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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 Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand, AMC on Demand
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: 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, Amazon Video
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, Amazon Video
Unrest
(Unrueh)
In late 19th century Switzerland, a factory worker becomes involved with a local group of anarchist watchmakers.
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- Switzerland • 2022
- Director Cyril Schäublin
- Cast Stefano Knuchel, Valentin Merz, Clara Gostynski, Alexei Evstratov, Laurence Bretignier, Li Tavor
- Genre Drama, History
- Available on Criterion Channel, Amazon Video
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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
One Day in September
The full story of the 1972 Munich Olympics massacre that emphasizes the role of the incompetent German authorities.
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- Switzerland, Germany, United Kingdom • 1999
- Director Kevin Macdonald
- Cast Michael Douglas, Ankie Spitzer, Jamal Al Gashey, Gerald Seymour, Axel Springer, Gad Zahari
- Genre Documentary
- Available on ScreenPix Apple TV Channel, Pluto TV
The Line
(La ligne)
Forbidden by restraining order from entering her family home, Margaret seeks connection with her family from behind this imaginary line.
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- France, Belgium, Switzerland • 2023
- Director Ursula Meier
- Cast Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Stéphanie Blanchoud, Benjamin Biolay, Dali Benssalah, Elli Spagnolo, India Hair
- Genre Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube
The Year of the Discovery
(El año del descubrimiento)
In the shadow of the 1992 Olympic Games held in Spain, massive labor riots erupt in Cartagena.
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- Spain, Switzerland • 2020
- Director Luis López Carrasco
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Film Movement Plus
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
Bassidji
To better understand their ideas, Mehran Tamadon engages with extremist supporters of the Islamic Republic of Iran, the Basij.
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- Iran, France, Switzerland • 2009
- Director Mehran Tamadon
- Cast
- Genre
- Available on DocAlliance Films
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
Thunder
(Foudre)
Amidst tradition's grip, Elisabeth forges her path in 1900 Switzerland, unraveling secrets and defying the village order for the right to live freely.
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- Switzerland • 2022
- Director Carmen Jaquier
- Cast Lilith Grasmung, Noah Watzlawick, Benjamin Python, Mermoz Melchior, François Revaclier, Sabine Timoteo
- Genre Drama, History
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand
Unrest
(Unrueh)
In late 19th century Switzerland, a factory worker becomes involved with a local group of anarchist watchmakers.
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- Switzerland • 2022
- Director Cyril Schäublin
- Cast Stefano Knuchel, Valentin Merz, Clara Gostynski, Alexei Evstratov, Laurence Bretignier, Li Tavor
- Genre Drama, History
- Available on Criterion Channel, Amazon Video
A Thousand Fires
A family in Myanmar runs an unregulated oil field.
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- France, Switzerland, Netherlands • 2021
- Director Saeed Taji Farouky
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on DocAlliance Films
The Promise
(Das Versprechen)
A love, a hope, a wall.
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- Germany, France, Switzerland • 1995
- Director Margarethe von Trotta
- Cast Meret Becker, Corinna Harfouch, Anian Zollner, August Zirner, Eva Mattes, Hark Bohm
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on MUBI
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, Kino Now
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
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
Pingu
This stop-motion claymated television series follows a family of a penguins living at the South Pole.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- 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
Telescope Recommends
Chimes at Midnight
(Campanadas a medianoche)
John Falstaff takes center stage as the funny, loyal, and often drunk companion of King Henry IV’s son, Prince Hal.
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- Spain, Switzerland • 1965
- Director Orson Welles
- Cast Orson Welles, Keith Baxter, John Gielgud, Jeanne Moreau, Margaret Rutherford, Marina Vlady
- Genre Comedy, Drama, History
- Available on Criterion Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube
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, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, AMC on Demand, Tubi TV
Of Men and War
(Des hommes et de la guerre)
Filmed over five years, this documentary charts the progress of several veterans dealing with post-traumatic stress disorder at a California clinic.
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- France, Switzerland, United States • 2014
- Director Laurent Bécue-Renard
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kino Now, Kanopy
Beyond The Visible - Hilma af Klint
(Jenseits des Sichtbaren - Hilma af Klint)
The life and artwork of Swedish painter Hilma af Klint, who's abstract works predate the origin of the style.
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- Germany, Sweden, Switzerland • 2019
- Director Halina Dyrschka
- Cast Iris Müller-Westermann, Julia Voss, Josiah McElheny, Johan af Klint, Ulla af Klint
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Criterion Channel, Metrograph, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kino Now, Kanopy
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
The Wonders
(Le meraviglie)
Gelsomina’s family works according to some special rules.
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- Italy, Switzerland, Germany • 2014
- Director Alice Rohrwacher
- Cast Maria Alexandra Lungu, Alba Rohrwacher, Sam Louwyck, Sabine Timoteo, Agnese Graziani, Monica Bellucci
- Genre Drama
- Available on Fandor Amazon Channel, Hoopla, OVID, Google Play Movies, Vudu, YouTube, Kanopy
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, Vudu, Amazon Video
Nightcap
(Merci pour le chocolat)
A couple find their happiness threatened by the arrival of a mysterious new guest who raises difficult questions.
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- France, Switzerland • 2000
- Director Claude Chabrol
- Cast Isabelle Huppert, Jacques Dutronc, Anna Mouglalis, Rodolphe Pauly, Mathieu Simonet, Michel Robin
- Genre Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
- Available on ARROW, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube, 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 Image Book
(Le livre d'image)
Social commentary and cinema’s depiction of the Arab World
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- Switzerland, France • 2018
- Director Jean-Luc Godard
- Cast Jean-Luc Godard, Anne-Marie Miéville, Dimitri Basil
- Genre Drama, Documentary
- Available on Metrograph, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, YouTube, Kino Now, Kanopy,
The Sun
(Солнце)
Confronted by General Douglas MacArthur, Emperor Hirohito of Japan must negotiate the terms of the country’s surrender.
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- Russia, Italy, Switzerland • 2005
- Director Aleksandr Sokurov
- Cast Issei Ogata, Robert Dawson, Kaori Momoi, Shirô Sano, Dmitriy Podnozov
- Genre Drama, History
- Available on Google Play Movies, YouTube, Kanopy
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.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- France, Switzerland, Italy • 1996
- Director Marie Pérennou
- Cast Jacques Perrin, Kristin Scott Thomas
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Criterion Channel
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 Apple TV, Kanopy
Sister
(L'enfant d'en haut)
A young boy steals from rich patrons at a posh ski resort to support himself and his irresponsible older sister.
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- France, Switzerland • 2012
- Director Ursula Meier
- Cast Kacey Mottet Klein, Léa Seydoux, Martin Compston, Gillian Anderson, Jean-François Stévenin, Yann Trégouët
- Genre Drama
- Available on Metrograph, Apple TV, Amazon Video, Kino Now, Kanopy
The Girl and the Spider
(Das Mädchen und die Spinne)
A woman's emotions bubble to the surface on the day her roommate moves out of their apartment.
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- Switzerland • 2021
- Director Ramon Zürcher, Silvan Zürcher
- Cast Henriette Confurius, Liliane Amuat, Ursina Lardi, Flurin Giger, André Hennicke, Ivan Georgiev
- Genre Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube