It is influenced by the neighboring countries of France, Germany and Italy, with which it shares languages.

Before the mid-1960s Swiss films were often sentimental, but the French New Wave led to more experimental cinema.

[6] The Solothurn Film Festival was founded in 1966 with a declaration of showing the modern reality of Swiss Life.

As of 2014, The Swissmakers (1978) (Die Schweizermacher) is the highest grossing Swiss film of all time.

Adult-oriented films in foreign languages are often screened with original audio and double subtitles in German and French.