9 Best Swiss Movies to Watch

By Vlad Zakh · September 17, 2026

Switzerland Family feel goodthought provoking

Switzerland’s most internationally recognized 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 (2017) 01

The Divine Order (2017)

IMDb ★ 7.2

A small Swiss village's housewives organize for women's suffrage in 1971, decades behind the rest of Europe.

Downhill (2018) 02

Downhill (2018)

IMDb ★ 5.3

A family ski vacation unravels after the father's cowardly reaction to a controlled avalanche.

Home (2008) 03

Home (2008)

IMDb ★ 6.7

A family living beside an abandoned highway is forced to adapt when it suddenly reopens to traffic.

Achtung, fertig, Charlie! (2003) 04

Achtung, fertig, Charlie! (2003)

IMDb ★ 6.5

A washed-up motocross racer gets one last shot at redemption in a national championship.

More Than Honey (2012) 05

More Than Honey (2012)

IMDb ★ 7.5

A documentary examines the global collapse of bee colonies and what it means for agriculture.

Vitus (2006) 06

Vitus (2006)

IMDb ★ 7.5

A musically gifted child fakes a learning disability just to be treated like a normal kid again.

Sister (2012) 07

Sister (2012)

IMDb ★ 6.8

A boy supports himself and his sister by stealing from wealthy tourists at a ski resort.

My Life as a Zucchini (2016) 08

My Life as a Zucchini (2016)

IMDb ★ 7.6

An orphaned boy slowly bonds with the other children at his new group home.

Toni Erdmann (2016) 09

Toni Erdmann (2016)

IMDb ★ 7.4

A prankster father crashes his estranged daughter's high-pressure corporate life determined to loosen her up.

Vlad Zakh

Vlad Zakh

Founder, Movieix

Founder of Movieix, built to fix a specific annoyance: most recommendation sites are just algorithm-driven noise. Our lists are researched and organized by who's in a film, where it's from, and the mood you're actually in tonight.