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1. A Cure for Wellness (2016)
R | 146 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
An ambitious young executive is sent to retrieve his company's CEO from an idyllic but mysterious "wellness center" at a remote location in the Swiss Alps, but soon suspects that the spa's treatments are not what they seem.
Director: Gore Verbinski | Stars: Dane DeHaan, Jason Isaacs, Mia Goth, Ivo Nandi
Votes: 109,481 | Gross: $8.11M
2. On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969)
PG | 142 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller
British agent James Bond goes undercover to pursue the villainous Ernst Stavro Blofeld, who is planning to hold the world to ransom.
Director: Peter R. Hunt | Stars: George Lazenby, Diana Rigg, Telly Savalas, Gabriele Ferzetti
Votes: 99,347 | Gross: $22.80M
3. Battle of Britain (1969)
G | 132 min | Action, Drama, History
In 1940, the British Royal Air Force fights a desperate battle to prevent the Luftwaffe from gaining air superiority over the English Channel as a prelude to a possible Axis invasion of the U.K.
Director: Guy Hamilton | Stars: Michael Caine, Trevor Howard, Harry Andrews, Curd Jürgens
Votes: 24,485 | Gross: $4.36M
4. The Hundred-Foot Journey (2014)
PG | 122 min | Comedy, Drama
The Kadam family leaves India for France where they open a restaurant directly across the road from Madame Mallory's Michelin-starred eatery.
Director: Lasse Hallström | Stars: Helen Mirren, Om Puri, Manish Dayal, Charlotte Le Bon
Votes: 87,540 | Gross: $54.24M
5. 45 Years (2015)
R | 95 min | Drama, Romance
A married couple preparing to celebrate their wedding anniversary receives shattering news that promises to forever change the course of their lives.
Director: Andrew Haigh | Stars: Charlotte Rampling, Tom Courtenay, Geraldine James, Dolly Wells
Votes: 35,116 | Gross: $4.25M
6. The Grand Illusion (1937)
Not Rated | 113 min | Drama, War
During WWI, two French soldiers are captured and imprisoned in a German P.O.W. camp. Several escape attempts follow until they are eventually sent to a seemingly inescapable fortress.
Director: Jean Renoir | Stars: Jean Gabin, Dita Parlo, Pierre Fresnay, Erich von Stroheim
Votes: 38,844 | Gross: $0.17M
7. 13 Minutes (2015)
R | 114 min | Biography, Drama, War
In November 1939, Georg Elser's attempt to assassinate Adolf Hitler fails, and he is arrested. During his confinement, he recalls the events leading up to his plot and his reasons for deciding to take such drastic action.
Director: Oliver Hirschbiegel | Stars: Christian Friedel, Katharina Schüttler, Burghart Klaußner, Johann von Bülow
Votes: 10,056 | Gross: $0.16M
8. Frankenstein Unbound (1990)
R | 85 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
The ultimate weapon which was meant to be safe for the mankind produces global side effects including time slides and disappearances.The scientist behind the project and his car are zapped from the year 2031 to 1817's Switzerland.
Director: Roger Corman | Stars: John Hurt, Raul Julia, Nick Brimble, Bridget Fonda
Votes: 4,127 | Gross: $0.33M
9. I Am David (2003)
PG | 90 min | Adventure, Drama
A twelve-year-old boy escapes from a Bulgarian Communist concentration camp and sets out on a journey to reach Denmark.
Director: Paul Feig | Stars: Ben Tibber, Jim Caviezel, Joan Plowright, Hristo Shopov
Votes: 8,124 | Gross: $0.28M
10. Monsieur Ibrahim (2003)
R | 95 min | Comedy, Drama
In Paris, a Turkish shop owner befriends a Jewish boy in his mid-teens.
Director: François Dupeyron | Stars: Omar Sharif, Pierre Boulanger, Gilbert Melki, Isabelle Renauld
Votes: 11,598 | Gross: $2.82M
11. Walking with the Enemy (2013)
PG-13 | 124 min | Action, Drama, History
A young man, separated from his family in World War II, disguises himself as a Nazi S.S. Officer and uncovers more than just his family whereabouts.
Director: Mark Schmidt | Stars: Jonas Armstrong, Ben Kingsley, Hannah Tointon, Simon Kunz
Votes: 2,629 | Gross: $0.36M
12. Madame Bovary (1991)
PG-13 | 143 min | Drama, Romance
In nineteenth-century France, the romantic daughter of a country squire marries a dull country doctor. To escape boredom, she throws herself into love affairs with a suave local landowner and a law student, and runs up ruinous debts.
Director: Claude Chabrol | Stars: Isabelle Huppert, Jean-François Balmer, Christophe Malavoy, Jean Yanne
Votes: 4,475 | Gross: $1.94M
13. North Face (2008)
Not Rated | 126 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama
A secretary at a Berlin newspaper in 1936 gets to write about two Alpinists, as she knows them well. She later gets to report on and photograph her friends' and other Alpinists' climbs of the dangerous Swiss Eiger north face.
Director: Philipp Stölzl | Stars: Benno Fürmann, Florian Lukas, Johanna Wokalek, Simon Schwarz
Votes: 16,429 | Gross: $0.71M
14. Mausam (2011)
Not Rated | 161 min | Drama, Romance, War
A war, religious conflicts, and misunderstandings create obstacles for a couple of different faiths.
Director: Pankaj Kapur | Stars: Shahid Kapoor, Anupam Kher, Sonam Kapoor, Supriya Pathak
Votes: 5,635 | Gross: $0.73M
15. Heidi (I) (2005)
TV-G | 104 min | Drama, Family
The classic children's story of a young orphan girl and her crusty grandfather and their life in the mountains is told in this handsome production. With Geraldine Chaplin and Dame Diana Rigg.
Director: Paul Marcus | Stars: Emma Bolger, Max von Sydow, Geraldine Chaplin, Diana Rigg
Votes: 1,034
16. Battle of the Brave (2004)
PG-13 | 143 min | Drama, History, Romance
In the mid-18th Century, as England and France battle over control of Canada, an epic romance between a peasant woman and a trapper unfurls.
Director: Jean Beaudin | Stars: Noémie Godin-Vigneau, David La Haye, Juliette Gosselin, Sébastien Huberdeau
Votes: 1,363
17. Heidi (1952)
G | 97 min | Drama, Family
When Heidi, a little girl who leads an idyllic life with her grandfather in the Alps, is cruelly taken from the mountain retreat by a stern aunt, she adapts to life in the village below by bringing humor and goodwill to every situation.
Director: Luigi Comencini | Stars: Heinrich Gretler, Elsbeth Sigmund, Thomas Klameth, Willy Birgel
Votes: 444
18. Rosie (I) (2013)
Not Rated | 106 min | Drama, Family, Romance
Lorenz Meran, (40) a successful gay author suffering acute writers' block, has to leave Berlin and return to eastern Switzerland to provide care for his aged mother, Rosie. When he finds ... See full summary »
Director: Marcel Gisler | Stars: Sibylle Brunner, Fabian Krüger, Judith Hofmann, Sebastian Ledesma
Votes: 435
19. Bonditis (1967)
100 min | Comedy
Frank Born believes himself to be a secret agent so his psychiatrist prescribes some time away at a relaxing village in the Swiss Alps. The delusional Born gets enmeshed in a secret ... See full summary »
Director: Karl Suter | Stars: Gerd Baltus, Marion Jacob, Christiane Rücker, Herbert Weicker
Votes: 54
20. Heidi and Peter (1955)
G | 89 min | Drama, Family
Heidi lives with her grandfather in the Swiss Alps in the summer, and she and Peter play and tend the goats. In the winter, she stays with Peter's mother, and she and Peter attend school. ... See full summary »
Director: Franz Schnyder | Stars: Heinrich Gretler, Elsbeth Sigmund, Thomas Klameth, Emil Hegetschweiler
Votes: 210
21. Der Erfinder (1980)
97 min | Drama
Jakob is an obsessive inventor who lives in a Swiss village. He receives unconditional support from his friend Otti, but that is about all; the other villagers do not tolerate Jakob's ... See full summary »
Director: Kurt Gloor | Stars: Bruno Ganz, Walo Lüönd, Verena Peter, Oliver Diggelmann
Votes: 127
22. The Village (1953)
Approved | 98 min | Drama
This film deals with war orphans following WWII at a children's village in the Swiss Alps where over 200 children from all parts of Europe are gathered. The subplots involve a romance ... See full summary »
Director: Leopold Lindtberg | Stars: John Justin, Eva Dahlbeck, Sigfrit Steiner, Mary Hinton
Votes: 51
23. Heinrich der Säger (2001)
99 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
When railroad lines are shut down again and again and employees are laid off, Kurt Grantke takes the initiative and, armed with an angle grinder, tries to dissuade the commercial railroad from its goals by committing acts of sabotage.
Director: Klaus Gietinger | Stars: Meret Becker, Rolf Becker, Alexander Beyer, Holger Fuchs
Votes: 69
24. Derborence (1985)
94 min | Comedy, Drama
Antoine loves Thérèse. He is a shepherd and tends the animals with his uncle Séraphin. Thérèse works in the village with her mother. One day, a landslide buries Antoine and Séraphin.
Director: Francis Reusser | Stars: Isabel Otero, Jacques Penot, Maria Machado, Jean-Marc Bory
Votes: 100
25. Das gefrorene Herz (1980)
108 min | Comedy, Drama
The Tramp Schirmflicker is on his way through the snowy forest in the Swiss Alps. Suddenly some hunters shoots a rabbit, which falls dead to the ground in front of him. He grabs the rabbit ... See full summary »
Director: Xavier Koller | Stars: Sigfrit Steiner, Emilia Krakowska, Paul Bühlmann, Otto Mächtlinger
Votes: 137
26. Bis dass der Tod euch scheidet (2020 TV Movie)
91 min | Drama, History
October 12, 1944: wedding guests are celebrating on Lake Lucerne when their boat collides with a transport barge. It's a shipwreck and twenty people lose their lives. In the small village of Escholzmatt, 14 children become orphans.
Directors: Rolf Elsener, Wendy Pillonel | Stars: Kylian Gasser, Joya Huwyler, Judith Koch, Nina Limacher
27. Der schwarze Tanner (1986)
107 min | Drama, History, War
Rival families of farmers disagree about which is the most suitable crop to plant.
Director: Xavier Koller | Stars: Otto Mächtlinger, Renate Steiger, Dietmar Schönherr, Ernst C. Sigrist
Votes: 85
28. The Ski's the Limit (1949)
Approved | 8 min | Animation, Short, Music
A combination cartoon/travelogue set in the Swiss Alps, with a tuneful sight-seeing tour of Switzerland thrown in, before the bounding-ball comes bouncing along and asks the theatre ... See full summary »
Directors: Izzy Sparber, Dave Tendlar | Stars: Jackson Beck, Jack Mercer, Sid Raymond
Votes: 45
29. Guillaume Tell (2003 TV Movie)
Music, Drama
Director: François Roussillon | Stars: Hasmik Papian, Gaële Le Roi, Nora Gubisch, Marcello Giordani
Votes: 9
30. Der wilde Mann (1988 TV Movie)
68 min | Crime
Director: Matthias Zschokke | Stars: Dieter Laser, Beatrice Kessler, Ingrid Kaiser, Heiner Walti
31.
Forensic Files (1996–2011)
Episode:
Micro-Clues
(1997)
TV-14 | 22 min | Documentary, Crime
After a day of fishing in a small, quiet village in Switzerland, a teenage boy did not return home as planned. The investigation revealed some important microscopic evidence in the water ... See full summary »
Director: Richard Monahan | Stars: Peter Thomas, Jocheim Hurlimann, Hans Peter Minnig, Daniel Wyler
Votes: 104
32.
Un enfant parmi tant d'autres (1968–1971)
Episode:
Constant, Nicola de Suisse: deux enfants parmi tant d'autres
(1970)
27 min | Documentary, Short, Family
Director: Claude Cobast | Stars: Pierre Tchernia, Claude Cobast, Constant, Nicola
33.
Régie 4 (1968–1969)
Episode:
L'Arche de Noé
(1969)
13 min | Documentary, Talk-Show
Director: Guy Saguez | Stars: Josef Hasler, Madame Hasler, Magdalena Hasler, Hans Barmettler