Movies like Elle
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Elle (2016)
74K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: France, Germany, Belgium
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
When Michèle, the CEO of a gaming software company, is attacked in her home by an unknown assailant, she refuses to let it alter her precisely ordered life. She manages crises involving family, all the while becoming engaged in a game of cat and mouse with her stalker.
Style:
disturbing, erotic drama, art house, psychological, controversial, stylized, suspense, cult classic, psychological thriller, slasher ...
Plot:
rape, rape and revenge, perversion, strong female character, older woman younger man relationship, masturbation, revenge, sexual abuse, female protagonist, car accident, video game, cat, sexual assault, violent, obsession, manipulation, character study, newborn baby, christmas dinner, stroke, justice, ex husband ex wife relationship, dysfunctional family, rape victim, violence ...
Time:
year 2016, 2010s, 90s
Place:
france, paris france
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Most similar movies to Elle
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out psychological thriller, psychological, sexy and realistic films with plots about violence, nude, vengeance, sex, female nudity, rape and brutality mostly in Drama, Thriller and Mystery genres. Some movies like Elle: Basic Instinct (1992), Lady Vengeance (2005), Return to Sender (2015), The Piano Teacher (2001), Irreversible (2002). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: France, USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
A police detective is in charge of the investigation of a brutal murder, in which a beautiful and seductive woman could be involved.
Style:
sexy, erotic, sexual, detective, neo noir ...
Audience:
kids, boys' night, girls' night, adult
Plot:
femme fatale, obsession, sex, nudity, manipulation, seduction, sexual tension, dangerous attraction, police investigation, murder, fatal attraction, strong sexual content ...
Time:
90s, year 1992, 20th century
Place:
san francisco, bay area, persia, oakland california, california ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
After a 13-year imprisonment for the kidnap and murder of a 6 year old boy, beautiful Lee Guem-ja starts seeking revenge on the man that was really responsible for the boy's death. With the help of fellow inmates and reunited with her daughter, ...
Style:
psychological, cerebral, bloody, suspense, visually stunning ...
Audience:
manly
Plot:
violence, revenge, vengeance, murder, female vigilante, serial killer, torture, prison, violent, kidnapping, female protagonist, justice ...
Time:
year 2005, 2000s, y2k, 21st century
Place:
south korea, australia, east asia, asia, korea ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A nurse living in small town goes on a blind date with a man who is not the person he says he is.
Style:
surprise ending, suspense, psychological, thought provoking, captivating ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
rape, sexual abuse, rapist, sexualized violence, stalker, rape victim, rape and revenge, revenge, prison, flirting, abused woman, sexual assault ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: France, Austria, Germany
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
Erika Kohut, a sexually repressed piano teacher living with her domineering mother, meets a young man who starts romantically pursuing her.
Style:
disturbing, sexual, controversial, psychological, erotic drama ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
bdsm, older woman younger man relationship, masochism, age difference, perversion, rape, desire, teacher, obsession, sex scene, sex, sexual relations ...
Time:
year 2001, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
vienna, france, germany, austria, europe ...
Similarity:
50%
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161K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Events over the course of one traumatic night in Paris unfold in reverse-chronological order as the beautiful Alex is brutally raped and beaten by a stranger in the underpass. Her boyfriend and ex-lover take matters into their own hands by hiring ...
Style:
art house, sexy, bleak, disturbing, harsh ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
rape, sexual abuse, revenge, violence, violent, sadism, rape and revenge, sexualized violence, brutality, anal rape, sexual perversion, rape victim ...
Time:
year 2002, turn of the century, year 2003, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
paris france, france, europe
Similarity:
100%
150K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
A small, seemingly innocuous plastic reel of film leads surveillance specialist Tom Welles down an increasingly dark and frightening path. With the help of the streetwise Max, he relentlessly follows a bizarre trail of evidence to determine the fate ...
Style:
suspense, disturbing, psychological, erotic, brutal ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
private detective, obsession, male nudity, videotaped sex, revenge, murder mystery, private investigator, sexual abuse, investigation, violent, serial killer, sex ...
Time:
year 1999, 90s
Place:
los angeles, california, new york, usa, pennsylvania ...
Similarity:
100%
35K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: Spain, France, USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
The film spans 30 years in Julieta’s life from a nostalgic 1985 where everything seems hopeful, to 2015 where her life appears to be beyond repair and she is on the verge of madness.
Style:
melancholic, sexual, erotic, sentimental, colorful ...
Plot:
loneliness, guilt, childhood, sex, mother daughter estrangement, depression, hospital, female nudity, death of husband, family drama, mother daughter relationship, autobiography ...
Time:
2010s, year 2016, 80s, 90s
Place:
spain, galicia, portugal, madrid, switzerland
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Sweden, USA
Duration: 158 min.
Story:
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, ...
Style:
suspenseful, neo noir, rough, captivating, serious ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
investigation, rape, serial killer, hacker, sexual abuse, missing person, twists and turns, murder mystery, vengeance, murder investigation, journalist, strong female character ...
Time:
year 2011, 60s, 2010s, year 1966, 21st century
Place:
stockholm sweden, scandinavia, europe, london, eastern europe
Similarity:
30%
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France, Mexico
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
Two corporations compete for illicit 3D manga pornography, sending spies to infiltrate each other's operations.
Style:
erotic, art house, sexual, psychological, suspenseful ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
bare breasts, coitus, voyeurism, voyeur, female nudity, espionage, lesbian, nudity, murder, rivalry, internet, workplace situations ...
Time:
year 2002, turn of the century
Place:
tokyo, paris france, japan
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Sweden, Denmark, Germany, Norway, Spain
Duration: 152 min.
Story:
Swedish thriller based on Stieg Larsson's novel about a male journalist and a young female hacker. In the opening of the movie, Mikael Blomkvist, a middle-aged publisher for the magazine Millennium, loses a libel case brought by corrupt Swedish ...
Style:
tense, sexy, detective, suspense, suspenseful ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
hacker, rape, investigation, journalist, twists and turns, strong female lead, sexual abuse, age difference, violence against women, goth, femme fatale, strong female character ...
Time:
2000s, year 2009, year 2010, year 1949, year 1958 ...
Place:
scandinavia, stockholm sweden, europe, eastern europe, australia
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Terry Lambert is sleeping with Sylvia, the wife of his boss. One night, while in Terry's apartment, Sylvia witnesses a man assault a young woman, Denise, on the road below. Not wanting to reveal her affair with Terry, she keeps quiet. Terry ...
Style:
neo noir, suspenseful, sexy, tense, psychosexual thriller ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
legal, obsession, femme fatale, rapist, false accusation, voyeurism, revenge, murder, secret relationship, investigation, infidelity, dangerous attraction ...
Time:
80s
Place:
maryland, baltimore, san francisco
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
An aspiring avant-garde composer rapes a fashion model. When she takes him to court, she's slut-shamed by the defense and the man is exonerated. But justice will be served.
Style:
grindhouse, sexual, slasher, disturbing, action thriller ...
Plot:
rape, rape and revenge, female nudity, vigilante, sexual abuse, rape victim, fashion model, female warrior, nudity, vigilantism, teenage rape, fashion ...
Time:
year 1976, 70s
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada, UK, Germany
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
An average family is thrust into the spotlight after the father commits a seemingly self-defense murder at his diner.
Style:
disturbing, tense, neo noir, sexy, harsh ...
Audience:
date night, manly
Plot:
twists and turns, self defense, revenge, violent, small town, organized crime, sex scene, redemption, gangster, sex, murder, attempted robbery ...
Time:
year 2005, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
indiana, philadelphia, columbus ohio, usa, pennsylvania ...
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
A young woman, muted after a sexual assault as a child, is trained to seek violent revenge on those who have wronged her after being kidnapped and forced to work as a prostitute.
Style:
grindhouse, disturbing, sexual, controversial, erotic drama ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
revenge, exploitation, rape and revenge, sex scene, vigilante, sexual assault, rape, sexual abuse, anal rape, retribution, female vigilante, one woman army ...
Time:
year 1973, 70s, 20th century
Place:
eastern europe, switzerland
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Spain, USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
A brilliant plastic surgeon creates a synthetic skin that withstands any kind of damage. His guinea pig: a mysterious and volatile woman who holds the key to his obsession.
Style:
psychological, disturbing, clever, sexy, psychological thriller ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
obsession, twists and turns, kidnapping, rape, revenge, isolation, gender, abuse, skin, lgbtq, insanity, mad scientist ...
Time:
year 2011, year 2006, year 2012, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
spain, ancient greece, europe
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France, UK
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
In the middle of this amusing thriller is a relationship between two different types of females, one is a well know British author and the other is a sex-crazed French teen. The two get into some relationship trouble while living together in this ...
Style:
sexy, sensual, ambiguous ending, art house, suspense ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens, pre-teens, adult
Plot:
twists and turns, obsession, swimming pool, swimming, murder, writers, voyeurism, sex, frenchwoman, lust, murder mystery, self discovery ...
Time:
year 2003, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
france, cote d'azur, europe, south of france, london ...
Similarity:
23%
46K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
A suburban family is torn apart when fourteen-year-old Annie meets her first boyfriend online. After months of communicating via online chat and phone, Annie discovers her friend is not who he originally claimed to be. Shocked into disbelief, her ...
Style:
teen, sexy, controversial, emotional, realistic ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, teen drama
Plot:
sexual abuse, bullying, teenager, father daughter relationship, child abuse, teenage life, youth, rape, innocence lost, child sexual abuse, rape and revenge, pedophile ...
Time:
year 2010, 2010s, 20th century, 21st century
Place:
california, usa, milwaukee wisconsin, cleveland ohio, chicago ...
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Sweden, Germany, Denmark
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
Mikael Blomkvist, publisher of Millennium magazine, has made his living exposing the crooked and corrupt practices of establishment Swedish figures. So when a young journalist approaches him with a meticulously researched thesis about sex ...
Style:
suspense, sexy, gothic, exciting, captivating ...
Plot:
investigation, murder, journalism, hacker, murder mystery, secret service, strong female lead, conspiracy, amateur detective, dishonesty, sex, twists and turns ...
Time:
2000s, year 2009, year 2010, 21st century
Place:
scandinavia, stockholm sweden, europe, eastern europe
Similarity:
23%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, India
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Rachel Watson, devastated by her recent divorce, spends her daily commute fantasizing about the seemingly perfect couple who live in a house that her train passes every day, until one morning she sees something shocking happen there and becomes ...
Style:
suspense, twist ending, psychological, suspenseful, psychological thriller ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
train, murder mystery, obsession, infidelity, police investigation, adultery, psychopath, investigation, missing person, female protagonist, flashback, learning the truth ...
Time:
year 2016, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
new york, america, usa, london
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, China
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Susan Morrow receives a book manuscript from her ex-husband – a man she left 20 years earlier – asking for her opinion of his writing. As she reads, she is drawn into the fictional life of Tony Hastings, a mathematics professor whose family ...
Style:
neo noir, psychological thriller, suspense, sexy, visually stunning ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
revenge, writers, husband wife relationship, abortion, murder, divorce, rape, loss of family, infidelity, flashback, rape and murder, art ...
Time:
year 2016, 2010s
Place:
texas, los angeles, new york
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Juliet, a beautiful doctor, has found the perfect New York apartment to start a new life after separating from her husband. It's got spacious rooms, a spectacular view, and a handy, handsome landlord. But there are secrets behind every wall and ...
Style:
psychological, suspense, atmospheric, suspenseful, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
obsession, woman in danger, landlord, stalker, danger, stalking, psychopath, husband murders wife, single woman, female protagonist, voyeurism, rape and revenge ...
Time:
year 2000, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
new york, brooklyn new york city, usa
Similarity:
22%
242K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
The discovery of a severed human ear found in a field leads a young man on an investigation related to a beautiful, mysterious nightclub singer and a group of criminals who have kidnapped her child.
