Best Swiss drama series

When business consultant Michi Wyss inherits his late father's troubled farm he must confront his rural past -- and his family's future.

More determined than ever to live her life in accordance with her deepest desires, nurse Johanna Gabathuler finds herself embroiled in a spy conspiracy with international implications. There’s a high price to pay and it’s risky to say the least, but she will do anything it takes to find her daughter and, ultimately, secure her freedom.

1945 Zero hour. Europe is reduced to rubble. Thirty million displaced and uprooted people. At the heart of this ravaged continent lies Switzerland. This small neutral country, which has been all but spared by the war, becomes a hub for Nazi war criminals, Allied Secret Services and Holocaust survivors.

The new President of Switzerland is struggling to free a group of hostages being held in Yemen. She's prepared to do anything to achieve that goal, because even in the most placid country in the world, shady dealings are hatched behind closed doors and political ambitions feed on violence. Until Tina, a cleaning lady at the Federal Palace, throws a monkey wrench into the intricate gears of that political machine.

Lulu, Chiara and Joe are on the verge of adulthood and dream of a world of freedom and equality. With the hippie wave everywhere, they see how their conservative village is lost among drugs, seeing the damage of excess and addiction.

Anne Dupraz, a respected prosecutor in Geneva, is in custody for shooting a man, now between life and death. She admits her guilt but seems unable to explain her act. Her interrogation and that of her relatives will allow Anne to finally free herself from her past.

In the Croatian coastal town of Senj , orphans living on the fringes of society come together under the leadership of a girl who, because of her red hair , is called Rote Zora . The citizens of the city treat the destitute children like outcasts. Wild pranks are the reactions of the troops. In order to survive, the children become criminals, but within their community they adhere to fixed rules. Your top priority is solidarity. They call themselves Uskoks . The only one who feels connected to them is the old fisherman Gorian. The children help him to assert himself against the big fishing companies.

During the traditional carnival celebrations, the dead body of a young girl is found near the small town of Bellinzona, in Southern Switzerland. The officers engaged in the case find themselves investigating crimes rooted in a past full of shadows.

Recently separated, top neurologist Dr. Valérie Rossier moves back to her ancestral home with her son Lucas, and takes a position in an exclusive clinic run by her former teacher, Professor Wassermann. As she settles into her new life, strange occurrences conspire to reveal her true heritage, as well as her family's tragic history.

In the midst of the crisis, the founder of the private bank Weyer suffers a heart attack. His daughter Caroline, born out of wedlock, fights for the future of the bank and against fierce resistance from within the family and the board of directors. But as she uncovers the bank's secrets and those of her father, she becomes entangled in an inextricable web of relationships with criminal clients, corrupt officials, and managers with excessive ambitions.

Excelsior, a ski-resort without snow. A missing bride-to-be, a course for men in search of meaning, a couple in crisis, a Carnival monster, marmot hunters and a glacier in peril: the uncertain future of an Alpine community hinges on its ability to face up to its contradictions when everything collapses.

In 2003, musician Markus still has big dreams. He stands in for his hoarse sister Eva at the MusicStar casting. His performance fails completely and from then on his life is paved with failures, bad luck and mishaps. When, on his fortieth birthday, he is given the opportunity to contact his younger self by text message, he suddenly sees this as a chance to change his previously botched life and become a star. As he tries to make himself a star, he erases true love from his life.

A Swiss crime thriller and psychological drama with a difference - the action follows a high stakes poker game secretly watched by the police. Half a million francs are in the pot but more than just money is at stake.

Switzerland, 1873. Men from all over Europe are flocking to a tiny village to work on the biggest and most spectacular construction site of modern times: the Gotthard tunnel! The town is bursting at the seams and the prices for rooms are skyrocketing. In the bustle and confusion, three young people forge a friendship that defies differences of social class to tackle dramas together: the German engineer Max, lucid, balanced, born to a well-to-do family, a born mediator and shy suitor to the innkeeper's daughter, Anna. The lively, cocky young woman knows all about men - and about heartache: she decided to concentrate on business instead of love... And Tommaso? The hot-headed Italian from the lower classes is deeply, passionately in love with Anna and cannot hide his feelings. Max knows that he cannot challenge Tommaso for Anna's love, and soon, the trio faces a growing tension between Tommaso, who becomes the spokesman of the miners, and Max, who struggles to be loyal to his employer ...

The story of an Americana-obsessed Swiss valley community fighting for survival against the threat of modern society. To honor his recently deceased father, Joris returns on parole to the Wild West atmosphere of Horizonville, immediately finding himself face-to-face with demons from his past: his brother, Charly, his childhood rival, Raymond, and Latin beauty, Cheyenne.

A six-part French tv series first broadcast in 1979, each episode of Orient Express focuses on a different tale of a journey on the legendary train; each one is set between the outbreak of the First World War and the outbreak of the Second.

A dysfunctional family is propelled into sudden wealth when Loic, the father, wins the lottery. Despite every piece of advice, the family decides to move into a Geneva Palace where Loic meets Jean-Hubert, an ill-qualified financial advisor who will help him achieve his dream of buying back Montrex, the watch factory that fired his father – but nothing will happen as expected.

After Marc, an esteemed architect, dies unexpectedly from a heart attack at a construction site, Laurence, his long-time partner, and Nina, his younger wife, find out about each other’s existence. Laurence, devastated and angry, decides to confront Nina, a woman unknown to everyone except Marc’s brother Robin, who returns from Japan for the funeral.

Being an adult is exhausting. The 20 year old Eveline already feels that. Just recently she moved out of her parent's home and into the apartment building no 47 in Berne. To live your own life means to take responsibility, listen to yourself, make decisions. How should you know how to do that, just like that?

In Paris, Maxi Ardel, in her elegant forties, successfully and firmly runs a haute couture house bearing her name. In Florence, she is about to take over a textile company that belonged to an old Italian aristocratic family, the di Falco. She has, indeed, a revenge to take on them. Count Massimo di Falco had stolen her child twenty years earlier. Driven by a desire for revenge, Maxi wants to destroy this family at all costs, but she has to count on Countess Bianca, who is ready to defend herself from her former rival. From then on, the two women fight without mercy.