Popular from Switzerland
New Heights
(Neumatt)
A city boy inherits a failing farm, and with it, family drama.
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- Switzerland • 2021
- Creator Marianne Wendt
- Cast Julian Koechlin, Sophie Hutter, Anouk Petri, Jérôme Humm, Marlise Fischer, Rachel Braunschweig
- Genre Drama
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
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 Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, FlixFling, Kanopy
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, The Roku Channel, 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, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video
Three Colors: Red
(Trois couleurs : Rouge)
Valentine is outraged that an ex-judge in her neighborhood taps phone calls, but their debates lead to a strange bond.
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- Switzerland, France, Poland • 1994
- Director Krzysztof Kieślowski
- Cast Irène Jacob, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Jean-Pierre Lorit, Frédérique Feder, Samuel Le Bihan, Marion Stalens
- Genre Drama, Mystery, Romance
- Available on Criterion Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video
Take and Run
(Ala Kachuu)
Sezim is a young Kyrgyz woman with dreams of studying in the capital, but her plans are cut short when she's kidnapped and forced to marry a stranger.
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- Switzerland, Kyrgyzstan • 2020
- Director Maria Brendle
- Cast Alina Turdumamatova, Nurbek Esengazy Uulu, Madina Talipbek, Taalaikan Abazova, Kanat Abdahmanov, Aybike Erkinbekova
- Genre Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel
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 Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand, AMC on Demand, Tubi TV
New from Switzerland
Life Without Basketball
Bilqis Abdul-Qaadir was an all-star on her high school and college basketball teams, but courted controversy over her choice to wear a hijab while playing.
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- Switzerland, United States, United Arab Emirates • 2018
- Director Tim O'Donnell, Jon Mercer
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Peacock Premium, Peacock Premium Plus, AMC+ Amazon Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, Pluto TV, Freevee, Kanopy, Hoopla, Plex, Plex Channel
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
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
Blood of My Blood
(Sangue del mio sangue)
In a monastery, a nun accused of witchcraft tries to seduce a young confessor who refuses to yield to his searing temptation.
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- Italy, France, Switzerland • 2015
- Director Marco Bellocchio
- Cast Alba Rohrwacher, Filippo Timi, Toni Bertorelli, Ivan Franěk
- Genre History, Drama
- Available on MUBI, MUBI Amazon Channel
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
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
Goodnight Nobody
A look at the lives of four insomniacs from around the world as they navigate another sleepless night.
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- Switzerland, Burkina Faso, China • 2010
- Director Jacqueline Zünd
- Cast Mila Dean, Jeremie Kafando, Fedir Nesterchuck, Lin Yao
- Genre Documentary
- Available on DocAlliance Films
No Dogs or Italians Allowed
(Interdit aux chiens et aux italiens)
A filmmaker explores his family's history in the Piedmontese village called Ughettera.
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- France, Italy, Switzerland • 2023
- Director Alain Ughetto
- Cast Ariane Ascaride, Luigi Butà, Alain Ughetto
- Genre Animation
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube
We Want Roses Too
(Vogliamo anche le rose)
A powerful look at the Italian feminist movement in the '60s and '70s.
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- Italy, Switzerland, Finland • 2008
- Director Alina Marazzi
- Cast Anita Caprioli, Teresa Saponangelo
- Genre
- Available on DocAlliance Films
Telescope Recommends
L'Argent
When Yvon accidentally uses a forged 500-franc note at a restaurant, his life begins to spiral into fear and crime.
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- France, Switzerland • 1983
- Director Robert Bresson
- Cast Christian Patey, Vincent Risterucci, Sylvie Van den Elsen, Michel Briguet, Caroline Lang, Marc Ernest Fourneau
- Genre Crime, Drama, Thriller
- Available on Criterion Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Fandango At Home, 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, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV, Kanopy
War Photographer
A documentary about war photographer James Nachtwey, a man considered by many to be the greatest war photographer ever.
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- Switzerland • 2001
- Director Christian Frei
- Cast James Nachtwey, Christiane Amanpour, Hans-Hermann Klare, Christiane Breustedt, Des Wright, Denis O'Neill
- Genre Documentary
- Available on 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 Metrograph, Apple TV, Kanopy
In the Mirror of Maya Deren
(Im Spiegel der Maya Deren)
Documentary about the life of avant-garde filmmaker Maya Deren, who led the independent film movement of the 1940s.
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- Austria, Czech Republic, Switzerland • 2002
- Director Martina Kudlácek
- Cast Maya Deren, Stan Brakhage, Judith Malina, Alexander Hammid, Chao Li Chi, Miriam Arsham
- Genre Documentary
- Available on OVID, Metrograph, Kanopy
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
At Eternity's Gate
The story of Vincent van Gogh's artistic genius — and the misunderstanding public.
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- Switzerland, Ireland, United Kingdom • 2018
- Director Julian Schnabel
- Cast Willem Dafoe, Rupert Friend, Oscar Isaac, Mads Mikkelsen, Mathieu Amalric, Emmanuelle Seigner
- Genre Drama
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, AMC on Demand, Tubi TV, Freevee, Hoopla
Jean de Florette
When Jean de Florette inherits land in Provence, he decides to take up farming. But his scheming neighbors have other plans…
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- 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
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, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video
Swiss Series
The Undertaker
(Der Bestatter)
A police detective leaves the force to take over the family business as an undertaker, where he discovers that the two jobs have some surprising areas of overlap.
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- Switzerland • 2013
- Creator Hartmut Block
- Cast Mike Müller, Barbara Terpoorten, Reto Stalder, Samuel Streiff, Suly Röthlisberger
- Genre Crime
- Available on Amazon Video, MZ Choice Amazon Channel, Mhz Choice
Banking District
(Quartier des banques)
A thriller set in the heart of the Swiss banking sector, where the members of a banking family wage a ruthless battle for control.
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- Switzerland, Belgium • 2017
- Creator Jean-Marc Fröhle
- Cast Laura Sépul, Féodor Atkine, Arnaud Binard, Vincent Kucholl, Brigitte Fossey, Lauriane Gilliéron
- Genre Drama, Mystery
- Available on Amazon Video, MZ Choice Amazon Channel
Wilder
A detective returns to her home town to come to terms with the death of her brother who died in an accident many years ago.
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- Switzerland • 2017
- Creator Béla Batthyany, Alexander Szombath
- Cast Sarah Spale, Marcus Signer
- Genre Crime
- Available on MZ Choice Amazon Channel, Mhz Choice
Labyrinth of Peace
(Frieden)
In the aftermath of World War II, neutral Switzerland finds itself a nexus of escaped Nazi war criminals, Holocaust survivors, and spies.
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- Switzerland • 2020
- Creator Michael Schaerer, Petra Biondina Volpe
- Cast Miron Sharshunov, Gustav Strunz, Britta Güntert, Dimitri Stapfer, Annina Walt, Max Hubacher
- Genre Drama
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Chai Flicks, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
Scene of the Crime
(Tatort)
German, Austrian, and Swiss police solve complex crimes in this long-running crime procedural.
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- West Germany, Austria, Switzerland • 1970
- Creator Günter Rohrbach, Gunther Witte
- Cast
- Genre Crime, Drama
- Available on Amazon Video, Hoopla, MZ Choice Amazon Channel, Mhz Choice
New Heights
(Neumatt)
A city boy inherits a failing farm, and with it, family drama.
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- Switzerland • 2021
- Creator Marianne Wendt
- Cast Julian Koechlin, Sophie Hutter, Anouk Petri, Jérôme Humm, Marlise Fischer, Rachel Braunschweig
- Genre Drama
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
Documentaries from Switzerland
Blue Note Records: Beyond the Notes
A documentary about the unique vision behind the iconic American jazz record label, Blue Note.
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- Switzerland • 2019
- Director Sophie Huber
- Cast Don Was, Herbie Hancock, Lou Donaldson, Wayne Shorter, Norah Jones, Robert Glasper
- Genre Documentary, Music
- Available on Apple TV, Amazon Video
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
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
An African Election
A documentary about the unpredictable 2008 presidential election in Ghana.
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- Switzerland, United States, Ghana • 2011
- Director Kevin Merz
- Cast
- Genre Documentary, History
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kanopy
Echoes of Home
(Heimatklänge)
This documentary follows three Swiss vocal artists as they perfect their own sound.
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- Switzerland, Germany • 2007
- Director Stefan Schwietert
- Cast Erika Stucky, Noldi Alder, Christian Zehnder
- Genre Documentary
- Available on GuideDoc, DocAlliance Films, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube
The Circle
(Der Kreis)
Love should never be a crime
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- Switzerland • 2014
- Director Stefan Haupt
- Cast Matthias Hungerbühler, Sven Schelker, Babett Arens, Aaron Hitz, Martin Hug, Peter Jecklin
- Genre Documentary, Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Fandango At Home, The Roku Channel, Kanopy
The Venerable W.
(Le vénérable W.)
This documentary follows the Islamophobia of an influential Buddhist monk in Myanmar, the “Venerable Wirathu.”
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- France, Switzerland • 2017
- Director Barbet Schroeder
- Cast Bulle Ogier, Barbet Schroeder, Ashin Wirathu
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kanopy
Putin's Witnesses
(Свидетели Путина)
A documentary that follows the rise of the now-infamous autocrat and long-time president of Russia, Vladimir Putin.
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- Latvia, Switzerland, Czech Republic • 2018
- Director Vitaly Mansky
- Cast Vitaly Mansky, Boris Nemtsov, Vladimir Putin, Boris Yeltsin, Mikhail Gorbachev, Naina Yeltsina
- Genre Documentary, History
- Available on OVID, Apple TV, Amazon Video, Hoopla
En La Boca
An Argentinian matriarch attempts to keep her family from going too deep into the criminal underworld of Buenos Aires.
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- Argentina, Switzerland • 2016
- Director Matteo Gariglio
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on DocAlliance Films, 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
Winged Migration
(Le peuple migrateur)
Five film crews follow a rich variety of bird migrations through forty countries and across each of the seven continents.
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- France, Germany, Switzerland • 2001
- Director Jacques Perrin
- Cast Philippe Labro, Jacques Perrin
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Apple TV, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, AMC on Demand
Wagner & Me
Stephen Fry attempts to separate art from the artist by exploring the music and history of composer Richard Wagner.
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- United Kingdom, Switzerland, Russia • 2010
- Director Patrick McGrady
- Cast Stephen Fry
- Genre Documentary, Music
- Available on Fandor Amazon Channel, Kanopy
Colossal Youth
(Juventude Em Marcha)
After his home neighborhood is destroyed, an aging immigrant is forced him to squat in the slums outside Lisbon.
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- Portugal, France, Switzerland • 2006
- Director Pedro Costa
- Cast Ventura, Vanda Duarte, Beatriz Duarte, Gustavo Sumpta, Cila Cardoso, Isabel Cardoso
- Genre Documentary, Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel
A Skin So Soft
(Ta peau si lisse)
From the strongman to the top-class bodybuilder, these are the gladiators of modern times.
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- Canada, Switzerland • 2018
- Director Denis Côté
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Fandor, Fandor Amazon Channel, Apple TV, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Tubi TV, VUDU Free, Cineverse, Kanopy
Loving Highsmith
A documentary about famous thriller novelist Patricia Highsmith.
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- Switzerland, Germany • 2022
- Director Eva Vitija
- Cast Gwendoline Christie, Annina Butterworth, Marijane Meaker, Courtney Coates Blackman, Judy Coates, Dan Coates
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Criterion Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kanopy, Hoopla