By Vlad Zakh · September 17, 2026
Switzerland Family feel goodthought provoking
Switzerland’s best-known films tend to be quiet, humane character studies, a stop-motion orphan finding a new family, a boy managing a genius intellect he never asked for. The Divine Order has village housewives organising for women’s suffrage in 1971, Downhill watches a ski holiday unravel after a father’s cowardly reaction to an avalanche, Home forces a family beside an abandoned motorway to adapt when it reopens, and Achtung, fertig, Charlie! gives a washed-up motocross racer one last shot. More Than Honey, Vitus, Sister, My Life as a Zucchini and Toni Erdmann round out the list.
01 A small Swiss village's housewives organise for women's suffrage in 1971, decades behind the rest of Europe.
Directed by Petra Biondina Volpe · 1h 36m
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02 A family ski holiday unravels after the father's cowardly reaction to a controlled avalanche.
Directed by Patricio Valladares · 1h 22m
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03 A family living beside an abandoned highway is forced to adapt when it suddenly reopens to traffic.
Directed by Ursula Meier · 1h 38m
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04 A washed-up motocross racer gets one last shot at redemption in a national championship.
Directed by Mike Eschmann · 1h 32m
05 A documentary explores the mysterious global collapse of honeybee populations and its consequences.
Directed by Markus Imhoof · 1h 30m · Rated NR
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06 A musically gifted child fakes a learning disability just to be treated like a normal kid again.
Directed by Fredi M. Murer · 2h 00m · Rated PG
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07 A boy supports himself and his sister by stealing from wealthy tourists at a ski resort.
Directed by Ursula Meier · 1h 40m
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08 An orphaned boy slowly bonds with the other children at his new group home.
Directed by Claude Barras · 1h 06m · Rated PG-13
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09 A father's elaborate pranks on his corporate daughter, funnier and sadder than it sounds.
Directed by Maren Ade · 2h 42m · Rated R
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