Style:
neo noir, surreal, dark, cerebral, sexy ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
surrealism, small town, voyeurism, sadomasochism, sex scene, violence, dark humor, abuse, sex, nightclub, sexual humiliation, serial killer ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, year 1986
Place:
canada
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
A young woman haunted by a tragedy in her past takes revenge on the predatory men unlucky enough to cross her path.
Style:
disturbing, suspenseful, psychological thriller, suspense, dark ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
revenge, rape and revenge, rape, violence, feminist, vengeance, murder, double life, death of friend, brutality, sexism, toxic masculinity ...
Time:
2020s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
ohio, nebraska, new york
Similarity:
22%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A teenage vigilante seeks revenge on a group of violent thugs who raped her handicapped sister and murdered her best friend.
Style:
sexy, slasher, cult classic, psychotronic, action thriller ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
rape and revenge, revenge, female vigilante, rape, tough girl, violence against women, sexualized violence, violence, nudity, vigilante, payback, strong female lead ...
Time:
80s, 1950s, 50s
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
22%
184K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Australia, China
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
A husband and wife try to reinvigorate their relationship but their lives are threatened by a "friend" from the husband's past who holds a horrifying secret about him, sending their world into a tailspin.
Style:
psychological thriller, twist ending, suspense, surprise ending, atmospheric ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
revenge, twists and turns, secrets, bullying, gift, bully, husband wife relationship, plot twist, stalker, home invasion, pregnancy, stalking ...
Time:
year 2015, year 2016
Place:
los angeles, chicago, california
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 145 min.
Story:
1930s Korea, in the period of Japanese occupation, a new girl (Sookee) is hired as a handmaiden to a Japanese heiress (Hideko) who lives a secluded life on a large countryside estate with her domineering Uncle (Kouzuki). But the maid has a secret. ...
Style:
sexy, erotic, atmospheric, suspenseful, tense ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, adult
Plot:
lesbian, plot twist, lgbtq, lesbian relationship, lesbian love, twists and turns, sapphic, sex, lust, lesbian romance, lesbian sex, lesbianism ...
Time:
1930s, year 2016, ancient times, 2010s
Place:
japan, south korea, indiana, asia, korea ...
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: France, Luxembourg, Belgium
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
In Paris, Dominique, a middle-aged fashion professional, solicits the services of the handsome Quentin , a bisexual bartender and prostitute who is 15 years her junior. After they first sleep together, their business transaction becomes transformed ...
Style:
sexy, erotic, sexual, enigmatic, serious ...
Plot:
obsession, sex, violence, making love, infidelity, relationships, forbidden sex, fashion, fall in love, adultery, betrayal, loneliness ...
Time:
90s, year 1998
Place:
france, morocco, paris france, tokyo
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
An erotic mystery about power and sex, the entanglement of victim and perpetrator, and a man's struggle to regain his lost self.
Style:
erotic, sexy, disturbing, psychological, surreal ...
Plot:
sex crime, woman rapes man, kidnapping, fetish, sex slave, sexual abuse, kidnapped man, male rape victim, female rapist, male rape, making love, rape and revenge ...
Place:
australia
Similarity:
21%
518K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
A story about friendship and loyalty, guilt and vengeance, and the fateful affect the past has on the present.
Style:
psychological, suspense, depressing, twist ending, emotional ...
Audience:
chick flick, adult
Plot:
murder, murder mystery, vengeance, police, police investigation, investigation, death in the family, police detective, sexual abuse, loss of child, child abuse, loss of daughter ...
Time:
year 2003, 2000s, 70s, 20th century, 60s ...
Place:
boston, massachusetts, persia, usa
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Denmark, France, USA, Sweden, Belgium, Thailand
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Julian, who runs a Thai boxing club as a front organization for his family's drug smuggling operation, is forced by his mother Jenna to find and kill the individual responsible for his brother's recent death.
Style:
neo noir, disturbing, stylized, surreal, art house ...
Plot:
violence, vengeance, punishment, drug dealer, surrealism, revenge, violent, drugged, muay thai, torture, prostitute, murder ...
Time:
year 2013, future, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
asia, bangkok thailand, thailand
Similarity:
21%
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