17 Films & TV Shows Set In Switzerland During The 21st Century
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Beyto
๐จ๐ญ Switzerland ๐น๐ท Turkey The 2010sTalented swimmer, motivated apprentice, cool buddy: Beyto is in the midst of life. But when the only son of a Turkish migrant family falls in love with his coach Mike, an ideal world falls to pieces. His parents only see one way out: They lure him to their home village and plan his wedding with Seher, his childhood friend. Suddenly, Beyto finds himself in a disruptive love triangle. A subtle, summerly sensuous love story about three young people by Gitta Gsell.
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Princess
๐จ๐ญ Switzerland ๐บ๐ฆ Ukraine The 1980s The 2020sA Story of Addiction and Redemption โ When his younger sister, a single parent, moves into the second apartment with her 5-year-old daughter Nina, an unexpected friendship develops between Josef and the uncared-for little girl.
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Adolf Muschg โ The Other
๐จ๐ญ Switzerland The 1960s The 1970s The 1980s The 1990s The 2000sIn his exploration of the cultural dynamic between East and West, Adolf Muschg, the most significant Swiss writer since Frisch and Dรผrrenmatt, searched for the other in himself in order to understand otherness.
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Les nouvelles รves
๐จ๐ญ Switzerland The 2020sJune 2020, Corona, one year after the national women's strike. Six directors dive into the everyday life of six women and explore what it means to be a woman in today's Switzerland.
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The Willoughbys
Scotland ๐จ๐ญ Switzerland The 2020sA family story for anyone who ever wanted to get away from their family โ When the four Willoughby children are abandoned by their selfish parents, they must learn how to adapt their Old-Fashioned values to the contemporary world in order to create something new: The Modern Family.
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The Hero
๐ฉ๐ช Germany ๐ท๐บ Russia ๐จ๐ญ Switzerland The 2010sFifteen years ago Andrey graduated from a Secret Service school under the guidance of his father, that trained teenagers to be agents for the Foreign Intelligence Service. When this experimental school is closed, he settles in Europe and cuts ties with Russia. One day his father who was believed to be dead calls him to warn him that some security forces want Andrey dead so he must run and hide. While on the run Andrey finds Masha, his ex-classmate from the Secret Service school. He faces love and betrayal and learns the real scale of the ruthless spy game that he was dragged into against his will.
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Unforgiven
๐จ๐ญ Switzerland ๐ฉ๐ช Germany ๐ช๐ธ Spain ๐ท๐บ Russia The 2000sI've Given Up On God โ Based on true and tragic events in the life of Vitaly Kaloyev, an architect and family man. In 2002, his wife and children die in a mid-air collision along with 70 other people, mostly children. Vitaly is one of the first people to discover the bodies of his family at the site of the crash. The blame is put on the company responsible for monitoring the air space, as well as the lone air traffic controller on duty at the time. Two years later, after much obstructed efforts to get apologies and answers, Vitaly flies to Switzerland to obtain justice.
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A Cure for Wellness
๐จ๐ญ Switzerland The 2010sThere is a Cure โ 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 miraculous treatments are not what they seem.
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Snowden
Virginia Maryland Georgia Hawaii ๐ท๐บ Russia ๐จ๐ญ Switzerland ๐ญ๐ฐ Hong Kong ๐ฏ๐ต Japan The 2000s The 2010sThe only safe place is on the run. โ CIA employee Edward Snowden leaks thousands of classified documents to the press.
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My Life as a Zucchini
๐จ๐ญ Switzerland The 2000sAfter his motherโs death, Zucchini is befriended by a kind police officer, Raymond, who accompanies him to his new foster home filled with other orphans his age. There, with the help of his newfound friends, Zucchini eventually learns to trust and love as he searches for a new family of his own.
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Edge of Tomorrow
England ๐ซ๐ท France ๐จ๐ญ Switzerland The 2020sLive, Die, Repeat โ Major Bill Cage is an officer who has never seen a day of combat when he is unceremoniously demoted and dropped into combat. Cage is killed within minutes, managing to take an alpha alien down with him. He awakens back at the beginning of the same day and is forced to fight and die again... and again - as physical contact with the alien has thrown him into a time loop.
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Iron Man 3
Tennessee California Florida Kentucky ๐จ๐ญ Switzerland ๐ต๐ฐ Pakistan The 1990s The 2000s The 2010sUnleash the power behind the armor. โ When Tony Stark's world is torn apart by a formidable terrorist called the Mandarin, he starts an odyssey of rebuilding and retribution.
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The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
๐ธ๐ช Sweden England ๐จ๐ญ Switzerland The 2000sEvil shall with evil be expelled. โ This English-language adaptation of the Swedish novel by Stieg Larsson follows a disgraced journalist, Mikael Blomkvist, as he investigates the disappearance of a weary patriarch's niece from 40 years ago. He is aided by the pierced, tattooed, punk computer hacker named Lisbeth Salander. As they work together in the investigation, Blomkvist and Salander uncover immense corruption beyond anything they have ever imagined.
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Hereafter
California England ๐ซ๐ท France ๐จ๐ญ Switzerland ๐น๐ญ Thailand The 2000sTouched by death. Changed by life. โ Three people โ a blue-collar American, a French journalist and a London school boy โ are touched by death in different ways.
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The Bourne Identity
๐ซ๐ท France ๐ฌ๐ท Greece ๐ฎ๐น Italy ๐จ๐ญ Switzerland Virginia The 2000sHe was the perfect weapon until he became the target. โ Wounded to the brink of death and suffering from amnesia, Jason Bourne is rescued at sea by a fisherman. With nothing to go on but a Swiss bank account number, he starts to reconstruct his life, but finds that many people he encounters want him dead. However, Bourne realizes that he has the combat and mental skills of a world-class spyโbut who does he work for?
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Frankenstein Unbound
๐จ๐ญ Switzerland The 2030s The 1810sThe ultimate weapon, claimed to be safe for 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 in Switzerland where he meets Dr. Victor Frankenstein, Mary Shelley and others.
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Thunderbird 6
New York Arizona ๐จ๐ญ Switzerland ๐ฎ๐ณ India ๐ช๐ฌ Egypt New South Wales ๐ฒ๐ฆ Morocco ๐ง๐ท Brazil The 2060sThe International Rescue team is faced with one of its toughest challenges yet, as the revolutionary lighter-than-air craft Skyship One is hijacked while on her maiden voyage around the world. Against backdrops including the Statue of Liberty and the Sphinx, Lady Penelope, Parker, Alan and Tin-Tin fight the hijackers from on-board, while the rest of the team tries to stop the airship crashing.