List of Swiss films

This list contains important Swiss films that have been internationally or nationally successful or have won important film awards . The titles are sorted by year. As a rule, the director and, if applicable, the film awards obtained are given for each film.

1920s

1925: Children's faces (Visages d'enfants) (Director: Jacques Feyder )

1930s

1930: Frauennot - Frauenglück (Director: Eduard Tissé )
1932: Die Herrgottsgrenadiere (director: Anton Kutter ), Switzerland's first national sound film
1935: Yeah-soo! (Director: Leopold Lindtberg )
1938: Füsilier Wipf (Director: Leopold Lindtberg )
1939: Wachtmeister Studer (Director: Leopold Lindtberg )

1940s

1940: 's Margritli und d' Soldate (Director: August Kern )
1941: Gilberte de Courgenay (Director: Franz Schnyder )
1941: Landammann Stauffacher (Director: Leopold Lindtberg )
1941: Romeo and Juliet in the village (directed by Hans Trommer , Valérien Schmidely )
1942: Steibruch (Direction: Sigfrit Steiner )
1942: People passing by ... (Director: Max Haufler )
1943: Wild Holiday (Director: Franz Schnyder )
1944: Marie-Louise (Director: Leopold Lindtberg ; Oscar 1946 in the category Best Original Screenplay )
1945: The Last Chance (Director: Leopold Lindtberg )
1947: Matto rules (Director: Leopold Lindtberg )
1948: The Drawn (Direction: Fred Zinnemann )
1949: Swiss Tour (Director: Leopold Lindtberg )

1950s

1951: The Four in a Jeep (Direction: Leopold Lindtberg, Elizabeth Montagu )
1952: Heidi (Director: Luigi Comencini )
1953: Unser Dorf / The Village (Direction: Leopold Lindtberg )
1954: Uli der Knecht (Director: Franz Schnyder )
1955: Uli the tenant (Director: Franz Schnyder )
1955: Heidi and Peter (Director: Franz Schnyder )
1955: Polizischt Wäckerli (Director: Kurt Früh )
1956: Oberstadtgass (Director: Kurt Früh )
1957: Zürrer Bakery (Director: Kurt Früh )
1957: May 10th (Director: Franz Schnyder )
1957: Taxi driver Bänz (Direction: Werner Düggelin , Hermann Haller )
1957: Behind the seven tracks (Director: Kurt Früh )
1958: It happened in broad daylight (Director: Ladislao Vajda )
1958: The dairy in Vehfreude (Director: Franz Schnyder )
1959: HD-Soldat Läppli (Director: Alfred Rasser )

1960s

1960: Wilhelm Tell (Castles in Flames) (Director: Michel Dickoff )
1961: Democrat Läppli (Director: Alfred Rasser )
1961: Es Dach überem Chopf (Direction: Kurt Früh )
1964: Money and Spirit (Director: Franz Schnyder )
1969: Charles mort ou vif (Director: Alain Tanner )

1970s

1970: Dällebach Kari (Director: Kurt Früh )
1970: First Love (Director: Maximilian Schell )
1971: La salamandre / The Salamander (Director: Alain Tanner )
1973: The Invitation (Director: Claude Goretta ), Oscar nomination 1974 - Best Foreign Language Film

1974: Le milieu du monde (Director: Alain Tanner )

1974: La Paloma (Director: Daniel Schmid )

1974: Swiss in the Spanish Civil War (Director: Richard Dindo )

1976: Jonas, who will be 25 years old in 2000 (Director: Alain Tanner )

1976: The sudden loneliness of Konrad Steiner (Director: Kurt Gloor )

1976: Shadows of the Angels (Director: Daniel Schmid )

1976: The Mute (Director: Gaudenz Meili )

1977: The Lace Maker (Direction: Claude Goretta )

1978: Die Schweizermacher (Director: Rolf Lyssy )

1978: Kneuss (Director: Gaudenz Meili )

1979: Little Escape (Director: Yves Yersin )

1979: Messidor (Director: Alain Tanner )

1979: Bread and Stones (Director: Mark Rissi )

1979: The Frozen Heart (Director: Xavier Koller )

1980s

1980: The Inventor (Director: Kurt Gloor )
1981: Traveling Warrior (Director: Christian Schocher )
1981: The boat is full (Director: Markus Imhoof )
1981: Cassette Love (Director: Rolf Lyssy )
1982: E Nachtlang Füürland / Eine Nachtlang Feuerland (Direction: Clemens Klopfenstein , Remo Legnazzi )
1983: In the white city (Dans la ville blanche) (Director: Alain Tanner )
1983: The Black Spider (Director: Mark Rissi )
1983: The Death of Mario Ricci (La mort de Mario Ricci) (Direction: Claude Goretta )
1984: The Kiss of Tosca (Il bacio di Tosca) (Director: Daniel Schmid )
1984: Glut (Director: Thomas Koerfer )
1984: Man without a Memory (Director: Kurt Gloor )
1984: Akropolis Now (Director: Hans Liechti )
1984: The Call of Sibylla (Director: Clemens Klopfenstein )
1985: Derborence (Director: Francis Reusser )
1985: The Black Tanner (Director: Xavier Koller )
1985: Höhenfeuer (Direction: Fredi M. Murer )
1987: Dani, Michi, Renato & Max (Director: Richard Dindo )
1987: Jenatsch (Director: Daniel Schmid )
1987: Wendel (Director: Christoph Schaub )
1988: À corps perdu (Director: Léa Pool )
1988: The Naples Frieze (Director: Gaudenz Meili )
1988: Candy Mountain (Direction: Robert Frank , Rudy Wurlitzer )
1988: Filou (Director: Samir )
1988: Bought luck (director: Urs Odermatt ): most successful Swiss film of the year (based on box office revenues)
1988: Macao or the back of the sea / Macao (Direction: Clemens Klopfenstein )
1988: Pestalozzis Berg (Director: Peter von Gunten )
1988: Sleepless Nights (Director: Marcel Gisler )
1988: A Swiss named Nötzli (Director: Gustav Ehmck )
1989: Thirty Years (Director: Christoph Schaub )
1989: The praying mantis (Georgette Meunier) (Direction: Tania Stöcklin , Cyrille Rey-Coquais )
1989: Leo Sonnyboy (Director: Rolf Lyssy )
1989: Faster than the Eye (Quicker Than the Eye) / Supertrick (Director: Nicolas Gessner )
1989: RobbyKallePaul (Director: Dani Levy )
1989: Silent Cheaters (Director: Beat Lottaz )
1989: Yaaba - Grandmother (Director: Idrissa Ouédraogo )

1990s

1990: All Out (Director: Thomas Koerfer )
1990: The Mountain (Director: Markus Imhoof )
1990: The Double Nötzli (Director: Stefan Lukschy )
1990: Piano panier (Director: Patricia Plattner )
1990: Journey of Hope (Director: Xavier Koller ), Oscar win 1991 for the best foreign language film
1990: The Black Angel (Director: Jacob Berger )
1990: Step Across the Border (Direction: Nicolas Humbert , Werner Penzel )
1990: Death in Basel (Director: Urs Odermatt )
1991: Anna Göldin - Last Witch (Director: Gertrud Pinkus )
1991: Daedalus (Director: Pepe Danquart )
1991: La Demoiselle sauvage (Director: Léa Pool )
1991: Forever & Ever (Director: Samir )
1991: Days of Doubt (Director: Bernhard Giger )
1992: The Blue Hour (Director: Marcel Gisler )
1992: Donusa (Director: Angeliki Antoniou )
1992: Children of the Landstrasse (Director: Urs Egger )
1992: Mid season (hors saison) (Director: Daniel Schmid )
1994: Ernesto Che Guevara, the Bolivian Diary (Director: Richard Dindo )
1994: Wachtmeister Zumbühl (director: Urs Odermatt ): led to the discovery of the photographer Arnold Odermatt .
1995: Middle of the Moment (Direction: Nicolas Humbert , Werner Penzel )
1995: Der Nebelläufer (Director: Jörg Helbling ), Max Ophüls Prize 1996
1996: Honey and Ashes (Director: Nadia Fares ), Film Festival Max Ophüls Preis 1997 - Director Award , nomination Swiss Film Award 1998 - Best Feature Film
1997: Take a break (Director: Francesco Rosi ), David di Donatello 1997 - Best Italian Film
1997: Ghetto (Director: Thomas Imbach )
1997: Grüninger's Fall (Director: Richard Dindo )
1997: The Salt Men of Tibet (Director: Ulrike Koch )
1997: The Silence of Men (Director: Clemens Klopfenstein ), Bern Film Prize 1997 , Swiss Film Prize 1998 - Best Feature Film
1997: Tupamaros (Direction: Heidi Specogna , Rainer Hoffmann )
1998: Megacities (Director: Michael Glawogger )
1998: Three Below Zero (director: Simon Aeby ), Max Ophüls Prize 1999
1998: Vollmond (Director: Fredi M. Murer ), Montreal World Film Festival 1998 - Grand Prix of the Americas , nomination for the Swiss Film Prize 1999 - Best Feature Film
1999: Beresina or The Last Days of Switzerland (Director: Daniel Schmid )
1999: Closed Country (Director: Kaspar Kasics )
1999: Exclusive (Director: Florian Froschmayer )
1999: Jonas und Lila (Jonas et Lila, à demain) (director: Alain Tanner ), nomination for the Swiss Film Prize 2000 - best feature film
1999: Marabus (Director: Otar Iosseliani ), Louis Delluc Prize 1999 - Best Film , European FIPRESCI Prize 1999
1999: Schlagen und Abtun (Director: Norbert Wiedmer ), Bern Film Prize 1999 , Swiss Film Prize 2000 - Best Documentary
1999: Viehjud Levi (Director: Didi Danquart )

2000s

2000: El Acordeón del Diablo (Director: Stefan Schwietert ), nominated for the Swiss Film Prize 2001 - Best Documentary

2000: Anna Wunder (Director: Ulla Wagner )

2000: Comedian (Director: Markus Imboden )

2001: When Grandfather Loved Rita Hayworth (Director: Iva Švarcová )

2001: Scheherazade (Director: Riccardo Signorell )

2001: The Marble Street (La strada del marmo) (Director: Michael Trabitzsch )

2001: Thelma (director: Pierre-Alain Meier ), Zurich Film Prize 2001

2001: Utopia Blues (Director: Stefan Haupt )

2001: Venus Boyz (Director: Gabriel Baur )

2002: An emergency in Havana (Director: Sabine Boss ), nominated for the Swiss Film Prize 2003 - Best Feature Film

2002: Forget Baghdad (Director: Samir ), nominated for the Swiss Film Prize 2003 - Best Documentary

2002: Mani Matter - Why are you so sad? (Director: Friedrich Kappeler )

2003: Ready, steady, Charlie! (Director: Mike Eschmann ), most successful Swiss film of the year (based on box office revenues).

2003: Little Girl Blue (Director: Anna Luif ), nominated for the Swiss Film Prize 2004 - Best Feature Film

2003: When the right one comes (Direction: Stefan Hillebrand & Oliver Paulus )

2004: Accordion Tribe (Director: Stefan Schwietert ), Swiss Film Prize 2005 - Best Documentary

2004: Stupid Boy - Garçon stupide (Garçon stupide) (Director: Lionel Baier )

2004: Im Nordwind (Director: Bettina Oberli ), nominated for the Swiss Film Prize 2005 - Best Feature Film

2004: Gap in the System (Absolute) (Director: Romed Wyder )

2004: The Ring Thing (Director: Mark Schippert )

2004: Strähl (Director: Manuel Fluren Hendry )

2004: Stratosphere Girl (Director: Matthias X. Oberg )

2005: Katzenball (Director: Veronika Minder ), Teddy Award 2005 - Best Documentary , Bern Film Prize 2005 - Documentary Film , Zurich Film Prize 2005

2005: My name is Eugen (Director: Michael Steiner )

2005: Snow White (Director: Samir )

2005: Rockfall (Director: Judith Kennel )

2005: Undercover (Director: Sabine Boss )

2006: Das Fräulein (Direction: Andrea Štaka )

2006: Grounding - The last days of Swissair (Director: Michael Steiner )

2006: Handyman (Director: Jürg Ebe )

2006: Die Herbstzeitlosen (Director: Bettina Oberli )

2006: Hippie Masala (Direction: Ulrich Grossenbacher & Damaris Lüthi )

2006: Jeune Homme (Director: Christoph Schaub )

2006: Aftershock (Director: Stina Werenfels )

2006: Vitus (Director: Fredi M. Murer )

2006: Real life is elsewhere (La vraie vie est ailleurs) (Director: Frédéric Choffat )

2006: We'll see each other again (Director: Stefan Hillebrand & Oliver Paulus )

2007: Breakout (Director: Mike Eschmann )

2007: Chicken Mexicaine (Director: Armin Biehler )

2007: Heimatklänge (Director: Stefan Schwietert ), Swiss Film Award 2008 - Best Documentary

2007: Marmorera (Director: Markus Fischer )

2008: Der Freund (Director: Micha Lewinsky ), Swiss Film Award 2008 - Best Feature Film

2008: Heroine of the Skies (Director: Michael C. Huber )

2008: Hidden Heart (directors: Werner Schweizer , Cristina Karrer ), Zurich Film Prize 2008

2008: Jimmie (director: Tobias Ineichen ), best Swiss feature film, best male role, best female role

2008: Air Business (Director: Dominique de Rivaz )

2008: Nur ein Sommer (Director: Tamara Staudt ), Festival of German Films 2008 - Audience Award

2008: Day by the Sea (Director: Moritz Gerber ), Bern Film Prize 2009

2008: Tandoori Love (Director: Oliver Paulus )

2008: A Thousand Oceans (Director: Luki Frieden )

2008: Tulpan (Director: Sergei Dworzewoi ), nominated for the European Film Award 2008 - Best Newcomer Film , Zurich Film Festival 2008 - Best Newcomer Feature Film , Un Certain Regard 2008

2009: Cargo (Director: Ivan Engler )

2009: The Carer or The Money of Others (Director: Lutz Konermann )

2009: In the wake of the night (Director: Markus Welter )

2009: Mein Kampf (Direction: Urs Odermatt )

2009: Pepperminta (director: Pipilotti Rist ), premiere at the Venice Film Festival

2009: Robbers (Director: Carla Lia Monti )

2009: Rocksteady - The Roots of Reggae (Director: Stascha Bader ), Zurich Film Prize 2009 - Best Documentary

2009: The buzz of insects (Director: Peter Liechti ), European Film Award 2009 - Best Documentary , Nomination Swiss Film Award 2010 - Best Documentary

2009: Tannöd (Director: Bettina Oberli )

2009: Verso (Director: Xavier Ruiz )

2010s

2010: 180 ° - When your world suddenly turns upside down (Director: Cihan Inan )

2010: Bödälä - Dance The Rhythm (Director: Gitta Gsell ), Prix du Public, Solothurner Filmtage 2010

2010: Film Socialisme (Director: Jean-Luc Godard )

2010: In the Garden of Sounds (Nel giardino dei suoni) (Director: Nicola Bellucci ), Solothurn Film Festival 2010 - Prix de Soleure
2010: The Cameraman (Director: Robert Adrian Pejo )
2010: Madly in Love (Director: Anna Luif )
2010: Pizza Bethlehem (director: Bruno Moll ), Bern Film Prize 2010 , Zurich Film Prize 2010
2010: Rich colors against black (Director: Sophie Heldman )
2010: The goal scorer's ship (Director: Heidi Specogna )
2010: Sennentuntschi (Director: Michael Steiner )
2010: Summer Birds (Director: Paul Riniker )
2010: What more do I want (Cosa voglio di più) (Director: Silvio Soldini )
2011: Abrir puertas y ventanas (director: Milagros Mumenthaler ), Goldener Leopard
2011: The Bad Uncle (Director: Urs Odermatt )
2011: Regilaul - Songs from the Air (Director: Ulrike Koch )
2011: Silberwald (Director: Christine Repond ), Film Festival Max Ophüls Prize 2011 - Prize of the Ecumenical Jury
2011: A Summer Sand Dream (Director: Peter Luisi ), nomination for the Swiss Film Prize 2011 - Best Feature Film
2011: Summer Games (Director: Rolando Colla ), Swiss Film Award 2012 - Best Feature Film
2011: The Substance - Albert Hofmanns LSD (Director: Martin Witz ), nomination for the Swiss Film Prize 2012 - Best Documentary
2011: Der Verdingbub (Director: Markus Imboden ), most successful Swiss feature film since Die Herbstzeitlosen (2006), Swiss Television Award 2012 - Best Film
2012: Appassionata (Director: Christian Labhart ), Zurich Film Festival 2012 - Audience Award
2012: Argerich - Bloody Daughter (Direction: Stéphanie Argerich )
2012: Balkan Melodie (Director: Stefan Schwietert ), nomination for the Swiss Film Prize 2012 - Best Documentary
2012: Clara and the secret of the bears (Director: Tobias Ineichen )
2012: More than Honey (Director: Markus Imhoof )
2012: Nachtlärm (Director: Christoph Schaub )
2012: Thorberg (Director: Dieter Driver ), nomination for the Swiss Film Prize 2013 - Best Documentary
2012: As between heaven and earth (Direction: Maria Blumencron )
2012: Winter Thief (Director: Ursula Meier )
2012: Winter nomads (director: Manuel von Stürler ), European Film Award 2012 - Best Documentary , Nomination for the Swiss Film Award 2013 - Best Documentary
2013: Ascension Command (Direction: Dennis Ledergerber )
2013: The Beekeeper (Director: Mano Khalil ), nomination for the Swiss Film Prize 2014 - Best Documentary
2013: Lovely Louise (Director: Bettina Oberli )
2013: Neuland (Director: Anna Thommen ), International Documentary Film Festival Munich 2014 - DOK.fest Prize from SOS Children's Villages worldwide
2013: Rosie (Director: Marcel Gisler ), Zurich Film Award (best feature film)
2013: The Black Brothers (Director: Xavier Koller )
2013: Traumland (director: Petra Volpe ), nomination for the Swiss Film Prize 2014 - Best Feature Film , Günter Rohrbach Film Prize 2014
2013: Enemies in Love (Director: Werner Schweizer )
2013: Thank you for nothing (directors: Oliver Paulus , Stefan Hillebrand )
2013: Who Killed Johnny (Director: Yangzom Brauen )
2014: Bouboule (Director: Bruno Deville )
2014: Cure - The Life of Another (Director: Andrea Štaka )
2014: Dawn (Director: Romed Wyder )
2014: Electroboy (Director: Marcel Gisler )
2014: Der Goalie bin ig (Director: Sabine Boss )
2014: Iraqi Odyssey (Director: Samir ), nomination for the Swiss Film Prize 2015 - Best Documentary
2014: The Circle (Director: Stefan Haupt )
2014: Land of Miracles (Le meraviglie) (Director: Alice Rohrwacher ), Cannes International Film Festival 2014 - Grand Jury Prize
2014: Love Island (Director: Jasmila Žbanić )
2014: Break (Director: Mathieu Urfer )
2014: Shana - Das Wolfsmädchen (Shana: The Wolf's Music) (Director: Nino Jacusso ), Goldener Spatz 2015
2014: Tyfelstei (Director: Chris Bucher )
2014: Winna - Path of Souls (Director: Fabienne Mathier )
2015: Above and Below (Director: Nicolas Steiner ), Swiss Film Award 2016 - Best Documentary , German Film Award 2016 - Best Documentary
2015: Dora or the sexual neuroses of our parents (director: Stina Werenfels ), nomination for the Swiss Film Prize 2015 - best feature film
2015: Giovanni Segantini - Magic of Light (Director: Christian Labhart )
2015: Heidi (Director: Alain Gsponer )
2015: Polder - Tokyo Heidi (Directors: Samuel Schwarz , Julian M. Grünthal )
2015: Schellen-Ursli (Director: Xavier Koller )
2015: Sworn Virgin (Director: Laura Bispuri )
2016: Aloys (director: Tobias Nölle ), nomination for the Swiss Film Prize 2017 - best feature film
2016: Finsteres Glück (Direction: Stefan Haupt )
2016: The Big Summer (Director: Stefan Jäger )
2016: Gyrischachen - of sins, sofas and cervelats (Director: Sonja Mühlemann ), Bern Film Prize 2016
2016: A Jew as an example (Un juif pour l'exemple) (Director: Jacob Berger )
2016: My Life as a Zucchini (Director: Claude Barras )
2016: Welcome to Iceland (Director: Felix Tissi ), Berner Filmpreis 2016
2016: The World of the Wunderlichs (Director: Dani Levy )
2016: Zen for Nothing (Director: Werner Penzel ), Bern Film Prize 2016
2017: The Divine Order (Director: Petra Volpe )
2017: Koehler Nights (Director: Robert Müller)
2017: Papa Moll and the abduction of the flying dog (Director: Manuel Flurin Hendry )
2017: Vacuum (Director: Christine Repond ), nomination for the Swiss Film Prize 2018 - Best Screenplay
2017: Walter Pfeiffer - Chasing Beauty (Director: Iwan P. Schumacher )
2018: Chris the Swiss (Director: Anja Kofmel ), Zurich Film Award 2018 , Swiss Film Award 2019 - Best Documentary
2018: Eldorado (Director: Markus Imhoof )
2018: Genesis 2.0 (Director: Christian Frei )
2018: The Little Witch (Director: Michael Schaerer )
2018: Mario (Director: Marcel Gisler )
2018: The Innocent (Director: Simon Jaquemet ), nomination for the Swiss Film Award 2019 - Best Feature Film
2018: Who actually invented love? (Director: Kerstin Polte )
2018: Wolkenbruch's wonderful journey into the arms of a Schickse (Director: Michael Steiner )
2018: Zone Rouge (Director: Cihan Inan )
2018: Closer to God (Direction: Grete Jentzen / Annette Berger)
2019: Zwingli (Director: Stefan Haupt )

Web links

The 100 best Swiss films at tagesanzeiger.ch (as of August 7, 2016)
The other film
Extraordinary Swiss films - selection by Felix Aeppli at aeppli.ch (status: 23 August 2016)
Felix Aeppli: film production. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .