L. Jackson, James Baldwin, Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, Medgar Evers, Ray Charles
- Genre Documentary, History
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Hoopla, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Redbox, FlixFling, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Kanopy
The Turin Horse
(A torinói ló)
A horse's refusal to work or eat signals the beginning of the end for a poor farmer and his daughter.
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- Hungary, France, Switzerland • 2011
- Director Béla Tarr
- Cast János Derzsi, Erika Bók, Mihály Kormos, Ricsi, Lajos Kovács
- Genre Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Kanopy
The Wonders
(Le meraviglie)
Gelsomina’s family works according to some special rules.
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- Italy, Switzerland, Germany • 2014
- Director Alice Rohrwacher
- Cast Maria Alexandra Lungu, Alba Rohrwacher, Sam Louwyck, Sabine Timoteo, Agnese Graziani, Monica Bellucci
- Genre Drama
- Available on Fandor Amazon Channel, Hoopla, OVID, Google Play Movies, Vudu, YouTube, Kanopy
The Stolen Children
(Il ladro di bambini)
A young police officer befriends two children while escorting them to an orphanage.
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- Italy, France, Switzerland • 1992
- Director Gianni Amelio
- Cast Enrico Lo Verso, Valentina Scalici, Giuseppe Ieracitano, Marina Golovine, Florence Darel, Vitalba Andrea
- Genre Drama
- Available on Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube
My Life as a Zucchini
(Ma vie de courgette)
A stop-motion tale of loss, friendship, and young love.
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- Switzerland, France • 2016
- Director Claude Barras
- Cast Gaspard Schlatter, Sixtine Murat, Paulin Jaccoud, Michel Vuillermoz, Raul Ribera
- Genre Animation, Drama, Family
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube