Best Swiss adventure movies

Trapped (2012)

On an expedition into unexplored wolf territory, two zoology students intrude into a secret world. In the midst of unrelenting wilderness and hours from civilization, they encounter a strange young woman. The two men are drawn into her enchanted reality...and their friendship is put to the ultimate test.

2021 (2018)

A lonely character in a deserted world watches as it goes up silently in flames.

Blackberry (2002)

Two young people in their twenties, Lilian and André, decide to escape the dreary holiday season and go to the paradise that is supposed to be Spain. During their aimless journey, the couple naively places their trust in a shady guy named Sylvester. Although he is a little older than the two lovers, Sylvester also tries to give some semblance of meaning to his life by becoming acquainted with the hackneyed myths of our mediatized world: road movies, war games, romantic stories, drift into drugs. By agreeing to play roles based on clichés, the trio are gradually mired in a dangerous conflict over trust and confidence, love and life.

Samanka: L'île des Passions (1982)

Young and sexy European fashion models are abducted to an isolated place (Ceylon), locked up, stripped, sexually abused and tortured by powerful, sadistic men.

White Journey (1980)

One of Werner Schroeter's most important and inventive works, this threadbare evocation of Jean Genet's notorious Querelle depicts the erotic adventures of two sailors through the world's seaports in the manner of a cut-rate silent movie.

William Tell (1960)

Space Tourists (2010)

In his most recent work, Christian Frei turns to an age-old dream of man: to leave our planet as a «normal person» and travel into outer space. For 20 million dollars, the American Anousheh Ansari was able to fulfil this childhood dream. This documentary follows her journey into space and shows everyday life as it is on the International Space Station.

A Cat's Life (2023)

The story of a lively and curious kitten who is bored in his life as a domestic cat in Paris. His fate changes when ten-year-old Clémence takes him to her country house at the heart of the Vosges. Thus begins an extraordinary adventure through the wilderness for Clémence and Rroû...

Little Mountain Boy (2015)

A boy must brave deep winter snow to obtain an important family keepsake. Before he can even start this difficult journey he must first help his family survive financial ruin, rescue his beloved pet goat, and with his best friend, outwit a bratty bully who seems out to get him at every turn. Will he make it back to the village in time to celebrate the end-of-winter holiday of Chalandamarz?

Bémol (2021)

The featherless nightingale sings in the forest. His birdsong soothes the little bear who is having trouble sleeping, calms the squabbling squirrels and entertains the pair of swans swimming in the pond.

The Adventures of Gerard (1970)

Based on satirical short stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle about a vain, egotistical Etienne Gerard, a French brigadier serving during the Napoleonic Wars. He thinks he's the best soldier and lover that ever lived and intends to prove it.

Latitude 0⁰ (1999)

For 17 months, the famous adventurer Mike Horn travelled around the world following the Equator at latitude 0 without the use of energy - no fuel, no electricity. Facing death in many occasions, he remained brave and determined to accomplish what no human had ever done before.

Alptraum - Das letzte Abenteuer (2016)

The Window (2012)

A little boy, who likes reading adventure stories much more than playing outside, has to realize that he isn’t as brave as the characters in his books. Entirely by accident, he becomes a hero after all.

The Legend of Zorro (1996)

Demon of the Himalayas (1935)

Movie about an expedition in search of a mythical demon in the Himalaya mountains.

Cumbre (1985)

Metamorfosi (1987)

Metamorphosis is a real ballet dance on the rocks, interpreted by a great climber, Patrick Berhault, and set in the picturesque countryside of Cote d'Azur and the Lingurian coast. Berhault's evolutions, in the sea, in the grottoes, on the rocks and precipices, are exceedingly difficult but they are chiefly performed to give the movement an aesthetic value. Matemorphosis is the story of a cycle without words, narrated with gestures and music. The climber Monique Dalmasso also partecipates in the film.

Stella da Falla (1972)

A quest film about a young man on a wondrous and strange trip around the world has more in common with medieval mystery plays than with most modern films, as it is rich in symbols and low in explanatory materials.

The Topless Story (1965)

Female reporter goes on a trip around the world following genius fashion designer in a search for perfect article for her magazine.